The Red Cloud chief., 1899-10-06
THE NfWS IN BRIEF.

from Chicago 10 Kansas City. tf-hi-
son, Leayenworth. Omaha. Co..
Bluffs. ST. Pau and Minneapolis went
into effect on the 10th.
The Noue Freie Presse Of Vienna an
nounccs that Emperor Francis Joseph
has accepted the resignation Of the
cabinet. and has entrusted Count Clary
with the tasi; Of forming a ministry.
News was received at Shreveport,
La. from Coushatta. s~eventy-hve miles
south. OF a disastrous FIRE, in which
the entire business portion Of the city
was destroyed. The loss will be heavy.
Reports received by Surgeon General
Wyman Of the marine hospital service
state that two new cases Of yellow
feyer have appeared at New Orleans.
where the weather continues cool. Al
Jackson. Miss, there are FIVE cases.
Surgeon General Wyman received
the following dispatch from Surgeon
Carter at New Orleans. zone new case,
Tennessee has raised quarantine per-
manently. after a heavy frost Friday
night"
Mr.. Richard Carroll, formerly sup
erintendent Of the Cincinnati South
ern railway, and more recently vice
president and general manager OF tho
Mobile & Ohio railroad, has diea or
heart disease.
Reports have been received in
Helena Of q bad wreck that occurred
on the Great Northern road q short
distance west OF Glasgow. Valley coun-
ty. Five men were killed and two
seriously injured. all employees Of the
company.
All the strikes at Havana, with the
exception Of that instituted by the
masons, are over. A few OF the lead
ers are still In Jail. but they will prob
ably be released. The Patria Endorses
the proclamation issued by Governor
General Ludlow.
The steamer Cmbria, which is SEIZED.
uled to sail from New York, win have
among its passengers Walter Wellman.
the leader Of the Wellman polar ex-
petition, who arrived In London Au-
gust 2s, after making explorations In
Franz Josef land.
At Spokane. Wash, c. c. Holzell
went against tho amateur bicycle rec
ord and covered n third OF n mile in
20 20. This claim is substantiated
by three judges and three time keep
ers, and Mr.. Holzell will claim the
amateur record Of the world before the
l.. A. w.
Henry Lublin. once n prosperous
druggist of Chicago, killed himself by
taking prussic acid. In order that his
aged mother, in Vienna, Austria,
might receive $1,000 insurance which
he carried on his life, and thus have
sufficient money TO live In comfort for
TIE balance Of her days.
The campaign for the betterment Of
the moral tone Of Sioux Falls, 8. d.,
begun by the Sioux Falls Ministers
association has borne good fruit. and
Mayor Linn has taken the i~nitiatory
steps TOWARD Kidding Sioux Falls Of
vice by ordering gambling stopped
and notifying all saloons to comply
with the state liquor law.
The customs officials Of CONSTANT
nople having refused to pass 10000
sacks Of American fiour arriving di.
rectly from the United States on tho
ground that the -four was unwhole-
some. the United States minister.
Oscar s. Strauss, theoretically protest
ed at the palace and obtained an trade
ordering the admission OF the -four.
The board OF charities tabulated
statistics show that out Of a popula-
ton OF 916,s9i In San Juan there were
291 ,089 INDECENT and IL ,S5S sick. The
number OF deaths aB q result OF the
recent hurricane was 2,6i9. One
weeks rations were issued to 293,l i7
persons and the number OF those
working for rations was 1l.7l3.
The settlement OF the complications
over the corner stone laying OF the
new postoffice building In Chicago
caused IN unequivocal announcement
that the president would go to Chi.
cago. Until the unpleasant feature
was adjusted the president was moro
or less In the air, but now that a salts
factory conclusion has been reached,
there will be no further hitch.
The Colombian legation has received
IN Official cablegram from Bogata an
nouncing that Gen. Julio Rengiffo, un-
I'll recently the Colombian representa-
tive in Washington, one OF the hes.
known South American diplomatists.
vas drowned In Magdalena river. 1t
IL believed q number OF others were
drowned the same time. RengifYO mar
ried an American girl. Miss Jane Bar
bour.
Two officers sent from Santa Ana,
Cal, 10 bring TWO men from Orange to
the jail at Santa Ana had a desperate
Tight with the prisoners, one OF the
latter, Herbert Glover. of Springfield,
Ill, receiving fatal injuries. His part
ner. n Leonard. was uninjured. The
prisoners commenced the attack. One
oficer was slightly injured. The men
are burglars.
Max Schlemausek. a United States
volunteer soldier, who was arrested
in Berlin some months ago for OBJ
tanning money under false pretenses.
was identified by Postal Inspector
Wheelock of Washington and formal
ly charged by him with forging pos
tai orders while residing In the Unit
ed States. Arrangements will be
made for his extradition.
The Dewey home fund has reached
owe $4,000.