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Arizona republican., 1899-01-19
NOVEL HUNT IN CALIFORNIA
Began With BedbugS and FNd< d
 With a Barrel of Rats.

About forty miles north of San Fran
 cisco, in the county Of Sonoma, stands
 the California state home for the fee ble-minded says the Chicago Inter-
 Ocean. It is presided over by Dr. A. D.. Osborne, who has horror of unclean- Illness in any form. When, therefore one day an attendant reported to him that bedbugs had been discovered in his doImitory, the doctor was mortified. He hurried to the scene of the 1nYa- sion. Here he found in the north wall
 a long zigZag crack in the plaster, made by a recent earthquake, and in this crack a nest of the creatures. No time
 was lost in attacking the invaders. The usual chemicals were applied, the dormitoIy was overhauled, beds and Ibadsteads were thoroughly cleansed, and when the fumigatiC1 was finished
 there was not Q bedbug in sight. With
 in twen. y-four hours back came the at
 tendant with the tidings that the in sccts had reappeared in greater num-
 bers than ever.
 Dr. Osborne is an enthusiastic anna teur naturalist and familiar with the
 habits Of almos5 all common insects. He at once ordered q thorough search of the caves of the institution for swat lows nests, for it is in these that the bedbug frequently propagates, as every farmers wife knows. But not one could be found. So the doctor spent that evening out Of doors, rambling about the premises, with his eyes and ears open. His quest was rewarded by the discovery of another possible source of supply.
 The air was full of bats. They 1ut- tered about singly and in schools to the number of thousands, seemingly. He had never seen so many bats in his life The origin of the Dedbugs was no longer a mystery, for he knew that the ratio of the bedbug to the bat is the same as that of the flea to the dog. So the doctor ordered the carpenter to locate the sleeping place of the crea- lures, and went to bed.
 It took the carpenter two days to trace the bats to their lair, but he final ly did The earthquake which had cracked the plaster in the lGormitory had wrenched the tin flashing Of the chimney several inches away from the bricks, thus affording> the bats ingress to the hollow space/between the lath- work and wall of the building. The | carpenter wentIto work on the wall and | soon tore hole large enough for a boy | to crawl through. While he stood | looking at it out came a bat, startled | by the unwonted daylight Another followed, and another, and the carpen- ter began to amuse himself by chasing them around the room with his hat. Still others emerged from the hole .n the wall, and presently the asjonis1ed carpenter found himself in the midst of a swarm of bats.
 A great battle followed. The carpen
Arizona republican., 1899-01-19

ter laid about him with eTerJ-t thing he could get hold of. and the bats flew about his head in clusters like a swarm of bees. He fought until exhausted, then gave it up and sent for the doctor who found him in his shirt sleeves, with trembling limbs and arms akim- bo, surveying a TOW Of dead bats which he had laid out on a board. There were ty-eight
 This is the official list of the killed and wounded" said the carpenter.
 Three thousand more flew out of the window.
 Nonsense" said the doctor but went off to the laboratory and got some bisulphide of carbon, which he put into the hole in the wall. Being denser than the air it sunk to the foundation Of the building. and the havoc it ere ated Son it's way down would have shamed the dynamite gun of the crui- ser Vesuvius, which, as the Spanish informed the victorious American army, used to fire earthquakes at them during the siege of Santiago. Every bat and every bug in that wall per ished then and there Not one escaped A few bats fiuttered out into the room. only to fall dead on the floor. A few bugs crawled laIboriously out of the hole to die on the wall. In a few min utes all was over
 How many bats the doctor harvested out of that hole in the wall is not known accurately. He says he never saw so many bats before and never expects to again. There must have been a barrel Of them. Where they came from in such numbers is a mys- tery, still unsolved.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-19
TRACE OF THE PAUL JONES.

Mobile, Ala, Jan. 1S.-Captain La BogIe of the fishing smack John w. Hildin, which arrived this morning, re- DOTS that while cruising at Chande- leuT island on January s, he was told by Captain Hasen, the lighthouse keeper, that a party of ladies and gen tlemen from the yacht Paul Jones had stopped on the island on January and visited the lighthouse. He did not say what course they took after leaving the island. The report of the launch stranded on Dauphin island that was received late last night will be thor oughly investigated today.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-19

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Arizona republican., 1899-01-19

HOODS PILLS cure nausea, sick headache. biliousness and all liver ills Price 25 cents.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-05-26

The United states transport Meade
left Ponce, Porto Rico, yesterday with
the Nineteenth infantry, bound for
New York.
A terrible hurricane on the north
Queensland coast destroyed eighty-six
fishing smacks. nearly 400 lives were
lost and u large stretch of country
was laid waste.
Tomorrow n horsclcss carriage, con.
tanning the inventor. Alex Winton.
and a companion. will leave Cleveland
for New York, n distance of 500 miles.
The trip is expected to be made in five
days.
The First Nebraska marched from
SanF Fernando to Calumpit Saturday for
a thirty days rest. The regiment
numbers but 800 weather beaten veter-
n Two of the companies are mere
squads, and the battered canteens and
shiny clothes show unmistakable
marks OF rough campaigning. hut
the soldiers are happy. When they
boarded the special train at Calumpit
bound for Manila they yelled like
school boys, and the other troops went
to their stations and cheered heartily.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-05-26
Tnesdny, MAY 30.

The Missouri Legislature adjourned
sine die yesterday.
The big liner Paris is still on the
rocks. Divers have discovered several
large holes in her bottom. Her cargo
will be transferred. Passengers will
go on other boats.
The United States Philippine COM
mission has submitted the following
written proposition to the Filipinos:
while the final decision as to the
form of government is i'm the hands of
the congress, the president, under his
military powers. pending the action of
congress stands ready to offer the fol-
lowing form of government: A gov
ernor general, to be appointed by the
president: a cabinet, to be appointed
by the governor general; all the Judges
to he appointed by the president; the
heads of departments and Judges to be
either Americans or Filipinos, or both;
and also n general advisory council,
its members to be chosen by the peo-
pie by form of suffrage to be hereafter
carefully determined upon. The pres
ident earnestly desires that the blood
shed cease and that the people of the
philippines at an early date enjoy the
largest measure Of se~lf-governmen I
compatible with peace and order. I"
The United States commission pre-
pared the scheme and the president
cabled his approval of the form of tho
document. =
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-05-26
Sunday, May ell.

q The American section Of theosophists
are in session at Chicago.
Boston confectionery are attempting
to combine all concerns east of st.
Louis.
The big liner Paris is ashore on the
Manacles, OFF the Cornwall coast, near
Falmouth.
An incendiary fire at jacksonville.
fla, destroyed the Gate Cigar manu-
factory. Loss Si5, 900.
A combine of the ice COMPANIES of
ten states. with a capital of $4,000.
ooo, now seems assured in spite of de-
malls.
a state association, an auxiliary of
the national association of letter car
riors, was perfected in Lincoln, Neb. &,
yesterday.
The business portion of Jerome, Ari.
iona, q town of $500, was almost en-
tircly wiped out 10y lire.
Noah II. Swayne declines 10 have
his name considered as a candidate for
the republican nomination for gov
ernor of Ohio.
The Texas house has passed n bin
charging an income tax of | per cent
ON all personal incomes in excess of
~, 900 per year.
The reported offer of an English
syndicate to buy all cotton yarn mills
of Bristol county, Mass, has been ae-
cepted. Seven mills are included with
n capitalization of $3.50, 900. The
price paid Is said TO be Ss,4G0, 600.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-05-26
AFFAIRS OF STATE
EVENTS OF INTEREST TO
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
Timely Mention of the DoIngs Of the Ma
tional Congress. Departments and Hx-
ecutive OniciaI Actions, and Movements
Of Army and Navy.
Thursday, May ~.

General Merriam has sent word 70
the war department that he Is simply
aiding the the governor OF Idaho to
maintain order.
The society of Rough Riders will
hold their first annual reunion at Las
Vegas. N. NJ, June "a. Governor
Roosevelt and staff will be present.
The Illinois Steel company has mott.
fed the navy department that 1t will
not bid forarmor for battleships owing
to the heavy pressure of private work.
Rear-Admiral John G.. Watson, who
will relieve admiral Dewey in com.
mand Of the Asiatic squadron. has
sailed for his post on the steamer CITY
OF Picking.
Governor Stevens Of Missouri has
signed a bill placing a license of 81 on
all foreign corporations which desire
to do business i'm the state, in addition
to the present tan.
Postmaster General Smith has issued
an order permitting commercial papers
and samples of merchandise to be sent
in the mails to Cuba, Porto Rico and
the Philippines at universal postal
rates.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-05-26
WIDE WORLD NEWS.
HAPPENINGS OF VITAL IN
TEREST.
A :jrief Summary Of Events In which
People are Deeply I,tercsted-Sbort
Sentences Conveying y World of In
formation 60 Our Readers.
TbursJay NAV 10.

General Harrison has left for Paris.
Rear Admiral Schley has left Wash
ington for n visit 20 General Henderson
at Omaha.
Fire in the lumber district Of Chica-
30 destroyed nearly 5000 oO worth OF
property.
by a vote Of twelve 20 nine the Con-
nccticut senate has rejected n measur
providing for woman suffrage.
Montpelier, o., was tornado sweep,
and Tour persons were killed. The
property loss M considerable.
The Baxter senatorial investigating
committee Of the Illinois Legislature is
In Chicago. IL is investigating police
crookcdness.
Mrs. John O'Kccfc of Norfolk. Va,
gave birth to three sons. The father
promptly named them Dewey, Schlcy
and sampson.
At West Alexandria, O.. Frank Camp
bell shot and killed hi, wife and sister
in-law and then himself. Mr.. and
Mrs. Campbell were recently divorced.
Near Mansfield, Ia, q limited dis
trict was tornado swept and -four per-
sons were killed and % number more
injured. Farm houses were torn to
pieces.
EX-State Senator !. T.. Rose % Los
Angeles, Cal, one Of the best known
horse breeders and wine growers In the
state, committed suicide yesterday. No
cause is now known for the deed. :
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-05-26
To Preserve Plants.

Salt hay is used in winter for COW
ering various kinds of plants that grow
close to the earth. 1t has a long staple
and 1t serves this purpose well. Straw
with long staple is still used for bund-
ing up plants and shrubs having
atalks. Salt hay is Used in cemeteries
10 cover up ivy-clad graves. The ivy
Is thus kept in better condition than IL
1t were left exposed to the blasts and
the cold OF winter. The brown hay is
laid lengthwise upon the grave In a
covering Of uniform thickness all over
IT, which is held in place by bent rods
settled down upon 1t at intervals, hoop
Ike and with their ends in the ground
on either side.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-05-26
Saturday, May 20.

The peace conference of the nations
assembled yesterday at The Hague.
All efforts TO settle the strike at Buff
falo, N. V, have been abandoned, and
IL will have to wear itself out.
Addison Parker, q well known turf
man, committed suicide BY shooting
himself ut Beaver Crossing, Wis.
The Ohio Federation of Labor of Gin.
cinnati Is talking strongly of running
Mayor Jones of Toledo for governor.
Al Port Collins, Colo, James L. Du-
bois, secretary Of the state board of
agriculture, committed suicide by TAX.
ing poison.
Herbert Williamson and Thomas
Mallock We're drowned by the upset
ting OF their boat while i,hiug at St.
Andrew, n. u.
Miss Harriet A Farrand, for thirty
years assistant editor of the Advance
and author of several books on reli.
gious subjects, is dead AZ Chicago.
The Maryland steel company ycster-
day shipped 250 tons of steel rails 10
the Australian government and will
ship another consignment to that gov
eminent later.
The trouble ut Pana, Ill.,. between
the mine operators and union miners
has been settled, All negroes must
leave the city, and only union men
will be employed,
London papers throw cold water on
the peace conference They say that
the great success of the conference
will he the establishment of u perma.
nent court of arbitration,
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-05-26
Wednesday, May "a.

A postofiicc has been established at
klump, Custer county, Nebraska, with
ane y. klump as postmaster.
Nebraska postmaster appointed to-
day: Belgrade, Nance county, Elwood
ID. Morris, vice Robert l.. Osborne, re.
moved.
Final arrangements have been com.
pleted at st. Louis for the great anti
trust dinner in which 1900 guests will
participate hM
The United States cruiser Olympia,
with Admiral Dewey aboard. has ar
rived Mt Hong Kong from Manila. 1t
was saluted by the ships of all nation-
%alitics.
beginning with an imposing parade
OF military and other uniformed Or
CARNATIONS and closing with a display
of fireworks at night the national cap
ital today inauguratcd IA three days
peace jubilee.
Charles f.. Brush, the inventor OF the
are electric light, of Cleveland, has been
awarded the Rumford medals for the
practical development of arc electric
lighting by the American academy of
arts and sciences of Boston.
Nebraska patents issued today: Fred
y. Blu l Ugh, Friend, adjustable fast en-
or for shirt bands and collars; Thomas
b. Whittlesey and +. Y. McKinstry,
South Omaha, machine for skinning
fat meat: James A. Iarton, Omaha,
oil gas lamp.
Hon. Peter White of Marquette,
Mich, has been selected to make a coll
Lotion of copper specimens for the
Paris exposition in conjunction with
Senators Wolcott and Clark. The
Michigan college of mines at Houghton
has been designated to collect all gen.
eral minerals coming under the head
OF native elements.
In the land case of Samuel W. John.
son from the O'Neill district of Nebras-
ka, Secretary Hitchcock rendered n
decision That will be of interest to all
settlers on the big Sioux reservation,
who have resided thereon fourteen
months or longer and have otherwise
complied with the laws relating to the
opening of the land TO settlement. The
secretary held that patent should issue
to Johnson upon the payment of the
amounts due under the third section of
the act opening the land to settlement.
The decision is reached in accordance
Win ~ DIoNi Sioh VI IN ouiioIt CiNil
act of March 3 last, which. relieves set
tiers of the necessity of residing on
these lands for five years, as in the
case with otter lands.
Representatives of the leading table
manufacturers of the United States are
in secret session at Milwaukee and
have decided on an advance in prices.
In response to an urgent request of
the industrial commission, senator
Kyle has consented TO continue at the
head Of the commission, and according
ly has withdrawn his resignation as
chairman.
The president is satisfied with Gen.
eral Brooke's conduct In regard to the
payment of the Cuban troops, and has
had the secretary of wal cable to Cen
eral Brooke to proceed with the pay
ment. The arms are to be stored In
the arsenals at Santiago and Havana.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-05-26
Wednesday, May "a.

Queen Victoria is eighty years OLD
today.
The steamer st. Louis, sailing for
Europe today, takes out 433 900 ounces
of silver.
William Jennings Bryan addressed
an audience OF ten thousand people at
Quincy, III.
The London Daily Telegraph an
nounccs the discontinuance of it's sun
day edition, recently ~inauguratcd.
The bubonic plague is increasing in
Hong Kong. So far this month there
have been il3 cases and 25i deaths.
The Michigan legislature will not be
able to adjourn on May 20, the date
set on account of press of needed leg
islation.
The town of Pullman is to be aban-
doncd' Under the quo warranto pro-
ceedings the Pullman Palace Car COM
pany has five years to dispose of its
holdings.
The report that the United States
cruiser Detroit had fired upon tn
N~icaraguau gunboat San Jacinto and
sunk IL is untrue. Everything is quiet
along the Atlantic coast at Nicaragua.
Divers who have examined the
steamer Paris believe the shin can
never be fioated, Powerful tugs have
been summoned. The ship is resting
easily, and unless tne weather gets
very bad and rough, may be saved.
Charles Hutchinson. a Young man.
was shot by his wife during a family
quarrel at Arcadia. Ind, and INSTANTLY
killed. The woman pleads self-defepse.
She is but twenty-six years old and
Hutchinson was her fifth husband.
Yesterday saw the general breaking
up of the dock strikes at Buffalo, n. Y.
The settlement of the grain shovelcrs'
trouble, as has been anticipated, was
quickly followed by the disintegration
of all the other strikes along the water
front.
Tomorrow the Illinois Central Road
will begin laying track on the TT.
Dodge and Omaha line.
Adolph Telkamp, a Hamburg. Ger
many, merchant, has sued the Akron,
o., Cereal company for S., 900 damages.
He bought "a lot sf cereal foods, but
could not sell them because the face of
the empress of Germany was noseless.
The conference between the United
States commission and the Filipino
commission continues. The military
and civil elements OF the American
commission differ regarding the wis.
dom OF continuing the conferences.
The military adheres to demand for
unconditional surrender.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-05-26

An order has been promulgated for
the establishment Of rural free deliv-
cry service at Elk City and Bensaa
Douglas county. Neb., on June 1.
The steamship Meade. which left
Ponce, y. r., Saturday evening having
on board the Nineteenth infantry. re.
turned Sunday morning, a leak having
developed during the night.
Before leaving Manila, Admiral
Dewey, in speaking of the situation.
said; II believe we are near the end.
The insurgents are fast going to pieces.
The sending of a third commission
shows that they believe this commits.
sion business"
Captain Walker, commander Of the
Concord, the last of the commanders
who entered the bay with Dewey on
the morning of the battle. went TO the
admiral n said: Don't leave me
behind He was relieved of his com.
mand and will come home on the
Olympia.
There was n rumor in Washington
that there had been a hostile meeting
at Bluefields between the Nicaraguan
gunboat San Jacinto and the United
states cruiser Detroit, which is look
ing after the interests of Americans in
that vicinity. The report lacks con-
frmation so far as official advices are
obtainable. the statement being made
in responsible quarters that up to IL
o'clock there had beer no information
received in regard to il.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-05-26
Friday, MAY 10.

Paris postmen are out on a strike.
The president has returned to Wash.
ngton.
An agreement H. hoped for in the
Transvaal middle.
John w. Jorgcnsou, or ''.Iack-the-
hair-clipper," committed suicide in
Chicago.
Carey Castle, official residence of
British Columbia's governor, at Vie
toria, u. G., burned
Ex- Senator PETER of Kansas has re-
turned to the party to which he first
belongcd-the republican.
A southern white girl shot her negro
assailant. The assault was made near
the town Of Twelve Mile Post, Ala.
The steamer Barbaros,a which left
New York for Southampton was Obliged
to put back on account of a fire i'm her
forward hold.
Fred Burt, u farmer at L.angdon, n.
r., yesterday shot and fatally wounded
his f~our-ycar-old son aud then blew
out his brains.
The forces of Aguinaldo are whipped
into submission, and it is said that he
has made new ovcrtureS to General
Otis.
Resolutions pctitioning the peace
conference at The Hague TO take initial
steps in establishing n court of nations
and asking the senate ratify an arbi-
tration treaty with Great Britain were
adopted ut a public meeting Mt Phil
adelphia held under the auspices of the
Evangelical alliance aud the national
reform league.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-05-26
Sunday, May FL.

Omaha's Ak-Sar-Bcns are making
elaborate preparations for their festival
celebrations this summer.
Thomas Criger, charged with forging
a $25 check on the Diller bank. was
given a sentence of thirty days in Jail.
VIM. Banks, colored, of TT. Scott.
Kansas, has been placed in the emer-
gency hospital at Omaha. lie has the
smallpox.
The people of Ashland are agitating
the matter of building a bridge across
the Platte connecting them with Saun-
ders county.
The Nebraska grand council of
United Commercial Travellers adopted
a resolution against trusts at it's session
inHastings.
The Omaha reception to Schley was n
grand ovation from start to finish.
The admiral stood the ordeal well and
seemed to enjoy it.
The Murray hotel at Omaha has been
sold under foreclosure proceedings TO
satisfy a claim of S65, 900 held by the
Mutual Benefit Life association.
Joseph II. Cerny, a newspaper man
employed on the Pokrok Zapadu of
Omaha, has gone back to his Bohemian
home. His father wanted him to come
back, and decided him property valued
at 500, 900 as a consideration { o do so.
He has a wife and two children.
Lightning Friday night killed Mrs.
John Hayes of Near Loup City; ). p.
McCorkle, a farm near Bostwick; and
MORALLY shocked II. Schulalbers near
Hemingford.
United States Deputy Internal Rev
enue collector T.. NJ. Jenkins found AZ
Nebraska City several thousand dollars
worth of the counterfeit stamped ci-
gars. He seized them at once.
Rear Admiral w. $. Schley arrived
in Omaha Friday to pay a long expect
ed visit to his friend, General Mander-
son. He was today accorded a public
reception by the city of Omaha
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-05-26
Monday, May 81.

Patent leather manufacturers are
liking up n combine.
General Funston has been given the
command of a brigade.
Tim Murphy. the comedian, who has
been critically i'll, is convalcscent.
A monument to Sadi Carnot. fourth
president of the French republic, was
unveiled at DIXON.
a case of smallpox was yesterday
discovered on Blackwells Island, n. V.
and In consequence 10000 persons have
been placed under quarantine.
The Spanish cruiser Riena Mercedes
is ut anchor in Hampton Roads, having
just arrived from Santiago in tow of
the Merritt Wrccliing company's tugs.
At Kansas City, Levi Moore shot and
perhaps fatally wounded Mrs. Jennie
Campbell, Mrs. Emma Lands. and Mrs.
Anna Neck. The Campbell
who was a divorced had de-
serted Moore for another man.
At Joplin, Mo-, Andrew Woods n ne
gro barber, resented remarks made to
his wife 10y Dewitt Leonard, n white
man, and started after him with a re-
volyer. In the melee which ensucd
Woods was killed, and several bystand-
ers were injured by stray shots.
Eduard Scllek, for thirteen years
paymastcr in the New York customs
house, committed suicide by shooting
himself. He was aged ~. Two months
ago he was replaced by a republican,
and the loss of his position and i'll
health is believed to have been the
cause for the decd,