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The Red Cloud chief., 1899-11-03
YORK GETS A LARGE LEGACY
Denver Lady Leaves $4,000
for York City Library
GIFT CONES AS A COMPILE SURPRISE
AIRS. g. Woods, who Left the Legacy,
was Never a Resident of York, but
Has Two Sons Engaged In Bus
mess In That City,

1t has just been announced that in n
will left by Mrs. q. w. Woods, who
lied recently at Denver, n bequest of
10000 Is made to the city of York for
the purpose of building and assisting
to equip a city library. 1t is under
stood that 5000 Of the amount Is for
the building and the remaining s., 900
for books. The generous bequest comes
as a great surprise to York people, as
the deceased woman has never beer a
resident of that place. Two sons are
here, however, prominently engaged in
the clothing business, and it was while
visiting at that city that she formed so
strong an attachment for York. The
matter has been laid before the city
council, and 1t Is likely that that body
will take suitable action at the proper
time toward the purchase of a good To-
cation. York already has one of the
best city libraries in the state, and this
hadsome gift comes as a most accepta-
BILE addition to the library fund.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-11-03
STATE RECEIVES M
Check for Over $4,000 For MobiIizing
Troops.

Governor Poynter received a check
Tuesday for 81. 996. s5. The check rep
resents one of the payments of the
general government to reimburse the
state of Nebraska for the expense in
Cured in the mobilization of the Ne
braslka national guard at Camp Thomas
in Lincoln. Most of the money will go
to the railroads for transportation.
The First and Second regiments, Ne
braska national guard, were modified
and entered the service of the govern
ment and each regiment did the work
assigned. The check wa, issued by the
treasury department and was forward
ed through the war department. In
this payment is included the cost Of
subsistence, pay of officers and men
and other accounts, and transportation
for troops to Camp Thomas from their
home stations and also transportation
for a certain class back to their homes.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-11-03
P~OMPADOUR'S RING.
1t Was Lost Over a Century and a Half
Ago.

II Nhs Lust oNer u century bnu u fthlt
Ago.
A ring containing an engraved
stone was recently offered for sale to
the medal department Of the National
Library, and on close scrutiny. says
the London Post, the curator recognize.
ed the gem as the famous lost "Tri-
umph Of Fontenoy." left by testament
OF. Nine. de Pompadour to the medal
department. The ring had disappeared
on the marquise's death and was sup
posed to have been lost forever, when
chance brought 1t to the very spot
where 1t would have been had Nine.
de Pompadour's will been carried ont.
The Triumph of Fontenoy" is one OF
the first works the engraver Jacques
Quay executed for Nine. de Pom
padour. The favorite possessed con-
siderable skill in painting and engrav-
ing on precious stones. She chose
Jacques Quay for master, took him to
Versailles. and installed him in her
apartments. where he gave her lessons
and also executed a series of engrav-
ings representing the principal events
of the reign of Louis XIV. There ID
little chance OF discovering through
what hands the Triumph Of Fonte-
noy' has passed since 1t disappeared
$50 years ago. 1t has Just come from
Poland, and precise information can.
not, 1t seems, be obtained.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-11-03
BUTTER MAKERS UP IN ARMS
Take Steps to Enforce the Pure Food
Law Of the State.

Prominent butter-makers interested
n the enforcement Of the food commits
sion law passed by the last legislature
met recently in Lincoln and took meas
ures to employ counsel to represent
them in the case soon to be placed be-
fore the supreme court. An agreed
case vas submitted to one or two mem
bers of the court some time ago, but as
all were not present the court took no
action on the request for leave to file
the case. The desired leave will prob
ably be granted November s, when the
court will convene.
The manufacturers of oleomargerine
are said to have employed counsel and
will ask representation in the case.
The attorney general has given his
consent for them to appear in the case
and be heard. This being true, it is
expected hat the suit will develop into
a contest between the butter-makers of
the state and the manufacturers of cleo
living in other states. At present there
are no manufacturers of oleo in Nc
braska.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-11-03
NOW IN ITS NEW QUARTERS,
Lincoln Branch Of Western Newspaper
Union Again In Operation.

The Lincoln branch of the Western
Newspaper Union, which was one of
the establishments burned out in the
recent big fire in the capital city, Is
again in running order with complete
new plant, and is supplying the ready
print wants of its customers in better
shape than ever. The fire occurred on
September 16, and just one month later
the new plant was started up in its
new location. l11g N street, which has
been leased for five years. Lincoln
citizens generally commend the enter
prise shown by this institution, and
are not slow to appreciate the fact of
such a splendid institution remaining
in the city. The institution employs
about twenty-five people. The com
pany carried a complete stock of sta
tionery previous to the fire but deemed
it advisable to eliminate that branch
for the present at least-devotirg all
attention to the betterment. If posi-.
BILE. of the ready-print feature.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-11-03
FEEL SURE HE is THE MAN
Table Rock Citizens are certain Me-
Brides Confession Is True.

A recent letter from the warden Of
The state p%enitentiary at Saltwater,
Mimi, to NJ. II. Marble of Pawnee City
leaves little doubt in the minds of the
people that the confession Of Convict
Mcbride alias Bullock is true, and that
Mcbride is the man who shot and
killed Marshal Nicholas A.. Craig at Ia
BILE Rock in 1896. So strong is the be-
lief that the confession is true that the
authorities will take steps to secure
his detention and prosecution at the
end of his prison term in Minnesota.
Marshal Craig was killed on the night
of September 20, 1890,
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-11-03

The New England Educational
league Is urging the electric railways
to follow the example OF Springfield
and Toronto by providing h~alf-fares
for school pupils. II is claimed that
children than adults can be car
ried In a car, that they would ride at
hours when other travel is light and
that the companies would find their
advantage In the numbers and regu-
larity OF this class Of passengers.
President Eliot OF Harvard thinks the
location OF secondary schools should
be determined by accessibility rather
than by local boundaries; and he adds
that fifteen miles by rail is easier than
two miles afoot on a country road.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-11-03
He Used "a Knife.

At Fremont, Tuesday, +. F. Brown
was attacked by win Evans, a beet
worker, and stabbed four or five times,
his wounds being of a nature not very
serious. Mr.. Brown says that the
young fellow, who is only a little over
sixteen years old, was employed by
him to work in the field cutting off the
tops of beets. When he discharged
him, the young man did not take it
very well, and assaulted him with a
knife with the above result.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-11-03
A French savant has published al

A French savant has published an
interesting paper In which an expla-
nation is solicited Of the formation OF
clouds. threads and crystals hat are
produced In the so-called chemical or
camphor barometer which consists OF
a solution in alcohol of equal parts,
of three substances. nitrate Of potash,
camphor and hydrochlorate Of am
monia, when the glass tube that con-
tains the solution is Theoretically seal
ed and the variations of temperature
to which It is subjected have no In
fluence on the phenomenon. In Eng
disappearing countries this form OF
barometer. under the name of 'the
farmers weather glass" "the domestic
barometer" or some other equally mis-
leading title, Is found everywhere. In
some forms there Is but little apparent
change in the clearness OF the liquid
from the beginning to the end of the
year. In other instruments the crys-
tails of camphor, from day to day, as
sumo different forms. which. however
interesting they may be to observe
and study, have nothing to do with the
weathsr and storms. and but little with
the current temperature. Skilled me-
teorologists know that for their pur-
pose, as well as for that of the farmer,
these instruments are of no value. but
to the student of molecular physics
they are well worth an investigation.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-11-03
HAS NO NEW FEATURES
The south African situation Contains
Nothing New .

According TO a London dispatch OF
the 2sth. the war situation presents no
new features. IL IL presumed in Natal
that the Beers are rcconstructing their
plans and that the English are resting,
but kilograms from Ladysmith at ex-
press rates still occupy forty-eight
hours i'm transmission u London, and
therefore 1t is not impossible that
something is happening. The special
dispatches assert that Colonel Baden
Powell, the British commander at
Mafeking, is aware that Pretoria has
General Cronje orders to stay his hand,
as already there Il quite enough TO EN-
ploy his Beers in Natal.
The government has chartered the
City of Rome as a hospital ship. Ac-
cording TO the latest accoun of the
first battle at Glencoe. the Boer army,
amounted to 1000 men, and about Don
another army almost as large, under
General Joubert, advanced within six
thousand yards of Glencoe camp and
then retired.
Commenting upon the petition 70
President Mckinley, promoted by the
New York World, urging that the good,
Offices Of the United States be offered
in settling the differences between
Great Britaid and the T~ransvaal, the
London Standard says:
1--WE very much doubt whether the
Washington government will at all
appreciate the suggestion, but In any
case IL Is AZ well for those whom IL
concerns, and particularly for those
whom II does not concern, to under
stand that the Transvaal question 10
one which exclusively affects ourselves
and which we propose to settle with
out assistance or Intervention OF any
kind"
The government has gratefully ac-
copied the offer of the American women
in England to equip the steamer Maine
as a hospital ship for use in South AZ
rican waters.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-11-03
Pure Food Law In Court,

The Armour Packing company of
South Omaha has appeared in the fed
eral court at Omaha to ask for an in
junction to restrain Governor Poynter,
Deputy Food Commissioner Hubbard,
the county attorney, and L. C. Munger,
q Lincoln attorney, from interfering
with that portion of its business which
pertains to the manufacture and sale
of butterine. A temporary writ has
been granted and arguments for a per-
manent order will be heard on Novem-
Der 8. The suit is the result of the ar
rest of some grocers who nave been
handling the Armour goods.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-11-03
COCHRAN SUSTAINS BOYLE
Appeal Case Decided Against Neville IL

Appeal Case Decided Against Neville IL
Lancaster County Court.
In the county court of Lancaster
county Judge Cochran signed an order
Tuesday in the appeal case brought by
Juan Boyle from the ruling OF the sec
rotary of state on the matter of allow
ing Judge Neville's name to appear on
the ballots as the democratic candidate
in the Sixth congressional district.
The court finds that the certificate
made and filed with the secretary of
state was made without authority and
is null and void and that the objections
and protests filed by Juan Boyle
against said certificate should stand.
The respondent made objections to
the order and formally asked that the
evidence be all included in the bill Of
exceptions. A supersedeas bond was
also asked for. 1t is not known that
the secretary Of state will appeal as he
has already certified the name of Judge
Neville to the county clerks " demo-
cratic candidate. As the time before
the printing Of the ballots is so short,
the probability is that where the
change is effected, suits will have to
be instituted in the different counties
to enforce the decision Of Judge Coch.
ran. II is not an injunction and can
not be construed as such.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-11-03
Two Union Miners shot.

The first bloody fight of the coal
miners strike at Decatur, H., which
was declared seven weeks ago, occurred
Saturday. Two union miners were
shot, M fatally.
As four n%on-union men, accompanied
by a guard Of twelve policemen and
six deputy sheriffs, were about to enter
the shaft they were accosted by Ave
union miners, who asked them to stay
out. One Of the four non-union men
for answer made n motion as II to
strike q union man with a club. In
stantly there was u fight and two
shots were fred.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-11-03
An Improved Electric rramway.

Inc city of Tours, in France, has an
electric tramway free from the I'M
slightly trolley poles. 1t is constructed
on the Diatto system, the main cable
running underground, and the current
being transmitted to the cars by a Sc
ries of contacts, level with the ground,
between the rails. The cars are pro-
vided with an electromagnetic de-
vice, suspended beneath, which, at
each contact. lifts a metal pin dipping
into a mercury cup and connecting
with the main cable. The contacts are
separated by a distance less than the
length OF the car frame. and thus a
continuous current is supplied through
them to the car motor as 1t mover
along.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-11-03
Death Of General Henry.

Brigadier General Guy V. Henry, Y.
s. A., late military governor Of Porto
Rico, died a few minutes before 4
o'clock Friday morning at his home,
pneumonia, aged sixty years. He had
been unc onscious for several hours an
his end was peaceful. At his bedside
were all the members of his family ex-
cept his son, Capt. Guy V. Henry. who
Is In the Philippines.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-11-03
Georgia Negro Lynched.

John Goesby, n negro, was lynched
at Reagan's Hill, about six miles from
Macon, Ga, last Friday night by u
mob from Twiggs county. Goesby, a
few days ago, provoked n difficulty
with his employer, John Robinson,
which resulted in the negro cutting
Robinson's throat. Robinson's neigh
bors pursued Goesby and he was cap
tured at his fathers house near Macon.
Robinson will probably ecover.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-11-03
Wireless telegraphy Is likely to be

Wireless telegraphy is likely to be
the subject OF litigation. Professor
Amos 4. Dolbear Of Tufts college de-
clares that he is the %discoverer of wire
less telegraphy and he proposes taxi
Ing steps to prevent Marconi from in
fringing on his rights. Professor Dol
bear is prepared to show that he holds
and controls the United States patent
on the whole art of wireless t~elegraphy
and wireless telephony. His patent
was granted In 1886. According to
Professor Dolbear's statement he was
sending messages for a distance of a
mile and a half without the use of q
wire when Marconi was only 8 years
old.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-11-03
HE is CHARGED WITH RAPE
Young Man of Fremont Assaults n Little
Six-Year-Old

In response to urgent kilograms VIM.
Jordan, IA resident of Fremont was ar
rested and held at Central City Tuesday
afternoon charged with the crime of
rape. Edward Lawson claims Jordan
committed rape on the person of his
six-year-old daughter as she was COM
ing home from school. The little one
is in a serious condition. Lawson re-
sides three miles west of Fremont. Jor-
dan will be taken back to Fremont un-
der guard. He is not yet out of his
teens.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-11-03
PLOT PROMPTLY PREVENTED
Americans Squelch Incipient
Uprising at Iloilo.
CHIEF CONSpIRATOR CAPTURED


A Manila special dated October 81, o
p. IN. says: NJ. Ruperto Santiago, one
OF the wealthicst Bisayans, who had
taken the oath of Allegiance to the
United States and who posed as a
friend Of Americans, has been arrested
at Iloilo, while other Bisayans are be-
ing watched. The prisoner Is charged
with organizing a revolutionary %junta.
IL Is asserted that a council of ten and
the manager Of the junta met daily at
Santiago's Office for the purpose of en-
cheering an extensive scheme OF col
lections for an insurrection. One of
Santiago's steamers vas captured car
rying supplies to the rebels. His ar
rest caused rumors Of an outbreak of
the natives Of Iloilo and precautions
have been taken to prevent trouble.
A battalion Of the Eighteenth regi-
ment and the marines of the gunboat
Concord form an expedition at Concep-
ton, northern Panay, which Is search
ing for the Concord's coxswain, who
was lured ashore by a white flag and
who Is supposed to be a prisoner.
They found the place deserted, and
burned every house as n punishment.
Oct. 2s.-lO a. m.-General Young's
column, which left San Isidro yestcr-
day morning at daybreak, moving
northward in the direction Of Santa
Rosa, encountered the enemy strongly
~entrenched just beyond the Tuboatiu
river. A brisk fight ensued and the
rebels were repulsed. Two Americans
were killed and wounded. Pursui,
was impossible on account of the
width and depth of the stream
The war department has received
the following from Manila under dat,
Of October "a:
Adjutant General, Washington: In
surgent government submitted appli
Manila to arrange difficulties attending
release Of Spanish sick pris oners ant
discuss peace conditions. Declined; n,
negotiations necessary, ~ we would
gladly receive all Spanish prisoners al
our lines, welcome them from theil
cruel captivity and labor for theil
welfare. Correspondence by mail
(Signed) OTIs.
The following cablegrams have beer
received at the war department from
General Otis.
Lawton advanced, under Young
north of San Isidro, lei C~abanatuan
Established permanent station, tire,
months supplies being forwarded by
San Juan river route. Lawton meets
little resistance. Twenty-sixth volun
teers and battalion Nineteenth infan
try sent to lloilo.
The hospital ship Relief has arrived
ut Manila. She reports the disappear
ance Mt sea of Lieut.. Robert ID. Carmo
dy who went to Guam with the marin,
battalion On the Yosemite when Cap
tain Lea-y vas sent out as governor to
take possession of the occurrence. Lieu
tenant Carmody was taken aboard a
Guam, presumably sick AMI on orders
home or else on a furlough. 1t II
thought he may have jumped overboar'
while delirous.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-11-03
Castro Not Recognized.

A Caracas, Venezuela, dispatch OF
Friday says: The foreign ministers
met at the American legation and de-
cided not to recognize the Castro adj
ministration without instructions from
their respective governments.
President Andrade has cabled from
Barbados. where he arrived recently,
to the commander at Puerto Cabello to
defend that city against General Castro
to the last extremity.
Coro and Maracaiboy have surrend-
cred to General Castro. Other reigns
here.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-11-03
Industrial School for Boys.

A Santiago de Cuba special, under
date of October %, says: General Leon
ard Wood issued an order today estab-
fishing an industrial school for boys,
orphans of Cuban soldiers, in the Span
ish military hospital, which vas aban-
doned by the American troops last
June. Some two hundred boys will re-
ceive instruction in various trades and
education in elementary branches.
Competent American teachers will be
engaged.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-11-03
A Elsh story.

When something became wrong with
the big water wheel at the light plant
in Blue Springs the other evening. it
was supposed that drift wood coming
down with the high water had clogged
the wheel up and it was shut down to
be cleaned out, but to the surprise of
those who started to clean the wheel
it was found to be full of fish of the
buffalo and cat variety, weighing from
ten to forty pounds, more than four
hundred pounds being taken out.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-11-03
VIII Make Pressed Brick.

S. w. Burnham, of the Yankee Hill
Brick company, at Yankee Hill, in
Lancaster county, that he
has recently established the fact that
pressed brick of the finest quality can
be made at his yards southwest of the
city, at the old Stockwell plant. lie Is
now arranging for a large increase of
capacity during the winter, and his
new machinery will include apparatus
for making pressed brick.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-11-03

IF you open fire ON the town | shall
proceed to shell your works." was the
short. sharp and emphatic message
sent by the American consul at Puerto
Cabella TO the Venezuelan insurgents
who threatened to lombard that city.
The cruiser Detroit was In the harbor
ready to translate the words into ac-
ton. The natives. needless to say
obeyed. II is now known far and wide
that American gunners hit what they
aim at.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-11-03

A scheme to engage the United states
government in the business of reclaim
Ing the great body Of arid lands be-
tween the Missouri river and the Rocky
mountains will certainly not go
through without opposition. Ii is al
ready urged that for the government to
add 0 1000, 900 tillable acres to the land
already In cultivation would create "A
competition with the present sgricul-
t%urists, lower the price Of produce
and work untold evils. There Is no
occasion for alarm. II will make sur
veys and measurements and reports
and publish many tons of reading
matter about irrigation and the water
supply from the heavens above and the
earth beneath and the reservoirs UNI
der the earth, but the United States
will never directly and by Its own
means make any present desert TO
bloom as the rose. Yet. without the
aid OF the federal government or any
other government a great proportion
OF the 10000 900 acres will, In the
course Of a century or SO, be trans
formed, because man is impelled to
that sort Of work by what seems a
strange fascination. He is seldom sat.
isfed with the fertile and productive
acres which are already his. He wishes
to reclaim or restore something. The
swamp that may be productive by the
use Of Its " weight in fertilizers; the
sandy plateau that may be enriched by
blowing under green and growing veg
etatioL-these visions will not let the
agricultural conquerer sleep. This in
domltable and aggressive American
character, not the government OF the
United States, will settle the arid land
question. The word has gone out that
these lands possess all the natural ele-
ments OF fertility. and all they lack Is
water, and the reply has come back
that they shall have the one thing
needful. While the government has
been surveying and reporting and pub
fishing pamphlets on the various sys-
tens Of irrigation employed in the
lower Nile and upper Congo and the
citizens have been divided into two
camps, Il abusing the government for
Aos NV a. oNhNi " 80
ing Of engaging In irrigation next, the
practical part Of the business has been
begun by individuals and private cor
porations. Hundreds and thousands OF
miles Of bitches have been constructed
in California without any government
aid, and the Mormons have saved. by
work and water, countless acres that
before would not have supported the
family Of a katydid. The American is
not, like the ancient Egyptian or mod
ern Mexican, a natural born %irrigator.
He has not been brought up to the
business, but II it must be done and 1t
pays, and as there are only 70,000,0 900
acres to be attended to, he will look
after 1t, and the government can help
or let 1t alone.-Kansas City Star.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-11-03
Dewey's Home Turned Over.

The house on Rhode Island avenue,
Washington, recently purchased by the
popular people for Admiral Dewey on
subscription, was formally turned over
To him Saturday by Assistant Secretary
Vanderlip of the Dewey home COM
mittee. The purchase price was about
$4,000. Two subscriptions were re-
ceived Friday which completed the
payment, including the expenses Incl
dent to the project.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-11-03
Civil Governor Resigns.

Gen. Ruis Rivera has resigned tho
civil governorship of the province Of
Havana. The post has been offered to
Gen. Emilio Nunez, hut his friends say
they doubt that he will accept. In ex-
PLANTATION Of General Rivera's resigna-
ton it is said his nominations have not
received the recognition due them.