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The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-06
SEVEN DEAD IN TORNADO
Wind Storm Wrecks an Illinois Farm
With Fatal Results.

BLOOMINGTON, ILL.,. Aug. 2. A
special from San Jose, ILL.,, thir.v-fve
miles west, on the Jacksonville divis-
ion Of the Chicago and Alton, gives
meager particulars Of q tornado last
evening at o'clock. 1t passed through
the farm Of A. c. Mcdowell, two and
q quarter miles north Of that town,
completely destroying the house and
barn. Seven persons were killed.
They are:
A.. c. Mcdowell, McDowelrs grand.
son, wife of Samuel Brownlee, three
OF Brownlee's children, Miss Jessie
Grovea -
The following we're seriously in.
jured: Mrs. A. c. Mcdowell, her son
Charles, and daughter, Mary. Miss
Mcdowell Is but slightly hurt.
The storm came directly from theN
north. and entirely destroyed the Men
Dowell house, barn and walnut grove.
1t then rose and went over the town
Of San Jose.
At Mason City lightning struck the
spire OF the Presbyterian church and
set it on fire.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-06
Drowned IN the Blue.

Herbert Elliott. a young man II
yeas OF age. was drowned in the Blue
river Saturday afternoon at a point
near Seeley's mill near Lushton, York
county. lie and two other young men
had stepped into a boat for a ride. but
having no paddles they became fright
ened and his two companions jumped
ont, while yong Elliott remained in
the boat, and drifting toward the dam
1t is supposed in his fright he, too,
jumped into the stream, and being
una bic to swim sank in twelve feet
OF water. His body was recovered be-
fore night. He lived at Charleston and
his father is Il. 4. Elliott, who has
charge of a grain elevator there.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-06
Cigarette Prices IRt.e

NEW YoRK, Aug. Cigarette mann
facturers have decided upon an in.
crease In the price of cigarettes. and
letters Of notification are now going
through the mails. The advance in
quotations Is about Is per cent on the
whole list from Turkish to common
brands. Turkish cigarettes that were
sold from 81 to SIT will now cost the
dealer from Ss.65 to SEQ 80 according
to the brand. Louisiana Perique adj.
Vances from s5.l5 and S.. rs to 81. IS
and $3.50. Brands Of domestic make
which dealers bought for 90. 80 per
thousand have been increased in price
10 "a. 10.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-06
THE A MAKE ANSWER
Want Mr.. TibbIes to Ne More Explicit In
Hts Complaint.

HIS Complaint.
The principal railroads that enter
Nebraska fled nswer and motions
Tuesday with the board Of transport
tation in reply to a petition Of r. II.
Tibbles, who complains that all roads
in the state are charging unreasonable
local freight rates. Nearly all the
roads simply file a general denial and
most Of them join In asking that Mr..
Tibbles be required to make his com
plant more definite. They want him
to point out the commodities on which
the are charging the alleged .x-
orbitant rates. r. c. Hills, receiver
OF the Sioux City, O'Neill & Western
railroad, g)es so far as to deny that
Mr.. Tlbbies is u farmer, and n resident
OF Cunning county. The receiver de-
clares his road is hardly making ex-
penses. Judge W. X. Kelly, repre-
senting the Union Pacific, claims that
road was organized under the laws of
the United States and is therefore not
subject to the control OF the lepisla-
turc. This question has long been a
mooted one. Lawyers no of no court
decision on the matter. The Burling-
ton road asks that the complainant
name the commodities on which that
road is charging unjust rates. and state
whether he is a shipper and wherein
he Is aggrieved in respect TO local
rates. The board will probably set n
time for hearing the motion to make
n complaint definite.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-06
GOVERNMENT TAKES HOLD
E.chitect From Washington Visits the
Exposition Authorities.

','hi'ect from washington Visits the
Exposition Authorities.
L. =. Crane, of the government su-
pervisiag architects Office has come to
Omaha to inspect the exposition
grounds and to confer with the archi-
tects in chief of the exposition with
respect to the government building.
lie brought with him u sketch of the
building, and says that work on the
construction drawings will be COM
menced on his return to Washington,
which will be about the middle of next
week.
Bids Tor the construction of the
mines and mining building and the
auditorium building will be opened by
the department of buildings and
grounds next Saturday.
The Nebraska building will not be
erected by &C ntract. The state com
IN C lion has decided that it will appoint
IA super, ntendent. buy the material,
and have the structure completed
under its own direction. Architects OF
the stat, are submitting sketches for
building, which will be passed on at
the meeting August 10.
Governor Holcomb has under consid-
Grafton the invitation which he will
extend to the people of the state and
OF other states to participate in the
exposition.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-06
BREVITIES,

Miss Lizzie Lonneman, n talented
West Point young lady. departed re-
Gently to join the Sisters of Mercy.
near Cincinnati, q. y
The first bricks for the new b. & M.
depot at Omaha were laid last Satur.
day and it is thought the building will
be under cover before snow flies.
Dick Alexander and Frank Smith of
Homer, have been arrested by Deputy
United States Marshal Allen. They
are accused OF selling liquor to the
Indians.
John Howard, the man who fell fro m
a ladder and lit on a stake, at Fair :
mont Monday, July 20, died Saturda v
after four days of terrible suffering.
The state officers have received word
from superintendent Fall of the Beat
rice institute for feeble minded youth
That his predecessor, DIR. Armstrong.
PAID In Sl 200 Thursday last. There is
It'll due the state about 81, 300.
Mrs. Victoria Grahawsky wa I als.p
before the board OF insanity of Cumino
county recently and examined. She IL
about eighty years old, and her hobby
Is money matters. She was taken 10
the st. Bernard hospital in Coupcil
Bluffs.
w. II. Dugan, a b. & NJ. brakeman
injured at Hardy a few days ago, died
at Wymore Saturday.
AS an out-growth of the arrest at
Iekamah of II. w. Monroe for selling
Intoxicating liquors, the Informant
"hi Chapman, has been arrested for
perjury 1t being charged that he made
the information hoping to get a divis.
ion OF the fine were Monroe convicted.
while threshing on the farm of Anon
nuii' southwest of Exeter, Walters
BROS separator and two stacks of
wheat belonging to Mr.. Hull were
burned The fire occurring while all
hands were at dinner. 1t is thought
70 have caught from sparks from the
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-06
NEW VESSELS FOR ALASKA
Three stea'nboats and Three Ships Ordered
Gold Fever Unabuted.

Three Steamboats, and Three ships Ordered
Gold Fever Unabuted.
SEATTLE, Wash, Aug. a.-The
Northern Transportation and Trading
company has let n contract to Moran
bros. of Seattle for the Immediate
construction OF three new river steam.
ers to ply upon the Yukon river from
st. Michael to Dawson City and for a
ting 10 be used in the vicinity of st
Michael. The same company ac-
knowlcdged that 1t would bring three
steamships around the lIocn from the
htlnntic coast next winter to Seattle
n run them to st. Michael. The
steamers, II built here, will be large
n hne, but the company has moi de-
cided whether 10 will build or pur-
chase some already In use.
The steamer Alki arrived yesterdav
morning with forty-fve passenger.
frssn Juneau, Sitka and Fort Wrangel.
Her freight was light Her officers
report having left a large colony at
Dyea, all the members OF which were
In the best OF health and spirits. Ju-
neau Is fast becoming depopulated.
stocks OF goods were SO reduced by
the purchases Of those leaving for up
the Yukon that IL would be difficult
TO secure an outfit.
Henry Dore and J. T.. Boucher, who
returned on the Alki, declared that
they had dug for gold for eight months
n saved only $50. The last thirty
days they lived on flour and water.
Then they went to tho Klondyke and
after a years work managed to get
So, 900. o.
Despite these reports and others Of
hardshsps N the North. hundreds are
gathered here anxious to 20 in search
OF gold and all sorts Of schemes are
nhoat to secure transportation t.ie
summer, but many of these will co,n.
to uaught.
a great blockade of gold hunters
n supplies Is reported at Dyea and
hundreds who have no means of trans.
porting supplies will have to winter
there. Indians are charging more
IMAM ever for carrying supplies and
the situation Is serious.
The Willamette is on its way here
from San Francisco with 100 passen.
gers Here it will take ON 100 NOR,
and then sail for juneau. II has no
passenger accommodations and the ooo
VIII have to endure many aardsbjnS
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-06
STATE NEWS NOTES.

William II. Dugan, a brakeman a,
Wymore, had his leg cut off by the
cars.
Miss Milley Vance, a Seward county
teacher, was badly injured in a run.
away.
The Ellis rape case at Auburn has
been continued to the November term
of court
IIildreth and vicinity was visited by
a severe hailstorm last week that did
considerable damage to crops.
j.. C. Drake. a deaf man living a,
Amherst, was walking on the track
near that town aud was struck by an
engine and badly injured.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-06
GOING TO HAWAII,
enstors Quay and Morgan to InvestI
gate the Annexation Question,

senators Quay and Morgan to InvestI
gate the Annexation Question.
New YORK, Aug. a-United State,
Senator M. 8. Quay Of Pennsylvania,
who is spending a few days at Allan.
tic City, N. j., announces his inten.
ton of making an early trio to the
Hawaiian islands to carefully study
the country, its prospects and the ad.
vantages or disadvantages which
would accrue to this country through
annexation. Indirectly he gave the
impression that he was going as the
informal agent Of the committee on
foreign relations and that on what he
should see and learn would be based a
voluminous report, which would be
read when the Hawaiian annexation
treaty should come up for considers.
ton.
Senator Morgan of Alabama senic.
Democratic member of the foreign
relations committee, is also arranging
for an extended visit in September
to the Hawaiian islands. He is in
favor OF annexation. He will visit
Hawaii at the same time as Senator
OuaV.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-06

ORANGE, Texas, Aug. 3.-News has
reached here to the effect that a squad
OF negroes who had been working on
the Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gull
railroad near West Lake, La, had
been transferred to the stone quarry
near Hornbeck. The white people OF
the neighborhood objected to the ne
groes being employed at the quarry,
and last night at midnight a pitched
battle occurred between the whites
and negroes Two negroes were NOR
tally wounded and several others less
seriously shot.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-06
ALARM IN HONOLULU,
HARBOR DOTTED WITH
FOREIGN WARSHIPS.


NEw YORK. Aug. "a dispatch IA
the Herald from Vancouver says tina,
the steamer Miowcra, from Honolulu.
brings the following Hawaiian al.
vices: Honolulu harbor is dotted
with British, Japanese aud United
states war vessels and more British
and japanese vcssels are expected
daily. In semi official quarters every.
thing Is reported quiet, but the i'm
preston among citizens Is that the
condition of affairs Is very threaten
ing md n popular outbreak may occur
at any time. wh'n International inter.
ference from ships in the harbor would
occasion compile itions. The stream
OF Asiatic laborers is still pouring in.
each shipload causing a fresh out.
break OF feeling among the different
factions on the islands.
IAN Immediate cause OF alarm Is the
fact that the United States blue Jack
cts are bitterly hostile to the Hawa.
iinn police, who exercise almost mill.
tary rule. British and Japanese sail.
ors are not molcS.ed but American
~ jackets are constantly arrested
as dcsertcrs without cause. and an
moved in every conceivable n The
object OF the authorities in this pcrsr.
cution cannot Mt pre- sent. be fathomci.
The blue jackets are writing u IN T..
Gus letters to the press, protesting
against thc!" treatment. Heavy re-.
wards are o%s:rd to tbs polio. TO- AZ
resting United States naval dcscrtcrs,
which has caused w~ho,c,al, arrests of
men Of the American Acct.
News Of tho annexation OF several
Solomon islands to Great Britaip has
caused great excitement, and arain
started u report that adviccs have BEEN
received from England that the United
States will not be allowed to annex
Hawaii, as Great Britain wants the
islands herself. Americans insist on
vigilance committees being appointed
to look after American interests. in
view OF the persecution of American
blue Jackets by the police. They ask
that the police system be done away
with. as q menace to the country"
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-06
TARIFF PROTESTS.
a Nsmber Of Europsan Nations object
to the New DisgIsy Law.

TO the New DiaGlsy Law.
WASHINGTON, Aug. B. In a late
humber OF the Congressional Record
containing speeches on the tariff con.
ference report is n speech by NJ. N.
johnson OF North Dakota, in which he
makes compilation Of the protests re.
ceived by the state department from
the representatives Of foreign govern.
ments against certain duties imposed
In the Dingley tariff bill, while that
measure was pending. Some of these
protests have been made public, others
have been referred to the committees
OF Congress having The tariff bill in
charge, and little or no attention has
been paid TO them. Nearly all of
these communications revert TO the
between the several coun-
tries and the United States. They in.
sist that the new tariff will retard
that commerce, and some of them init
mate that IL will result In decreasing
the demand for American goods.
There were three communications
from Baron Fava, the Italian Embas-
sador. The first protests against the
duty on Italian oranges and lemons,
which, he says, would prove very dis.
astrous to the Italian trade in these
fruits A second communication from
Baron Fava Is against the GO per cent
duty on candied fruits, which the
manufacturers Of Leghorn say would
destroy their market in the United
States. In a third communication
Baron Fava speaks Of a letter OF the
secretary Of agriculture. in which he
refers TO a ministerial decree Of Italy
relating to meats from the United
States This decree required a consul
lar wise for certificates of origin, issued
by American authorities and accom-.
panying shipments Of meats. Baron
Fava informs the state department
that the question has been submitted
for examination to the Zootechnic and
Epizootic Board.
Count Lichterveide, Minister of Bel
GUM, sent three communications con.
corning the tariff. One referred to
the retroactive clause adopted by the
House, and pointed out that it works
great hardship upon those who were
shipping articles which could not be
safely transported in the winter, such
rs plants and bulbs. The other COM
munications refer to the rates on
cement and sprats and sardines. He
says that the discontinuance Of expor.
tation OF Belgian cement would re-
suit disastrously to grain exported
from the United States on ccou OF
the high rates that would be charged
because vessels would have to sail one
way in ballast
The Turkish government protests
against the duty OF 81 per pound on
crude opium, and says that the tariff
can not be for the purpose Of protect.
ing a home industry. He thinks the
revenue Of the government would SUI.
fer, but says that in case it did not
the cost of the drug used for medici.
nal purposes would be greatly in.
creased to the consumers.
Fifty-three Irish members Of the
British parliament join In a letter to
President Mckinley, saying that the
duty on cured mackerel and herring
caught on the west coast of Ireland
Will work q great hardship to the Irish
fishermen, and praying the President
to secure a modification Of the rates in
h Dinghy bill.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-06
SHOOTS INTO A PICNIC.
An Engineer Charges on u sunday School
With Fearful Effect

PERRY, Okla, Aug. Q. Last e
ing Ben Vaughan, a young engineer of
Perry, was arrested by Lawyer s. II.
Harris and put in Jail for shooting a
half dozen people at a Sunday school
picnic near Perry. Four or FIVE hun.
dred Sunday school children were
on the picnic grounds when Vaughan
came up, iourishing two heavy
pistols and a huge knife. He shot
several times. One shot took effect in
the leg of j. ID. Smith. an old soldier,
who was conducting the children's
picnic. Twenty shots were fred. and
several little children were wounded.
but not fatally. One little boy was
shot off his bicycle, and a freight train
man was also shot. A egi driver
and Ray Pressler, who were in a hack
with Vaughan, were arrested.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-06
GRAIN MOVING RAPIDLY.
Railroads Are Doing a Rushing Business
In New and Old Grain.

The wheat fields of Nebraska are
touring their golden riches into the
elevators these days, and from them
into the cars of the railroad companies,
to be transferred to the southern
markets. Railroad companies are
handling hundreds OF cars daily and
the traffic is reported to be increasing.
II is said to be double what it was last
year at this time. and we'll posted rail-
road men say they DO not think the
grain movement has fairly commenced.
Much of the grain is going south, as
the eastern grain men appear to be
afraid of the effect Of the holding back
OF the grain upon the markets.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-06
II MARKETS.
Ramsay city Grain and Ito. =.

w. N'"ih ana Live StOcL
Hard Wheat-No 2. Tic; No a Tor,
No. 4. 67hc; rejected, 80 t6Uc. ''1'
so,s Wheat-No 2 74ci No 3, zee; NJ.
Spring Wheat-No 2, zoe,
Corn-No. 2. 234:; No. 3. o3c. M
3inc; no grade, i7aioc, White corn-No .
LAC. NO. D. 23hc; No !, 2iH0o!c, =
oats-No 2, l5c No 3. li6I1Tc. NJ,
4. l4hc ~" " ioc' NO.
RyenNo; 2 sshe;, No ssl0aac; No 4, aec.
.n~ay,Shoice new prairie. S5@5 25, No
etoo; NO. ~ No 8, s3u 3. so; cnoice new
ssnmno9'hy' u 100 No, l, as 5O97; clover. mixed
Ss.te.heceipts, 2l3 calves. 7. Skinned
o,oos cattle. 20l calves The market ~ -,
hominally steady, ~ was
Shipping and dressed beef steers s,7ha,
cow Ia,1ye %heifers. % l544OO; native
ia native stockers. "a jD4 40.
hogs-Receipts 1871; shi I.776 Tn.
10 A. was uneveniy quoted from strong
DC higher. The top sale was s3. az ana
tue oa'k OF sales from q. saw to o.. 8 q
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-06
STRUCK BY A WHEEL,
Accident at Grand Island Resulting In One
Fatality.

Juergen K%lintworth and Rule Per
dew, two employees of the Union Pa
cifc shops at Grand Island, were the
victims OF a severe accident at the
shops late Saturday afternoon. A
force o. men were engaged in re-
moving a twelve hundred pound wheel
from n shaft to another. They had
successfully lowered it from the one
shaft and had raised it TO the point of
adjustment on the other when a rome
broke and the heavy wheel came crash
ing down. II struck Perdcw in the
abdomen and the internal injuries thus
received may prove fatal. His right
leg was also broken as was that of
klintworth. The latter is doing as
we'll As can be expected, but the former
is in a %prccarious condition and 1t is not
believed he can
later-Perdew died Of his injuries.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-06
REVIEW OF TRADE.
Bradstreet's Reports An Encouraging
Outlook for the Farmers.

Outlook for the Farmers
New YORK. Aug. 2.-Bradstreets
says: 1.-THE unexpectedly early fall
demand for staple merchandise has
commenced and, although not con-
s%picuous at some Of the larger Eastern
cities, which it is approaching, Is nota-
bly, so at points In the Mississippi and
Missouri valleys, in the larger wheat
growing states. A special investfHa-
ton by Bradstreet's this week shows
that increased purchases by country
merchants in the region specified
based on the prospectively large wheat
crop at home in the face of short
wheat crops abroad has increased bus
mess with Western jobbers from 10 to
Is per cent, compared with fall trade
at a like period last year. The total
volume of this new business Is not
large, but it Is unusual in this, the
dull month of the year, and 1t Is grow
ing. The most favorable feature Of
trade is its slow, conservative, steady
expansion, II being based on the In
creased wants and larger consumptive
capacity of the agricultural commu.
nifty, for whom the prospect Is brighter
than IL has been before for six years"
r. q. Dun 4 Co.'S Weekly Review Of
Trade: 4
1.-THE most important event sincet
the passage OF the new tariff, which
was generally anticipated a week ago,
has been the marked increase in for
eign demand and advance in price for
wheat. The latter has risen 4Ac dySua
Ing the week. |"
"The fact that corn exports ey~
last years, although the price has ad-
vanced to 80. 81 cents, is further proof
that foreign demands are sub stantial.
With crop news still favorable, pro-
duccrs may probably realize some.
thing like $50, 900, 900 more than last
year on wheat, which means a great
difference in purchases by agricultural
Corn also advanced Les cents
and cotton a sixteenth, though reports
as to yield are good"
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-06
Gold Near AshIaUd.

Edwin Larkin who owns a big ranch
on the banks of the Plate north Of
Ashland. has brought to town a few
grains OF gold which he found in the
bed of a small stream on his place.
The substance has been tested by acids
and in other ways proven to be pure
gold. There was one nugget about
the size OF a grain of wheat. Expert
examination OF this and other streams
in the locality will be made at once.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-06

Auditor Cornell was notified Friday
last week by telegraph that a trial to
determine the Legality of the Cherry
court house bonds would be held Mon,
day by agreement of both sides. The
bonds amount to Sl2, 900 and cattle
men of the county who oppose the
bonds have declared votes against tho
bonds were ftaudulently thrown out.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-06

GUTHRIE, Okla, July 2s,-During q
sun dance OF the Ponca Indians White
Feather, a noted Iowa Indian from
Nebraska, fell dead in a At. He was
on a visit with fifty of his people.
There were fully 1900 Indians ia the
dance. The Kaws, Osages, Otoes and
Tonltawas were present ut the annual
religious rite.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-06
Nebraska ID q. X.

John J. Gillian, a prominent Lincoln
real-estate dealer, has returned to Ne
braska from New York much better
satisfied with this state than he was
when he went away. He finds thai
there has been much more depreciation
of land in the eastern states than in
eastern Nebraska and the farmers who
are in debt back there are actually in
worse condition than in this state.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-06
stabbed by = Missouri Farmer.

MEXICO. Mo, Aug. Wash Woods,
80, and Will Summers, aged IS, quar-
relied at the farm house of the latter
near Canada, southeast of here, when
Woods stabbed Summers In the breast,
and IL is thought no will die.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-06
MIR. sherman Much Bet,.r

WAshiNsroN, July 3l.-Word comes
70 washington from Secretary Sher.
man at A~magansett, Long Island, that
his health has improved very much
s'nce no arrived at that place. He
will leave for Boston in a day or two
and this trip will be followed by a sea
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-06
Great Britain VIII Consent.

"AsHNGroN, Aug. official in.
formation just received in Washington
indicates that Great Britain will CON
sent to join in an International mon.
etary conference to be held in this
city next winter. This report comes
through official channels, and gives
much satisfaction 60 those who hons
an international agreement is pos.
sible. -
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-06

New York, July 60. -Crockcry Is to
be advanced in selling price because
OF the new tariff law. This was de.
cided upon by a resolution passed to
day at a meeting Of the importers of
e~arthenware OF New York held at the
crockery board of trade.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-06
A Colorado Cashier Convicted.

AKRON, Colo, Aug, 3-Fn the case OF
II. q. Newsou, ex-cashier Of the de-
funct Washington County bank,
charged with receiving deposits know
ing the bank was insolvent, and with
embezzling 81, 600 of the banks money,
the jury returned a verdict of guilty.