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The Red Cloud chief., 1896-10-16
ANOTHER HOLOCAUST
THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND
HOMELESS.
eany Lives Sacrificed Two ThOusand
Houses. Including Every Bank In the
city, Burned - All the supply Stores and
Groceries Gone.

GuAYAoriI, Ecuador, Oct. ;0-It Is
estimated that the financial loss to
the city by the fire OF Monday night
and Tuesday will run far up in the
millions. Some reports estimate it as
over 80 million dollars Many lives
were lost, just how many it is impos.
sible TO say, as yet, snd over $4,000
persons are homeless.
Two thousand houses, including
every bank in the city, OF which there
were five, were burned. The customs
house, thcater and many other public
buildings were also swept away and
the entire business portion OF the city
was laid waste.
Practically oil of the grocery and
supply stores are gone and thousands
Of residents. homeless and hungry,
swarm the streets and the n%eighbor.
ing woods. 1t is impossible from the
present food supply in and rear Quay
nquil, to supply the suifcrcrs, aud UNI
til assistance reaches here from other
cities in Ecuador the suffering will he
ntense.
The flames destroyed many lives
before those who were asleep could be
warned OF tire impending danger.
Scores are missing, and, though it is
impossible to estimate the number of
deaths now, the figures will of ncces.
sitv be large.
The FIRE started in a small dry goods
store. IL is believed that this store
was fired by incendiaries. The police
have made several arrests SO far, and
the people are so wrought up that
numerous threats to lynch or burn
the prisoners At the stake have been
made. Business, in the meantime.
has been entirely suspended. and
every effort is directed toward reliev-
ing the distress of the sufferers.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-10-16
BRANT DECLINES TO RUN.
The Independent Prohibition Nominee
Rciires, Hut Ia ~ Bitter rs Ever.

The independent Prohibition Nominee
Rciires, Hut Ia as Bitter rs Ever.
FoRr SCorr, Kan, Oct. 10. 49, The
Rev. j. Il. Brant Of this town. who
was nominated by the Independent
Prohibitionists for governor and upon
whom it was hoped TO unite all
the Prohibition and church vote,
yesterday received u letter from Mr..
Hurley. one Of the other Prohibition
candidates, in which he declined to
withdraw and he to-day gave out a
letter in which he said that he would
not accept the honor because Of Mr..
Hurlcy's action. lie declared that IL
the ministerial and lay brethren had
been faithful at the primaries aud the
county conventions MIR. Morrill, would
not have been nominated and he won
only by the secret plottings of tho
Mystic Brotherhood. lie arrajgned
Governor Morrill, for allowing wide
open joints in nearly all the cities and
towns In defiance of law. lie bitterly
attacked the present administration
and its contempt of law.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-10-16
HIS HOME IN 4 TOMB.
Eccentric Jonathan Reed Hat Furnished
His Vault sumptuousiy.

New YORK, Oct. 9.-The officials OF
Evergreen cemetery, in Brooklyn, have
asked Jonathan Reed, an eccentric
millionaire, to cease making the tomb
OF his wife his daily abiding place.
Mr.. Reeds wife died three years ago.
lie Was devotcdly attached to her and
u year after her death caused the body
TO be removed from the tomb OF her
fathers family and placed in the
vault in Evergreen cemetery. Within
the vault are two handsome steel cot,
fins of precisely the same size. In
one reposcs the body of his wife; the
other is designed for himself.
Mr.. Reed has spent n good part OF
each day since its construction in
identifying the vault and its environ
ment-in making the interior as much
as possible like the home OF the dead
wife. Thither he has removed all her
trinkets, her ~favorite books, the cage
that once contained her favorite
canary, and the chair she used to
sit in.
On fine days the bereaved husband
occupies a chair at the entrance of the
vault, where he is visited by humid
reds of persons, who ask him all sorts
Of questions. 1t is the assembling OF
these curious ones that the cemetery
authorities object to.
LOUISVILLE, Ky, Oct. Mrs. Mary
Shreve Ransom, divorced wife OF
Colonel Cuthbert Bullitt, and the
richest woman in Louisville, has two
political bets. One is a wager OF $500
that Colonel W. G. i. breckenridge
will be returned to Congress from the
Ashland district. The other is u bel
of 81 900 that Mckinley will he the
next president of the United States
The breckenridge bet Is o the man
who took the other side, and whose
name Mrs. Ransom will not divuIge
having conceded BreckinrIdge's e,ec'
ton. In making these bets Mrs. Ran
som stips4slsd that il she wins. th'
] entire purse IS $o4go to the deserving
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-10-16
UNRAVELsNG A MYSTERY
wealthy rrussi,n Beiivcd TO Have been
Murdered for 10000

PERRY, Okla, Oct IA strange
case is reported from Morrison, in the
eastern part Of this county. Eight
years ago Robert Mandel arrived in
the United States from Prussia, and
located in Texas, where he married,
and then came to Oklahoma. lie had
n store aud considerable property in
this county. A year ago Mandsl sold
all his property, he and his wife sepa-
rating on accoant of jealousy, and
Mrs. Mandel went back to Texas.
Mandell aud a well.known saltwater
man went on n fishing expedition in
the Flat Iron country. The latter re-
turned, and said Mandell went to
Texas, but for a year neither Mandei
nor his companion has been heard
from.
To-day Theodore Mandcl arrived
here from Prussia, accompanied by
detectives, to look up the lost brother.
1t is said that Robert Mendcl is heir
To u fortune. and his brother, who il
10, says his father sent Robert $40 OoO
Just before he went on the fishing
trip, and had received a receipt for
the same, but has not heard from his
son since.
II is thought that Mandcl was
killed for his money, which in AL wa
nearly $40, 900.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-10-16
AWFUL WIFE MURDER.
Slain by Her Husband. Who Sat for
-Four Hours Watching Her Die.

CHICAGO, Oct DR.. Carl i. Nitz, n
German physician, murdered his wife
and then killed himself Yesterday
afternoon. The murder 81 the woman
was done in thc. most cold. blooded
manner Nitz and his wife have for
some time lived unhappily beca use OF
her constant efforts to obtain posses.
sion of his property. This provoked
frequent quarrels between them, and
yesterday afternoon, during m OF
their rows, he stabbed her in the alb.
donen with u surgical instrument
The wound was o Immediately
fatal, and the doctor, sitting down
by her side, stabbed her again, this
time in n manner which insured her
death. lie then sat by the woman's
side watching her die slowly. Now
aud then, to note the effect OF another
wound, he would jab his knife into
her again. lie carefully noted ali tho
symptoms OF the woman's approaching
demise, and at one time left tho house
and the dying woman while he pro-
cured an oyster stew a. u ~nelghborinR
restaurant and bought the revolver
with which he shot himself. For over
four hours, as shown by his notes, he
b6b " Tue Wouiuu Nd'Su'uB HcT o'O'
Late in the afternoon when the police
had been notified of the murder, Nitz
hid himself In the basement OF tho
house and when he found that there
was no chance OF his escape he shot
himself through the head.
During the time his wife was dying.
the old father Of tho doctor, who is
deaf, sat in an adjoining room. igno-
rant OF what WAS going on within q
few feet of him.
Nitz was 81 years OF age and a mau
OF considera bic property.
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sbo, to Death Before Thousands.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Oct lO.-Monroe
Bales, 81 years old, q resident OF
Richmond, Mo-. was shot to death by
his cousin, Il. L. Cades, better known
as "Bud" Cades, at Fifth and Wyan-
dotte streets last evening at 1880
o'clock. The shooting occurred in a
throng of ., 900 people, and although
Bales made frantic efforts to escape
through the crowd, every n OF the
six bullets fired from Cade's revolver
entered his body, killing him almost
instantly. A long standing grudge
was the cause.
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No Right TO the Name,

NEW YORK, Oct. 10. The troubles Of
the National, or reform Democrats
with the Board Of Election. took
specific form at a meeting held by '
board in Brooklyn last night, whei !.
decision was given substantially =
follows: First, that the political party
name of the National Democratic
party is substantially the same rs III
name and infringes upon the rid
Of the use therefore by the politU
party known as the regular DcS. /
cratic party; second, that the sal
certificates Of nomination Is not q
party certificate Of nomination within
the intent and provisions OF cha ptel
v0J of the laws OF 1880.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-10-16
{ WILL BE TOO LATE
The Parties In Missouri Very Slow n
rilins Their variou, Ticksta

Ffing Thsir Various Ticksta
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo ,io-The only
state and electoral ticket fled with
the secretary OF state is that of the
Republican party. The Republicans
have not filed for the Eighth ION.
g%ressional district nor the Thirteenth
and seventeenth senatorial districts.
The Democrats have not fled state or
electoral tickets, nor for the Tenth
congressional district, nor for the
First, Seventeenth and Twenty fifth
Senatorial districts. The Peoples
party have not fled State and elect.
oral tickets, nor for either Of the
judges Of the court of appeals. nor
for the Fifth, Sixth, seventh, Eighth,
Ninth and Tenth Congressional dis
tricts, and have only filed certificates
for the First, Nineteenth and TWEEN.
ty.hrst Senatorial districts. The Pro-
h~ibitionists have fled nothing. They
undertook to file an electoral aud
State ticket under the caption of
National Party" which was refused
by Secretary Leseur because the
am did not indicate the political
character of the ticket. as required by
the Australian ballot law.
The Palmer aud Buckncr National
Democracy have made no effort I q tile
their tickets. The same can be said
of the Socialist Labor party. The
last day for filing is Wednesday, DC.
tobcr H. In view of the fact that
many certificates are necessarily re-
turned for correction, it is evident
that late irregular filings cannot get
back To the secretary of state in the
time limited by law.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-10-16
BANK ROBBERS ON BIKES
XIII n Cashier and = Travelling Salesman
then foot tie shtrbourue Bank.

KIN n Cashier and = Travelling Salesman
then Too, the shsrbourne Rank.
FAIHMoSr, MINI, Oct. 1.-TWO
masked and bicyclc.mountcd robbcr.
swcpt into the little town OF : r.
burnc, fourteen miles from here, cs-
,crdav, dashed into the Bank OF
S%hcrburnc, murdered the cashier, a
b~vstandcr, and securing $1,000 from
the cash tray, mounted their wheels
and escaped before .hc eyes OF the
startled villagers.
The affair was conducted with all
the bravado 81 the border drama. and
the killing Of ,he " men, ono oil
whom died instantly, was purely wan
ton. as neither made any resistance.
The persons killed were: j. A. Ger
stern, travelling agent OF the Walter
A.. Wood Harvester company, shot
through the heart
Cashier Thorburn OF tho Bank oil
Shcrburnc, shot in the head.
The crime is parallclcd only by the
raid Of Jesse James and the Younger
boys, when they swoopcd down upon
the little town of Mortified, "A few
miles north Of the scene OF ycstcr-
DAYS crime, shot the cashier of the
bank of Northiicld down and de-
campcd with "A large amount OF
money. In that instance the robbers
departed on horses. whereas yesterday
the criminals, IN keeping with the
times, used bicycles in escaping from
the cnraged citizens Of S%hcrburnc.
At about $50 o'clock two masked
men walked through the front en-.
trance of the bank to the cashiers
| box and, without a word, whipped
out their revolvcrs aud lcvcled them
at Cashier Thorburn. The latter did
not move, but the next minute the re.
port OF two revolvcrs rang out and
Cashier Thorbmrn fell at his dcsk.
At another desk in the bank stood
Oerstern, a travelling man. lie was
the only immediate bar To the ends tn
which the robbers sought to gain, and
as Thorburn fell TO the floor they
turned aud s'sIt him dead
As quickly as possible they lcaped
over the railing and secured 81 900 in
cash. They then ran for the back
door OF the bank, where they had
taken the ~prccaution To leave their
bicycles, mounted them and rode
away. 1t all happened inside OF two
| Wluutts, anu Viz Ou'N "ltbVSS W wv
deed vas a woman who stood across
the street from the front entrance ol
the bank. aud who was attracted by
the report OF tho revolvers. She Ia
them turn on Oerstcrn, secure the
money and decamp.
She gave the alarm and in five min
utes after the deed had been commit
ted the little town OF Sherburnc wa
in a state OF excitement such as ha'
never before been seen there.
T~hornburn, IT was found, was no
dead. Oerstcrn, however, had beer
shot through the heart. and had ap
parently been instantly killed
Ihornburn lived two hours, havin,
received bullets in several difieren
parts Of his body.
The town OF Shcrburne contain
scarcely more than zoo inhabitants
but inside OF ten minutes scvcra
posses had been formed, includin,
nearly every male citizen Of the town
and Il search was at once instituted
Every town and village where ther
is the slightest possibility Of the rob
bers visiting. in their efforts to cscap
has been warned. and their capture
expected at any moment.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-10-16
WEYLER DECElVES LEE.
The Spanish General Deliberately Mis-
represents Treatment OF Americans.

The Spanish Cencrai DcIibcratcIy Mis-
represents Treatment OF Americans.
NEw YORK, Oct 10, "A special from
Ila 'ana says Weyler is fooling Zee.
The order prohibiting the American
consul general from visiting the mill.
tary prison keeps him from person.
ally investigating the condition Of
Americans imprisoned there. He has
to rely on what Weyler tells
him. In their last interview Cen
cral Lee complained Of the ~unsanitary
conditions OF the cells the American
prisoners were in. Weyler replied
boldly: ooh, 1 have attended to this
matter. They have been removed to
cells Al and A. General Lee retired,
fattered at his supposed success. not
knowing that the Americans have
always occupied cells Nos. ~ and AZ.
Those cells, by the way, are gloomy
and so damp that water oozes from
the ceiling and tricklcs down tho
walls, wetting the floor, which never
dries. In n of these wretched cells
are Melton, the American newspaper
correspondent. and George hguirre,
locked with a mau suffering from
smallpox"
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-10-16
THE RESULT IN GEORGIA.
atkinson's Majority In the Ncighborhood
OF $4,000 other Majoritics Bigger.

atkinson's Majority In the Ncighborhood
OF $4,000 other Major,tics Bigger
ATLANTA, Ga, Oct. !0-Advices up
20 midnight from combined official
md unofficial sources fix the total
Democratic majority at 3G, l2a. This
estimate is based on tho vote for At
tinson for governor, which is in many
,ases less than that cast for the other
tate officials. 1t is not believed the
inal returns will materially alter this
estimate. The Legislature is almost
Iolidly Democratic in both branches,
nsuring practically the unanimous
election of e~x.Spcaker Crisp to the
,enatc, to succeed Senator Gordon.
The official returns from McDufiie
.onnty, the home OF Thomas T.. Wat
'on, shows that the Populists have
.arried it by 5o4 majority. Seaborn
Wright, the Populist candidate for
governor, carries his home county,
iloyd, n former Democratic strong
iold, by 200 majority.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-10-16
Waite r.on In rolItics Again.

LOUISVILLE, Ky, Oct. lO.-T
Courier. Journal to-day printed @ 10.
editorial from Henry Watterson, wv
ten at Geneva, in which he said III
the action OF the Chicago convent
had caused him to return to politiI
which he had left forever two We;
ago. lie concluded: There Is d
"ne hope for the country, but d
for the Democratic party, aud I'll
hope lies Embedded in the princip!
unfolded by the indianapolis platfct
and represented by the Candida -
Palmer and Buckner."
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-10-16
ELECTION IN GEORGIA
DEMOCRATS CARRY 1T BY
$4,000 TO 40 900.
Governor Atkinson Got n Zig Negro Vote
on Account OF His Impartial Admins
t~ration A Majority Of Them Voted
for Him Increase Large.

ATLANTA, Ga, oct. a-W. Y. a..
kinson, Democrat, is reelected gover-
nor by n majority of not less than u.s.
600, which is NJ increase OF 5000 over
the party majority OF two years ago.
Fulton county, In which this city Is
situated, has given Atkinson a major.
ity OF 900, where W years ago it
Cavc the Democrats u majority OF u
900. Bibb county this year gives n
majority OF 900, and two years ago IT
give the Democrats . majority of B..
OoO. In the Tenth district, which is
the home OF Thomas Watson, the Dem
ocratic majority has dropped from -
900 TO 1000. H. il generally conceded,
however, that Atkinson has carried
tho state by at least -, 900, and the re-
turns are expected by his fricnds to
show he has "a majority of 1000. This,
IL true. will mean that the balance of
the ticket has been elected by n ma
iority OF IS. 800
Tue legislature is Overwhelmingly
Democratic. The populists may have
four members in the senate and the
Republicans one.
Tom Watson, the Populiet nominee
for the Vice Presidency, made "A des.
perate effort to defeat the Democ.
racy in order TO use it to force off
Sewall from the ticket. lIc had the
Populists to put up Seaborn Weight, u
Probibitionist. and u strong man, for
the g~overnorship. lie then mad u
trade with the Republicans by which
their entire vote was thrown to the
populists.
The effect OF this Republican move,
bo,yeyer was IN scare tina IOpuliSts
back into the Democratic ranks. The
gold standard Democrats also took
active part in helping the Populists as
means OF injuring the regular Dem
ocrats.
A.. s.. Clay, chairman OF the state
Democratic executive committee. says:
I've have carried the State by be.
tween ~, 900 and 80, 900 majority. The
Populists have not carried twenty
counties out OF the Ia in the State,
and they have lost many OF tho coun-
ties they carried in lsi,."
Ex.Secrctarv OF the Interior IIokc
Smith said: THE contest In Georgia
was over the question OF local govern.
ment. National issues did not enter
into il. Governor Atkinson won the
confidence of the negro vote by his
impartial administration, and the
large majority OF them supported him
mt the polls"
A. h. Buck, chairman OF the State
Republican, committee, said: 'htkin'
sons large majority is due to the pro
hibition plank in the ropulist plat
form. The governor won the negr,
vote bv his efforts To suppress lynch
Ing. The result has no Significance
nationally"
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-10-16
lNCERSOLL ON THE ISSUES
Mckinley and the Gold standard U?-
held Before 10000 C%hica:osnI

Mckinley and the Gold standard t?-
held Before 10000 Chicagosn.
CHICAGO, Oct. 10 Last night COLI
onel Robert & lngersoll spoke for
Mckinley and the gold standard in "a
big ten to an audience estimated at
10000. He said three great questions
were at issue-currency, tariff and
the question whether an appeal lay
from the supreme court to II mob.
As to the first question Colonel ln-
gersoll said that money is a part ~
nature and does not have to be re-
deemed, for it is the redeemer. Green
backs arc not money. neither is "a sill
yer dollar containing less than a d.
lars worth of silver unless il bc cy-
changeable for gold. 1t would take
a dollars worth of raper to make n
dollar on its own merits. The sneak
err said that Going money added no
more to its value than measuring to
grain or weighing of coal.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-10-16
Wilson Out Of the way

LEXINGTON, Mo, Oct 10. The To-
expected announcement of ropulis.l
Candidate Wilson's withdrawal fromI
the ace for Congress IN the interest
of W. :. Cowherd, the Democratic
nominee, was formally made to-day,
when Mr.. Wilson's letter I o NJ. T..
Hanlon, chairman of the Populist
committee. was made public. The
chef reason he gives is that the Pop.
Mist votes will be necessary to secure
MIR. Cowherd's election and that Mr..
Nef is "a puppet of Rothschild's."
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-10-16
Claims Of the Silver Party Mon.

WAsnINGToN, Oct. To- - Secretary
Defenderfer Of the Silver party gave
out an estimate on the election yes
day as follows: Bryan, 2sa electoral
votes; Mckinley, lO7; doubtful. IS.
This last is made up Of Iowa, Mary
land. Minnesota, New Jersey, West
Virginia and Wisconsin. He comedies
New England, New York and Penn
sylvania to Mckinley, and claims for
Bryan all except these states and
those in the doubtful list.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-10-16
Rig Morocco Work. Dam,cet>

WILMINGTON, Del, Oct. 10. The mel
rocco factories of Garrett & Bar
Charles baird & Co. and Washington
Jones & Co were damaged by fire la
0ight to the extent OF SaG0, 900. Wi
lam McNeal, a fireman, waSkilled b.
falling walls. The fire started in IL
boiler room OF the Garrett & Barr IA
tory and quickly spread to the 9th,
buildings
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-10-16
HIS FAMILY ANNIHILATED.
An InIiant Farmer Kills His wife and
Children and Himself.

Children and Himself.
NoBIEsvILLE, Ind. Oct. 10. Albert
Bray. aged 80, a prosperous farmer
and very religious man, cut the threats
Of his wife, his 9-year-old son, Carl,
and his 2~.year-old daughter, Edna,
and then crushed their skulls with
an axe between midnight and day
light this morning, Then he cut his
own throat.
Bray, owing to sickness In his fam
lily for the past few months, and some
financial embarrassment, lost his rea-
Son. He retired early last night.
Mrs. Dora Ray, a domestic, who was
sleeping with Edna, was awakened
shortly after 8 o'clock by Bray walk.
ING into her room in his stocking feet.
lie removed his little daughter to an
ad Joining room, where she was found
with her throat cut from ear to ear.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-10-16
Tho Florida Election

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Oct Com.
,lete returns for t~wenty.nine II
les of the forty-iivc in the State show
! loss Of ffteen per cent in the total
Democratic vote as compared with
So. The indications are that the
otal vote of the State did not ex-
'eed 40, 800, Of which BIoxham re-
'eived about %, $50, as compared with
-, 06i for Mitchell dem }, Weeks,
Pop, about 400 BloXham's ma
lDritY over all is about 1000.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-10-16
Ministers Arc Anxious.

LOUISVILLE, Ky, Oct. 10 .-Politics Is
so mixed in Kentucky that the Pres
byterian churches issued u cali for q
inion prayer meeting last evening at
The First Church. where prayers were
offered by the several ministers for di-
vine interference at the polls to avert
threatened calamity and other evils
with which the country is threatened.
There was an attendance Of several
hundred people.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-10-16
CAR REVIEWS TROOPS.
Seventy Thousand French Soldiers In
spected-Thanks Returned to Paris

b6Veuty huOuouhu EbSus" SobusVsp ~
spected-Thanks Returned to Paris
PARIS, Oct.i O-This morning Pres'-
dent Faure escorted the car and car
ina to Chalons.sur Marine for the
grand military review. By 0 o'clock
nearly 200. 600 people had assembled
and others were pouring in as fast as
trains could bring them. On the
cars arrival at military headquarters
a salute Of iOl guns was fired, after
which he reviewed the 10000 troops
in camp, representing all branches OF
the service
Previous to leaving Versailles the
czar expressed his thankst to President
Faure for the reception accorded him
at Paris and at Versailles, saying that
he was much pleased to notice that in
spite CT the enormous crowds along
the routes there had not been any dis.
turbances.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-10-16
POLITICS ON CHICAGO DAY
Republicans apd silver Men Celebrate by
Parades and Speeches.


CHICAGO, Oct O-Chicago day, tho
anniversary of the great fire twenty
five years ago was celebrated chiefly
as a political holiday by Republicans
and Democrats separately, each party
having its own street parade. as we'll
as gatherings indoors. Practically,
every factory and store was closed, as
were also the board Of trade and
banks. From early morning the
streets were jammed with cheering
thousands, struggling 10 gain some
point OF vantage. After g o'clocN tho
street cars or vehicles were not al
lowed in the down town district, the
streets being entirely given up tn
sightseers and marchers. lnnumera-
BILE floats, representing all kinds of
trades and business organizations
were features Of the parade.