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The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-31
RACED IN A BURLESOUE
Dan DAILY Falls Hcadlong to IA StaGe-He
Was u Noted Comedian.

Dan DAILY Falls Hcadlong to IA Stagc-He
Was u SOtcd Comedian.
BosToS, Dec. 29.-Dan DAILY, the
popular comedian and one of the lead
ing lights IN The Belle of New York;
company, at the finale Of the first act,
makes an ENTRY" sliding on an in
clined wire. Last night, in some way,
either the wire or the handle OF the
trolley broke and he fell to the stage,
striking on his shoulders and the back
Of his head.
Two physicians were summoned
from the audience and worked over
DAILY for half an hour. but could not
bring him back to consciousness. He
was then sent to the Massachusetts
General hospital, where this morning
he "a still unconscious. The physi-
clans believe he is suffering from ION.
cussion of tho brain, and hold forth
small hopes for his recovery.
DAILY Is a brother of Lucy and Lizzie
DAILY, the noted comic actresses, and a
brother.in.law Of Lizzie Derious DAILY,
long a bright light Of the comedy
stage. He and his sisters come of q
long line Of stage people. Though al
ways an acrobatic comedian on the
stage, In private life he had long
been noted for his melancholy and
light cynicism.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-31
n. G. BURT FOR PRESIDENT
Chosen ms Head Of the Union Paciac-Of.
ficially Announced.

Hcially Announced.
OMAHA, Ncb., Dec. % 1T Is off.
cially announced that Horace G. Burt,
third vice president of the Chicago &
Northwestern Railroad company. has
been selected for the presidency OF
the Union Pacific Railroad company.
Mr.. Burt's election as president Is
expected to carry into effect the policy
determined upon by the rcorganiza-
ton committee when IL was supposed
that y II. Ii. Clark would be able to
continue In the management of the
property, but which is now impossible,
owing to Mr.. Clark's i'll health.
The board Of directors is to include
Winslow =. Pierce, chairman; James
Stillman, Marvin Hughitt, Roswell
Miller, L. II. Hartman, Louis Fitz.
gerald, Henry Is. Hyde, John w.
Doane, Otto ii. Kahn, 7. jefferson
Coolidge, jr., George j.. Gould. Oliver
Ames, George Q. Cannon and Jacob III.
Schiff. Oliver w. Mink is to be vice
president in charge OF the New York
Office.
Prior to November, 1883, Horace &
Burt was chief engineer of the Chi
cago and Northwestern railway.
Afterwards he became general man.
agcr OF the Fremont, Elkhorn and
Missouri Valley and Sioux City and
Pacific lines with headquarters at
Omaha. He is n railroad mar of un-
usual ability and is said to be well
qualified to manage the intricate af-
fairs of the Union Pacific.
The presidency of the Union Pacific
was first offered to Receiver :. II. II.
Clark, but was declined on cou OF
i'll health. Mr. Clark is now in San
Antonio and is seriously i'll in his
private car.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-31

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. a-Amona
the . 800 prisoners in the Ohio pen.
itentiary is Ralph Wintersgill. who
was pardoned by Governor Bushnell
on Christmas day, but who refuses to
leave the prison. He was received in
October, 1873, having been sentenced
for life for tho murder OF his wife.
Soon after his arrival no cut his
throat, and still suffers from tho
wound. Wintcrsgill is rs years old,
and after having been warmly housed
by the state for nearly twenty years,
he says he does not care to go out IN
the middle OF winter.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-31
. "SQUEEZE" ON OATS
Young Letter Followed to Have n Corner
on That Article in Chicago.

CHICAGO, Dec. 2s.-Friday, which
Letter deal in wheat on the board OF
trade, bids fair to prove n memorable
day in the trade. No great excite
ment is expected in the wheat pit, but
In oats u squeeze of shorts may occur.
1t Is believed that Mr.. Letter has
been turning n trick on the trade in
oats, while everybody was watching
wheat. For weeks the oats pit has
been Practically deserted. Last week
there was n disagrecable surprise to
the men who had sold 6,Ooo,OOI BUSH
els Of oats for December delivery
when they learned that no oats were
being delivered. Then they awokc to
the fact that in all the Chicago ele-
vators oats measured but $50, 900
bushels Of the contract grades.
1t was Wednesday when the dis
covery was made. The price of De.
cember oats was then o0Ss cents. On
Friday the market closed at 2?%
cents. A cent advance in oats is as
good as 4 or 5 cents in wheat. 1t is
too late to rush in 4 supply to meet
the calls which will be mado for tho
grain at the close of business on Fri
day. Those who have not delivered
the grain according to contract will
be called upon to settle ut the closing
prices. The situation has all the ele-
ments Of u squeeze.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-31
SHIPS CARGO ON FIRE.
Fire starts in Compartment Filled with
Cotton and Spreads.

u SpTeHuSs
ST. JOINS, y. F., Dec. 90. Tho
British steamer Lamberts Point, Cap
tain Humphreys, seven days from
Norfolk. Va, for Liverpool, with cat
tie, cotton, grain and a general cargo.
has arrived here with her cotton on
fire and the ship in u bad state.
On Friday afternoon the fire was
discovered in the compartment amid.
ships. 1t gained Roadway rapidly.
Holes were cut in the cabin flooring,
pipes inserted and the compartment
flooded with steam and water. The
captain headed the vessel for this
port, and for forty hours nobody
rested, all hands battling the fire,
which steadily gained and spread to
the fore compartment.
Lind say says the output of the
mines will be greatly curtailed this
winter because of the scarcity Of
food and light. Coal oil sold for s45
n gallon and candles are as high as
$3.50 per box of 100. Even il men were
able to work their claims they can not
get light to do SO.
The weather about the Stewart and
Big Salmon rivers has been bitterly
Soiu' oc'euty uesrces pcioW ocihR re-
corded at Major Walsh's camp, twelve
miles below the big Salmon, On No
vcmber 30.
The Yukon river between Dawson
and Fort Pelfy froze completely over
on November 1s. The river Is piled
full of ice in great ridges as high rs
an ordinary house, and n roadway will
have to be cut through it before dogs
or horse teams can operate upon it.
The outlook, therefore, for taking
supplies down to Dawson in the ip~
mediate future is not good.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-31
THE KETCHAM WILL CASE
Witnesses for Mrs. Waikup Testify-Thc
Widow In Deep Mourning.


CHICAGO, Dec. 30 Judge Kohlsaat
heard testimony to-day in regard to
the admission to probate the will of
the late John B. Ketcham, the puta-
tive millionaire clubman, and the de-
inand of the widow, Mrs Minnie
Walkup ketcham, that she be made
sole executor of tho will.
Mrs. Ketcham. dressed in deep
mourning, was accompanied by Joe
Keller, the butler, and her cousin,
Mrs Sena Terrey, both o. whom were
witnesses to the will. w. Il. Keep
and Clarence Brown represented con.
t%estants, the brothers and relatives Of
Mr.. Ketcham. Mrs. Ketcham was
represented by A. 5. Trude.
Joe Kellar, the butler, swore that
on the morning Of November 1 Mrs.
Walkup Ketcham called him into Mr..
ketcham's kctcham, who WIZ,
sick in bed, read the will to him and
then asked him to sign it as n witness.
ketcham's signature was affixed be-
fore he himself had signed it. He had
known Ketcham for about two years
and he was drunk most Of the time.
Ketcham's mind did not seem affected
when he was drunk or sober.
Mrs Sena Terry also testified to the
signing Of the will.
J After the evidence of the two wit.
nesses, A. 5. Trude, in behalf of Mrs.
ketcham, asked that an administrator
nd Item be appointed and Judge
Kohlsaat said he would do SO. The
case was hen continued until next
Moplny
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-31
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NEWS r O DAWSON. .
Party OF Returned Prospcctors Bring
Dark Reports OF the Food supply.

Dhrh reports OF the FOOD supply
SEATTLE. Wash, Dec. rs - John
Lindsay of Olympia. Wash, who has
just arrived from Dawson City, says
there will surely be starvation there
this winter. He examined into the
food situation in a thorough manner.
he says, and after satisfying himself
that there would be starvation, he sold
his outfit, and, in company with Frank
Pallaine of Olympia, Wash; Tom
Story Of Victoria, H. c., and Bob
Glynn OF Seattle, started out on
foot, each man drawing a sled carry
ing about lao pounds of provisions
Lindsay says the Dawson people be-
neve there Is no great amount of food
at Fort Yukon. as has been alleged.
The river rose sufficiently and re-
NAMED open long enough to en-
able n food supply to have been
brought from Fort Yukon, had there
been any there.
The people OF Dawson, believing
that there was not ample food sup
plies ut Fort Yukon, refused to 90
there, preferring to remain in Daw-
son. No more than 300 or 400 people
took advantage of the transportation
companies offer to take the people to
Fort Yukon free Of charge.
When the miners at Dawson found
that no more provisions would reach
the town by the river route, they an
nounced that a meeting would be held
to take steps for apportioning the pro-
visions in the town. Those that had
plenty, they said, must share with
those who had none. Captain Con-
stantinc Of the Northwest mounted
police interfered and told the miners
that no such thing would be permitted
The meeting was not held.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-31
A AN ACTRESS.
Charleston Society Women Exclude Miss
Crane of Topeka From u CotIiiop.

crane OF topeka From u COtiilOn.
CHARLESTON, 5. C., Dec. .s.-A
Christmas cotillon was given by the
cadets OF the South Carolina Military
academy Saturday night and nan
women from the ''40O" set were pres
emit Hoyt's "A Stranger in New
York" is being played at the Academy
OF Music, with Miss Charlotte Crane
OF Topeka, Kan, AS the leading lady.
After the performance Miss Crane
wen to the cotillon. Some Of the So
ciety women present demanded that
Miss Crane DO excluded because she is
an actress. 1t was so ordered, to the
great chagrin OF the young lady, who
Is OF one Of Topeka's best families
The men assert she was too popular
to please the other women present
Miss Cranes real name is Lottie
Bowers. She is q handsome blonde.
young, plump and with big gray eyes.
Some years ago she suffere a severe
attack of stage fever, ran away from
Topeka and joined ''The Black Crook
company. Her father followed her
and took her home, but gave his con
sent to her studying regularly for the
stage. As Miss Crane Miss Bowers
joined the Alabama" company at
Kansas City. Then she became Iiossy
Brandcr in "A Texas Steer" and las,
season she had good parts with olga
Nethersole, especially in Camille
In Topeka she is popular with the
younger set
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-31
stole Monev from a Letter.

KANSAS CRY, Mo-, Dee :H-A man
in Carrollton. Mo-. last week opened
n letter belonging to II, Staifer of
that town, took from IT a money order
for $40, cashed the money order and
buried the money On q farm six miles
from town. Fred stafford of Carroll.
ton was arrested Saturday by Chris
Madscn, deputy United States mar.
shall, charged with tho crime. lie
showed the officers where the money
was buried. and he is now in Jail here.
awaiting preliminary hearing.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-31
Mrs. booth VII, I,e an In valid.

New YORK, Dec. os.-Mrs. Balling.
ton Booth was said at the Presby-
terrain hospital last night to be resting
quietly and to be somewhat better.
While Mrs Darlington Booths life is
no longer in danger there is little
hope that she will ever be the Mrs.
Booth Of the past. The exact nature
of her ailment Is a secret
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-31
THE MARKETS
K.u,s, City Grain and L,v, s,oos.

Hard Wheat = No l, 49,. No 2 s6nc,
No. 8. s3Hc, No ! six rejected. Toe.
Soft Wheat - M /. o.: No z 9Oc;
Ma s, 90ci No 4 s40s6;; rejected, 70ls2c.
Spring whelt-NA = SAC, Ma 8, s01slc;
rejected, 7o67sc.
Corn-Mlxed-No . 23a:; No a. avs,
No 4. 23c. White corn 2. Y4Ic; No
8, 2sAc; No I, 25Ac.
Cattle Receipts. 6.54l: calves, 4l2 1,
shipped, no cattle; no calves.
The market was 10 10 10 cents lower.
shipping AID dressed beef stee ~, 80. 5Oa
40; native heifers ~. ! D 81. 23: native cows
" oog3'so' native feeders % 0OO3 %; ma.
tive stockers, s3 2ja+45
Hogs = Receipts, 6,7s7 shipped. none.
me market wal 3 to 10 cents higher.
Prices ranged from 300 l3.5o'
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-31
JOHN BULL WANTS SEALS,
Deciines to Enter Into Agreement TO
stop Sealing.

LONDON, Dec. a9.-Lord Salisbury.
the Premier. has written to United
States Ambassador Hay in response
to Americas latest proposal in the
Bering sea controversy, the request
hat Great Britain would enter into
an agreement with the United States,
Russia and Japan to stop sealing.
Great Britain declines to enter into
such an agreement. Lord Salisbury's
answer emphasizes the policy Of
England not to interfere in Canada's
foreign relations.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-31
For n RelIef COnferencN.

OTTAWA, Ont, Dec. %. Hon. Cliff.
ton Sifton, minister o. the interior.
and j. A. McKenna of the interior
department, left yesterday for WASH
ington. Mr.. Sifton goes on the invi,
tation of Secretary Of War Alger to
discuss the best means of sending re-
lief to the miners in the Yukon dis.
trict. Mr.. Sifton expects to be in
Washington about {. week.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-31

WILMINGTON, Del. Dec. 0 .-Rev.
Mr.. w. w. Taylor, aged 40 years, the
oldest Presbyterian preacher in this
state. died yesterday, He was grad.
uated from Yale sixty years ago. At
one time he vas pastor OF the church
which President McKinley's wife's
parents attended, and oficiated ut
their marriage.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-31
Newspsper Man Killed nv . Train.

HELENA, Mont, Dec. 2s.--Louis p.
Bowen, who has been connected In
various capacities with Montana news.
papers for the past ten years, was
killed yesterday at Sappington by be-
ing run over by a train. lie was Q
son of ex-United States Senator Bow.
en- of Colorado.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-31
Muiionaires Desert Chicago.

CHICAGO, Dec. go. There Is an exo-
dus Of m%illionaires from this city. An
inquiring spirit has inspected the rec
ords and learns that forty millionaires
controlling $3.50, DOC, oOo in Chicago
property have become Disguised with
the city and fed to other climes
These absentees take So, 900, 900 a year
out Of Chicago and spend it in New
York, Washington, Boston and Eu.
rope.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-31
A Groom Iiec: Fall, Dead.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala Dec. %. - Elmer
Hodges, wholesale grocer, went Il
Asheville Christmas eve To be married
the next day. While walking with a
friend in the morning he fell, and be-
fore doctors could be had was dead
from heart disease. His mother ex
PRED similarly n few years ago.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-31
Indemnity story Denied.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 90. - Secretary
of State Sherman was seen regarding
a story cabled from Madrid to the
effect that the United States had de-
manded of Spain IS, 900, 900 indemnity
to American traders for damages sus-
tanned through the rebellion in Cuba.
The secretary stated that il any such
demand had been made he had not
heard OF ii.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-31
Dr. Goddard Out on Bond

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Dec. es,-Dr. J.
d. Goddard, rnder sentence of sixteen
years for the murder OF +. j.. Jackson,
was admitted to bail of si3,6 800 by
Special Jud 70 Longan this morning.
ue furnished II AMI was released.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-31

CLEVELAND. Ohio, Dec. 29.-Jonn
Donaldson. the we'll known sporting
man, died here last night after a brief
illness, Of inflammation OF the bowels
lie trained Corbett for his fights with
Sullivan, Mitchell and Fit7simmons.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-31
nr'da, Couple struck by rre,rh, Train

N"BLEsviiI.E, Ind, Dec. - "A fatal
accident occurred at Tcrhune, o small
town northwest OF this city, last
night. MIR. and Mrs. John Moore
and Miss Clara Brattain were
returning from a Christmas enter.
tainment, when n n~orthbound freigh,
train on tho Monon struch their car
riage. Miss B%rattain's skull was
fractured and she died at midnight.
Mrs Moore cannot recover Mr..
Moore was slightly injured. Mr.. and
Mrs, Moore was married on Thursday
and this was the first time they had
been away from home together.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-31
Moneurs u. tonwsy's VITA Dead.

NEW YoRH, Dec. 20 Mrs. Ella
Dana Conway, wife OF Moncure ID.
Conway, the author and lecturer. is
dead at her home in this Sisy, aged u
years.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-31
Victorian Du,ls. TO 10 Reduced.

Victorian Duties to 10 Reduced.
MELBOURNE, Dec. 70 The Victorian
duties on wooden and silk materials,
wearing apparel and wooden piece
goods will be reduced 5 per cent ate,
February / next.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-15
L. $. AYRE$ &c 60
CANNOT COLLECT LOANS
IMPORTANT DECISION AFFECTING
OUTLAWED b. q l.. ASSOCIATIONS.
Anderson Judge Deals n Blow to For
eiEn Enterprises That Fail to
Comply with Law.

An important building and loan decision.
which may affect many thousands of dollars
in loans, was handed down at Anderson
yesterday in the case of the National Home
Building and Loan Association of Illinois,
against w. w. Black. Judge Mcclure sus-
tanned a plea of abatement, holding that
the building and loan association was an
outlaw and had no standing in court, mas
much as it has failed to file the necessary
100000 bond with the state auditor as re-
quired of all building and loan associations
that are nonresidents to the State. This re-
lieves the borrower from ali liability, and
payment cannot be forced.
The suit was one of those which has been
attracting great deal of attention. 1t was
brought under the recent court decision
which holds that nonresident building and
loan associations are not entitled to more
than per cent, and cannot collect addi-
tional fines and premiums, which in some
cases brought to light have run the interest
UP to about 20 per cent, doubled, and
in a few cases trebled the loan. This de-
cision is farreaching. Other pleas
of abatement will Immediately be
filed in Madison county and in
others, it is stated, and many of these
building and loan associations will not be
able to meet the requirements and will lose
their loans, if the ruling is sustained. There
are number of companies which have
been operating on this basis over the State
and have been gathering in big interests
that will be closed out for good Local at
torneys consider the building and loan de-
cisions handed down in the courts of Mad
ison county within the last few months the
most important of any that have come up
in the State, as the moneys involved run
into hundreds of thousands.
l.. G. Rothschild, clerk of the banking and
land department of the state auditors Of
flee, under whose supervision the building
and loan business of the office comes, was
asked last night If this association had
failed to file its bond.
Yes, that is true" he replied. sit has
filed no bond and has no right to do bus
mess in the State
Are there many other associations doing
business in the State that have not COM
piled with the requirements of the law of
1891 % was asked.
I'VE have no means of knowing. They
do their business almost entirely by letter
and we have no way of getting hold of
them. If that law is constitutional all the
business they have done since the law of
1891 went into effect is Illegal
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-15
NINTH DISTRICT EDITORS.
They Confer In Regard to the Sena.
tOriaI Race.

The Republican editors of the Ninth dis
trict held meeting at the Spencer House
yesterday morning, at the invitation of John
Wingate, to discuss the question of how they
could best advance the interests of the dis
trict in the senatorial race. There has been
some talk of Governor Mount as possible
candidate for senator. but the Governor has
repeatedly told his friends that he is not
a candidate. The question of whether or
not a nomination by the state convention
should be agitated was talked over, and
the general opinion was expressed that a
nomination would be preferable as giving
TO the ticket in the next campaign head
that would at once determine the fact that
the campaign should be made upon national
issues. The word came from General Wal
lace that he had no preference in the mat
ter; that he would be perfectly satisfied ii
the convention should determine 10 nomi-
nate. and just well satisfied II IL should
determine not TO.
1t was argued by those present that the
most important thing for the country next
year Is 10 obtain Republican majority in
the United States Senate, and the fate of
this effort may depend upon the result in
Indiana. Therefore, il was fitting that the
Republican party in Indiana should shoot
straight at the mark and place candidate
for senator at the head of the ticket and
make the campaign on national lines.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-15
SHOOTING At PIGEONS.
Better scores Made than at Chicago
Tournament.

The second day of the Limited Gun
Clubs tournament saw some excellent
sport. There were several hundred specta-
tors during the morning and more in the
afternoon. The weather was more favora-
BILE than on Monday The shooting was at
pigeons, and furnished better sport than
the sparrow shooting the day before. The
pigeon. though larger and easier to see, is
harder to shoot. The sparrow flies directly
the trap is sprung, and can always be
counted on to go with the wind. The pigeon
is slower to start, and may go in any direc-
ton, and with varied speed. 1t is the diff
ference in the speed which is most likely
to fool the marksman. Yesterdays scores
were better than were made at the tourna-
ment last week in Chicago. There We're
three events. as follows, names of winners
only being given:
twenty-three entries; the purse to be di-
vided between the five high guns-Powers,
Gilbert, Budd, Tanning, Fulford, Voris and
Trip killed straight and drew $l605 each.
Event 2. ten pigeons; entrance, $40; twen-
ty-twO entries; division of purse same as in
Event Marshall, Powers, Gilbert, Full
ford and Heikes each killed ten and drew
$500.
Extra, miss and out; entrance, So; six
teen understanding, Gilbert, Marshall,
Wood, Fulford. Tripp and Voris divided SCI,
after killing eight each.
To-day the Grand Central Handicap will
be shot Conditions: Twenty-Five pigeons;
entrance. SIS: birds extra distance handicap,
twenty-five to thirty-two yards.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-15
TEN DIPHTHERIA CASES.
All Were from Room L, school No. IL
Three Deaths.

Room 1 of public school No. II, at Capitol
avenue and Thirteenth street, was closed
at noon yesterday on account of diphtheria,
which has prevailed in the building for some
time. The room was closed by order of
President Morrison and City Sanitarian
Clark, of the Board of Health Miss Alice
Randall is the teacher in charge of the
room. Twelve cases of diphtheria have
been reported from this building. Ten of
these pupils attended Room /. Three deaths
have occurred The Board of Health Off
Gals do not wish it understood that there is
an epidemic of diphtheria in the city. They
say they have closed this particular school
room as precautionary measure and in or
der that the place may be thoroughly dis
infected. DR.. Clark thinks the room must
undoubtedly contain something infectious.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-15
L. A. w. Clubs Prospective Quarters

The Indianapolis L. A. w. Club will meet
tonight in the Criminal Court ROOM The
committee appointed to negotiate for IA
clubhouse will report. 1t is probable that
the Lyra Casino clubhouse, on North Me-
ridian street, will be secured The rent is
high, and if the new club is to have less
than, two hundred members, the amount
were admitted at the last meeting. making
the total membership nearly $50. The club
believes it should get four or five hundred
members