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showed that the constitutional objec-
tion of Mr.. Hay to the selection of the
name was unfounded. As to the area,
Mr. Henderson read afidavits from
two civil engineers who had calculat-
ed the area of Union county from
Mills atlas. the same as Colonel
Gibbes, and both said that the area to
be cut off from Union was ia square
miles, leaving in the old county 507
square miles. In conclusion, Mr.
Henderson submitted that the people
had established their county by fair,
honorable election, complying with
the Constitution in every detail.
Mr.. Archer opposed the formation
of the county. He did not think the
required area was left in Union. Messrs.
Ragadale and Mower spoke in fa-
vor of the bill. The aye and nay vote
was then taken on the motion of Mr..
Archer to strike out the enacting
words. The motion was defeated by
a vote of 25 to S, Messrs. Archer,
Brown, Connor, Hay and Sanders be-
ing the only ones to vote against es-
tablishing the county.
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More Pacfflcos Slain.

KEY WEST, Fla, Feb. "a. letter
received from San Christobal province
IN Pinar del Rio, from a prominent
Cuban there states that detachnent
of San Martins Spanish guerillas raj
ded a small camp of paciticos near
there Friday, killing sixteen men.
Eight women who were in the camp,
were forced to 10 with the troops. A
family named Dominez, living near
there who were warned to move to
San Christobal last week, and who
were not moving quick enough to
please San Martins officers, were ar
rested Thursday and brutally killed.
Two of the party were women,
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Walked Into q Creek.

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla, Feb. n.-Yes-
terday Agnes Demere, deaf mute
was left at the State blind and deaf IN
stitute here by her father who resides
at Punta Gorda, Fla. The child was
not ccntented and during the after
noon escaped from the institution;
Search was made without avail until
this morning when the body OF the
little girl was found floating in creek
near the institute. It is supposed
that she was drowned in trying to
wade across the creek.
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A Sensation in Union.

UHIoN, s. c., Feb. 10.-One of the
most astounding sensations that has
ever been sprung upon the people of
Union was awaiting the citizens Tues
day morning. The particulars, as
near as I have feen able to gather
them from parties concerned, are:
Monday night DR.. W. M. Meador, one
of the most. highly respected citizens
of our town, closed up his drug store,
which is in the handsome new bank
building, by far the finest building on
Main Street and in which is also the
Merchants and Planters Bank and
several county Offices. DR.. Meador
was seen to return short while after
leaving the store and enter the door
without striking a light. He came
out after some time and left. The
door was then opened by the drug
clerk and in company with the police
he went in and made a search, find
ing lighted candle in the cellar,
with straw and debries saturated with
kerosene oil; also trail of rosin lead
ing into the room where the oil bar
rels were kept. A barrel of rosin was
near by, also saturated with oil, and
an oil tank was a few feet away. A
few minutes more and the greatest
confagration ever witnessed in Union
would have resulted. A policeman
was left on guard. DR.. Meador came
back to the store at $50 Tuesday
morning. Finding the policeman on
duty, he asked him what he was do
ing there. The policeman said he had
been put there to watch, as some one
had tried to break in. The drug store
is run by the Union Drug Company,
composed of DR.. Manning J. Smith
and DR.. Meador. The drug store is
only about half insured. under
stand, about So, ,OO0 being the amount
carried. 1t is very hard to believe
such charges against man OF DR..
Meador's high standing. DIR. Meador
in q card in the New Era to-day most
emphatically denies that he had any
thing to do with the kerosene or can
die and denies that he came back to
the store that night, but says he came
back at 5 80 the next morning to get
some medicine fora headache and
found the policeman on guard and
questioned him as above and did not
know what was the trouble unit! he
saw DR.. Smith next morning. 1t is q
serious charge and the doctors friends
would be glad if developments would
show clearly that he is innocent. The
matter has been the talk of the town
today. No arrests have been made
and developments are anxiollsly
awaited by all.-Columbia Register.
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Killed, for Teasing.

BLocToN, ALA, Feb. 1O.-Eijah
Price, a well known citizen of this
place, was instantly killed yesterday
afternoon by Isaac Creel, half-wlt-
ted boy. 1t has been the custom OF
the men and boys of the town to tease
and play pranks with the Creel boy:
Yesterday a crowd was gathered about
him, among them Mr.. Price. The
latter had q knife in his hand and
said he was going to cut Creel, who
was carrying an axe. He kept on
teasing the boy until the latter sud
denly raised the ak and with terrific
blow buried it in Prices head. He
was instantly killed. The half-Wlt is
now in iail
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Famine lin India.

JUBBULPooR, Feo. 9.-On his way
to this city the special representative
of the Associated Press, who is exanlin'
ing into the famine situation in India,
visited the poor houses of Bilaspur
and Katni. The inmates we're found
to be in a deplorable condition. The
buildings we're overcrowded and meai-
cal attendance was lacking. A man
outside one of the1n was dead and an
other was dying. : = of five years
of age weighed only ten pounds and
several adults were under fifty-six
pounds in weight, The skin in all
cases was drawn over the face, show
ing the outline of the skulls, and limbs
and joints had the appearance of those
of articulated skeletons. There Is an
immense migration to the Assanatea
gardens, 1,600 persons going Ehere
weekly, deserting their wives and
families. Jubbulpoor is the worst OF
any part of central India. 1t is esti-
mated that the present famine is the
greatest of the century and will great
" sdrpass that of 1876, both in
area an severity. LILO lauIuo poAI
extends to Rawalpindi and BellarY,
and is 300 miles long and 400 miles
wide. This is apart from the scattered
districts In all the rice districts there
is no chance of a food supply until
September. The government will
thus be forced to support nearly all the
population for six months and many
of them for eighteen months. Whole
villages are deserted. The governments
policy mt first was rather to ignore the
famine. 1t is, however, now alive to
the situation and strenuous efforts are
made to avert horrible disaster. Out
of the 750, 1000 inhabitants of Jubbul-
poor about 120, 900 are now receiving
relief. By the month Of May this
numbe will be doubled. The CORES.
pondent has just heard that the Karai
poor house in the Western part of the
district has been burned. Twenty-Five
persons perished. Cholera is reported
to have broken out in the Mandaid Dis
trict relief works.
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Mrs. Burnham's Suicide.

STARKE, Fla, Feb. 9.-Mrs. Lucy
Burnham was found dead in her room
at the Commercial hotel this morning,
having committed suicide by taking
chloroform. Mrs. Burnham left sew.
eral letters for friends in Chicago and
elsewhere and note to the public
stating that the burden of Life had
grown too heavy for her. She was
formerly Mrs. Lucy Van Evar, art
critic of the Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Eight months ago she was married to
DR.. Burnham, the specialist, and they
came to Florida.
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be furnished to dealers in cigarettes
or cigarette paper by the county treas
urers of the counties of this State at a
cost of 25 cents each, and the procseds
of the sales of such stamps snail be
held by the county treasurers subject
to the warrants of the boards of coun-
ty commissioners like the funds for
ordinary county expenses.
On Wednesday when MIR. Caugh.
mans Jim Crow car bill, which had
been unfavorably reported, was called
up Mr.. Meares moved to strike out
the enacting words. This brought on
a long discussion, after which vote
was taken and the House refused to
strike out the enacting words by a
vote of 80 to 19 as follows:
Ayes-Anderson, Bedon, Chllds,
Colcock, Davis, G. NJ; Davis, W. c.;
Gadsden, Gage, Hiott, Hollis, Meares,
Mehrtens, Mitchell, McKeown, Pol
lock, Pyatt, Reynolds, Thomas, j. F.,
Jr. Vincent-19.
Nays-All, Armstrong, Asbill, Ash.
lev, Austell, Bacot, Bailey, Banks,
Bethune, Blythe, Breeland, Carraway,
Carson, Caughman, Crum, Cushman,
Davis, G. W.; DeLoach, Dukes, Ed
wards, E6rd, Epps, Fox, Garris, Gas
que, Glenn, Goodwin. Il. p; Crab
am, j. S.; Graham, 7. A.; Harvey,
Hazelden, Henderson, Humphrey, H.
derton, Johnson, Kennedy, Klbler,
Kinard, II. j.; Kinard, j. D.; Ian.
caster, Layton, Lester, Limehouse,
Magill, Mauldin, Miles, Miller, J. e. !;
Miller, j. H.; Mishoe, Mcdaniel, Nc
Laurin, McWbite, Owen, Patton,
Perritt, Phillips, Plyler, Price, Prince,
Rainsford, Robinson, Rogers, Russell,
Simkins, Smith, j. R.; Smith, w. S.. !;
Speer, Sturkie, Sullivan, Thomas, w
Fl. Zimmerman, Toole, Werner, VOL
ling, Westmoreland, Wingo, Wink.
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treaSurerS VlOlatlng Tue proVlSlous VI
the act.
The matter disposed of at the night
session of the senate was Cherokee
county. It was up for second read
ing. Mr.. Douglass of Union read an
affidavit from Col. James G.. Gibbes
stating that the areap of Union county
was about 900 square miles as in Mills
atlas. The area cut off to form part of
Cherokee county is 122 square miles
leaving but 478 square miles. The
Constitution requires that 500 square
miles shall remain in the old counties.
A similar affidavit was read from
Col. John l.. Young of Union, his
figures differing slightly from tho
above. He estimated that after the
area was cut off 496 miles would re-.
main in Union county. On this
ground Mr.. Douglass submitted the
matter to the senate for disposal.
Mr.. Mower on behalf of the COM
mittee submitted from Colonel Young
saving that the above estimate quoted
by Mr.. Douglass he had not taken in
to consideration the area of incorpo-
rated towns and one.half of Pacoiet
river. This area taken in left in Un.
ion few square miles over the con-
stitutional 500 square miles. Affida-
Wits from other surveyors were read,
showing that Union would have IL or
Is square miles over the constitution.
al requirements.
Mr.. Hay of the committee dissented
from the majority report and said he
was not satisfied that Union would
have 500 square miles left. Further.
he did not think the Constitution had
been complied with in selecting a
name for the new county.
MIR, Henderson of the committee g
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ing after a few minor amendments,
which do not affect the general pro-
visions of the bill.
Mr.. Sullivan's bill to permit the
consignee to hold the last connecting
line responsible for loss or damage OF
goods was defended by him. He did
not bslieve consignees should be put
to the expense of proving where the
damage occurred. If the last line is
not responsible, it will get damage
out of connecting lines which it had
to pay consignees. He believed it a
matter of justice to merchants. who,
as a class, are modest and don't take
much hand in politics or ask the Gen
eral Assembly for much. The bill
was passed.
The bill to amend the county gov
ernment Act was introduced primari-
ly to affect Kershaw county only; but
members from all counties wanted to
get in and the Judiciary Committee
reported back bill. When it came
up for discussion half of the members
had other amendments to offer. AS
introduced by the committee the bill
reads:
Section 1. That section 49 of an Act
entitled, "An Act to provide a system
of county government for the several
counties of the State, approved Jan
uary 4. 1894, being section 687 of the
Revised Statutes of 1898, be amended
by striking out the words 1920. OO''
and insert in lieu thereof $500. O0''
so that said section when so amended
shall be as follows:
Section 49. That the salary of the
Supervisor in the respective counties
shall be as follows: In the county of
Abbsville, 5000; in the county OF
Aiken, $500; in the county OF Ander'
son, $500; in the county of Edgefield,
$3.50; in the county of Berkeley, 5000;
in the county of Charleston, 1000;
in the county of Chester, $500; in the
county of Chesterfield, $500; in the
county of Clarendon, $500; in the
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-04

Mrs. G. f. McKeeby left Monday on
. visit to friends in Lincoln and
Omaha, and will 90 from there to
jamestown, Kansas, where she will
visit relatives and friends before going
to her Q home ct Guthrie, Oklahoma.
The drummer j. T. Field, who was
arrested by J. N. Chaffin on a charge
Of the theft Of a typewriter, was found
not guilty in Justice Benefits court
aud was discharged. The sample ma.
chine which was attached by Chafin is
still held by the officers.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-04
ODDS AM ENDS.

Cash paid for eggs by Aultz 4 Dyer
A crowd Of Franklin wheelmen spent
Sunday here.
Ed. Pulsipher was down from Hast.
ings this week.
Fred Gund Of Blue Hill was here the
first of the week.
U. e. Bell, after a %sojourn in Missou-
ri, has returned home.
Go to G.. A. Harris, Cowles, Neb., for
boots and shoes at cost.
Miss Cora CARRIER has accepted a
position on the Lincoln Call.
Look at line OF Mems Suits from 1915
to 800 at Galusha Il WescOtt's.
Superior -four aud feed and Amboy
-four at q. A. Harris, Cowles, Neb.
Lumber at cost at Cowles, Neb.
Closing out.-A. l.. Hildreth, Manager.
Mrs. Jos. FOgle who has been seri-
Ously III, is we are glad to learn much
better.
Every sack of Crete flour is war
ranted. For sale by Sherwood Il Al.
bright.
Mrs. Resale b. Condor, who has
been visiting with II. +. Pond and wife
has returned home.
Miss Sarah Kcrlin who has been Wis.
ting with Editor jenkins and wife has
returned to her home in Beatrice.
John Dickerson and wife are rejoic.
ing Over the advent Of u bouncing
baby girl which arrived carly Thurs
day morning.
Lumber Yard for sale cheap for cash
or will trade for good farm lands in
Webster county.-A. l.. HLDRETH,
Manager, Cowles, Nebraska.
viii not only duplicate prices on
clothing but will 90 any merchant one
better. Money returned II you can do
better anywhere.--GALUsHA l. YVES
Colt.
Grams 4 Gaines will preside as cater
ers at the Alumni banquet given on
Friday night and also at the Juniors
banquet which will be given ON Sstur-
day night.
Hutchinson 4 Hiatt, the ~tonsorial
artists, are agents for the Evans Laun-
dry company. Take your lace curtains
collars and cuffs to them and get only
first class work.
During the month Of June | will sell
everything at reduced prices. Any ar
ticles at cost, and some even below
cost. Come In and see that / mean
what ! say.--G. A. HARRIS, Cowles,
Nebraska.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-04
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL.

Bert Walden was in Riverton this
week.
Mrs. Jos, Herburger is visiting in
Hastings.
Go to q. A. Harris, Cowles, Neb., for
hats and caps at cost.
Beer at Wholesale at o. so per keg at
the South Side Sample Room.
Crete -four is finer than silk. just
try a sack. Sherwood Il Albright.
Buy trunks of us and save a dollar.
Come and GALUsHA Il WEsCOTT.
q. A. Harris of Cowles was a pleas
ant caller at the CHIEF wigwam this
week.
Beer sold ut the South Side Sample
Room In quantity from n keg to one
million.
The Orange Judd Farmer and the
American Agriculturalist Almanac to.
gether with The CHIEF for 81. 3
G. l.. Getting, sole agent, will refund
your money il not satisfied after using
one bottle of DR.. Fenners famous medi.
cine.
j. A. Baum has accepted a position
in the drug store Of VIM. Douglas at
Superior and went to that place Mon
day morning.
Rev. James Darby will render a bac.
calaureate sermon to the graduating
class Of the Red Cloud high school ut
the M. +. church next Sunday evening.
Some very pretty flower designs, an
anchor, cross and letter N, the handi-
wOrk Of VIM. Tulleys were among the
beautiful decorations at the cemetery
on Decoration day.
The American Agriculturist Almanac
q book which treats on hundreds Of
subjects, The Orange Judd Farmer,
one Of the best farm papers published
and The CHIEF all m year for Sl.S5.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-04
CITY NEWS.

CITY NEWS.
Frank Quigiey was here Sunday.
Aultz & Dyer want your eggs and
pay cash.
j. M. Scoles and wife of Baden
were here this week.
Geo. X. CLANCY delivered the memo
rial address at Guide Rock.
Clarence Kizer is spending a few
days In Superior this week.
A twelve pound Nebraska boy ar
rived at the home Of Ed Dyer on Satur.
day.
UJohn Wagner remembered the
Grief with some subscription money
this week.
Aultz & Dyer have received a carload
OF Greeley, Colorado, potatoes. The
finest on earth.
Miss Della Schaffnit, n Of the pop
ular teachers Of Hastings is home to
spend her vacation.
Straw Hats from 10 cents to 81 .5O at
Galusha 4 Wescott's. Good ones for
90 and IS cents. Nice styles.
Miss Matte Kelley, formerly a teach
err in the Red Cloud public schools is
here again visiting friends.
A. b. Noble, q real estate man from
Hamburg, Iowa, was here this week
visiting the family Of ID. M. Able.
Miss Mabel Mcmillan left Monday
for Superior where she has accepted q
position in the dry goods store of Hun.
ter Bros.
Rev. G. B. Smith Of Pickrel, Nebras-
ka, will preach at the Mill school
house on Saturday evening, june 5th.
m. B. WAGNER.
Sick headache can be quickly and
completely overcome by using those
famous little pills known as "DeWitt's
Little Early Risers." G. L. Getting.
Will rave you 25 cents a pair on
overalls. Will save you Is cents on a
shirt. viii q v you 80 cents on pair
of pants, and give 1897 goods.-GALUs.
ia i WEsCOTT.
The thrust we gave the Nation In re-
gard to that Office being unable to GET
out job printing struck home and In 9
quarter of a column article 1t virtually
admits what we said was true. That's
right Jack.
In consequence Of the large amour,
OF type.setting required for the essays
Of the graduating class u local col
umns have been sighted this week and
mention of some important events GU,
short but it could not be helped.
Remember Wiener has made
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-04
Sc5tEemulsicn

Of Cod-livsr Oil. 10 ooadsassd nourish-
ment, food for the building up OF the
system to resist the attacks Of disease.
II should be taken in reasonable coses
all summer long by al those whose
weight 10 below the standard Of health.
If yoc are losing ground. Try q bossls
now.
5es sAis by ~ dr~sgsss u 80 aad ~.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-04

60 buy cheap.
DR.. &. +. McKeeby has decided to
make his new location at Guthrie, Ok
lahoma, and will leave for that city as
soon as he gets his business matters
here Strengthened up. The many
friends of the Doctor will be sorry to
see him depart.
The MINISTRIES presented at the opera
house by the Junisrs OF the Red Cloud
high school on last Friday evening was
well pa~tronized, The program as car
ried out was tirst-class and showed that
the young ladies and gentlemen have
considerable talent in that direction.
We are sorry that space forbids a per-
sonal mention Of the good points Of the
performance.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-04

You can save big morey on
clothing, furnishing goods,
hats, caps, shoes, trunks, va.
Uses by buying them now at
Wlener's costclosing out sale.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-04
F s;'

says N emine.s Raslish deeses. twill
carry enough peissa to infect . HOUSE.
hold" In summer-time. mors espec-
tally. disease germs 6ll the air. multi
mdes are infected. fall i'll. die , multi
udss escaPe. These messenger Of
mischief Do moi sxist for millions. Why
noti Bsesuse they are healthy and strong
-proesctsd - aeroeodile 10 sssinst gun
shot. IL 10 the weak. the wasted, the
thin blooded who fall those who
hsve no resisdvs power 70 thss . sudden
cough OF cold develops iase srsvsr
disease. We hear Of catching disssssl
Why net csseA health We can do Il
b alwsys maiaainins ~ hsaltAy
weight.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-04

Remember Wiener has made
arrangements while In New
York recently to 60 into bust
ness in that city and is anxious
to close out his stock as soon
as possible. Now is your time
The evening times., 1897-03-27
BAD SPANISH GANG CAUGHT
Clever Swindlers Operating in Cuba
Run to Earth.
Their Method an Old One, But Found
Many Willing yictims-Forged
Seals of Courts and Consulates.

Havana, March 27.-The police have dis
covered here another gang of swindlers as
audacious as the one which last year forged
the signature OF Hidalgo& & Co.. OF Havana,
on draft on August Belmont& n Co, of New
York city, after having swindled several
other foreign bankers, with correspond
ents in Cuba. The two principals of the
last gang, now under Arrest, are Spaniards,
Sebastian Bernal Alfonso and Antonio
Marti Herrera, both OF Valencia.
Both Inen carried on their frauds for
long time from Madrid, Barcelona, and
other important towns Oft PENN sula. and
are said to have dcfrauded many persons
in France, England, and the United States.
Last year they came to Havana with some
Of their associates, and here they have
obtained, criminally, it is said, more than
$500, 600. Their way of operating was
exceedingly clever. Knowing by name
many persons of Spanish or Cuban descent
living abroad and foreigners married to
Spanish or Cuban women, they obtained full
information regarding the distant relatives
of these persons. Then they addressed let
ters to the proposed victims notifying
them that certain ones OF their distant
relatives udu Ulei ltdNinS large IcEdCicS
to the persons addressed. The letters
appeared to have beea signed by notary
public, who inclosed certified copies of
the wills on Spanish legal paper. Thesgna-
lures were certified apparently by the
Havana consul general OF the nation to
which the person addressed belonged. In
each case the seal of the consulate was
forged to make the proof OF the genuine
ness seem conclusive.
BrTHal conceived the plans and Marti,
who is a wonderful penman, was in charge
OF the forging of seals and signatures
At the house of MART, in Gunabacoa, the
town across the bay, where he wasarrested,
the police found lot Of legal paper seals
of all the Spanish courts in Cuba, and Of
all the important cOnsulates, and forged
signatures OF nearly all the magistrates and
public notaries in Havana.
Bcrnal and Marti We're discover ed through
information lodged in Santiago de Cuba
with the chief OF police, Senor Trujille.
who. after long investigation asked that
they be arrested in Havana.
The evening times., 1897-03-27
PIANKED SHAD DINNER.
First of the Season to BE Served at
Marshall Hall.

The first planked-shad dinner of the
season will take place at Marshall Hall to-
morrow, and large crowd is expected TO
take the trip to this popular resort to par
take of one of those delicious feasts
which is served with the famous Marshall
Hall clam chcwder and all the early spring
vegetables that the market affords. These
dinners have been given for the last ten
years during the spring months, and have
always been largely attended Capt. Blake
will have command ofthe steamer and will,
as usual, look to the comfort and pleasure
of his passengers On arrival of the boats
at the II all dinner will be servedin the spa
cious dining-rooms, and there will be few
hours left to stroll over the green lawns
of this historic resort, or to watch the pro-
cess Of planking shad, which has been done
on the same spot for years.
The steamer Manchester will make two
trips, leaving Seventh street wharf at II
q. m, and 2:30 p. m. Returning, leave
the Hall at 1:10 and $50 p. m. The round
trip fare is 25 cents and the planked-shad
t1inneT rs cents.