The Red Cloud chief., 1898-02-25

Two trainmen were killed aud a
II wreck on the Chicago. Milwaukee 4
ST. Paul near Rockford, III.
The Philadelphia Il Reading rail.
road freight depot at Philadelphia was
destroyed by fire together with a large
lot of merchandise. Loss estimated ~
$4,000.
The tw%cnty-knot torpedo No. 10,
known as the Quinn. was launched,
MI complete. at lIcrrcshoff's yard ut
Briston, u. J.. The boat was launched
unfinished several nonthS ago and
then hauled out again to be completed.
General Lew Wallace has been chal-
lcngcd TO mortal combat by George T..
Cakes. who was "a private soldier un-
der General George Il. Mcclellan. The
caSuS bclli Is u statement made by
Wallace ut a recent banquet rejecting
on Mcclellan.
e Mrs. ErncStinc IIcrtoch. under arrest
at Clinton, Ia. for completely in the
mudcr of her first husband, ChaS. Sell
housed. has confessed that her present
husband. Thco. Icrtoch. put poison in
preserves. This evidence cannot be
used against Bcrtoch, however.
The French %poprlacc H. ripe for riot.
Hostility to Jews in Paris il growing
and AN outbreak i, feared. Cries of
Down with lola" and Death TO the
Jews, rcsound on every side. Extra
gcndarincs are nccdful To keep down
serious disturbances.
The Madrid. Spain. populace is
greatly cnragcd owing to the belief
that the Spanish government has apol-
ogizcd To the lnited States for the De
LONE letter. The people prefer war
to an apology. believing that Spain
will suffer least thereby. as war would
be exceedingly disastrous To the large
commerce of the United States.
Nat Goodwin and his leading lady,
Maxine Elliott. were married at Clcvc.
land. q. Three weeks & Goodwin
received official notice that his former
wife had secured a divorce from him
in New York. BY the decree he was
prohibited from marrying again dur
ing the life of his divorced wife. This
prohibition, while legally operative in
New York. has no effect in other
states.
a Paris special says: There were
ritous proceedings after the adjourn
mcnt of the court and NJ. lola narrow
ly escaped being lynched by the mob
outside. The crowd fell back cheering
for the army. singing the Marsclleise
and shouting Spit upon lola" lola
left the palace of justice at $50 p. IN.
He vas greeted with a storm of Kisses
and derisive cries and the authorities
were obliged to protect his carriage
with a double Gordon of police.
Summed up briefly. the situation
Monday morning in regard to the
Maine disaster is As follows: Naval
court of inquiry to begin active work
today. Captain Sigsbce asks for ex-
pert divers. Spain disavowS express
sions of talkativc naval attache. Unit
q States government guarding the
Spanish warship Nizcaya in New York
harbor. \ United States officer makes
the declaration that the forward mag
a2inc Of the Maine did not blow up.
and that investigation will prove his
statement. War department officials
declare recent activity simply q part
of an old program. without bearing on
the Maine. Captain Sigsbee denouuces
alleged interviews with him as fakes.
Robert B. Porter charges treachcry
and believes a crisis is at hand. Sur
viving ~sailcrs at Key West are credited
with saying they will quit the service
If the report of the inquiry shows the
disaster to have been an accident.
The Maine disaster Developments
up t Tuesday morning were: The
naval board of inquiry held it's frs,
session at Havana. Captain Sigsbee
was the only Witness: The wounded,
both at Havana and Key West, are i'm
proving: General Lee says the Span
iards are in no way interfering with
the investigation. Captain Sigsbce is
anxious hat all bodies be recovered
before the cause of the wreck is in
CURED into: Passengers at New Iorl
from Havana say the feeling there is
that the explosion was not accidental
They declare Americans are badly
treated: Premier Sagasta claims to have
adviccs from divers going to prove the
accident theory: The Spanish warshiT
VIII leave New York Tuesday or We'd
ncsday: Howard Gould has placed hi
yacht ut the governments disposal
The New York Herald has a dispatcl
suying the forward magazine. which
WAS SuppoNtu 10 HiNc tNllouCu, hs
been found intact.
Miss Frances +. willard. pre- siden
of the Woman's Christian Temperance
union. died shortly after midnigh
Friday morning February Is. at tn
Hotel Empire, New York. Miss Wi
lard had suffered some years with pro
found anemia and Oh several occasion
had been given up to die. France
Elizabeth Willard was born in Church
Vile, n. ". September 20. 1889. Sh
was graduated at Northwestern femal
college. Evanston, ILL.,, in 1859. bccam
professor of natural science in 1862 an
was principal of C;enesce Wcsleya'
, seminary in 1867. The following tw
years she spent in foreign travel. civ
ing a part of the time to study in Pari
and contributing to periodicals. ]
: 1871 she was professor of aesthetics
Northwestern university and dean {
. woman's college. where she develope
her system of sclf-governmcnt. whic
, had been adopted by other educators