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The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-26
FOUND DEAD BY A CHILD.
h wife Of . Postmaster and . Young
Man Shot.

FALLS VILLAGE, Conn, Feb. e.
When he awoke this morning, the 10
year-old son Of Postmaster Walter
Chaplin found the corpse of his mother
in the dining room of their home and
nearby the dead body of Charles
Mead, about % years old, the son of
Ralph p. Mead, formerly Of Falls vii
lage, but now of Scotland, Conn.
Some distance away was u revolver
with several chambers empty.
Chaplin, who is engaged as superin-
tcndcnt Of Henry Bishops factory at
Sheffield, Mass, was summoned home
upon the discovery OF the double
tragedy. The superstition is that
Mead killed Mrs. Chaplin and himself,
but at present the facts in the case are
not known.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-26
A MONETARY CONFERENCE

House Committee for the senate Bill
Will Report F~avorably.
WASHINGTON. Feb. c2.-The House
committee on coinage to-day decided
to report ~favorably the Senate bill
for an international monetary con-
ference with amendments author
izing the President if he should see
At to seek an agreement by di omatic
relations instead Of "a conference. Ten
OF the seventeen members Of the com
mittee were present, three Republic.
ans, six Democrats and one independ-
emit, eight of whom are free silver men
and there was no dissent to the mo-
ton to report the bill to the House.
Five Republicans absented themselves
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-26
LIKE THE CRONlN CASE.
Tho Body of . Chicagoan Found
Hot Springs sewer.

HoT SPRINGS, Ark, Feb. can in
quest was held this morning on the
body Of Robert Muerling of Chicago,
which was found yesterday jammcd
in n sewer main. Investigation
strengthens the belief that he was
murdered, rs it would have been inn
possible for him to have replaced tho
cap on the mauhole il it had been sui
eide. The body was decayed so badly
that the jury is unable to determine
yet in what manner he met death.
The only way by which it could be
identified was by tn collar
found in a coat poe uate of
disappearance Is upk
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-26
Leland Charges Fraud.

TOPEKA, Kan, Feb. 22.-Cyrus lie.
land, whose administration as chair
man Of the county board of Doniphan
county was the subject Of a offensive
petition offered in the Senate a few
days ago, has been conducting nm in
vestigation Of the matter and to-day
says the petition Is q fraud. He finds
that the Of numerous citizens
on the petition were put there with
out their consent or knowledge, and
that fraudulent means were resorted
to to obtain the signatures Of others.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-26
How Little Thing. do Harm.

Oftentimes 1t Is little faults. little
carelessness In conduct, little blemishes
In character. the mo harms" that make
fairly good people almost useless, so
far as their influence goes. There was
n great light house u at sea. One
night the men lighted the lamps. as
usual. Some time afterward they saw
that there appeared no light upon thu
water where ordinarily there was 4.
bright lane of beams. They examined
their lamps-they were burning bright
ly. But they looked outside and there
were millions of little insects on the
| glass. so thickly piled there that the
| light could not get through. In the
morning they learned that a ship had
been wrecked close by because the
| light had been obscured by the in
sects. Here Ii the lesson. says Dr..
| Miller: The lamp may be burning
brightly In your soul or In mine; bat
little faults-pride, ugly temper, sell
fishness. half-heartedness. bad habits
Of tongue, carelessness about paying
debts or keeping promises. a hundred
other things-may SO cloud our lives
az to obscure the image Of God In our
souls. Perhaps ONE soul has been
lost because your lamp does not shine
out with a clear light. We counsel
you young people to be good. beautiful
In character. faithful In all duties
careful not In the smallest way Is dim
the luster Of Gods a within.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-26

under creeping waves OF hesh. MT
Janeway had satisfied his ambitions as
far as 1t Is possible for a man TO DO IT,
Fortunately for his content these as
pirations were Of the kind NAT are
most often realized. He had a hahd-
some wife and three bright chiidren'
he was president OF the state BANK LII
Institution known to be founded on the
rock of sound finance; he had been
mayor OF Shewanee and was a member
of the legislature. SO much OF earthly
glory had fallen to his share.
When he read the obituary OF another
self-made man he always nodded his
head sagely as much as to say: i
know how 1t goes: I started with
nothing myself" In fact Mr.. jane
ways election to the Legislature came
Of the admiration the electors had for
a man of the people. When his con-
stituents hired a band and went to con-
graduate him they found him ready
with a speech. He said: "Fellow-citi-
Gems. I will aot try to hide from you
my deep qualification at the result oil
the election. I wanted to be elected
I have wanted n good many things and
I've generally got them. But not with
out working. l started with nothing
I did chores for my keep, i went to
school when I could, l picked up
penny here and a penny there; did
any honest work that I could find. And
where am l now? President OF a bank
ex-mayor and member Of the legisla'
ture. I thank you. friends. for YOU
votes, yet l feel that l have won my
own way; that I am one. a private
perhaps, In The great army OF self
made men," He bowed and retired
amid loud applause. In another. THU
speech would have provoked criticism
but one of the privileges OF the self
made man Is to praise his maker with
out stint.
Mr.. and Mrs. Janeway had Just com
from a visit to their new house, whicl
their architect assured them was In tn
purest style Of the gothic renaissance
But they were SIRE, too, which SCENE,
to them Of far more Importance. tina
1t was the finest house in town an,
quite eclipsed Mrs. Morgan's red-bricI
mansion.
They we're to move into 1t at ono
and Mrs. Janeway went about the oil
house planning what should be left be
hind, as not coming up to the artist
standard Of the new place. Come her
4 minute, Madison" she called froI
D obscure entry back of the dining
pom.
Mr.. Janeway laid down his paper an
went to her. followed by Florry, the
youngest child. what is 1t, my dear!
he asked.
Hadn't we better pack this away
the frames SO shabby that 1t isn't
for the new house?" She pointed
a faded photograph, hanging in a dar
corner. 1t was the likeness Of a plai
woman, with a broad mouth and ey'
widely separated; the hair was parte
and drawn back from the forehead iii
two curtains; a watch-chain picked o,
in gilt encircled her neck and her lii
and cheeks were touched with carmin
giving the face a CHASTITY pretense
life.
Mr.. Janeway stared at 1t meditativei
81 hadn't noticed 1t for a long time"
said.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-26
The joke on Dan stuart.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-. Feb. GA
telegram from Dan Stuart to Rebo,
the member who introduced the prize
fight resolution, was read to the House
this morning. Stuart offered to place
one Of the best boxes at the ringside
at the disposal of the Missouri COM
mittee if one should be appointed to
see the Corbett-F itzsimmons fight.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-26
Not Guilty Of Murder.

LEXINGTON, Mo-, Feb. 22.-Ollie Lo-
gan, 10 years of age, charged with Jo-
seph Wilkerson with the murder Of
James Secrease Mt Odessa, Mo-, April
Is. was acquitted this morning, the
evidence clearly showing that Wilker-
son committed the deed. Wilkerson's
trial was continued until the June
term, he being unable to appear on &C.
count of sickness.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-26
singing q. an An.,do,. to Consumption.

singing ~ an Antidote 60 Consumption.
It Is asserted that singing is a cor
receive of the too common tendency
to pulmonic complaints. An eminent
physician observes on the subject:
THE Germans are seldom afflicted with
consumption and this, l believe. Is in
part occasioned by the strength which
their lungs acquire by exercising them
in vocal music, for this constitutes en-
essential branch of their education"
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-26
New MEXICO sheriff Ass.ssin.ted.

SANTA FE. N. NJ, Feb. 22.-Sheriff
Dow of Eddy county was shot last
night by two men concealed between
buildings. He died to-day. He was
active In the prosecution Of cattle
thieves. Governor Thornton offered q
reward of $500 for each Of his muir.
derers.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-26
r. W. stephens Generou. Oner.

COLUMBIA. Mo-, Feb. 22. - T.. w.
Stephens announced to-day to the
board Of trustees Of Stephens college
that he would make the college a
present Of $1,000, provided that an ad-
ditional So, 900 was raised, the money
TO be used to complete the chapel
which is now under construction. Mr..
Stephens is the publisher Of the Colum.
hin Haruld
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-26
An Electric Car struck.

CHICAGO, Feb, 22.-During the thun-
Ter storm early this morning lightning
struc,S n Forty-third street electric car
full uf workingmen on their way to
the stock yards. All were badly
shoe. d and one man, Zach Root, had
TO be removed in an ambulance. The
car was badly damaged.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-26
May Come to America.

New YORK, Feb. 22.-Princess Chi.
may has given Oscar Hammerstein an
option on her services at the Olympic
music hall in this city, and he has a
week to decide whether he will pay the
salary asked, which is something like
$1,000 a week and expenses. 1t is
thought that Gypsy Rigo will accom-
pany the princess to this country, II
she shall come.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-26
p~ingrse's Mnyorsity in Court.

DETROIT, Mich, Feb. 22.-Arguments
were heard by the judges of the circuit
court, sitting en- banc to-day, ON the
application for a mandamus to compel
the election of q mayor to succeed
Governor Pingree, who, it is alleged,
vacated the Office of mayor in becom.
ing governor.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-26
Bushnell .Rsps Newspapers.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Feb. 22. AT the
Y. M. c. A. state convention to-day
Governor Bushnell made an address in
which he said that he hoped that tho
influence of the Y. M. G. A. on news
paper men would keep them from stat
Ing every morning who was going to
be appointed United States Senator
from Ohio.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-26
M'COOK ON THE TREATY.
The Now Yorker Believes In Preparing
for war Despite Arbitration.

New YORK, Feb. 2a.-Colonel John
J. McCook, who may be in President
McKinley's cabinet, touched on the
sI,ject Of the general arbitration
treaty in the course of a speech at the
annual reunion and banquet of the
Alumni Association of Lafayette col
lege.
Colonel McCook said in part: IL am
In favor OF arbitration. but | do not
believe that we can place an assurance
Of peace on any arbitration treaty unless
our nation is prepared to defend her
coast and send forth the best war ves-
sells so that she may keep the treaty
and see that other nations keep IT,"
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-26
Arkansas's Governor Against the Treaty

LITTLE Rock, Ark, Feb. 22.-Gover-
nor Jones replied to a telegram from
the chairman Of the national arbitra-
ton committee that he was not in
favor Of ratification either with or
without amendment, closing: In my
judgment it is q trap for the United
States into which we should never be
led with my consent"
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-26
sold Robbers at Madison. Kan.

EMpoRIA, Kan, Feb. eat Madi-
son, Greenwood county, twenty miles
north, last night, T. b. Trotter's hard
ARE store was robbed OF arms n
ammunition, and, the p~ostofice safe
having been blown open with such
force as to force out the whole front
of the building, all the stamps, regis
tered packages and money were taken.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-26
The Zine Combine.

BETHLEHEM, Pa, Feb. 22.-It was
announced last night that the Lehigh
Zinc and Iron company and the Flor
ence Zinc works have entered the gu
gantic zinc combine, the capital Of
which Is $40, O00. 900.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-26
Naval Appropriation Bill

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-The naval
appropriation bill tor the next fiscal
year has been practically completed
by the House committee on naval af-
fairs. The bill carries a total of about
1913, 600, 900, which is about $1,000, 900
more than the appropriations for the
current wear.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-26
General Plcssanton's Simple Burial.

WASHINGTON, Feb. %. General AL
fred Pleasanton, the union cavalry
commander, vas buried in the Con-
gressional cemetery in the presence of
many veterans of the late war. The
body, according to his wish, was at
tired In citizens clothes, with q single
yellow bud, the cavalry color, as its
only decoration.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-26
An Army Omcer In Disgrace.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-The Presi-
dent has approved the sentence of the
court martial in the case of First Lieu
tenant Frank Owen, Fourteenth in
fantry, stationed on the Pacific coast,
convicted Of classifying his accounts,
and he will be dismissed from the army
March l..
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-26
A Bri..srd In North Dakota.

GRAND Forks, N. D., Feb. 22.--Snow
began to fall yesterday and has con
tinued since, with a high, cold north
wind. Every available snow pillow has
been sent out in all directions, to-
gether with a large force of snow
s%hovelers, to keep incoming trains
moving.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-26
Cslhoun's Grandson Drowned.

MIDDLEsBoRo, KY, Feb. a2.-The
body Of Noel T. Calhoun, grandson of
the famous nulliAer, John. C Calhoun,
was found floating In the Kentucky
river near Hyden. He was a large
lumber dealer.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-26
Nebraska Mayor busted.

NEBRASKA CITY, Neb., Feb. ga
After six hours of de~liberation the city
:ouncil, by q vote OF Z TO ], found
Mayor Charles w. Stahlnut gully. OF
official misconduct and of obstructing
the business of the city and the u
sil and ousted him from office.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-26
sherman,s Private Secretary.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-E. j. Bah
cock, who has been associated with
the Ohio senator for about thirteen
years, will continue to act as his con-
fdential secretary when he shall as
sume control of the department Of
State. Mr.. Babcock Is now clerk to
the Senate committee on foreign
affairs,
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-26
No Pardon for an Embe..lsr.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.--The Presi-
dent has denied q pardon to w. G. Gar
vim of Colorado, sentenced to five
years imprisonment for embezzling
national bank funds.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-26
NOT SETTLED.
Mr.. Mckinley Undecided as to Several
OF IA Cabinet Assignments.

Of tho Cabinet Assignments.
CANTON. Ohio, Feb. 22.-While II is
believed that Colonel j. j. McCook of
New York will be invited to come here
in n day or two and confer with the
President-elect rs to a place in the
next cabinet the position of Attor.
ney general is not thought to be
decided upon for the distinguished
New Yorker. The places of postmas-
ter general, secretary Of the navy and
secretary of the interior rs well as at.
torney general are all believed to be
under advisement, although It is still
thought that the appointment Of Mr..
McCook will complete the full list oil
the personnel Of the cabinet.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-26
WIFE.

ADISON J A N e
way was always
pointed out as a
"self-made man"
and was we'll salts
fed with his own
handiwork. for con-
tent radiated from
his full face mt
from hi. figure.
which had lost Its
Youthful m u C | q
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-26

In Italy there are more theaters In
proportion to the population than In
any other country.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-26
GEN. SHELBY'S SUCCESSOR
Giles Y. Crenshaw Named by President
Cleveland.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2a.-The Presi-
lent sent this nomination to the Sem
ate to-day: Giles Y. Crenshaw to be
marshal Of the United States for the
Western district of Missouri.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-26

A handy little coin package Is made
Of metal and Is fitted with a sliding
section around the barrel portion.
which can be closed and fastened with
a loop when the package is full.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-15
feup CAUSED eY LOVE.
Light Thrown on the Terrible Tragedy ut
Bunker Hin, Ills.

Bunker Hill, His, June 15.-Beneath
the tragedy i'm which Mayor John II.
Richards lost his life Saturday at the
hands of Captain Fenwick Y. Hedley
lies a romance that has suddenly taken
a new importance, and which is now
being discussed by the people Of Bunker
Hill I'm all its details. Mayor Richards
lost his life indirectly as a result of
his love for a woman. His Jealous re-
gard for Miss Ella Brown laid the foun-
dation for his hatred of Captain Hedley
years ago, and inspired him to assault
Captain Hedley on several occasions.
Whether the encounter between the two
men Saturday was but another of these
assaults may never be known.
Although this affair of the heart was
not developed at the coroner's inquest,
it is an open secret that the enmity
which eliminated in the fatal shooting
originated year ago, when Miss Brown
became a member of the church choir
for which Captain Hedey was organist
Mayor Richards was distantly related
TO the young woman, and acted in the
capacity of her guardian. Her connec-
tion with the choir necessarily placed her
in the society of Captain Hedley great
DEAL and Mr.. Richards objected to the
friendship from he very beginning. He
loved Miss Brown, and although bach
elor of 60 years, he desired to marry her
and install her in his elegant mansion,
which is the pride of the city.
Miss Brown is aged 30, singer of
more than average talent, and possessed
Of ully her share of good looks. She
continued to sing in the choir notwith-
standing the admonitions of Mr.. Rich
ards, and he finally forbade Captain
Hedley having anything to do with his
ward. The matter kept growing more
serious. finally resulting in a church
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-15
ALLEN WANTS A SCALP.
Asks why the Federal Law won't Serve to
Curb Sugar Men.

Asks why the Federal Law Wont Serve to
Curb Sugar Men.
Washington, June 15.-The tariff de-
bate is not proving a strong attraction
in the senate and the attendance in the
galleries was small Monday. Allen Of
Nebraska reverted to the colloquy Of
last Saturday in which he held it was
thee right and duty Of the government
to take legal steps to disolve the sugar
trust. If Havemeyer and his associates
went to New Jersey to procure a charter
as a mere shield to implnper proceed
ings the act was fraudulent the charter
void. ard the federal courts had juris
diction over the subject.
Why, therefore, should the senate
waste time and haggle over the sugar
schedule and the sugar trust when the
courts offered a real remedy for dissolV-
ing this gigantic monopoly. Allen then
spoke in favor of abrogating the Ha-
waiian treaty The senator said the SUI
gar investigation, in which he took part,
disclosed that Havemeyer and Claus
Spreckles had an agreement by which
Spreckels controlled the territory west
of the Missouri river, while the territory
east Of the Missouri river was subject
to the forays" of the American sugar
trust.
The senate at 2:40 p. m. voted on the
Lindsay motion to strike out the diff
ferential on refined sugar The motion
was rejected-yeas 26, nays 29. state
ment by Hoar in that the honest, sober
men of the United States looked with
contempt upon the charges against the
United States senate drew from Tillman
a stirring reply In which he insisted
that Hoar was entirely mistaken. The
charges that senators speculated in su-
gar had been made by reputable news
paper men over their own signature.
he said, and the people wanted the
charges disproved or their authors pun
ished. "They want to know" he shout
ed, "how 1t is and why it is that the
American senate cannot touch sugar
without being contaminated" Hoar re-
sponded with feeling.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-15
LUTHERAN SYNOD,
Delegates at Mansfield, o., Get Down to
Business.

Delegates at Mansfield, o., Get Down TO
Business.
Mansfield O., June 15.-The Lutheran
synod got down to hard work Monday
and more business was transacted dur
ing the morning session than has come
before the convention since its begin
ming. AS a starter, resolution was
passed informing the citizens of Mans
field that the invitation to be shown
around the city, which the synod had
decided to accept Monday, could not be
accepted at all, owing to the pressure
of business and the limited time for Its
transactions. A number Of the minis
ters are becoming impatient to return
home. and the mileage committee. with
which all return transportation was
fixed at the opening or the synod, re-
ported that numerous requests have
been made for return tickets. BY the
rules Of the synod no delegate is allowed
to leave the city except by permission
Of the assembly. Rev. j. M. Cromer OF
Kansas City caused a little ripple OF
excitement at the opening Of the MORN
Ing session by stating that certain news
papers had printed articles stating that
the synod had been divided in the elec-
ton of officers by partisan differences
between the conservatives and radicals
and that the tide of the election was
turned through the influence of the con-
servatives. Rev. Cromer stated that the
articles were misstated as the synod was
a perfectly and wholly harmonious
body, and that no influences whatever
had been brought to bear in the elec-
tion.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-15
A FRIEND IN NEED.

but Tie fialf- -DrOthers Jared poorly In
their efforts to get ahead. Benjamin
did little to relieve their distress and
Joseph, by the statements of Matthew
and William Richardson, aided them for
the most part with large quantities OF
advice.
Would Not Aid His Brother.
AS far as can be learned, however,
Matthew Is the only brother who bore
Joseph any particular ill-will during his
lifetime. He is mechanic and worked
for years on a scheme for running the
elevated trains in this city by water
power, to be derived from the Hudson
river. Matthew broached this scheme
to Joseph several years ago, urging him
to furnish the financial backing necess-
ary to obtain a test of the invention.
Joseph refused to furnish the money
and his brother has maintained
ever since that the millionaire indicated
by his refusal an unnatural lack Of in
terest in his welfare.
None Of Richardson's half brother or
sisters expect to gain anything through
the fight over the millionaire's estate.
unless both wills should be declared in
valid by the surrogate. Even then,
however, the property would be likely
to go entirely to the widow, the son,
George, and the daughter, Della. Rich
ardson's other relatives, their destitute
circumstances having been thus called
to the attntion of the immediate heirs,
might profit In the final distribution
through willingness on the part of the
beneficiaries to share their great fort
unes with them.
The "spite house. in East Eighty-sec-
ond street Monday shared with Della
Richardson's home in East Houston
street the attention and curiosity OF
sightseers. Della Richardson received
no callers Sunday, adhering to her rule
that no one by the postman could con-
slider himself a welcome visitor.
Daughter Is Also Eccentric.
The fact that Miss Richardson had
been left millions Of dollars by her IA
ther put the residents OF East Houston
street at their wits end recalling what
they knew of the woman. Some odd
stories came out as a result. They all
bear along the line given by friend OF
the family. This informant said that
Miss Richardson was eccentric to de-
gree: that she had little to do with any
one but her father and brother, and
that the only other persons who knew
her at all intimately were the two wom-
en-. Miss Emily Emmett and Mrs. Betsy
Richardson who live with her in the
Houston street house.
Della Richardson's peculiar ways have
long been noticed in the vicinity of
| her home. The slight, middle-aged
woman, with market basket on her
arm. for years has been a familiar sight
on the block between Third and Second
avenues. She personally did the mar