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The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-17
AT CAMP
Nineteenth Annual Reunion Of the Me-
braska Grand Ar my OF the Republic.

Nineteenth Annual Reunion Of the Me-
brasks Grand Ar my OF the Republic.
The first day of tine nineteenth an
nual reunion of the Grand Army of
the Republic vas devoid of special in
cident but full of interest to everyone
fortunate enough to be able to attend.
The veterans began to come in early
in the morning. The dly was a little
hot, but not insufferably SO. Govern
or Holcomb delivered the address of
welcome in the afternoon. After its
conclusion Colonel Pace of the reun-
ion committee turned the camp over
to Department Commander Erhardt.
TN taking charge of the camp, Com
mander Erhardt responded TO Colonel
PAGES remarks. and declared that the
reunion is a school Of patriotism, built
on the principles of fraternity. char
ity and loyalty. Referring to n re-
mark of Governor Holcomb's in rela-
tion to- chickens, he said that locks
were not in the way of the veterans.
They would prefer to take II board of
instead of breaking a lock. At 1880
Capt, Henry of Fairmont had charge
of the campfire at which Capt. II. {.
Russell, Congressman Strobe and 9TH
ers spoke.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-17
WASPROBABLYCRAZY
A BURT COUNTY YOUTHS
STRANGE CONDUCT.
without Cause or warning He shoots n
Co'Laborer and then shoots Himself
Treasurer Meserve and the Permanent
School Fund--Other News.

A tragedy in which two young men,
Fred Olinger and John stevens, were
shot and probably fatally wounded,
occurred Monday on the Olinger farm
near Tekamah. Olinger. Stevens and
a young man by the name of Mctiuire
were setting up "a corn shelter, With
out a word of warning young Olinger
began shooting at his companions. The
first shot struck Stevens in the back.
Mcclure fled into IA cornficld and thus
escaped. Olinger then shot himself in
the breast, the ball coming out ut his
back. The weapon used was a large
4i-caliber revolver. Stevens was at
once taken To Tckainah and the bullet
removed. The physicians have little
hope of his recovery. Olinger, it is
thought, will recover.
The cause for the crime can only be
assigned to insanity on the part of
Olinger. Those who had been his com
panions upto the time of the shooting
never noticed any signs of insanity.
but the family claims he has acted
queerly for a year and that during the
past five weeks it has been more no.
ticcable than usual.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-17
WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN.
Furnished by the Government Crop and
Weather Bureau.

Furnished by the Government Crop and
Weathe Bureau.
The past week has been n duplicate OF
the preceding week in the way OF tenn
p%erature, as it has avers red from 30 to
to 10o above the normal.
The rains of Thursday and Friday
are quite general, and averaged consid-
cradle above the normal; the rainfall
ranged from 10 of an inch to 3.75
inches, but a large percentage OF the
and many OF them more than an inch.
With the exception OF Thursday and
Friday, the week has been very favora.
BILE for harvesting and thrashing, and
harvesting aid haymaking are about
completed.
The hot weather has ripened early corn
so rapidly that il ia now considered out
of danger Of frost, but drying up SO rap.
idly will probably iniure the quality OF
corn to SOL extent; however, it ia
thought that the yield will not be re.
duced TO any great extent. Late corn
has been injured by the dry, hot weather,
but still remains green in most localities,
uuu VIII De DeneItcu Wy tHe TuIuH VI tHe
past week: II not injured by frost, it will
make n much better crop than has been
expected, although 1t will fall short Of q
full crop, and the quality will be dam
aged to some extent.
The soil has been so hard and dry that
out little blowing l.: seeding could be
done, but the rains have placed the
ground in fair condition for this work,
and reports Indicate that farmers IRE
now busy blowing and sceding, and that
n large acreage OF wheat and rye will he
put in this fall.
Ranges we're drying up rapidly, and
some feeding has been done, but it is
thought that sufficient rain has fallen
to revive pastures and put fall ranges in
good condition.
NoTE.-As the weather will have but
little effect in changing crop conditions,
this will be the last bulletin for this sea
son, but correspondents are requested
to continue sending reports for the next
three weeks. to be used in the National
Bulletin. Correspondents will please
accept our thanks for their hearty CO.
operation during the season just closing.
+. NJ. RAvENsCRoFT,
Acting Section Director.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-17
Rate Hearing Set.

The board of transportation has
fixed September 27 as the time for
hearing the complaint of Il. II. Tibbles
against the railroads of the state. The
complaint charges that local freight
rates are too high by twenty per cent.
Nearly all the defendant railroads
have relied the answers sent in before
Mr.. Tibbles was required by the board
to amend his complaint. The answer
Of the Is. Il NJ. alleges that the act of
1887 creating the board of ~transporta-
ton was unconstitutional and there
fore the board has no jurisdiction. The
allegation will probably be supported
by all railroads. II it becomes the
principal question the board will prob
ably hear argument but take no tcsti.
mtny bearing on rates.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-17
GILLESPIE INVESTIGATION.
Senator MUTT Throws Some Light on the
Gillespie Case.

stltesIte Nhst'
Senator Otto MUTT. chairman of the
Legislative investigating committee, in
a letter to the public takes occasion TO
deny the many false statements made
by various papers and persons as to the
preliminary report of the committee
on the deaf and dumb institute Mt
Omaha. He says the work of the com
mittee is not in any sense partisan.
and hat the investigation of the Oma-
ha institution was conducted in a
ner entirely fair to Supt. Gillespie;
that he found the records almost Grim
inally incomplete; thatinany unauthor-
lied expenditures of the state funds
were made, and no means to find au-
thority for them. He says il any one
doubts the fairness of the investigation
he should ask the business men of
Omaha. to whom he had to go IN ac-
count Of the incomplete records and
ask for statements OF business done.
lie resenks the ~insinuation as unfair
and unbecoming that the committee
has made a partisan report for the pur-
pose of making place for a politician,
and concludes by saving that II the
facts CLEANED by the committee are
even approximately true, which is ad-
mitted, il is n confession of negligence
and no governor would have been JUS
titled in overlooking the fact.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-17
Denouuce. Foot Hall to Girls.

COLUMBIA, Mo, Sept 0.-The open.
ing exercises of the Stephens Female
college were held in the new $4,000
auditorium yesterday. The attend
ance was 20 per cent larger than last
year. The annual opening address
was delivered by the Rev. W.. r. Yea
q His subject was 1.-The True
and False in Education" He deplored
the prominence given to foot ball and
to other athletic games and emphs-
sizod the need of individuality in ed.
ucation.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-17
FRICTION OVER BUILDING
Nebraska Exposition Commission Resents
interference by Officials.

Interference by Officials.
The Nebraska exposition commission
held n meeting Tuesday afternoon and
evening. During the meeting it de-
veloped that some friction exists be-
tween IL and the officers of the exposi-
ton association. From the discussion
it appeared that kimball & Walker,
chief architects for the exposition,
have expressed some objection to the
plans adopted for the Nebraska build
ing, claiming that it does not conform
to tthe general style of architecture
prevailing in the other buildings
The exposition architects had gone so
far as to suggest changes. and the
states architects. Craddock e. Melon
aid. prepared a sketch Of the structure
that met the approval of the exposition
architects. The new plans would ma
terially increase the cost of the build
ing, and the state commission decided
to stick to the old plans, Mr.. Poynter
saying fatty that he was getting a
little tired, us far as lie was concerned,
of the interference of exposition au-
thorities. II they don't like the style
OF the building the state proposes to
put up, he guessed the state could get
along without putting up a building at
all. The result of the decision was
that the superintendent of buildings
was directed to file estimates OF ma
terial needed, and Secretary bearing
was instructed to advertise for bids for
all necessary material, to be submitted
by next Monday noon.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-17
PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND
$4,000 Ordered Invested In Registered
state Warrants.

rsoOUO J"
State Warrants.
Since the board of educational lands
and funds has ordered $4,000 of the
permanent school fund invested in reg
istered state warrants, State Treas
urer Meserve has been sending notices
to those who receive warrants. When
u warrant is issued by the state, Treas
urer Meserve sends with each one a
little printed slip of paper bearing
this ''Send your warrant direct to
state treasurer, who will take same at
par for investment of permanent school
fund" The slip of paper also contains
a design resembling IA seal. In the
center is a monogram composed of the
letters ''S. NJ" intended TO be the ini-
tial letters OF the Estate of Nebraska"
A circle around these these two large
letters contains the well known motto:
''Stand up for Nebraska" by sending
out these notices the treasurer is able
TO represent the state AS Il competitor
with brokers.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-17
Smashed In the jaw.

g. #. Graham, semnphore inspector
Tor the Burlington, got a rap on the
jaw the other day that left him UNI
conscious for several hours. He was
experimenting the curving of a rail
the lever of the railbender
slipped and struck him in the jaw
with terrific force. Several teeth were
out.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-17
BIG BALLOT.
Secretary Of state Porter VIII Make Some
Recommendations.

Questions have been asked the secre.
tary of state relating to points not spe-
officially covered by the new Australian
ballot law. Representative Sheldon
has drawn up ON recommendations
which Secretary Porter has adopted
and will endeavor TO have carried out
in the printing of the ballots. lie will
recommend that the party emblem be
limited to n space n and one-half
inches square. Nothing is said in the
law on this point, but a limit is deemed
advisable for the sake of uniformity.
The law says the party title shall be
large. full faced type. Secretary Por-
ter will recommend that such titles be
set in Gothic condensed type. the size
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-17
JOSH BILLINGS PHILOSOPHY.

II you would gain a substantial vik-
tory over yure enemy, be shure TO be
the first to make offers of rekinsilia-
shun.
Honesty and happiness seem to be
alike In this particular-thoze who hav
the most of either seem to make the
least fuss about 1t.
! hav listened to a good many shrude
weather guessers. but the old phellow
who eyed the heavens and said, Per
haps rain, perhaps not" could beat
them al.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-17
Thugs IN Omaha.

Thugs and footpads are having IL
their own way just now in Omaha.
Every night some belated pedestrian
Is assaulted and robbed and sometimes
severely beaten. Tuesday night Ed
ward W~hitehorn, a well known resi-
dent of the western part of the city,
was knocked down On Twenty-fifth
and Farnam, but the assailants were
scared away before they could secure
any booty.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-17
BREVITIES.

The home of the fricndless ease came
ip In court at Lincoln Monday. Judge
Holmes will, it is believed, deny IA jury
trial, claiming he can decide the case.
The matter is to be argued.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-17
CONVERSATIONS

DIR. Fall, superintendent of the Bea-
trice institute for feeble minded. has
rendered his resignation To Governor
lIolcomb to take effect October I. 1t
is said he will not accept any other
position from the state, but will en-
gage in the practice of law. Miss
Wood, the matron, has also rendered
her resignation, TO take effect on the
same date.
Edith Meyers, aged sixteen, died Of
morphine poisoning Mt l03 South Ninth
street in the Omaha tenderloin district.
She had taken the poison because two
soldiers who had been keeping COM
pany with her had quarrelied and one
had killed the other.
Helen O'Niel, was arrested at Ne
braska City charged with the theft of
n $50 gold piece from n Mrs. Bush's
pocketbook. The money was found
in the girls purse.
Nebraska gold democrats met in
Lincoln Friday last and decided to
hold a state convention September 90,
at which time they will nominate Il
state ticket.
Mrs. Chas. II. Castins of West Point,
who was taken to st. Josephs Hospital
in Omaha some time ago for treatment
for dropsy, died last Friday.
Omaha is now after the 1895 conven'
tion of the international coopers' I'M
ion. and will probably succeed in its
undertaking
Several prairie schooners are in evi'
dence in Lincoln and show how some
of the veterans went to the state
reunion.
A lodge Of the Business Men's.frater
nifty has been organized at Norfoll
with a membership of over thirty.
Omaha has secured the 1898 enca mp
mcnt OF the sons OF veterans.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-17
o,v.s $4,000 IN, ch..,.,

new oREASs, La, Sept 8.-Mra.
Richard Milliken, widow of the
wealthy sugar planter, now at Sara
toga, has presented the Charity hos
pital with $4,000, to found a chill
building, which. will include q
kindergarten and other improvements
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-17
bound to Have n Mill.

The labors of the committee OF Har-
yard citizens. appointed to solicit SUBJ
scriptions to the Touring mill bonus,
have been responded to in a liberal
manner by business men and farmers,
and the mount necessary has been so
nearly pledged that a mill is almost an
assured fact.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-17
THE FARM MORTGAGE
MORE ARE BEING RELEASED
THAN FILED.
One Million Ont of Seven Million Dollars
of Debts Being Li9nidated Represents
Foreclosures Reports from Nearly All
Counties.

The Office of the bureau Of labor sta
tistics has collected from the county
officers of the state the records Of the
mortgage Indebtedness, showing the
mortgages filed and the releases en-
tered during the first six months Of
the year 1897. The following is a tab
ulated statement of the retnrns sent
in.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-17
A v,gh. May Result Fatally.

READING, Pa, Sept. 0.-Harry HUI
Der is at the Reading hospital in a
badly battered condition rs the result
Of a pine-round go with Jack Becker
Of Brooklyn at the North End Ath'
letic clubs entertainment at Woodvale
park last night His condition is seri-
ous His shoulder is split open, his
nose broken and his face is badly cut.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-17
Thirty Fishermen Drownet.

DUSKiRK, Sept la-The fishing feet
returned here to-day from Iceland and
reported that out of ninety eight
boats, six foundered during the sea-
son, resulting in the drowning of
thirty men and BOYS.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-17

You can never tell how a girl looks
at the breakfast table by the way she
locks when she sits out On the front
OF the porch in the evening.
The sacrifices a woman can make
for her husband, she is not willing to
make. She wants credit for willing
ness to make sacrifices that are i'm
possible.
AGE has its compensations as we'll as
youth; in youth We live in "a whirl of
passionate ~strivings after material
things, In age, these lesser things are
set aside and the intellect and heart
have full play.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-17

to be two-linc plea. and that names of
candidates be set in small plea CAPT
tails. lie thinks the width of the col
m occupied by each party ticket
ought To be thirteen ems, the same as
the ordinary newspaper column. and
that nonparcil black rule be used be.
tween columns.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-17
Rayages of Hog Cholera.

Q Hog cholera is still making fearful
ravages in the vicinity of Rising City.
Two farmers near there have lately
lost three hundred head each, while
many others report having lost fifty,
sixty and eighty head.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-17
Norfolk Factory starts.

The beet sugar factory at Norfolk
started Monday morning OF its season
run. Some new machinery has been
put in. The beets are good both as to
quantity and quality.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-17
Grover C~isveland's Asye,,ms.t.

TRENTON, N. j., Sept. 0.-The Mer.
Ger county board of assessors met to-
day. Ex-President Cleveland, who
lives In Princeton. made his return of
$4,000 OF real estate and $40, 900 OF
persensl property, ]
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-17
state Sunday school Assembly.

The state Sunday school association
opened it's animal session Tuesday aft
ernoon at Norfolk for a three days
session.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-17
Explosion Kills Eleven.

VIENNA, Sept l3.-By the explosion
Of Q boiler at a brewery in Hoenstadt,
near Olmutz, eleven persons were
killed and many were injured.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-17
ro.tomcs nobb.r. uet sl.ooo.

COLUMBIA, Mo-, Sept. i3.-The post
Dficc at Wilton, n small town in Boone
county. was robbed last night of 81, 900
n money. stamps and gooda
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-17
Complying with the Law.

The Omaha Street Car company is
rcmodeling it's cars for the v~estibnles
required by the state law. II will
entail a cost of several thousand dol
lars.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-17
4 woman Teacher whips Director.

RoILA, Mo-, Sept la.-F. +. Dowd,
q real estate dealer and a member OF
the school board, made disparaging
remarks ut that body's last meeting
about the character of a teacher, Miss
Myra blanchard. His resignation was
requested and the matter was laid over.
Yesterday Miss blanchard, her father
and some friends waylaid Dowd in n
leading street, and while the others
prevented him from running she be.
labored him with q horscwhip. The
other teachers and the community
generally sympathize with her.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-17

Madrid, Sept. 1.-The news re-
ceived hero Of the capture OF the
Cuban insurgents, led by ,iarcia and
Jcsu Rabi, OF the town of Victorin do
Las Tunea province OF Santiago de
Cuba, with 400 Spanish soldiers has
caused great excitement The cabinet
ministers have been summoned TO
meet this evening in order to consid or
the situation.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-17

The Egyptians kneaded bread in a wooden
bowl with their feet.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-01
HOSTEL OF GOOD SHEPHERD.
be formally opened for the purposes

be formally opened for the purposes
of a hostel
The exercises incidental to the OPEN
sisting of the offering of prayer in the
several rooms of the hostel by the Epis-
copal clergymen of this city. The
place, which will be devoted to the
noble work of the order, is hoped to
be only a temporary one, for efforts will
soon be made to erect a substantial
permanent building, especially designed
for a hostel, on a three-aCre plot of
ground al Elmhurst that has been pre-
sented to the Order Of the Good Shep-
herd.
The hostel at S13 Capouse avenue con-
tains six rooms, and the three rooms in
the first floor will be used respectively
for the sitting, the dining room and
Kitchen OF the three upper rooms,
one will be devoted to the purposes of
the Brothers dormitory, one to that of
an infirmary and the other as guest
room. The opening services will be
held this afternoon at o'clock and
those especially interested in charitable
work are welcomed to be present.
The work of the Order of the Good
Shepherd is to receive conValescents
from hospitals and care for them until
they become strong enough to 'go out
into the world. Persons in distress
and in need of immediate help are re-
celVed into the hostel and cared for
without any red tape. The scope of the
hostel will not be confined to denomi-
national lines.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-01
COMMENCING TODAY


Today, March l, we go back to our
original plan of doing business, to wit,
strictly cash. During the past year
or so we have allowed ourselves to
drift into more or less credit trade
enough to convince US that goods can
not be sold on a credit system low
enough to draw cash buyers and be
profitable. We have therefore conclud-
ed to again adopt the strictly cash
plan, and will this morning start out
on that basis with new prices which
WI be as low as the favorable coHdi-
tions of buying and selling for cash,
together with an economical manage
ment of business can insure. Although
not having had time to get out price
list since arriving at this conclusion,
yet the new rates viii go into effect
this morning and will, we think be low
enough for first-class goods TO attract
a great many new cash buyers and in
duce those who have been buying from
us on credit to pay cash. We propose
to convince them that it win be even
more to their benefit than ou~S to do so.
The Scranton Cash Store,
80 +. =. Price.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-01
A CLASH BETWEEN
STATE AND NATION
Is Threatened by the ActiJn OF the Pos,
master OF Dalton.
HE KNOWS A THING OR TWO, HE DOES
Bids Defiance to His Landlord and
Fears Not the sheriff, for He
Rculizes That No One Around These
Parts Dare Forcibly Dust Him from
the Premises as Long as POstoiiicc
Is Thcrc.-shcrif Wants to Know.

Sheriff Clemons is in dilemma He
has a writ in his hands which is caus-
ing him to do a whole lot of thinking
If he serves 1t he Is liable to bring the
great and glorious United States gov
ernlnent about his ears. If he fails to
serve it he lays himself liable to the
charge of being derelict i'm his duty to
the commonwealth. II all came about
through the warness of foxy Dalton
man.
F. L. Van Fleet is the postmaster of
that village and his landlord is Jesse
E. Austin. Saturday Mr. Austin, fail
ing to get Mr. Van Fleet to come to
terms about the rent proceeded to
have him ousted. He secured a writ of
habere facias, which is more commonly
called a dispossess warrant and placed
it in the hands of the sheriff. A deputy
was sent to Danlton to serve the writ,
but when he found that Mr.. Van Fleet,
the defendant. was the postmaster and
that the premises of which he was to
be dispossessed contained the postof-
flee the deputy said nay, nay, and care
fully tucking the writ in his inside
pocket he beat Il retreat, leaving the
postmaster to enjoy the protection Of
the magic circle which Uncle Sam
throws about his sacred institutions.
Sheriff Clemons on learning the con-
dtion of affairs bade his deputies lock
the writ securely in the innermost
vault and remove It not until they
heard from him again. He wanted time
to think and consult and he is still at it.
Mr.. Van Fleet calmly sets on pile of
mail bags and snaps his finger at his
landlord and the sheriff.
IT is thought that the postoffce de-
partment will have to be appealed to
before the difficulty can be solved.