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The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-11
August 4,

Marshal Stump of Falls City, who
was shot In the head by a tramp a
few weeks ago, is now lying at the
point of death. Hearst, the man ar
rested at Humboldt on suspicion of
doing the shooting, has been released
for want of evidence.
Probably the largest crowd that has
ever been in Lincoln park was on the
grounds Sunday at the Epworth assem-
bly,. The street cars carried fully six
thousand people out TO the grounds
during the day. This was in addition
TO the number already there In camp,
and O large number who went In car
riages. The weather was delightful.
Fully 1000 people listened to the pow
erfui and stirring by Bishop c..
c. McCabe.
The work OF putting in a telephone
system at McCook is nearly completed.
The trial of Gertie Russell Of David
City, who was accused of infanticide,
has been concluded, the jury return
Ing a verdict of not guilty.
The quarantine against smallpox,
which has existed at Table Rock for
some time, has been raised, not a new
ease having developed for three weeks.
A head-end collision occurred on the
c., 1t. p, M. & o. road near Tekamah,
between a passenger train and a work
train, and Fireman Olson Of the work
train was fatally injured.
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Curious japanese Custom.

The japanese have a custom Of cele-
brating the 1~'lossoming Of the trees by
a general holiday. This aesthetic peo-
PIE also regard the grouping Of How-
ers as such a fine art that they fire.
quently require their young women TO
tabe a two years course simply In the
arrangement Of flowers. Both the Chi
nese and Japanese have a true idea Of
the value OF each blossom, leaf and
stem in the final effect. Each twig,
each branch is given It's place in the
study; no blossom or leaf must be
crowded; each. instead. must stand
forth in its OWN beauty OF form and
color.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-11
Salt In Bodies of Water.

According to the latest survey. the
Great Salt Lake is about 100 miles
long, with an average width OF from
twenty-five to thirty miles. though in
some places It's width is from fifty to
sixty miles. and the greatest depth is
found to be some sixty feet. Its waters
contain nearly Is per cent solid mat
ter, mostly salt and soda, with small
proportions OF sulphur, lithia and bor-
acic acid. 1t is a well.known fact that
Atlantic ocean water holds but 3.5 per
cent OF solid material. of which salt
constitutes 2.6 per cent. In the Asiatic
Dead sea the water contains 20 per
cent of solids, including less salt and
soda and much more magnesia, cal
cium and potassium than Salt lake.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-11
From the

Washington Special, Chicago Jour
nal: Fourteen stenographers are busy
every day at the white house answer
ing the immense mail that comes 70
the president. Mr.. Mckinley does none
OF the debating himself, save In iory
rare instances. The bulk Of this WORK
falls upon Acting Secretary Cortelyou'
who In case Of an emergency has as,
sistants upon whom he Is at liberty 10
call. There are days when the mail ID
so heavy that the acting secretary anu
his two assistants are unable to keep
abreast Of the work,
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-11
WednesdaY. August d.

Governor Atkinson of Georgia is dead
after an illness of ten days.
Cubans think the time has come for
civil rule instead of military.
Joseph Britton of Newark, Ind, was
whipped by whitecaps for selling
liquor illegally.
In n quarrel neal Siblcy. Mo-, David
Elliott was shot and killed by his.
brother, Thomas +. Elliott.
Chairman Jones of the democratic
committee is threatened with a return
OF i'll health and has gone to Scotland.
John w. Anderson, formerly junior
clerk in Monson's bank, Winnipeg, has
been arrested, charged with stealing
$62, 600.
Ben Thompson, a negro, was lynch
ed at Alexandria, Va, for attempting
to assault Lillian Clarke. the eight
year-old daughter of Edward Clarke.
The Rome correspondent of the Lon
don Daily Mail says the Italian gov
eminent has received positive confirm
alton OF the report that China and
Japan have concluded an alliance.
A box Of candy sent by some I'M
known person to Mrs. Elizabeth New
comb, 1916 Carr street, st. Louis, may
develop into another ease of attempted
murder. The package contained an
anonymous letter advising her to give
up her husband.
At Salt Lake City First Sergeant
John Jacken was shot and killed at
TT. Douglas by Private w. II. Carter,
the latter was then shot and killed
while resisting arrest. Both are
colored, belong to the Ninth U. s.
cavalry, and fought at San Juan hill.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-11
Sunday, August O.


Prices Of various Goals have been ad-
vanced.
Admiral Dewey arrived at Naples
today. lie was given a hearty greet
ing.
Crowds are arriving at Rennes.
France, in anticipation of the trial of
Captain Dreyfus.
An explosion occurred in n marry
at Cincy, Belgium, and six men were
killed and five injured.
Seventeen people were killed and
thirty-seven injured in n collision ON
the Orleans railway at Juvisy, France.
AdJutant General Byers of Iowa has
issued a circular OF instructions for
the reorganization Of the Iowa nation
al guard.
Secretary Coburn of the Kansas
state board of agriculture estimates
the SORT yield of Kansas will be 30e,-
100 bushels, which ia three times
the 9s crop, and nearly lO0. OOO. OOO
bushels above the banner Yield Of 1889,
Louis Henderson, a negro. was
iynched Mt Blakely, Ca, for attcmpt-
ing 10 assault the ~six-year-old daugh.
yer OF >. w. Bowman, a planter Tor
whom he worked.
w w. Parker, a prominent physi.
clan OF Richmond, Va, died, aged
seventy-seven. During the civil wa,
ne commanded the celebrated Parke,
battery OF the confederate service. II.
was captain, surgeon and chaplain of
MS battery, and was the man of whom
9 stephen ID. Lee said: "He could
outSut outpray and Outright any mar
IN tne confederate army" He was 4
the city.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-11
Tuesday, August q.

IL is stated that the insurgents in
the Philippines demand 81, 600, 900 for
the release of the Spanish prisoners
held by them.
Policeman Joseph O'Leary Of Chica
go was shot and mortally wounded by
one Of three en'whom he discovered
leaving a gunsmith's shop.
The American delegates to the peace
conference have offered, on behalf of
the United States, to erect near the
English church a peace chapel, in The
Hague. The offer has been gratefully
accepted. :,
A careful examination by divers in
The vicinity of Mount Desert ferry
slip, Bar Harbor, Me-, indicate that.
the twenty victims, hitherto reported,
are all who persisted as a result of the
catastrophe.
Senior Cervantes, one of the editors
of the Havana Reconcentrado, recently
suspended by order Of Governor Lud-
low, has left for New York. He in
tends to go to Washington to complain
against the action taken against his.
paper.
NJ. de Giers, the Russian minister,
has addressed a note to the Chinese
tsung-li-yamen warning that body that
the conclusion of an alliance with
Japan would give great ofense to
Russia, and that the consequences to
China would be most serious.
The trial of Captain Albert Dreyfus.
was begun at Rennes yesterday. The
prisoner protested his innocence on
every question propounded. He bears
marks of suffering, has aged since his
last appearance. but stands erect. The
town and C ovid were orderly.
Twenty nine persons is the total
killed in the trolley car accident at
Oronoque, just six miles north of
bridgeport, Conn. George Hamilton,
the motorman, has been arrested,
charged with manslaughter being held
responsible for the catastrophe. II is
believed he lost his head when he saw
the danger. and turned the current on
instead of off.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-11
AFFAIRS OF STATE
EVENTS OF INTEREST TO
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
Finely Mention Of the Doings Of the Ns-
tionai Congress, Departmental and Es-
ecutive omoiai Actions, and Movements
Of Army and Navy.
Thursday, August 8.

The Pennsylvania troops, who came
In on the Senator, were entertained at
dinner by the First Nebraska.
The president yesterday received the
officers of the Twenty-sixth volunteer
regiment that is being recruited at
Plattsburg, N. Y.
The steamer Humboldt, from Alaska,
brings news of the destruction Of the
United States barracks, at Dyea. In
addition to the buildings, about IS, 1000
worth OF stores were consumed.
The secretary of war has directed
that the remains Of Colonel Hawkins,
Of the Tenth Pennsylvania regiment
of volunteers, who died enroute from
Manila, be sem TO his home from San
Francisco.
The hospital ship Relief arrived
from Manila yesterday with 243 sick
and wounded soldiers, among them
being Captain Zeilenger of Company
ID and thirteen men of the First Ne
braska. They report the best of treat
ment on the way over. Captain Zeil-
enger has been quite sick but is now
mending. The other Nebraskans on
the Relief are not seriously i'll. They
are suffering from wounds and other
ailments which rest and cool weather
will relieve.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-11
SUNDAY, August q.

The building Of Ar mour's new ware
house At South Omaha has been de-
decided upon definitely. II is said that
the building will be "a very large one,
probably ten stories high.
Frank Jones, a convict at the peni-
Tertiary, and a trusty, made good his
escape Saturday morning by dressing
up In the good clothes of the engineer.
A diligcnt search was made for him in
the city but up TO Monday noon he had
not been located.
Miss Nettie Mooman of Oxford, who
recently returned from Moody's train
ing school Mt Mortified, Mass, has
bccn appointed missionary To CHINA by
the Presbyterian foreign board and
will leave for Shanghai the 18th inst.
She expects to be in the foreign field
eight years.
All portions Of Nebraska except the
southern and southeastern sections Of
the state received a good wctting dur
the last twenty-four hours Of last
week. The region Of greatest precipi-
tation appears to have been q belt
stretching from east TO west through
the central portion of the state. Grand
Island received the hardest downpour,
which was 3.l2 inches.
II was stated at Havelock that Mrs.
Vincent Rotter, who was burned to
death In a gasoline stove explosion,
was filling the tank of the stove when
the accident occurred. The stove was
lighted and the oil in the can caught
fire. She set the can down and ran
out OF the house screaming for help.
Her clothing was on fire. In crawling
through a fence to call help to save
her baby she injured herself internal
ly, and II is thought this may have
fastened her death. She Is said TO
have made this statement during a
brief period of consciousness.
j. A Renning Of Wymore has a
unique apparatus arranged for the
purpose Of taking a bird's-eye view
picture OF the town. Mr.. Renning has
long been considern expert in the
matter Of makingA kites and he
has some Of the larG0M1gh the country.
Recently he attached a kodak TO his
kites and connected with the kodak is
q set of clock works which opens and
closes the camera at a certain time.
His novel scheme has been tried with
success, everything working to per-
lection.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-11
Saturday, Il 3.

Preston, Mimi, was damaged by
hoods, the loss being placed at $780,
900.
Only four houses remain in Carrabell
as the result of the coast storm. The
property loss is large.
j. w. Brybrough, one of the best
polo players in England, Is dead, the
result of an accident sustained during
y polo tournament.
A riot between the regular and vol
unteer forces stationed at TT. Nc
Pherson, Ga, resulted in the wounding
OF eight soldiers. As a result of the
riot eight men occupy cots at post hos
pital and it is feared some may die.
1t is rumored that the ear of Russia
is anxious to abdicate. lie is tired of
the throne, and the absence of an heir
excites his superstitious feelings, and
this is connected with a Russian legend
that an heirless czar is TO be succeeded
by a Car Michael predestined to &C.
cupy Constantinople.
William Hilker, a TT. Wayne, Ind,
grocer is under arrest charged with
criminally assaulting l~6-year-old
Minnie Reamer. Hilker had taken the
girl in his wagon and drove east of
town. Some farmers caught him in n
drunken condition, the girl in an un.
conscious condition. He attempted TO
escape, throwing the girl ont but hold.
ing onto one foot. She was dragged
nearly two miles. She is in a diving
condition and unable to tell what
happened to her.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-11
Aluminium shoes for Horses.

Russia has tried experiments with
aluminium shoes for cavalry horses, A
few horses in the Finland Dragons
were shod with one aluminium shoe
and three iron shoes each, the former
being on the fore foot in some cases.
and on the hind foot in others. The
experiment lasted six weeks, and
showed that the aluminium shoes lasted
longer and preserved the foot better
than the iron ones.-Boston Traveller.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-11
THE RED CLOUD CHIEF.
Tuesday, August 3.

The Second Oregon regiment was
mustered out Of service yesterday.
The United States dispatch boat Dol
phin has arrived al Portland, Me. Mrs.
Long and family accompanied by a
party of young ladies from Massachu-
sets were on board. Mr.. Long is ex-
pected to join the party today.
Chairman Moses Of the committee
having charge the reception of Admiral
Dewey on his arrival at Washington,
which includes the presentation of the
sword voted him by congress-, has re-
ceived from the admiral a letter APP
proving the plans under consideration
for the affair.
A statement prepared at the war de-
partment shows that by October ~
there will be In the Philippines, or on
the way there, $4,000 men. They will
all reach Manila before the beginning
OF the dry season. The troops TO be
sent from this country are ten regi-
ments OF volunteers, amounting to 49,
$50 men, recruits for skeleton regi-
ments organized in the Philippines,
1000; recruits for regulars, $500; eight
troops cavalry, 965; marines, 400.
The yellow fever scare at Hampton
may delay the completion of some of
the war ships now being built at New
port News. The navy department was
today advised that many Of the work.
men had fed with the appearance OF
the fever, and the builders have noti-
fed the department of the delay TO
work of construction which would
necessarily result. The ships building
at Newport News are the Illinois
Kearsarge, Kentucky and Arkansas.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-11
New Era In the South.

The course of the Old South was that
the population had no diverslfcatlon
Of pursuits, and the welfare OF all was
dependent upon the industry OF cot
ton-growing. The new plan Of work
Ing up the raw material on the spot
provides employment at all seasons
and at higher wages, educates the peo-
pie to new ways of life, increases the
aggregate production of wealth and
promises to effect great social reforms
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-11
Cooperative Agriculture.

During nine years Of steady WORK
Horace Phinket's nonpolitical irish
agricultural organization has wrought
a quiet revolution by teaching the
farmers the benefits of cooperation,
and as a result there are now over 100
auxiliary dairying societies, with
10000 members; five miscellaneous So
~cieties, with about 1000 members; two
declarations and three banks.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-11
WcdaesdaY. Augnst o.


Elijah Poor, an old soldier, dropped
dead while moving in a neighbours
yard at Falls City.
John Nicholai, ST., Of. Sutton, lost
three fingers by his hand coming In
contact with a circular saw.
At Blair yesterday the bondsmen Of
ex-Oil Inspector Hilton settled his
shortage with the state. paying over
$3.50.
Collins Reading, a four-year-old boy
living seven miles north of Broken
Bow, was bitten by a rattlesnake. He
was at nee taken to town and placed
under adoctor's care. He may recover
The responsibility for the disastrous
collision ON the st. Paul road near Te-
kamah last Saturday, is placed upon
n boy whom the company employed to
attend to the switch at the gravel pit
where the accident occurred.
Delma Thorp, colored, aged 1s, very
pretty, residing at seo North l2th ST.,
Omaha, committed suicide by taking
q dos, of rough on rats. She was suf.
fering from an incurable disease and
this fact is supposed to be the cause of
her action.
At Fremont yesterday Edward Je-
rome shot Sam Pope five times and
the man Is so badly wounded it Is be-
lieved he cannot recover. The men
ran n gambling joint, and the shoot
ing was the outcome Of a dispute over
money matters.
Frank Humphrey, an employee of the
King Press Drill company of Nebraska
City, had his right foot badly injured
in a machine called the RATHER, used
to emove the rough edges from cast
ings. II was SO badly orr that the
front part of the foot will have to bs
a~mputated.
Governor Poynter has refused to &C
cept the report of the senate committee
of which Senator Prout Of Gage county
was chairman, on the ground that the
committee, not being IA legal commit
tee, the document Is not a public on,
and cannot, therefore, be filed in the
| governors Office as such.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-11
Wednesday, z o.

General MacArthur's force, consist
ing Of 1000, advanced five miles be-
yond San Fernando yesterday, and
encountered and defeated a Filipino
force Of 5000 men. The enemy re-
treated, leaving many dead and
wounded. The American loss in killed
and wounded is twenty.
The Second Oregon regiment broke
camp yesterday at the Preside, and
marched to the ferry with the band Of
the Nebraska regiment and Utah artil-
lery acting as escort. The regiment
leaves few i'll behind. The Nebraska
and Pennsylvania soldiers received
their pay for June yesterday.
In speaking Of the Captain Carter
court-martial case, Attorney General
Griggs said that in all probabilities
he would not reach q formal con-
clusion in tee matter until Mr.. Wayne
MacVeagh, counsel for Captain Carter,
had been given an opportunity to be
heard. Mr.. MacVeagh Is 10Y in Eu-
rope. II is the expection OF the Off
Gals that a conclusion will be reached
before the close of next month.
General field returns of the First
Nebraska as given by General Shafter
are: Total commissioned, 40; promoted
from ranks, 1s, resigned, IS; dis
charged, 2; killed and died of wounds,
3; remaining to be mustered out, Al;
total enlisted, LAG; total enlisted
joined regiment, 1,246; discharged, 325;
killed and died Of wounds, SO; died of
disease, %; drowned, 1; deserted, 2;
transferred, 5; remainder to be mus
tered out, 1855.
Acting Secretary of the Interior
Ryan has affirmed the land Office de-
cision in the case Of the state of Ne
braska against Joseph Cannot, Charley
j. Nelson, William Luedke and Charles
A. Londburg, involving lands in the
abandoned Fort Randall military res
ervation in Nebraska. In each case
the settlers homestead application is
rejected in favor of the state, as it had
applied for the land under the school
grant within one year of the date OF
the act providing for the disposal OF
the lands. In these cases the settle"
ments were made after the date of the
act and the state had a prior right o.
selection for n year.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-11
Monday. August I.

The bubonic plague has made its re.
appearance at Calcutta.
Violence has ceased in connection
with the Cleveland street car strike.
The compositors and stercotypers of
the New York Sun are on a strike, and
the paper finds hard work getting
printers.
At Greentown, o., Mrs. Catherine
Wise killed her daughter Ruth Swartz.
aged 10. The girl had been betrayed,
and the fact crazed the mother.
At Bridgeport, Conn, a trolley car
left a trestle and fell into a pond forty
feet below. Nearly forty persons were
killed and quite a number were in
jured. The trestle is about 44O feet
long, and the a approached IL at a
fast speed down an incline. The
trucks jumped the track, ran along
about rs feet on the ties and then
toppled over, the motor crushing into
the trailer.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-11
WIDE WORLD NEWS.
HAPPENINGS OF VITAL IN
TEREST.
A Brief Summary of Events In which
People are Deeply Interested-short
Sentences Conveying . World Of In
formation TO Our Readers.
Thursday, August 8.

Slaughter Of tuberculosis cattle still
continues in Illinois.
The counsel for Captain Dreyfus is
busy arranging for his defense.
Leslie M. Shaw was yesterday re-
nominated for governor by the Iowa
republicans.
There were no new cases and no
deaths at the soldiers home at Hamp-
ton yesterday.
Kentucky will have two democratic
tickets, the revolt against Goebel be-
ing very large and general.
Oscar Il. Rice, white, and John Ken
nedy, colored, were e~lectrocuted at
Auburn, N. VI yesterday.
The police Of Cleveland have arrested
John S~choenthal, a striking conductor,
on suspicion of being guilty Of dyna-
hitting street cars.
Roland Is. Molineux was arranged
in New York and pleaded not guilty
to the indictment charging him with
having poisoned Mrs. Kate j.. Adams.
Representatives of the American To-
bacco company have purchased the
plant and business Of August Beck Il
Co. of Chicago, the consideration be-
ing $780, 00.
During a race between the Columbia
and Defender the new steel mast of
the Columbia broke and the race had
to be abandoned At the time of the
accident the Columbia was pretty well
ahead.
Nathan Herzog, adischarged private
Of company NJ, 22d infantry became
madly insane in the California hotel at
San Francisco, and in a nude condition
ran amuck through the building. He
hurt two policemen and a woman be-
fore he could be captured.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-11
NEWS OF NEBRASKA
CONDENSATION OF IMPOR-
TANT NEWS ITEMS.
Short n Filthy Paragraphs which TON
of what Has Happened or VIII Hap
pom In Our Commonw eaith-Ths News
Briefly Summarized.


John A. Clements, one Of the pioneers
Of Cass county, whose home is ut Elm
wood, died yesterday Of a complica-
ton of disease.
Clay Center Methodists are proud Of
their newly.remodeled church, which
is now capable Of seating twice as
many as formerly.
The village board OF Fairmont has
granted a saloon license To an appli-
cant, and the citizens promise 10 serve
nm injunction 10 shut the saloon out.
State Treasurer Meserve has issued
a call of state warrants TO take effect
August g. The amount is S42, 900 and
the number Of the warrants runs from
o ,172 TO so, 40l inclusive
George II. Payunk, n barber living
at 1915 Elm street, Lincoln, died last
night as the result of taking too much
morphine yesterday morning. He had
been In an unconscious state for more
than twelve hours, and his recovery
was hardly hoped for from the time in
which his condition first became
known.
The Ideal Creamery company Of Ong
fled articles Of incorporation yester-
day with the secretary Of state. The
company has a capital stock Of s25, 600,
the third largest capital OF any cream
cry company in the state. The incor-
porators are William A. Carpenter,
Charles +. Bush and Roy A. Bush. The
company commenced business April Is.
Clark Presson, aged 90, son Of Rev.
J. II. Presson Of Stromsburg, accident
ly shot and instantly killed himself.
He was repairing an old revolver when
II exploded, the ball entering his
brain. He was a g%ood-natured, kind
hearted young man, a member Of the
Modern Woodmen and Nebraska Mu'
tual. He had, until quite recently
been assistant beekkeepcr Of. tn.
Farmers',and Merchants bank.