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The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-15
n NEWS IN BRIEF

In a drunken fight neal Weaver, Ia,
Charles Mathew stabbed his stepson to
death.
Several democrats in congress favor
the republican currency bill and will
vote for II.
No government bonds were offered
for redemption at New York and It is
believed nc more offerings will be
forthcoming unless Secretary Gage adj
vances the bid price.
The report that Denmark has offered
the Danish West Indies for sale is
contradicted.
The British government will furnish
the Beers lists of the Boer prisoners
held by the British government, and
information as to their condition. The
Beers will be expected TO r~eciprocate.
II is reported at Duluth that Cecil
Rhodes and DIR. Jameson of South Afri-
car fame, have had an agent in the
Rainy Lake gold fields several weeks
negotiating for the purchase OF prom
is.as gold properties.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-15
London StilI In Suspense.

No further news has been received
at London to remove the mystery over
hanging General Gatacre's retreat from
Stormberg. He has no. yet forwarded
the promised additional message and
the censorship has prevented the cor
respondents from explaining the mat
ter.
As time goes on it becomes evident
that General Gatacre's misfortune or
error will delay the invasion Of the
Free state perhaps some weeks. 1t is
exceedingly probablesthat he will be
compelled to retire on Queentown and
TO wait for reinforcements, which can
hardly reach him until Sir Charles
Warren's division arrives at the Cape.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-15
LAYTON IS LOST
Intrepid American General Re,
ported Missing.
NEWS IS SENT BY HONG KONG


Reuters Telegram company has re-
ceived the following dispatch from
Hong Kong, says a London dispatch OF
December 12:
The insurgent government, So
called, of the Philippines, will be
changed to a dictatorship, to continue
hostilities against the Americans ex-
clusively by the methods Of guerrilla
warfare. The Filipino army is being
split up into small bands, the troops
taking an oath befo Re separation that
they will fight until their country's
rights are recognized.
"a force of United States marines
who landed at Nigan, from the battle
ship Oregon, vas defeated by the
Filipinos under General Finco (Tino)
o, December 5. The Manila newspa-
pers, despite the censorship, admit
that General Lawto1 is missing.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-15
IS BOER TRIUMPH
British Reverse at Stormbera
Was Very Decisive.
A TOTAL OF 672 PRISONERS TAKEN
Cronje Holds Good Position In Front
Of Northumberland Condition Of
Affairs at Observation-Disclosures
Are Nov on Half Rations.

Six hundred and sevenyy-two British
prisoners were taken at Stormberg by
the Beers. says a Pretoria dispatch.
In the fighting ut Modder river Gen.
cral Cronje maintained his position
and captured fifty British soldiers.
The following dispatch has been re-
ceived from the Boer lager near Lady
smith:
Several Kafir runners from Lady
smith 10 Estcourt have been captured.
They received from fifteen pounds to
forty pounds for the trip. The inter
cepted messages show that men and
horses in L~adysmith are now on half
r%ations, that whisky is one pound a
bottle and that beer is exhausted"
Sorties by the British armored train
and Boer Smelling of the town contin-
ues, says a Mafeking telegram of No
vember 80. The British have had but
few casualties. Last evening the pro-
tectorate regiment managed to occupy
an outpost where the British Lee-Met-
fords could reach the enemy's big gun,
and the result was that the effective
ness Of the Boer fire was materi sly
reduced.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-15

Persons sometimes wonder why pat
emit medicines, prepared foods and
other proprietary articles take such
outlandish and heretofore unheard-of
names. Mr.. Duell. the commissioner
OF patents, In an address on trade
marks before the commercial congress
made II clear. The government can
not allow a man to use his own name
as a trademark. for other men may
have the same name. Neither can he
use a geographical term. for other peo-
pie have a right to that as well. Any
descriptive word denoting the quail
ties or ingredients Of the article Is
also unavailable. for other producers
might use the same materials and be
entitled to the same descriptive ad-
t~ectives.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-15
Discredit the story.

The family and relatives of Major
Logan at Youngstown, o., discredit the
story sent out from San Francisco that
he was shot by his W men in battle
to redress a fancied grievance. Rob-
ert Bentley, administrator of Major
Logan's estate, says:
THE story is too absurd to believe;
we have Il copy of the report of Gen
eral Otis filed with the war depart
ment that Major Logan was killed by
Flipinos in battle, and are satisfied it
is correct"
Mrs. Logan and her mother, Mrs. c.
V. Andrews, leave next Wednesday for
Coronado, Cal, where they will await
the remains of Major Logan.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-15
WooD TO BE NEW GOVERNOR
President Believed to Have Decided on
Brooke's Successor.

President Believed to Have Decided on
Brooke's Successor.
Aspecial fronW Washington says: "Gov.
Governor of Cuba" will be the official
designation of the Office to which Major
General Leonard Wood will be rs
signed early in the new year as the sue
cessor to Major General Brooke, the
present military governor of the island.
BY emitting the word military" the
president wishes to impress upon the
Cubans hat under the new regime
~"civil" government as far as possible
under military officers and men will
obtain. The word "''civil" will not be
substituted for military" because that
would appear homogeneous in view of
the authority under which the presi-
dent is operating. Nevertheless II is
the desire of the president that GEN
eral Wood shall cut loose from rigid
military methods and allow the Gu
bans the widest latitude possible in
municipal affairs. Indeed, that was
his principal motive in selecting Cen
eral Wood for ithc governorship. The
number of departments in the island
will probably be reduced in a month or
two, so that there will be no necessity
for all the general officers now there.
General Ludlow desires, il is under
stood, to come home when General
Wood takes command.
Notwithstanding the opposition
from the line of the army to the APP
pointment of General Wood as major
general of volunteers, the confirmation
by the senate of his nomination may be
accepted as a foregone conclusion. A
favorable report by the military COM
mittee may be looked for on Tuesday
and his confirmation will probably i'm
mediately follow. General Wood will
remain in Washington until he has re-
ceived his new commission and will
then proceed to Santiago, and arrange
for his transfer to Havana.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-15
Usual Quarantine Order.

The usual annual quarantine order
against the area where the splenetic or
southern CTexas) fever exists among
cattle will be issued shortly by the de-
partment of agriculture, to take effect
January /. The order will be substan-
TALLY like that of last year, the most
important difference being that where
as last year the whole of California
was included in the prescribed area,
the quarantine line now, in view Of
the cooperation of state authorities,
will be drawn across the state in an
easterly line from San Francisco.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-15
is SHOT BY EDITOR
Fatal Affair in the News Office
at Belden, Neb.
]. HARK BlINKIROH IS THE VICTIM.


At Belden, a small town south Of
Harrington, Charles II. Harris, editor
Of the Belden News, shot and instant
ly killed Hark Blenkiron Of Atkinson.
The News Office was the scene of the
crime.
Blenkiron, who was an old resident
Of Belden, took exception to an article
printed in the News, and called on
Harris to retract the statement. Dur
ing the excitement Harris drew a re-
~volver, as he claims, in self-defense,
and shot Blenkiron, who walked a few
steps and dropped dead. Harris imme-
diately went to Harrington and surren-
Gered himself to the sheriff, and is
now in Jail awaiting his preliminary
hearing.
Blenkiron leaves a wife and family
man and has relatives in Paulina, la.
Excitement runs high at Belden, but
the officers have no fear of mob vio-
lence.
Attic coroner'sinquest over the body
of Hark Blenkiron, che evidence went
to show that the shooting was done in
self defense. The real trouble which
led up to the shooting occurred the
middle Of last week, when Mr.. Blenk-
iron had trouble with the Belden bank
over an overdraft, and, it is alleged,
tried to close up the institution. The
editor wrote up the affair in his paper,
and to this Blenkiron took offense and
undertook to have it retracted. There
was no one present at the time the
shooting took place except Harris and
Blenkiron. Harris was seen at the
county Jail, and while not disposed to
talk very much. he seemed cheerful
and confident that the public, when
acquainted with the facts, would justi-
fly the shooting on the grounds Of self
defense. The sheriff has the revolver
which was used in the shooting. 1t is
an old fashioned horse pistol.
The Blenkirons are among the
wealthiest families in that part of the
state and will fight the case to the Bit
ter end.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-15
Latest From Manila.

General Young reports the rescue of
Brutne of the Nevada regiment and
Edwards of the gunboat Yorktown,
who have been held prisoners by the
Flipinos, says a Manila dispatch of
Wednesday. General Tino, conveying
the American prisoners north, is hotly
pursued. Aguinaldo is a fugitive in
the mountains.
The Lepanto province has been
cleared of insurgents. The navy CO.
operated with the army.
Two thousand, eight hundred re-
leased Spanish prisoners are on their
way to Manila.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-15
ALEJANpRlNo SURRENDERs
Y uipino Commander and His stan In
General MacArthur's Hands.

" tlIIfto " "tS Fthu IN
General MacArthur's Hands.
An expedition headed by the battle.
ship Oregon have left Manila for SUI
big. says n Manila dispatch. IL is re-
ported that the Filipino commander,
General Alejandrino, with his staff has
surrendered to General Macarthur and
there Is also a rumor that A~lejandrino
Is at Aguilar suffering from a wound
received in a fight between insurgents
and bandits. and that he will be given
an opportunity to surrender and will
be properly cared for.
Major Spence, with a column Of
the Thirty-second regiment, captured
new insurgent camp, an u~ncompleted
stronghold in the Tassan district. He
left Dinalupan and marched ten miles
along mountain trails, finally encoun-
tcring a large band of insurgent, who
retrcated after a brisk skirmish. The
Americans had no losses.
The records Of the treasury Of the
so-called Filipino government, together
with a quantity Of paper money and
another Nordenfeldt, have been found
at Mangatarema.
Three Americans who, with n com
missary sergeant Of the Twelfth in
fantry were travelling from San Fer
nando to Angeles, left their escort for
a moment and went into the brush.
AS they did not return speedily a
search was made for them, but they
could not be found. They were prob
ably captured by the rebels.
A mail orderly disappeared between
Angeles and Bamban. He also is sup
posed to have been captured.
A force of one hundred insurgents
attacked near Bailiuag q wagon
train escorted by thirty men Of the
Sixteenth infantry. A sharp en-
gagemcnt followed. The Filipinos lost
eighteen in killed and nine in captured.
During the recent attack by the insur-
gents upon Vigan, the Filipinos OBJ.
tanned possession of the plaza, and of q
church in the center of the town from
which the Americans d~islodged them.
IL seems that the escaped Spaniards
obtained guns and fought with the
Americans against the insurgents.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-15

The aggregate number of passen-
gers carried during the year ending
June 80. 1898. rs returned In the n
nual reports Of railways. was sol, O66,-
SS1. indicating an increase, as COM
pared with the year ending June 80,
1897, OF 1881, 4S3. The number OF
passengers carried one mile during
the year was 1879. $40, O04, there be-
ing an increase OF 1922. 800. 1857 as COM
pared to the year previous. The in
creased density Of passenger traffic is
shown by the fact that In 1898 the
number Of passengers carried n mile
per mile OF line vas 72,462, as COM
pared with 66,S74 for the previous
year. The corresponding figure for
1893, however. was $500. The num-
Der of tons OF freight carried during
the year was 879. 006. 1907, there being
an increase Of 1877, 800, 1851. The num-
Der Of tons Of freight carried one mile
was 114,077. SIG, sos, which. compared
with the previous year, shows the
large increase Of 1898, 1854. $50. The
number Of toni Of freight carried one
mile per mile of line was $3.50
which Is 9S.7S1 greater than the cor
responding item for the year proceed
ing.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-15

Interrogation, as a figure OF speech.
may be made quite effective when used
by a writer, but must be treated warily
by the orator, lest II provoke discon-
certing replies. Mr.. Andrew Carnegie
delights In repeating a story of his
youthful days In Scotland. He says
that a minister, who gave full value for
salary received. and ordinarily
preached for an hour. one morning.
when In splendid condition. spoke for
an hour and a half. Then, without
turning a hair, he remarked that what
he had hitherto spoken concerned the
major prophets. He would now turn
To the minor prophets. But what
place." he asked dramatically, shall
we reserve for Malachi?" Just here a
restless sister Of the flock O from
her seat under the pulpit, noisily
dropped her psalm-book. made her way
down the aisle. and after opening the
heavy, creaking door. turned to face
the astonished pastor and people.
Malachi" she said, succinctly, NAL
achi may have my place."
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-15
Provide for Families.

The London war Office has issued a
notice that after January l a deduction
will be made from the soldiers serving
in South African the ease of pri-
Yates, 4 pence per day for wives, and a
penny for each child: in the case of
s~ergearts, s pence for wives and 9
pence for each child. These sums have
thus far been paid by the government.
The order indicates a belief that the
campaign will be a long one.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-15
Mason Appeals for Beers.

An appeal by Mr.. Mason Of Illinois
for al expression of sympathy for the
Transvaal republic in its war with
Great Britain, was the feature Of the
senate proceedings Monday. 1t was
the first formal address delivered in the
senate this session, and was listened
to with thoughtful attention by both
the members and a large gallery of au-
ditors. No business of Importance was
transacted by the senate, and an early
adjournment was taken.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-15
DRINK FROM WRONG BOTTLE
Two Prominent Kansas Men Seriously
Ill and May Die.

A Topeka, Kan, special says; Colo
mel James Graham and William p.
Cunneen, two prominent politicians of
st. Mary's, Kan, drank a bottle con
tanning n 'disinfectant, believing it to
be whisky, and both are seriously i'll
and may die. Colonel Graham had
bought a bottle of disinfectant to
guard against smallpox and also a
bottle of whisky. and mixed the bot
ties by mistake. Graham was lieuten-
ant colonel of the Second Kansas regi-
ment in the Spanish war and is well
known.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-15
Hollis to Act mt Pretoria.

Secretary Hay has cabled to United
States Consul Stanley Hollis at Lou
reno Marquee, Portuguese East Africa,
directing him to proceed to Pretoria
and take charge of the United States
consulate there upon the departure of
Mr.. Macrum.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-15
Capture Mu rderous Gang.

A Manila Dec. 18th dispatch says Col.
Smith with n detachment Of the Sew
enth infantry surrounded and captured
W a village near Malasqui, a party of
guerrillas who had made their head
quarters there. The party included
the band which assassinated seven of.
ficials at Malasqui for friendliness to
Americans. All are insurgents who
became bandits when the disintegra-
ton Of the Filipino army began.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-15

In attempting to regulate the apparel
OF the schoolma'ams OF Kansas City.
the superintendent OF schools OF that
town is not only getting beyond the
outskirts of his official authority. but
is also getting SO far behind the pro-
cession, that there is no possibility OF
his being ready for the twentieth cen
fury when II arrives. He has gone on
record as being opposed to a movement
that promises more for the liberation
of womankind from the thraldom Of
senseless fashion than any similar re-
form Of the century.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-15
The republican leaders of PennsyI

The republican leaders of Pennsyl'
vania opposed to the leadership of NJ.
S. Quay, who have been holding con-
ferences in Philadelphia within the
past month, have given rs a result OF
their deliberations an address to the
republicans of Pennsylvania in which
they declare that n condition of at
fairs now exists in our commonwealth
which is repugnant to republican
principles and destructive Of republi-
can government" and that ''unless
these conditions meet with prompt,
effective and disinterested action our
party will cease to command the on
iidence and support Of the people"
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-15
Roberts Hearing Re .umed.

The Roberts investigating committee
resumed its session at Washington De-
cember 18th behind closed doors.
This proceeding, AS explained, was to
permit the committee to receive and
discuss reports on procedure. form Of
subpoena, etc. Meantime, Mr.. Rob-
erts himself and quite a gathering of
Mormons and gentiles stood outside
the committee door awaiting admis'
sion,
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-15
TAKES THE OATH OF OFFICE
william g. Taylor Made Governor OF
Kentucky.

William s. Taylor was inaugurated
governor Kentucky at Frankfort, Tues
day. Inaugural ceremonies were simple.
Retiring Governor Bradley, in the
course of his speech, said hat he
hoped the Goebel election law, which
had brought so much turmoil to the
state, would be wiped from the statute
books.
Governor-elect Taylor in his inaugu-
raj address said:
The verdict rendered by the people
last )vember was the mandate Of the
people in favor of civil liberty. 1t was
the triumph of the people ove the
merciless, remorseless partisan ma.
chine erected to cnslave them.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-15

Passenger train No. 800, north-bound,
the Fort Scott and Joplin limited, on
the Kansas City, Fort Scotia Mem
phis railroad, ran into an open switch
as the train was slowing for the sta
ton at Weir City, Kan. The speed had
been greatly reduced and only the en-
CINE, No. 10, and tender left the track;
no one was injured. The switch had
been partly turned by somebody with
the evident intention of derailing the
train.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-15
Dies on His Way Home.

Bradford Hutchins, u passenger OH a
Burlington train, died at Hastings of
consumption. lie was en- route to his
home in New Hampshire f.om "a trip to
the mountains. His body was turned
over to the coroner at Hastings and
his wife in the east was notified. The
body will be forwarded to New Hamp-
shire for burial.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-15
Ask Xlceroy.. DEGRADATION.

The French government has formally
demanded of China the degradation Of
the viceroy of Canton because the or
der to execute the Chinese magistrate
who was responsible for the murder Of
two French officers at Montao has not
been carried out.
The tsung-li.yamen will probably
refuse,
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-15
Distribution OF seeds.

The department of agriculture will
begin its distribution of seeds a little
earlier this year than last, shipping
them south the beinning Of January
and perhaps sending a few shortly be-
fore the first. This year the seeds for
distribution to all parts OF the country
will consist of 5000, 900 packs Of vege-
table seeds, 1855 of flower seeds, be-
sides field aud lawn grass seeds.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-15
Prevented Utter Roat.

Later details regarding the disaster
to General Gatacre's column at Storm
berg show that but for the magnificent
work of the British artillery the dis
aster would have been more extensive
than 1t was, rs the incessant Boer
shell fire in the midst of the repulsed
infantry ultimately led to disorder.
The Beers captured three British guns
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-15
Relic Craze Rampant,

There have been many visitors to
the cricket grounds at Maysville, KY,
where Richard Coleman, colored, the
assailant and murderer OF Mrs. James
Lashbrook, was tortured and burned
to death. There Is a craze among the
visitors for relics. The tree has been
cut up, and even the cinders and other
charred articles have been gathered up.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-15
WOMAN KILLED BY A TRAIN.
Distressing Accident in Grand Island
Railroad Yard.

ACCiucnt Iu oTouu ~
Railroad Yard
A most distressing accident has just
occurred at Grand Island, Mrs. G. A.
Baldwin, an elderly lady, being run
down by the incoming St. Joseph e.
Grand Island passenger train and in
stantly killed. Mrs. Baldwin had been
on the north side to see the woman
who does the washing ~ her family.
She was compelled to wait on account
Of a west-going Union Pacific freight
train, and as Don as the last a of the
freight had passed. she attempted to
cross, coming right in front of the
swiftly running passenger train. She
was thrown high in the air and fell
alongside the track. Beyond a cash
in the head, the remains were not cut
or manpled. -
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-15
Tie Fought with Dewey.

DIR. Aldrich Hammer of the United
States navy, was in Nebraska City re-
Gently on a visit with his sister. Mrs.
William Nelson. lie has been in the
navy for fifteen years and was with
Dewey at the battle of Manila. He
has been assigned to the charge of the
government medical store house at
Mare Island, Gala.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-15
Reese at Liberty.

John p. Reese, national executive
committeeman of the United Mine
Workers, who has been in Jail at Fort
Scott, Kansas, under commitment
from the federal court for contempt,
has been released under a writ of
habeas corpus recently issued in st
Louis by Judge Thayer.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-15
Oppose Sunday Closing Movement.

The ordinance requiring all business
houses to close on Sunday failed to
pass the Humboldt council at their
last meeting and the advocates of SUN
day closing are now starting u move to
enforce the state law regarding keep
Ing open on this day. The principal
opponents of the move are the con.
f%ectioncrs and cigar men.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-15

An exchange is worried I've a New
York papers headline reading: Gen
eral Wood Ordered Home by Cable"
Perhaps General Wood Ordered Thy
cable) Home might be more intel.
ligible to some exchange editors.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-15
To Check Trusts.

In the senate Monday Senator Chill.
ton introduced a bill prohibiting the
sending of articles, the making of
which is controlled by a trust, from
one to another state. Such o~ffenses
are made punishable by imprisonment
not to exceed three years.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-15

The Pittsburg Telegraph says:
Sausage links are now more c~onspicu-
GUS than golf links" Let II be hoped
that neither variety will Join the miss
ing links.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-15
DISEASE ATTACKS CATTLE
Farmers Near Ainsworth Sustain Losses
to Their Herds.

to Their Herds.
Several ranchmen in the vicinity of
A~insworth, of late have been losing
stock through some mysterious ause.
q. Fowler, a few miles north of Aims
worth, is the latest victim. During
the past few days he has lost ten
head. The cattle have been running
in the corn fields and it is thought
they get hold of some poisonous weeds.
The cattle seem all right few minutes
prior to their death, when they begin
to reel and weave about like a drunken
man and falling, die in great agony.
The ranchmen are taking their cattle
off the corn stalks and putting them
in the feed lots, and where this is done
no further losses are reported. 1t is a
good case for investigation by the
state authorities.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-15
Returns ltom a H~uutInr TrIp.

W. j. Bryan and Ex-Governor Hogg
have returned to Austin, Tex, from
their duck hunting trip to the gulf.
Mr.. Bryan found invitations awaiting
him to speak in Omaha and Kansas
City during January, and he will prob
ably accept them.