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The Red Cloud chief., 1884-01-04

THE merchants of San Francisco are
complaining that their trade with the
Northwest is rapidly decreasing. The
opening of the Northern Pacific reduced
it seventy-five per cent. Four months
ago three steamers a week failed to suf-
flee to carry the freight o Oregon and
Washington Territory. Two months
later two steamers We're sufficient. Now
it is reduced to one in five DAYS.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-01-04

The temperance people claim to be
better organized in Indiana now than
ever before. BY spring it is claimed
every township in the State will have an
organization pledged to work against
every candidate who does not come out
squarely for constitutional and statutory
prohibition. Unless of the political
parties champions their cause, it is
said they propose to put a separate
ticket in the field.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-01-04
ALLEGED BRIBERY,

Accusations Against Certain PrSSninent
Statesmen Ia Connection with Ttas Pa
ci6c m sGranss-Mr. N~welI's&tory OF
Alleged Wholesale Corruption Sbnitted
to the Senate with Other DocuSenta
WASHINGTON, Dec. e1.-Amoaf the pa
pers relating to the Texas & Pablo land
grant and the claim of the SoShern Pa
ciflc to it, sent to the Senate y&erday by
Secretary Teller in response to be resOlu-
ton of Senator Van Wyck, is 3communi.
cation from j. j. Newell purpSting To be
made up from his diary, and dScribing a.
legged wholesale corruption in HE passage
of the Southern Pacific bill. khe events
occurred in May, June andpuly, 1870,
and in the winter and sling follow
ing, Newell says that Senators Mcdonald,
of Arkansas, and Kellogg, \ Louisiana,
told General E. w. Rice and blonel G. II
Giddings that tney wsAsa pus the Southern
Pacific scheme, then enginee}h by Genera
Fremont, for 5000, 900 in kirst-mOrtgage
bonds and $4,000 cash, hi to 30 paid
when the bill passed the State and hali
when it became a law. The1mOney was to
be paid into the ha3ds Of par.
ties to be named b the Sena-
tors, and some othet propositions
were made, and then M3Onald ven to
Fremont and told him hSxould take hold
of the thing on the terms II named to Rice.
Mrs. Fremont raised $50, % on a mortgage
on some New York propeE, and on June
this amount and securitik to make up the
difference were put i'm u hands of T.. w.
Rice and j. d. Defrees, al nextday Newell,
Rice and Giddings contrt.ted with Defrees
as agent for Fremont t@push the thing Tor
$4,000 in bonds. lrhe bill passed
July 5, and immaiately thereafter
Mcdonald ard his friends received
S62, 900 of the m0Ixy put up with
Rice and Defrees, and ywell says Melon
aid divided with the dher Senators. The
next winIei R c. ParS1ls contracted with
NJ. u. Roberts, of NewY ork, to get the bill
through the House an&put Roberts at the
head of the organizati& for $1,000, 900, all
of which Parsons saddle had contracted to
pay members except kn per cent for his
own pay. The bill 3ssed. and in April,
1871, organization w& effected and Roberts
was elected Pres sent, having given
j. w. Forney AL Giddings, as .
committee of persd6 interested, a verbal
promise to pay all u claims Of tho lobby
and others. At tho Conference COMMITTEES
on passage Of the n, kellogg refused to
sign or agree to thepill unless he was paid
cash in hand ten tOusand dollars, which
was given, and he $pported the bill. 40
~companying this isl. lot Of letters betwees
Newell, Defrees, Qldings and Parsons in
regard to the non-tyment OF their claims
Newell says the bQ&ks of the Texas & Pacific
Company will shdS the names Of 0ver thir
ty Congressman kho were paid for their
votes, and the am nnts given. Newell filed
this document las May. Since then he has
become the friei& of the Southern Pacific
and. has tried 10 tSithdraw this paper frou
the files of the IteriOr Department
Ex-senator HllOgg d~en9unceS NewelPs
stOry as an infamous lie from end to end.
and without One syllable that even approx
mates to truthsa and he is ready TO bet .
thousand dU.larJ that Newell dare not lOOh
him in the face nd repeat his story.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-01-04
A Murtrer's Desperate Ensrt ID IL.
cape.

DEN1ER, Dec. 22.-The negro. Big
Ike" Yho murdered young Brucc Hunt,
son of Ex-Governor Hunt, at Durant last
week, WAS captured on Wednesday - the
S0uth$n Ute Reservation. As hbs pur-
slIers Ame suddenly upon him, about day
Hight fitting by a fire just made, he jenped
and r3n like a frightened deer to 9 Eoreci-
pice fdty feet high, over which he 1aped.
He WIS found at the bottom terribly uised
but dive. He was taken to y xnGO.
All tjik of lynching has subsidized. snong
his uursuers were seventy-five hifaps.
The tegro says he had two accom- rs in
the Hrnk robbery, but refuses to 81 their
uam(S
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-01-04
A Fiery visitant During Mass.

DUBUQUE, IA, Dec. y.
While RI Rev. Bishop Hennessy was
celebrating pontifical high mass Christmas
morning the lighted candles on the altar in
some mysterious manner set fire to some OF
the fabrics, and in a few moments the altar
was in flames, projecting to the height OF
about ten feet. For a time it seemed that
the whole cathedral would be envelOred in
the flames. The janitor and attending
priests quickly rem .ved the burning fabrics
and after much difficulty and labor the
flames were extinguished and a disastrous
panic averted. The church was crowded.
Mass was proceeded with after tie blaze
was a~xtinglished.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-01-04

A SMART young Irish girl, whose
mother is a washerwoman, has recently
been deceiving New York society circles,
it is stated, by ingeniously working he,
way into aristOcratic circles and attend.
ing all the fashionable parties. Being
fairly educated. good looking and
bright. she captured the hearts of any
number of dudes. The deception was
exposed, however, and one society
woman. it is said, upon learning that
she had entertained the daughter of a
washerwoman unawares has become
III, and it was feared that her mind had
become seriously affected. Too bad!
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-01-04

T~wen104Seven Lives Lost and Immense
Da16pe Done to Mining Property i'm Col.
ors1l BIZ A~valanches Of Snow.
DENVER, C)L.. Dec. %.
A apeoia1 dispatch from Telluride, Col,
date tie 34th, via Montrose 265h, states
thatqbous noon on Monday a snow-slide
cauotovyn in the Marshall basin and car
ried De Che shaft-house of the Mendoza
MinA which at the time of the accident
cor ned fourteen men. Eight of the oc-
cu1Nots were killed outright Four sue.
= digg ng themselves out, and
or subsequently rescued the two
9iEi1k men in a badly injured condi-
til A the telephone wires from the
to- the camp were in o damaged con-
tie news was not received in the
until five O'Clock that afternoon, and
only these few meagre details were
gE4r A large number Of men immedi-
left for the scene Of the disaster. But
et they AVE not been heard from. It
been showing for a week, and it is now
four feet deep on the level. The pres.
storm is the most extensive and dam
of any ever known in that region. A
ee-driver who had made his way on
over the surrounding country reports
Dc twenty-seven men have lost their lives
s1ow-slides within the last few days,
the damage to mining proper.
is enormous. Two men named
inter- and Peck were killed
snow-slide at the Nevada mine. also
telluride. The latest information from
Sir and Ames, neighboring towns, re-
brts that the mail-carrier from Silverton,
10 was due on Friday, had not been
bird from and he is supposed to have
6en lost and persisted in making an at
/ inpt to cross the range. The Mendoza
he Is the most promising in the San
'nguel mining district Of the San Juan. It
Employed the largest force OF men, and was
Of the few mines which continued work
loring the winter months. There is the
interest here to learn the names Of
be unfortunate miners, as some of them
families living in Denver.
"A special received at one O'Clock this
morning gives the names of killed at the
dendota mine as follows: j. Fl. Bond, c.
). Herrick, Thomas Dunnegun, VIM. Tay-
or. John Davis, VIM. Applewhite, F. S1a-
;er and Lewis Hutchins. The latter lived
Wheatly was found about twelve
under the snow, with his leg broken,
nut still alive, and it is expected that he
yill recover. He vas buried forty,six
ours. Two men, Joseph Frelinghuysen
James Burns, were found dead today
~ George Pohivar in the Goldhug cabin.
. slide struck this cabin on Friday and
moved the cabin about 100 feet. Many
more accidents are known to have occur
ed, and an excited. crowd is around the
telephone Office, the only means of com.
all day.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-01-04

A MARRIED woman named Won del
Linden has been arrested at Legion, in
Holland, charged with having murdered
in the last few years sixteen persons.
The victims we're nearly all members OF
her own family. She ENSURED their lives
first, and received the insurance money
after their deaths. The woman con-
fessed her guilt. 1t is supposed that she
poisoned five of her own children.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-01-04

GOVERNOR IRWIN, of Idaho. is a con
scientious official. Recently he re-
Turned to the treasury of the United
States a draft for the $3.50 sent him as
salary for the quarter ended October 80,
and declined also to receive the salary
due h'm for the succeeding quarter.
He stated that he had been un-
able to attend to the duties of the office
since July 1, and did not consider he
could cOnscientiously accept pay.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-01-04
A FRIGHTFUL EXPERIENCE.
Tho Suferines OF the Crew Of the Barb
MOhawk in Long Island Sound During 9
Recent Blizzard.

Tho SufferinGs OF the Crew Of tho Barb
MOhawk in Long Island Sound During q
Recent Blizzard.
NEW HAVEN, Conn, Dec. 20.
The crew of the bark Mohawk, of Quebec,
Captain Grassland, met with q terrible ex.
perience while passing through Long
Island Sound. The vessel sailed from New
York Saturday night, bound for Calcutta,
laden with a choice cargo Of merchandise,
and while passing through the sound was
in chage of Pilot John O'Brien. The crew
consisted of Captain Grassland, three
mates, two stewards and thirteen sailors,
made up of Irishmen, NOrwegians and
Japanese. To-day nine of these men lie in
New Haven Hospital, suffering from the
effects of frozen feet, hands, ears and faces.
The injuries of three are so severe that it is
feared amputatio2 yilhepecessary. Sun
day vas a Tern bitter day, ann-fiss.
O'Bren says tha hiring his thirty years
experience he yer saw anything like it.
The wind was 9TH, and ar icy blizzard
set in. The p n lost his reckoning from
the steam ming Hktg with the ice and snow,
which CONVERGE the atmosphere into an
impenetrable r4ios An effort was made to
reach this pot The ship was covered
with ice n snu o among the crew
escaped frOst1k rs, and some of them were
SO badly frozethat their limbs refused to
respond to duf Several of the crew were
sent aloft to 9 sail. They crowded up
The slippery Hgeing onto the long
arms of Ioreyard. The work
was nearly completed when, with q
wild shrek hich chilled the frozen
veins of one of them slipped
from the icy he on which he was stand
ing and fell essllong to the deck, thirty
feet below. l ed three hours afterward
from a brok( yb$k. The suffering of the
crew was ri,le. When the weather
moderated sterday, the frost began to
oOze from t bodies Of the unfortunates.
As the frol Worked out the frozen skin
would puff and fill underneath, SO
that their B its and feet looked like great
bags of wEr. Their agony was such
they Mt unable to sleep, Inc there
was nothiu I'm board to relieve their pain.
to : storm of Monday an anchor
age was id &c bible, and it was found when
an attempE1k made to clear away a boat
that tLere<Desv not enough a~ble-bodied men
to man boat. The Mohawk finally
~ Haven harbor yesterday, and
after a p{9o,is trip in a light boat, Pilot
- he'd there and notified Health
Officer Lx8dsSy of the distress on board,
and read the vessel this morning, and
the dlsa sailors were taken to the hos
pital. ofoner Boltman visited the vessel
on a tu3s0r iviewed the remains of Sonita
90 vas killed by the fall. He Is q
Phillip and will be buried here. Those
John Kimbe, Japanese; Toma
Diy, Jannese; Frank Silva, Portuguese;
James ~ koped. Dane; Charles Fortune,
French{ i ehry Bache, German; Joseph
Husta, Nerman, n Peter Flores, Domin-
go. WAUGH terrible experience in Long
Island0 pund has been e0ualled for fifty
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-01-04

AT a late meeting of the Colored
National Committee in Washington. the
Freedmen's Bank Committee made a
final report memorializing Congress to
reimburse the depositors. and denounc-
ing the former act of Congress in Great
ing a commission at a salary of $1,000 a
year each to settle the affairs of that in
stitutiOn.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-01-04
THE Secretary of the New York Board

THE Secretary of the New York Board
of Trade reported that letters were
reaching that city from nearly all the
cities of the West and Southwest i'm favor
of a universal bankrupt act, and of i'm.
mediate action by Congress. These let.
tiers indicated that there will be a full
representation from the localities where
they were written at the conference
called to meet in Washington in Janu-
arv
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-01-04

LAWRENCE, Kan, Dec. 2a-G. Brod'
hurst, a Kansas City grain mere wa'
held up and robbed Of Sa,60l cast
abtut ten o'clock Thursday morn g De
Sots, q village about twelve miles ~ this
city. He was travelling about tt43Qutry
buying wheat for q Kansas City k1D firm
with which he was connectel3 lille
Standing on a bridge in : seclrpse4 place
two masked men approached un{f1 rev
their resolvers on him and deui{fj his
money! They jerked away his bitch
md chain, but seeing his mo11 en-
they q d It.
The highways hsy9 n6tseWg5kdbd
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-01-04
Struck Down by an Exploding Anvil.

KINGSTON, n. Y, Dec. 22.-The young
men of the village of Clintondale gathered
at about nine O'Clock Thursday evening to
charivari Frank Terhune and his young
bride. Going to a blacksmith shop they
obtained two antfls which they loaded with
powder and fired. One of the anyils ex-
plOded. A piece weighing ever eight
pounds struck Samuel Coulter, aged twenty
one, who stood about twenty-five feet away
killing him instantly. Another piece struck
Jcnn Kline, breaking his leg. Several
others were slightly injured BY the flying
pieces.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-01-04

Two New Haven, Conn.,, BARRIERS
could commence the New Year happy.
One was recently left a fortune of eighty
seven thousand dollars by the death OF
a relative in Germany and can hereafter
shave paper instead of faces. The other
tonsorial artist received seven thousand
dollars from his mother in Italy.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-01-04

GENERAL THOMAS l. KANE, one of the
most prominent citizens Of Pennsylvania.
died at his residence in Philadelphia,
recently, of pneumonia. During the
rebellion he was Colonel of the famous
''Bucktail" Regiment of Pennsylvania.
He was a brother of the famous Arctic
oyp1Oror
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-01-04

ENGLAND is again being disturbed by
fears of being blown up. A few recent
unimportant explosions were the a
of her latest trepidation.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-01-04
Identification OF q Cou~nterfeiter.
INDIANAPOLIS. ND Dec p,

A member OF the Vincennes gang of
counterfeisers arrested last Friday, who
gave his name IS James Summers, has
been recognized as James Sprague, who
was sent up in 1878 for six years for coun-
terfeiting. He was a desperate prisoner
and worked up a plan to escape, by shoot
ing the officers in the courtroom during
the trial, hat came near proving success4
fui. He was released last June and at once
returned to his old business. Sprague, nexs
to Pete Mccartney, is Indiana's most
prominent member of the order of cour
terfeiters.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-01-04
THE WORLD'SDOlNGS
! Summary or the Daily News.
PR0CEEDINGs OF CONGRESS.

N VT OON01onSOs
rHE Senate met on the oath and only
transacted executive business. The Speaker
laid before the House a message from the
President, transmitting thercport of the Secre
tary of State and papers relating to the trial
conviction and execution of the late Patrick
O'DOnneli. The Speaker the Corn
mittees and the House adjourned.
POLITICAL AND Personal.
In a recent interview, ex-senator Spencer
stated to a Washington correspondent that
the investigation of the star.route trials by
Congress would be urged, his object being
to learn why some persons were tried and
others were not, and why so much money
was paid the Government attorneys. Dor
sey was but small fry in the star-route
cases; there were Western men deeper in
than he.
ALARGE meeting of Democrats and Re-
pubiicans was held recently at Salt Lake
City for the purposes of indorsing Presi-
dent Arthur's recommendation of a Legis-
lative Council for Utah; also for the pur-
pose of endorsing Governor Murray's stand
for avs for good government. The meeting
was addressed by leading men, and strong
resolutions passed. The country was ap-
pealed to to sustain the President and the
Governor, and Congress was earnestly
asked to pass the laws recommended by
the President.
Ex-Governor LOWE, of Iowa, died at
Washington on the Odd.
Mr.. BUCKNER, Chairman of the Com
mittee on Banking and Currency, was re-
ported to be preparing a bill to Introduce
when Congress 1t will pro-
vide for the issuing of treasury notes with
out the legal tender quality, to take the
place of ank notes going out of existence.
The purport of the measure is the same as
that of the bill introduced by Mr.. Ruckner
the first session of last Congress.
The wife of General Rosecrans died at
Washington a few days since, after a
lingering illness.
GENERAL MCKENZIE, commander of the
Department of Texas, has been temporarily
relieved of command on account of
nervous prostration and mental depression,
and it is stated his condition is such as to
lead his friends to send him to the Military
Insane Asylum at Washington. During
the war he was twice severely wounded
and had much nervous trouble which af-
fected him for years. His friends fear
that should he recover from his present
mental prostration he will be incapacitated
for active service.
A FEW nights since General Grant while
stepping from a carriage at his residence
in New York, slipped and fell on the side
walk and was reported badly hurt.
IT is sail that Perry Belmont has got a
splendid new house in Washington, and is
having it fitted up in a manner to make
Vanderbilt e~nvious.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-01-04

THE letter carriers of Dubuque, Iowa,
are complaining that they have to work
too many'hours on too small pay, and
are praying for relief.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-01-04

NJ. DE LEssEPs has publicly declared
that as long as he or his SON. live the
Suez Canal shall remain under French
control.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-01-04

One hundred Yesseis. 5000, 900 worth of
property and two hundred lives were lost in
our lake navigation during the season re-
asutly closed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-01-04
CURRENT COMMENT.
IRISH doctors in London are reported
to be subjected to very close espionage
by the detectives.

THE Secret Service detectives say that
not one counterfeit note has been put ir
circulation within the last two years.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-01-04
THE HOUSE COMMITTEES.

Complete List of the Standing and Select
Committees of the National House Of
Representative.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-01-04
tbIER SHRuUDS OF SNOW.

Tweu1I4Seven Lives Lost and Immense
az Done to Mining Property i'm Col
ORE by Of Snow.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-01-04

THE Senate met on the oath and only
transacted executive business. The Speaker
laid before the House a message from the
President, transmitting the report of the Secre-
tary of State and papers relating to the trial.
conviction and execution of the late Patrick
O'DOnneli. The Speaker announced the cOn-
mittees and the House adjourned.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-05-22
PARIS
Correspondence


On last Sunday morning a large
assembly of people from four quarters
of the earth convened on the banks of
the old Mahoning, to witness Rev. A.
j. Morton officiating in the ordinance
of baptism. There were eight who
openly confessed that they surrender
themselves to the Savior of mankind.
They are of the same opinion as Paul
when he said: "TherefOre we are
buried with Him in baptism unto his
DEATH" (Rom. G ~ As we under
stand baptism, it is an emblem of
Christ's death and resurrection. 1t
would be well if many more would
forsake their ways of sin and turn to
the Lord and seek after righteousness
Mr.. l., l.. Jones is visiting his par
ents at present.
Rob Thomas was supplied with
Kansas on short notice. He is at
home.
Mr.. William Phillips, of Newport,
is preparing to build a storehouse 20x35
feet, which is to he completed inside OF
six weeks.
The depot is under good headway
with four or tivemen employed driving
it along. DICK,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-05-22
Special Notice!
OFFICE OF
Rockford Watch Co.

ROCKFORD, ILL, May 18th, 1881.
Referring to the fact that we have
appointed WAIT BROTHERS, OF
Ravenna, Sole Agents for the sale OF
our Quick Train Railroad Watches in
Portage County, Ohio, we desire to say
that no parties other than WAIT BROS.
or their employees, are authorised to
offer these Goods for sale in the terri
tory indicated; and that no warranty
whatever attaches to our goods when
offered for sale by others than our duly
authorised agents. Our goods are sold
directly from the factory, and only
through competent and well known
dealers.
AS the movements leave our hands
carefully adjusted and regulated for
immediate use, we hold ourselves di-
rectly responsible to the wearer of the
watch for its satisfactory performance,
BUT ONLY WHEN SOLD BY OUR CHOSEN
AGENTS. We understand the extraor-
dinary guarantee of excellence made
by WAIT Bros, and given out by
them to the public, and are prepared
to make good the assertions of our
representatives in that particular.
Very Respectfully,
ROCKFORD WATCH co.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-05-22

AT REsT.-Mrs. Lois Judd, an old
and respected resident of Ravenna,
died at her home about two miles
north of this village, on Friday morn
ing, May 18th, aged s0years. She was
the daughter of the late Erastus Car
ter, Senior, and came from Connecti-
ont to this place with her fathers
family when but about six months old -,
and, with the exception cf some fifteen
years that she lived in Richland county
resided here till her death. Her fune-
raj took place at her late residence on
Sunday afternoon, Rev. Andrew Will
son officiating.