The Red Cloud chief., 1898-02-18

] dul NIuLtI WIS It-'lNtNNu w tHt
presidency of the South African Re.
public.
Tommy Burns will succeed a. G..
Arson as manager of the Chicago base
ball club.
The steamer Shcnango is fast in the
ice in Lake Michigan four miles out
from Muskcgon.
John u. Mckenzie. who wa foreman
of the grand jury which indicted VIM.
VI. NIoss) Tweed, is dead.
Seven thousand clothing workers of
N.I.arc on Il strike against low wages.
Before it ends 10000 may be out.
Fort Worth. Tex. had n S?5O.OOO
fire. and as a result many of its hand
some bushes houses are in ashes.
The supreme court of Illinois held in
the Bib ease from Alton that the
schools must admit colorcd people.
The engagement of Prince David
kawananakoa and Princess Victoria
kaiulani of Hawaii has been announced
Isaac Potter was reelected as prcSi-
dent of the league of American wheel
men ut the recent st. Louis convention.
Much of the testimony in the Sheriff
Martin case at Ilazleton. Pa, goes to
show the brutality of the deputy mar
sllalS.
The large IIoyt building in Clcvc.
land. o.. was destroyed by fire, and
many firms suffered heavy losses. The
total loss will foot up fully $315,OOO.
Acting prcsidcn; of the Uruguayan
- L.
forcstallcd action of enemies by isSu-
ing Il decree dissolving the assembly.
4 reign of terror exists in Guatemala
as IL direct result of the assassination
of the president. Estrada Cabrera.
gives assurance that things will soon
be quiet.
Chris Hansen. the Crazy Dane"
was arrested at keystone. Ia. and
taken 10 Cedar Rapids. His hobby is
the writing of obscene letters and mail
ing them to Iowa women
Orders have been received at dc.
partmcnt headquarters at Vancouver
barracks. Ore. to send four companies
of United States troops To Alaska.
Threatened lawlessncss is the reason.
The Colorado state board of arbitra-
ton has decided in favor of the strik-
ing miners and operators of the North
ern Colorado district in their de-
mand for an increased wage schedule.
Miss Francis T.. Willard is i'll at the
Empire hotel in New York as the re-
suit of over work and worry and the
agitation caused by the attacks upon
her co-worker, Lady Henry Somerset.
The jury in the second trial of
Adolph Luetgcrt found him guilty and
he was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Luctgcrt received the verdict with II
laugh, and declared he would get Il
new trial.
The Auditorium opera house and
contents. ut Moline. ILL.,, was des-
troycd by fire and many people mar
Arnold's Fun Makers held the boards
Rear Admiral Sicard has been re-
lieved from command of the North At
lantic squadron temporarily on ac-
count of sickness and the command
has devolved IN Capt. VIM. Il. Samp-
SON, commanding the battleship Iowa.
Acknowledgement Crow of Missouri
has rendered an opinion that it is a
violation of the state law to have pu.
pills of public schools recite the Lords
prayer. or for the teacher to read the
Bible as IA part of the opening eXer.
ci>cs.
At Elwood. Pa. Andrew Krubin sho,
and instantly killed his cousin, An.
drew KrisSen. The fact that the lat.
ter had secured work in PittSburg al
higher wages than the men were re-
ceiving at New Castle caused the ia
tality.
Mrs. Arthur Levy. wife of n New
York wholesale clothier. was instant
~ killed at the Holland house. New
York. She had entered the elevator
and just as it started up swooncd
away and her head vas caught and
crushed in.
British papers. both city and coun.
try. Express the opinion that the posi-
ton of the United States in the Scnol
de- LONE affair is correct. The Statist
says the United States would bc ''mor
ally justified in saying that the wal
must end and that Cuba must be givcr
peace
"IS' Nul'iih' lang 'iBh'N H'N'i
years of age, died at the Cook county
hospital, Chicago. of starvation, anc
her husband, Cornelius Lang. is in tn,
same institution dying slowly from
the same disease. Lang is II tailor ant
recently lost his job.
The department of customs of thu
Dominion government has issued in
structions which provide that good
purchased in Canada, destined To tin
klondike district, must be carried II
British boats. otherwise full dut,
must be paid upon them.
| The steamer Nccndam, from Rottcr
dam to New York, was wrecked IL
mid-occan. The steamer City of ~
Louis rescued the crew of eighty-tir'
and the lis passengers. Captain Sten
:. ger of the Nccndam set fire to the shil
, to remove ii as n dangerous obstruc
/ ton to other vessels.
Judge Thorncll of the district cour
-. Il " IAnslAl th.