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The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-04
Friday, October g0

The Second Nebraska regiment was
mustered out ut Omaha Monday. 1t
required nearly 100000 to pay the
men.
One Of L. F. O'Brien's teams, while
hauling a coal wagon with an ordi-
nary load OF two tons, broke through
the paving into the sewer at Nine
teenth and Grace streets, Omaha, and
the driver narrowly escaped injury.
The little village Of Trumbull, stu
ated northeast of Hastings, suffered a
disastrous loss by fire. The store
building of Ramsey & Co. and u mum
Der Of adjoining buildings were burned
to the ground, and the loss amounts to
several thousand dollars.
Henry A. Colt of st. Louis has Sc
cured a franchise from Nebraska City
permitting the erection and operation
Of . telephone exchange. The rates
as fixed by ordinance are Sa4 a year
for business houses and 8i2 per year
for residences.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-04
WADE CALLS FOR WARSHlPS.
American Evacuation Commission at Ha'
vaDa In Earnest.

HAVANA, Oct. 20.-Thc American
evacuation commission continues TO
advise sending warships here, but an
get no reply from Washington. Tho
reason may be that Admiral Sampson
has refused to join General Wade and
General Butler in recent requests. A
joint session of the two commissions
will be held soon. General Parade
sent communication to General Wade
asking II the Americans would consent
to another joint session. General
Wade had previously given notice that
he and his associates were tired Of
meeting without result, and would not
again confer with the Spanish In for
NAL session unless there was some
probability OF agreement on the date
Of evacuation.
A frank talk General Butler had
with General Parade a few days ago
resulted in this request for q joint
session, to which the Americans have
assented, saying they would select q
date later.
From an American commissioner 10
is learned that this session will almost
certainly result In making arrange
mcnts for evacuation. Spain will
agree to withdraw her troops by Janu-
airy and relinquish sovereignty BY
December.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-04
Monday, October 81.

Wymore has been without electric
light for more than a week owing 10
q bad break In the machinery and as IA
result stores have been lighted with
n or two little oil lamps, presenting
II very dcsolatc appearance.
Prof o. ID. Howe shipped from his
orchard five miles north of Table Rock
one day last week 1870 barrels of up
pies, and this has not been a very
good year for apples either. He has
sold many previously, and has many
more left.
George Brown, q colored gentleman
who was anxious to have n chicken for
his dinner Sunday, sprang the gun
trap ut DR.. Houtz's place, ut Lincoln,
Saturday evening while attempting to
secure one Of the doctors fine birds.
He was wounded, but will recover IN
a short time and be none the worse for
being shot. lie admitted hat he had
| gone there for chickens, and would
have gotten what he went after had
the gun-trap not worked SO well.
c. II. McNeal Of Creston, in the
northern part Of Platte county, was
brought to Columbus and arranged
before County Judge Robson on u
charge of bigamy. lie furnished q re-
cognizence in the sum Of $500 and the
hearing was continued until Novem-
Der IL. The complaint sets forth that
McNeal was married in 1896, to Miss
Mollie Thompson at Lexington, Mo.
On the nth of last September he was
married at Columbus to Miss Anna
Kell Of Salt Lake City, and they have
since resided at Creston. The Missouri
wife Is now at Columbus and will ap-
pear against him.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-04
NEW TRIAL FOR DREYFUS.
The Court Of Appeals Decides the Case
Must b ReopeneA

Ihs Court OF ApPpeis Dccioes sne Ssss
Must be Reopsned
PANS, Oct. a1.-The court OF appeals
has decided to grant q revision In the
Drcyfus case and will institute q sup
Elementary inquiry. The court, how
ever, has declined TO order the release
Of Dreyfus.
II was three years ago that the fam
Gus French prisoner, the degraded
captain, Alfred Dreyfus, landed on
DEVILS island of the coast Of French
Guiana. The army believed that It's
troubles were at an end.
French military secrets had been
getting into the hands Of foreign gov
ernments. They were Of such q nature
that they could have been betrayed
only by a member OF the French secret
service bureau. Detectives, disguised
as rag pickers, were set TO watch the
German embassy. In September. 1894,
they found q memorandum, torn In
four pieces among the contents of q
waste paper basket that had been
thrown into the alley from the lega-
ton. This memorandum, the famous
"bordereau," mentioned some unim.
portant military matters that
had been recently decided on and
were known only to the secret service
Office. Handwriting experts declared
that the writing was that Of Alfred
Dreyfus, captain in the intelligence
bureau. Dreyfus was summoned to
the Office Of the minister OF war and
NAlI e. xr~tNn n Latte. h., At,tas~~
The letter was the bordercau- The
officers hoped to cause Dreyfus to con-
fess on the spot by taking him by sur,
prise. When the dictation was finished
they withdrew and left him a half
hour with Q loaded revolver. He re-
fused TO commit suicide. On their re.
turn he denied all knowledge Of why
he was detained.
His secret trial followed. The Dor.
dereau wns the only evidence submit
ted. 30 far as was known, although
there werO hints OF q mysterious $50
cret document" Three experts testi-
fed that Drcyfus wrote the bordereau,
two that he did not. He was sentenced
on this slender evidence to DO degraded
from Office and to be exiled and kept
an isolated prisoner for life. Tho sen.
tence wa carried out amidst the ap-
plause of Paris. The prisoner was a
Jew. The anti-Semitic movement had
such a hold that the sentence was ex
tremely popular.
No motive was ever offered to ex
plain the treason. Dreyfus came Of Z
wealthy family. His income wa
$4,000 . year. His wife was tn,
daughter of . rich Paris diamond mer
chant. Her dowery vas 5000 900
Drcyfus never gambled nor caroused
In no way was he an e~xtravagant man
His spare time was spent with hi
family. He had no reason to betra,
his country for money; he had nj
grudge against the government
The revision decided on by tho coar
Of appeals will mean q new and prob
ably Q fair trial for DreyfuA Ever.
effort will be made to clear up tn
mystery Of the bordcreau and 10 di,
cover its real author, whom many pee
pie believe to be Major Esterhazy.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-04
Tuesday, November I.


Corporal Claud Goodenow of b com.
pany, Second regiment, died Of ty-
phoid fever at his home in Ord.
The plant of the Havelock Time-
was totally destroyed by fire this.
Tuesday, morning. The origin is un-
known.
Roy. l.. Barber Of St~romsburg, a
member of company II, Third Ncbras-
ka, died suddenly at his home to which
he had come on a furlough.
C. A. Carlson OF Colby, Kan, and
his wife, were found dead in their
room at the Hotel Vendome, Omaha.
A gas jet was found wide open.
The attendance on the last day at
the exposition was 81 ,1O9, the total for
the five months being 2,6l3,374. The
scene on the Midway at midnight wa
II Of widest revalry.
Incendiarism is responsible for the
loss Of the store building at Neigh
| owned by @. G. Maben Deloit. The
contents, including the ~postofice and
supplies, burned also, entailing u loss
VI Vi.ooO, With ho ihouraiCC'
A man named Austin bought Hes
ser's big century plant and q lot of
the finest palms and decorative plants
ut the exposition, and also the Mime
sofa building, the handsome log struc-
turc on the bluff tract He Is a very
wealthy manufacturer of Chicago who
is building a large factory and pala-
tial home and reserve at Walker, near
Chicago, and he buys these things for
the ornamentation of his place.
j. II. Jones, a bartender at 1901
Webster street, Omaha, was fatally
stabbed by an unknown party and
died almost instantly James John
son., the proprietor, had had trouble
with some men n short time before.
They had returned to the place and
when Jones stepped to the door to ask
them to cease their disturbance, he
was stabbed. His assailant escaped.
Two companions, =. j. Maher and W.
L. Grady, were arrested, but declined
to tell the name or identity Of the muir.
derer.
J.. e. Green of San Francisco has
sold to w. Il. Spiers of Glen Falls, N.
Y, the famous stallion Directum fol
sec, 900 in gold. Directuln IL eigh,
years old and has q four'year.old rec
ord of 2:05A.
Cordelia Botkin has been indicted
by the government Of the city anG
county OF San Francisco for the muir
der of Mrs. John T.. Cumming of Dover
Del. On August IL last.
The Acme Wrecking company O
San Francisco has made q request O.
the government for authority to raist
the Maine. They ask no money. but
provided h government don't wan
1t, they expect to exhibit It.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-04
CAMP THOMAS INSPECTED.
Tbs War Investigating Board Visits
ChIckamxgu Park.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Oct. 3l.-Thc
wal investigating commission spent
the entire day In inspecting the site Of
Camp Thomas in Chickamauga park,
under the guidance of General Boyn-
ton, General A. T.. Stewart, a member
Of the Chickamauga park commission.
and Mr.. L. L. Belts, the engineer OF
the committee.
The inspection began at Lytle Sta
tion and covered all points Of interest
in the park and near its borders which
have been in any way involved in tho
controversy concerning the sanitation
Of the camp, including sternbcrg and
Letter hospitals, tho various springs
from which water was secured by the
troops, including tho famous Crawash
springs, md tho point on Chicka-
manga creek ut which tho water OF tho
pipe line supply was taken out.
There were many expressions OF
commentator of the methods followed
at the Sternberg hospital and Gen.
eral Dodge wa heard to remark that
it was a pity to have to leave an in
stitution so we'll equipped They
found only fifty-eight patients in the
hospital and most of those were con-
valescent. All were housed In wooden
pavilions, the tents being vacated.
Major Giffen, In command of the hos
pital. said II would soon be abandoned.
Tho commission also gave attention to
the proximity OF the various camps to
one another and tho depth and loca'
ton OF the sinks. The conclusion
seemed quite general that many Of the
regiments werc thrown more closely
together than they should have been,
and that this fault could have been
avoided by moving, rs there was, In
the opinion of at least some OF the
committee, sufficient space that was
not occupied for the accommodation OF
many thousands moro OF troops thar
were ever present there.
Many of the sinks were also found
to have been neare to the tents thar
proper ideas Of sanitation encourage
and in some cases the character OF tn,
surface was found to be such as TO war
rant the conviction that the sinks
were shallowcr than they should hav,
been. but this was true only Of part
of the camp.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-04
FROM THE NAvY'S DESIGNER.
Contractor Hitcbborn Reports on the
work a TIE Department.


work a Ills Department.
WASHINGTON. Oct 2a-A large part
Of the burden Of cquipping the United
States navy for the var with Spain
fell upon the construction bureau OF
the navy, and in his annual report,
Commodore Hichborn, the chief con-
structor, furnishes many interesting
details as 70 the extent of this work.
More than 100 merchant craft were
made into effective naval vessels at
abort notice. Looking TO tho future
tho chief constructor invites attention
TO the Importance OF properly equip
ping and maintaining the plants al
ready established at the minor naval
stations along tho coast. He says that
had the consequences of the recent
naval engagements In the West Indies
been nearly 20 serious as there was
reason TO expect they might be, the
Southern stations would have been
necessary for repairs 70 ships too badly
injured to be sent to Northern yards
The report recommends q change In
the system OF purchasing supplies for
navy yard work, declaring that the re-
pairs have been delayed through the
failure to procure material. The sue
ccssful accomplishment Of rapid work
during the war was only possible, 1t 10
said, because the department wisely
authorized the usual methods Of pur-
chasing material and the supplies to
be disregarded and authorized the con
structors at the various yards TO make
direct purchases. The cost OF pur-
chnses was not enhanced by this
method.
Besides the long list OF vessels pur.
chased by the government for use as
auxiliary cruisers, the report says that
ten vessels were accepted by the gov.
eminent from builders during the last
fiscal year. These were the Iowa,
Helena, Nashville. Wilmington. An
napolis, Marietta, Newport, Vicksburg,
Foote and Wheeling. The work upon
new battleships had been held back to
a great degree by the impossibility Of
procuring armor when 10 was needed.
IL is suggested that In awarding con-
tracts for torpedo boats the depart
ment should limit builders unfamiliar
with torpedo boat or naval work to a
single vessel, in order that they may
not on an apparent saving Of q few
thousand dollars obtain their ex.
pcrience at q heavy expense In delay
and annoyance TO the government.
The chief constructor declares that
tho naval engagements Of the past few
months have fully justified his course
in making fircproof the woodwork
placed In our warships.
The necessity for fastening the som
struction Of the new docks is strongly
urged. An allusion is made to tn,
steady decrease In the number of ap
prenticcs In the several naval yards
The chief constructor says that the ap
prenticcs make the best workmen, an
therefore he urges that the system b
put on q new basis; that boys be care
fully selected for apprenticeship, ply
sically examined and then carrie
through the proper course Of construc
tion Mt the navy yards.
The behavior of all classes OF on
naval vessels throughout the variou
conditions Of the war Is set down as
source Of qualification to the construc
ton bureau, where the greater par
Of thcm werc DESIGNED.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-04
sampson Wants the vssuviu..

WAsmEuroS. Oct. 2a.--Rcar Admiral
Sampson has asked tho navy depart.
ment to send tho dynamite cruiser
vexuvius to Havana. 1t Is said he de-
sircs the presence OF the vesuvius as a
precaution against any outbreak on
The part of either the Spanish soldiery
or the Cubaus. Admiral Sampson has
learned since his advent to Cuba that
of all the American warships the Yes
uvius strikes the greatest terror to the
minds and hearts of both tho Span
aards and the Cubans.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-04
Sunday, October so.

Harvey w. Crawford, an employee OF
Evans laundry, Lincoln, caught his
right arm In the large power wringcr
and suffered a severe fracture just
below the elbow, the arm being crushed
In such n way as to leave the bone
sticking out through the flesh.
Arthur c. Simms o accompany L, Mad
ison, Alfred J. Erismann of company
/, Bennett, Earl w. Ostenhaus of COM
pany Il, David City, are First regiment,
Neb. Vol. Inf. boys who have lately
died at Manila. The first and last
named died of typhoid fever, the other
of chronic diarrhoea.
Mrs. Mary Mohr, residing near
Chalco, committed suicide by hanging
herself to the raftcrs of an Clubhouse
on her farm. Her husband died some
weeks ago from the effects OF an oper-
alton performed at an Omaha hospital,
and IL is thought she became despond'
emit and ended her troubles.
Tho three-year-old daughter of Au'
gust Tuxhorn of Tccumsch met death
in n tragic manner While playing
around the kitchen fire her clothing
became ignited and before the iGmes
could be extinguished sho was SO SO
verely burncd that death o FOL
lowed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-04

GAINESVILLE, Ohio.-The three nam.
moth paving brick plants OF this city
viii, It Is understood, DO included In
the new paving brick combine. II is
said hero that the combine will acquire
al tho factories making modern clay
working machinery, thus shutting OF
outside concerns from equipping them
selves with machinery that would
make competition possible.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-04
once Holders Assessed.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2o.-l0m-Governor
Charies A.. Busiel Of New Hampshire
a preferred charges with the civil
service commission against the mem
beers OF the Republican state committee
OF New Hampshire for assessing pelit-
ical contributions upon federal Office
holders in that state, and has written
to tho comptroller OF the currency
complaining Chat the First National
bank OF Concord is aiding and abetting
the violation OF the civil service law
by acting as the agent Of a United
States official in soliciting political
subscriptions from other United States
oficcholders.
WASHINGTON, Oct 2o,--It is under.
stood that n presidential edict, remoy.
ing a large number of government
Offices from the classified civil service
probably will be promulgated before
Thanksgiving day. As at present de.
termined upon, the order via affect
upwards OF 5000 places n WIN In
clude deputy collectors OF internal
revenue who arc authorized TO become
acting collectors, actually serving in
that capacity. There are about 2,oo>
Of these deputies. The largest clas'
affected is the corps OF examining sur
geons Of the pension bureau, Of WHOM
there are Ia all over 1000.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-04
Saturday. October 20.

The new mechanic arts building at
the state university was dedicated
today with appropriate ceremonies.
There was a holiday, and the students
and citizens celebrated the event gen.
,rally. DR.. Morgan Brooks delivered
. lecture in the chapel.
A wreck occurred in tho Burlington
yards at Lincoln, resulting in the in
jury of Engineer John NJ. Baird and
Fireman Henry j. McCarne. The en-
gineer was injured in the right leg
and the fireman suffered bruises in the
shoulder and arm. The damage to
the cars and engine was not great.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-04
Perish In sight OF shore.

ROCHESTER,, N. Y, Oct. 2o.-The
three-masted schooner ST. Peter of st.
Vincent sank about five miles north
west of Sodus, on Lake Ontario, in
sight of shore, with all on board ave
Captain John ID. Griffin, who was res
cued In q HEgious condition.
The v yEN0ke. captain was lost,
alscs ( Kingston. Eight
pers] lsNe<h he'd. 1t is thought
~ sst her rudier and
3 50 caused her to
st. Peter was
T0led' with 100
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-04
vlRDEN OPERATORS WEAKEN.

InInEotion Casos Against Miaors Dis'
missed by the Com asny.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Oct. 3l.-The In
junction cases against Edward Cahiil
and twenty 1--WE other mincr3 Of Vir-
den, brought by TIL, Chicago irden
Coal company, e~njolning tho miners
from interfering with tho operations
OF the mine. were dismissed to-day in
thu circuit court by tho compartments.
1t Is believed this is preliminary TO an
effort to again arbit:ate the differ.
eqsss
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-04
King ueorgs May ASdieat~

LONDON, Oct. 81. -AccOrdina to ad.
vioes received from the court Of Copen'
hagen, where King George OF Greece
10 staying after attending the funeral
Of Shs Queen Of Denmsrk, II 10 be-
lisved that he VIII abdicate next
spring IN favor Of the Crown Prince
Constantine and win return to Dem
mark and settle there permanently.
BouLpxn, Col, Oct. 81. - Sheriff
I. J. Thompson and q posse
with bloodhounds are trailing
Eve prisoners who escaped
from the county Jail by tnnneiing
through Che walfs, q distance OF ten
feet. The fugftfyes are John J. Cas-
sidy, convicted Of murder aud sen
fenced to life imprisonment; George
Rowe, grand larceny, sentenced to Tour
and a half years; Edward Rowe. grand
larceny, six years. Nick Boucher,
awaiting trial on . charge OF assault
with intent to murder, and John Bap-
tiste, serving . three months sentence
for larceny,
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-04
BUB0NlC PLAGUE ON BOARD.


4 french vessel. Reporting Two Deaths,
Quarautinsd In san Francisco.
San FRANcrsco, Oct. sL-The French
bark Duchesse Anne has arrived In
port rom hong Kong, flying the vel.
low flag. Both the federal and state
quarantine launches put out to the
vessel, and oon tho news came back
TO port Chat there had been two deaths
from tho bubonic plague on board dur
ing tho voyage. Captain Cervnry.
master Of the ship. WIS the frst =,
succumb TO the disease. He was sics
only . few days and died August 20.
Nsarly . month afterward q sail :
usmcd Menicr was stricken with the
plague and hs died September 10 and
wal buried at sea The bark was or.
dered into quarantine.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-07
All, There Again, Colonel :?

When that veteran campaigner of the
fields political, the doughty Colonel AL
ways Reaching Kiefer, had surrendered
his congressional career to the insolent
demands of an unappreciative gang,
and, especially, after that remarkable,
spontaneous. ebullient effort of his vast
army of friends made without his
knowledge or suggestion, to put him
into Castle Garden as commissioner Of
immigration, had failed, we feared that
we had lost forever one who has con-
tributed so much to our gaiety; had
added so much to the hilarity of his
fellow men and had so long and faith
fully devoted his time and abilities to
drawing a salary from the public
treasury.
But our approximations were unbound
ed and again. for brief engagement,
the colonel reappears upon the local
stage in his great comedy of The Hunt
Of Office for Statesman. For a period
during which no mans memory run
meth to the contrary, the colonel has
been the leading character in this farce,
convulsing audiences with his comical
rendition of his part as the Hunted
Statesman. There was always a
seriousness, a veriSimilitude of earnest
conviction that he was the Statesman,
that always made the gloomiest
pessimist forget his gloom and
shake his sides with laughter So
habituated has the colonel become to
his role that during the intervals when
the play was off the stage he has worn
the sedate, dignifed, problem solving,
responsibility-laden demeanor of the
statesman. Men turned to gaze upon
him again as he paced our streets, and
children hushed their laughter as he
passed, his manner was so impressive,
and men and children have said to each
other under their breath, chat is the
Statesman whom Office is perennially
hunting"
The nation, the state and the city
have many patriots who have been for
more or less restricted periods willing
to serve them for a suitable and suffi-
cient compensation, but we venture the
assertion that, for devotion, loyalty,
continuity of salary getting, none Of
them all has record at all comparable
with that of the gallant, heroic, self
sacrificing Always Reaching Kiefer.
True, there have been breaks, vaca-
tions, painful hiatuses, forced upon him
by constituency fearful lest he break
down under the strain of unidentified
salary drawing; but, to his credit be
it said, it was always against his stiff
protest that he needed no rest; that the
occupation agreed with him, and that,
as some one must do it, he was willing
to continue drawing salary as long
as breath lasted His latest vacation is
ended and from now until the season
closes in May the colonel will contribute
to the hilarity of his fellow citizens.
among whom, as appreciative as any of
his efforts to amuse. may always be
counted The G | o e.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-07

Those perfervi6 enthusiasts who,
fdealiEing the mongrel race which in
habits Cuba, one section of which is
fighting the other for what it calls lib
erty, and who would have this country
rush into war in behalf Of the section
that is fighting, will read with some
dismay the pronunciamento of the New
York counsel Of the junta which we
present to them this morning. It will
give them an inllling of the nature and
disposition of the objects of their svm-
pathies. There is an audacity purely
Spanish in the assertion of Counsel
Rubens that the junta has decided that
the United States must recognize tho
independence of the nebulae which #
calls the Cuban government. There Is
a hravado in the threat that if inter
vention only is adopted and our troops
should be sent there to enforce It. the
Cubans would inaugurare a guerilla
war against them. We have had some
insults from the representatives of
Spain and more from some of her citi-