The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-17

washington.
A small tornado visited Point La
Hache, La, and several houses were
wrecked. No lives were lost.
The special wheat investigation insti-
tutcd by the agricultural department
indicates a worlds crop of $50, 1000
bushels.
On arriving at Madrid, Spain,
cx-Captain-General Wcylcr was greeted
enthusiastically and treated ~ hero.
lie will meet the queen regent.
Unless the boss printers agree to n
nine hour day 1900 book and job prin-
ters in New York will strike. a
~pcaceablc solution is looked for.
Luctgcrt's new attorneys have de-
cidcd to compel the state to produce
the body or by direct testimony prove
the murder to haze been committed.
Judge Sandborn in the court of APP
pcals at st. Louis, has granted u
postponement of the proposed sale of
the Kansas Pacific railroad for sixty
days.
The interstate IN commission
has granted to railroads two years cx-
tension to comply with the law of 1898
and equip their cars with safety appli-
anccs.
Professor Brooks, of Smith observ-
atory, Geneva. y. Y, reports sun
spots approaching the center of the
suns disc. They are observable
through u smoked glass.
Two negroes arrested for the murder
OF Il storckceper named Iabin. ut st.
Gabriel, La, were lynched. The proof
of their guilt was conclusive and popu-
lar Indignation was great.
Judge L. NJ. Merriam of Little Rock,
Ark, insists that Blanther, the con-
Wet. killed Blanch Lamont and Minnie
Williams. and that the execution of
Durrant will be judicial murder.
Chicago alderman have raised their
salaries from 50 II week to ST. 0
Il year. The ordinance which ac-
complishcd it was passed under a sus-
pension of the rules by vote of 50 to 8.
Gen. William f.. Draper. the United
States ambassador to Italy, was the
other day present at the casting Of
the Simmons bronze statue to Gen.
John A. Logan, which will be set up in
Washington.
Michael Purcell u boiler maker,
while repairing the smokestack of u
steamer at San Francisco, was almost
roasted to death by the starting of
fires in the boilers. He is in "a precari-
Gus condition.
The window glass workers Of Pitts
burg have voted to accept tho
proposition of the manufacturers, and
will probably resume work ut an adj
vance of ~ per cent in wages instead
of Is per cent IA asked for.
In an attempt to hold up the South
ern Pacific sunlight special at STEMS
Pass, ninety miles west of Dcning, N.
NJ, SANDY Collins" Il noted bandit,
was shot down by Express Messenger
Jennings. The other bandits fled.
The steamship Moana. from Austria
liza, due mt San Francisco December IL,
carries. according to report, Sl35, 900 in
gold. This makes the fifth shipment
from the same source in five months
and brings up the total amount of gold
sent from Australia since August to
Sl1 ,375 1000.
The seventeenth annual convention
of the American Federation of Labor
was called to order in the representa-.
tive hall at Nashville, Tenn, and
President Samuel Gompers submitted
his annual report in which he bids tho
Federation hope as the future of labor
is bright.
At Augustine, Pa, Mrs. John Fred
erick arose about > o'clock to start the
kitchen fire. She used kerosene oil.
The house and its contents were de-
stroyed and three children burned I o
Iaafh An infant Nr,S 81, bnI1Y ln,ppal
hat il may die. The woman herself
was seriously burned.
Orders were recently issued that the
entire national guard of New York
should be supplied with uniforms made
in the state prison. The members of
the Thirty-sixth separate company ut
schenectady, have announced that
they will disband rather than wear
prison-made uniforms.
Mrs. Alice Hartley created n sensa-
ton in the Emanuel Baptist Church at
San Francisco by arising after services
and dramatically declaring she had q
message from God to the effect that
Durrant's life should be saved, and
that it was the duty Of the congrega-
ton to save him. A final appeal for
Communication will be made to Gov.
Buui tnlS week.
Under threat of instant lombard
ment IIayti hastily complied with
Germany's ultimatum the terms of
which are as follows: An indemnity
of $50, 900 to Herr Lueders. the return
of Herr Luedcrs to Iiayti under the
guarantee of the government, an Off
cial expression to the German govern
men of the regret of the liaytien
government and the reception of Comte
Schwcrin by President Tiresias Simon
Sam.
A bill has been introduced in the
Illinois Legislature which if passed will
make n change in the administration
of Chicago's police force. 1t provides
for n board of three persons. appointed
by the governor, which shall have full
power to appoint, discharge, promote
and degrade police officers under civil
service regulations. The mayor is
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