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The Red Cloud chief., 1888-08-03
THE Acknowledgement h

THE Attorney-General has trans
mitted to the House a communication
from the Acting Commissioner of the
Land-Ofiice calling attention to the
great injustice of compelling witnesses
to appear and testify before United
States Courts in the Territories at the
present insufficient rate of compensa-
ton. $50 per day and five cents per
mile. He says that upon some routes
of travel the witnesses are compelled
to pay at the rate of ten cents per mile
each way for transportation. and from
81 to $1.5O per day more for subsistence
than the legal allowance for the pur-
pose. The effect is highly prejudicial
to the interests of the United States in
the investigation OF fraudulent trans
actions in the public lands and depre-
dations upon the public timber. As it is
impossible to induce persons to admit
that they have any knowledge of
fraudulent actions when it will result
IN loss of sime and money to them
selves
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-08-03
CARNEY DEAD.

The War Governor Of kaasas Dies From IN
Attack ~ APepDexy.
L~EAvExwoRTH, Kan, July 3.-Ex-Gov-
ernor Thomas Carney, the second sxecu-
tive and the War Governor Of Kansas,
died Of apoplexy at seven O'Clock this
morning. He was Governor during the
years 1853 and 1864.
Thomas Carney was born in Delaware
County, o., August 70, 1877. He
came to LeavenwOrth in 1858 and
entered with Thomas C. Stevens in
the wholesale grocery business. He
was elected to represent LeavenwOrth
County in the State Legislature in ls;l. re-
ceiving the highest vote cast for any Of the
representatives, 1891. Sol. Miller F.. T.. Bak-
or and p. b. Plumb were elected represent.
tatives the same year. In February, 1861,
he was q member of the House committee
on the negotiation Of the State bonds,
which reported q resolution ~impeaching
Governor Robinson. In September,
1862, he was nominated for Cover
nor by the Republicans. Thomas H.
Osborne was on the ticket with him for
OvernOr. Carney was elected
over w. X. WagstafY, the Democratic
nominee. receiving 10000 votes to Wsg-
staff's 5.4G3. In 1s6a he was elected United
States Senator. In April Of that year he
sent u letter to the Republican State con-
vention ~resigninx all claims to the Sena-
tOrship. He was a candidat. for renonina-
ton but was defeated by James n. Har-
VQv
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-08-03

In the case of ScOfield. Shurmer &
Teagle and others VS.. the Lake Shore
& Michigan Southern Railway. involv-
ing oil rates from Cleveland, o., to
various points, the Interstate Com
Commission has decided that
there is an unlawful preference given
by the carrier in favor of oil ship
ments in tank car lots as against like
shipments in barrels. car load lots.
which is ordered to be corrected and
the mode prescribed by which this
must be done by giving the same rates
on each per pound. The opinion is by
Commissioner Bragg.
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-08-03

A DIAMOND merchant in New York
is reported as saying that when the
African mines were discovered there
was very nearly a panic. which was
averted by a combination of large
dealers, who had banded together and
bought "a control of all the diamond
mines. Two great companies. the
Central Diamond Mining Company and
the Kimberly Company. practically
control the diamond market of the
world. and no new diamonds are put
on the market except as they permit,
and the price is kept where it is by the
combination and is not influenced by
supply or demand.
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-08-03

AT a mass meeting under tho aus
pices & the various trades unions in
the Metropolitan TeHple at San Fran
cisco tho other night speeches we're
m-de attaching the course pursued by
the United States Judges in landing
Chinese and q memorial was adopted
declaring that every device vas resort
ed to to cvade the restriction law. The
following was also adopted: I'VE de-
mand the Impeachment and removal of
Lorenzo Sawyer. Judge of the United
States Circuit Court of the Ninth cir
cult and George NJ. Sabin. District
Judge for Nevada"
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-08-03

The suit of the Webster Loom Com
la.iy IS. E. S. Higgins & Co., for in
fringemept of a patent process of car
pet weaving, which has been pending
for fourteen years. was decided at New
York IN the 9th in favOrOf the plain
tiff, but only six cents damages was
awarded, instead of g, 600, 600 wanted.
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-08-03
GENERAL HARRIsON's maternal grea,

GENERAL HARRIsON's maternal great
grandfather, John Cleves Symmes,
who purchased from the Government
the site of the city of Cincinnati, WAS
not the prOmulgatOr of the ''Symmes
hole" notion. but was the uncle and
namesake Of that fantastic theorist.
He was q Colonel in New Jerseys rev.
dictionary army and was afterward a
Justice of the Supreme Court Of that
State.
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-08-03

REPRESENTATIVES, PHELAN's bill to
prevent discrimination in the selling of
newspapers. magazines and literary
matter on Interstate railways and
steamships has been acted on f~avorably
BY the House Committee on Commerce.
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-08-03

LARGE numbers OF Chinese are re-
ported making their way into the
United States from British Columbia
by way of the frontier placer mines.
which r principally in the hands of
Cinnamon.
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-08-03

By the spportionment of the school
rlnd among the several counties made
by the State Auditor it is discovered
that the school population of Iowa has
Increased only $40 during the year.
This is the smallest increase in any
gear since Iowa became a State.
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-08-03

PrOF. TsCHAKERr. of the KOnigs-
berg University, has discovered in the
library hitherto unknown
manuscripts of sermons and COM
mentaries written by Martin Luther in
the period from 1919 to 1j25.
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-08-03

FARMERS in New Jersey ale about
instituting ''bug days." wherein a n
certcd effort will be made to eXtermi-
nate the insects that play havoc with
Fruit and vegetables.
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-08-03
MISCELLANEOUS.

A FEwd days ago A. Lund and brother
and four others left San Pedro, CAL, in an
open boat for q trip around the Catalina
islands. Later the boat vas fOunGb bottom
up on the island, and it was thought the
six persons were drowned.
A BURGLAR entered the suburban resi-.
dence of Hon. Columbus DelanO, ex-Secre.
tary Of the Interior, at Mount Vernon 1.-The
other night. The noise aroused the house"
hold and the venerable Secretary. now IN
his eightieth year, arose, procured . re-
~volver, confronted the intruder and dEnSe
him from the premises.
Six tramps were found smothered to
death in q box car of grain on b Omaha
& Republican Valley road, forty miles from
Omaha, Neb., ON the 18th. The q had
been derailed and overturned in an scci-
dent.
INDIANA White Caps, after whipping two
women in Crawford County were fired ON
and put to fight by citizens in ambush.
Three Of the White Caps were seriously
wounded.
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-08-03
MURDER IN
Mrs.. Bertha Miller Found Murdered, Su
ps,AeA For Her Money.

Hrs. Bertha Miller Found Murdered. sup
posed For Her Money.
WICHITA Kan, July 3o.-At II 30 O'Clock
Saturday morning ~neighbors discovered
that Mrs. Bertha Miller, thirty-nine years
Of age, living at Sl3 South Hydraulic
avenue, had been murdered during the
night and the police were notified. and GO
ing to the house found the dead woman
lying upon the fioOr in her night clothes
From all appearances life had
been extinct for eight Or ten
hours. There were evidences of a
fierce struggle, while about her throat
a dark mark indicating hat she had
been chOked to death. For some time Mrs.
Miller, who had no children, had not lived
with her husband, W. A. Miller, a motor
line engineer, but it is not supposed that
he had any thing to do with the affair as
he clearly established an alibi, and the
opinion IF the police is that the mur9.'
was committed solely for the purposeH
robbery, as Mrs. Miller owned considerably
property, and was supposed to have had =
large amOun Of money in the house.
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-08-03

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
EMPEROR WILLIAM sailed from st. Peters.
burg ON the oath.
COUNT HERsERf BISMARCK Is expected to
visit England in September in connection
with his approaching marriage.
A DISPATCH from Rome says Il Il a..
serted that tho Italian Government has
been officially notified that Emperor Will
liam will visit Rome and that it is prob
able that Emperor Francis Joseph will
come a the same time.
REV. JOHN +. BROOKS, Q noted Presby-
terrain divine and seminary teacher Of
Springfield, ILL.,, and one Of the founders
of the Illinois College at Jacksonville, died
recently, aged eighty
WISCONSIN Union Labor men declinedt to
fuse with the Democrats and nominated
DIR. Powell, Of La Crosse, for Governor.
THE Republican Senators in caucus have
decided unanimously to pass at this res.
sion q tariff reduction and revision bill.
This, it 10 thought, will prevent an early
adjournment Of Congress.
CoLOxEL JAMES STEVENSON, Of the United
States Geological Survey, died recently.
He was formerly connected with b Smith
sonian Institution.
OWEN G.. LOvEyoY, son Of the noted
AbOlitionist, has been nominated for Con.
gress by the Democrats Of the Seventh
Illinois district.
Mr.. AND MRS. GLADSTONE celebrated
their golden wedding on the 18th.
CONGRESSMAN O'FERRALL has been re.
nominated by the Democrats of b Seventh
Virginia district.
The Emperor Of Germany has bestowed
decorations upon several distinguished
members of the Italian navy.
Nh. FULLER. the new Chief Justice, and
Mrs. Fuller, arrived in Washington on the
18th. Mr.. Fuller declined to see any callers
or to he interviewed.
The President left Washington on the
18th for a yachting trip to last four days
CONGRESSMAN O'NEILL and Miss Kate
Robinson were married At st. Louis re-
Gently without any trouble ON account OF
Mrs. Moore, who had declared herself
O'Neill's wife.
The remains of CORTLAND Palmer, after
AgnOstic services at his late residence on
East Twenty-first street, New York, at
which Robert G. IngersOll read an address,
were taken to the crematOry at Fresh Pond
and incinerated.
A PRIVATE dispatch from London says
that the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough
have had the legality of their marrlagee s'
tablished in England. They went before
the registrar and had their marriage dTsy
recorded.
The Empress of Germany was delivered
Of q son 1t the royal palace at Potsdam on
the 9th.
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-08-03

THE Pope is said to be suffering
from a liver complaint and losing
strength. He has been ordered to take
mineral water before breakfast.
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-08-03
the BROTHERHOOD FIGHT.

The Yoaitiom Of the lsuriington Strikers In
dOrsed-A Federation tn be Formed.
ST. JOSEPH, No., July s6.-The joint
meeting of the BrOtherhOOds met at two
O'Clock yesterday afternoon and concluded
its deliberations. adjourning ct five O'Clock.
It tranxpires now that the business Of this
meeting had very little relevancy to q set
tlement of the Burlington difficulties, but,
on the contrary, was held for the purpose
Of making wal to the knife on the railroad
system. W. NJ. Armer, chairman of Die
vision No. IL, Brotherhood Of Locomotive
Engineers, offered the following, which
was unanimously adopted:
R>xoired, That the meeting heartily indOrses
the action taken by the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy men IN refusing to declare the strike Oh
on the con itiOnS offered.
The conditions referred to above are
those which are now being circulated
among the members IF the Brotherhood
by Hoge and Murphy, and which are. in
the MaiE. As follows: That NO men shall
be blacklisted; that he company shall
take hack such men and ~ many as it
may elect. That for the next two years
the company shall employ the late strikers
in preference to other men, and that it
b give letters Of recommendation to
such men as it can not give employment.
The BrOtherhOOds construe this PROPOSE
ton as meaning that the company car
stop after taking back one or q dozen men
and that the great mass Of the strikers will
not be benefited in the least by the accept
ance Of such a proposition.
1t was unanimously resolved by the
meeting that company Ike compelled to
take back all of the men who went out On
Oh. .H.Eo x. .. Tl., ~~.. Hh~N AL
situation to-day is exactly as it was
February -.
One of the objects of this meeting was to
arrange matters financial pertaining to
the strike. 1t has been claimed by many
that the Brotherhood treasury was de-
plcted. and that the Eastern men We're in
favor of declaring the strike OFF in order
that the assessments for the support Of the
strikers might he discontinued. 1t vas
stated positively by the press committee OF
the Brotherhood that the Eastern men are
heartily in favor Of the Of the
strike. and sufficient finances were ar
ranged for to carry the strikers until such
time when the four organizations will be
federated.
The federation plan was Endorsed by the
meeting, and it is quite certain that in less
than four months the scheme will be in
force. Each of the four BrotherhoOds will
hold conventions rs follows: Brotherhood
Of Engineers, at Richmond. Va, in Octo-
Der; Brotherhood of Firemen, at At
lanta, Ga, in September; the Switchmen,
at st. Louis in September; Brotherhood
of Brakemen, at Columbus, D., in Octo-
Der. The first convention will adopt q
federation clause in its constitution which
will be accepted by the other conventions.
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-08-03

GAINESVILLE, Tex, July @.-Deputy
United States Marshal Carr was here yes
terday on his way 70 Fort Smith. Ark.
with six prisoners arrested in the Indian
Territory. One Of the number is GeOrge
Thorne, who is said formerly to have hailed
from St Louis, and is wanted for murder
and for participating in the robbery of the
Missouri Pacific train at Muskogee, 1. T., a
short time ago. There is one colored pris-
oner in the number, Ike Frazier, who has
the reputation Of being one Of the most
desperate men ever in the territory and
has been a fugitive from justice for several
years. There are twenty-five cases against
him on various charges, six Of which are
for murder.
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-08-03
CURRENT COMMENT.

CorTON worms and grasshoppers are
doing great damage in the great Mex
lean cotton region of the State of
Durango.
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-08-03
Ander.om sin Inn the won.

JoHNsIOwN, Neb., July 26.-At six O'Clock
yesterday morning John Anderson was
still a prisoner in the well. Tuesday night
he had a chill, but by rubbing his limbs and
getting the circulation started he sOon
rallied. The new well is dow fifty feet and
diggers are nOw at wOrk tunneling to the
old well. The great danger will he hat
when they strike the old well it may
give way an.i let sand in and smother him
instantly. He asked about has stock and
wanted to know who was attending to
them. When asked il he would like for
them to put q pipe o him in the old well
for conveying food and water to him, he
said it was too risky and was unwilling g
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-08-03

ACCORDING to Pittsburgh reports the
soap manufacturers of this country
are discussing the formation of a tust
to regulate prices and prOduct:ct.
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-08-03

ADDITIONAL DI8PATCHEA
The Senate On the 3Oth passed the day in
considering the Suniry Civil hill. The
House wa in committee on the Deficiency
bill.
AN eiSkt-year-old daughter of William
ROLAND was burned to death by the explO-
'iOn Of a can Ut kerosene at Pittsburgh,
Pa, the other morning, aud Mrs. Lille
Mclaughlin received fatal injuries from q
.imilar explosion in the afternoon. Roll
lands hOIAse caught fire but it was extin-
yuished without much damage. The resi-
dence Of MRS. Mclaughlin was totally de.
stroyed.
THE steamer Rdward j. Gay, belonging
to the Packers s. Merchants Packet Com
pany Of New Orleans, was burned to the
waters edge recently. Loss, 100000.
hartley CAMPBELL the ~well-knOwn
playwright, died at Blooningdale Asylum
for the Insane, N. ", on the 18th. He had
been an inmate Of the asylum for almost q
year. He was born in Allegheny City,
Pa, on August IL, 1916.
As Deputy Sheriff Witt was reading a
warrant to Fred Conway, a farmer living
eighteen miles north of Conway, Ark, re.
Gently, Conway drew a knife and stabbed
The officer in tho left side. COnway's wife
and two sOn then attacked Witt. who
drew his pistol and fired at Conway, but
the ball struck Deputy Sheriff Lloyd in
the breast, infiicting a fatal wound. Witt
was exhausted from loss of blood, n it
was said that neither officer could o
TIE local board Of steamboat inspectors
at baltimore, Md, on the SOth decided as
to the cause of the collision between the
Yacht CLEAN and the steamboat JOppa in
which Mr.. T. Harrison Garrett lost his life
on June :, that Captain Tore. OF the
Clean, was guilty of unskillful navigation
end revoked his license.
TIE War Department on the Goth re-
ceived q dispatch FROM San Carlos, Ariz.,
stating that a party Of Apache Indians
had gone on the wal path. Some fighting
had taken place, q grazing camp had been
attacked and one Indian had been killed.
The other morning the steamer Belle
view sank to the bottom Of the Mississippi
a few miles below WimOna, Mimi. There
no lives were lost. One Of the paddle
wheels broke of, letting in water in great
quantities.
IT is stated in Canadian official circles
that in Of the protest of the
American authorities against the existing
regulations with respect to the tolls on the
Welland and st. Lawrence canals, the
Government will remove the present dis
elimination in favor Of grain bound for
Montreal.
REPRESENTATIVE WHEELER, Of Alabama.
has introduced a bill directing the Super.
intendent of the Eleventh Census to ascer.
thin and publish tho birth and death rate
among whites and among negroes, China.
men. Indians, half.breeds or hybrids OF
any description Or character OF tns 9aman
n. we'll Is Of mulattos, quadroons and
OctOrOOnS.
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-08-03

q $1,000 brick hotel for q starter, two
churches, costing S..WO each, two large and
commodious eleva 5, q 5000 school
house and a $1,000 water plant. Thefe
improvements will be completed before
fall.
IT is stated hat Ed O'Donnell and George
Kane. residents Of Worthwhile, Knox
County, had q hard tussle with q tornado
recently. They were riding over the prai-
ries in their bug2ies when Overtaken by
the storm. Kan was the first to recover
his senses and found that his buggy was
entirely wrecked and O'DonneIl was lying
on the prairie apparently dead. while the
horses had disappeared. What became of
the latter's buggy is unknown. as only
part of a wheel was found after q pro.
ionged search. The horses were blown
into q ravine about a mile away, but were
uninjured. O'D0nnell returned to con.
sciousness about two hours after.
NORFOLK has q baseball association.
The nin~e-year-0ld son Of r. B. Wind.
him, of Plattsmouth, met with a painful
accident the other day. While playing
near q flight of stairs he fell in such . way
q to bite his tongue, nearly severing il.
CHADRON has secured the college which
Is to be built under the auspices of tho
Northwestern Association of the COngre-
gational Church. There were q number Of
competing points, but Chadron secured tho
prize. Her offer was 5000 in cash. $500
In hand, and tine Western Town Lot Com.
pany gave fifty lots, valued at $500, max.
ing q total of $ls,OO0 The buildings, when
completed. will cost $4,000, with grounds
estimated to be worth $4,000 more.
The PrOhibitionists of the Fir.t Nebraska
district have nominated Rev. e. B. Grae
ham for Congress.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1888-07-27
A Brand.New Land Attorney.

Register John A. Rra will retire from
the Bismarck land Office about Aug. Is.
The statement made by several news.
papers that he would re enter the journal.
istic field was incorrect, however He
will remain in Bismarck. and will give
his entire attention to the business of
land-lawyer. From his long experience
Mr. r. is we'll qualified to give advice on
intricate land-law points, or to steer an
entryman from initiation of his claim to
the hour of his patent. or to pilot con.
testant through the general-land. Office
reef and bring HIM safely into port The
settlers Of the Bismarck district have 80
long confronted J ohm A. at the land-of1ice
window that they will not now break off
their visits to him, even if it costs them
something, and even if another of the
same clan shall thrust his number. nine
hoofs into the Cinderella-like slippers of
the oldtilne register. Mr.. R. will give
settlers just as good-or better-advice
as heretofore, and will furnish local cor.
respondents (agents) with first class
article at wholesale rates.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1888-07-27
IMPORTANT! J!
B1shARcK, Oak, July 25, 18s

Bismarck. OAK, July 25, 1888.
To tho People Of Emnons County:
The Chamber of Commerce OF this city
is in correspondence with Roswell Miller,
Esq, President Of the Chicago, Milwau-
kee & St. Paul Railway, as to the posi-
blllty of his road extending its Eureka
line through Emmons County, en- to Bis
marck, this fall. Tho correspondence IS
of such nature that we are justified in
asking your cooperation, and. by way of
an inducement to the road, offer the right
of way through Emmons and Burleigh
to the terminal point Our request ii
that you take prompt action and pledge
the right OF way through Emmons. The
necessity for road Is patent to you ALL
Argument is useless IN addressing you.
I would suggest that you appoint a com
mlttee to confer with US, and one that il
empowered to act It may be necessary
fer US to submlt y definite proposition on
or before Monday next. Don't fail to
communicate with US by that date.
Trusting that you wall comply with
this suggestion, and give US seply as
soon as practicable, I am, very respect-
fully, JoH1 A. REA, Secretary,
Fer the Chamber of Commerce.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1888-07-27
A MEETING.

In compliance with the above reque1t,
a meeting will be held at the County
Building, in Williamsport on Friday 7
evening, July FL, ate o'clock sharp, to
consider the subject. All persons inter-
ested IN getting road through Emmons
County in time to move the crop this fall
should attend.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1888-07-27
Tho Biggest Thing Yet.

When few determined women make
up their minds that things shall be so, or
so, the balance of the COMMUNICATE
least the male members thereof-may a.
we'll yield gracefully to the inevitable,
and indorse them in whatever they 1Lxy
undertake. A few weeks ago numbc,
of Williamsport ladies, being aware of
the fact that no central body existed
which might take the initiative in provid.
ing entertainments of public nature,
met together and formed Social
Union" The society determined to at
once give musical and literary entertain
nent and strawberry supper. The time
set was last Friday evening aud the
Williamsport school.house the place.
The afternoon of tho appointed day
was cloudy and threatening, but shortly
before sunset the clouds retired beyond
the horizon and the evening was pleasant.
The people soon began to arrive, and
when 'the curtain rose" every seat was
filled and standing-room was scarce
article. Miss Connor presided, and the
l
Campbell defamation, Miss Lille Kelm;
recitation, Miss Anna Gel character
duet little Miss Sadie Keim and Master
Howard Packer: recitation, Miss Edna F.
Conner; recitation. wee little Master
Earle Keim. Several pleasing songs
were also given by the Misses Cell and
Ksim. Owing to the unavoidable absence
of a number of those who were to take
part, and lack Of time to procure cos
tunes from Bismarck, parts of the pro-
gram were necessarily omitted. The good
quality of the whole performance, how
ever, made up for any lack Of quantity.
At the conclusion Of the exercises sup
per was served. and that matter was not
overwhelmed by mind is shown by. the
fact that sixty people took refreshments
and silver dollars fifteen in number were
harvested. Surely the Ladies' Social
| Union has cause to feel proud of the sue
cess Of its first entertainment,