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The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-24
HE PLEADED GUILTY
INSISTS THIS WAS NOT A
CRIME.


Ex.State Auditor Eugene Moore
pleaded guilty to the charge of embez-
element yesterday in district court. In
accordance with an agreement made
with the attorneys for the state, an
amended information was filed con
sisting of one count which charged
Moore with the ENLIGHTENMENT of state
money to the amount of S23, aOs .O5,
which he had received as fees from in
surance companies for performing du-
ties required Of him by the statutes.
Mr.. Moore undertook TO qualify his
plea by stating at the time he made it
that he did not believe the facts al
legged were a crime under the law. but
the states attorney would not accept
a plea in ambiguous terms and Mr..
Moore, prompted by his attorneys,
changed his plea to guilty with no
qualifying words. A motion for arrest
of judgment vas filed Immediately aud
the date for argument upon it was set
nj October L..
An amicablc agreement had been
reached as TO the time for meeting at
the court room. When the time ar
rived the county attorney began to
read the amended information after
he had stated that he wished the record
to show that a nolle prosequi had been
entered against the three counts of
the first information which still stood
against Moore at the time.
Mr.. Moore was told to rise and he
did so, holding in his hands a slip of
paper which he fingered nervously
while County Attorney Munger read
the amended information. When Mi
Munger had finished, Mr.. Moore was
asked by Judge Cornish what he in
tended to plead.
Mr.. Moore then read from the paper
he held as follows:
II plead guilty to the facts as charged
in the information, but do not believe
they constitute a crime under the stat
utes."
well, l don't believe That plea will
CO." said County Attorney Munger,
turning to Acknowledgement Smyth,
who was seated at a table at the end of
which Mr.. Moore stood.
Mr.. Smyth was of the same opinion
and as Mr.. Moore's attorneys prompted
him, he pleaded guilty, without quail
flying his plea.
1t is said his object in doing thus is
to gain time to raise funds to pay his
shortage.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-24
LIEUT.. A BACK.
Returned Yesterday From His Prelimtn-
ary Polar Trim.


SYDNEY, c. b., Sept. 2?.-The steam
sealing bark Hope, with r. L. Pearv
and party on board, returned from
North Greenland, arrived here at 3
o'clock yesterday afternoon. All on
board are we'll.
The Hope came into port burning
her last ton Of coal and with her bull
warks and decks giving evidence of
the furious seas of an unusually
stormy summer. She Is nearly as
deep in the water as when she left
here in the latter part of July, with
her bunkers full of coal for the huge
Cape York meteorite, the largest in
the world, is In her hold. and bedded
in tons of ballast.
Lieutenant Peary has on board also
six Cape York Esquimos, who will 20
with him when he returns next year
to attempt to reach the North pole.
The Esquimos have their tents, dogs,
sledges and canoes. They are eager
for the undertaking and all the ar
engagements have been made.
The expedition visited Cape Sabine,
and relies Of the Inflated expedition
led by Greedy have been obtained.
The summer in Bafin bay was marked
by almost continuously stormy
weather, and by an unusual scarcity
Of ice,
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-24
CRANK AT WHITE HOUSE
President M'kiniey In some Peril-Armed
Iunatic Arrested.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 90. - Joseph
Bloc mfeld jackson, who is said to be
n crank from Meriden, Conn, was ar-
rested last night at the door of the
White house after an unsuccessful
effort to enter the executive mansion.
lie had been in the city several
days, and at the Raleigh house, where
he stopped, had made mysterious
boasts of what he was going to do to
a high official of the government. He
sent n letter To n local newspaper con
tanning similar threats. He had been
under espionage for several days and
is now behind the bars.
Cranks of all grades are common
about the Presidents home. and the
officers thought nothing of the arrest
until, on searching the man, they
found a loaded revolver. Only a
charge of vagrancy and carrying con-
cealed weapons can be made against
MN and his treatment will o he
materially different from that given
TO hundreds of other cranks removed
from the White house grounds with
out disturbance, but there is, never
theless, the fear and belief that Presi.
dent Mckinley might. IL he had driven
out in the afternoon instead of being
closeted with visitors, been attacked
and perhaps shot as he entered his
carriage.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-24
MINERS DRIVEN OUT.
WORKMEN ROUTED BY THE
WOMEN.
military Sent for. hut the Soldier Ar
rived too Late to DO Anything -Dyna-
mite stolen and n supply os Arms Pur-
chased by strikers.

HAzLEroN, Pa, Sept N-Thi,
morning over 100 men who had been
driven away by ONE yesterday re-
ported for work at the Monarch wash.
cry at Audenrcid, when the women,
armed with sticks and stones, reap.
peared and swoopcd down upon them.
Some OF the women stationed them
selves on top Of a culm bank. ready TO
pclt the men, but violence was averted
by the men promptly quitting work.
At the Star washcry about 100 OF the
I35 men returned to work, but the
women threatened to drive them out
and they are not expecting to work
more than IA few hours.
As oon as the reports OF the dis
turbancc reached General Gobin he
sen IA squad of troops to the scene.
When the cavalry reached there all
attempts at violence had ceased, but
the women followed the troops about
the streets, hooting and cursing them.
Astore keeper ut Audenreid declared
revolvcrs had been sold during the
past few days.
Reports from Cranberry confirm
the report hat the powder house of
Edward T%urnbach, n deputy sheriff,
had been broken into early this morn
ing by strikers, who had stolen a
quantity of dynamite. Details Of ,ne
robbery were not %obtainable. A squad
Of soldiers was sen there this morn
ing.
General Goblin is in a quandary over
the raids made by the foreign
He says he cannot order his soldiers
70 fire upon them, even in the event Of
graver trouble, and he Is seeking
means of keeping them in subsection.
He has received word from Govern
Hastings to suppress trouble wherever
IL may break out, regardless Of county
lines
The brigade commander said to-day
that the big mass meeting fixed for
next Saturday night, which Is to be
addressed by =. J. Mcguire and other
prominent labor leaders, will not be
interfered with unless incendiary
speeches are made. There will be a
guard Of soldiers there to suppress any
such agitation. He is trying to con-
ciliate Fahey and other leaders, who
are asking for a speedy withdrawal Of
the troops.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-24
HORSES STILL NECESSARY.
Lieutenant Moss Makes ITS Report Con-
cernIng the Bicycle Test.

corning the Bicycle Test.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.-The war de-
partment has made public the report
OF Lieutenant James A. Moss, Twen-
ty-fifth infantry, who commanded the
bicycle corps which made the long
journey from Fort Missoula, Mont, &c
st. Louis last summer.
The purpose was to test the value OF
the bicycle as a military adjunct and
the conclusion of Captain Moss upon
this point is as follows: Under favor
able conditions the bicycle is invalu-
aoie Tor courier work, scouting duty,
rapid reconnaissance. etc. A bicycle
corps as an adjunct to infantry or
or cavalry could render excellent serv-
ice where speed rather than number
Is required. such as taking possession
OF passes, bridges and strong places
ahead OF the command holding them
until reinforceinents could be gotten
from The main road.
o the other hand, in rainy wealth
er, etc, the horse is superior. The
very thought Of the bicycle doing
away with the cavalry is ludicrous.
Each has peculiar functions of lis
own, a particular field in which, under
certain conditions, the one is superior
to the other. The question, therefore.
which confronts us is: Should not n
modern, up-to-datc army have botli,
that 1T might avail itself of the advau-
tages of n or the other, as the propcr
conditions present themselves?"
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-24
Mr.. ErlOn's Luck.

j. B. Erion, deputy labor commits
sioner under Governor Crounse, has re-
ceived notice from Senator Thurston
that he has passed the necessary ex-
animation for the SUPPLEMENTARY of
one of the national cemeteries. He
wa also asked by Senator Thurston
to EXPIRE SIS a choice in location, and ii
was intimated that he would be sent
to the place of his choice. lie had no
choice, merely asking to be sent to
n of the eastern cemeteries. Mr.
Erion lives in Omaha.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-24
ALONG SKAGUAY TRAIL.
Aw fuincss of the KIondike Trip-Kansas
city Man Writes.

city Man Writes.
KANSAS CITY, Mo, Sept 1s.-Har.
mon harris, a Kansas City young man,
left Kansas City for the Klondike Au-
gust 1. The first news from him
reached his friends here yesterday, In
n letter from the foothills near Skag-
uny, dated August 81. In it he says:
when ! first reached Skaguay ]
thought | would have a pleasant trip.
but ! am beginning to realize that
have undertaken a trip nat will cost
mt considerable hardship. When
reached this hill in the rain / found
that | had undertaken something that
ninety.nine men out of a hundred
could not stand.
The situation Is dreadful. so dread
full that cannot express IL In words.
The trail over White pass is almost
impossible. The trail itself is enough
to make one cry and the rain is enough
make to one swear. Man after man
turns back in despair when he sees the
condition of the trail. ! have seen
old miners who have endured hard
ships all their lives sit down and cry
because they could not get over. The
trail from Skaguay to Lake Bennett is
strewn with dead horses, which were
killed in their attempt to get over. A
live horse here is worth $500. When
| came here | had two horses, but one
OF them got his leg broken and I had
TO shoot him, so that leaves me one
horse to pack 500 pounds OF freight
forty miles. have packed my pro-
visions six miles in six days, but IL
was frightful. I had to take a pack
of fifty pounds on my back every trip.
II would not mind the work, but
the rain is terrible. 1t has rained
every day since | landed. don't
know when | will ever get dry again,
as nothing seems to get dry here when
II Is nee wet.
'The men have organized n commit.
tee to improve the trail. The chair.
man has ordered the trail closed for
three days. SO all the meu-3, OOO--can
work. The New York Worlds CORE
s%pondcnt bought 81, 900 worth of giant
powder and we are going to blow some
of the rocks out of the trail.
This morning I was detailed with
six others to guard the trail, with or.
ders to shoot anyone who tried to
pass In about two hours over COO
men congregated on the trail, clamor.
ing to get by, but after much trouble
we persuaded the men hat 1t was to
their interest not to pass. The most
Of them went back, but four of them
drew their guns and forced their way
by. We tried to stop them but rs we
did not want to shed any blood theirs
or our OWN we did not shoot. When
we got back to camp we reported
them. The chairman gave them or.
ders to leave camp.
III the people here hang together
and work on the trail some Of them
will get through, but IL they do not
no n will get through. Every man
has to work three days or get hung.
/ have worked hard for two days and
am tired, and wet and sore, every bone
in my body aches and my heels are
blistered. Ninety-nine per cent OF the
e turn back, but l am going
through"
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-24
Child Drinks Sulphnric Acid.

?-year-old child of James Grady of
Columbus died very suddenly Monday
evening under peculiar and distressing
circumstances. Grady is a Waterman
in the Union Pacific yards, and a few
days ago was given IA bottle of stuff by
"A stranger for polishing metal. He
left the bottle in his coat, where il
was found by the little one, who drank
part of the contents. A physician was
called but could do nothing. The bot.
tie contained snlphuric acid.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-24
AGAINST SECTION 22ND.
The Attorney General knocks II out
Important Tarin Point,

Important Tarin Point.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 90. ATTORNEY
General McKenna announced his opin-
ion in the matter Of section % Of the
new tariff law, Mt the close of the cab
inet meeting to-day. lie holds that
goods coming directly into the
United states from foreign countries
through Canadian ports are net sub
ject to the discriminating duty Of 10
per cent, and also holds that foreign
goods shipped from countries other
than British possessions in British
vessels are not subject to the discrim-
mating duty.
Two questions were asked the at
torney general, the first, in effect,
whether the discriminating duty of 10
per cent, provided for in section %,
should be assessed against an invoice
OF tea from China which had arrived
at Vancouver in British vessels and
then been shipped through Canada to
Chicago, the second whether the dis
eliminating duty should be assessed
against n cargo of manganese ore
from Chile. which recently arrived in
n British ship at Philadelphia. Both
the attorney general answer in the
negative.
The opinion of the attorney general
first quotes section % in full and then
nov that the duty is a discrimina-
tion upon importation in vessels not of
the United States whether directly to
the United States or to a contiguous
,,pt a-l " 81 /.
States: hat II is a discrimination
against importations Of goods mot in
the usual course of strictly retail
trade) from a contiguous country,
they not being the products thereof;
that IL is a discrimination against
goods the productions of a foreign
country not contig nous to the United
States which may come into the United
States from n contiguous country. In
this contention the words come into
the United States" are used as desir
mating movement only.
SENATOR ELKINs ITS AUTHOR.
Senator stephen b. Elkins Of West
Virginia acknowledges that he is the
hitherto unknown author of section
90, the paragraph Of the new tariff
bill putting penalties upon goods
carried into the country by foreign
transportation companies: He said:
81 am not ashamed of the part !
nave played. am proud of it. The
section would have meant for the
ocean what the tariff does for the
land. l think IL was American, and
for that reason l pushed it. This
country is bound to be the mistress Of
the seas just rs o as we get time to
attend to it, l wanted to hurry il
along, There was no trick about il nj
all. simply worked to succeed. OF
course, l vas not going to tell those
opposed to the scheme all about
it. During President Harrison's ad.
ministration we came very near
reaching this end. Secretary Win
dom, two days before he died, drew
up a resolution in pencil with this end
in view. Had he lived it would have
been pushed. | am going to push IL
now. l shall he sorry IL Attorney
General McKenna finds against the
clause. Should he do so, ! think he
will give Americanism and American
shipping a setback of twenty-five
years"
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-24
MEXICAN
resident D'as. In Ills Message. Refers
TO the Decline In Silver.

W suo Oecttue IN blIvor.
CRY OF MExico, Sept. ls.-Prcsidcnt
Diaz opened congress last evening,
reading his semi. annual message, COW
ering the period since April. lie said
The country was at peace with all civ
tlized countries and was gradually
making more intimate ties with them.
Referring to the question of silver as
affecting the finances OF Mexico, the
president says:
unfortunately the present nscal
year does not begin under ms good
auspices as the previous one, for the
excessive weakness and fluctuations OF
silver, often sudden and violent in
their character, have so influenced
economic situations Of the country
that IT Is demanding the serious atten.
ton OF the government, and has
caused the adoption Of measures
Of prudence, all expenses not
absolutely necessary being postponed
or reduced. The magnitude and
sudden character Of the present per-
turbation in silver certainly do not
correspond to the known causes which
have produced 1t, and therefore there
are well founded motives for expect.
Ing that the factors, more or less arti-
fcial, which may have an influence in
the decline Of silver. will be of short
duration and may even soon briEc
about a favorable reaction.
There is not, therefore. for tic
present, any serious reason for alarm.
The nation will be able to pass
through this difficult period confront
ing 1t with the same serenity which il
displayed a few years ago, when the
causes produced alarm"
This portion Of his message at
tracted great attention and was favor.
ably received.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-24
MARTIN HELD.

The sheriR and His Men Held Under
Bonds for shooting Strikers.
WLKEsBARRE, Pa, Sept 22. SHERIFF
James Martin and about forty OF his
deputies, were arrsigned In court this
morning charged with the murder OF
twenty-four striking miners at Latti-
mer on Sept. 10 After several wit
nesses had testified the Judge held the
sheriff and his deputies In -, 900 each
for bail. Bail was furnished and they
returned to Hazleton.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-24
Smashed an Editor.

City superintendent Saylor of the
Lincoln schools and L. l.. II. Austin,
editor of the Evening Call came to
blows in the rooms of the board of ed
ucation Monday evening. The en-
counter grew out of newspaper attack,
made by Editor Austin on Mr.. Saylor
Little harm was done by either bellig
crent. and later Mr.. Austin swore out
a warrant charging Mr.. Saylor with
assault and battery. Tuesday Mr.
Saylor vas fined 81 90 and costs. Ths
Judge RENTED the costs.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-24
The Liberty Bell.

Secretary Gleason Of the ex-republi-
can state central committee submitted
ii proof of the party emblem with Sec
rotary of State Porter recently. The
emblem is the liberty bell. The proof
is from an outline cut with the word
Liberty" in bold face type around
the lower edge of the bell, The de,
sign was secured by Frank Ransom OF
Oma ha.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-24
ILesvsu worth hiou.m.oe.

KANSAS City, Mo, Sept Q 2.-Harry
Burr and Grace Ryan Of Leavenworth,
Kan, eloped to this city yesterday
and were married. The groom Is a
son of Henry Burr, a wholesale shoe
dealer of that city, and the bride is n
daughter Of Matthew Ryan, one of
the wealthiest men Of Leavenworth.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-24
CAN'T CURB THE FEVER.
Yellow Jack Spreads In Spite OF the
Quarantine Law.

NEw ORLEANS, Sept. 22.-The larg-
est number of cases reported any day
since the yellow fever first made its
appearance In New Orleans two weeks
ago was recorded on the books of the
board OF health last evening at 6
o'clock, although at hat hour not a
single case had proved fatal during
the day. There were eighteen cases
In all, including nine by DIR. Joseph
Holt. All of the latter have been
duly tagged and put under quarantine
regulations. One of the houses, where
four OF the patients are, is n fashion.
able boarding house.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-24
SPENT GUELPH FUND.
Emperor william Charged with sauan,
dcring 100000 O

BERLIN, Sept. -s.-An immense SEN
sation has been created here, in the
various German capitals and in vi.
emma by the announcement on most
reliable authority that Emperor viii.
lam has squandered in personal OK.
travagance all OF what is known ms
the Guelph fund, and which amounted
to SIS, 900, 900. The fund constituted
the privete fortune of the former
reigning family of Hanover, the head
OF which Is the present Duke of Cum.
berland, and which Is a branch of the
royal house OF England. IL seems
that this has been known for some
time by certain royal personages,
among others by the Prince Of Wales,
and accounts for the bitter animosity
displayed by the latter against his i'm.
perial nephew.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-24
Harxester Worhs Hurned.

STOCKTON, Cal, Sept 2e.-Thc old
Shippee harvester works, known as
the Stockton Car Machine aud Agri'
cultural works, covering an area OF
800 feet square, were burned to-day,
The loss is approximated at sIOo, 600;
insurance at as. 600.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-24
o.. Coiorsd Children pu,..n

COLUMBIA, 8 O., Sept. 2a.-Audrew
Smith and his wife, colored, LIVING
near Donalds, locked In their hou,s
six small children and went TO church.
An hour later the house was in fame.
Negroes made efforts to save the chi.
dren, but all persisted.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-24
Rooster on Deck.

The democrats have filed their certi-
icate of nomination with the secre.
tary of state. A picture of the rooster
the adopted emblem of the party is
made a part of the certificate. u is
portrayed in a defiant growing atti.
I ude.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-24
ApplIed for Space.

The Black Hills region has applied
for 5000 feet of space at the Omaha
exposition, and asks that 1000 more
be reserved for il. 1t also wants room
and a concession for q reproduce ION of
It's famous crystal cave.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-24
The Ciroassls Nesrs Port

QUEENsTowS, Sept. ls.-The overdue
Anchor line steamer Circassia, which
left New York August 2s for Glasgow
and which should have reached tina,
port Thursday, September Q, wa,
sighted this morning off Kinsale head,
in tow Of the British steamer Memmor
Captain Bales, from Montreal. Sep
TENDER 8 the Circassia was met by the
Thingvalla line steamer Island, from
New York, and taken in tow by the
latter rs IL was in q disabled condition.
Owing TO the heavy sea which pre-
vailed, the hawssr parted and the Is
land was forced TO 60 on.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-24
Eleven New Cases At Edwards.

EDWARDS, Miss, Sept go Eleven
new cases of yellow fever are report
ed. Total number of cases registered,
ffty.four,
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-24
Shoe Lastcrs Win n str,k..

BRooKToN, Mass, Sept e9. - Tie
lasters' strike, which began last Sat.
urday at the Churchill & Allen factory
n extended to other factories. was
settled last night, and II Is the belief
that the strikers won, ~
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-24
DR.. HUNTER NOT GUILTY.
The Former Kentucky Republican sena.
torlai Aspirant Acquitted of Bribery.

FRANKFORT, KY, Sept 22.-The arg
uments in the case of DIR. Godfrey Hunt
err, charged with having tried to buy
three votes for sls, 100 while he was
the favorite Republican candidate for
the United States Senate before the
legislature last spring, were closed
this morning, aud about two hours
after the case had been given TO the
jury Il verdict Of not guilty was re.
turned. This determines all the
bribery cases AGAINST DIR. Hunter.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-24
TRAIN SERVICE CRIPPLED.
Freight and Passenger Tranic to the
Gulf Ports Cut ON.

Gulf Ports Cut ON.
KANSAS CITY, Sept. 29.-Passeager
and freight service between Kansas
City and the ports on the Gulf Of Mex.
leo where yellow fever has appeared,
is In a badly crippled condition.
Freight for these points is received by
the railroads subject to indefinite de-
lay and II is impossible for travellers
TO buy tickets In Kansas City to-day
to New Orleans, Mobile and many
cities In Louisiana, Mississippi and
Texas II cold weather does not check
the spread Of the dreaded disease
within a few days through freight
and passenger service between Kan
a City and the Gulf OF Mexico will
be completely cut off.