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The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-30
DUN'S REVIEW OF TRADE.
The European War q Disturbing Factor
1T Affects the Market.

New YORK, April 2o.-R. G. Dun &
Co.'S weekly review Of trade says:
IF either Turkey or Greece had been
wholly buried in the sea, markets
might have been affected less than by
the outbreak of war in Europe. Like
fire in the heart of a corwded city, it
raised the question whether n general
coniagration may spring out of it. To
this possibility, and not to the direct
influence of either Turkey or Greece
upon the worlds money or produce
markets, was due the excitement in
grain and stocks. AS the unknown Is
magnified American markets were more
Eighty than European, where the pos
sibilities have been discussed and
partly discounted for months. The
uncertainty remains, and will affect
the movement Of money and staples
until 1T disappears, creating q larger
demand for American products at
higher prices, causing hasty specula.
tive selling of securities at times, but
also more continuous buying by for
eign investors, and not improbably in.
fiuencing the attitude of foreign
powers on questions important to this
country.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-30
RAILROAD POOL OPPOSED
senator Harris Has AN Amendment a.
verses All Pooling,

W~AsuiNGroN, April 81. - United
states senator Harris OF Kansas has
prepared an amendment to the For.
akcr pooling bill which he will intro.
duce In Congress. II provides for an
entire reversal Of the plan of author
izing pooling contracts as contcm.
plated in the Foraker bill, and meets
with the favor Of all who desire to see
that the carrier is given no unfair adj.
vantage over the shippers and that all
interests are equally protected.
senator Foraker wants to give the
railroads authority to pool and then
submit their schedules OF rates and
classification of goods to the Interstate
commerce commission for its approval
or rejection. The plan suggested by
Senator Harris in his amendment is
much simpler and will be much more of
n curb upon extortionate pooling rates.
His amendment provides that u full
and complete schedule OF the ma ximum
rates and charges. together with
the classification. OF all goods, com.
modities or merchandise. which shall
be enforced, charged or used In the
business of such common carriers.
shall be submitted to the interstate
commerce commission. and by the
commission shall be approved as just
and reasonable before such contracts
as suggested in the pooling bill shall
be authorized.
This would afford u national maxi
mum rate schedule. IL would give IL
also complete authority to regulate
common carriers by granting 1t powe"
to refuse assent to pooling contracts
whore the rates were not fair and
equitable.
Senator Harris claims there can 10
no valid objection to his amendment.
IL simply makes as n condition prece.
dent instead Of n condition subsequent,
the consent of the interstate commerce
commission to any pooling agreements
entered into by the railroads. IL the
roads find 1t necessary to make these
agreements in order to conduct their
business, the change proposed by his
amendment ought to be satisfactory.
The fight over the pooling bill Is to be
long and bitter, whether IL Is entered
into now or postponed until the regu-
lar session. For the first time since
the Interstate commerce commission
was created 1t is in the power Of Con-
gress to include in one measure all
legislation to permit IL to cope on
equal terms with the powerful rail
voad corporations.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-30
Cirujedn DIsrraced.

HAVANA, April 26.-It Is said here
that Commander Cirujeda, who com.
manded the forces that killed General
Antonio Macco, has been SEMI back to
Spain by Weyler under grave charges.
Spaniards accuse him openly of being
the cause of several defeats at Punta
Bravo AT the hands of Castillo, the in
surgent leader, and at Santa Ana,
where almost the entire guerrilla force
was killed. The loss was seventy
killed. The chief of the guerillas was
Miro, owing to the absence of Cirujeda
and the death OF the captain. Cirujeda
was at Havana selling some cattle he
had captured. He was ordered to
command his forces and prevent the
landing of the expedition at Santa Ana.
lie remained at Miriano and sent the
guerrilias with Miro.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-30

about hnli done; more water In the
ground than for twelve years before.
Merrick-Rye looking fine; farmers
sowing wheat and oats; weather rather
cold Tor vegetation.
Shermnu-Whent mostly IN and much
of the onjs and barley and n few pota-
toes: curly soNn wheat Ia M.
Nnlley-Whent and onts not all sown;
blowing Tor orn begun; inrm work pro-
crossing rapidly.
sOuTuW srERN SECTION.
Harlan-Wheat and alfalfa starting
very slowly; more whent sown thnn last
year; some ground too wet to work.
Rcd Willow-Grass In starting well and
fall wheat and bats are showing n rapid
growth; blowing for cor well under why
and some corn planted; soil In splendid
condition.
Dundy- Wheat mostly sown and oots
we'll under way.
Perkins Wheat about thrce-quartcrs
sown; early oats coming mp.
Adams-Small grain about sown; some
blowing for corn.
Frankliu-Spring seeding nearly done;
some wheat up and some reported to DO
rotted; fall wheat and rye looking fine.
Furnas-ltys and winter wheat look
VAtTu Wti' SI'EiuE WntUt w CoiUiUB VII
finely; some blowing for corn.
Hitchcock-Farm work being pushed;
wheat looks fine.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS week for farm
work and seeding progressing rapidly;
wheat and oets being sown.
Lincoln-Grass coming out finely and
blowing done.
Misunderstanding OF spring grain al
most finished.
WESTERN AND NoRTwEsTERN SECTIONS.
Box Buttc-W Wheat doing finely nnd "A
largo acrenge; ground In the best condi-
ton since 1892.
keith-Whpnt all sown and oats about
all sown; alfalfa starting nicely; some
blowing for corn.
Kimball-Not moro thnn hall the
spring wheat own
Logan-Most OF the wheat sown and
some oats; week cool with lots OF cloudy
weather.
Rock-Corn blowing begun; grass Ia
getting u good start.
Scots Bluff-Much wheat Is being
sown.
Thomas-Ground cold and wet: no
crop put In yet.
q. A. LOvELAND,
Section Director. Lincoln, Neb.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-30
II INDIAN BILL.
Tho House Amends the Uncompaghre
Reservation Provision.

Reservation Provision.
WASHINGTON, April 2d.-The House
completed the consideration of the
Senate amendments to the Indian APP
preparation bill and sent the bill To
conference. The main contention CEN
tered about the Senate proposition to
open the Uncompahgre Indian rescr-
walton under the mineral land laws.
Finally an amendment was recon-
mended to the effect that no corpora
ton should be allowed to obtain possess
sion of these gilsonite deposits, but
that the government should lease the
lands In limited areas and for limited
terms Of years. The Senate amend
ment striking from the House bill the
provision for the ratification Of the oil
and gas leases made by the council OF
the Seneca Indians last December,
after n sharp debate. was disagreed to.
MI. Bland OF Missouri attempted
early in the session to secure action on
the resolution relative to the Union
Pacific railroad mortgages. He pre-
sented the resolution as a privileged
question, on the ground that, as there
was nc committee to which tho reso.
luton could be referred this was the
only way it could be brought before
the House. The speaker ruled that it
was not privileged, w~hereupon Mr..
Bland appealed, and Mr.. Dingley
promptly moved to lay the appeal on
the table.
The appeal was laid on the table-s7
to 7b-twenty-two present and not
voting.
Under the resolution adopted earlier
IN the day the speaker appointed the
following committee to attend the
Grant tomb dedication exercises at
New York: The Speaker, Messrs.
Low, Cummings, Payne, Mcclellan,
Dingley, Bailey, Hit. McMillin, Dali
cell, Allen, Burton, Hartman, Mercer,
Walker of Virginia, McCleary, Brewer,
Overstreet, Fitzpatrick, Sulloway,
Dinsmore, Bartholdt, Tate and Ridge.
ly Of Kansas.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-30
BEATRICE PEOPLE SUFFER
Thousands Rendered Homeless by q Very
Disastrous Fiood-One Death.

DlsastrOus flOOO-Oue Deatus
Beatrice during the past thirty day,
has experienced the most disastrous
flood in the history of the city. Tho
incessant rains Of the past few days
had swollen the streams greatly, and
the heavy rain Of Friday night caused
the Blue river and Indian creek Ia
rise with alarming rapidity.
Saturday water poured into the fire
boxes at the watcrworks and the city
was without fire protection and light
all Of Saturday and a portion of Sun.
day.
Ma ny heart rending scenes occurred
during the flood and cries for help could
be heard constantly.
Fully eleven hundred people have
been rendered homeless, but all have
been provided with ample food.
Monday morning the food went
down and the people are resting easier.
Sunday. while repairing a bridge on
the Rock Island, a worker named Jen-
kins was drowned.
Four miles east of Beatrice. where
the Burlington, the Rock Island and
the Union Pacific lines parallel each
other for a considerable distance, the
several tracks are piled together pro.
miscuously.
Sunday afternoon the fires In the
water works department were re-
kindled and the strain on this account
relieved.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-30
MILLIONS FOR E E
Patriots Abroad sending Home Help
Recruits From Many Sources.

Recruits From Many Sources.
The war has opened wide the purses
II the Greeks abroad, and quantities
of drafts of from SIS to $50 are coming
from the United States and Canada for
the Greek defense fund. Probably
close upon $4,000. 900 have passed
through London for Greece during the
past three weeks. A London banker
said; 1--WE only represent four United
States ' and Canadian banks, from
which these small drafts come, but
If these represent anything like n fair
proportion Of the sums forwarded by
other American banks, which. we
think, is undoubtedly the case, the to-
tai amount of money sent to Greece
from America is already very close
upon u million pounds sterling. Be-
sides these American contributions,
the Greek merchants of London are
forwarding large subscriptions Of
money and material"
The Daily Chronicle and the Star
have opened funds for the wounded,
II the amounts subscribed will be
sent to the crown princess of Gpeece.
LENGTH OF THE WAR.
Ambassador Of three of the powers
in London believe the war will be
over in three weeks, and that when
the Turks capture Larissa the sultan of
Turkey will appeal to the powers to
intervene in the interests of policy.
In the meanwhile it is said that Great
Britain has declined to agree to the
proposition of Count Muravieff to alb
stain from intervention until one Of
the belligerents shall appeal for help,
the Marquis of Salisbury being Of the
opinion that such an appeal will never
be made. and that, In the meantime,
circumstances may arise necessitatino
action upon the part of the powers.
GREEK MILITIA CALLED OUT.
ATHENS, April 26.-lt has been de-,
cided to call out the militia. In
Greece all ~able-bodied males from 81
gears of age and upwards are liable to
be called upon for military service.
The total service Is for nineteen years,
Of which two years with considerable
terms Of leaves Of absence) must be
passed with the %colors, seven years in
the reserve and the remainder Of the
nineteen years in the militia.
WILL THE POWERS INTERVENE?
PARIS. April 60. "A dispatch received
he-' from Athens confirms the report
thai The Greeks have abandoned Tyr
navos and Larissa and have concen-
trated on their second line Of defense.
The news has caused the greatest
agitation in political circles, and the
diplomats are freely discussing the
question whether the time has not ar
rived for the powers to take Immediate
steps to arrest the further advance of
the Turks in the Greek peninsula.
The entire French squadron at Tou-
Ion is taking on board provisions, coal
and ammunition in order to sail for
the Levant, IL necessary. tomorrow.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-30
Heat His Dying wife.

GUTHRIE, Okla, April ao.-J. Laws,
living east OF Perkins, Is under arrest
for beating his wife, Mrs. Jennie
Laws, while she was dying. She had
been i'll for days and because she could
not care for herself, he allowed her to
90 with no attention and when she
begged him to get help, he beat and
abused her in a manner almost beyond
belief. Neighbors finally discovered
her condition as she was dying, but
were afraid 10 do anything. Mrs.
Coates, q plucky little woman, swore
out = warrant for the arrest Of Laws
and will prosecute him.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-30
BREVITIES.

w. c. Couch Of Sidney had one OF the
bones OF his leg broken below the knee
by n horse which he was riding falling
on him.
The parties responsible for the death
of Frank Cole at O'Neill, have been
captured. The murder was a cold.
blooded affair.
Alargc barn on the old Rogers place
n mile south Of Hoag was struck by
lightning ana destroyed, together with
several head Ut stock and y quantity
Of feed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-30

U%nusnsliy Heavy Rains Failing In Ne.
braska and Iowa -CrestOn's Dam Goes.

Unusnsliy Heavy Rains Failing In Nc.
braska and Iowa Creators Dam Goes.
OMAHA, Neb., April 26-Last nights
rain added II inches to the weeks
rainfall, increasing the total rainfall
here since Monday to, 2.W inches.
The reports received by the weather
bureau indicate a rainfall Of 2.la
inches at Lincoln, z. 80 at st. Joseph,
Las at Plattsmouth and La at Des
Molnes. The heaviest in this section
was mt Clarinda, Iowa, where the rec.
ord of 10 inches was reached.
The most serious damage Is reported
from Creston, Iowa, where the deluge
washed out the dam that held back
the water in the reservoir from which
the town was supplied. This flood
washed out everything before IL, badly
damaging the Burlington railroad
tracks, destroying county bridges. etc.
No lives were lost.
The Burlington main line is tied up
by an inundated track between Russell
and Melrose, la. All branches are
probably washed out
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-30
scrlou, Fire at GauatIu. Mo-.

GALLATIS, Mo-, April a6.-Fire at I
o'clock a. IN. destroyed the northwest
corner of Gallatin's business square,
including Western hotel, Deming's
photograph gallery, express offices,
Miller's implement warehouse and
Myers barber shop, and damaged the
old /. o. o. h. building and Browns
livery stable. The loss is about 80, 600,
with about 81, 500 insurance.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-30

ARDMoRE, l. T., April GOV. r
Cullen, agent for the Wells Fargo EH
press company, on Thursday, when .
travelling auditor entered his ofioe u
check his accounts. excused himself :
moment, went TO his residence, kisset
his wife good bye, told her he was 60
Ing 10 kin himself, entered the bari
AID sent u 3s-cnliber ball crashing
through his brain. He died this morn
ing. No shortage yet discovered.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-30
CHILD KILLED BY WIND,
natal Small Tornado Southeast OF wsue-

natal Small Tornado Southeast OF Wsmc-
20, Kan.-Parents BADLY Injursd.
WAMEao, Kan, April 26.-A small
tornado passed over a part of Wabaun-
see county, eight miles southeast Of
here, last night. Henry Miller's s.
year-old son was killed, while Miller
and his wife were perhaps fatally
ThSyt. They live three miles north Of
Mcfarland. Their home, q Of the
Best of many German farm houses In
that valley, was completely demol-
ished, while the other buildings on the
place were untouched.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-30
sLUFFINo THAT DIDN'T WORK.
Tho Conductor Knew y Trick worth Two
of tho other Follows.


Tho Conductor Knew y Trick Worth Two
of tho Other Follows.
yes" said the smart man, who sat
on the rear seat In the smoker. ''it's
dead easy to bluff these conductors II
you know how. Now, I'll make q
small bet that, although l have a
ticket, ! can travel to my destination
without showing IL or putting up .
cent"
IL don't believe IT," said the man In
the front seat.
"Well," insisted the smart man,
''just watch me when the conductor
comes along"
Ten minutes later the conductor did
come along. lie inquired for tickets
in n peremptory anner The smar,
man made u move TO get his.
"Tickets" said the conductor again
when he reached the rear seat.
"See here. old fellow" said the
smart man, ~ haven't got any ticket.
I'm an old railroad man. Used to be
conductor on the Santa Fe and ! want
to go a piece with YOU"
"uscd to he on the Santa Re, did
you?" inquired the conductor. swell,
] don't know but ! can pass you BY
the way, what time is it? My watch
isn't running just right"
The smart man winked ut the man
In front of him aud pulled out his
watch. 'It's twenty minutes to l2,"
he said. 49,. ..st 80
The conductor held out his hand.
'Givc me your ticket or money
enough to pay your fare, or I'll put
you off the train" he said sharply.
The smart man reluctantly pulled
out his ticket. As he handed It over
he said: "How in thunder did you
know ! was blufing?"
The conductor laughed q bit. "Oh,"
he said, "you we're easy. II you'd
ever been In the railroad business for
ten minutes you'd have said 1l:4O in
stead Of twenty minutes to 49,"
AN ODD WATERING TRovoH.
Whole Dissertations Of Blddiss Got Drink
From an Indian Mortar.
The noise made by an Indian wo-
man pounding corn In q rock mortar
enabled the brave old Indian fighter,
Colonel BENJAMIN Church, to secure
the person OF Annawan, the right
hand nan Of King Philip, In 1919.
There is hardly q town included In
the Nipmuc country but has one or
more Of these crude mills of the red
men. Grafton or Haranamisco holds
an immense one on the borders Of
Kitville, not far from the last settle
ment OF that tribe and near the bat
tleield on Keith hill, where Philips
men came to grief. There were GER
tain places resorted to by the Indians
for growing their corn, and as far as
my knowledge extends they wore
usually on the hillsides.
Some of the small mortars have no
doubt been removed from their orig
inal places, but Others remain where
they were used, fixed as the enduring
hills. The soapstone vessels ussd by
the Nipmucs are of various sizes and
have been numerously found In Mill
bury and Sutton. Along the streams,
In clefts OF rocks and on the highest
points Of land they have been un-
earthed. manyl broken and others In
perfect condition. I have In mind
one which lies In the western part OF
Millbury, weighing perhaps seventy
five pounds and within Atty rods Of
Ramshorn stream. All that IL known
OF It's history is that the occupants Of
the farm had for generations used II
rs q watering trough for hens.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-30
Colonel Mosby Injured.

RICHMOND, Va, April 28.-Colonel
JohI &. Mosby was thrown from q
buggy at the University Of Virginia
Yesterday afternoon and received . cut
which may seriously ininre one eye.
Did Not fear water.
COLUMBIA, NO., April a6.--Rev. 8. II.
Pollard preached at the Mount Zion
Baptist church In this county last
night with his clothing SO wet that
little streams of water trickled from
the pulpit. He drove to the church in
a buggy and when he reached Cedar
creek he found IL q raging torrent.
He rolled up his trousers stood on the
seat and drove In. At times the horse
was hardly able to keep his nose above
the water. The buggy was completely
out of sight and the preacher stood in
water up to his knees. When he
reached the church he said that q Bap.
tist should not fear water.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-18
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tul. Employed an index, they serve as
guide 10 assist him In making his choice of
books from a library.
In the volumes before us we note that the
classic writings, or those which by COM
mon consent and approval are accepted
as standard, have been given the preference
over modern productions and contemporary
literature which is still on trial. In modern
literature the output of England and America
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geographically and as a specimen of the
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The San Francisco call., 1897-07-18

Houseboat," by Bangs, and Gilbert Parker's
"Pompy Tariettes," the list Of the most salable
books at Robertson's was identical with that
OF Doxey's.
Every body wishes to read the latest book,
but the demand for most of them is short lived.
Beatrice Hsrradens 'Hilda Stafford is not
generally liked, although it is read widely"
he said. but Miss Harraden is a popular
writer and everything she writes will be read
as long as her Ships That Pass in the Night
is remembered
At Johnson & Enigh's, the Emporium book
store. the summer sale has been slightly diff
ferent.
"Besides Henry enkiewieczs QUO vadis,
Aliens Choir Invisible and Bellamy' S
Equality The Prisoner OF Zenda' has had a
heavy sale, especially sin ce the Lyceum Com
pany has been he-e. The Wisdom OF Fools,
by Margaret Deland, "A Rose of Yesterday by
Marion Crawford The Honorable Peter Ster-
ling by Paul L. Ford Soldiers OF Fortune, ,
by Richard Harding Davis, and The Seats of
the Mighty Dy Gilbert Parker, have been
our best-seiling books, and the demand has
been heavy this summer"
The summer sale at the San Francisco News
Company was not materially different from
that of the other booksellers. scuba in War
Time" by Richard Harding Davis, had been
having heavy sale, but since the first excite
ment of the war had subsided there had been
comparatively little call for it. "A Noble
HAUL by w. CLARK Russell, "Bob Coving ton,''
by Gunther, "Odd Folks" by Opie Reid and
"The Ape the Idiot and Other People," by
Morrow, were also popular books of slightly
different tone with good sale.