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The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-02

can house of moderate dimensions Is
still that the parlor is made too for
NAL, and is not given the true home
atmosphere. A growing tendency to
make the room more q part and parcel
of the house Is apparent, however-to
throw 1t open to purely family gather
ings, and to make 1t reflect the indIvid'
uality OF the n In the large and
elegant house of the extremely rich,
the parlor becomes the drawing or re-
ception room, given owe to ceremonial
events. In this case. 1t is fitting that
all the Of wealth should be
lavished upon the room, and elaborate
display Is pardonable; but in the homes
of those who are In moderate circum-
stances, nothing more instantly reveals
a vulgar taste than the attempt to DIFF.
ferentiate the parlor from the rest OF
the house. by rich and ornate furnish
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Wreck ut stromsbur~,

Passenger train No. 40 was wrecked
at Stromsburg Saturday night. Train
men and passengers had . narrow es-
cape, but none were killed. As the
train arrived on schedule time the
switch had unknowingly been thrown
to the side track and locked. The train
was running at the rate OF twenty
miles an hour and II entered the siding
and run into some freight cars stand.
ing about seventy-five feet from the
switch. Engineer Clark and Fireman
Dobbins both jumped from the eB4iio
and were 09nsiderahly injured, butwi
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T AT REST
Popular Writer for Boys PASSES Away.
Died of Heart Troubles.

Popular Writer for Boys Passes Away
Died of Heart Troubles.
BosToS, Mass, March 29.-William
L. Adams, known to all boys Of the
English speaking world rs "Oliver
Optic" died Mt his home on Dorches-
ter avenue to-day from fatty degenera-
ton Of the heart, after a long illness.
Mr.. Adams was born In Midway,
Mass in 1892. The first of his family
to come to America from England vas
Henry Adams, who settled at Quincy,
Mass, in 1880. Young Adams attended
the Boston public schools and then
worked on u farm at West Roxbury.
In 1888 he made his first attempt nj
writing-a piece eight pages in length.
In ls43 he was chosen principal Of the
school now known as the Harvard
school, and was connected with the
Boston public school for over twenty
years, when he resigned to travel In
Europe.
Mr.. Adams first book to be pub
lished appeared in 1s49 and was en-
titled "Hatchie, the Guardian Slave
His pen name, ''Oliver Optic" was sug.
gested by DIR. Optic, a character In a
play then running in Boston. Some
years after q friend embarked In the
publishing business, and, knowing Mr..
Adams close relations with children,
suggested that he write q boys book.
Mr.. Adams demurred, but was finally
persuaded to try IL, and the book met
with immediate favor. His next work
was 'In Doors and Out" a col.
lection of stories. The ''Riverdale
Series" was completed in 1862.
Some of his other works, most Of them
in series, were: 1.-The Boat Club"
young America Abroad" wood.
%ville," 'Starry Flag" Onward and
Upward" yacht Club" and ''Great
Western" Nearly all were boys sto-
ries, and his works interested the girls
but little. About 100 of his produc-
tions have been published, and the
sales have exceeded n million copies.
He wrote two novels for older readers,
Tho Way of the World" and Living
Too Fast"
From 1858 until 1866 Mr.. Adams was
editor of the Student and Schoolmate,
and from 1867 edited Oliver Optics
Magazine for Boys and Girls.
Mr.. Adams was deeply religious, and
the heroes of his stories were always
spotless. For more than twenty years
the author was associated with Sunday
school work in Dorchester. BY some
it Is said that he wrote his first boys
story for his Sunday school class. He
was also closely identified with the
school affairs Of Dorchester, then a
suburb of Boston, and served One term
in the Legislature.
Mr., Adams possessed a large estate
and lived many years in his large
house on Dorchester avenue, which Is
surrounded by trees grown large, CIV
ing the place a pleasant air of seclus-
ion. He had shortly returned from n
trip to Jamaica. where he became Ill
and was nursed by his daughter, Mrs.
Sol Smith Russell. wife of tho actor.
Mr.. Adams was described as a little
below medium height-less than Ave
feet and a half tall-with round face,
gray hair, a short, grizzled beard, the
mildcst blue eyes and a slow manner
OF speaking, with a gentle voice. His
motto in writing for his constituency.
as once given In a conversation, was:
First God, then country, then
friends"
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RESERVES ATTACKED.
Five Western Senators Appeal to Pres
ident Mckinley to Annul the Order.

Five Western Senators Appeal to Pres
ident Mckinley to Annul the Order.
WAsHINGToN, March 29.-The Presi-
dent listened to strong representations
from Western men respecting the or
der made by President Cleveland Feb.
ruary 22, creating extensive reserva-
tions OF public lands for forest protec.
ton. The speakers were Senators
Allison, Pettigrew, Mantle, Clark and
Shoup, ex-senator Moody and Repre-
sentative Hartman of Montana. They
criticised the order in the freest terms
IS unjustifiable and a serious blow at
the development and prosperity OF the
Western country. President Mckinley
listened closely to what was said and
promised to take the suggestion that
the order be rescinded under careful
consideration.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-02
FOR FARM BOUNTIES.
Senator Smiths Proposed Amendment to
the Tariff Biil.

WASHINGTON, March Ex-senator
Smith Of New Jersey, a Democrat, de-
clares that he will offer an amendment
to the tariff bill to provide for the pay
ment Of a bounty on wheat and cot
ton, two Of the principal articles OF
export. He says that neither wheat
O cotton are exported into this coun-
try in quantities to interfere in any
degree with American wheat and cot
ton growers and that therefore the
domestic producers of these articles
cannot be protected by import duties
as can manufacturers. He insists that
there is no essential difference between
a protective duty and a bounty, and
that as wheat and cotton cannot be
protected by q duty, 1t is but fair to
help them by a bounty.
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BUSINESS THE PAST WEEK.
Gradual Improvement In Different In
dnstrles, kaya Dun.

New YORK, March 29.-R. @. Dun &
Co.'S weekly review of trade says:
with confidence that better times
and larger business are coming, men
are less disposed every day to throw
away good investments, and the very
fact that prices of products are low Is
regarded as n guarantee against fur
Their decline in all industrials. The
number of mills and shops and hands
at work gradually increases.
The grain markets have lost with
out reason the gain they made the
previous week. Wheat supplies are
running out but nobody believes there
Is coming q famine before June, when
the harvesting of Southern wheat will
begin. Western receipts were over q
third smaller than last year.
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SPRINsFIELD, ILL.,, March 9.--In the
House, Mr.. Nohe of Cook asked ynani.
nous consent to have the Senate de.
partment store bill read q first time.
Objections we're interposed. and after
a short debate d motion to table the
measure was carried. The House then
ndjourned. To all appearances the
anti-department store bill is dead.
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God wants man to be perpendicular,
and man requires this Of his brother:
nothing less will satisfy our ideas OF
right. Perpendicular living embraces
perpendicular acting. the entire absence
OF c~rookedness, or such underhanded-
ness as will not bear the light Of day.
Let your life be an open book; live
every day as though you dwelt in q
glass house-every act being open to
inspection.-Rev. Charles Keller.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-02
orseuviI,s In Great Peril

GREKNvILLE, Miss, March 2S.-Ths
mayor has issued a proclamation call
;ng on oil merchants to close their
places of business and every able.
bodied man to go to the levee. A
strong fight is being made along the
line to hold the great ENHANCEMENT.
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Think. They should lie Annexed.

WAsmNaToN. March 20.--Johp w.
Foster. formerly secretary OF state
lectured here last night on the subject
Of Hawaii" The ex-secretary came
out in emphatic terms in favor of the
annexation of the island.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-02
whisky to Be Higher.

CINCINNATI, Ohio, March 2S.-At mn
informal meeting of distillers and
wholesale whisky dealers. here 1t was
unanimously agreed to advance the
price Of spirits In a few days.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-02
River Ia SIN Failing.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. March 20.--Thc bis
river continues tn fall slowly and tn.
flood situation in Arkansas, opposite
this city, II somcwhnt Improved.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-02
No Ballot IN K~entuoky's Legislature.

was little excitement attendant upon
the fourth joint session Of the Legisla-
ture to ballot for United States sena.
tor to-day. The Democrats aud bolt
ing Republicans who had not paired
refused TO answer to their names and
so prevented n quorum, and no ballot
vas taken.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-02
Anti-Depsrtm.nt stor. BIN.

A man never hates to lie so much q,
after he has been caught telling one.
The times., 1897-04-11

When / asked Gen. Alger il he had any
active interest in the movement TO pro
tect the forests, he said, laughingly, thaG
his business was cutting down Jhe trees,
not preserving them. But lie added The
pine has been thinned out great deal In
Michigan and the adjoining States, ana
if we cut timber now as we did ten years
ago in this State the supply wouldn I last
five years But we go to Canada now for
great deal of our timber, and the South
is supplying some. The Southern pine VIII
never take the place ofthe Northern wood,
except for cheap structures, because III is
resinous, and as the heat fries out the
pitch moisture takes its place, SO that the
wood quickly decays. Bat what is replac-
ing our pine chiefly is the steel nsed IN
light railroad bridges, the steel used In
the structure of our modern business build
ings, and the hard wood which is used SO
much now for interior work"
''Still the supply must be exhausted in
time" l suggested.
Then we shall have to find other things
to take its place"
lis there no way to stimulate the gro with
of the trees?''
''Not Of pine 1t burns too easily The
fire sweeps right over the tops of pine
trees / saw a forest fire that Travelled
two miles in three minutes over pine tree
tops My timber finder climbed TO the top
of a pine which stood on an elevated
place to see if he could spy some timber.
The times., 1897-04-11

The house has been at long Intervals ten
anted by families, but their occupancy fas
been OF short duration During the war
it was used as military headquarters, and
a little later Roman Catholic ststerhood
onened in ii n school for girls. Whether or
not the prayers OF tine gentle sisters ex-
orcised any Of the evil spirits, Is not
sknown. but the school continued only about
one wear. The house then became Gov
ernInent annex. and was occupied Tor
number OF years by the Marine Hospital
Service
Few of sJohn. Tayioe's descendants re
main to enjoy his wealth. His son, Ben
iarnin Ogle Tayloe, married Miss warren,
n noted Northern beauty. They were so
cial leaders in Washington thirty years
ago. The Immediate heirs OF the estate
reside in Norfolk, the younger being yet
scarcely OF age The residence which
John Tayloe built. doubtless in the Eope
that il might bc for many generations the
gathering pIace of wealth and distinc-
tion, stands desolate Though IL mas It.
ceived practically no repairs for many
wears. il is still a substantial structure
and but for its broken window panes and
general air Of neglect. would be no dls-
credit to its location. But even the enin-
formed may easily recognize something
uncanny about it-some mystery Whlch
win never be revealed until the great
books are opened and the dead are per
mitted u speak. u NJ D.
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and he loses very soon all interest in
life.
Gen. Alger was thrown on his own re-
sources when he WAS a boy, and he is
: millionaire today, because he was not
afraid to work with his hands He worked
by the month as laborer on farm many
years to earn the money to pay for his
schooling. When he had become a lawyer.
after arduous labor he found the confine-
ment Of law office was too severe for
his health. Then the war came and he en-
listed, working his way up TO a colonelcy
and the brevet of bri gadier and jor gen
eral before his health compelled him TO re-
sign his commission.
II came TO Detroit in 1867 he said,
..without a dollar in my pocket, with few
friends and no prospects. An old friend
told me that ( 1 would go to the woods
and look for pine timber land he would
furnish the money to buy it and divide the
profits. accepted the offer, got nome
maps and studied up the country. There
was a good deal of Government land in
Michigan untaken then, you know. /
hired an old man who lived up on Lake
Huron shore, who was a timber finder,
and, taking with us blanket and man
to help carry our rations, we started out
We were pioneers and we had to cut our
way through the ira ckless woods. / car
ried pack most of the way, and We must
have walked nearly two hundred miles
We got several pieces of timber land, and
The times., 1897-04-11

and thus provided for the marriage OF their
daughters, the education OF their sons, or
laid by something for old age Many oil
them used their savings to change the
terms of their tenure of land to copy
hold. The condition of the villeins was not
an enviabe one, but there was little eX-
treme poverty among them. Nor was Their
toll severe, their labor being as easily per-
formed as thatof their dcscendantsi In Eng
land today.
In 1913 there begana greatchange- The
black death, supposed To be the same dis
ease as the bubonic plague OF the present
day, became epidemic in England, and
prevailed for three years, destroying at
least one-third Of the people. A great de-
mand for labor arose, and there was rise
in wages Immediately. In few years
wages were from so TO 75 per cent higher
than before the plague. The custom or
The times., 1897-04-11
sealed closet OF this closet, Tayloc is re
.a,,tod t1, I.a..1, col IL l., nis.

sealed closet OF this closet Tayloe is re-
puted to have saidin his will:
I'm regard to certain sealed closet In
my house in Washington city, / state, If
opened, or an attempt to open same is
ever made by the heirs OF this house, they
will thereby forever forfeit said property y
Some years ago party of spiritualfsts,
accompanied by a medium, spent an evening
in the house. The medium, in her trance
state, ifnplored not to be whipped, and
moaned and prayed to have her feet un-
tied She was taken from the house In a
condition bordering on mental and physical
collapse, and her companions, with chat
tering teeth and trembling hands, added
another stone tothe foundation oftheir faith
In spirit return. year or two later, an
other ghost-hunting party spent q night
there, with experiences such as they have
never wished to have repeated.
The times., 1897-04-11
Presence of Mind.

An old Lancashire miller, noted for his
teeness in matters financial, was once in
a boat irving his best to get across the
s.,ear, which drove the mill The stream
was flooded, and he was taken past the
point at which he wanted TO iand' whlie,
farther on, misfortune still further over
took him, to the extent that the boat got
upset His wife, realizing the danger ne
was in, ran frantically along the side or
the stream, crying for help in a pitifu
voice: when, to her sheer amusemnt' she
was suddenly brought TO standstin by
her husband yelling out: "If Pm drowned,
Polly, dunnot forget that flour's gone up
two shillin' q sackr'-Atlanta COnsti-
tuition.
The times., 1897-04-11
put stamps ON Your Letters.

A gentleman while conyersinG with an
employe OF the dead letter office recently,
was told of curious fact concerning that
denartment of the postoffice. The dead
letter man said that about 80 per cent. OF
the letters brought there because of in
sufficient postage contained something of
especialyalue. Observation-Disclosures ssome
mental phenomenon worthy of the attention
of thought specialists. s.-Cleyeland ram
Dealer.
The indicator., 1897-02-06
WESTERN NEWS NOTES.

George Turner WIS elected senator from
Washington on the 10Th.
Ration New Mexico. Is now q city NJ the
first clnss hnying q population Of over
1000
Cedar Rapids Iowa Is rejoicing in the
possession Of new union depot costing
$4,000.
Henry Hcltfeld has been chosen United
States senator from Idaho to succeed Fred.
r. Dubois.
The heavy fal Of snow in Wyoming last
week between caspc. and the Big Horn
range has reduced the sheep almost to star
vatiou.
Three Indians on tho Cheyenne agency.
near Deadwood. frozc to death during the
recent cold spell, and a number OF others
will die.
Cray wolves on Canon creek, Wyoming.
near tho Carbon county line are devourlng
live stock at a fearful rate. Fifty head Of
stock Of The rnnchmen In one community
have been killed This winter,
United States Judge Foster has Just de.
cided big ditch suit between two Kansas
companies He gives to the Great Eastern
the priority right to water In the Arkansas
river. This defeats the Amazon company.
The Supreme court Of New Mexico fixed
Tuesday, the 23rd inst. as the day for the
Frank Chavez The execution will take
place between the hours Of O and 10 A. M
and will be public unless the Legislature
provides otherwise. The names of the
doomed men are Francisco and Antonio Bo-
rego. brothers Launano Alarid and Patricio
Valencia. All are natives OF Santa Fe and
have families.
A law to tax predatory bands Of sheep
brought from other states into Wyoming to
hoo fV,tN
will he passed. Also law making 1t incum-
bent upon any person or corporation desir
Ing to construct reservoir or dam stream
where the dam is to be more than five feet
high to first notify the state engineer. who
shall examine or cause to be examined the
proposed reservoir or dam and decide
whether others will be inconvenenced or
damaged and to survey the site which ex-
pense must be borne by the party desiring
TO make the improvements.
The indicator., 1897-02-06
A CAPITOL BURNED.
Penn-yIvsnis Law Makers Narrowly H.
cope Cremation.

Harrisburg, Pa. Feb Fire was
discovered in Lieutenant Governor Ly-
ou's room on the second floor Of the
main building of the capitol shortly be
fore o'clock to-day. The room is dl,
fcctly over the Senate chamber and
close TO the Senate elevator.
1t was thought at first to be a trivial
affair and Chief Clerk Smiley directed
a bucket brigade to 70 into service.
Meanwhile an alarm was sent in from
the Senate library The efforts of the
men with buckets We're futile and they
returned with the information that the
flames We're beyond control.
The Senate was well filed when this
news was received and there was n
scramble for ovcrcoats and hats. The
Senate records We're carried to places
of safety. Before the firemen could III
rect n stream on the burning building
It was found that the flames We're be
youd control
Twenty minutes after the arrival Of
the firemen the ceiling in the Senate
chamber fell. \ large number of per
sons are slightly injured by falling
glass when the crash came.
The origin of the fire is In doubt The
insurance on the building is placed at
100000. The interior of the house
had Just been remodeled at a cost of
t1J0.OO1.
The indicator., 1897-02-06
EImrrn.,. IMm Ensliinns.

Lansing, Mich, Feb Attorney +.
A. Baker Of Detroit tonight filed in the
Supreme Court an application for an
order requiring the common council of
Detroit to show cause why man,
damus should not issue to compel that
body to order n special election for the
purpose of clecting n mayor of the city
to succeed Mayor Plngrec, who, 1t H.
alleged, has vacated the Office of may.
or by accepting the office of governor.
The application is made upon the re,
lation of Dewitt H Moreland Of De.
troit, who recently pctitioned the city
council to call such special election
The relator claims that to hold two of.
fees is incompatible and contrary to
the state constitution.
The indicator., 1897-02-06
Princess Chim,y EIyorced

Charlero, Belgium, Feb. 1.-The
Prince de Chimny was today granted
n divorce from his wife. formerly Miss
Clara Ward of Detroit. Michigan.
The public prosecutor. in opening to-
day before the civil tribunal. conrrat-
ulhted himself upon having demanded
that the case he heard in camera. Tins
preventing the publication of the prIn-
cess letters. whereof only fragments
have leaked out. He referred 10 ms
snges In these letters. every one of
which, he averred, contained an avow-
al OF adultery with Rigo.
The court, after half an hours dis
cussion. pronounced the verdict of di-
vorce for the prince.
The court finds the charges of adul-
tery proved by the confessions of the
princess. which justified the prince in
bringing the acrlon, and grants the
prince 10000 francs alimony yearly.
with the care of the children. The
sentence also condemns the princess to
pay the costs of the suit. and allows
her To see her children for an hour once
n month in the presence of some one
selected by the prince.
The indicator., 1897-02-06
silver in the ~rnut.

Washington. Feb. In the senate
to-day Mr. Chandler offered a resolu.
tiOn declaring that at is the sense Of
the senate that the United States
should not permanently acqulesce in
the single gold standard and that the
efforts of the government In all its
branches should be steadily directed
to secure and maintain the use Of sill
Yer as well as gold as standard money,
with the free coinage of both. under n
system Of hlmetallism to he established
through international agreement or
with such safeguards Of legislation as
will insure the parity in value Of the
two metals at "A fixed ratio; furnish Il
sufficient volume of metallic money,
and give immunity TO the world Of
trade from violent fluctuations in e1
change"
He asked that the resolution should
go over and said that he would call It
up at an early day.