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The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-10
IS SENTENCED.
TO BE PUT TO DEATH BY
ELECTRICITY.
The Murderer Answers the Questions of
the Judge without y Tremor-impres-
Hve Words of the Court in Passing
sentence.

New YonK. Dec. f.-Nhcn Martin
Thorn. convicted on Monday of the
murder Of William Guldensuppe, was
brought into court in Long Island city
to-day for sentence, he walked as
briskly between two officers rs he had
lone upon the days when he WIS on
rial. lie preserved the same impcr-
tirbable expression that he had worn
1t every crisis during the trial.
When. as u preliminary to the pass
ng of the sentence of death, Justice
Maddox put the customary questions
20 Thorn, he responded promptly, col
cctcdly and without outward evil
fences OF emotion. My true name"
aid he, sis T~orccswiskcy. ! was
porn in Germany and am IS years I'D.
[ am a barber and have never Dcen In
Jail before. | was brought up In the
'cligious belief of the Roman Catholic
'hurch. / can read and write. My
tathcr is living. am'not married
Then Judge Maddox proceeded to
iass sentence. He said, 'Thorn, you
we're indicted. charged with having
,rc meditatedly and deliberately de-
,igned and caused the death of Will
am Guldeni uppe. You have had n
ta!r trial. in I G course of which you
rave been defended by the ablest and
aost astutc counsel. They could not
have done more for you. Every eff.
fort vas made by them for you. After
hat the jury found you guilty of
murder in tho first degree and
he punishment for that Is death.
Reflect upon it. Reflect upon
he death >of him whom you
slew. II is the duty of the court to
tx a time for tho execution
che law pronounced the punishment.
J shall give you q reasonable time
the law permits mo to do that
IL is needless for me to state anything
touching the facts in the case. moro
than to say that the evidence justiies
thc verdict. The judge ment OF the
court is that you shall be taken thence
TO the state prison at Sing Sing within
reasonable time and that there you
shall DO executed in the form pre-
scribed by law in the week beginning
January 10, 1895"
Thorn listened withc at moving a
muscle and when this judge had fin
shed he inclined his head slightly
forward. as IL bowling to the court.
The prisoners lawyers then handed
ap m affidavit applying for an up
peal. Justice Maddox took the aGi'
tavit and will pass On 1t later
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-10
ELOPED WITH A MULATTO
A Missouri Girl Supposed to Have Joined
Her Fathers C%oachmau.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Dec. &-Undoubt-
eddy the most sensational society scan
ial that has come to light in Western
Missouri in recent years is the elope.
ment of Miss Kate Neal, daughter of
DIR. L. c. Neal OF Sweet Springs, Mo-,
with Joe {. johnson, mulatto, formerly
d coachman for the young woman's
father. Miss Neal comes from one
If the best families in the state.
Her father, who is a practicing physt.
sian at Sweet Springs, owns three
Ia rye farms in that vicinity and Is
part owner in the Sweet Springs bank.
The girl was carefully reared, was
graduated at a Methodist seminary
and vas given everything that heart
could desire. The only possible cx-
PLANTATION of her strange conduct Is
tina. she is addicted to the use of NOR
phinc. Possibly while under the in
lucnce of the drug she was taken ad.
vantage of by the negro.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-10

The bodies OF a woman about thirty
years old and n boy of eight were dis
covered In a room on the second floor
Of the Windsor House In Syracuse the
other day by Mrs. Catherine R0ckefel-
Ter. the proprletress. On the dresser was
a bottle labeled "Carbolic Acid" and
another partly filled with whisky pur-
chased OF a Syracuse druggist. The
woman's face and arms were covered
with burns. but the boys face was un-
marked. He had evidently taken the
acid unsuspectingly. The woman ap-
pears to have been at great palms 10
conceal her identity. A search of the
clothing revealed a crumpled scrap of
paper bearing the name "Bessie In
Grange. $50 Mumford st." written in .
woman's hand.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-10
Groom 10, Bride I2.

Joe Davis and Miss Belle Whitaker
were married at Deer Lick. KY, last
week. Davis is past 70 years old, and
his bride Is only ~. The bride and
groom represent extremes OF age.
greater. perhaps, than in any wedding
on record. According to stories told
by the friends OF the couple Davis
loved Miss Whittaker's grandmother,
but could not marry her. He transfer
red his affections to her granddaugh-
ter. and after a courtship which has
lasted ever since the girl was 6 years
old. married her. Miss Whitaker loves
the old man. who is highly respected.
and will inherit his entire estate upon
his death.
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Knives Their weapons.

Arthur Ferguson and Walter Price.
young men living at Jasper. Tenn.
quarreled Over o ~castlgation given by
Price to a younger brother Of Fergu-
son.. Hot words followed, and they
agreed TO fight 1t out. They repaired to
a swamp near by on which there was a
piece of dry land, and, without wit
nesses, they fought n duel. They were
both armed with knives, and the fight
was bloody and desperate. Finally
young Price sank tn the ground from
loss of blood and n wound In the spine
which had paralyzed him. Ferguson
was bleeding from a dozen Wounds.
Price had the same number. Ferguson
reported the matter, and the wounded
man was taken to his home and two
physicians called. They pronounced
his injuries fatal. Ferguson was ar
rested, but was released on a $4,000
bond. Both young men are well con-
nected and highly esteemed In tho
community.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-10

H''il'N'
At Marseillcs recently n very neat
bank robbery took place. In which the
improved burglar drill was used. The
cracksmen drilled a hole one or W
inches in diameter by means OF a
handbrace. at the level Of the lock,
and afterward tapped the hole so that
there might he screwed into 1t u
threaded rod provided with II handle
at its extremity. The drill. properly
so called, consisted OF a steel plate
ring provided with saw teeth at n
OF its edges. This ring was held by a
transverse rod. to which was fixed a
vertical lever and u bridge. The
threaded rod. which was first screwed
Into the door, served "a m axis OF
rotation. Upon this axis was fixed the
drill. and II only suiicod TO maneuvcr
the lever In order to cause the saw
teeth to bite the plate Of the safe. Az
ter u short period of silent work a disk
was detached and came out with the
tool. The safe then no longer offered
any resistance to the burglar.
"The reason safes are not cracked
In Chicago and other large cities as
they once WERE said william Pink
erton the other day, "is because we
have made 1t very Improbable for the
safe crackers to attempt n job. Three
fcurths of the safes and vaults In the
business districts of Chicago are con-
nected by electric wires with the office
~ IN nrntanttun nnp,nanp nn1 thu In.
slant II Of these safes Is tempered
with an alarm bell rings In the Office
where a dozen men are on duty walt
ing for such an occurrence. No bell
rings where the safe Is. There Is
nothing to disturb the burglar. and II
he keeps on with his work We are
very likely to catch him in the act.
as has been done half a dozen times.
Now, the expert safe crackers all
know this and for that reason they
give Chicago q wide berth. Add to the
protection OF electricity the fact that
the buildings are all guarded by
watchmen and that the police are
| quite numerous In the business dis
trict at night and you will see the
safe cracker has not the show he used
to have. The principal safeguard
however. Is electricity. No matter
how consclentiously Waterman
might make his rounds II might be
possible for a couple OF handy men to
get into n store and do Il job between
trips while the Waterman was In some
other part OF the block. But when
the safe Is connected with n burglar
alarm, as the majority OF them are,
the safeblower has no chance In the
world. He attempts to bore the door
or to knock off the combination knob
and instantly q big bell begins to ring
blocks away and continues to ring I'M
I'll someone gets 10 that safe. AS foi
the safes In grocery stores and other
places away from the downtown dis
trlct, they don't have enough in them
to pay for the trouble and risk OF get.
ting into them. Those small shop.
keepers usually hurry downtown and
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-10
Protest Against NICK emma.

PORTLAND, Ore, Dec. A petition
to President Mckinley protesting
against the appointment Of Attorney
General McKenna as justice of the
United States supreme court has been
signed here by two federal judges and
q large number OF the leading attor-
neys Of Portland. The petition says;
The c%oncensus OF opinion has been,
and is. that Judge McKenna Is not,
either by natural gifts, acquired
learning. or decision of character,
qualified for any judicial place Of inn
portance. mnch less for the highcs'
place In the land"
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woman. but she is trying TO do zoe
much. Bright lines do not make {
play; n or two situations are neces
sary. AS they are eliminated from
"a Coat of Many Colors." it cannot E'
called a successful production. Thu
name is awkward In the first place
and % much depends on the title of
play. The "hero'--if a comedy ma,
be said TO have a hero-is played b.
Herbert Kelley, and 10 a most exem
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MURDERED HIS FATHER.
Hanchman shot by Ii,s Son. Whom re
Had Ordered to Leave.

Thomas Flannelly shot and killed
his father. Patrick Flannelly. ono of
the most respected citizens of Redwood
City, Cal. the other night because he
had bcon ordered from II ranch for dis
regarding the old mans wishes. Tho
crime was committed In the elder
Fiannelly's home, which the son had
evidently entered with the intent OF
doing murder. Tho crime aroused the
people of Redwood City to a high
state of excitement. Posses were formed
To pursue the parriclde. and he was
finally located ut the ranch he had
been ordered to leave. When called
upon to surrender young F1annel1y
opened fire on sheriff McEvoy, OF San
Matco county. and several of hls dep
uties. one bullet taking effect In h
shcriff's left arm. The volley was re.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-10
Isis marok Attacks America.

BERLIN, Dec. i.-The organ OF Prince
bismarck. the Hamburger Nachrich-
ten, commenting upon the alleged in
tention OF the United States to inter
fere In Hayti, says: 1--WE deem II q
political necessity to oppose this
American arrogance often and EN-
phatically and certainly when direct
ed against Germany. or course no
body in Germany dreams OF a~nnexing
Hayti. but we hope to induce the gov
eminent TO energotically demand the
necessary satisfaction, in the shape OF
damages, and to enforce this by prop.
or meaDs."
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-10
MOTHER M'KiNLEY DYING.
The rre.,den, Arrive. Just In Time-Rs

celves the Last Greeting.
CANTON. Ohio, Dec. AT s.j5 o'clock
the President reached Canton, and
found that his mother was still alive,
but was sinking steadily, and was
near the end Of life.
Upon his arrival at the home Of his
mother President Mckinley entered
the sick and kn cit by the bed
side.
AS the President knclt ut his moth
cr's bedside his sister Helen announced
his arrival by saying: Here, mother,
is william. II you recognize him hold
up your hand" Mrs Mckinley did
raise her left hand slightly. and the
family believe 1t was in recognition of
her son. ilc graspcd her hand fondly
and says he seemed TO feel a slight
pressure from the mothers effort to
return his greeting.
The plans of the President are to
remain here until . o'clock tomorrow,
when, unless the worst shall come or
be very near. he will return to Wash
ington to look after some of the off
cial business, which made IL almost
impossible for him to- leave the ca pital
at the time.
The President remained almost con
stantly by his mothers bedside. As
the day wore on the invalid remained
apparently in the same condition rs
at early morning. She was uncon-
scious, showed no evidence of suffering
and seemed to DC passing quietly into
the sleep OF death. There was no en-.
enlargement given TO the family by
She attending physician, DIR. Phillips,
who seriously doubted whether the
patient would survive the day He
feared that tho end was very near, but
said there was a possibility OF her
lingering for several days. OF her
four living children three were ut the
bedside this morning. Mrs. A. Il.
Duncan of Cleveland, who had been
visiting her daughter at a Chicago
school. arrived at 1880 o'clock.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-10

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. April CO Emile
Clark. consular agent at Puira, Peru,
~as oustcd from tho house there used
oelow as the United States consular
sfico and above as q residence, 1t was
s:ated at the time that the consulate
sad been sacked, the house plundered
and an indignity put upon this govern
nent through its representative.
lark has been called upon to resign.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-10

CRISPi TO BE TRIED
Tx Premier of Italy Must Answer to
Serious Charges.


ROME, Dec. 4-Yesterday tho cham.
Der of deputies appointed n commits
sion of five TO inquire into the charges
against Signor Francesca Crispi, fer
mer premier, in connection with the
Bank Of Naples scandals and the al
legged liberal traffic in decorations.
The special commission was APP
pointed after an impressive speech by
Signor Crispi, in which he declared
that he desired the most ample and
complete discussion of the whole ques.
tion. and did not dread the light,
which, he said, could reveal nothing
against him.
II am the victim OF calumny," he
asserted, land should have brought
suit against my calumniators II the
matter had not been referred to the
chamber"
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pIary young man, On whom, however,
are shifted all the adventures of his
brother because they happen TO have
the same initials. Complications Of
the most absurd kind ensue on this
account. and a serious interest Is awk-
wardly brought In. The rapidlty with
which Mrs. Ryley changes from farce
To SOBER earnest is remarkable and not
In the best taste. Her play lacks sym
metry and artistic unity, Just as 1t
lacks situations, and sometimes Il IL
hard work to know whether she in
tends 1t for a farce or a serious drama.
Herbert Kelley and Ef1e Shannon In
the leading parts do as well as posi-
DC nut they are not stars, despite the
iact that this is their own CON.
pany.
Paris has lately seen for the first
tine buiwer's "Richelieu," which the
odeon theater presented to an @
thusiastic gathering. The critics re-
fuse to accept the broadly drawn por-
trait OF the famous ecclesiastic on the
ground that 1t Is too untruthful even
for the stage. But the French trans
lator had transferred the English
speech into diclion which IL said TO
,Aave pleased the public by Its poetic
form.
When Verdi was Invited, some time
ago, ia unvell the Donizetti monument
at Bergamo. he declined on the ground
OF his old age and his aversion to an
pearing In public. There was nothing
ungracious In this refusal; some years
ago he refused even to sanction a ju-
bilee in honor OF his own fifty years
activity az a composer. though his nd.
mirers tried hard to persuade him
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-10
Married Ills Mothers Maid.

Catholic social circles on Jersey City
Heights were somewhat surprised the
other day by the announcement that
Francis J. Cullum. son of a wealthy
coal dealer. and Miss Catherine Gill. a
housemaid In his mothers service,
were married on Aug. Is. Mrs. Cullum
said that her sons wife was oonsid-
cred a companion. and she was greatly
pleased with her sons choice.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-10

China Called Upon to Pay Indcmnities
and Give Up tho Seized Section.


LONDON, Dec. 4.-The demands mado
oy Germany upon China are the dis
,overy and punishment by death OF
the murderers OF the missionaries,
Nicse and IIernle, the punishment of
tho implicated officials, including the
governor of the province OF Shang
Tung, the reconstruction of the mis-
sionary buildings, tho payment Of an
Indemnity of coo, 900 taels to the rela-
lives of the victims, the payment OF a
ieavy indemnity to cover the expenses
Of the German naval expedition and
Kiao Chou bay, tho railroad monopoly
Of the Shang Tung province and the
occupation of Kiao Chou bay as a
German coaling station.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-10
MARTIAL LAW IN PRAGUE
Twelve Thousand soldiers In the Eohe.
mlan Capital to Suppress Disorder.

PRAGUE. Dec. 4-Murtial law ha.
been proclaimed here, as well Is in
the judicial districts Of karolenemthal,
Siekow, Weinberg and Smichow, as
result of recent riots.
There have been serious collisions
between the police and large mobs in
the Smythow and Xizcho w suburbs OF
the city.
AS II further indication of the grav
ity of tho situation, troops to the nnm
Der of $4,000, equipped with ammuni'
ton and other pharaphernalia, as fol
a campaign, have been engaged In
suppressing the riots.
Further troops are being drafted
into Prague from Vienna and else
where, and to-day there will be a'
least la,UOO soldiers ia the city and il
its Immediate suburbs.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-10
Mrs. Mack Ma, 70 Lie Hanged.

New York, Dec. A. Although Dis
trict Attorney ioungs solemnly as
,ured the jury in Martin Thorn's trial
that the state held Mrs. Mack equally
guilty with Thorn, he now announces
that he will accept a plea of guilty of
murder in the second degree or man
daughter in the first with twenty
years in the ~penitentiary.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-10

mating play OF the var II was a dar
ing idea to make the hero n spy 10
Northern soldier In Confederate lines)
but Mr.. Gillette accomplishGs tbs feat
so successfully in his story and In mis-
acting that prejudice. for once, Is over
come. In the telegraph scene, in the
third act, where he IL sending a false
dispatch, which will ruin the people
whose hospitality he has enjoyed
the people of the woman ne loves
the tension is so great that the au.
dience grows fairly beside itself with
excitement. The GOODNESS with which
Mr.. Gillette carries this scene is al.
most wonderful. Shot In one hand. he
calmly proceeds To send his message
with the other. smoking his cigar the
while. The secret Service" company
is a fine one. Taken all in all the play
and players are something for the
American theater to be proud Of.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-10
MERCHANT AS a BURGLAR.
rhs Tliiinx of an Iowa Business Man
Durlns u Robbery Causes an Exposs.

rhs irliilnx of m Iowa Business Man
Daring u Robbery Causes an Exposs.
BELLE PLAINS, Iowa, Dec. "A. +.
:Sibley, a merchant of Sheffield, Iowa,
reputed to be worth $40, Oo0, was shot
dead while robb!ng the store Of N
other merchant. In the safe in his
private room were found many dia-
nom rings, gold bracelets and jew
elry Of every description. Including
seventeen gold watches. Dry goods
that had been stolen by Sibley were
identified by merchants. Jonas Schles-
anger Of Hampton identified cloth
Ing stolen from n car in the railroad
yards at Hampton and for which the
railroad company had settled. Mr..
Hobble of Hampton found bicycles
which were stolen from him.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-10

or four plays in Vanity Fair" but
will use is to deal with the ris0 and
progress and subsequent fall OF Becky
Sharp. The play Is to open with a
prologue. which shows Becky at Miss
Pinkerton's school at the moment
where the parting OF the ways of life
lies before her. She can choose either
road, hut circumstances and her own
ambition, combined with her relations
with Miss Pinkerton and the force Of
early associations. lead her to choose
the one which brings her eventually to
disgrace. After the prologue we see
her at the home OF the Sedleys In Rus
sell square. The act closes with the
ruin of the Sedley family and the or
dering Of the troops to Brussels.
The second act shows all the char
acters at the historic hall OF the Ouch
ess of Richmond. The next act shows
the home Of the Rawdon Crawleys, In
Curzon street, and Of course closes
with the great scene-one of the most
dramatic in the whole range OF modern
English f%ction-in which Rawdon
Crawley comes home and finds his
wife with the marquis Of Steype. The
first of the two scenes In the last act
shows Becky In lodgings with the Ger.
man students, and the second repre-
sents the gambling hall at Pumper-
nickel. Thus. as In Beau Brummel."
the play closes with a picture OF it's
chief actor ending a brilliant career IN
miserable state.
The continued success OF Secret
Service" makes the publication of a
portrait Of William Gillette OF Inter-
est. Mr.. Gillette never did better work.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-10
Harris Opposes Annexation.

WASHINGTON, Dsc. 4.-Senator liar.
els OF Kansas announced to-day that
ne was opposed TO Hawaiian annexa-
don. Hc has heretofore been unde-
sided
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-10
THEATRICAL TOPICS.
CURRENT NEWS AND GOSSIP
OF THE STAGE.


LAW a E%rlongcr's
"a W ard of
France has made
u fine success and
once more brought
into fayo !
prominence those
w~ell-known play
crs. Joseph T..
Whiting and Miss
Una Abel. The
heroine of this piay
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-10

T.N British empire seems to double
Its population In Europe every 90
years; In the colonies every 25 years.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-10

rs q Cas'attc. The term Is strange TO
most readers, no doubt, but was once
w~ell-known in New Orleans, and Is
still understood there. Ii was applied
long ago to girls banished from France
to Louisiana. These cassattes were
outcasts, commonly from the reform.
atory institutions. The authors. Frank
lin Fyles and Eugene Prcsbry. have
instead created the character OF an in
nocent victim to the system OF banish-
ment. They introduced her at first
as a pupil at a convent school In
Havre. where she Is known as "A or
phan OF the revolution" her father
having been sentenced to the gui,lo-
tine as an aristocrat. She Is taken by
military force from this quiet and pure
life, thrust into a gang Of cessattes as
one of their kind. and sent TO New
Orleans. the fate of a cassattc being
designed fer her by q relative who
would thereby obtain for himself the
title and estates belonging to her fam
lily. Four acts are devoted to the vi
cissitudes and adventures of this girl
In New Orleans. Her father, whom
she believes dead, is there in quest Of
her, and the plotter against her is act
I've for her destruction while his two
SONS. half-brothers, are her rival low
ers.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-10
YHE SAFE CRACKERS.
THE NEW BURGLAR USES
MODERN TOOLS.
,Ias Little Use FOR the Ciomsy Jimmy
or y. Oid-n Tim-s-Few Clever Has
cal. Now Operate In Hargs cities
Driven Ont by Electric Alarms.

'p-to-date burglars
use tools that are
models in the line
Of modern inyon-
tons. The vulgar
Jimmy need no
longer be applied
to the safe door. II
Is easier to drill a
hole large enough
for an arm To De
slinppu
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-10

WARRINGTON, Dec. 4-rhe govern
mem has fully decidec to qualify as a
bidder at tho sale of the Kansas Pa
cifc railroad on December 10 next, in
case OF tie failure OF the reorganiza-
ton committee to guarantee to the
governmtn mt what IN regarded as a fair
and just figure for its interest. which
Is Sl3, 600, QUO.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-10

There is considerable witty dialogue
in Madeleine Lucctte Ryley's comedy
but little else. The author IL a clever
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-10

The continued success OF Secret
Service" makes the publication of a
portrait OF William Gillette OF inter.
est. Mr.. Gillette eve did better Wort,
az d;amat!st CT actor than In this fasci-