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The Red Cloud chief., 1899-03-17
WRECKING TRAIN SENT OUT
The wreckage In the West Lincoln Yard,
Being Cleared Away.

Being Cleared Away.
The disastrous wreck which occurred
last Saturday afternoon on the B. e. M.
at West Lincoln, was the principal
topic of conversation on the streets OF
Lincoln the day following. All day
long friends of the dead trainmen gath
cred at various places to discuss details
of the affair and morbid minded indi-
viduals throngcd the morgue in the
cndeavor to view the remains Of En-
ginecrs Boyce and Doyle and Fireman
Graham.
Great interest was manifested in the
ability OF the injured men TO recover.
The four men yet yet alive were all
reported to be doing remarkably we'll
considering the extent oftheir injuries.
The wrecking train was sent out to
West Lincoln Sunday morning and re-
turned in the evening. The wreckage
was cleared away and the track was
left open. The wreck in the freight
yards was disposed of Saturday night
and the switching was not intcrfered
with to any great extent.
The most peculiar feature of the
wreck is the great loss of life compared
with the property loss and the low
rate of speed at which both trains
were going. Had the pilot of the
freight engine not been forced down
ward it is probable that no one on tho
freight train would have suffered more
than a little shaking up. When tho
pilot of the first freight engine stuck
In the ties, the engine was derailed
which in turn derailed the second en-
CINE, turning it completely aroun,..
The two freight ears following the en-
gincs. which ran off the track and
came up along side of the engine, were.
the cause of the death and injury Of
safety.
Burlington officials say that $4,000,
will cover the entire property loss.
The responsibility for the accident
has not yet been placed, but the blind
ing snow storm will probably be held
accountable for the disaster. 1t is.
C rtain that no such accident could
have happened on a clear day. Tho
switch engine was inside the yard linn
is where it had a right to work. The
freight engine was on the main line
and supposed to be under control on
entering the yards. The evidence all
shows that the freight train was going
at n low rate of speed and was exercis-
ing due care. The binding snow storm,
however, rendered it impossible to see
but a few feet ahead, and this together
with the weight of thirty heavy cars
behind the engiens made it impossible
for the engineers to stop the freight
train on the slippery rails in time to-
avoid the collision.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-03-17
"wednesday, March IS.

The senate rushed through n substi-
tute for senate file 1874. n bill To extend
the term of county officers. yesterday
forenoon, and recommended the sub
stitute striking out that part OF the bill
providing for the election of district
attorneys, and il applies only to coun-
ties not under township organization.
Nothing is said i'm the bill about coun-
ty attorneys.
A committee was appointed To pre-
pare resolutions on the death of Con-
gresham w. l.. Greene, and the flag
over the senate chamber was ordered
lowered to half mast for the remainder
of the day.
A game law was amended on motion
of Currie Of Custer SO as to make il un-
lawful to kill quail at any time of the
year. The bill as amended was recon-
mended for passage against the opposi-
ton of several senators.
A resolution congratulating Senator
Crow of Douglas ON his appointment
as postmaster of Omaha was adopted
and the senator vas called before the
bar of the senate to make n few re-
marks.
A bill authorizing cities and villages
20 regulate telephone charges by ordi-
nance was reported by a standing com
mittee for indefinite postponement be.
cause a similar bill had been considered
In the house In committee of the whole,
Chairman Fowler moved to reconsider
the vote whereby this report was
adopted and he withdrew the report.
He did so because complaint was made
that the introduccr of the bill, Schaal
Of Sarpy, was not present to defend his
bill.
House roll 1853, a bin to repeal an old
law that authorizes the destruction OF
grasshoppers, was recommended FOR
passage.
Senate file ilO,a constitutional amend
ment, providing that the constitution
may be amended by a t~wo-thirds vote
instead OF a majority, was recommend
Cd for passage.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-03-17
WANT INDEPENDENCE,
Porto Rlcans Said to Re Channg Under
American military Role.

Forto F'cans saiu TO he Ch10ng Under
American military Role.
CHICAGO, March IA special to
the Tribune from New York is as fol-
lows: THE Porto Ricans want indie
~pendence," said Colonel William p.
Hubbell, commander of the One Hun.
dred and Forty-seventh regiment, to-
day, upon his return from Porte Rico.
Colonel Hubbell declared his belief
that an insurrcction of the natives of
Porto Rico is bound to come sooner or
later. He says every evidence of the
Forthcoming uprising was given in
Porto Rico, especially in the latter
part of tho stay Of the regiment there.
He said: The demonstrations made
at our departure convinced us that the
majority Of the natives were glad to
get rid OF us. Our first difficulties on
the island were caused by our suppress
sion Of n secret society known as the
Black Hand. 1t was organized on the
same lines with the Ku-Klux in this
country. A plot was formed, Of which
we obtained ample proof, to enter our
barracks by stealth and put them, the
entire portion Of the regiment which
was at Caguay, to the machetc. For.
tunately, we were placed on our guard
aud the conspiracy was frustrated"
The Tribune prints the following
special correspondence from Porto
Rico from a Tribune correspondent:
THE real situation in Rorto Rico Is
not understood. People In the States
generally regard Porto Rico as a sort
of haven of peace. The War depart
ment has just requested of General
Henry that he Immediately report how
many regular troops he can spare from
the island. General Henry is in q di-
lemma. He has only three regiments
Of troops-thc Eleventh infantry, the
Nineteenth infantry and the Fifth
cavalry-and two batteries of the Fifth
heavy artillery.
~ need twice the troops l have,
said the general. because Of the
easy victory of our troops here in the
war and in the apparent friendlincss
of the natives to the American sol.
diers when they invaded the island, q
notion prevails In the states that there
Is little necessity for a strong force to
maintain order in the island. The
idea is romeo
The conditions hcre are alarming.
These people have been given every
opportunity, but they have their own
theme aside. They are clamoring now
for local selt-government. They are
no more fit Tor local self.government
than ] am TO run n locomotive. Moro
troops are needed in the island. The
seeds Of discomfort planted by profes.
sional agitators are rapidly growing,
and can be kept down only by a strong
military force.
1.-The Ill feeling between the ma
tives and the American troops seems
to grow stronger every day. The
American officers have to maintain
the greatest vigilance to prevent their
men from wreakiug vengeance on the
natives and especially on the native
police for acts of violence that are
continually committed against the
troops"
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-03-17
FRIDAY, March 10.


Restlessncss was apparent in the
tcnatc yesterday morning. The clos
ing OF the senatorial contest. "a prcvi-
GUS decision To adjourn the senate dur
ing the afternoon for "a recess until
Tuesday forenoon, and the preparation
OF members of standing committees To
visit state institutions, all had "a bad
effect on the working ability of the
senate. No work except the consider
alton of bills on the general file was
attempted.
A motion to appoint q sitting COM
mittee was in the hands ofone senator,
but all the members had not been on
suited and IL WIS not offered Those
who talked the matter over concluded
that IL might be best to withhold the
motion until the latter part of next
week and spend the week in clearing
the general file of bills. IL one week
Is thus spent the work of the sitting
committee will be much simplihed, in
fact there is some talk of doing with.
out such u committee. The expert
enccd members. however, do not see
how h work of the session can he
closed up without the aid OF such II
committee.
The senate spent some time ycster-
day in committee OF the whole dis
cussing Il bill to authorize the Peru
state normal school to issue life GER
tificates good in any kindergarten or
primary grade II teachers who have
completed IA certain course and have
taught school twenty-five months. The
bill was indefinitely postponed, though
its friends made n hard fight to ave it.
A bill providing for Il lien for the
amount due for threshing grain Oh
mended for passage.
A bill doing away with the bidding
BIB banks for county funds vas rccc n
mended for passage. The bill pro-
vidcs hat the rate of interest TO bc
paid for county funds shall be fixed
by the county treasurer aud the bank
subject to approval OF the county
bonrd.
On motion OF Senator Prout of Gage
one of his W bills was indefinitely
postponed. The bill was intended to
repeal the law permitting cities Of less
than 5000 inhabitants to pass an or
dinance taxing insurance companies
for the benefit of volunteer fire de
partments.
Speaker Clark's insurance bill, hous,
roll l08, providing that fire INSURANCE,
policies nigh hit be transferred without
notice to the company issuing them
was indefinitely postponed ON recon
mendation of the insurance committee
IL was claimed that the bill had som
had features. A later motion to re
consider this bill failed to obtain.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-03-17
Wednesday March 10.


The house during the first days bust
ness after adjournment, considered a
great many measures and went at rou-
tine matters with the energy of legis-
laturcs that have n short time to exist.
Early in the day Wenzel of Pawnee
county moved the appointment of a
committee of three to act with a sim
liar committee from the senate to con-
slider the proper time for adjournment
of the session. The motion prevailed.
but h committee was % appointed
yesterday.
a motion to hold night sessions was
passed. but rc~considered in order that
the Legislature might accept an invita-
tion of the Union-Commercial club to
an informal reception held last night,
and to allow all members who wished
to attend the reception given al Ne
braska City by senator Hayward to
the Legislature.
In committee of the whole i'm the af-
ternoon. the house considered two inn
portant bills. One was the measure by
Taylor of Custer county making the
district clerk IA salaricd official, and
the other was the antitrust bill by
Mccarthy Of Dixon county, aimed at
the live stock commission exchange at
Omaha. Both were recommended for
passage.
Three grades of salaries are provided
for district clerks dependent upon the
population of the counties in which
they serve, In counties of less than
a500 inhabitants, the salary is 81 600;
less than 5000 and over . 5000, IL is
$1,000; and in counties over 10000 it is
$500. The bill is written to go into
effect in January of next year with
the new clerks as they are elected. A
provision is that all fees received in ex-
cess of these amounts shall be turned
into the county treasury.
McCarthy's bin simply provides that
all combinations and trusts and espec'
tally combinations of persons in the
live stock business to buy or sell live
stock shall not exist. The fight or
this bill was quite extended mainly
how ever, between Mr.. Olmsted for the
Omaha exchange and Mr.. Mccarthy fol
the bill.
A bill by Tanner To increase the fees
os the Office of the secretary of statS
by compelling the fling of all corpor
atoms of statements of their condition
each year was killed. On the bill
house roll No. 30, by Burns, abolishinS
the Office Of the board and s~ecretarie
of the board of transportation, "A dis
position arose To consider all measures
of this kind together and the bills
some four in number, were made
special order for Friday afternoon. Tn
hills are house roll Nos. 80, 80, $50 an
224.
On the consideration of a bill for
new building at the Hastings hospital
u motion was made to consider all bill
for new buildings for hospitals mex
Monday.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-03-17
$780, 600 In Public Requests.

CHICAGO, March i3.-In the will OF
John Quincy Adams, which was filed
for probate yesterday, the sum Of
$3.50, ooo is bequeathed for public pur-
poses. or this amount the American
Sunday School Union gets SEQ, 600;
Rockford college, Rockford. ILL.,, $780,.
600; Rad River Valley university,
Wahpeton, N. D., $4,000, and the
American Bible society, $4,000. The
remainder is divided among local sem.
inaries and societies Mr.. Adams was
q prominent member Of the Chicago
board of trade. lie was born in Mass
achusetts In 1894.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-03-17
SMITH GETS THE DECISION,
L~avinge's Brother Jumps Into the RinE
While the Men Arc Fighting.

SAN FRANCISCO, March l3.-Billy
Lavingc, brother of kid" Lavigne,
jumped into the ring in the fourteenth
round OF the Smith avingc fight and
Referee Mcdonald was forced to give
the fight to Smith. His brother see-
ing his condition and fearing a knock
out, out OF brotherly sympathy and
family pride, jumped through the
ropes and placing his arm about his
brothers shoulder, declaring he would
never see George Inundated by q
knockout.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-03-17
JUDGE GREENE DEAD
NEBRASKA CONGRESSMAN
SUDDENLY
Overcome by Heart Failure While En-.
route From His Hotel to fake the Train
at Omaha for Lincoln -Remains Taken
to Kearney.

OMAHA, Neb., March 13.-Congress.
man w. L. Greene of the Sixth district
died suddenly Of heart failure Saturday
evening in a carriage while enroute
from the Arcade hotel to the depot to
take a Burlington train to Lincoln.
He left the hotel in company with r.
Il. Prince, j. Il. Donovan and j. c.
Rooves, all of Madison county. He
became i'll Just before the party left
the hotel, but persisted in his desire to
go to Lincoln, and was assisted to the
carriage by his companions. Just
when he died his companions do not
know. They noticed that his head had
dropped forward upon his breast, but
did not realize the gravity of the situa-
ton until the depot was reached.
When the three had left the carriage,
Mr.. Donovan turned and remarked to
Mr.. Greene: "Here we are; this is the
depot" There was no response, and
Mr.. Donovan peered into the carriage
only TO find the congressman still sit
ting mo~tionless with his head dropping
upon his breast.
Calling n depot porter, the three gen.
tlemen took Mr.. Greene from the car
rage and bore him into the depot. A
young medical student who was at
hand examined him as lie lay upon the
floor and pronounced him dead. DR..
S. II. Smith arrived n few minutes later
and found that the lower limbs had al
ready grown cold. lie declared that
death was due to heart failure, caused
by various complications.
A delegation consisting Of Norris
Brown, John Il. Mallalicu, c. w. Hox-
lie, c. b. Scott and Il. o. Hostetter ar
rived in Omaha early Sunday morning
from Kearney to act as al escort for
for the remains.
KEARNEY, Neb., March 13.-Thc re-
mains of Congressman Greene arrived
here yesterday afternoon in charge of
the escort and were met at the depot
by members of the Kcarney bar and a
large crowd OF sympathizing citizens.
A funeral procession Of carriages sew
eral blocks in length followed the re-
mains to the home of the family. The
flags on public and private buildings
were floating at half mast.
Mr.. Greene was born in Pike county,
Ind, in 1s49. He attended an academy
at Ireland, Ind, three years and was
admitted to the bar in 1876. In 1888
he moved to Kearney, Neb., where he
has since resided. In 1895 he was
elected judge of the Twelfth judicial
district. lie was elected to the Fifty.
fifth congress as n populist and re
elected last fall. lie leaves a widow
onJ t--A l,,rltar,
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-03-17
TEN TRUCK LOADS OF MONEY.
Cuba. s%s,O0o.0OO Hauled Through the
streets OF New York.

New York, March IA squad OF
thirty picked men from Company Is,
Thirteenth regulars, under command
of Captain Littcll, went to the sub
treasury to-day and the SO, ooo, 900 for
the Cuban army was loaded into ten
trucks. Two armed private guards,
three soldiers and police were detailed
to each truck. The trucks were driven
TO the government tug General Meigs,
aud the money was transferred on it
to the government transport General
Mnnla
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-03-17
PRESIDENT THEIR GUARDIAN.
Minor Heirs of George ID. saxton Made
Wards OF MIR. Mckinley.

CANTON, Ohio, March 10. President
Mckinley has been appointed guardian
Of John d., William NJ. and Kate ID.
Barber. The President is the chill
dren's uncle. They, with the adult
children Of Mr.. and Mrs, Rarber, are
heirs to property left by George d.,
Saxton, for whose murder Anna T..
George will soon be tried.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-03-17
Problem to Solve.

The county judge OF Dodge county
has a puzzling probate matter before
him. In 1891 George Kern mysterious
ly disappeared from the North Bend
neighborhood and has not since been
heard from. Mrs. Kern, the wife, asks
II her husband can be considered dead
and the matter will come up for consid.
Grafton later.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-03-17
A Pious Woman.

The countess Of Huntingdon. whose
title gives the name to many dissenting
chapels. was born In 1707 and died in
1871. She warmly attached herself to
the (~aalvinistic Methodists and spent
her large fortune In support Of her own
peculiar tsnetA
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-03-17
sioux Indians Want Pensions.

The first Indian to apply for a pen
sion is a Sioux at Crow Creek, s. D.,
agency. who served as government
scout during one Of the Indian wars.
Another Sioux wants q pension be-
cause. he says. his health was injured
through eating government tations.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-03-17
THE QUEEN LEAVES ENGLAND.
Oths, Members OF the ,yai Family
Also to Visit the Continsnt.

LONDON, March l3-Queen Victoria
started for the continent to-day. The
sea was calm.
The princess Of Wales, Princess Vic
toria of Wales and Prince Charles OF
Denmark also left England this morn
ing by way OF Dover aud Calais. on
their way to Paris, where they will
spend two days They will then go to
Marseilles and embark upon the royal
yacht Osborne for q Mediterranean
cruise.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-03-17

At Osceola Gus Nelson of Nelson
Bros, grain dealers, drove his team up
into the elevator to get feed. Ho
hitched horses to the shafting, and
when the machinery started up he
attempted to get the lines. His arm
WAS caught and broken in three places
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-03-17
Two Papers Burncd Ont.

The offices of the Trades Exhibit, q
a commercial paper run by NJ. l.. Hold
gin, and the Penny Press, an anti-de-
partment store paper run by NJ. y.
Bartlett, located at 1910 Farnam street,
Omaha, were destroyed by fire recent
ly. Both were fully insured.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-08
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1899.
TWELVE PAGES.
After the Fact.

1T was the opinion of those of the edi-
tors who attended, on Tuesday and
Wednesday, the annual meeting of
the press association, held in Anaconda,
that the routine sessions were hours
spent in interesting and profitable dis
cussion. The business affairs with
which it is the province of the asso-
citation to deal received businesslike
attention; number of live topics were
dealt with in a manner that made the
discussion of them profitable.
The social side of the meeting seemed
to be in every way pleasant. Good
spirit was manifested throughout.
Whatever may have been done toward
making the occasion enjoyable on the
part of those who We're the entertain
ers, was so cordially recognized by the
guests that the little matters relating
to hospitality were an extremely pleas
ant service. All of the members of the
association contributed their share
toward the success of the annual meet
ing in all of its phases. with the result.
as seems assured, that, for all con-
ably and pleasantly spent
The resolutions adopted by the asso-
citation were a cordial recognition of
courtesies shown. These obligations
the Standard largely shares. To the
eloquent speakers who made Tuesday
nights programme a shining success,
to the good people who frightened the
a nf
sparkling responses, to the railroad
companies and the telegraph COM
panies the Standard, with the state
association, is placed under obiga-
ton.
In addition. the Standard takes pleas
IRE in acknowledgements to Manager
Reynolds of the Montana for his large
share in the success of the banquet at
which the appointments and the ser
vice, for an unusually large number of
guests, were in every way admirable
Then, too, in a series of brilliant re-
citals, the members of the Boston and
Montana band contributed greatly
toward the entertainment of the WISH
tors, taking their share in the two-day
programme so handsomely that the
Standard has pleasure in making public
recognition of the same.
These all helped to make the annual
meeting a gratifying success. Most of
all was the spirit of good fellowship
1t gave zest to every incident; and the
Standard permits itself to indulge the
hope that the meeting of 1899 passes
into history as one that will leave pleas
ant memories.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-08
Still on Earth.

q ONE of the antiques in demo-
01 cratic politics are getting space
in the newspapers that are try
ing to say, in advance, what the party
must do if it wants to prevail in next
years election. For instance John NJ.
Palmer has been heard from. He had
views. He talks about uniting the
party with as much assumed impor-
lance as if he represented something
that would be a significant part of the
mythical union" he talks about.
Palmer is forgotten to the extent
that the public, in order to recall him,
has to be logged in regard to what he
has been. He is the man who ran
for president in 1895, posing as the
candidate of few of those who, re-
fusing to stand on the national demo-
cratic platform, still presumed to de-
scribe themselves as democrats Pal
mer made "a tour in a parlor car, for
which Chairman Hanna paid. He
made an exhibition of himself and of
his faction that must have been humili-
ating to those engaged in it and vexing
to Mr.. Hanna who paid for it. The
Palmer campaign of 1896 was run with
as much pretention as if it was en-
titled to popular consideration. 1t
polled less than one per cent of the
countrys vote.
Now comes Palmer and, in newspaper
interviews, he tells the country what
the democratic policy ought to be next
year. "It does not appear to me- he
says, that what is called the domi-
nant element in the democratic party
proposes to make any concessions
whatever. If Mr.. Pelmer will take
the records and make it appear on their
testimony that he speaks for an ele-
ment that is entitled to a hearing with
the real democratic party of the Uni
ted States, that will all be very well.
He is not now credited in public esti-
nation with ability to do anything of
the sort.