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The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-08
Thursday, November 30.

w. II. II. Stout. who will be rcmem.
bered in Nebraska as Boss Stout" has
just filed "a plea of bankruptcy I'm the
district, ut Washington, ID. c., alleging
debts amounting To $50. 1000. and assets
of 500. Most of the debts are stated
to be due to Nebraska parties.
The first snow Of the season fell az
Creighton Thanksgiving day. IL be-
gan to rain early in the morning, soon
turning to snow, and continuing quite
hard until afternoon, when IL cleared
up and became quite warm, the the
Thermometer rising to 80 degrees
above geo.
Major j. N. Killian will not leave
Columbus as has been reported. He
has no intention of taking such u step.
To a correspondent the major said he
had too many and too important inter
ests in Columbus to leavei it permanent
~. He has interests in Virginia and
other eastern states for other parties
which will require his attention at
intervals. Major Killian is well known
in eastern Nebraska for his service in
the Philippines.
l.. w. Hastings, for twenty years
editor of the Aurora Republican, died
at his home in Aurora after "A long
illness, of an affection of the stomach.
The funeral was held Thursday morn
ing at the Congregational church un-
der the auspices of the Odd Fellows.
1t was one of the largest funerals eve
held in that city, attesting to the pop
ularity of the desceased and the sym
pathy of the people with his family.
Mr.. Hastings vas one of the pioneer
newspaper men of Nebraska and n
staunch supporter of all that was up
right. lie has suffered greatly in his
fatal ailmcnt, which. months before
his death was known TO be incurablc.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-08
Thursday, November 80.

The war Office at London has re-
reived the following dispatch from
General Butler, dated nj Cape Town,
conveying report from General Me-
thuen:
'"Modder River, Tuesday, November
2S,-Reconnoitered at 5 a. IN. enemy's
position on River Modder, and found
them strongly entrenched and con-
cealed. No means of ~outhanking, the
river being full. Action commenced
with artillery, mounted infantry and
cavalry al $50, guard on right, Ninth
brigade on left, attacked position in
widely-extended formation Mt 6:3O and,
supported by the artillery, found itself
in front of the whole Boer force, 5000
strong, with two large guns, four
Krupps, etc.
"After desperate, hard fighting,
which lasted ten hours, our men, with
out water or food, and in. the burning
sun, made the enemy quit its position.
1.-The naval brigade rendered great
assistance from the railway.
General Pole-Carew was successful
in getting a small party across the
river, gallantly assisted by 800 sappers.
~ speak in terms of high praise of
the conduct of all who were engaged
in N of the hardest and most trying
fights in the annals of the British
army. IL l can mention n arm par
ticularly, 1t is two batteries of artil-
lery."
While q Flint & Pere Marquette
steamer was on her way from Luding.
ton Milwaukee Max P~fenning of james,
vile, Wis, aged sixty years, jumped
overheard and was drowned. No cause
is known for the act.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-08
Saturday, December 2.

The university of PENNSYLVANIA an
nounces a subscription of S25O,0O0 by a
Philadclphian, whose name is with
held, for the erection of "A laboratory
of physics.
One Of the main buildings of the Laf
lin-Rand powder works, four miles
north of Columbus, Kan. vas blown
up. William Cushman VAS killed. The
property loss is $4,000.
A windstorm blew n work train on
| the Great Falls & Canada railroad
from the track near Great Falls, Mont.
Six ears caught fire and m unknown
man was burned to death and three
other men were injured.
BY q fire in a tenement building ut
New York, William Helmboldt, sixty
years old, n civil war veteran, and his
wife Matilda, aged sixty-flve, were
burned to death. Many other occu-
pants of the house had narrow escapes.
A smallpox epidemic is reported at
Dixon, H.. where 100 persons have be-
come Ill. Local physicians diagnosed
the cases as chickenpox, but DR.. G. 5.
| Nelson the state board Of health expert
who went to investigate the matter,
wires that the illness is typical small
pox and that it is spreading at an
alarming rate.
A Fort Scott, IAN, dispatch says;
John y. Reese, member of the national
executive board Of the United Mine
| Workers association, sentenced to
three months imprisonment for con
tempt of federal court, has refused the
order of United States Judge Williams
for special Jail privileges Mt Topeka,
saying: IAN innocent man has nC
preferences of prisons in which to be
uniustly confined
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-08
Friday. December 1.

George Cole, "A seventcen-ycar-old
boy, living near Albion, met with n
distressing accident. He had climbed
up the elevator of n cor shelter for
the purpose of oiling "A part of the
machinery, when he slipped and fell
into the shelter. Both legs were broken
and cut and he is in IA very critical
condition.
A P~lainvicw, Neb., November 80 spe-
cial says: A man named James Rogers,
on the Pacific Short Line passenger
train going east, committed suicide
just before the train reached Plainview
today. lie was in charge of Sheriff Il.
NJ. Sweeney and a deputy, under SEN
tence for horsestealing and vas en-
route to the Sioux Falls. :. d., peni-
Tertiary, having been convicted at
Bell Fourche. lie cut his throat with
a penknife and expired in a few mo-
ments.
At q recent meeting of the Wisner
town board a printing bill which had
been allowed at the legal rate Of 81
per square first insertion, was, on the
advice Of Editor REMOVER, of the Wis
ner Chronicle. reconsidercd and cut
down TO % cents. In his defense OF
the action of the board in last weeks
issue of the Chronicle, Editor REMOVER,
state regent and reformer, admits that
he charged the village of Wisner from
January 1, 1887, 10 January /, 1890, 81
per square first insertion, for publish
ing ordinances, ETC., but finding that
he had ignorantly been charging "a
cents per square too much, had only
charged 25 cents straight since that
time.
A pension OF $50 a month has been
granted to the widow OF Captain
Nichols, who died in Manila bay as a
result OF overheating himself during
action against the insurgents,
Excited by liquor and enragcd by
the flight of his wife TO the home OF
her parents, Charles Lamb, n black
smith employed by the Illinois steel
company, Chicago, shot and killed his
father-in.law Charles Nurbert.
Melvin l.. Fuller, who ran the Alas
ka Commercial and Mining Company
was held to the federal grand jupry al
Chicago on the charge of using the
mails 10 desrand. He is charged with
duping relatives Of dead persons.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-08
saturday. December ..

A movement for the raising of funds
for u memorial orphan asylum for Gu.
ban children which shall bear the name
of Mrs. Thurston, the first wife of Sen
ator John VI. Thurston and who died
shortly after u trip she made Cuba,
was started in the Madison Avenue
Presbyterian church, New York, under
the auspices of the Thurston Memorial
association.
The fight in the township of Monroe
over the question OF Incorporation is
waging bitterly. On December 20 II
will be- carried into the courts. Al
bert Il Reeder being the attorneys to
handle the ease for the petitioners,
and Whitmeyer Il Gondring for the
faction opposed TO Incorporation. The
two local papers OF Monroe, the Re.
publican and the Looking Glass, are
arrayed for and against incorporation,
respectively, and it is In u measure due
TO this, as well " personal luminosity
to Editor Gerard on account of his
prohibition policy, that the Office of
the Looking Glass was broken into
alu wrecked last week.
Harry Trumbull killed n highway
man In south Omaha. Trumbull was
on his way home. Passing Twenty
fourth and j street, South Omaha, near
a vacant lot, two men sprang out and
grabbed him. One threw his arm
around Trumbull's neck, seeking Ia
throttle him, while the other masked
man started To rife the victims pockets,
Having his hand on his revolver In his
ovcrcoat pocket, he shot II Of tn,
robbers dead. while the other escaped
Trumbull went to the police station
where he is detained. lie is collector
for the Packers National bank. TIL,
dead man is unknown and is about
twenty-five years old.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-08
WIDE WORLD NEWS
Comprehensive Condensation
of Christendom.
A COMPLETE SUMMARY OF TIE Wick
short Paragraphs Conveying . World OF
Observation-Disclosures of the
Past seven Days Intensely In
to People without Time.
Wednesday, November go.

The transport Manauense. with Lieu
tenant Colonel Webb Hayes and three
companions of the Thirty-first infantry
on board, has arrived here, says u Ma
Mia dispatch of November 20. She
narrowly escaped disaster. The officers
and soldiers were for twelve days bail
ing with buckets. The steamer was
unseaworthy, undermined and short
Of provisions. Her engines broke down,
and she rolled three days in a typhoon.
Prof. w. S. johnson and C. l.. Forticr
of Milwaukee made a successful test in
Chicago Of the wireless telegraph. They
succeeded in telegraphing without
wires, through a suite Of seven rooms
with all doors closed and through
seven walls. The professor claims that
his invention is materially different
from that Of Marconi, and that instru.
ments can be constructed to be carried
on horseback and be ready for opera
tion within a few moments after they
have reached their destination.
A dispatch has been received at Lon
don from General Butler giving q list
Of casualties among the troops en-
gagged in what was hitherto known as
the battle OF Gras Pan, but which Is
now officially designated as the battle
Of Enslin. 1t proves, as anticipated,
hat the British success was heavily
bought. The losses announced today,
added to the naval brigade casualties
previously reported, make u grand to.
tai Of 1913 as the cost of General Meth
uen's second battle.
The insurgents have evacuated Man.
galaren, province of Pangasanan, says
a Manila dispatch of November 18th
leaving seven American and n~inety-foui
Spanish prisoners, who escaped in the
confusion of the Filipino retreat. The
Americans are p. j. Green and George
Powers of the battleship Oregon
Thomas Edwards and Charles Bird OF
the Sixteenth infantry; Henry w
James of the Twelfth infantry; Johr
Desmond of the signal corps and f
II. Huber of loves scouts. They re
ported that two Americans were unable
to escape and are with the insurgents,
They are David Scott of the Twenty
fourth infantry and William Sherry o.
the hospital corps. Four deserters are
with the Filipinos, Howard, Martir
and Ford of the Californians and Watts
whose former regiment is unknown
Howard is the only one serving will
the insurgents. He is a captain of ar
tillery.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-08
Monday. December 4.

In honor of his completion OF fifty
year continuous service in the Chicago
fire department, the Chicago Under
writer's association gave a silver loving
cup to Fire Marshal Denis j. Sweenie,
who is now the head of the fire de-
partment.
The steamer Coptic has arrived at
San Francisco from the Orient, via
Honolulu. No mail or passengers will
be landed until after quarantine in,
spection. Purser Goodrich reports
that the transport Fort Stevens, which
left Seattle on November IL with
troops for Manila, put in at Honolulu
November "a, after having been driven
far out of its course by n storm. The
captain reports ''all well on board
A rear.end collision between n south
bound Los Angeles passenger train and
a local freight occurred near lsleta'
twelve miles south If Albuquerque,
n. NJ, wit fatal results.
The names of the injured 50 far as
known are:
C.. Hutchinson of Winslow, A. r.,
| badly crushed; will die.
Head brakeman Pinncy of freight
train, caught between cars, chest and
legs badly pinched.
Conductor Davcrn, face badly cut and
bruised otherwise.
A lady passenger whose name can
not know he ascertained, received in
~juries that required immediate medi
cal attendance.
1t is believed that many passengers
were cut and bruised and received
other injuries. Full details are not a
hand.
A wrecking outfit with surgeons hal
gone to the scene Of the wreck.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-08
Friday, December 1.

Clyde MattoX has been taken to New
kirk, OKLA, to stand trial for the muir
der at Ponca City of Lincoln Swinney,
a sheep herder.
Otto Grants has bonded his rich mine
at Deadwood to Denver people for one
million dollars. The mine produced
$4,000 in three carloads of ore.
The Elgin National Watch company
surprised its a,4oo employees by giving
notice of restoration of the wage scale
OF 1892. The advance was unsolicited.
Nicholas Putt, a laborer, shot Mary
Wielgornska, who resisted his atten.
tions, at Toledo, Thanksgiving even.
ing and then shot himself. The girl
will recover, but Putt will die.
The total gold production of the
Cripple Creek district In November was
81. 5l5, 500, an increase of more than -
per cent over the largest previous
monthly record.
A Wabash passenger train struck q
Ihirty-first street electric car at Chi
cago, injuring eleven persons aud de-
molishing the "A u. None of those in
jured will die, The passenger train
was running at a high rate of speed
and was two blocks away when the
conductor gave the signal to the mo,
torman To cross. The fact that no one
was killed il considered miraculous,
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-08
Tuesday, December 8.

A rear end collision occurred between
two passenger trains on the Denver N
Rio Grande railroad, in which six per-
sons were killed outright and several
others were severely injured. The ac-
cidcnt happened at English Switch,
about six miles east of Salida.
A syndicate Of eastern mills has con-
su-,mated a deal at st. Louis for L.
25o, 600 pounds of territory wool. The
terms of the sale were private, but it
Is stated the deal amounted to more
than s?5. 900. This is the largest sale
of wool ever made in the west.
Monday, at State Line, Miss, Ed
mund, the five-year-old son of DIR. w. II.
Boykin, shot and instantly killed his
brother Rodcrick. aged eleven, and Sc
vcrely wounded his brother Tom, aged
thirteen. The boys had quarrellcd
over the possession of a toy when I'D
mund went to the house, secured a
shotgun and used 1t with the above re
suits.
There should be no objection to a
lady lifting her skirts u little over two
feet on a rainy day.
Henry ID. McCord and William M.
McCord, composing the firm OF Henry
ID. McCord & Son, grain dealers OF New
York, have assigned for the benefit OF
creditors. The firm is rated at be-
tween $4,000 and $3.50 900.
A wreck on the Nehart branch Of the
Great Northern near Great Falls, Mont.
resulted in the death of three men and
the destruction Ct an engine and ten
ears. The engine struck a steer and
left the track
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-08

The moment that a young crocodile
breaks ita shell II 10 to all intents and
purposes az active as at any time dur
ing its life. II will make straight for
the water, even II II be out ,of eight
and a good distance on, and II VIII paur-
sue Its prey With eagerness and agility
during the first hour Of its free exist.
ence
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-08

w. Upton OF Nebraska took place H.
Washington Thanksgiving afternoon
from his late residence. lntcrmcnt
was made in Rock Creek cemetery.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-08
Evidently Liar.

Weary Willie-He says ne was once
an actor and got fifty q week. Do yer
believe It? Frosted Feeter-iNawI II
he'd ever been an actor he'd have said
he got two hundred and ffty perl
Puck.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-07-14

One or more of the
physicians and sur
geons of the medical
staff of the Chicago
Curative Institute, who
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-07-14
Church Dedication.

The dedication of the new, German
Luthern church of Clarence township.
will, occur on Sunday. July 2Sd. 1899.
Services in the German language in
the forenoon CONNIE ncing at 10: o'clock;
services in English commencing at
8: o'clock p. M. Rev. Vetter of Atchi-
son, and Rev. Hafner Of Lincolnville,
kans., will assist Rev. A. r. Roglitz,
the resident pastor
The new church building is a haud>
some one; it is frame building, 2Sx4O
feet, with tower 1Ox10 on the ground,
forming an entrance, and supporting
tie belfry and the spire 60 feet high.
It is located 13 miles due west of the
north line of the city of Great Bend,
in the center of an Industrious farms
Ing community and has for its sup>
port many of the best and most subs
stantial German citizens of Barton
county.
The general public is most cordi,
ally invited to attend the dedicatory
services
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-07-14
Horse Thieves.

Tuesday night two men, thought to
be young fellows who had been at work
On the Koehn ditch, stole a horse be-
longing to Franz Hermann and buggy
and harness belonging to Mrs. Bob
Brown, in the south part of town.
They drove east, and the officers got
on their trail and had followed them
to point few miles north of Ster.
ling on Wednesday afternoon. At
that time, p. M, the thieves we're
only hours ahead of the officers. They
also broke into the Koehu store house
aud took some shoes and other things,
and If captured will doubtless go to
Leavenworth for spell. AS We go to
press Thursday afternoon no word has
been received from officers on the trail.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-07-14
An East Side Financier.

A farmer named Fred Metz, living
about four miles south of Ellinwcod,
had great scheme to raise stake
and emigrate to California. He went
to the Citizens Bank and borrowed
81, 800. giving as security a chattel
mortgage on 5000 bushels of wheat.
Then he went to the Bank of ElIinwood
and got 5000 more, giving another
mortgage on the 5000 bushels of wheat.
The banks, however, found that Metz
had previously sold the wheat and got
the stuff for it. A warrant was issued
for him. and Marshal Logan placed
him under arrest. Mrs NJ. and two
sons then put in an appearance with a
shot gun and other weapons, and
"held up" the marshal while Met z
made a sneak through the corn fields.
presumably being pretty we'll fixed as to
ready cash. The mother and two sons
were placed under arrest for compound
ing felony, and the officers are on the
hunt for Metz, with 500 reward offered
for his arrest. Wednesday the mot her
and sons secured their release by max
ing some SOFT of compromise with the
banks. and it is supposed that Metz
will be permitted to maintain his en-
forced seclusion without further moles.
IA tiOO
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-07-14

j. w. May who has been doing
quite rushing business selling pianos
and organs in this county, for a Lar,
ned firm, has skipped the trs.la.loo,
aud, it is said left the Larned house in
the hole several thousand dollars We
want TO notify the Larned Eagle OPP
tic that this was not put up job by
Great Bend people to fleece the Larned
people. May be that May having fall
ed to stay here during the 4th and en-
terrain his Larned friends had some
thing to do with the Eagle Optics
grumbling of last week There is also
said to be a woman Tor several of
them) in the May affair.
Sheriff Long, of Reno county, on
Monday of this week, arrested
one John Morse, at Ellinwood, charg
ing him with stealing a horse from a
man at Hutchinson. Morse said he
had bought the horse-which was
found in a livery stable at Ellinwood-
from stranger. This same fellow,
Morse. has been trying to blackmail
Miss Julia Miller of this city, by filing
contest on her timber claim south of
the river. He seems to be an all
around tough, who claims Stafford
county as his home, and the indica-
tions are that be has got his foot in
it" this time.
On Thursday night of last week,
during the storm that swept across
this county, the new German Lutheran
church building in Clarence township
was struck by lightning, but not great
ly damaged. The bolt struck the spire
which is metal covered and did no
damage there, but following down it
ripped off path of shingles, not ef>
fecting the tarred paper between the
shingles and sheetings or on the side
wall, but tearing great hole as though
made by an explosion when it reached
the stills of the building. Fortunately
fire was not started, and the damage
was soon repaired,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-07-14
Moved,

After Monday July II, l will be in
the room now occupied by Chas. Lund>
blades Drug Store, Sd door west of
Aliens, with nice new stock of
watches, clocks and jewelry Will be
pleased to meet all friends.
F. B. PATTERSON.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-07-14

Andy of the Register, saw the deco
rations on the court hOuse-saw the
Larned band march up Main street
heard them "spiel" few-and then
he must have found some friend with a
dollar to blow in on the 4th, for he
does not seem to have observed euy of
the rest of the proc eedings-the pa~
rade, fireworks, speaking, and little
things like that broke not the slum-
bers of his jag. You get ALL the news
in the DEMOCRAT, and part of it in
1.-THE Register if Andy gets hold of the
DEMOCRAT in time.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-07-14

Woodward Sc Russell caught a live
young centipede, in a bunch of
bananas, this week. There was hot
footing to keep out of the little devils
WaV
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-07-14

A meeting of the republican county
central committee is called, to be held
in Great Bend July Goth, to call a
county nominating convention. Reg
lister please copy
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-07-14

Ed. Kellam is marketing an abdn-
dance of fine, early apples from hi
orchard out on the Walnut.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-07-14

can tell what your disease OF affection
is without asking any questions, will
visit Great Bend, Kans., Wednesday
August 9th, one day only. Inquire
at Hotel Greene. Consultation free.
All chronic and special diseases sue
cessful!y treated. Cure guaranteed.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-07-14

Jasper Fouch, son of ]. J. Fouch of
this city, started for Colorado noun
tains the first of the week in the hope
of finding some relief from asthma.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-07-14

The coolest place in town is at Sew
ard q Barnetts' barber shop, where
electric fans keep the breezes tanning
your face while you are shaved.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-04-14
ENTHUSIASTIC EVERY TIME.

No Danger of Time Hanging Heavily on
This Mans Hands.
Talk about enthusiasm-there is =
fellow out my way who beats anything
in that line you ever saw" said Chief
Desmond to St. Louis Republic man.
II won't tell you what his name is.
but l will point him out to you any
night you come out to see me. When
he was a boy he was crazy about
gathering postage stamps He wrote,
advertised. hunted and would have
walked across the continent for a rar-
lily in his line. Suddenly he switched
to dogs and had everything from a
toy terrier to Great Danes. He had a
canine herd that made the neighbor-
hood in which he lived positively dan
gerous. The dog craze lasted until he
fell in love. He was just as enthusi-
astic about the girl as he had been over
the dogs and postage stamps. The girl
married him at last to have peace
When the honeymoon waned he was
seized with the base bail craze. He
never missed game for whole sum-
mer. He yelled, jawed, bet and was
noisy bleacher even in his sleep.
Then came another turn Of the crank
! and he was an enthusiastic fisherman.
He invented and suggested more
things to lure fish into a net or onto
a hook than he had fingers and toes
and he made them all himself in his
back yard when the fishing season was
over. Now he is singer and every
house within block of him is vacant.
| He has no more music in him than a
blackbird, but he is an enthusiast. He
is good tenant. or the landlord
would have made him move long ago.
His wife went down 20 pay the rent
the other day and she asked the agent
to just have little more patience; that
she was sure before long he would
have switched on to something else
over which he would go wild 70:
awhile"