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The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-05

j did not need the evidence OF n
mirror to convince me that I was hand
some. Friends and strangers told me
so till | was weary OF 1t. ever as the
monotony OF a song bird may make
one weary. That | was young. had
affirmation in the thick family Bible
with It's brazen clasps and we'll
thumbed leaves. That | was not dull
was attested in n diploma from Vassar,
n knowledge of French that did not
puzzle Frenchmen. music that musi-
clans liked to hear and a literary abili-
ty that never brought back more than
n out OF four of my contributions.
In social life | had the rare luck OF
success without envy, save as those
who are less fortunate long to join
those who are more so.
But one quick move Of fate changed
this life Of sunshine and brightness.
Father failed. and when m%illionaires
fail 1t seems as though one never could
fathom the depths Of disaster. To me
the one great tragedy of the wreck was
the impoverishment of Charley. or
course 1t Is necessary to explain that
i mean Charley Truman, for the famil-
iarity of our set does not extend to the
reading public. Charley was ruined
with his eyes open. but to me that only
meant that there was suspense as well
as actual suffering without the buoy
ant influence Of hope. He had insisted
upon coming to the help of my father
though the great risk incurred was
made plain as day.
How like physical torture this was to
me can be inferred when 1t Is known
that Charley and | were engaged. II
was not a matter of ~expediency, but
an old-fashioned love match. He
made light of the calamity In which we
were all involved. But to me 1t was
come into my life. That may account
for all that follows. but | have thought
over 1t much more than aly one else
will do, and am inclined to doubt. My
n thought was to restore the fortune
that Charley had so generously sac
rificed. | invented a score of quixotic
schemes, but had the good sense to
abandon them because they were quix-
otto. But | can only plead the perver-
sion Of human nature in admitting that
l adopted what seemed the most quix-
otto of them all.
dreamed that I went to Monte Car
10 with a mint Of money and lost 1t all
! had only read Of the place, but 1t was
spread out before me as a vivid picture
l saw the %esplanade, the cafes, the
clean asphalt pavements, the palm
trees, the grass plats, the arcade, tn,
Hotel Metropole, the haggard faces o.
those who wander up the hillside tC
disappear forever among the foliage
the false cheerfulness of the electric
lights, the bright red and black of the
tables. even the m~any-colored meta
discs over which the ball OF fate danced
and skipped as though 1t brought moth.
ing but happiness into the world. Nc
less graphic were the details OF my
losing. Bet after bet was swept into
the omniverous nav of the great gam
bling Mecca, and the mechanical move.
ment of the Unsuitable rake seemed to
harrow my vitals.
II I had any superstition 1t was the
result Of heredity. No old nurse or
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-05
\ Railroad Puzzle.

Between the forty-nine and ffty-hve
railway there Is a piece Of track for a
distance of nearly six miles that pre-
sents a singular condition that SO far
amounts to an ineXplicable mystery.
All trains going and coming go to
grinding and start a terrible %squeaking
when they get on this six miles OF
track. The noise comes from not only
n car, but every locomotive, every
coach, and every car Of whatever kind
sets up a grinding as II turning a
curve. 1t Is something like the screech-
ing OF an OK cart that has no grease on
II, and 1t IL made by every truck on a
train. The track Is perfectly straight,
and as there Is no curve ut all. the
cause Of the grinding and %squeaking
has mystiied the railway people. Ev-
cry effort has been made to ascertain
the cause of the difficulty. The loco
motives have been scrutinized. every
crosstie and every rail has been in
spected, every joint has been looked at
and every foot of the track has been
%regauged, but no explanation could be
found. 1t Is one OF the railway puzzles
Of the age. and has been going on for
twenty years. During that time the
crossties and rails have been replaced
several times with new ones, but with.
out effect. |
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-05
ANOTHER TREATY.
A Commission Will Settle the Alaska.
British Columbia boundary.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 1.-Secretary Oh
ney and Sir Julian Pauncefote, mt IL
o'clock to-day, signed the convention
for the definition by commission of SO
much Of the bou udary line between
Alaska and the British possessions as
is marked by the l4lst meridian. 1t
will be sent to the senate Monday. IL
provides a commission of four MEM
bers. The names are not given, but
will be agreed on hereafter. The
commission will meet in London or
Washington.
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Bank wr.cksr. sentenced.

DENVER, Colo, Feb. lin the
United States district court to-day
Judge Hallett zentenced o. Il. Miller,
president of the Miller Hernia Treat.
ment company, to imprisonment at
hard labor for ten years, c. II. Dow to
seven years and Sydney E. McClurken
70 i've years. They win be taken to
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-05
A Teacher "Knooksd OUT

ST. Louis. Mo-. Feb. Miss Char
lotte Brown, a teacher in the ~Stoddard
school. attempted to discipline one OF
the boys of her room yesterday when
he struck her q blow with his FIST on
the jaw, which rendered Miss Brown
unconscious for fully forty minutes.
She is not seriously injured and will
resume her usual duties Monday. She
refuses to give the boys name.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-05
Maine's Governor, y Noted Publisher,
and Norman Colman Heard.

WASHINGTON, Feb. When the
Senate committee on postofices and
p%ostroads resumed to-day its hearing
on the Loud bill, repeating certain
provisions of existing law in regard to
second class mail matter, Governor
Cleaves Of Maine spoke in opposition to
the bill, saying that should it become
a law it would injuriously affect many
people.
Norman j. Colman, ex-secretary OF
agriculture, antagonized the bill as
opposed to the interests of the farm
ers, especially Of the people of the
West, who would, he SAID. have TO
stand the cost in the end. He con-
tended especially for the retention Of
the sample copy privilege. He charac-
terized the bill AZ a monopolistic meas
ure and said 1t was designed to pro-
mote the interests of trusts.
x-RAYS ON DUESTROW.
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Genera, school rauatlon proposed.

TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. 30.-The Senate
committee On assessment and taxation
has recommended for passage Forney's
bill to levy a tax of 3 to 5 mills on all
taxable personal or real property for
the support Of the common schools Of
the state.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-05
Girls WAYS.

II Is a late custom for a girl to invite
as many friends to her birthday party
as she Is years old and an Atchison
girl, who will be 27 next Tuesday, will
observe 1t by inviting seventeen girls
to tea.-Kansas City Star,
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-05
Desperate Men fight In J.,l.

ST.. JOSEPH. Mo-, Feb. l.-Charles
May and Walter Rice, two prisoners in
the county jail, fought to-day and May
was Stabbed three times and Riceis
jaw was broken in two places. May is
undo sentence Of death for the muir
der o! William Burdette at the Sugar
Creek church and Rice is charged with
bu rolary
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-05
x-RAYS ON
Tho Brain of the Ex-Millionaire Murder
or Photog raphed for sanity Trial

ST. LOUIS, Feb. Efforts continue
undated to save Duestrow, the ex-
millionaire murderer, from the gal
lows. Several X-ray photographs have
just been taken of him to discover, II
possible, any malformation of the brain
that might be construed as producing
insanity. The photographs were de-
veloped and the details Of the expert
ment will be produced before the sher-
IFS jury which will pass upon the
question OF his sanity at Union Hill.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-05
Eighty thousand for the Un,v.rs,,v

TOPEKA, Feb. 1.-The House bv n
vote of 10 to / passed Hackney's bill to
make an appropriation of $50, 900 for
the current expenses of the State uni.
versity for the fiscal years ending june
80, 1898, and June 80, 1899.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-05

John Browns Daughter In Want.
Mrs, Annie Brown Adams, last sur.
viving child Of John Brown, is livins
in direst want In northern California
Contributions for her relief are asked
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-05
PAIR OF DREAMS.

IS q strange
story; but perhaps
the less strange be-
cause there Is not a
thread OF fiction In
the entire fabric. |
am thus positive,
because | am Mar
cia Clomas and
telling only what
happened TO my
self.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-05
Few Troops Left In Leadviile.

LEADvILLE, COL, Feb. ALL of the
state troops excepting 100 men under
command of Colonel Mccoy were with
drawn from Leadville to-day.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-05
ARE BILLS
Law Makers of Kansas ut work-womas
suffrage,

TOPEKA, Kan. Feb i.-Among the
bills introduced in the house this
morning were: Nv Outcalt, to give
women the right to vote for prcsidcn-
tial electors; 10y Henley, to permit tho
use OF convict labor upon Kansas roads,
not more than forty nor less than
twenty convicts to I've employed for
such purpose ut one place or time, tho
convicts to be sent to counties upon re-
QUESTION of county commissioners to
the warden of the penitpntiary; by
Brown of Cowlcy, to provide for the
appointment by the governor of n
state board OF examiners of railroad
telegraphcrs. to examine all persons
engaged AS railrad photographers and
to grant them certificates. the mem.
bcrs of the board to receive Il salary of
S2, 900 per mum; by Mr.. Fell. To ere
ate township boards of fire commits
s%ioners, composed of the township
trustee, clerk and treasurer, the boards
to cause grass along all public roads
to he burned and empowered to levy "a
tax of not exceeding one mill OH q dol
ar to defray the expense.
II BOARD OF PARDoNs scoRED
The house indulgcd in II sharp debate
over the state board of pardons. The
committee of state affairs had made an
adverse report on the bill of Jackson
of Harvey to abolish the board. Jack
son moved hat the bill be referred to
the committee of judiciary, and spoke
somewhat severely of the committee
on state affairs, and declared that the
state board of pardons was simply an
easy road out of the pcnitentiary.
Fairchild of Kinginan said the
board was "A stencil in the nostrils Of
the people, the laughing stock of law
yers who understood the methods en-
ploycd to ecure recommendations for
the release of convicts. lie believed
the governor should assume the re-
sponsibility of ~pardoning vicious men
II such were to be pardoncd.
CtSJbison of Wyandotte said that he
wa opposed to abolishing the board,
but the law should be amended and
therefore the bill should be referred
to the committee of judiciary. 1t was
SO referred.
HOUSE COMMITTEES COMPLETED.
Speaker Street announced the com.
mittee on education as follows: ID. NJ.
Rothweller, chairman; Kclson, Ernst,
Foley, Slower, Irwin and Try. This
completes the list Of standing COM
mittees. The following committee
clerks were appointed to-day: Con-
gressional apportionment, Robert
Lockridge OF Clay county: labor, L.
w. Majors Of Crawford county.
The house committee Of printing re-
ported Taylor's bill cutting the fees Of
state printer. The committee amend
ed the bill by striking out the proposed
cut of 10 per cent and inserting 90. AS
amended its passagewas recommended.
The house committee of the judiciary
has recommended that the pay of court
stenographers for transcribing their
notes, now ten cents a folio. be reduced
to five cents, and that their per diem,
now 50, be reduced to 81.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-28
MINISTER WoODFoRD.
Will Go to San Sebastian to be Re-
ceived by the Queen Regent.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.-General
Woodford, Minister to Spain, has cabled
the State Department that he will leave
Paris on the 31st for San Sebastian,
where the Queen Regent is spending
the summer.
Recent reports from Spain say that
the Queen Regent would not receive
Minister Woodford until she returned
to Madrid, but the State Department
has been aware for some time that
General Woodford would go to San Sc
bastian, unless the Queen contemplated
returning to Madrid very soon after his
arrival in Spain. 1t has been unusual
to receive foreign Ministers where no
courts have been established, and no
court has been maintained at San Sc
bastian
While there has been no apparent bur-
ry by General WoOdford to reach his
destination, yet the fact is apparent
that he would not go to San Sebastian
to be received out of the ordinary Gus
tom unless it was felt that he ought
soon to begin to carry out his instruc-
tons as to the policy Of the United
States regarding Cuba. AS soon as
General WOodford is received he will
be in a position to open negotiations
with the Spanish Minister of Foreign
Affairs, who could not recognize him as
Minister until he has been received by
the SOVEREIGN
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An Havana Journal Says It Is a
Failure.

HAVANA, Aug. 27.-The "Diario de la
Marina calls the mission of General
Stewart l.. Woodford, the United States
Minister to Spain, a failure and says:
Germany and France are entirely
hostile to American intervention in Gu
ban matters. England, skilled like an
old diplomat, is also evasive to Wood
ford's insinuation and he expressed no
opinion regarding Cuba But Great
Britain is fortifying Cuba and prepar-
ing against possible trouble with the
United States owing to American jim
goism.
The "Diario de la Marina then makes
fun of the American tourist Minister
visiting in Europe and sounding foreign
Cabinets and meeting with failure SO
far as the Cuban policy is concerned.
The paper adds:
Russia follows the French policy,
and the triple alliance will do the same
Spain, no matter whether she is backed
or not by the European Powers, will
not allow foreign intrusion into her af-
fairs, and the infatuated Yankees will
not surely provoke a war which they
know will only end with total ruin to
both sides. War with the United
States would only raise Spain's patri-
otto enthusiasm. and the people would
confront the foreigners as a nation,
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The San Francisco Banker Has En-
tirely Recovered.

CHICAGO, Aug. 27.-John D. Tallant,
the San Francisco banker who became
violently insane last Saturday while
journeying to New York and was re-
moved to a sanitarium at Geneva, Wis,
on his arrival in Chicago, is reported to
be entirely recovered.
r. L. Jayne, who was commissioned
to care for the deranged man was in the
city to-day arranging for Mr.. Tallant's
transportation to New York 1t is ex-
pected that on Sunday he will continue
his journey.
On Saturday afternoon Mr.. Taliant
will arrive in Chicago and meet his
brother, Fred W. Tallant who is ex-
pected to arrive from San Francisco on
that day
A cablegram has been forwarded to
Mrs. Tal1ant at Dresden advising her
of her husbands complete recovery and
telling her to await his arrival at Ores
den.
Physicians who have been in constant
attendance on Mr.. Taliant since his ar
rival in Chicago attribute the bankers
temporary arrangement to nervous
prostration. Judicicus treatment has
entirely restored him and to-day he is
said to be as sound IL both mind and
body as he ever was.
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OUTBREAK IN YUcATAN.
COLLISION BETWEEN CITIZENS
AND POLICE AT MERIDA.
Twelve People Killed and Several
Injured-ResuIt of Gov. Poems
Candidacy for Reelection.

MERIDA Yucatan), Aug. 81
Twelve persons were killed and several
injured in a riot which occurred in the
plaza in front of the municipal palace
recently.
The cause of the outbreak seems to
be the prejudice of the police, who at
tackled the people because of their op-
position to the candidacy of Senior Car
los Peon, the present Governor of Yu-
catan, who sought reelection. 1t is
against all precedent here for a Cover
nor of the province to serve two con-
secutive terms, but despite this fact
Senior Peon declared himself a candi-
date. General Francisco Canton, a
railroad magnate, became an indie
pendent opponent, and in anticipation
of the coming election, which takes
place in November, his supporters were
placarded throughout the city.
The supporters of Senior Peon took
offense at these notices and put up post
ters, with the approval of the police,
over those of the independent candi-
date, denouncing him bitterly. This
caused a great deal of bad feeling and
resulted in several minor conflicts Sew
eral paraGes of the independents took
place on a Sunday afternoon, and Cen
eral Ganton's admirers proceeded to
celebrate in front of his residence.
Cognizant of the disorder which had
occurred. General Canton addressed his
supporters and babe them to keep the
peace.
The Governor instructed the Chief of
Police to fire on the crowd in the event
of an outbreak. The Chief ignored his
instructions because of a refusal on
the part of the Governor to reduce
them to writing, and as a result the
Governor delegated one of his aides as
acting Chief of Police.
While the crowd was gathering
around the plaza on Sunday night
Pastor Remon Ramirez, one of the
Governors party, threw a giant fire.
cracker in front of the police station.
It exploded, and as though acting on
a signal. the police fired on the crowd.
killing one woman and two men. The
crowd Immediately scattered
News reached the headquarters of
the National Guard, and detachment
came out and commenced firing on the
crowd. killing nine persons and injur-
ing many more. News of the riots
was at once sent to President Diaz.
and he ordered the arrest of all the
officials connected with the affair.
These officials are under arrest: Al
vino Manzanillo, formerly Treasurer of
the municipality: Ricardo Pinielo. Au-
gustin Gamboa and Senior Moguel of
the Governors party, and Colonel r.
Francisco Irabion, Deputy Chief of Po-
lice.
General Garcia, commander of the
troops in Yucatan was placed in
charge of the Government here during
the absence of Senior Peon, who has
been summoned to Mexico by Presi-
dent Diaz.
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REBELLION IN URUGUAY.
BORDA'S DEATH WILL NOT
STOP THE INSURRECTION.
The Revolutionary Party Disclaim
All Responsibility for the
Deed of the Murderer.

NEW YORK, Aug. PA dispatch to
the Herald" from Buenos Ayres says:
The President of the Uruguayan Revo-
lutionary Committee in this city ex-
presses great regret at the assassina-
ton of President Borda of Uruguay,
and declares that the revolutionary
party is guiltless of any completely.
He further declares that Senior Cues
tas, who has been chosen President
ad interim, will do nothing TO pacify the
country, as he is generally hated in
Uruguay as much as President Borda
was The war, he says, will continue if
Congress does not allow the demands of
the rebels.
A dispatch to the Herald" from
Montevideo says: The revolutionists
have declared that the assassination of
Pres fdent Borda Will have no effect up
on their future. The war will con-
tinue.
The present situation, they say. is not
one which promises peace in the near
future. and if DIR. Julio Berrera Y Obes,
who is the most likely candidate for
President, is chosen, the termination of
the war is extremely doubtful.
He is regarded by the Blancos. the
revolutionary party, as their most bit
ter enemy.
Avelino Arredondo, the military Off
Ger who shot President Borda, reiter-
ates his statement that he had no ac-
completes. He now says, however, that
he murdered the President to save his
country from bad government. The
fact that he and all his family belong
to the ColOrados, the party of which
Senior Borda was the leader, seems TO
prove that the revolutionists had moth
ing to do with the crime.
Congress will assemble at once TO
consider the situation. In the mean
time the President ad interim, Senior
Jose Cuestas, is taking steps to form a
new Cabinet. DR.. Francisco Banca has
been named Minister of the Interior
All the leading military commanders
are coming TO Montevideo to consult
with the new administration as to what
policy to adopt against the rebels.
In the meantime reports from the
field show no decrease in the fighting.
General Flores has issued a manifesto
calling for a complete union of the Col
orados against the rebels.
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GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.
ENCAMPMENT AT BUFFALO AT
AN END.
After Completing the Election of
Officers and Their Installation,
1t Adjourns Sine Die.

BUFFALO, Aug. 27-The second
days session of the Grand Army en-
campment was opened at 9:15 o'clock
this morning General Clarkson presid-
ing. The session was strictly private.
The election of the officers from Senior
Vice Commander down was taken up
under the order of business.
Fred Lyth of Bidwell Wilkeson Post
of Buffalo was unanimously elected
Senior Vice Commander.
When the nominations for Junior
Vice COMMUNICATIVE Chief had been de-
clared closed, CONGRESSMAN Picker of
South Dakota, who was Chairman of
the Committee on Pensions at the last
Congress, rose to nominate a man from
his State.
Commander-in-Ch Chief Clarkson ruled
that he was out of order, but Mr.. Pick
Ter persisted.
On vote the ruling of the Conn
mander-in-C Chief was sustained.
Mr.. Picker yielded with great reluct-
ance.
DIR. David Mackay of Dallas, Texas, a
veteran of the Seventy ninth New York
Highlanders, was elected unanimously
Surgeon of the Grand Army.
The first ballot for Junior Vice-Com-
mander did not result in choice, but
later the Adjutant- General was in
structed to cast the vote of the encamp-
ment for Francis B. Allen of Hartford
the candidate of the Naval Veterans
Association
| Rev. Frank C. Bruner, pastor of the
First Methodist Church of Chicago
was unanimously elected Chaplain-in-
Chief.
Commander-in-Ch Chief Shaw of the De-
pertment of New York offered a resolu-
ton providing that the last Sunday in
May be observed as memorial day, but
it was defeated.
The new officers were installed, and
the encampment adjourned at $40 p. m.
to meet at Cincinnati next year.
The usual courtesy of the encampment
was extended to the Womans Relief
Corps, and a committee was admitted
| to the floor to make the report of the
auxiliary organization. The committee
consisted of Miss Bagley of Ohio. Ma
tional Treasurer; Miss Bross of Illinois
Past National Secretary, and Mrs Clara
Burleigh of Massachusetts, Matron OF
the w. r. C. Home of that State and
Past Department President of Massa-
chusetts.
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GOOD YEAR FOR FARMERS.
Vast Increase in the Amount Re-
ceived for Their Products.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.-Assistant
secretary Brigham of the Agricultural
Department to-day expressed the opin-
ion that the American farmers this
year would receive in the aggregate
from five to six hundred million dol
lars in excess of the amount received
last year for their farm products.
This" he said, means much to the
farmers. They have learned in the
season of hard times through which
they have passed to economic where
they could, and to be careful in buy
ing. They will use this money they
receive for their crops to pay off their
debts, cancel mortgages and in making
Improvements on the farm and the
farm buildings. This seems like a
vast sum, but statistics sustain the
claim"
Mr. Brigham also predicted that the
increase in the price of farm products
would benefit the laboring element.
THE price of labor" he said, did not
decline with the price of farm pro-
ducts, and for some time the farmer
was forced to pay as much for the ser
vices of those who did his work as
ever, while his receipts were cut in
two. Inasmuch as wages did not de-
cline, [ see no reason why they should
be expected to correspond with the ad-
vance of farm products which are now
bringing only fair prices. The farmer
will discharge his Indebtedness and
make improvements, which will require
labor. He will purchase more Of the
products of labor, putting vast
amount of money in circulation, and
this will create a demand for labor in
all lines, and men who have been
without employment or only partially
employed will work full time at fair
wages"