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The Red Cloud chief., 1897-11-12
JAlLS FAIL TO HOLD HIM.
Forger >. 4. Thomas Escapes Again-Ths
Third Time.

Third Time.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Nov. o. j. A.
homas the forger who mysteriously
escaped from Jail here April Is and was
recaptured by local police and Pink
erton detectives at Moberly, Mo,
:, again escaped before
daylight this morning by saving iron
oars and scaling Il wall, rope for the
latter purpose as well as a saw for the
former, having been furnished from
the outside. The community Is much
excited because Thomas is so we'll
KNOWN, although the recent escape is
not nearly SO sensational as its prede.
cessor.
The escape was Thomas's third, his
hrst having been from n Chicago
Jail, when wide attention was at.
tractcd' Another exploit which con-
tributed considerably to his notorietv
was his clandestine marriage at
St Louis to Miss Fannie Rutherford
OF Minneapolis, Mimi, and his fight
with his bride to San Francisco after
the Christian Endenvorers last sum.
mer. But Thomas Is most widely
known by his forgeries, which have
been extensive.
Later this morning three other pris-
oners escaped through the breach
made by Thomas in the bars.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-11-12

COLUMBIA, Mo-, Nov. 8. - In the
Boone county circuit court to-day,
Ben Wilkerson pleaded guilty to rob.
berry in the first degree. wilkersop
said lie did not want a lawyer and
that, as he had pleaded guilty. no ex.
pected a light sentence. He was sur.
prised when Judge Hockaday remind.
ed HIM that ths court had once before
sentenced him to the penitentiary,
and for the second otfense would send
him to prison FOR fifteen years.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-11-12
WAS HER DEATH NATURAL
An indian Chief Demands Invsstigstion
~ to Ills Daughters Demise.

CHICAGO, Nov. 9 -Tamar T. John.
son, daughter of Pine Tree, chief Of
the Tu~scaroras. died suddenly hero
last Tuesday evening and the body
was shipped to Niagara Falls, N. Y,
where Chief Pine Tree lives. The
father thinks the death should
be Investigated and has demanded q
further inquiry. He asserts the young
woman had between $500 and $500 and
a gold watch and plenty Of handsome
clothes when she died. and he would
like to know what become Of these.
Miss Johnson was u teacher in Indian
schools She came here from the
Cheyenne reservation. where she was
last stationed, for treatment for q
nervous trouble. She died while under
treatment by DR.. r. Scheurmann.
The cause Of death assigned wa,
peritonitis.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-11-12
REPORT.
b70.0i< Names on the Roiis-Ss De.
crssss Has Yet Begun.

WASHINGTON, Nov. Sin his first
annual report Commissioner of Pen.
sions II. Clay Evans says there we're
added to the rolls during the year the
names OF 80. l0l new pensioners and
there were restored to the rolls 3,97l
pensioners who had previously been
dropped, a total Of 5i,O7a.
During the same period the losses to
the roll were 81, $50 by death, 1,O74 by
rsmarriage of widows and mothers,
l.Si5 by legal limitation (minors);
?,6s3 for failure to claim pension for
three years, and 4, $50 for other causes.
An aggregate Of IL, ia2.
The whole number of pensioners on
the rolls June 80, 1897, was 9T6,oi4
The gain over the previous year was
1896. 1t will thus be seen that the
pension roll has not yet begun to
show any %diminution, though it has
been anticipated for several years
The report gives the number Of
Western pensioners and the amounts
Of pensions disbursed for the fiscal
year OF 1897 rs follows: Missouri,
53,s57 pensioners, s., 22G, 4a5. on; Kan
sas. 4o,s43 pensioners, 80, 2s4, 1919. So;
Indian Territory, $3.50 pensioners,
S3s9, OO3. 81; Oklahoma, 6,l72 pension.
ers, s9li 200. l6.
Seven widows of Revolutionary
soldiers and nine daughters Of Revo-
lutionary soldiers are still on the
rolls.
During the year 9+,+j4 pension Ger
tidcates were issued, of which num-
Der 80, l0i were original allowances
and the balance were reissues, in
crcases, reservations, etc.
During the same period Is, pa claims
of various classes were disallowed.
This number, however, does not in
clude claims which were made for
higher rates OF pensions The amount
disbursed for pensions during the year
was $4,000, III. 35. This exceeds the
amount disbursed during the fiscal
year 1896 by the sum of 81, 504. $50. Is.
The average annual value OF each pen
sion at the close of the year was Sl33.-
II. The average annual value Of
each pension under the general law
was SlG@. o.; each under the act of
June -, 1899, was Sl09. -. The ag.
gregato annual value Of all pensions
at the close OF the year was sl2o, 195,-
42a. This, Of course, excludes the
cases that were held up
Referring to the consolidation of
agencies, Commissioner Evans recon-
mends that the executive order of
July IA last, s%uspending tho operation
Of the order OF February 6. 1897, the
latter of which provided for the con-
s~olidation. be continued indie initcly.
In conclusion, the report recon-
mends the publication or a complete
list OF pensioners. and of the passage
Of a law to the end that no pension be
granted to the widow OF any soldier
that shall marry hereafter.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-11-12
HIS LAST HOPE GONE.
NO FEDERAL COURT AID
TO DURANT.
Chief Justice Fuller Renders the Decision
which Will Result in the Young san
Francisco Man Paying the Penalty for
the Church Murder.

WAsHISeToS, Nov. e-The United
States supreme court to-day affirmed
the decision of the United states cir.
cult court Of California, refusing n
writ OF hal eas corpus to William Hen.
ry Theodore Durrant, under sci ten
OF death for the murder Of Miss
Blanche Lamont in the Emanuel Ban.
fist church in san Francisco in April.
1898.
The decision was in response to the
motion OF Attorney General Fitzper.
aid OF California, entered last Monday.
to dismiss the case or affirm the de.
cision OF the court below aud Of course
relieve the court from the necessity OF
deciding the case on it's merits mex,
Monday. as at first arranged.
Chief Justice Fuller, In RENDERING
the opinion OF the court, INDUCED in
no whatever beyond remark.
ing that the order of the circuit court,
was affirmed upon the authority of
the decisions of the court in the case
of Hurtado vs.. California, volume ITO
OF the supreme court reports; Nord.
strom vs.. Washington, volume 10. of
these reports and of Cremer vs.. Wash.
ington, recently decided.
Attorney General Fitzgerald was
present in the court room when the
opinion was rendered, and said that /,
would insure Durrant's punishment,
and was in all respects satisfactory To
the state.
The court granted the motion of the
state attorney general to advance the
cases on Hill and Cross, the two men
under sentence OF death in Cali ~foruia.
fixing the date for their hearing upon
the first Monday of December.
IN SAN FRANCISCO
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 9-When the
Jews that the United States supreme
court had decided not to interfere
with Durrant's sentence came crowds
gathered about the newspaper bullc.
tin boards. The decision was not I'm.
expected >hd apparently only Dur
rant and his attorneys seemed to have
any hope that the murderer would be
saved from the gallows.
Durrant had not been informed OF
the decision at noon. His parents
were notified Of the courts decision
and were deeply affected. Mrs. Dur
rant wept, but said that her son wa.
innocent and that she did not yet give
up hope that he would be indicated
and his innocence proved.
District Attorney Barnes, who con.
Quoted the original trial, was much
pleased with the decision. lie was
convinced that Durrant committed the
murders and had chufed at the delay
In carrying out the sentence. He said
that Durrant would not have to be
resentenced, that all that was neces.
sary would be for the district attor.
ney. when he received official notice
OF the decision. to go into court and
ask for an order to carry out the sen
tence and that u day be fixed for it.
The decision of the Supre me cour,
paves the way for the deaths OF five
other murderers. Among these are
Worden the train wrcclSer. Harvey
Allender of san Jose and Eubanks OF
San Diego, who b%utchered an aged
couple.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-11-12
CLARKSON BOOK ILLEGAL.
Judge Haren OF Topeka Deolds Against
tho Insurance Rate FIxer.

TOPEKA, Kan, Nov. Judge Hazeu
Of the district our to-day denied the
application Of Harrison Clarkson for
an injunction restraining Webb Nc
Nall as superintendent of insurance
from interfering with ~Clarkson's rat.
ing bureau. McNall replied to Clark.
sons petition by filing a demurrer,
but the judge overruled it and at the
same time denied the in Injunction.
Judge Hasen says explicitly in his
decision that the rating bureau has
been conducted by GARRISON in viola.
ton OF the Kansas antitrust law and
that McNall has the right to revoke
the license Of any insurance company
using ~Clarkson's rate book, which IL
prepared and issued in violation OF
law. This virtually knocks Clarksor
out and sustains McNall's course.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-11-12
MISS PERKINS TO WE'D.

The Late Kansas Senators Dsugh,ar
Will He Married This Week.
WASHINGTON, Nov. Colonel Frank
Crawford Let's of Marshalltown,
Iowa, and Miss Cora Perkins, daughter
Of the late Senator Perkins of Kansas,
will be married Thursday, the we'd.
ding being looked forward TO As II So
ciety event Colonel Let's is here
with a party of Iowa friends. The
prospective bride is a beautiful bru.
nette and exceedingly popular. BE-.
riah wilkins, who Is u cousin of Mrs.
Perkins, will give q reception aftes
the ccremony
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-11-12
A KANSAS BANK LOOTED.
Bur glars Garry ON sa.a0 In Gold and

Burgisrs Garry on $1,000 In Gold and
Paper All silver Lsfs sshiad
ATcHIsoN, Kan, Nov. s.-Burglars
blew open the safe Of tho State bank
At Vermiilion early yesterday morning
and secured ~, 100 in gold aud paper
money, carrying of all but the silver.
The burglars worked at least three
hours on the job, They stole and had
In readiness the best rig In town To be
used in case of emergency. but de-
parted unobserved aud unmolssted
without using It,
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-11-12
Louisville wholesale stores burned.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Nov 9.-Fire in
The Wholesale district early this morn.
ing destroyed the buildings and stocks
of Barford & Lawson, wholesale MILL.
ner,, and benjamin S, Allen. whole.
sale dealer in boots and shoe, Stocks
in nj dining structures were damaged
The losses aggregate $3.50, 900.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-11-12
KILLS HIS
A Fatal business Disagreement In y Mis-
sissippi N~ewspapor Oaloe.

sissippi Newspaper Once.
ABERDEEN, Miss, Nov. On the
Ledger Office, Saturday night, one OF
the publishers, 4. v. Tongue, ex,
mayor of Carrollton, shot the other,
George S. Jackson, q former Alabama
legislator, through the neck and ons
shoulder during q quarrel about the
conduct of the paper. Jackson did
not die at once and Tongue was ad.
mitted to bail, but when Jackson died
yesterday Tongue was re~-arrested.
The affair has caused a widespread
sensation. so well we're both princs
pals known.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-11-12
Miguel y. Psraita q suicide

NooALrs, Ari&, Nov. s.-Migusl
Peralta was found dead in his room
yesterday morning, with u bullet hole
In his head. On n table was his last
Mexican dollar and n note indicating
suicide. Pcralta vas 10 and had been
a wealthy ~inhabitant OF this territory,
although he vas u native Mexican.
His principal distinction was in con-
pection with his indictment in connec-
ton with the Peralta-Reavis attempt
70 secure titles TO IL, O00, OoO acres in
ARIZONA and New Mexico,
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-11-12
FOR A NEW INDIAN STATE.
The Creek Council Takes the First step
Looking to Organization.

MUscoeEE, l. T., Nov. 9.-The com.
mittec appointed by the Creek council
to report on the recommendations Of
the chief for the consolidation of the
Five Civilized tribes into one Indian
government, preparatory to coming
into the Union, as Texas did, has re.
ported favorably and u bill has been
introduced In the Council and passed
by the House OF Warriors calling for .
delegate convention.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-11-12
To Fine Foot Hall Players.

ATLANTA, Ca, Nov, 0.-The repre-
fcntatives passed a bill to-day. 70 t %
%, making 1t a m~isdemeanor to play
foot ball in the state and imposing .
tine for violating the statute.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-11-12
No Autonomy for Cubans.

New IoRK, Nov. s.-Chickering hall
was crowded last night with enthus.
iastic Cubaus, who applauded when
the speakers declared that Cuba would
never accept reforms from Spain, that
peace could only come after the evac-
uation of the island by the Spanish
army and that the Cuban patriots
would fight TO the death for their in,
dependence, Not a word of English
was spoken during the meeting, over
which Tomas Estrada Palma presided.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-11-12
FIRE IN HOT SPRINGS.
Two Bakers and . Young Girl Perish
From sufocntion

Hot SPRINGS, Ark, Nov. 9-Fire
broke out last night in the three story
brick building occupied by Erhart's
bakery on Central avenue, and when
the family living on the upper floors
were awakened the stairs, both front
and rear, were ablaze. Erhart and his
wife and two of their children and
two employees escaped over the tops OF
adjoining houses, aud Walter Erhart,
aged s, was saved by firemen entering
the room.
Charles Johnson and Frank Kauf.
man, bakers, were suffocated in their
beds, and Clara Erhart, aged H., was
found dead 1T the head of the rear
stairs
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-11-12
Drummond Dossn't Want tn. Job.

JEFFERSON City, Mo, Nov. s-Har
rison L. Drummond notified tho gov,
ernor to-day that IL would be impos,
sible for him to accept the Office Oh
police commissioner. The governo,
appointed l. D. Kingsland
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-11-12
CHIN ESE INSULT GERMANY
The ks'ssr's MiaIster and FIsg stoned
by . Mob In Wa Chang

LONDON, Nov s-A dispatch from
Shanghai received to-day stated that
the German minister to China and the
captain OF the German gunboat Cor.
morant had been attacked by n mob
st WI Chang, a large city in the PROV
ince Of Hoo Pee, or the Yangste Kiang
river; that the rioters had also stoned
the German flag, and that the min.
lister had demanded their punishment,
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-11-12
Killed In n Runaway.

MONTGOMERY CITY, Mo, Nov. e.
Last night, as Thomas Kerwin, aged
:" years. was returning TO his home
from Montgomery City, his horses ran
away, throwing the old man beneath
the wheels and injurin0 him SO badly
that he died in a half hour.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-11-12
r.lr n. Ready to Quit.

SAS FRANCISCO. Nov s-Charles l..
Fair, son of the late Senator James G,
Fair. has announced his retirement
from the turf. MIR. Fair has been n
liberal patron of racing for several
years, but has met with nothing but
hard luck. All his horses will be sold,
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-11-12
Gass.r,.. Plurality IL Over 5000

DENVER, Colo, Nov. s.-Chief JUS
tice Charles ID. Hsyt comedies the
election OF his opponent, William II,
Gabbert. the Populist and Democratic
candidate. Gabbert's majority 10 over
5000
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-11-12
IMPEACHMENT FOR CHIEF
kpArhschcr OF the Greeks Formally A.
cused OF Various Misdesds.


MUsKoGEE, !. T., Nov. 8. The House
Of Warriors of the Creek nation has
voted to file articles Of impeachment
against Principal Chief Isparhecher.
charging him with being n particeps
criminis with the warrant committee,
who approved $500 in fraudulent
warrants There are several other
charges against him, among which are
that "he paid n. b. Moore 81. 900 with
out an appropriation being made by
the council; that he misapplied $4,000
which was appropriated and placed in
his hands to be used in removing in.
truders from the nation; that he re-
fused to authorize the second chief to
take his place in the executive Office
during his absence in Washington.
and that he appointed and commits
stoned two delegates to Washington in
violation Of law"
A committee has also been appoint.
ed 10 examine the accounts of Treas.
urer ChilderS
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-11-12
Shot BY Hishwsymen en-.

JOPLIN, Mo, Nov. s,-John Lanyou,
. Main street grocer, was shot by
highwaynen at 10 o'clock last night
on Wall street al Ninth. He was
going home from his store when nc.
costed by two men who ordered him
TO throw up his hands Upon refus.
ing to do SO he was beaten over the
head with a pistol and his cries for
help silenced by a bullet from n OF
the thugs pistol, which struck Lanyon
in the left breast, iuficting danger
GUS wound. The robbers then beat u
nasty retreat and escaped. Two men
are under arrest on susnielea.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-11
BUT RELIABLE.

boyle track once did duty as pulleys in
mill. They are % inches in diameter.
The drivers once were pulleys, but they
are larger, measuring 80 inches. There
is no connecting rod, but in its stead a
belt is compelled to impart power to
the drivers from the force induced by.
the twin cylinders under the fore part
OF the boiler. The boiler is three feet
long and two feet bore. 1t was original
ly intended for heating apparatus and
the three feet of the fire box makes the
iron part of the locomotive about six
feet in length.
About three weeks ago the engineers
end f1remen on the Boston & Maine
road were amazed one day to see
saucy duplicate in miniature of the big
moguls of the regular rail. The little
engine footed salute after salute as the
local and express trains rolled past the
Warren home. and engineers and fire
men waved responses from the ca b win
dows. The engine was a success and
from the morning that it was first run
out of the little eight by twelve house
built to shelter it there has never been
a time that it has refused to answer to
the requests of the throttle and the re-
verse lever
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-11
WOMAN AND HOME.
she KEPT ACCOUNTS.
And Because She Doctored Them She
Lost q Husband.


Lost Husband.
There is a North side girl who has
iaudable ambition to know just where
her money goes. She has tried two or
three times to keep mental track of
her expenditures. but this always
proved unsatisfactory. At last she de-
cided that she must keep an exact and
minute account of everything she spent.
She got her small book with rulings
and margins and pliable cover and set
to work in earnest. She put down re-
ligiously everything she spent, the ex-
act amount, the article and the date.
She never allowed the slightest matter
TO go till there was a chance of her for
getting it. When she made any pur-
chases downtown she went over the
list carefully in the car on her way
home, and put the amounts on the out
side of package. In this way she sue
ceeded in keeping a very satisfactory
record of her expenditures.
There was only one drawback. She
was forever leaving the book around.
Of course, there are a great many peo-
pie who are only too glad to read such
things. The servant would see it, the
man who came to tune the piano might
easily had done it if he liked, and she
did not know whether he had or not.
A neighbor had once picked it up On
the lawn in front of the house and
brought it in. But what was worse than
all the rest was the fact that couple of
girl friends perused it one day. There
were some things which she had talked
good deal about that she got for down
right bargains. In fact, after the catas-
trophe everything on her record seemed
to be shamefully cheap. However, she
was unwilling to give up the bookkeeP-
ing, and if she didn't carry note book
around with her she would certainly
forget something, so she bethought
herself of another expedient. She de-
termined for the purpose of mystitica-
ton to multiply everything she put
down by ten. That is, to add cipher
to each entry. In this way she could al
ways tell that every item really cost
one-tenth of what appeared on the book.
After this she didn't care who saw it.
There is lot at the side of her fathers
house and q rustic seat. One day she
left the book on this seat. In the even
ing the young man who had about con-
cluded to ask her hand in marriage
came along. He noticed the book,
picked it up, and looked through it care
lessly. He was amazed. She had al
ways claimed to be such prudent girl
and he had believed she was. Still there
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-11
Take Cars of Yourself.

Think deliberately of the house you
live in-your body. Make up your mind
firmly not to abuse it. Eat nothing that
will hurt it. Wear nothing that dis
torts or pains it Do not overload il
with victuals or drink or work. Give
yourself regular and abundant sleep.
Keep your body warmly clad. DO not
take cold, guard yourself against it. If
you feel the first symptoms give your
self heroic treatment. Get into fine
glow of heat by exercise. This is the
only body you will have in this world.
Study deeply and diligently the struc-
ture of it, the laws that govern il, the
pains and penalty that will surely fol-
low a violation of every law of life and
alth"-Medical Reporter.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-11
A FELINE MASCOT,
This Cat Ii at Home In Locomotive |
Cab Pilot.

This Cat Is at Home In Locomotive
Cab or on Pilot.
An engineer on the Delaware & HuoN
son road has cat with which he would
not part for love or money. 1t belonged
10 his wife, who is now dead, and for a
scar past it has been his constant COM
panion in the cab. The cat loves its life
on the rail, and has grown sleek and fat.
Ordinarily it sits perched up at the
cab window before its master, but oc-
casionally it strolis out to the pilot,
where it will ride at stretch, winking
knowingly at the dogs which bark at
the train as it thunders by the cross
roads.
Sometimes when the train is APP
proaching a station the adventurous ami
NAL climbs TO the top of the sandbox
and calmly roosts there, undeterred by
the shrek of the whistle or the clang Of
the bell. The locomotive has had good
luck ever since the animal became an
occupant of the cab, and the trainmen
look on it as mascot--N. Y. Press
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-11
Complexion and Marriage.

A statistician has discovered that the
number of dark-haired girls who marry
greatly exceed the fair ones, owing TO
mans choice and not to the redundancy
of brunettes, by showing that ajor-
ity of women who live and die unmar-
ried have fair hair and blue eyes, says
Form. This is a little surprising. for
blends are so much more confiding and
inclined to sentiment than bruneHes
that one would imagine they were more
attractive to men, Perhaps the ordi-
nary man fails to reach the ideal stand
ard of maiden fancy, and this may be
why so many golden-haired dreamers
prefer to remain single, thus leaving
the more practical dark-haired maidens
TO make wives.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-11

preferred, the bench can be made of
oak, cherry, ash, sycamore, or ma
hcgany, and lightly stained, after which
it may be treated to several coats of
Yarnish.
Stains and varnish can be purchased
ct most any paint or hardware store, so
that with little time and money some
useful benches can be had that will be
attractive resting pedestals for pots and
jardinieres.
Several benches of this style are al
ways useful about the house, either for
plants or for seats, and for the piazza
they are quite as attractive painted
some pleasing color as if finished in
natural wood.
Long benches of the same pattern
can be made to accommodate several
lardinieres, but as they are elongated
the tops must be braced to insure
strength, and where the two pieces
forming the legs are brought together
the joint should be made very secure
with glue and screws.-Chicago Inter
Ocean