The Red Cloud chief., 1893-10-06
HISTORY OF A WEEK.
THE MANY HAPPENINGS OF SEVEN
DAYS TeRSeLY TOLD.

Thursday. sept. Is.

ivy
A. L. Matteson. aged ~. went into the
burning house Of his son.in.law in Alamo
Center, Mich, and was suffocatcd.
by a premature explosion In the Cas-
cado quarry at Burlington, Ia, Ed Los
setta and John Busch were fatally burned.
Sam McGregor was beaten nearly TO
death by negro tramps at Emporia, Kan.
A state convention of the Christian
church Of Missouri is In session at Mo-
berly,
Two big damage suits, growing out Of
arrests Of persons charged with the muir.
der Of Paul Sweetwrick, were filed mt
Topeka, Kan.
Leading tanners Of oak harness leather
met at Columbus, o., to form a trust.
Frederick Kohler and Hugo Engel. the
two st. Joe train robbers, were buried
from their homes with simple ceremonies.
A ~l2-year-old boy, the son Of u farmer
near Oakland. Ills, attempted suicide be-
cause his father Wiped him.
There is about $40, 100000 gold in the
New York banks, so that the threatened
exports will not touch the treasury de-
post, which Is already below the slOO, 00O,-
600 mark.
Mrs. Barnaby Conrad. the daughter Of
the murdered Mrs. Barnaby, has been
sued for divorce at Helena, Mont, by her
wealthy husband.
Kansas farmers have been taken In by
swindlers who sell a compound alleged to
double the amount of butter from a given
amount Of
Mollie O'Brien, q noted criminal, fin
ished q third term at the penitentiary at
Joliet, Ills. Relatives were there to take
her to her home In Chicago.
Nellie Gray, the horse thief who was
captured after a chase of 80 miles, has
been declared insane ut Valparaiso, Ind.
She will be sent to the asylum ut Logans-
port.
The people Of Clark county, Kansas,
have withdrawn their applications for
state aid In wheat. They have formed IN
association OF their own citizens for the
purpose Of subscribing and soliciting seed
wheat or money to buy 1t.
j. X. Russell, q barber ut Chicago, was
fined s25 and costs by Justice Quinn for
charging Henry Henkin, a farmer from
Salt City. Ia, $l2 for u hair cut and shave.
Friday. Sept. go.
Harry Williams escaped from the coun.
ty Jail at Columbus, Ind. lie was con-
victed Of grand larceny.
Governor Altgeld pardoned Charles II.
Davis, convicted in Cook county in 1892 Of
robbery and sentenced to the p%enitentiary
for four years.
Thirty people were killed by the explo.
sion Of u steamers boiler OF the coast Of
Japan.
The Democrats Of Maryland renomi-
mated Marion DeKalb Smith for state
comptroller.
Mrs. Stephen Hollands Of Lima, o., has
fallen heir to 1900, 600 through the death Of
an uncle In New York.
st. Paul lumbermen ridicule the idea OF
the Mississippi Lumber company being a
trust" with only 81, 800, 900 capital.
Suit was filed at Louisville against the
German National bank to recover so, OOO
alleged to have been illegally obtsined
from the Louisville Deposit bank.
Lizzie Atwood, aged 20. has disappeared
from her home near Dresden. Mo, aud II
is feared that she has committed suicide.
President Cleveland has written n letter
to Governor Northen Of Georgia defining
his views on the financial question.
John kaufman, q farmer near Val.
paraiso, Ind, Is attracting great attention
by preaching while In an alleged trance.
The indiana supreme court has decided
the judicial clause Of the apportionment
act passed by the last legislature constitu-
tional.
John Bogue, aged 25, of Beaver, O. T.,
attempted to ride n bucking broncho on a
wager, was thrown of and instantly
killed.
The Democrats Of Maryland have nomi.
mated Marion ID. Smith for comptroller
and Endorsed the financial stand Of the
president.
Cattle sheds On the Stark county fair
grounds at Canton, o.. were burned and
30 prize cattle, worth 5000, were lost.
The Worlds fair foreign commissioner
have accepted al invitation to visit the
st. Louis exposition and witness the
Yelled Prophets pageant.
Disastrous forest fires are raging In the
Sierra Madrc mountains in Durango,
Mex. Several villages have been destroy
ed and loss Of life is feared.
1t Is reported from Wagner, I. r., that
the noted outlaw, Bill Dalton, and part OF
his band, were near there. Officers have
gone to the scene.
Mr.. w. C. Whitney In a letter to the
New York World denies that he made any
bargain with Mr.. j.. j. Van Allen that the
latter should be appointed minister To
Rome In event of Cleveland's election.
The nomination has been held up by the
senate.
Saturday, Sept. 80.
A new troop Of cavalry Of the Illinois
National Guard will soon be organized at
Springfield.
Charles Middleton and James Bolden
have been arrested at Caddo. !. T., for bold
b~urglaries.
Nancy Hanks tried to beat her record of
2:04 at Terre Haute, but could not do bet
ter than 2:06 II.
The safe In the Alliance cooperative
store at Sergeant's Bluffs, Ia, wal blown
open and $500 taken.
Robert Louis Stevenson IL enroute Il
the United States. lie says there Is peace
In the Samoan Islands.
Frank Rochester of Wellsville, Kan,
died from the effects of injuries received
during a wrestling bout.
Nearly all the Atchison, Topeka and
|, Santa Flo shopnen ut Topeka recently
laid of have been rei"stated.