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The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-18
DAWSON'S BIG BLAZE.
ChIof City of tho kiondiks suners q
100000 Fire.

VICTORIA, L. C, Nov. I6.-Returning
Klondykers arriving In this city bring
the news that the city of Dawson has
been visited with a $500, 900 fire, in
which forty buildings wero burned.
including the new postofice building
and soma OF the best buildings In the
city. The fire took place on the morn
ing Of October 10.
1t started In the Green Tree saloon,
as the result Of a row between two
ome of the town. Belle Mitchell
threw lighted lamp at another
woman The lamp broke. tho oil
spread and in u fow seconds the build
ing was on FIRE. The fire started at
SEQ a. m. Tho fire OF a year ago was
caused by this same woman, who
threw a lamp at a nan with whom she
had a quarrel. A month ago she tried
to burn her own place, In Third ave-
nue., In Dawson, by throwing n lamp
at a woman, and nearly caused a con
%iagration by again losing her tempo,
and welding another lighted lamp.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-18
WAR TAXES Will CONTINUE.
Chairman D,pg'oy ssys There win Ne No
Tariff Revision.

Tarin Revision.
WASHINGTON, Nov. i8.-The Wash.
ington Post states that the war taxes
will not be abolished at the coming
short session Of Congress, and that
there will be no revision of the tariff
whatever, II bases this announcement
upon the positive statement made by
Chairman Dingley, of the ways and
means committee. who, In an inter
view, says.
1.-THE government will need for some
time all the evenue produced by the
war taxes, During tho month OF Octo-
Der, the war expenses exceeded the
wat revenue by some si4, 900, 900, and
this month they will be $40. 900, 900 In
excess. This being the case. there will
DO no changes at least this fiscal year.
The war revenue act will continue In
force and unchanged, except, perhaps,
In q few minor administrative feat.
ures. for at least n year longer.
II think that the military adminis-
tration ought 10 DO continued for at
least q year longer. Military admin.
istration means the maintenance of or
der, the establishment of sanitary reg
ulations, the giving OF assistance to
those who may need It. II will bring
order out Of chaos and afford us time
to determine the wisest legislation.
Time always enlightens, and certainly
when Congress meets at its regular
session In December of next year we
will be much better equipped to con
slider the proper method of dealing
with our new POSSESSIONS"
For my part" added Mr.. Dinglcy,
II hope that tho territory to be added
will BIO no larger than Is absolutely
necessary. 1 realize that in some
cases 1t will be easier to hold than IL
will DO to let go, but at the same time
/ hope that the treaty, when 1t Is pre-
sented to the senate, will provide for
the acquisition Of q minimum amount
Of territory"
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-18
TO WIRE DREYFUS THE NEWS.

TIE Court OF Cassttion win Ask the
Exile to Prepare His Defense.
PARIS. Nov. IL The court OF casa.
tion has informed the minister OF tho
colonies, NJ. Guillain, that II has de.
cided that Dreyfus be informed by tel
egraph that the revision proceedings
have begun and that he prepare his
defense.
The ministry Of the colonies has re-
peived a cable dispatch saying Dreyfus
Is in good health.
The decision of the court OF casa.
ton to inform the prisoner that the
revision proceedings have begun, and
20 notify him to prepare his defense,
IL significant n . II his hitherto been
generally admitted that no Innovation
should DO introduced In the Dreyfus
proceedings. Questions will now bs
drafted and posted to preyfus, who
will formulate his replies.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-18
ECKAM TO Be TRIED IN KANSAe
A Former Topeka Giri Caused the Arrest
Of q Post Traders Assistant.

A Former Topeka Giri Caused tho Avres,
Of q Post Traders Assistant.
TOPEKA, Kan, Nov. 18.-B. II. Macke
or II. II. Eckam. he used both names,
has been arrested at Gallup, N. NJ,
and will be brought to Kansas for
trial on a dozen different criminal
charges. Eckam came TO Kansas three
years ago and worked for Ell q. Ma
deau, n Pottawatomie Indian, who
runs the trading post in Tho rcscry
tion OF his tribe. twenty-five miley
northwest of Topeka. Nadeau trusted
Eckam with his business while he
looked after his ranch on tho reserya.
ton. Eckam did tho buying, in fact
managed all the business Of the con.
Germ.
About q year ago Eckam borrowed
on Nadeau's credit IS. 200 from each Of
the following banks: Morrill, aud
James, private bank, Hlawatha; Lind.
scott &c Co., bankers, Holton; National
Bank OF st. Mary's. He told th6
bankers ho wanted the money TO make
change at Indian payments. He at.
tended tho big gatherings the Indians
have when the payments were mado
on the Pottawatomie and Town raser.
vations and secured $40, 900 of Indian
money. Then he took tho receipts Of
the Nadeau store and postofice, $4,000,
and went to Mexico. Hc had $40, 600
when he left. -,
Yesterday q telegram came TO the
United States attorneys Office, stating
that Eckam was In Albuquerque on
his way from Mexico to California.
Harry Bone, assistant United Stats.
attorney, wired Marshal Mcmillan Co
arrest him at oncc By tho time the
telegram reached Albuquerque Eckam
had started West, but he was captured
and q telegram this morning announces
that he Is in Jail at Albuquerque and
his wife is with him. lie will be
brought back at once.
The capture was the work Of q girl
cashier Mt Albuquerque hotel. Miss
Lizzie MeGrath. Eckam had been
drinking and talked to her about Kan
sas. She told him she came from To-
peka and he told her he had lived
there as Eckam. Ho had registered a.
Macke. The girl notified the local au-
thorities. Several years ago he was
agent for IN insurance company In tbs
South aud spelled his name Macley.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-18
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Jefferson City, Moe. W. Stephens,
proprietor of the Columbia (Mo.) Her
aid. has purchased the interest OF the
late Henry W. Ewing In the Tribune
Printing company. He will reorganize
the company and will take charge OF
the property at once. Mr.. Stephens
will continue the publication OF the
Herald and tho operation Of his print
ing establishment at Columbia.
Chicago. United States Senator
Stewart t~elegraphs from Carson. Ne
vada, that he will be reelected by a
two.thirds majority, having been in
dorsed by the silver convention before
election.
London.-Thc Royal Geographical
Society offers Se5, 900 to head a sub
scription for Quitting an Antarctic
expedition.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-18
WHEN MERRITT COMES HOME
The Major General to Com nand ~
Governors Island.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 10. - General
Merritt will resume command Of the
Department of the East, with head.
quarters ut Governors island when he
returns from Europe, and Generx
Shafter will 70 to San Francisco to COM
mand Department of the Pacific, which
he relinquished when the war began.
These assignments are to bo made
whether hostilities are resumed or not;
as both tho officers concerned are sat-
isicd to make way and give younger
men an opportunity for active service
in the field IL occasion requires. Gen.
eral Shafter will roach the retiring
age OF o. years October 10, 1899. and
his wish to end his military career 10
his adopted home on the Pacific slope
will be respected. General Merritt
can advance no further In rank before
his retirement, on June 10, 1900, ~ his
immediate superior, Gensral Miles,
still has five years to serve.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-18
REVOLUTION IN SALVADOR.
The Greater Republic" Gets Its Firss
Taste OF South American Trouble.

The Greater Republic" Gets Its First
Taste OF South American Trouble.
NEW YORK, Nov. ia cable dis
patch from Libertad, Nicaragua, states
that a revolution has broken out In
Salvador.
1t It is only a fortnight since Saliva
dor, Honduras and Nicaragua Joined
their destinies and formed the United
States Of Central America. Merchants
and commercial men in this city who
are familiar with affairs In Central
America, however, were not surprised
when informed that n revolution in
Salvador was reported to have broken
out While the federation Of tho three
countries was approved and carried
out by tho presidents and commission
ers appointed from each country 10
draw up q constitution, the people Of
Salvador have not been enthusiastic
over the new scheme, particularly a.
II appears that the financial burdens
Of maintaining the new state will fan
most heavily upon them. owing 70
their having a denser population than.
either Of the othor parties to the con.
solidation.
N. Rolct Peraza. consul general 10
this city for the Greater Republic Of
Central America, says that he has re-
ccived no report of q revolution in Sal
vador.
Il do not think that there can b
any serious uprising or I should hsvS
been notified" the consul general add
cd. 1.-THE officers OF the new goveral
ment have not yet been elected and !
do not see why the people of Salvadst
should start q revolution before the
new plan Is given q trial. l believe -
will prove to be u local disturbances
and easily put down"
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-18
ssus, send Flee, to Europe.

LONDON. Nov. i6.-The morning pa
pers comment editorially upon the
pence conference crisis and the Amer.
loan naval preparations, re,terating
their conviction of the hopelcssness Of
Spanish opposition and recognizing
that the United States has practically
no alternative, especially after the
elections, but complete annexation,
and that IL Spain continues obstinate
the United States must send n fleet 10
! EuU0pss~sn. sctisn which no p0vssr-sus
Great Britain won d welcome, though
mono would DO likely to interfere In
] hnain's hahalf
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-18

has NOT repeated che conversation I
ought moi 10 do So"
"As . matter OF fact. he did not surn
tho command over TO your" suggested
Governor Beaver, TO which General
breckenridge responded: mo, he did
not. and I do mt think there Is snyl
improperly Ia my saying that he
could not have done So"
With this the matter was allowed to
drop and General breckenridge was OK.
cused.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-18
Had FOR Captain Drsyfus

PARIS, Nov. ld.-The court OF a 8
sation examined General Zurlinden
and General Chanoine. who recently
resigned. successfully, the portfolio Of
minister of war, and 1t Is said that
their evidence was highly important
in upholdiug the attitude they have
aiken throughout that Dreyfus Is
guilty, and that O Communication OF
che secret saassier would scompromise
the safety Of the state and tho good
relations Of France with foreign ma
tiana.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-18
Negotiations to Continue.

PARIS. Nov. ia dispatch to the
Temps from Madrid says the officials
there do not believe the peace negoti'
atoms will be broken off. 1T adds:
IF the United States persists In its
present claims Spain will accept the
conditions after formally announcing
ut q session of the commission and In
n circular to the powers that she yields
to force and owing to the impossible
ity of renewing the war without un'
obtaipable assistance In defense Of hci
rights."
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-18
TEMPLE ABANDONED.
Tho W.. G. 7. U. Gives Up tho Zig Entor-
prise.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Nov. IS. - The
w. G. 4. U. national convention do.
c!ded by q vote of ss7 TO II o abandon
the temple project as IN affiliated in
terest. Five hours Of animated, Wig
orous and occasionally bitter and per-
sonal debating was necessary before
the vote was reached. The opposition
to this action declared 1t wa an act of
Reputation OF a moral obligation.
and fought tho every inch Of ground,
but most OF the leaders were agains,
them and carried their point.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-18
GENERAL MILES CHALLENGE.
Says n Any One Has Dispatches OF His
TO Publish Them.

to Publish Them.
New YORK, Nov. 16.-General Miles
was interviewed relative to the publ.
cation in q Washington paper Of the
statement that, either by accident or
design, there was omitted from his re-
port any mention Of an order which
he issued on May 8, contemplating the
sending of all the available army to
Cuba at once General Miles said he
had not seen the article. It was
handed to him. After he had read 1t,
he said:
II have no comment to make on the
report. II they have any such order of
mine in Washington, let them publish
it. My position In the matter of send.
ing troops to the fever stricken dis.
tricts Of Cuba Is we'll known. and I am
satisfied to stand by my record"
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-18
Much Inspection, Little Done.

NEW York. Nov. l6 "A dispath II
the New York Herald from Havana
says: Beyond building temporary
docks on the Marianao beach. nothing
has been done to make ready for the
American troops Considering this
number of commissions and officials
that have inspected and rsinspeote3
the camp sites. lodged the yellow
fever and fed at the appearance Of
that disease, what has been aooomb
nlishad sAonaA nsiauiAAAnA
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-18
IT RAN INTOAN OPEN SWITCH.
Eixh, Persons Killed or Fatally Injured

Eight Persons Killed or Fatally Injured
In . Coiiisiou In Canada
KINGSTON, Ontario, Nov. IL. - The
Grand Trunk railway express from
Montreal to Toronto collided with =
freight train last night. Eight per-
SONS we're killed or fatally injured.
Tho accident occurred At o place
called the Diamond crossing. about
two miles from Trenton. The express
which was due at Trenton at s:35 a. IN.
ran into an open switch and dashed in
to the freight train.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-18
0othsm's Snake show Opens.

New YORK, Nov. 10.-The worlds
snake show opened last night at the
Grand Central palace. 1t hardly seems
possible that the snake show will ever
gain the popularity Of the horse show,
but there were many who deserted the
equine display for the reptilian. Most
Of the visitors were women and scien-
lists.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-18
E,ep.m.u. s..pp.a By p...h.

THOR, Iowa. Nov. iH.-T. y. Fred
erickson, while clipping with Miss
Anna Swanson last night, was shot
and killed by tho young woman's
father. Tho latter had followed the
clipping couple and had been shot Mt
by Frederickson. He returned the
fire, killing his daughters iance In
stantly.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-18
Smith and West Draw.

BRIDaEPoRT, Conn, Nov. 16.-"Mys-
terious Billy" Smith and Tommy West
spared a twenty round draw Mt the
Horizon Athletic club at catch weights
last night. West ~outpointed his OPP
ponent. but the decision was . draw,
according to the agreement.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-18
MANY Fishermen Loaf.

GLOUCESTER, Mass, Nov. 1e.-The
books of the Gloucester Mutual Fish
ing Insurance company Of this city
show the loss for the year Of nineteen
fishing vessels, valued at sss, 1875, and
carrying n total insurance of 500, 752.
Their total tonnage was l,2s7.27, and
the loss of life OF.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-18

coyFKYvnLK, Kan, Nov, ia. ],
: Rxhsy, a farmer living south of here,
killed himself with n revolver because
Of dependency over Ill health yester.
day.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-18
Against Extra ysssisu.

TOPEKA, Kan, Nov. 16.-It Is rca-
sonably safe to assert that there will
be no extra session Of the Legislature
in Kansas this year. Governor Leedy
last night held a conferences with forty
or fifty fusion leaders who are be-
lieved to fairly represent the feeling
Of the paSaNn the matter. Whiio
2yxpccial session
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-08-27
WHEN A ZIG GUN GOES OFF.
Takes Plnce-Ways of Avoiding
the Awful Shock.

Not one man in ten thousand has a
clear idea of just what happens when
big cannon is fired. The physical
manifestations are numerous. Even
professors of chemistry and physics
are stumped when they want to diff
fercntiate all the gases set loose and
the peculiar effects they induce. The
puff of whitish smoke, the flash OF
fire, the dim image of the flying pro-
jectile, the roar and the recoil are all
familiar. but back of these is com
pick mass of phenomena most bewil-
dering to the mind of any but an ar
tillery expert.
First, the cubes, disks. hexagons or
irregular Jumps of powder are chem
ically transformed into powerful, ex-
panding gas the instant firing takes
place. Then there are innumerable
by-products that even chemists do not
understand.
The explosion of gunpowder is di-
vided into three distinct stages, called
the ignition, Inflammation and COM
bustion. The ignition is the setting on
fire of the first grain, while the in
fammation is the spreading of the
fame over the surface of the powder
from the, point of ignition. Combus-
ton is the burning up of each grain.
The value of gunpowder is due to the
fact that when subjected to sufficient
heat it becomes gas which expands
with frightful rapidity. The so-called
explosion that takes place when a
match is touched to gunpowder is
merely chemical change, during
which there is a sudden evolution OF
gases from the original solid.
It has been calculated that ordinary
gunpowder on exploding expands
about 5000 times or fills space this
much larger as a gas than when in a
solid form. When this chemical change
takes place in closed vessel the ex-
pansion may be made to do work
like that of forcing projectile along
the bore of the great gun or test tube
in the line of least resistance.
The hardest work gunner is called
upon to do is to stand the tremendous
shock. The forces exerted by these
gases in expanding seem to radiate in
all directions from the cannon. as rip
pies are caused by dropping a pebble
in pool of still water. As matter Of
fact, it has been discovered that these
lines of forces are exceedingly compli.
Gated affairs, and play very queer
pranks about the cannon. AS result
few people know just which is the
safest or the most dangerous position
for gunner to take beside his gun
In the case of the great 13-inch guns OF
our monitors, a position back of the
gun is much easier than one nearer
the muzzle.-Philadelp Times.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-08-27
CURRENT COMMENT.

EyThe people who were saying so
many sarcastic things about "Mckin-
ley's kind-hearted war" little while
ago have begun writing and talk
ing about other misunderstanding
Leader.
DThe Illinois democracy appears 30
have gone over body and soul to the
social-anarchists, and that being the
case, it wiz have to be dealt with not
at the ballot box. but in the police
courts at an early day. Chicago Inter
Ocean.
UThe attempt to convince the popu-
lists that they are democrats is not
meeting with success. Having vacci-
mated the democratic party with their
principles the populists reasonably as
sumo that they are the big end of the
fusion.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
UThe last bill signed by President
Mckinley before the adjournment Of
congress was the one directing the
secretary Of the treasury to reimburse
the states for expenses incurred in or
ganizing and equipping the volunteer
troops. This insures prompt action
and prevents a repetition of the civil
war experience. when the payment Of
state claims was delayed for years
after the war closed. But Uncle Sam
is far better able TO pay promptly now
than be was IS wears ago.-Troy Times
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-08-27
Calling Explains.

Humanitarian reasons induced DR.
Calling to invent his famous gun.
whose capacity of 1900 shots minute
has revolutionized war. An unthink-
ing person said to him about nine
years ago: why did you invent any
thing SO fearfully destructive of life,
doctor? Don't you feel like a muir
derer?" The inventor replied: when
/ saw the Ohio and Indiana boys com.
ing back from the war on stretchers,
wounded aud emaciated, decided that
something ought to be devised to take
the places of some of them-some.
thing that would do the work of so
men. so that the other 40 could remain
at home and toll. On that general plan
] set to work and while my gun may be
hard on the enemy, il is a saving on
our side and puts an end to long cam
raigns" N. Y. Press.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-08-27
The Pantominle in the
Window Opposite.
BY Willis Gn,ery,
Copyright, 1898.


n ETWEEN her and me there was
ID great gulf, a chasm with precipi-
Iods walls of stone. We were so near
together that | could see the color of
her eyes when the light shone fairly,
but between lis was the gulf, and in the
bottom of it roaring river.
In the morning the river ran south
ward; at noon it was full of conflict
Ing tides that clashed and surged; in
the late afternoon ii ran mostly north
ward toward Printing House square
and the Brooklyn bridge. 1t was a
river of humanity, and the gulf was
the canyon of Nassau street, in New
York city.
She was on the western bank and
on the eastern. hundred and fifty
feet above the bed of the stream.
Crossing was easy, but l could not 60,
because had no errand. How could
invade the Office of Stoughton & Bland
and say: Gentlemen, have come to
tell your secretary that l admire her"
| did not think it fitting even to ask
what name she bore of such acquaint-
ances as might Lave been able to an
swer. / would not have known what
firm employed her, but that / could
read the gilt letters on the glass door
of their office when there was light be-
hind it in the hail. 1t was hard to
make them out, for of course they read
backward to me, being glued upon the
other side of the door, but ] looked
across so often that l should have
made them out at last had they been
Chinese characters.
She used to wear neat and tasteful
clothes, and her HAIR was always just
right. Her desk and the typewriting
table were never in disorder, and from
that / Inferred that she had been well
brought up, conviction REINFORCED
by my observation of her bearing
toward all who spoke with her Busy
from morning till night, she never
seemed to be hurried or worried, and it
seemed to me she never had unfinished
work to put aside at the Gloss of the
day.
As spring advanced her window and
mine were often open. 1t was then
that ray of sunshine striking down
upon her one bright morning showed
me that her eyes were hazel. had
thought they might be blue, for her
hair was light. She was of slender
figure, not strong enough, it seemed to
me. to work so hard. noticed that her
cheeks never had in them enough color
TO be visible from across the canyon.
The man who dictated and signed
most of the letters that she wrote was
q puzzling fellow. He looked not more
than IS, but his hair was almost white
He was alwayp very considerate of her