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TEX MILE STATION, Mo- March IS.
81 words. Collect.
To Isaac GRAYSECK, Gilead. Mo.
DEAE BROTHER: Meet me at the water tank
about midnight. Bring coat and pair Of pants.
1 have a hat. JOAsH.
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foa shcuid do hiS, Jorn is The best Gay 10 help
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THE OLD, OLD STORY.

NEW YoRK, Feb. %, 1897.
"a words. Paid
To JoAsH GRAYSECK, Gilead, Mo.
Meet meet at Tanner Hotel. this city. Bring
$780, The opportunity OF your life.
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seat is to be adjustable, like that in the
single scull, sliding backward and forward
as desired, ana IL controlled by a lever
which passes u between the d iver's legs
and is operated by his knee. The object Of
this is obvious; when the animal needs
~steadyinR the weight may be applied, but
when he is going full and free, reaching
out for II record the driver may
go balance his weight thai the horse
will feel almost as free as If he
was hauling no weight at all. You know
that a horse when he has n load behind him
reaches forward in order to pull it along.
This gets the no SO to hitchiug. When /
bought Dexter, wears ago, | WAS asked by
an old trainer to please not speed him be-
fore Il Dad wagon, as he would surely get
to hitching. A horse once having acquired
the habit of hitchinR is almost always after
ward unsteady OF his feet. The new STYLE
of sulky will III time do away with amy
necessity for weights, which wa now use
to countefact the tendency of an unnatural
gait. 1t il u developer of speed.
Maud s. is to-day rs free from biemish
az If she had done absolutely no work"
continued Mr.. Bonner. Her legs and feet
a'e clean and steady, in spite of the wou-
derful bursts Of speed that she has made.
She ls one of the finest animals, SO far as
temper and intelligence are concerned, that
| have ever known. Here is what Mr..
vanderbilt wrote when he acknowledged
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ways suffered from the printed stories
OF being unable to properly handle Maud,
but the truth of the matter is that MIR. Van
derbilt did not want the public to know that
Maud WAS lame when Burr received her,
and Burr was frequently compelled to walk
her, when she needed exercise, behind the
barn, so that people could not sec her.
"Maud's first notable performance was on
July q. 1880, at Chicago. when she beat
Irinket out in 2:13H, which stood for many
years rs the race record for Il mile. On Aug.
IL, 1871. she trotted at Rochester in 2:1OA.
In 1884 jay EYe-See Threatened the ma e's
record, and Mr.. Vanderbilt again put her in
training, f%ortunately as it turned out, for
July 81 Jay -Eye-See t;otted a mile in 2:IO,
n quarter Of n second better than Maud S.,s
record. About Aug. / Maud S. TUNED the
Cleveland track in 2:O994. On Aug. Is Mr,
William Iurnbuli came to me at my office,
directly from Saratoga. and said that Mr..
Vanderbilt was offered 500. 900 by u syndi-
cate. headed by Captain stone. for Maud
s.. but would rather sell her to you Mt your
own price, because IL she is sold TO tho syn-
dictate. people will say that Nj. Vanderbilt
still owns he
What do you mean by my own price? p
"'About what you paid for your last great
horse, or II little more.'
lyon, refer to Rarus?' / aSked. "'I
paid $685. 600 for him. About $40, OOOI think
would satisfy Mr.. Vanderbilt
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my check for $4,000: 4 must congratu-
late you upon becoming the owner
of the best and finest horse in the
world. / am sure YOU will find her simply
perfection in every particular. She is al
ways ready to do anything YOU would have
her, always expecting kind treatment, n
of the fullest confidence that she is not to
be hurt. She seems to know as much as a
man and has one of the most at~fectionate
dispositions. These ate great requisites.
and no one can but admire them. and we
must all love the animal possessing them"
Toll me a little something about Maud's
career, Mr.. Bonner.
The trotting career of Maud S. began
when she was three years old. At that time
she covered a half mile in 1:13. Late in the
year OF 1878 she went a mile over Chester
park half-mile track in 2:22A. MIR. Harker.
who was a friend of MIR. Wander
bits, saw her at that time and made
Capt. Geo. N. Stone an offer of $50, 600
to trot in 2:2O or better. A few weeks later,
over the Lexington mile track she trotted
in 2:171a3, and when Mr.. Vanderbilt heard
of this perfo nance, he requested Mr..
Harper to permit him to assume the pur-
chase end of the bargain. When Capt.
Stone heard that Mr.. Vanderbilt was
to be purchaser he added $1,000 to
the price. making $4,000 in all, as
he claimed that he had promised Maud's
driver $1,000. This Mr.. Vanderbilt
paid, although very reluctantly, and Maud
d owe her once OF the road, because she WAS
iame, and she was then sent to Carl Burr.
an honest. Woodworking and capable driver
on Long Island, for the winter. She was 80
bad that Burr blistered her in order to try
to cure the lameness. Burr has al
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lowance for the bicvcle sulky and the

lowance for the bicvcle sulky and the
Ierre Haute track, you have 2:09 fiat.
sit is true" said Mr.. Bonner, that Maud
S. is IL years old. but, as you know, she has
had the very best of care, and | believe has
still strength and stamina to stand train
ing. | have driven her to a Miller pneu-
matic cart on my track up at the farm. The
dry weather had made the track 80 hard
that on the last, or home quarter, | had
carried a lot OF decayed leaves that gave the
mare a soft footing. The rain has some
what distu bed this, but it will be in first
class condition soon. have had shoes put
on Maud SIS forefeet, while she is bare
foot behind. l wish to enable her to stand
the jogging and resume the perfect use of
her muscles. I intend to condition her
myself as far as possible
who will drive her. Mr.. Bonner"
THAT | cannot say" replied Mr.. Bon
ner; lit is a matter to be determined after
| see she is fit to go against time"
"Mr. Elliott. who made the first pneu-
matio tire sulky, was in to see me the other
day. He told me that he believed the
smaller the wheel and tho larger the tire,
the faster the horse could haul the sulky.
Twenty-eight inches is the diameter of the
wheel he is at present making. He says
that he pumps the tire as full of air as pos
sible, in order to have it perfectly tight,
and there is less side motion to the sulky.
Mr.. Elliott says that he intends decreasing
the size of his wheel to twenty-four inches
Mr.. Binwell has suggested a sulky to me
that has to be const ucted entirely of
tubular steel. The thills are to be
lighter than the present wooden ones, and
will possess far greater strength. The
wheels of the cart will have bali bearings,
pneumatic tires and all the improvements
found IN the most perfect bicycle. The
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NOTICE TO CREDITOKS-tSTArE OF
~ Clark Nearing. deceased
Notice Is hereby given BY tho undersigned. adj
miniRtratort OF Tho estate Of Clark Nearing, do.
ceased, 10 tho creditors Of, aud all persons hHv-
ing claims against tho said deceased. 10 exhibit
thom with tho necessary vouchers, within four
10 the said Fred lehman, nj his store on Main
street, Helena, the same being the place for the
transaction OF the business of said estate Of Clark
Nearing, deceased. in the county OF Lewis and
Clarke. FRED LEHMAN
Administrator estate Of Clark \ earring, deceaseds
Dated Helena. Mont. Nov. II. 1882.
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The best line of popular priced dress goods in
the city can be found at The Bee Hive.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-04-22
HELD UP THE A

Knights of the Road Hold Up An Illinois
Central Train In LOuisiana and Get About
$4,000.
NEW ORLEANS, April IA daring and
successful train robbery was committed
last night within seventy-seven miles
of this city.
Passenger train No. 9 of the Illinois
Central northbound left the city at the
usual hour last evening.
When the train reached Hammond
station a man boarded the engine.
To the surprise of the engineer and
fireman the unlimited passenger thrust
into their faces a big cleaning pistol.
The railroad men were ordered to go
ahead. The demand was Obeyed re-
luctantly, but with seeming good grace.
Passenger train No. 2 was scheduled
30 meet No. 3 at Independence and to
lake the siding at that point. To this
tie station, therefore, the engineer
4ioted his train of human freight, who
little conjcctured that their guide was
a{the time under coercion and appre-
hsAsion of his own life. When No. 2
recalled independence, the siding wa
Abh44I oXu lhC SNltCh DdICiv AoSnCu
wheA sha southbOund train came thun-
deriig along.
Tho soathbound train had scarcely
fittedb- when two men, confederates
of thsSSrlsh on the engine. skipped
nimbly Ahoord and joined their pal"
The 'en9lrsr was ordered to reverse
the engine and at Newsom's mill, about
seventy-ssvcn miles from the city, was
told to cone to a halt.
The engineer and fireman were then
used by the robbers as a parleying
party, and were INSTRUCTED to go to the
express car apG TO order the messenger
to open his ca, which was complied
with. An entrsuee into the car which
bears the treasures of the express COM
pany as well as tl.ss of Uncle Sam was
then effected by c.arobbers.
The safe was enptied of its contents
Having completed their work the
knights Of the road disappeared in the
darkness, leaving tSS mails and the
passengers undisturbrd
Superintendent Fis5er Of the express
company, said that thNamount carried
of by the train robbeus would hardly
exceed $1,000, in his opirion.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-04-22
A POWDER MILL ExPLODES.
Resulting In the Death Of Seven Men ana
Fatally Iniuring Two.

Resulting In the Death of Seven Men and
Fatally Injuring Two.
WnKEsBARRE, Pa, April IA fright
full explosion of powder completely de-
molished the mills of the Mosaic Powder
Co. yesterday. The first explosion was
in the drying mill and u fraction of a
second later the storage house blew up.
The shocks were felt over a radius of
forty miles, and thousands of people in
surrounding towns rushed out of doors,
thinking an earthquake had taken
place. Both shocks were distinctly felt
here, twenty miles away.
The mills were blown to smallest
atoms and there were no fragments
found larger than a foot long.
Seven men were instantly killed and
two fatally injured. The names OF the
dead are: John Gibbons, Daniel Carey,
Aaron Coolbaugh, Moses Tucker, Ed
ward j. Vanderberg. Allan Small AR
adog Reese. The fatally wounded are:
George Allis, Daniel Billings.
: The body of John Gibbons was blown
$50 feet in the air.
Caradog Reese was found sixty feet
from the scene of the explosion
Moses Tucker was found $50 feet away
from the mill. Other bodies were found
Is to 200 feet distant.
The terrible scenes of grief and
anguish duplicate those OF frightful
mine accidents.
The iron frame work on the Erie &
Wyoming railway the scene. used
as a park screen. was torn and twisted
like D The absolute desolation OF
the scene cannot be pictured in words.
The last explosion of these mills was
eighteen years ago when several men
were killed. The loss will reach go, 900.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-04-22
INSTALLING THE kHEDlvE.
Tho Ceremonies Took Place Amid Muc
Experimentation Received.

The Ceremonies Took Place Amid Much
PomP-ConGratuIati0ns Received.
CAIRO, April I5.-The i~nvestiture Of
the khedive took place at the Abdin
palace amid much pomp. All the Brit
ish and Egyptian troops were massed in
Abdin square, fronting the palace.
Tribunes were erected on the sides Of
the square and were filed with officials
and others. The khediye and his min
listers assembled on a dais in front of
the palace, where they received Ahmed
Eyoub Pasha, the sultan's ambassador.
The firman of investiture was read by
an official, who also read a telegram
from the sultan comforting upon the
khedive the administration Of the Sinai
peninsula
Upon the conclusion of the reading
the assembled troops thrice saluted the
sultan and a band played the Turkish
anthem. After this the troops saluted
the khedive three times and the Egyp-
tian anthem was played. Then a
salute of 102 guns was fired. The
native spectators displayed the greatest
enthusiasm throughout the ceremony.
Afterward the khedive received the
congratulations of the ministers and
diplomats. The city was decorated
with flags and bunting, and the day
was generally observed as q holiday.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-04-22
FLOOD
Heavy Floods In Alabama and Mississipp
Cause Great Loss of Life and PropertH

Heavy Floods In Alabama and MississipA
Cause Great Loss of Life and PropertA
COLUMBUS, Miss, April 12.-The
CEN heavy rains have swollen all
streams in this section of the country
to a point never before known, and az
a result the destruction of life and
property is frightful. All farms along
the Tombigbee river are abandoned.
Houses of all kinds are washed away
and cattle and mules by hundreds have
been drowned.
Many floating houses have passed
down the river. Every available craft
here has been used day and night in re-
heving the sufferers, carrying out fOoo
and bringing in the destitute people.
On one small mound there were forts
people, as many more cattle and mules.
On another there We're seventy people
and cattle by the hundreds and tho
negroes on all the low lands have lOss
everything on earth they had, and thcrs
are hundreds of them here.
Twelve negroes have been drowned
within three miles of this city. As
points on the river below here the lOSs
of life is very large
The railroads have abandoned all
trains westward and there are many
washouts. Their ~trestles are swept
away and all the roads have large
forces repairing damages, but it will bu
q week before trains will be running.
The water indicates that the loss by
the flood is greater than ut first re-
ported, as does new just obtained from
points below where the country is tlat
and gives no refuge to the negroes. II
may therefore be expected that tr..
later reports may show at least 100 ne
groes have been drowned in this county
alone. The waters have receded about
seven feet and continued To fall slowly
last night. Most of the country bridges
have been swept away and it will be
weeks before regular traffic will be re-
sumed.
MOBILE. Ala, April 1.-THE TOmbig-
bee river has o since 1877 had So sud.
den and great a food as the present.
The farmers on the river We're wholly
unprepared and from Columbus. Miss,
to Fulton the loss of hogs. cattle. mules
and cotton seed has been unprecedented,
much farming has been swept away and
people rendered destitute.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-04-22
PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRATS.
aSState Convention Nominates Cand
dates and selects Electors.

The State Convention NOminates Candi-
dates and selects Electors.
HArRIsBURGH, Pa, April 14.-When
the democratic state convention was
called ITO order, the lower floor of the
opera 4ouse was filed with 1853 dele
gates ard the two galleries were pack
ed full Of spectators. No convention
held hen in years has attracted such
crowded Galleries As the various party
leaders effered and were recognized
they were greeted with applause which
was in alys Asses impartially bestowed.
After the nsual preliminaries John r.
Read, of PHI tdelphia, nominated Con-
gresham B&.zhoover for temporary
chairman and he was elected unani-
mously. ~
senator Bossa,aa elected permanent
chairman. NJ
Resolutions iA&orsing reform in the
tariff laws and il favor of Grover Cleve-
lands nomination to the presidency,
Christian Heydrik, of Vanamgo, was
nominated for judge of the supreme
court by acclamatioAe GeorgeA Allen,
of Erie, and Mayor Taomas p. Merritt,
Of Reading, were na1ped as the candi-
dates at large for congress
The four electors o. large named
were: w. +. Elliott. of2ioga; j.. C. Bull
lit, Of Philadelphia; gfomas B. Ken
nedy, of Franklin, and David L. Wat
son, of Allegheny.
Two national delegatesand one presi-
Dental elector from each congressional
district were then named. SyThe conven-
ton adjourned sine die.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-04-22

the period of six months within wien
to enter upon the land, but no fiji ing
can be considered which is based on
late the law for speculative purposes.
Agents have advertised extensively for
soldiers d~eclaratory statements to ena-
BILE them to file on lands at Kingfisher
and Oklahoma City for the express pur-
pose Of speculation. Soldiers have been
advised by these agents that they need
not settle on the lands at all and hum
dreds of persons who have no intention
of making homes in the new country
have forwarded papers to these agents
authorizing them to make filings.
"a indicating the character of the ad-
vertisements, 1 quote the following
from a circular extensively circulated
BY an agent who is o 10 doubt at
Kingfisher preparing to carry out his
programme. Among other things the
circular says:
AS soon as the filing is made 1 will
send you a certificate of the same.
Then you will have six months to go on
the land and can make your improve
ments; or during that six months you
may sell your ACCOMPLISHMENTS. Re-
1inquishments of soldiers claim sell
from $50 to 500 according to the loca-
ton and quality of the land
"A few persons obtained authority
under such false and fraudulent repre-
sensations and seem extremely anxious
to push their speculation to a success
full result. A few persons provided with
the declaratory statements ~undoubted-
IL contemplated standing at the head
of the line, and by handing il their
thousands of filings secure control of
all the desirable land to the exclusion
and great injury of the soldiers present
who actually desire to ecure homes for
themselves and their families. Then,
according to the advertised programme,
these agents would begin to reap their
harvest in selling ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
The rule Of this Office was promulgated
for the purpose of defeating this specu-
lative scheme"
The rule will operate in the interest
of the soldiers who are or the ground
and by their presence give evidence of
their good faith and bona fide intention
to secure homes"
SALE OF HOT [ RESERVATION.
Hot SPRINGS, Ark, April 16.-The
government lot sale vas resumed yes
terday for one hour. There was a large
attendance of buyers and the bidding
was lively. The property sold yester-
day brought higher values than that
disposed of Wednesday. The sales COM
prised fourteen lots, which brought q
total of SIS, 466, which is s3,4s5 in excess
of the aggregate appraisement. The
sale of this property will aggregate at
least one-third of a million dollars, all
of which will be expended by the gov
ernment in identifying the permanent
reservation in this city.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-04-22
WHAT CLEVELAND SAYS.
Text of N Letter Written BY Him to a Citi.
zen of Chattanooga. Tenn.

Text of N Letter Written by Him to a Citi-
zen of Chattanooga. Tenn.
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn. April 12--Ths
following letter from Grover CLEVELAND
has been received by n prominent demo
c-at in this city:
James Bile, Chattanooga, Tenn.
LAKEWOOD, N j., April NY Dear Sit:
desire TO thank you for the report of The meet
ing at Chattanooga, which you 80 kindly sen.
me, and for the friendly words you spoke of III,
on shat occasion 1 am exceedingly anxious 10
have our party do exactly the right thing u
the Chicago convention, and hope the delegate
will be guided by Judgment and actuated d
true democratic spirit and the single desire
to succeed on principle / should not be frank
II L did not say 10 YOU that l often fear l do not
deserve the kind things such friends as you say
OF me AMI / have frequent misgfvings as to The
wisdom OF again putting me in nomination. Z
therefore am anxious that sentiment and IN
measured personal devotion should be checked
when the delega' eS TO the convention reach the
period OF elaboration In any event there win
be no disappointment for me in the result
Yours very truly, GROVER CLEVELAND.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-04-22
NINE PERSONS DROWNED.
A Boston Farm school Instructor and
Eight Boys Lose Their Lives by the Cap
sizing of u Boat.

A Boston Farm school Instructor and
Eight Boys Lose Their Lives by the Cap
sizing of u Boat.
BOsrON, Mass. April 12-LaSt even
ing an instructor and ten BOYS con-
nected with the Boston Farm school at
Thomson's island were capsized while
on the bay in a sail boat. and the in
structor and eight of the boys drowned
The victims were: A. +. Lordburg, in
structor; Frank f. Hitchcock, Homer
+. Thatcher. George +. Ellis, Thomas
Phillips, William W. Curran. Charles
III. Graves, Harry T. Loud, Adelbert III.
Packard.
The instructor had been to- the city
during the day to attend church and
with ten boys, constituting a regula.-
crew of the school. left the island
at $3.50 to sail to- City Point.
At a point supposed to- be between
Spectacle island and Thompson's island
the boat was struck by u squall and inn
mediately capsized. The eleven occu-
pants were thrown into the ice-4ld
water, but being accustomed to stScSt
discipline they caught on the ovtD
turned craft and then began a long
wait for rescue. They occasionally
Shouted in the hope that they might bs
heard by some one on shore
Finally the chill of the water and the
exertion necessary to keep their heads
above the surface overcame the I'M
~fortunates. and one by one they were
compelled to release their hold -Four
hours later the boat with two survivors
clinging to it drifted ashore.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-04-22
WILL NOT CHANGE.
Tho Former Land Office Ruling Adj
hered to
IN REFERENCE TO INDIAN LANES.
49, Comnlssioner Carter Has to Say on
1855 sah3ect in Reply to RESOLUTIONS
Adopted at Kingfisher. Ok.-Old
Soldiers Must BE Present.

WASHINGTON, April 1G.-Thc attention
Of Commissioner Carter was yesterday
called to the series of resolutions adopt
ed at a meeting at Kingfisher, Ok, pro-
testing against the enforcement of the
rules of the general land Office, pro-
hibiting persons from filing more than
two applications at n time to enter
lands in the ceded Cheyenne and
Arspahoe country and directing that no
application by mail be received Mr..
Carter said: "Thcre has been no
ruling changing the manner of
doing business at local land
Offices. SPECULATION in public land
always has been repugnant to the letter
and spirit q the law of this country.
Soldiers de6laratory Statements, pre-
scented in good faith. give to the soldier
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-04-22
Florida Republican,.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, April 15.-The
republican state convention has finally
elected delegates at large to the Mime
apolis convention. They are instructed
to vote for Harrison for president as
long as his name appears before inc con-
vention. The Mckinley bill was indorsed
and regret was expressed that the force
bill was not passed The denofatic
election law in Florida is spoken Of in
bitter terms as dishonorable, and the
platform closes by declaring that in
view of the present ballot box law, it is
deemed useless to pfsce any republican
ticket In the Aead this year. either "a
tional, congressional or state,