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The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-23

Mr.. Miller had been confined to his
iome for several weeks from a drop
affection and heart trouble, but
had done much Of the work on his pa
per. The issue of Thursday contained
his last writing. He had anticipated
the end for some time and his affairs
had all been put in perfect order.
Mr.. Miller was "a past grand master
of the Odd Fellows of Kansas and had
been a member Of the society since he
was a very young man. The funeral
will be under the charge of that order.
Solomon Miller was born in Lafay-
cite, Ind, January 90, 1881, but before
he was a year old his parents returned
to their old home in West Alexandria,
Ohio, where he spent his bcyhood.
In 1855 Mr.. Miller was married, and
after the campaign of 1856 the ''pio.
neer passion" which was 81 prominent
in his family was aroused, and he
moved to Kansas, arriving at White
Cloud, in Doniphan county, in the
spring OF 1857, and established the
White Cloud Chief, now the Troy Chief,
the oldest paper In Kansas.
In 1872 he moved to Troy, where he
lived ever since.
Mr.. Miller represented his district in
the legislature four times as state
Senator and once as Representative.
He also held several other Offices, the
last being that of member of the state
board of charities under Governor
Morrill,. In the early days he was
prominent in conventions. and was
one of the organizers of the Kansas
Editorial association. In 1871 he was
grand master of the grand lodge of
Odd Fellows.
Miller was a notable type of the old
time editor who Is fast disappearing
from newspaper offices. He noted the
decadence of old time newspaper GUS
toms with chagrin. He was one Of the
printer editors Of the Franklin-G Greeley
school who sometimes placed his own
compositions in type. He did all Of
the writing for his paper with the ex-
ception of q few local contributions
On the Anniversary Of Washington,
Franklin and other great historic
characters Mr.. Miller reverenced them
by printing anecdotes of them, COM
menting on their lives and referring
to the changes since their time. These
editorials were often humorous and
were always features of his rather &C.
centric paper.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-23
No rrInce for Miss Campbell.

New YoRK. April l9.-Prince Carlo
Bourbon del Monte Santa Maria di
Faustino Of Rome and Miss Jane
Campbell of this city will not be mar
ried, their engagement having been
abruptly terminated. Various reasons
are assigned for the unexpected end
of the engagement. One gives the Ill
health of the prince as the cause. An
other is that Miss Campbell decided
that she would make a big mistake in
wedding the titled Italian. 1t is also
limited that the young nobleman did
not offer serious objections to remain
lag q bachelor just at this time.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-23
Wool Men DIssstisaed.

WASHINGTON, April ls.-Wcstern
Senators, after several conferences,
have reached an agreement 70 stand
together for important changes in the
wool schedule Of the Dingley bill.
The Senators most prominently idcnti-
fed with the movement are Messrs.
Mantle, Carter, Shoup, Warren and
Burrows. They have not only agreed
upon a line of amendments, but heve
decided to insist on their inclusion In
the bill. The meetings have also been
attended by many prominent wool
growers. The proposed amendments
are directed mainly to closing the
many loopholes for evasions aud fraud
which woolmen agree abound In the
Dingley, and were also found In the
Mckinley law.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-23
Another Sealing Conml.slon.

WASHINGTON, April ls.-The Presi.
dent has decided to appoint another
expert commission to act in conjunc.
ton with one already selected by
Great Britain to visit Behring sea this
summer to study the conditions sur.
rounding seal life. 1t Is the purpose
of the state department to endeavor to
secure the consent OF the British gov.
eminent to the adoption of u modus
vivendi ~suspending all sealing on land
and sea while the experts are at work
during the approaching Ne.
gotistions In this direction IRE now In
progress.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-23
WILD ADVANCE IN WHEAT.


CHICAGO, April ia.-Wheat this
morning went up in a wild whirl I
cents q bushel and closed at the tip
top prices, with calls for Monday I
to s cents away. The market opened
very tamely at a slight decline from
Thursdays last prices and halted for
a few moments. Then a large volume
of buying orders poured in and the
price started to advance rapidly. May
wheat went from 8 9ac to zee in a few
moments. 1t ropped back to IKE
and then went up again to 73%c, the
last orders being billed at that price.
july wheat was even stronger than
May, closing at only &c discount
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-23
Caught on u bridge.

Three horses running loose on the
outskirts of Telainah got on the rail
road track, and n freight train coming
along drove them across the Tekamuh
creek trestlc bridge, which is $50 feet
in length. The horses crossed in safe
ty, IN Of them going on the gallop
and never making n misstep. The
other two fell several times and one
would have been caught had the train
not stopped about the center of the
bridge.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-23
WERE EASILY Pl.UCKED
North Platte Omcials Worked Ivy - soft
spoken Woman.

spoken Woman.
The county officials and the North
Platte business men are now ready to
admit that they are easily taken in.
The other day n woman and two boys
arrived in town and registered ut the
Pacific hotel as Mrs. Willard and two
sons OF Omaha. In the afternoon she
circulated among the business men
and county officials stating that She
was on her way to Denver but that
she was broke. She asked each one
for a dollar. At the start of her con-
v%ersation each victim resolved firmly In
his W mind that he would refuse her
but before she finished each n handed
ont the dollar. After working the
comfy officials, she called ON the post
master and succeed in %pcrsuading him
to purchase for her transportation TO
Ogalalla, and the same evening she ii.
lently left. She was nicely dressed
and claimed to be m accomplished mu-
sic teacher.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-23
Negotiations with tho f.d,..a

WASHINGTON, April H. = The an
nouucement that T. b. Cabannis,
Of the members of the Dawes commits
sion, had resigned, that another ~
cancy was soen to be created, and that
Dennis Flynn, the ex-delegste from
Oklahoma, and Thomas Needles Of
Illinois were to DO appointed to the
vacancies, have unsettled the negotia-
tions between the commission and the
Indians. kilograms are being re-
ceived here urging upon the admins
tration the retention Of General Frank
Armstrong on the commission a. nec-
essary to effect tho Cancellation Of the
Indians.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-23
Nebraska City Nuggets.

A number Of young elm trees and n
quantity of shrubbery received from
Donald Maccuaig Of the agricultural
department at Washington, is being
placed in the city park at Nebraska
City.
Mrs. Nels Nicholson died very sud
snly Friday evening at her home in
Nebraska City. having been apparent
iy in good health. She leaves n hus-
band and u two weeks old baby.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-23
The Engine In . Slough.

About $40 Saturday night while
switch engine No. i43 of the d. Il M.
yards at Nebraska City was taking q
carload Of material to the dump across
The river, and had nearly reached its
It's destination the track gave way and
let the engine go owe into the slough
and nothing IAN be seen Of II but the
drive wheels. Fireman and engineer
were unhurt.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-23
For a FREQ Employment bureau.

Deputy Labor Commissioner j. II.
Powers is sending copies OF house roll
No. 277 to county clerks. The bill re-
luires assessors to ascertain certain
statistics and authorizes the deputy
labor commissioner to open n free EN-
ployment agency within thirty days.
At the end of thirty days Mr.. Powers
will be ready to receive applications
for help and applications for employ
nent.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-23
Rev. HOWE Asked to Resign.

ATcHIsoS, Kan, April 10.-There
has been troable In the Presbyterian
church for some time, one faction Of
the congregation desiring the resigna.
ton of Rev. M. +. HOWE, and the
other faction wanting him TO remain
as pastor. The quarrel was brought
up Mt a meeting Of the presbytery at
Hiawatha yesterday, and that body
ruled that Rev. HOWE should tender
his resignat on, to take effect next. Oc-
tober. Rev iiowie is the Oldest pas
tor in Atcnison In point Of service,
having occupied his present pulpit
about fifteen earA
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-23
FORCED TO GIVE UP LAND.
A Missouri Woman, Who Fired . Tramp
Resort, Forced to Pay for silence.

A Missouri Woman, Who Fired . Tramp
Resort. Forced to Pay for Silence.
SEDALIA, Mo, April I9.-Mrs. Bar.
bara Ann Card has begun suit In the
Pettis county circuit court against her
daughter, Mrs. Susan Arnold, and the
latter's husband, William Arnold, to
t~hirty-ive acres of land out OF
which she alleges she was swindled by
them.
Mrs Card admits that a few months
ago she set fire to q house belonging
to Edward Imbauser, as 1t was a rem.
devious for tramps, and claims that
her son-in-law and daughter threat
ened to have her arrested for arson
unless she decided to them the property
in question. Through fear Of arrest
she did as commanded, but now asks
the court ia set the deed aside.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-23
New Depot q Go.

The Burlington is going right ahead
with the preliminary work of con-
structing the new depot at Omaha,
Notwithstanding assertions made that
IL was a bluff. Workmeu have started
grading west of the depot and adjoin-
ing Tenth street and the viaduct, while
the incline Is almost removed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-23
A Baby Burncd to Death.

The three-year-old child Of n farmer
named pepper, who lives two miles
northeast of Creighton, was burned to
death last Friday evening by a prairie
ire. Mr.. and Mrs. pepper were burn
ing Russian thistles, and the little one
had been playing around near them.
After they returned to the house they
missed the child, and on returning to
the place where they we're they found
I dead,
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-23
Farmers Rushing spring Work.

Owing to the fair sky and brilliant
sunshine, the ground has now again
become sufficiently dried of to admit
of farming operations, and all farmers
in the vicinity of North Loup are bus
lily engaged In field work. All indica-
tions now point to settled weather,
which has lately been very much de.
sired.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-23
Fire At q University.

BERKELEY. Cal. April l9.-Fire at
the University Of California entirely
destroyed the building occupied as
the college of agriculture. The fire ID
believed to have started either from an
explosion In the chemical laboratory
or from the heat generated by the use
of an incubator. The loss Is estimated
at 84O. OOO
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-23
rho Ra.oo murder Jury Failed to Asrs..

MABYvILLE, Mo-, April Il. = Last
October Hex Rasco, a 16-year-old farmer
boy, reported that he had found Mra
Baumle, q neighbor, murdered In her
house near here, her head having
been repeatedly struck by some blunt
instrument. About a week later
Rasco signed n confession stating that
he had killed her. Later he claimed
that the confession was untrue and
that IL had been extorted from him by
the sheriff. Last night the jury In
the trial vas discharged, having been
unable to agree, the last ballot stand
ing nine for conviction and three for
scquittal.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-23
Solid Trsinload Of sheep.

A special train Of sheep vas sent out
of Shelton last week for Chicago. The
train was the largest n Of sheep ever
run over the Union Pacific road. 1t
consisted Of thirty-fve double deck
cars and carried between sever and
eight thousand head of sheep. 1t was
run through to Chicago rs a stock
special, going over the Burlington road
from Council Bluffs.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-23
nomeopash. in Control.

FULTON, No., April 5.-The board
OF managers Of asylum No. 1 met last
night In the asylum and elected hom-
eopathic officials as follows: DIR. j. T.
Coombs Of Kansas City, su~perinten-
dent; DR.. j. II. Hudson Of Kansas
City, first assistant physician; DIR. J..
M. Wilcox. second assistant; DIR. w. e.
Ray, third assistant william r.
Lloyd, the present incumbent, was re-
elected steward. w. ID. Thomas, cd
itor of the Fulton Sun, was elected
treasurer. Mrs. Ann Gordon was re-
tanned as matron. She has been the
matron for the past ten yearA
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-23
Many Charges to Face.

W. w. Lichty, q druggist Of Carleton,
has been arrested and bound over to
the district court In the sum Of 81, 500,
charged with selling liquor contrary
to law. There are thirty-two charges
on file against him. /.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-23
TURKEY WILL FORGIVE.
Says h Will Overlook the Recent
Greek Raid.

LONDON, April lin the house OF
commons. Secretary Curzon, speaking
Of the Greek raid in Macedonia, as.
sured the house that, from informa-
ton which the government received,
the raid was entirely unauthorized by
the Greek government, and was not
participated in by the Greek regular
troops. Further, Il had been dis
hvowed by the Greek government, and
The government Of Turkey had an.
bounced that, II the raid we're not
Repeated, Turkey would not treat II a.
q casus belli, ~ she might have done.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-23

ST. JOSEPH, Mo, April I9.-The St
Joseph Bar and Axle company has
been reorganized and the plant on
South Fourth street, closed since July
rs last, will be rcopened within a few
lays. Fifty men will be employed In
the manufacture Of wagon aud buggy
tires and similar material.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-23

KANSAS CRY. Mo-, April 1s.-F. @
Shredder, the well known grain com
mission merchant and member of the
board of trade, died very suddenly ai
his home, l4l4 brooklyn avenue, at {
o'clock this morning.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-23
stu Calling Them In.

State Treasurer Meserve has issued
a call for $40, 900 OF university warrants
for April 25, and $50, 900 general fund
warrants for April 20.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-23
EDITOR SOL MILLER DEAF:
The Old Newspaper Man Passes Away
Forty Years an Editor.

Forty Years nm Editor.
TROY, Kan, April Ia.-Soi Miller,
the veteran Kansas editor, gave up his
long contest with disease this morn
ing. and, at 6:3O o'clock, passed away
without II struggle or paroxysm. All
of the members OF his family were
present. and he was conscious almost
to the last moment.
Mr.. Millcr's last words were uttered
three minutes before his death and
were an injunction to his nephew not
to let Byers, the local undertaken.
squirt poison into him and to forbid
the doctors to cut his body open.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-23
WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN.
by the Government Crop and
Weather Bureau.

Lincoln. Neb., April IL, 1S0T.-The
following chart shows rainfall for week
ending April IL;
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-23

wansmaker Doesn't waat II
PHILADELPHIA, April iA-Johu Wan
amaker has declined to be = csndidate
for state tressuxer Of PspnaylvsaiAs
, 1897-11-03
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3. 1891

A wonderful operation is thus de-
scribed by the Press and rlinter: Don>
aid Murray, a newspaper man of sgd
ney, New South Wales, has invented
and patented a device by means OF
which an operator in New York, with
a keyboard before him like that of an
ordinary typewriter. not only can pro-
duce typewriter copy in New Orleans,
but, 1t is claimed. can operate a type
setting machine there and deliver his
matter there in lead ready for the
forms. Not only that. but the same
operator. by using a number of tele,
graph lines. can set up the same copy
simultaneously in a dozen different
places. In this operation only ordinary
currents are used. such as are capable
OF being relayed. and are subject to all
conditions of ordinary te%legraphy. The
work a be done with the same speed
as an ordinary typewriter is operated,
and dispenses with all clock-work me,
chanism, spontaneously moving type,
wheels and other cumbrous devices. 1t
is said to be capable of manipulating
80 different characters.
, 1897-11-03
WON BY A STORY.
How Congressman Allen Gained His
Point with Cleveland.

Soon after President Cleveland was
first ~inaugura,ed, Private John Allen
saw him several times in behalf OF one
OF his constituents who was anxious to
become a uniied States Marshal in one
OF the Mississippi districts. On each
occasion the President had refused to
consider the application at that time,
giving as a reason that he had no,
reached the Mississippi appointments.
The applicant became so importBnate
that Congressman Allen decided to
make at least one more effort. He
went to the White House and made a
stronger plea than ever, but succeeded
in accomplishing nothing, but before
leaving obtained the Presidents permits
sion to tell an anecdote.
When l commenced praccicing law
One OF my frs clients was a YOUNG
man whose fa,hsr had recently died
and left a large properly. Some lega.
complications had ar.sel which de.ayed,
until by The decision o, the court OF
these questions, the settling up of the
estate. In the meantime this young
man, in anticipation u an early divi-
dend, had gone heavily inco debt and
his creditors seeing no money comirg
had become very pressing. After re.
peated postpnnements the day al last
came when l Eel, our case would be
decided. My client came 10 my office
and together We went to the court
home. One or Two cases were quickly
disposed OF hut when ours was called
The judge ~annNIarei tllt he would
not decide it unlil next term. As We
Iect the room the Young man. with
leans swelling in as eyes. sad: Mr..
Alien. I am almast sorry the old man
died."
Private Aliens man was appointed
wi hout further delay.-Datroi. Free
Press.
, 1897-11-03
A HARVEST OF HUMAN HAIR,
Millions of Pounds Every Year Get Tangled
Up In Commerce

Millions Of Pounds Every Year Get Tangled
Up In Commerce..
Perhaps there is no staple article
about which less is known by the aver
age person than human hair as an ar
ticle of commerce. 1t will doubtless
surprise many when it is stared that
the dealers III human hair goods do not
depend on chance clippings here and
there, but that there is Il regular hair
harvest that can always be relied upon.
1t is estimated that ove II, 900. OO0
pounds of human hair are used annu-
ally i'll the civilized world for adjoining
the heads of women In New York city
alone over -four tons of this class of
goods are imported yearly.
mot a little of the hair used in this
country, " said a New York dealer to
the writer, comes from the heads of
American women, and it is fully as fine
in shade and texture rs the imported ar
ticle. We had Il big harvest during the
craze that the fair sex had not long ago
for having their hair cut short Many
thousands of women who then had their
locks sheared have since bitterly regret
ted it, us in many instances their hair
has grown so slowly that they nave
been compelled to wear a wig or a
switch since the fashion changed. After
the majority of women reach the age of
30 the hair seems to partially lose its
vigor, and if cut it will not grow long
again.
"Two-thirds of the ladies nowadays
use false hair more or less. The decree
of fashion. Or the desire to conceal Il lie.
feet or heighten Il charm, is the reason
of course. One woman, for instance
has a high forehead and wishes to re-
duce it i'll appearance. Another has
Worn off the front hair by continued
frizZing and would like to conceal the
fact Both make use of al front or top
piece, with a choice of many styles.
Ladies wigs cost from $40 to 5000;
half wigs, top pieces and switches from
$40 to $50. according to quality
1.-The largest supply of hair comes
from Switzerland. Germany and the
French provinces There is II human
hair market in Mcrlans. in the depart
mcnt of the lower Pvrences, held every
Friday Hundreds of hair traders walk
up and down the one street of the vii
lage. their shears dangling from their
belts. and inspect the braids which the
peasant girls, standing on the steps of
The houses, let down for inspection If
a bargain is struck, the hair is cut and
the money paid on the spot, the price
varying from 60 cents to So in our
money.
"A woman's hair may grow to the
length of & feet, and | know a lady
who has been offered and refused $500
for hei crown Of glory, which is over
6 feet long A single female hair will
bear up a weight of four ounces with
out breaking, but the hair thus heavily
weighted must be dark brown, for blond
bair breaks under a strain OF 2la ounce
There are some :, 1000 importers, manu-
facturers and dealers i'll human hair in
the United States. Washington Star
, 1897-11-03

Old papers to PAT unase yoar carpet
It The RsDah0an o0eA
, 1897-11-03

II guess | amt 50 coarse" said the
patient animal.
"Oh, l don't know" retorted Ba-
lam. lyon could IL: Eial;e n man of
yourself if you talked for - decade, and
l can make an ass Of ,.va II i'll five min
utes' discourse. "--I". r"liS journal
, 1897-11-03
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, 1897-11-03
N THE COUPON.

Many Of Manchester's merchants are
giving trading coupons TO the amour.
OF 10c or more, which possess a value
when n has acquired a certain mum,
Der. The merchant, o. coursa. aas 10
pay for the coupons, and they are Civ,
en- out as a matter OF advertising. \
most amusing incident occurred Sa:ur-
day evening in a store on Elm ,ree,
no: a thousand miles from the Weston
& Fits block. A lady walked mo the
sore and asked for five &c stamps. l;
took al there was in the store, hu- the
proprietor wished to please the lady.
She took the stamps, handed ne pro-
pr:e.or 10c, thanked him and-wgi Cd.
rs there something else, madam"
Queried the proprietor.
"Oh. no." replied the lady, that is.
nothing that I wish to buy" ana still
she waited.
you gave me the correct change for
the stamps. did you not, madam" asked
the proprietor. noticing she still linger>
ed.
Yes. sir" replied the lady.
land you are sure there's nothing else
o wanted"
We'll, I noticed that you give rad
ing coupons here, and, as I have bought
1Oc worth Of stamps, I am waiting for
a coupon"
The proprietor is slowly recovering
Manchester Union.