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PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
A. S. Clay was elected United States
senator by the general assembly Of
Georgia.
Daniel Downey died at his home in
Charleston. ILL.,. aged 100 years.
Richard P. Giles. the democratic con-
;gressman-elect in the First Missouri
district. died at his home in Shelbina.
The official vote in Mississippi shows
that Bryan received 63.253: Mckinley,
4.s40; Palmer, 1921: Levering, $40.
BrYan's majority over all is 5000.
The woman suffrage amendment to
the Idaho state constitution received q
majority Of 5000 votes at the recent
election. 81
Mrs. Lucy G. Freedley. the trst woman
TO secure q pass to the southern battle
fields as q nurse died III Boston, aged 50
years.
Complete returns from every county
in Wyoming give the Bryan electors
najorities as follows: Vanmeter, $50;
Martin. 400; Quealy, $50.
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LATER.

The plant of the Chesapeake Guano
Company at Baltimore, Md, was
burned the 2lst, causing loss Of $780,
900.
Mrs. Elizabeth Johns, of Waukesha,
Wis, committed suicide, the 21st, by
king carbolic acid, after trying un-
successfully to kill her children by the
same means.
In a football game at Chicago. the
21st, David M. Wright. had the liga-
ments of his neck snapped causing his
death.
The situation in India causes the
greatest alarm. Lord George Hamil-
ton, secretary of state for India, in
what the newspapers declare to be q
remarkable speech, has admitted that
~, 900, 900 are now affected or threat
ened with dangerous scarcity, though
it is thought the government has some
prospect of coping successfully with
the situation.
Gen. Weyler is moving in southerly
direction toward the coast of Pinar del
Rio, after taking possession of the
mountain passes. These entrances to
the mountains of Pinrr del Rio were
abandoned by the insurgents. The
Cubans, it is said, made no resistance
whatever at these points
The steamer City of Osceola was
sunk in the Mississippi river 60 miles
above Memphis, Tenn. the night Of
the 22d. All Of the passengers and
crew were saved.
The residence of Snyder Neal near
Hamilton, Mo-, was burned the even
ing of the 21st, while Mr.. and Mrs.
Neal were attending dance. They
had eight children, five Of whom per-
ished in the flames.
The steamer San Benito, bound from
Tacoma to San Francisco, went ashore
near Point Arena, CAL, the 22d. The
vessel struck on a sand bar and broke
in two. The steamer carried ~ men,
six Of whom persisted.
The nail trust which has been in OPP
GRAFTON for several years has collapsed.
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FOREIGN.

~ ID . E : L
1t is said that the powers are consid-
ertng a scheme for placing the admins
tration of Turkey in the hands Of re-
sponsible European minister.
The British steamer Memphis, from
Montreal for Monmouth, went ashore
in Dunlough bay. on the Irish coast,
and Is of the crew were drowned.
1t is said that Gen. WeyIer has re-
signed as captain general of the Spanish
army in Cuba, and that Gen. Pando mas
been named BY the government as his
successor.
Advices from all parts OF Asia Minor
say that business everywhere is stag
nant. and that great distress prevails.
Fire in St. Georges church, London,
destroyed the tower. The church is tho
most famous in London for fashiona BILE
weddings.
Advices from Cuba say that the in
surgents have won one of the most inn
portant battles fought on the island
during the progress Of the war. The
battle was in Pinar del Rio.
The Norwegian bark Seladon, with 16
men, is given up as lost. The bark sailed
from Newcastle July 13fOr Honolulu.
In fire damp explosion in a colliery
at Recklinghausen. Westphalia, 80 min
ers lost their lives.
Mrs. Scott-Siddons. the well-known
English actress, died at her hotel in
Paris of congestion of the lungs.
A party of gold hunters, six whites
and five natives, who started for the
new gold fields on the Solomon Islands
from Samouria were murdered by can
nibals.
The Manitoba school question, which
has threatened disruption of Canadian
confederations, has been settled on
terms satisfactory to both sides.
Edward J. Ivory, alias Bell, the al
legged Irish-American dynamiter, has
been committed for trial in the crimi-
nal court in London.
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DE-. Conaty Succeeds Bishop Keane

--l4 ~ VUH6VJ ouCCOeUb 01bHUp A08n6s 81.
Baltimore, Mo-, Nov. 2l.-The an.
Louncement is made here that the holy
father has appointed Rev. DR.. Thomas
j. Comfy, rector Of the Church Of the.
Sacred Heart, Worcester, Mass, to sue
coed Bishop John Keane as rector Of
the Catholic university Mt Washington,
d. g.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-18
NhDlp>lnIe aud Dpljcjous,

One OF the most wholesome. deli
cici5 and convenient ways of using
Lima o"oth2r shelled beans while in the
green s'at" Is In a PURGE" said 4 mat
ron Whn~N dinners are always delight
MI. COOK the beans In boiling water
iot ton minutes. then drain. rinse and
put again into boiling water. plenty
NJ II. ana cook until very tender. Turn
mo a pUren Gtri!ner and press ali the
and add Mi!k or cream sunicicn, 20
make II n" usual puree consistency.
For each quart OF the miXtur, cook
one tablespoon each of butter and
loNr together as for white sauce and
stir /; into the 5oiliag liquid. Season
with salt and pepper. Serve with
waters. II Is convenient to cook a
large quantity Of the beans al once
ana sill them, then ada milk ana thick.
anirS 1nly 20 Whatever portion may be
needed tJr that meal. rs the pulD viii
keep longer without the milk and but
ter. Then Il j. but a few minutes
WORK 20 prepare a PURGE for the next
uaS : d!Nnor. or 4 nONr!ShiEg portion
II one OF the family m IN !aiat and
hungry and does not care for or cannot
wait 10" solid fold. | learned the waite
OF this easily prepared dish one SUM
mer when | had u guest who could not
ear solid food, and again when friends
came IN after mealtim", faint and ox,
hais,c! from long fasting ana severe
eAerti0N Al Q railroad accident. Taare
was nothing else that ! could prepare
and they thought 1t the best lunch
they ever tasted"
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-18
WILD STEERS WRECK A BICYCLE.
Ranch cattle Give q Wyoming Doctor
n Lively Race.

Men who are posted in the ways OF
weGtern range cattle. and especially
those OF the Texas breed. know IL Is
extremely hazardous to approach ..,em
on foot or In any unusual manner.
Mounted cowboys ride through and
around herds without trouble because
the animals are accustomed to seeing
men on horseback, but the appearance
within close range OF any strange OBJ
jcct arouacs their curiosity anu ire.
pedestrians are a rarity on cattle
ranches; likewise bicycles.
Dr.. a u, Hamilton of Laramie. Wyo..
should nave known better than 20 try
20 cross the range neal a big bunch OF
steers on his bicyclN, but il seems
he didn't, and now the doctor IS laid
up with a broken shoulder blade. his
hair is bidnched by fright ani his new
800 wheel H. ruined beyond repair.
The doctor had occasion to visit n pl-
tient on the Little Laramie river and
was within four miles OF Laramie town
on his way home when h ran into A
herd of TeXars. II was probably the
49, " taiN NA'il aliI w vi St'l.
Tor they paved the ground ana snortsd
NlC'Ously for a moment and then made
a concerted charge for the doctor, who
realizing his danger, peialed away a,
the top of his speed IN an effort to e5-
cape.
There are few Twin. things excep. a
race horse OF high class that can or..
ran n Texas range steer when once IN
full motion. D.. Hamilton made a brave
race. but the cattle gained OIL him al
every jump and he could feel the 10,
breath Of the leaders almost at his side
before he had covered half a mile. Just
az ne thought Z particularly vicious
LOOKING coast was about % pick him of
with his horns the whec, struck a hum
mock ana the doctor took a header
which landed him safe In q buffalo wal.
low, where he lay quiet whi.o the cattle
jumped over him. The steers were IN.
der such Roadway they couldn't atop
and besides 1t isn't The nature of vest.
ern steers to stop when they have once
started on a stampede until they dyop
from exhaustion.
The bicycle d:d not escape. It lay
directly in the path Of the m~addenod
animals and was crushed into a worth.
less wreck.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-18
Swallo wed IIis Falls, T,c,h.

+. X. schultz, OF No. 100 Ewing street.
brooklyn, through swallowing his false
teeth, was unable to help himself in
;ho waters at Rockaway Beach the 9TH
er morning, though in shallow water.
ana was beyond help when dragged
ashore. Schultz was a baker, who
lNcd with his wife and children over
his shop. Near his late home lives
FIJI jim "A civilized and, in winter
time, sedatc islander, who in the sum-
Wer rcSumeS his war paint and club
and stands in front of a theater at
Rockaway Beach. He and Schultz
we're swimming, when the baker gasp
"a. Jim fastened to his assistance.
when he finally got Schultz ashore il
was discovered that schultz was dead.
Ills false teeth had lodged in his
throat, and he had been drowned by
the water he had swallowed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-18
NOTES OF DAY.

II has been found that nearly all the
rivers IN west Africa, within 900 miles
cast and west OF Ashantee, yield gold.
\ doctor says that half the deafness
prevalent at the present time is proba-
bly, the resul, of children having their
ears boxed.
Platinum wires have been drawn 50
fine that two of them twisted together
could be inserted in the hollow OF a
human hair.
At the beginning Of the century The
population OF London increased yearly
20 per cent. 1t increased only 10 per
cent from 1881 to 1891, and now the In
crease Is still less.
The most curiously made soap in use
IS that supplied to the stations of the
London and North western Railway
Company, which Is made from the fat
an grease washed ont OF their meat
cloths.
Al n OF the university unions an
orator declared that the British lion,
whether it Is roaming the deserts OF
lnd!a or climbing the forests OF Cana
ia vii! not draw in its horns or retire
into its shell"
In a coroner's jury empaneled in
London the other day there were Il
Smiths one Jones and one Brown. To
complete the cycle it is only necessary
to mention that the deceased's name
was Robinson.
II is a curious and bewildering Cir
cumstance that in a world and in an
ase where progress Is one of the laws
Of existence the violin should be today
as to form and all essential details ex-
actiy what is was some 800 years ego.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-18
Rev. MIR. Smith seeks Divo,co

Rev. Joshua ;. Smith has filed a no.
tition in the circuit court at ~lniepend-
ence, Mo-, asking "A divorce from his
wife, Mamie Smith. whom, the peti-
ton r%ecites, he married at Stillwa,er.
Ok, in April, 1898, The plaintin all.
lcges that his wife spread the report
among his congregation at saltwater
that she was his common-law wife. BY
this act he lost his position, At Os-
wego she spread similar reports, with
a like result. In addition, he alleges,
she one day smashed the windows in
their house and threw his valuable
theological library into the street.
When he tried TO pick up the volumes
she threatened to shoot him, and he
Was finally compelled to call in a po-
liceman.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-18
Cycling and Sunstrokc.

Cycler5 seem 20 possess in a large
measure immunity from sunstroke.
There WAS Il p~rOstration Saturday
IN the big cyclers' parade in Cincin.
natl, but II is al exception that serve:
only 10 prove the rule. And the rea-
SONS for such immunity are not hard
80 find. Habitual wheeling tones III
the system, brings out the p~ersplra.
ton, produces what Is equivalent 10 a
constant breeze, and az ~exertion under
such conditions results in increased
evaporation from the surface OF the
biker's body, h. sheds the hot rays OF
the sun as the oiled feathers of water
fowl turn aside the pattcring shots O,
rain.-Louisyille Times.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-18
Tho Ketort Discourteous.

IF there is anything that | covct,"
said Mr.. Spickles' wife, lit is a good
voice. know that it is very wrong
to be envious but | can't help it when
| hear another woman singing
And as Mr.. Spickles Is a VIGOROUSLY
9 man nobody was surprised 10
hear him reply:
THAT is perfectly natural. II you
could sing you'd be sitting up there
with the choir, whore you could see
what every woman In church had on
without turning your "- Wash
ilgton Star.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-18
SOME MARRIAGE OMENS.

The bride who dreams of fairies the
night before her marriage viii be
thrice blessed.
II the groom carries a miniature
horseshoe in his pocket lie will alwlya
have good luck.
Ship marriages are considered any,
thing but lucky. Got married on Land
or don't get married at all,
No bride or groom should be given
a telegram while IN the way to church,
1t is positively a sign of evil.
No bride, If she would have good
luck, should bake her own wedding
cake. To do so invites i'll fortune.
Don't wear an opal in getting mar
r!ed. Some people declare that opal5
are lucky. History proves the con-
;rery.
Ii the wedding ring is dropped dur
ing the ceremony the bride may rs
well wish herself unborn, for she will
always have evil luck.
Kiss a bride right after the ceremony
and before the newly made husband
has had a chance 10 do SO and You will
have excellent luck throughout the
year.
Maldens eager to wed should give
dish water heated to a boiling point
a wide berth. II means that they will
not marry for n long time il they AZ,
tempt to cleanse dishes in water so
hot
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-18
H.nhouchero on T,x..i,,

Henry Labouchorc Is always interest
ing II not original. Here is his idea
OF a sound system Of taxation:
Every n ousht 10 be allowed tc
accumulate during his lifetime wha,
he p!eascs. hut when he dies :here
ought to be a maximum that he may
leave to relations or friends. all in OK.
cess of this maximum going TO the
state. Take. for instance. Mr.. Aston.
IL Is said that he possesses about fifty
million pounds sterling. Evidently he
cannot spend the interest Of thi.
amount. In a given number of years
therefore. ii this money from genera.
ton to generation remains in the
hands CT one single individual. 1t viii
become 800 million pounds sterling
Neither the individual nor the comm
nifty will benefit by this. Therefore, !
would meet It by handing into the pub.
lie treasury most of Mr.. Astor's fifty
million pounds sterling on his death
How would this harm him? He would
have ceased 20 exist. II the state took
% per cent of his money on his death
he would still have one-half million
pounds sterling TO dispose of ana On
this sum his heirs OF heir might ru!
on very comfortably.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-18
TAKEN FOR a SHOPLrrrEa.
a iinc Looking Did Man with u Score
OF Iuii Pockets.

OF Enil Pockets.
Excuse me. bur viii you come THIS
way a moment. sir?" said the shopwalk.
err to a stout. well-dressed man of abou;
90, with a frank, honest face. who had
just purchased a collar, according to
the st. Louis Republic.
Certainly" was the surprised reply
as h. followed the young man into The
private office of the head Of the firm.
Mr.. Ribbons" said tho young shop.
walker a. h entered, II have made an
important discovery. See this and he
pulled u ~pro'ruding piece of red ribbon
from III" Old mans pocket. with the re-
suit that about fifteen yards OF it were
brought to light.
You are right" said Mr.. Ribbons,
go and fetch the police at once"
The old gentleman protested that hc
Was innocent of any theft, but to no
purpose ami the search proceeded. Hi
clothes were lined with extra pockets
AMI before long fifty yards of ribbon
o. various shades. and three pounds of
confectionery, half Il dozen packs of
playing cards, two dozen colornd hand
rrhicts, some small flags, q dozen
oranges, 4 white rabbit. half a bushci
Of artificial flowers. two guinea pigs. q
canary IN a small cage and some eggs
were produced.
The poor oil! fellows Dimensions had
.. course, decreased in size and he looi;.
ID a wO-Oe;O cone mortal.
Just then there was an inpatient
knock al The door and Immediately a
short, bH5inegs like nan entered in
great excitement.
Il was told ! should find you here.
he elSpei What in the world do YOU
want to take ~ all this time to bug q
collar for? But what's the matter With
yo1. anyway"
This man his Just been taken IN Is
4 Thop-l,f,or,' said tho detective. and no
pointed to the goods lying about.
"ShGpiifting be bowed" angrlly re-.
Piled the short man. Hes the ma
g!ciln'S man at our show and has been
With n5 '1r years. How % you expect
III" 'H9uauet OF Mystic Novelties to be
gone on with ana all the ether tricks
without the honC st-loDk.ng. white wits
kerei old sent sitting down in front
20 let things b. taken out of him after
they haze been put in boxes on the
stage? l. can't be done and ha must
come with me"
Young man said Mr.. Ribbons. as
the others left the room. you are very
careless ami have made a serious mis-.
ia.c. BE more careful in future"
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-18

severity Of the attack. DR.. Fraser has
been working for years to find a meth
cd of inoculating men and animals
so that they viii secure the same i'm
munity from the bite OF q serpent that
vaccination gives from small poN.
While making these experiments h.
has injected snake poison into dogs
rabbits and horses, aud even into Eu-
mans. His experiments have been par
italy rewarded. and he announces tha'
he soon hopes to achieve Il success that
will remove the terror from a residence
In India.
Snakes kill thousands Of persons each
year, and the death rate among horses
and other domestic animals Is large.
Efforts to destroy the snakes have not
been successful, and so DR.. Fraser has
been looking for IN autidote tia, can
be taken beforehand.
DR.. Fraser has succeeded in making
horses immune to snake poison by in
EQUATION. The animals boone impTeg
mated with the stuff administered by
podcrmically. and when a deadly cobra
de capcllo was allowed to bite them
none of the usual symptoms were man
ifested. 1t was much on the same
principle Of the discovery OF anti-toHin,
which Will render a horse immune so
far as diphtheria is concerned.
While conducting his experiments DR..
Fraser heard of a woman at Lahore.
India. who had been making similar
Investigations, and had succeeded so
well In her " cast that the bite OF Il
cobra with her was something to be
desired rather than dreaded. lie Wis.
tied her and learned that the s,or.cs
which had been told were true.
the woman was a confirmed snake
bite "fend." As often as once a month
she had to be bitten, or else she be.
came nervous. could not steep. had
headaches. lost her appetite and suf-
fered in other ways.
Al such times she was accustomed
TO secure a snake and allow il 10 bite
her purely as a therapeutic or as a
mo~rphinc-eater swallows his pellet. AZ
ter submitting her arm to the fanes
of the hideous, hooded serpent. the
"S'''' sunny " lpl bliI NOlllllllDl.
n for three or four weeks did no..
feel the need of the poison.
Having learned what she required.
the woman arranged for her needed
supply of poison. AS soon rs she felt
the need of ii the cobra was secured
and, like Cleopatra. she barred her arm
to the bite that has proved fatal in
thousands of cases. The poison entered
her blood and she arose from the couch
refreshed and i%nyigoratcd.
DIR. Fraser says that the snake bite
habit can be acquired, and that Yhen
a person once bccomcs addicted to IL
nothing but an adequate supply of poi
son at suitable intervals will enable
the victim to live in comfort.
And the effect Of the poison on the
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-18

'NAasl
feet and hands were tied 10 tho four
corners Of the bed and a chain Was
passed over his body and fastened to
staples driven in the floor. Captain OF
Detectives Lees, in his investigation af-
forward, found the evidence oil this.
Cords were passed around Camobell's
BODY so tight that he could not move.
For twelve hours Campbell was kept
in this position. the gag being in his
mouth all the time. The next morning
the gag was removed with the caution
that he would be killed II he made any
noise.
He vas told tina, he would have to
Sign Il check or order for $4,000 be-
fore he would be released. He was
shown a document. which they asked
him to sign, and he was also ordered
to write a note to his wife, asking her
TO cash the check and give the money
to the bearer without asking any l,icg-
lions. Campbell says he refused to
even read the paper, telling his cap,ors
That he did not care what they did
with him. When the newspapers pub
liShed the fact that Campbell had dis
appeared, the millionaire a V HE can
tors became frightened. and after dark
released him. The police have a To-
scription of Winthrop's confederate.
but no clcw to his whereabouts.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-18
a REVENGE.
shot the Man who Had Deserted iii,
Dtuubtpr

Thomas J. Stapleton, a weaythy farm
or, filled his son-in-laY, Charles Derstc,
iull Of bullets at Anderson. Ind. the
other morning, He also shot or the
night ear of Charles Stanley. Staple
ton Is in Jail. The trouble dates back
&c the time Of Derste's marriage to
Miss Stapleton. II seemed that it was
against her fathers will. Ders,e de-
serted his wife. They met recently In
Alexandria and had some words. Sta
pleton went home, got his gun, and
waited for Derste TO pass on route
home. When the buggy got in front
Of the Stapleton home he stepped out,
@ni, aiming his gun a. Derste. pulled
the trigger, Stanley was in the buggy
with DcrSte.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-18
Afraid to Wear Their Iaurel,.

OF the eight young women who re-
reived degrees a. the Yale commence
ment only four had the courage TO
take part in the commencement! pro-
cess!on. The others Yielded to their
f"ar OF a little guyine on the part OF
their brother seekers for diplomas. The
-FOUR brave virgins were treated with
distinguished consideration and along
the line they were constantly APP
plauded. In lieu of the famous and
traditional low Yale bow that all
students make to President Dwight,
the young women swept him a courtesy
without removing their mortar-boards.
a concession permitted by the faculty
on account of the difficulty In removing
Il masculine mortar-board from a femi-
nine couture.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-18
CHAINED AND GAGGEa,.
Thrilling Experience of u Millionaire
Sugar Planter In san Franr,soo.

sUFtlIug fNpeficnce 81 ~ MIlliOngirS
Sugar Planter In san Franc,.oo.
James Campbell, the millionaire su.
gar planter of Honolulu, who mystcri-
ously dropped out of sight for two days
recently, says he was imprisoned and
robbed by oliver W. Winthrop, who at
tempted TO obtain the capitalists sig.
nature to a 10000 check as the price
Of his liberty. Winthrop. who wa tried
and acquitted last year on the charge
OF poisoning a wOman in Laurel Hin
cemetery of which he was assistant SUI
pcrintendcnt, has disappeared. No
trace can be found of his confederate.
Campbell says Winthrop dcroycl
him to his house on a slight prntryt.
Suddenly, he says. u masked man
rushed into the room ana. pointing a
revolver AT Campbelrs head. ordered
him to throw M his hands. Campbell
says he icaped at his assailant and
icllod him 10 the floor. Tho man was
LACED, almost stunned. but. loyeling his
pistol at Campbell. fired. The million
lirc says the bullet gra2ol his temple,
passed through his hat and buried it,
self in the wall. Campbell sprang at
his man again and before he could
reach him he was knocked down ly
Winthrop, who struck him over the
head with some heavy instrument.
The W men then pounced on Camp
bell and bound. handcufrpi and gagged
him. They lifted him from the noor TO
a bed and strapped him to it. His