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The Red Cloud chief., 1899-04-14
The LAST DAKOTA DIVORCES
4 Rush to Fargo to Secure Decree,
Under the Old Law.

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FARGO, N. d., April l2.-The abol-
ition by tho last legislature Of the old
divorce law which allowed a divorce
for abandonment after ninety days
residence In the state, has resulted in
u scramble In what Is called the ''di.
vorce trade" Tho new law will take
effect July I, SO that all persons to
take advantage Of the old law, must
have lived in the state since April l..
The closing days Of the old regime
has been characterized by a rush OF
divorce seekers and the divorce colo
MES at Fargo, Grand Forks, Mandan,
Bismarck and Jamestown have re.
ccived sudden and hurried additions
from the East and West. BY July
the last suits for divorce under the old
law. which Dakota ministers call a
stencil in the nostrils Of the people,
will have to be filed.
The protitablcness of the law was
the reason 1t was retained SO long. A
year ago a local newspaper said:"A can
vass OF the hotels and boarding houses
in Fargo shows that there are abou,
$50 members in the local divorce col
ony. This means from 50, 900 to 81, Oo(
q month for the hotel men Of the city
1t also means from SIS, 900 to $40, oO(
for the local attorneys. In addition
to those expenditures the stores re
ceivc directly, perhaps, So, 900 u month
in the way OF divorce trade. Thu sen
timent of the citizens is in favor o
the industry Tho matter is locke,
~ purely from a business standpoint.
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Sunday. April q.

Matthew Hancock, who shot and
killed Ticket Broker George Horton in
front of the union station July II, 1897,
was hanged in the Jail yard at st. Louis
in the presence of 500 persons.
Adviccs from General Otis report that
everything is quiet in his command
and that many Of the tilipinos in the
vicinity Of Malolos are displaying
white flags In token of submission to
the United States authority.
At a meeting of the Tammany hall
general committee in New York rcso-
lutions were adopted putting the or
ganization on record as ~favoring
municipal ownership of gas plants for
all lighting purposes.
Senator Thurston of Nebraska, who
heretofore has been opposed to eX-
pansion, is now u pronounced cXpan-
sionist. lie announced his change of
front in an address made before the
Union League of Philadelphia.
New York police have uncarthed evil
dence which tends to show that the
fire which destroyed two residences in
the fashionable district of New York
were started by a servant who wanted
to get even with the family for an al
legged slight.
The Mazet Investigating committee
has begun it's examinations into the
workings of the departments of the
city of Greater New York, n. y. Chief
Clerk Kipp Of the police department
had been subpGnad to appear today
and to bring all books and paper,
touching the acts of Captain Price in
the tcnderloin in the past six months
At Parist the Figaro's revelations il
the publication of the evidence pre-
sentcd to the court of cessation in the
Dreyfus case is the sensation of Pari.
and has revived the kcenest interest IL
the Drcyfus affair. Dreyfusites ar,
highly pleased with the publication o
the dispositions which in fact, are ap
parently approved by the whole mas
of sober opinion in France.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-04-14
H RED CLOUD CHIEF.

A Caracas, Venezuela dispatch says:
1.-THE American warships commanded
by Admiral Sampson, have been re-
ceived with enthusiasm Mt La Guaynma.
President Andrade gave a reception
and ball in Admiral SIMPSONS honor.
The president yesterday named the
twelve new warships recently provid-
cd by congress as follows: Battleships
Pennsylvania. New Jersey, Georgia.
Armored cruisers-West Virginia, Ne
braska, California. Cruisers-Denver,
Des Moines, Chattanooga, Galveston,
Tacoma, Cleveland.
The Cuban generals met ut Mariana
yesterday and officially reinstated
General Gomez as commander-in-chief
Of the Cuban army. and also appointed
an executive board of three generals
to aid him In distributing among the
Cuban soldiery the 81, 0OO, 900 appropri-
ated by the United States.
Early yesterday morning fire de-
stroyed the residence of Wallace G. An
drews at 9 East 9th street, New York,
and twelve persons persisted. The fire
| spread to Albert j.. Adams place, 3
East Goth street, two blocks away, and
n person was suffocatcd and several
injured. The houses were located in
the fashionable district. The origin
of the fire is not known.
There have been lively times in
Samoa during the last few days. The
United States and British warships
have thelled Mataafa's forces repeat
edly and sailors have been landed in
Apia to protect property. Numerous
casualties have resulted on both sides.
Admiral Kautz and the commanders of
the British ships are anxiously await
ing advices from their governments
and in the meantime the Smelling pro.
cceds daily.
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At Santiago General Wood has cap
tured twenty-five bandits.
Vice President Hobart is a triie bet
ter, but is far from being a well mar.
General Weston has assumed com
mand of the commissary department
as acting commissary general.
A. NJ. Clapp, formerly public printer,
Is very i'll at his residence in Washing
ton and is not expected to recover.
Surgeon General Sternberg yesterday
received a cablegram from Major Brad
ley, In charge of a hospital ship Relief,
announcing the arrival of the vessel at
Singapore, with all well on board. She
will reach Manila April II.
The arraignment Of a large amount
of the canned beef supplies of Havana,
in which it is charged that 4,4OO cans
of tainted beef has been destroyed
commissary officials say, will be fol
lowed by an order from the wal de,
partment which may result in an in
vestigation.
Acting Secretary Meiklejohn stated
yesterday that owing to numerous
stories of restitution and suffering in
Alaska, orders have been issued tc
Captain Abercrombie, commanding the
Copper river expedition, to hasten hi.
departure from Seattle. The captain
| will leave on the l2th inst.
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NO PAROLE FOR YOUNGERS.
The Minnosota Hou,e Kills tho NH At.
.fccting Prisoners with Life Sentences.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, April 1.-The
Wilson parole bill, better known as
the Younger brothers bill, was killed
in the house yesterday afternoon.
The bill received only thirty one votes,
while sixty-eight. or more than u ma
jority OF the whole house, voted
against it.
The object Of the bill was to make
II possible to parole prisoners serving
life sentences, and allow them to 60
beyond the limits of the state. The
Younger brothers were sentenced to
the ~penitentiary for life in 1876, after
their attempt to rob the bank at
Mortified, MINI,
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-04-14
Friday, April 7.

The combination Of broom corn in
terests caused that article to take a
jump Of $40 a ton at Chicago yesterday.
Affairs in the Philippines are quiet.
The Americans are giving the natives
n chance to digest the peace proclama-
ton recently issued by the commission.
At Emporia, Kansas, Sol l.. Severy,
defeated candidate for mayor cn the
citizens ticket, assaulted Editor White
of the Gazette, knocking him down
twice with n club.
The cruiser Detroit which is now ly-
ing off La Guayra, Venezuela, has been
ordered post haste to Bluetields, Mica
ragua, for the protection of American
interests in that quarter.
Assistant Secretary of War Meikle-
John has decided that the Third Ne
braska shall be mustered out on the
Atlantic s%eacoast, and that the men
shall be given travel pay from point of
muster out to their homes.
A Chicago special says: Hon. William
j. Bryan is to publish a book entitled
Republic or Empire-The Philippine
Question" in which he discusses terri
torial expansion from every stand
point, his argument being supplement-
ed by chapters dealing with the vari
GUS phases of the subject by Andrew
Carnegie, George f. Hoar, John W
Daniels, Henry NJ. Teller and othel
statesmen and scholars.
Two negres, Forrest Jamison ant
Nose Anderson, We're lynchcd n
Brooksville. Miss. by n mob of 200 mel
for the murder of T. II. Cleland, a stool
! farmer, who lived twelve miles east
Jamison confessed that he choked Gle
land to death while Anderson held tn
victims feet. The negros were en-
ployed ON Cleland's farm and had ha
trouble with the farmer.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-04-14
Saturday, April q.

The postoffice at Clay Center, Neb.,
has been made presidential office, and
the salary raised to 81 900.
The comptroller of the currency has
appointed Charles +. McGrew of the
Hastings National bank examiner for
the state of Nebraska to succeed George
X. Cotton. Mr.. McGrew was state bank
examiner from 1891 to 1897. He was
recommended by Senator Thurston and
was appointed both on this account and
for his fitness for the position.
The city of Washington is full OF
candidates for appointment in the CEN
sus office, few of whom will obtain DO
s%itions. Most of them have wasted
the time and money it has cost them tc
Etake them there. Some are already
destitute, having spent their last dol
lar to pay their railroad fare aud ;
few days board after their arrival.
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The Plague ut Hong Kong

WASHINGTON, April IA cable
gram received at the state department
from United States Consul Wildman
at Hong Kong contains a single word,
Plague" thereby announcing the an.
nual appearance of the disease upon
the Chinese coast.
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Mrs. w. ID Owen. wife of the secre-
tary of state of Indiana, dropped dead
in the cars while enroute home from
Mexico. The fatality occurred near
Texarkana, Ark.
The state department Yesterday re-
ceived the formal invitation from the
governor of the Netherlands to parti-
cipatc in the disarmament conference
to be held at The Hague, beginning
May Is.
The secretary of the interior has
affirmed the decision of land Office in
the case OF Robert Ferguson against
Owen A. SLATER from the Alliance dis
trict of Nebraska. Skaters homestead
entry is held for cancellation.
Admiral Dewey has cabled the navy
department asking that the six months
engineering supplies be SEN 10 him at
Manila. The department will probably
use the Buffalo. now on her way to
New York, for The carriage Of these
stores. The admiral's request Is an
indication of his bclief-that it will not
be possible to materially dimish the
American fleet in the Philippines in
the near future.
The beef inquiry is drawing to o
close. and the board will DOL begin
the preparation of its report. Yester-
days session was mainly to the reading
of reports Of officers, who had ex-
perience with the canned and refrigcr.
ated beef. 1t was learned that all the
reports were brief and the court in
secret session decided to allow them to
be read. There We're l4T of them, and
they were generally prepared by their
authors after the close of the cam
paigns in Cuba and Porto Rico and in
response to q circular letter.
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C.pta,n wnt,on,, F.,hor

ABILENE, Kan, April IL George A.
Niles, n of Abilene's early settlers,
died yesterday morning, after a short
illness, of pneumonia lie was tho
s~tepfather OF Captain George Niles
Watson of Company l., Twentieth
Kansas.
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Choa,es In THOR New Hons.

LONDON, April l2,-Mr. Choatc, the
United States ambassadors, and his
family, took possessions Of their new
residence, No, l Carlton House ter
race, yesterday.
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Saturday, April 3.

The Third Nebraska volunteer regi-
ment went aboard transports ut Ha-
vana yesterday.
At 4weetwater, Tex, Lawyer Wood
ruff shot and wounded Judge Cochran
and injured a bystander. Woodruff
had taken exceptions to the courts re-
fusai to approve a bill of exceptions.
Articles of incorporation of the
American Beet Sugar company were
yesterday filed In New Jersey. The
capital stock is SEQ, O00, 900. Both Ne.
brs.lsa companies, 1t is said, will enter
the combine.
! Citizens of the United States, rcsid
Ing In China have appealed TO th'
charitable in America and elsewher,
for aid for the w or o millions o
sufferers from appalling Yellow rive
floods Of this year.
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OSCAR msmmer.teln : Bankrups :.

New YoR& April lsf-s0scar Ham
merstsin' the theatrical manager, has
fled aapetition in bankruptcy with
liabilt1(esA oft slts,4sa. The assets
were given as $500 worth Of wearing
apparel.
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serlou. Damass 70 What

WYMoRE. Neb, April s.-The wheat
crop in this section Of the state is now
known to be practically ruined by the
severe winter, except a very small
portion which was planted very early,
and the farmer are now waiting for
suitable weather to begin blowing up
~ per cen OF their wheat crop, pre-.
paratory to planting it in corn.
N%oRrnrIELp, Vt, April The
trustees Of Norwich university have
decided 10 begin the foundations Tor
Dewey hall on May /, the anniversary
at the battle OF Manila bay,
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-04-14
SAW MRS. GEORGE ON THE CAR
Testimony Against tho Defendant In this
saxton Murder Case To-Day

CANroN, Ohio, April l2.-When the
hearing OF Mrs. George, charged with
the murder OF George ID. Saxton, was
resumed to-day Jesse Taylor, n street
car employee, testified that nc saw Mrs.
George>get on n car about ten minutes
before o o'clock the night OF the MUIR
der Samuel Howenstein, another
street railway man, also testified Mrs.
George was upon the car.
The defense sought to show that
the car was too late t o reach Lincoln
avenue in time for the tragedy. Judge
Mccarthy testified that about sos
o'clock the afternoon of tho murder
M, George called on him and wanted
permission to call on Saxton at his
block. He told her an injunction
against such u call was still in forco
and advised her not to 90.
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Thursnny, April q.

Mr.. Herbert Putnam, the new Ii
orarian of congress, has taken the oath
of Office and Immediately entered upon
the duties of his new position.
The department Of state has ascertain
ed that the report hat six American
citizens are held in prison in Guatemala
is entirely without foundation.
The casualties in the Philippines
from February 4 to April 4, 1899, as re-
ported to the adjutant general, are:
Killed 1874, wounded orc. Total 1,16O.
John d. Sloane Of st. Paul has been
steam vessels for the Fifth district,
comprising Minnesota, Wisconsin and
Iowa.
The president has appointed Col.
Adclbert 1. Burlington to be brigadier
general and chief Of the bureau Of ord
nance. to succeed the late General
Flagler.
General Otis has cabled the wal de-
partment that the transport Sherman
has left Manila with 100 wounded sol
diers, which includes all that were able
to be emf home at that time.
Admiral Endicott, chief of the naval
bureau of yards and docks, has COM
pleted and submitted to the secretary
of the navy plans and specifications for
the new dry dock at Mare Island, Calf.
Consul General Goodnow at Shanghai
reports to the state department the
completion of the survey of the pro-
posed railway from Hankau to Canton,
under contract Of an American com
pany.
Vice President Hobart's condition is
about the same. He Is not so well rs
he was. but at his residence there is
said to be no cause of alarm. He is
said to be suffering principally from
acute indigestion.
The result of correspondence be
tween Acting Secretary Of Wan Meikle
john and Surgeon General Wyman o.
the marine hospital service regarding
the return to this country Of the re
mains Of the men who died in Cuba o
yellow fever has been the issuance o
orders by the former directing tina
none of the remains OF yellow fevc2
victims shall be brought to the Unite,
States until cold weather returns.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-04-14
Agonoiiio Heard From AraIn.

LONDON, April la.-Agoncillo, the
agent Of A~guinaldo, who Is still In
Paris, has written a letter to the
press, saying; 1T is absolutely false
that Aguinaldo is willing to accept an
autonomistic system similar to that In
India. The Filipinos aud their gov
eminent have only one ideal-abso lutte
independence as the only source o,
general welfare"
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GRADUATE IN MUSIC
Commencement Exercises of
the Sickner Conservatory
AT FIRST M. E. CHURCH
Medals Awarded to Proficient
Ones in Different Branches.

The eighth annual commencement OF the
Sickner Conservatory of Music took place
at the First NJ. E. church last night. 1t
was one of the most enjoyable and praise
worthy entertainments of the year, and
that it was appreciated was evidenced by
the immense audience present. The house
was uncomfortably crowded, many stand
ing in the rear aisles and around the stair
ways and balconies. The decorat tons were
very pretty and were ingeniousIy arranged.
Large palms, ferns and other potted plants
were set about the stage in unique man
ner and large streamer of blue and white
bunting was hung across in front
Of the organ and just abovethe graduates.
This was also draped in pretty folds about
the large pipe organ, and from the bal
comics on either side of the church
The Conservatory board Of directors sat
on the right of the organ and the gradua-
ties on the left, while the faculty and those
assisting in she program were seated just
in front
The following program was rendered
with the exception of the number by Miss
Bonnie frederick. Miss frederick was re-
ported i'll and not able to play or be pres
ent al the exercises:
PART FIRST.
Organ solo-Tannhauser. Wagner
Mr. A. W. SIckner.
Piano solo-Pasquinade.. ........ Gottschalk
Miss Winifried Loveland.
Vocal solo ...........................S Selected
Miss Eudora Wood.
Piano solo-Siver Spring. Mason
Miss Grace Chapman.
Violin Observation-Disclosures. ....-......
(a) SeTenade. -SchuDert /
% Polish National Dance. Wie~wsh |
Miss Theodore Morgan.
PART SECOND.
Piano oIo-Tarantella. ......... Rubenstein /
Miss Beunta Mcdaniel.
VocOl solo ........--...........-....-. Selected /
Miss Eudora Wood.
The Nightingale. .-..................Liszt
Miss Lulu A. Richmond
Violin solo-Andante and scherzo. Op.
16 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. David
Miss Theodore Morgan.
Piano solo-Marchen.... .I2afT
Miss Mary L. Thompson.
Piano solo-Sixth hapsodie- List
Miss Bonnie frederick.
Brief Address 10 Graduates. ............-
Rev A z. Dubber
Awarding medals, diplomas and certia-
Gates.
Miss Gertrude Calhoun played the &C
COMMITMENTS Of the program in most
excellent manner.The program vas very
select one and was arranged with v.e~
Of bringing out the most artistic and din
cult work Of which the respective players
we're capable and it proved 20 be feast
for the musical ear. Each Of the sradua-
ties and others who assisted IN the pro-
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gram acquitted themselves in a very able
manner and with great credit TO Prof.
Sickner who Is regarded as one 81 the
most able instructors and most thorough
musician IN the west.
After the conclusion OF the program
the medals. diplomas and certificates were
awarded. Those winning medals were
Gold medal general proficiency, Eiss
Grace Chapman: gold medal p.anaforte.
Miss Lulu Richmond. silver medal. ha--
mony Mss Buenta Mcdaniel. silver
medal. piano. Miss Mo-He Warren. silver
medal. history Of music. Miss Oss.e Berg
man.
Those receiving honorable mention were.
Misses Bessie Innes. Winnie Barnes. Hat
tie Stanley. Bessie Allen and Jennie Park
inson.
At the conclusion q me program Rev.
A. z. Dubber stepped forward. and IN be-
hair Of the class, surprised Prof s.ckner
by presenting him with handsome gold
ring on the set of which vas engs -ed
the monogram II the class % -.
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Sick Women Advised to Seek
Advice of Mrs. Pinkham.

LETTER TO MRS. PINKEAM NO. 24,S63i
81 had Inflammation and falling
of the womb, and Inflammation of
ovaries, and was in great pain. took
medicine prescribed by physician,
but it did ME no good. At last heard
of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, and after using it faithfully 1
am thankful to say am well women.
would advise all suffering women to
seek advice of Mrs. Pinkham. '-NIRs.
G. Il. CHAPPELL, GRLIT PARK, Ill.
"For several years my health was
miserable. l suffered the most dread
full pains, and was almost on the verge
of insanity. l consulted one of the
best physicians in New York, and he
pronounced my disease a fibroid tumor,
advising an operation without delay,
saying that it was my only chance for
life. Other doctors prescribed strong
and violent medicine, and one said /
was incurable, another told me my
only salvation was galvanic batteries,
which tried, but nothing relieved me.
One day friend called and begged me
to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. began its use and took
several bottles. From the very first
bottle there was a wonderful change
for the better. The tumor has disap-
peared entirely and my old spirits have
returned. heartily recommend your
medicine to all suffering women. =
Mrs. VAN CLEFT, 416 SAUNDERS AVE,
JERSEY CITY HEIGHTS, n. j.
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ResoIutIon.ofRe .nest

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IN the administration o. his divine p-9vi
dence 70 remove from our number Mrs
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worker. and
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One day last August while suffering terribly from indi
gestion heartburn and headache rushed into
drug store and asked the clerk recommend some remedy
Among those that he mentioned Ripans Tabucs and
concluded to try them, and from that day l am like
new RiPans Tabules have worked wonders with me
have introduced them my relatives and friends and made
them presents of the vecent My wife thinks they
are really grand They cured her Of tough head
ache. would not be without the Tabues at any cost
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GIVE The CHILDREN A DRINK

called Crain-O. It is a delicious. aDre-
thing. nourishing food drink 20 AXE the
place Of coffee Sold b. al gr0cers and
liked b. all who have used Is 5sca use
when properly prepared Il tastes ike he
finest coffee. but Is free from all its lnju-
rIogs properties Grain-O aids digestion
ard strengthens the nerves L IS not 4
stinulant but a health builder and can-
dreu as well as adults can drink ir sfth
great benefit. Costs about !. as much IS
coffee. X Sud &c.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Folsy's Kidney Cure ls safe. sure
remedy for ali Kidney and Bladder D.s-
eases. Guaranteed 58c Hooking Drug
Co. C. GehTing and Wells Miller. drug-
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