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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-15

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The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-05
Saturday, July 80

Speaker Gafin OF Colon was injured
the other day in u runaway accident
and in the shake up u blood vessel was
ruptured, nccessitating an operation
mt the Lincoln sunitarium. No serious
consequences are likely to ensuc.
During n heavy rain storm ut l
o'clock Friday morning, two box cars
were blown from the siding and out on
the main track. At . when the M. T..
passenger came up the engineer dis
covered them, reversed his engine and
jumped. He struck on u pile OF ties
and was killed.
While on her way home from Bur-
well, Mrs. II. G. Orvis got out OF the
buggy to tie up a hitch rein. In get
ting back into the buggy she somehow
caught her foot in the gearing. The
team walked along home, u distance
of three miles, dragging Mrs. Orvis,
who is 30 years old, the entire distance
on her back. She escaped fatal injury
but was somewhat bruised.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-05
Friday. July ~


Ccrvcra and forty officers are now
comfortably established at Annapolis.
General Manager Clarkson of the ex-
position announces Friday, September
., as peach day, and Friday, Septcm-
Der 10, ~ grape day. On these days
the fruit will be given away to oil on
the grounds.
Henry Wollman, one Of the victims
OF the fire near beatrice last Sunday,
died yesterday. The mother Is crazed
with grief and friends fear she may go
insane. Henry is the third one To die.
John, the fourth, is not expected to
live long.
In the Burlington up town ticket OF
| flee Mt Omaha are displayed u lot OF
mcmcntocs of the Infanta Marin Ter
esa, one of the Spanish vessels de-
| stroycd at Santiago. They were sent
by Guy II. Cramer, ensign on the New
ark, formerly n clerk in the Burling-
ton passenger department. There Is a
gun and cartridges, some spoons,
knives and a cup, all much the worse
for wear
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-05
Sunday, July 81.

John Swart, q well-to-do bachelor
farmer living eight miles south oil
Trenton, was found dead in his bed at
moor yesterday.
DIR. Stutzman Of Geneva filed COM
plant last night with Sheriff Ogg
against a stranger who had broken
into his house during the absence OF
the family and taken a watch. The
sheriff found. the a in bed at the
Stowell house and took him to Jail.
The watch was found on the person Of
the prisoner,
The Lincoln police received word
| Yesterday that the man killed by the
ears last week was Joseph Krasnicky,
and thai he had a brother in South
Omaha. The brother arrived In Lin
coin last evening and identified the
man. The brother said that he was
unable to pay funeral expenses, SO the
county will bury the man.
Last Friday while workmen on the
ruins of the Clarke Drug company's
building, Lincoln, were taking down
an arch at the rear Of the building, II
fell and struck Jay Gather, a stone
mason, on the right arm. He was ter
ribly bruised when picked up and his
right forearm was torn to tatters.
The flesh was pounded into strips and
was torn from the bones.
Citizens OF Lincoln have been dis
cussing the advisability Of following
certain Chicago citizens in the matter
of the rcvenue stamps in relation To
express companies. A man in that
city took a package TO n company In
that city desiring it to be expressed
It was ~unstampcd and the company re-
sused TO take IL. lie got out an in
junction requiring them to do SO; the
matter was taken into the courts
which backed up al that the man had
done. thus deciding chat the company
! should pay the revenue.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-05
Point for Inventors.

II has long been recognized by expert
telegraph operators that urgent neces-
sity exists for improving the present
sending apparatus. This point was for
chilly illustrated at a late telegraph
tournament in New York. At the Hrst
tick Of the signal to start In a send
ing contest a reader started to indicate
to the typewriter. In four minutes
and 80 seconds he had written the
entire article. which contained 4l3
words. In Ave minutes. the time. ap-
pointed for the test, the ~telegrapher
who took the prize only transmitted
254 words, and that this was considered
the more remarkable performance Us a
concession OF the imperfect nature
OF telegraph sending methods. The
telegraph sender Of to-day Is confined
to the use OF one hand. and has TO
make many strokes to form n COM
plete letter, while the typewriter has
the free use of eight fingers. each one
OF which with a single stroke makes
q complete character or letter.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-05

from the absence OF severe pain fen
sure the bone had not been broken.
The train must be nearing Wharton.
the next station south, and after pass
ing there NO earthly power could pre-.
ven 1t from falling into the hands OF
the scowling villains who sat near me
The instrument had been quiet for a
long time, and I laid trembling with
anxiety expecting every moment TO
hear Wharton report the passing OF
No. l..
Click! Click! B-r-r-r-r click!"
what caused the instrument to act
so queerly? Then, In clear clickings |
heard the dispatcher's call. Wharton
was about to report the train-but. mo-!
My own Office signal was signed to the
call. What did II mean? The dispatch
err responded. and my heart gave a
great throb OF delight as I heard these
words flashed over the wire:
This is CIR at Red Rock. Sd held
by train robbers In office. / have wire
tapped in loft. Stop No. a, Wharton,
quick!"
IL heard that, will hold 4 here all
right" Wharton broke in and said.
An order was sent him to hold the
| train for further orders, and an ex-
| planatory message sent to the conduc-
tor.
Thank God. the train was safe! I un-
| derstood 1t all now. The brave little
girl had heard the robbers when they
entered, had listened to our converse
ton, and recalling her former expert
ence in the dirty loft. had climbed up
there In the darkness, broken one OF
the wires and, striking the ends to-
gether, had been able to communicate
with the dispatcher. In the stiffness
Of the night l knew she could heal
every click OF the instrument below
and work as effectively as IL sitting al
the telegraph table.
God bless you. little girl, you have
done great work this night. Specia
train with sherif's posse will leave II
Ave minutes, and make run to Rel
Rock in forty-ive minutes. Remain
where you will be safe in case OF
fight with robbers"
"Oh! l am SO fearful Sd has beer
killed." I heard her say. Il heard then
threaten to kill him and heard a shot
followed by a shutting OF feet"
In a tone of voice so loud l knew sh
could hear 1t, / said:
Men. l have been hot In the thigI
and am in pain. This bench is a har'
bed for a wounded man. Won't 20
carry me in and lay me on my bed !
the next room?"
wat do we keer how you suffer al
ter that bad break O. yours? Lay still
or you'll get more OF IT,"
l heard the little heroine report tn
words to the dispatcher, and felt this
my object had been accomplished an
her anxiety relieved. In a momer
came a message intended for my ears
brace up, Fred. for help Is coming
We've got the best Of this game. but
; am distressed at your condition. Of
fellow. Grin and bear 1t. l will |
! with you the minute the train &c
here.-Cr."
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-05
Monday, August I.

Snow fell at Kimball yesterday
morning for seven minutes. This IL
the first time snow ever fell there In
July.
Two fellows named Hitchcock and
Hayward were captured yesterday by
the Lincoln police in the act OF rob-
bing The house Of James Robertson at
cath and Iloldridge streets at about @
o'clock p. IN. Hayward is an ex-con'
Wet. q.
The index finger Of the right hand
of Jacob Hunteker. the old gentleman
who was severely injured In a run
away accident Mt Table Rock, July o,
has had to be a%mputated. The bone
had become diseased from the terrible
wound and amputation had to be re-
sorted to.
A bunch Of cattle belonging to John
McKeegan of Bancroft, hat were in u
pasture bordering on the banks OF the
Missouri river, were attacked by q
swarm of bees. Thirty head were
driven over a fifty-foot abrupt bank
and twelve head were drowned. The
eig bteen head that were saved were
aided by a ferry boat that happened
to be near.
State Superintendent Jackson has
been b~esieged with questions from
teachers and school boards relating tc
| the new revenue law. There Is m
urgent demand to know whether
teachers certificates, teachers con
tracts and reports of directors are sub
jcct to the stamp tax. superintendent
Jackson has forwarded "a list of ques
| tions to the commissioner OF interna
revcnue ut Washington and when the
answers nre received he will make
them public for the information OF in
terested persons.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-05
Wednesday, July 27.

Havelock has voted to grant the Lin
roln Traction company u franchise,
and just as soon as the track can be
extended from University Place, Have
lock will have street car connection
with Lincoln.
l.. b. Gruggs of Saffordsville, Kan,
was found wandering around Nebras-
ka City. He could not tell his name
or where he was from. His name and
address were learned from a receipt
issued by the NJ. w. A. lodge to which
he belonged.
VIM. Ebright, ex-superintcndent OF
the state school for the blind at Ne
braska City, Is defcndent in a suit
brought by Attorncy-General Smyth
in Otoe county to Sl,0s7. IL.
John c. Watson, j. M Wardlaw and
q. ii. Albright are also made defend
ants, as they were Mr.. Ebright's bonds
men.
Judge Cornish yesterday fled his
! final orders in the contempt case
brought by the Nebraska Telephone
company to punish the secretaries Of
the state board Of transportation ant
Attorney-General Smyth. The judge
held that the board did not act in con.
tempt, but under belief that they were
right. He e%njoined the board from
taking further hearings in the YeiseI
complaint.
Frank Wolf, a farmer living neaI
Norfolk, while fixing a binder wa
thrown under the machine by TIN
horses starting up. He was doubles
up, one leg broken, an ankle ant
shoulder dislocated and his spine wa
injured to such an extent ~ to para
lyze him from his shoulders down. Al
operation will be necessary to save hi
life.
w. Van Booming, a farmer livinI
iear Chenille, in the southeastern par
Of Adams county, while returning HON
was accidentally thrown from hi
buggy seat, his foot catching in such
way as to drag his head and shoulder
on the ground, being unable to loose
himself or stop the team, He wa
dragged along for nearly u mile unit
the team stopped at the barn, when Ii
was discovered by his son. lie was !
an unconscious condition, his sxul
being fractured and the skin bein
torn from his back and head. He nevc
recovered consciou5ness.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-05
NEWS OF NEBRASKA.
SUCCINCT SUMMARY OF A
WEEKS EVENTS
Most Important Happenings OF the Past
seven Days Briefly Mentioned All ror-
lions Of the state Covcred-A Thorough
Resume of Nebraska News.
Tuesday, July .8.

Pat MEGA ferty, n L.. l.. brakeman
running between Columbus-and Grand
Island. had a foot crushed by the cars
and may have TO have 1t umputated.
Anton Pfcifser, u German. aged
about 80 years. was instantly killed by
being run over by n -. 4 NJ. passenger
train while attempting to cross the
track about tive miles east of Colum-
bus. His team escaped, but the en-
CINE caught the hay rack on which he
was riding.
Clyde Davis, an cightcen-year-old
boy, who, with his brother, Frank,
vas engaged in carrying the mail in
Beatrice, was drowned about 5 o'clock
last evening in the river. He met his
death about fifty feet from the pom
toon bridge. two miles north of the
city, while in swimming.
Street car bandits held up Conductor
Hutton and Motorman McClurg of the
Walnut Hill line In Omaha Mt mid
night last night and succeeded in Sc
curing So. 60 in small change. When
the order came to hold hands up. Con-
ductor Hutton held aloft nine dollars
which the ROBBERS didn't get. Detectives
are trying to capture the highwaymen.
Inquiries have been made about the
brigade and the number of the army
corps to which the First Nebraska reg
iment belongs. According to letters
received from volunteers the regiment
has not been assigned. Its position in
the army was to have been made
known upon the arrival Of the rcgi-
ment Mt Manila.
In relation to the report Of the gov
eminent that Nebraska had not fur
nished her quota of troops under the
two calls, Governor Holcomb entered
a protest to the nc acknowledgement at
Washington, and received IA reply ex'
planning the mistake. The false report
caused a rush of offers from persons
of other states to fill the quota. The
governor was very much worried over
the affair as Nebraska had furnished
sol more men than the quota.
The Nebraska Epworth assembly
Lincoln park, August 3 to 10, give'
promise of being the largest gather
ing on the camp ground ever held II
the west. Season tickets admitting L
over forty high grade lectures, con
I certs, addresses, etc., cost but Sl.0C
All railroads sell tickets Mt N far
for the round trip. Write Elmer +
Lesh, 1O4 North 10th street, Lincoln
for prospectus-progran or any specia
. information desired.
The home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ehm
Wollman. prosperous German farmer
living about ten miles northeast c
Beatrice, is in ashes, two children al
burned to death and two will probabl
die of burns received. The fire &,
Cured Sunday afternoon. The parent
= had driven over to u neighbors tw
!. miles distant to make a visit, and 500
= after arriving there noticed n f-e !
the direction of their home. Return
: ing home they found the house nlmos
= burned, and their children a6re. TIL
baby was burned toa crisp. One littl
f~our-year-old had gone TO her uncle
: half-a-mile distant. her clothes afr,
u but her uncle had gone to the blazin
0 house by another route and the httl
o one persisted. The property loss
b about 81, 900.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-05
romhstone Orthoxraphx.

The summit Of bad spelling in ,
spitaph seems to have been reached By
the following inscription In English
found on a sravestone in the Caroline
Islands put up to the memory Of twt
brave sailors:
Sacred to Wilm. Coils
Boat Steerer Of the SHIP
Saint george OF New BED
ford who BY the Will OF
Almitey god
was siviriliery injured by q
BULL WHALE
Off this Hand OF
Is March 1860
also to
Pedro Sabbanas OF Guam
4th MATE drowned on
the SAME Date his
Back broken by WHALE
above
Maintained
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-05
Gen. woodford's once

The Syracuse Courier can take for
granted and as a fact the statement
that Stewart l.. Woodford is not a can
didate for governor. and will not allow
his name to be mentioned as such In
the republican convention or In any
other convention. He still is-not
merely Westminster to Spain: he IN
that yet. and will be that till peace 10
declared between Spain and the United
States, with himself as the ncst OF the
three negotiators on behalf Of this
country.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-05
Brazilian Forest That 10 Guarded By .
Veil of C~hIoroform.

BraziilHn fOrcsS Inhs 10 ousE"ou ~
Veil Of Chioroform.
From Golfers Weekly: Serge Bal
aguine, a Russian explorer OF Brazil.
states in an interview recently pub
lished in the Gaulols Of Paris, that a
few degrees below the equator he dis
covered a forest Of flowers that pre-
vented him from approaching them.
With every Difference to Mr.. Bala-
guine, that forest seems to have been
discovered before. Two years ago
there appeared In a San Francisco
paper an account provided by q bufb
hunter returning from the same re-
gion, who declared that after MOTTO
ing In a forest an odor. vague and
sweet at first, but which increased as
he advanced, ultimately he reached .
clearing, and there, straight ahead,
was a wilderness of orchids. Trees
were loaded with them. u~nderbrush
was covered with them, they trailed
on the ground, mounted in reckoning
contortions, dangled from punches.
fell in sheets and elongated and ex-
pduucd db a 40 a. Wv SOe'N S~S
A breeze passed and they swayed with
it, moving with a life Of their own.
dancing In the glare Of the quatorial
sun, and as they danced exhaling an
| odor that protected them more sheerly
than a wall. In vain did that hunter
endeavor to approach. There was a
veil Of perfumed chloroform through
which he could see. but through
which. try as he might. he could not
pass. 1t held him back o effect
ually than %bayonets, and II was tor
ture to him to see those flowers and
to feel that before he could reach
them he must die. suffocated by the
very splendors OF which he was In
search. poisoned by floral jewels such
as no one perhaps had seen before
At the time the place was known e
the village Of demon flowers.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-05
Clock for Theatrical Use.

To judieate the different numbers or
a program a newly designed clock has
a rotable dial plate. which can be per-
forated at the proper places to engage
hooked rods which fall into the holes
in the dial. and are pulled a short dis
lance to make electrical connections
with bells or indicators located In COZ.
venient places.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-05

WIN. Balcom. n painter ut Grand Isl.
and, shot himself through the head
because his wife. whom he had Just
recently married, had deserted him.
lie was aged 81.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-05
ORCHIDS THAT RIVAL THE UPAe

Ito be c%ontinued.)
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-05
Been There Before.

Claude (earnestly)-"Am l the first
man you ever loved?"
Maud-"Why, certainly! How strange
men are. They all ask me that Ques-
tion."-Tid-Bitg
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-05
TRANS-MISSISSIPPT
EXPOSITION, OMAHA.

EXPOSITION. OMAHA.
Some Coming Special Days.
10. Red Mems day.
IL. Tennessee Red Mems day.
10. ~. Joseph day.
10, Business and Fraternul Associa-
tions day.
Wheelmen's day.
10. Texas day.
10. Colorcd Americans day.
90. Des Moincs day.
rs. Sioux City day.
81. bohemian day.
80. Missouri day.
81. Greek Letter Socictic = day.
Sept. l.. Kansas day.
.. Peach day.
3. Editors day.
B.. Labor day.
{. Port Arthur day.
g. Fraternal Union OF America day.
o. Woodmcn OF the World day.
Lumbermcn's day.
Colorado day.
Rocky Ford Melon day.
10. New Mexico day.
IL. Montana day.
10. Wisconsin day.
IA. National Shriners' day.
Utah day.
IS. New England day.
10. Oklahoma day.
Grape day.
II. Railroad day.
10 and 10. Modern Woodmcn daya
20 and II. Iowa days.
"a. Commercial Travellers day.
Oct. /. Chicago day.
d. r. T.. o. Society day.
New York day.
Z. Knox College day.
8. Twin City day (St. Paul and
M~inneapolis.)
10. Knights of Pythias day
II. l. o. .. +. day.
IS. Tennessee day.
20. Denver day.
other special days to bc announced
later. Gorgeous electrical illumination OF
the grand court. Unrivaied show fcAturss
on the midway. Reduced rates on al
railroads.
Colored citizens OF the republic will
be given the freedom OF the grounds
on August 10, and rs the Congress Of
White and Colorcd Americans and tho
National Personal Liberty League will
be in session In Omaha, August II to
10. a large attendance Of prominent
colored people from all parts of tho
country Is looked for. Excursions arc
tus.- o,,.J f-N,u Kanana Cttu md
other southern points.
-.
Texas Day at the Trans-M ississipl
Exposition has been fixed for Thurs
day, August Is. Governor Culberson
will head n party of distinguished
Texans to Omaha on this occasion, and
IL is expected that n large number OF
citizens from the Lone Star State will
take advantage of the low railroad
rates which have been put into effect
from all Texas points TO Omaha and
return to visit the Exposition. The
rates for Texas Day are exceptionally
low, and there will probably be no
better opportunity for Texas people u
visit the great Western show.
~#x
Three days before Texas Day at the
Exposition Is to be Wheelmen's Day.
Officers OF the l.. A. W.. arc interesting
themselves In this occasion, and wheel
men from all parts of the country are
expected to be present on August Is.
August 10. the day following Texas
Day, will be Colored Americans Day
|, and n celebration will be arranged
which will make the day u memorable
!, one. The Indian congress will be In
full swing during August, and THU
? feature alone will make the EXPOSE
ton worthy OF n visit. Almost oil the
remaining Indian tribes will be repre-
/ sented, and there will be u presenta
. ton of their native life such rs hal
never been attempted before and cal
. probably never accomplished again.
The age-herald., 1898-08-14

of navigation and about 800 miles from Spain, are a group of islands which will answer the purpose of the government. These are the Canary islands, the last of Spains prominent possessions in the Atlantic. It is to these that Commo- dore Watson will probably take his fleet and there place the stars and stripes over the towns and fortified cities that the Spanish have governed for more than four centuries. There are seven of the islands-namely, Ten erife, Gran Canaria, Palma, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gomera and Ferro.
 The combined area of the group is about 2,S00 square miles, or little more than double that of the state of Rhode Island. The population is about 100000 and is composed of negroes, Spaniards, half breeds and a few foreigners, most of whom are English and German.
 Of the history of the Canary islands the less said the better. Historians of
The age-herald., 1898-08-14

ship from Manila had sought safety be- hind the high hills and Notifications. He had a powerful fleet, but his plans miscarried, and he met with galling defeat, in which he lost an arm and two battlefags, which latter still adorn the walls of the old cathedral.
 A little earlier Lord Blake, with well equipped squadron of British ves- sels, attacked the harbor of Santa Cruz with better results. Like Dewey at Ma nila, Blake seems to have had poor opinion of Spanish gunnery, for, accord ing to reports of the battle, Blake en- tered the harbor with fair wind and flood tide," passed the forts and att tackled and destroyed 16 galleons and silenced the shore batteries.
 Like all of the Spanish possessions, the Canaries have remained unimprov- ed, and the primitive methods used by the, people conquered by Don Alonzo de Luga more than 400 years ago are still in use. The towns along the coast and in the interior are filled with quaint old houses, built in narrow streets. The architecture is of the style of many cen- turies ago. The Notifications are simi- lar in construction to those found in the West Indies and the Philippines. Nor TO castles, with sally ports and turreted ends, which have stood the ravages of storms for centuries, guard the en- frances to the harbors, behind whose high hills lie the sleepy old towns of Palma and Santa Cruz, which are the most important cities of the Canaries.
 The inhabitants of the islands. like those of the other Spanish possessions, are indolent, and while the soil is rich they expend little effort in it's cultiva- tion, depending largely upon importa- tions for their maintenance. The group is of volcanic origin and rises high out of the sea. Long before a ship reaches port Mount Tenerife, the highest point on the largest island, which bears the same name, comes into view.
 The shores are high and rocky, and nearly all the harbors are landlocked, giving them natural Notifications. It is said that no Improvements have been made to the batteries overlooking the harbor of either Palma or Santa Cruz for many years and that some of the old smoothbore cannon thatwe mount ed there more than century ago are the only means of defense.
 What Commodore Watson will do Il | he should ever go to the Canaries re-
 mains to be seen. He is said to have
 originally received orders to attack th' | Spanish coast towns and seize bas'
 for supplies. His squadron will be com posed of some of the finest ships in th' l navy, to which will be added several O. inc Ja3p,<> cnlliers and transports. Where