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The Red Cloud chief., 1899-07-28
Wednesday, July GO.

The body OF John Stools, the mute
who was drowned in the Platte near
Fremont Sunday has been recovered.
Ed Scoins of Fremont caught an al
ligator two and one-half feet long
while fishing in the Platte river
Sunday.
Jessie Hoover, aged "A, while wad-
ing in a pool on the exposition grounds,
got beyond her depth and was drowned.
The body was recovered.
The insurance companies have effect
ed a settlement with the proprietors of
the Lindell hotel at Lincoln for IS, $40,
damages done by the recent fire in that
hotel.
At Ashland yesterday $4,000 bonds
were voted to aid in building a wagon
bridge across the Platte. The bust
ness men will furnish the deficiency il
there be any.
The weather report for the past week
gives it as being dry all over the state.
The week has been good for harvest
ing, haying and threshiug. Corn has
grown well and is in fine condition.
A good rain would do it much good.
Jos. Viner, a bohemian boy, aged 10,
living ear Burwell, went in front of
a binder to get some weeds out that
clogged the carrier. The team started
and both Of the boys feet were badly
cut by the sickle.
August Thelan, a prominent stock
man living six miles southwest of Ris-
ing City, fell dead at his home Just aft
er returning from a trip to Shelby,
where he had been transacting bust,
ness. While at Shelly he was appar-
emily in good health and spirits. He
was widely known among stockmen.
being recognized as one Of the most
successful feeders of cattle in this part
of the state.
Chief Clerk l. j. Ayers Of the state
military department has sent tele-
grams to the mayors of the Nebraska
towns that are home stations Of compa-
mics in the First Nebraska stating thu
the adjutant general had bought wool
en- Undertaking for the Nebraska
soldiers, and rs an extra precaution
against pneumonia, friends and rela-
tives of each soldier are recommended
to send TO the department by mail ex-
ira thick chest protectors, cut TO front
and back. See physicians for details
to make them. The government does
not furnish them.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-07-28
RUINED BY A STORM,
rbe Farmer Thought, But ~ Made Him
Money.

,
Washington Correspondence TO Chi
.ago Record: Secretary Wilson tells
b story which illustrates the uses of
adversely. A farmer out West planted
a lot OF ground to sugar beets. They
grew beautifully and sent out a glori-
GUS foliage of dark-red leaves, with
deep red veins In them, which he ad-
mired very much. A tornado came and
cut them off close to the ground. The
poor farmer was discouraged. IL was
too late to pillow up the field and plant
another crop. His whole spring labor
was wasted and all his money was
gone. He decided that he would give
up farming, advertise his place for sale
and go back East to his wife's folks.
Before they had finished packing. how
ever. he noticed. new healthy shoots
coming from all the beets, and told his
wife he guessed they would better hold
up awhile and see what happened. In
a few weeks the foliage was as fresh
and strong as before, so he boed out
the weeds with confidence o. getting
a good crop. When he dug up those
beets and took them to the sugar fac
tory that fall they we're found to con-
tain more saccharine than any Others
that were offered, and upon an investi-
CATION at the experiment station 1t was
decided that their superiority was due
to the storm. From that time on beet
farmers have initiated the example Of
nature and cut the tops of their beets
at least once during the season.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-07-28
KR0GER THREATENED TO GO.
After Persuasion the President Withdrew
Ills ResiE nation.


HIS Resis nation.
LONDON. July 26-It was reported
yesterday that President Paul Kruger
Of the South African republic had re.
signed. This was denied later, but
according to the best information he
actually resigned his Office condition
ally. The Volksraad, while maintain.
ing It's opposition to President Kru.
gers views upon the dynamite con
c~ession. has given It's assurance that
10 still has the utmost confidence in
President Kruger. and IL Is believed
he has withdrawn his resignation. 1t
was because the Volksraad had op-
posed the presidents views on the
dynamite concession that he resigned.
As TO the difference OF opinion upon
the question of the dynamite conces-
sion. General =. J. Joubert. vice pres
idcnt Of the republic, and The majority
of the Volksraad favor cancellation
OF n monopoly, while President
Kruger supports It. The minority of
the volksraad desire to buy out the
company. Dynamite is used In large
quantities in mining in the Transvaal
gold fields.
NEW YoEx, July 25-A dispatch to
the New York Times from London
says: The attention of all England is
again turned toward the Transvaal.
The London Times says Premier
Schreincr Of Cape Colony cannot in
cite Kruger TO make further conces-
sions. This statement Is generally
accepted rs reasonable in the face of
Schreiner's explanation that he ad-
vised Kruger to wait until he heard
from the imperial government
Much unrest is manifested here and
this Is not likely to be lessened in the
next few days. An authority OF the
highest character made the following
statement to-day: UNLESS every de-
mand OF England be complied with
there will be war. This has been the
intention of the government from the
outset. The government has taken a
leaf out Of Kitchener's book and both
the diplomatic campaign and the pos
sible military one to follow will be of
The most positive end business-like
character.
'Milner wa sent to South Africa
for the purpose of establishing the
suzcrainty of England not only in
foreign but in domestic affairs. His
'irreducible minimum was decided
upon beforehand. The Outlanders'
desires were thoroughly considered
and decided to be reasonable. IL Mil
ner,s demands are rante IL will es-
tablish highlands rigas to interfere in
domestic affairs In the Transvaal; il
not. there will be war.
Every little detail OF the campaign
has been mapped out It will not be
q repetition Of former fights with the
Beers. 1t will be rather q campaign
On the lines Of Kitchener's advance in
the Soudan. Every point in the rear
will be made safe before an advance IL
uauc.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-07-28

A little more than thirty miles from
the coast OF Japan the Pacific oceas
has been found to be more than 4.6iI
fathoms deep. Some officers who were
surveying for n telegraph cable found
their wire broke at this depth without
reaching the bottom. las Is said 10
be the deepest sounding ever made.
and is so deep that the two highest
mountains In Japan. placed one Owe
the other In this abyss. would leave
the summit Of the upper one two-thirds
Of q mile below the surface Of the wa
ter.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-07-28
Otis NOT 70 Be RELIEVED.
The Administration Said to Be Sat.
is6ed With His Work.
A CABINET OFFICER TALKS.
Command os the Fieid Force, Aban-
doned - Division Generals Disagree
with O,ia

WASHINGTON. July &c The Presi.
Cent has no intention OF relieving
General Otis from military command
In the Philippines. lie had thought
seriously at one time of assigning an
officer OF high rank to commani the
forces in the field, leaving General
Otis to perform the administrative
duties OF governor general The Pres
ident had two propositions before him.
one to make Lawton the commanding
officer OF the fighting forces and the
other to send Merritt back TO his old
place. The latter assignment would
mean the subordination of General
Otis as governor general TO General
Merritt. who ou,ranks him by regular
as well as by volunteer title. Both
these ideas have now been abandoned.
Speaking for the President, a cabi-
net officer said: why should General
Otis be relieved. unless lie had some
reason for asking to be sent back to
the United States? The President has
had no reason to find fault with his
work. IL is rue he has not ended the
war, but he has certainly made much
progress and has shown himself equal
to every emergency.
He has certainly taken good care
OF the troops, and by the names in
which he has provided for his army
has shown himself capable OF hand
ling large bodies OF men. lie has made
known his general plans Of operation
when the campaign begins this fall,
and the experts here, together with
the President, consider that he has a
thorough and practical program
mapped out for his future work.
4 remove him now would be an
admission that he had failed. We
cannot admit this, for certainly the
ofhcial dispatches from the Philip
pines show a material extension Of
our line far beyond the point con-
trolled by Spain. To place a new
commander In control Of the troops
and make him independent of General
Otis would cause no end of friction.
There can be but one intrusted with
plenary powers aud I can repeat
hat the President is we'll satisfied to
~lntrust General Otis with these pow
ers."
Notwithstanding this administra-
tive view favorable to General Otis 1t
san be stated tba. :3Ta efiGisis hese
to confirm the press reports of the I'M
popularity OF General Otis with many
officers of his command. One official
showed aletter to-day indicating a de-
cided lack Of harmony between Gen.
eral Otis and the division command
ers. One of the principal differences
OF opinion related to the number of
men required to subdue the rebellion.
Most OF the division commanders
thought that there ought to be more
troops than the $4,000 called for by
General Otis and this doubtless ac-
counts for the fact that the Prcsiden.
finally decided to provide him with an
army OF $4,000 men.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-07-28
CAPTURED OR MAsSAcRED.
Relief Expedition Organising to Rescue
Americans In Brasil.

Americans In Brazil.
Mr.. Frank Greenfield, a member OF .
prominent Fort Scott (Kan.) family,
has arrived home from South America
to organize a relief expedition to res
cue a party of Americans, of whom his
brother, Albert is one, from the inte-
rior OF Brazil. The Greenfield boys
Joined a party OF miners at Johannes
burg, South Africa. two years ago. and
vent to South America. In Buenos
Ayres Albert Joined the expedition to
go into the regions Of the Amazon to
develop a big rubber c~oncessio1 which
Mr.. Price had secured from the Brazil
ian government. They started up the
Parana river in a boat in February,
1898, following 1t as far as navigable.
and started on a 1900 mile journey
through the jungles and over the
mountains. They were last heard from
at Cuyaba. In the province OF Malta
grossa, on June Is. 1898. Frank Green
field is convinced that they have been
captured or massacred by the savage
natives.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-07-28
NOVEL TEMPERANCE SCHEME.
How u Manufactured Secured a Dry
Town In Indiana.

how u Manufacturer Secured a Dry
Town In Indiana.
A manufacturer at Three Oaks, Ind,
has just inaugurated a temperance re-
form in that town that is at once novel
and apparently practicable, says the
Cleveland Leader. This man, who has
several hundred employees, recently Of
fered to pay into the village treasury
annually an amount equal to tho Ii
cense fees derived from the saloons II
the authorities would abolish the sa-
looms and make the town dry" II
the offer was refused he threatened to
remove his factory to another town.
The proposition was submitted 20 the
council and 1t in turn referred the mat.
ter to the people at a special election.
The result was an overwhelming VIC
tory for temperance. The saloons will
be closed, the village treasury will re-
.eive the annual payment promised,
AMI the factory will not be removed.
or course 1t Is not dificult to under
stand why this manufacturer desired
the closing Of the saloons. He prob
ably realized that he could get better
work from his employees II they were.
always sober, and will doubtless dis.
cover that the money paid for the
closing Of the saloons is we'll invested.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-07-28
NEWS OF NEBRASKA
CONDENSATION OF IMPOR-
TANT NEWS ITEMS.
short and Pithy Paragraphs which Tell
Of what uas Happened or WIN Hap
p~n In our Comnnonwcaith-Tbe News
Briefly Summarized
Thnrsdar. July go.

Major Charles w. Weeks recently OF
the university cadets, has gone To Ma
Mia TO join his regimen
w. c. Oliver, n Fort Crook tcamstcr.
was held up In Omaha 10y a gang of
negroes and robbed of 80.
j. ". woodford. n farmer. living just
outside the limits Of Weeping Water,
had q leg broken by the upsetting of a
load Of hay.
GEORGE Frey and George Tierney,
Broken Bow boys, were injured by the
accidental discharge Of a revolver.
Frey received only a flesh wound in
the hand. Tierney was seriously hurt
In the chest, but will ecover.
A freight train consisting of nine
ears of merchandise was wrecked two
miles east of North Platte OF the Union
Pacific road. No one was injured. The
wreck was caused by spreading rails
or some breakagc in the middle of the
train. The track vas cleared immedi-
ately.
Edgar Allen, a young man residing
In Lincoln, was arrested ior raising u
disturbance, and when examined IL
was discovered he was mentally nm
balanced. lie was asked his business
and replied: 81 used TO be a hayseed,
but lin n lawyer now Give me a PEN
ell and some paper and ! will write you
an elegant brief"
John Blumbcrg, a Waterman for the
South Omaha Gas company, was brut-
ally assaulted by two tramps. He was
kpeeling down over a trench filling a
lantern. when he was approached from
behind and struck. with n club. lie
laid unconscious for several hours but
finally came to himself enough TO get
home.
The kissing bug was at the Omaha
exposition grounds last night and it
cent Miss Helen jackson To the hos
pital in haste. Miss Jackson came to
Omaha to Sioux City to visit the expo
sition, She was walking along the
banks OF the lagoon, when with a
whirling sound some insect few
against her face md In an instant
later stung her upon the upper lip.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-07-28
MORE TROOPS TO CLEVELAND.
The strike Guard Reinforced by 1000
Soldiers.

CLEVELAND, Ohio. July 2 .-After a
night marked by disorder and rioting
the city this morning Is peaceful. On
all the lines Of the Big Consolidated
system cars were. started on schedule
time. Beyond tho usual Instructions
Of stones, bricks and all kinds of rub
bish piled upon the tracks in the out
lying districts during the latter part
Of the night there is no interruption
to traffic during the early hours OF
the day.
Mayor Farley has been notified by
Adjutant General Axline that troops
to the number Of nearly 1000 men
will arrive in Cleveland this afternoon
to assist the local authorities in main
tanning order.
The four Columbus military compa-
MES, together with the military or
CARNATIONS from Newark and Chilli.
cothe, 500 strong, arrived here to-day
to reinforce the soldiers already on
guard. Adjuts mt General Axline will
exercise general command over the
troops In the city.
Mayor Farley refused to say wheth.
er, in view of the increased strength
Of the military guard. he would order
the non union street railway employees
to reljnquish their arms The soldiers
were marched to the Central armory,
where they established headquar-
terra. Their presence is very distaste.
full to the strikers. and Mayor Farley
Is censured by them for calling the
additional troops. The mayor reiter-
ated his statement that he would keep
the city free from rioting and vio-
encei IL 1t took every soldier in the
state to do IL.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 25.-A special
train pulled out of the Union station
this morning with the Fourth regi.
ment, Ohio National guard, 4ou men,
bound for Cleveland TO do strike duty.
The regiment Is made up of volun.
tecrs OF the Spanish war, the Column
bus companies having besn on duty
In Porto Rico The Fourth regiment
Is armed with Springfield rifles and
each man has 100 rounds of 45-calibs,
cartridges
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-07-28

HASTINGS. Neb, July 2e.-Mra w.
A. Fitzgerald. wife Of a prominent
business man of this place. 10 missing.
She disappeared several days ago. but
the matter was not made public at the
time. Her husband 10 away from
home part OF the time, and before his
Last trip asked her to accompany him.
but she declined. The day after he
left she packed her trunk. saying she
was going to Join her husband. She
left town and has not been seer since.
Mrs. Fitzgerald Is well kno wn In the
state
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-07-28
Tncsday. July 25.


August Thelan, a prominent and
successful stockman near Rising city,
went to Shelby to transact some bust
ness. and upon his return home he
dropped dead.
Mrs. Monahan, living neal Syracuse,
poured kerosene on the floor of the
chicken house and touched a match to
IL to destroy the vermin. Fire spread
10 u granary. and $500 is the estimated
loss.
A gasoline stove caused a fire at Ola
n street. Lincoln. The fire from the
stove was communicated to a can oil
gasoline and in extinguishing the
blaze Mrs. l.. j. Worth had n arm
badly burned. No damage was done
to the building.
1t is now thought Policeman Stump
OF Falls City will o There are
many people who believe that the
would-be murderer has been caught,
and is ever now concealed in the Jail,
the matter being kept secret for fear
Of a lynching.
Sheriff Lancaster of York has re-
turned from Deadwood. ). d., without
Captain Grant Todd, the alleged de
fauiting secretary of the York Mining
company. Legal technicalities came
up which prevented the sheriff from
securing possession of Tod.
Adjutant General Barry and Colonel
Stark arrived in San Francisco yester-
day and made arrangement for taking
care of the First Nebraska on it's arri'
val there. They have procured cloth
ing suitable to the climate. They had
a conference with Major General Shat
| ter. who told them he would be pleased
| to assist them i'm the reception.
Mrs. Charles Burgoyne OF Hastings
| was killed at Tilton. The family had
been visiting friends there and hat
| boarded the train for home. Mrs. Bur
goyne had climed on the rear end oil
the caboose. Just as Mrs. BurPoyn'
was in the act Of kissing her daughter
good bye, the train was backed up ts
couple. onto the caboose. The bumI
the Wheels. Hieryc'dyT was as a i IN nv tw,
and death ensued almost instantly.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-07-28
Sunday, July %,

At Nebraska City the team of j. NJ.
Lane ran away, dumping him out aud
breaking his arm just above the wrist.
Complaint has been fled against
Percy Vandervoort Of Omaha, charg-
in n Of the public parks.
John Blumberg, n watchman for the
South Omaha Gas company was bru-
tally assaulted by two tramps. He lay
unconscious for several hours.
q. II. Tarrant n grader working at
Omaha, but who resides at Council
Bluffs, has been arrested on the charge
Of infantic.dc, it being claimed he had
thrown the body of an infant in the
privy vault.
John Ohlsen at Meadow Grove fell
from the top of q windmill To the
ground below, a distance of forty feet.
and sustained a fracture OF his right
arm and a compound fracture OF his
left thigh.
Hugh Sherrin, a South Omaha man,
was found lying on the side walk with
his throat cut. lie was taken to the
hospital where he soon recovered. A
fellow named Alonzo Barncs has been
arrested on his own confession. lie
says Sherriu assaulted him.
Engineer Michael Graybill and Fire
man George A. Gramley, both of Lin
coin were injured in a wreck on the
burlington at Crete. when a through
freight crashed into another freight
that was taking the side track. Gray
bill suffered a dislocated shoulder
while Gramley was injured internally.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-07-28
Monday. July "a.

Arapahoe is taking steps toward a
system Of water works.
Robert Stromer and wife of Omaha.
were fined S25 and costs for cruelty
beating their little seveu-year-old
daughter.
Fire destroyed the oil house Of the
American Beet Sugar company Of
Grand Island, entailing aloss of 81, 200.
The loss Is covered by insurance.
Charles Shubert, a discharged sol
dier at TT Crook was shot and perhaps
mortally wounded by Jesse McCarty
n saloon row over u game of cards.
McCarty is at large. .Shubert may
live.
Isaac H.. Brown, an old and well
known citizen of Fremont has been
adjudged insane and ordered taken TO
the Norfolk asylum. The predispos-
ing cause Of his demented condition
was a sunstroke.
Sheriff Trompen of Lancaster coun.
~ returned Saturday from Evansville,
Wis, with William y. Taylor, wanted
In Lincoln on the charge Of statutory
rape committed on the person Of Is.
year-old Bessie Currie.
Carl Sprouse, a prominent farmer
living west of Galloway, committed
saicide by shooting himself. The al
legged cause was worry oven his harry
east.
The large building of the Waterloo
Creamery company at Papillion was
totally destroyed by fire. The loss
is $4,000, partially insured. II will be
rebuilt.
w. A. Paxton, president of the Union
Stock Yards company Of Omaha, has
been invited to be the guest of Sir
Thomas Upton on board the Sham
sock during the international yacht
<acea-
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-07-28
Didn't Get Him,

Sheriff Lancaster of York county
has returned from Deadwood, S. d.,
without Captain Grant Todd, the al
legged detailing secretary of the York
Mining company. The habeas corpus
proceedings which Todd instituted
Mt Deadwood We're decided against him
but before the sheriff could get away
with his prisoner, an appeal was taken
to h supreme court, which released
the prisoner on q bond of $500.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-07-28
Burned Her Arm,

A gasoline stove caused a fire at the
residence of l.. j. Worth, 941 u St.,
Lincoln. The fire from the stove was
communicated TO a can of gasoline and
in extinguishing the blaze Mrs. Worth
had one arm badly burned. No dam
age was done TO the building or con-
tents and the fire was out before the
department arrived.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-07-28
DrAmAtlo Note.

Watts-"They don't have the actors
or the plays they had when you and 4
were young" Potts-"That's right.
Nothing these days can equal The
Streets Of New York or Uncle Toms
Cabin as produced when / was about
IA years old."-Indianapolis Journal.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-07-28
Got to Do somethinr.

"Faugsf he Is of re c~anaille! hate
heem. Louee, hear-r-r mel will
smash bees hat!" mo. Henri. do not
do Get. ley viii send you to re prisone
Tor four-r-r years." "Ah, zen ! viii
smash a hat Eat ees like hees!"-Cleve-
amt Plaiu Dealer,
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-07-28
Expensive Fire.

Mrs. Monahan, residing on Jacob
Laisy's farm, just southeast of SYRIA
cuse, poured kerosene on the floor of
the chicken house and touched a light
ed match to IL for the purpose of de-
stroying vermin with which the place
was infected. The fire from the chick.
on house spread TO the grsnary and
burned up e400 worth OF wheat.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-07-28
Alleged Dys.m,s.r. Free.

NEW York. J ally 2d.-Police Magls.
trate Jacob Brenuer OF brooklyn dis
charged from custody the twenty.one
meu arrested for the alleged dyna-
mite scheme 10 blow up the Elevated
railroad structure at Fifth avenue
and Thirty sixth street last week.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-07-28

AURORA, No, July 2S.-Gs0res Mes
alex. bob Grimmet and John GrifBth
were killed last evening In the Stotts
City mine. by q premature explosion
while loading . hot hole in the mines.
Ed Messiek and smother man, whose
name ID not yet known, are seriously
injured.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-07-28
BARRY AND STARK ARRIVE.

General shsfter Promises to assist In Re.
eeivins Ncbrssksns.
Adjutant General Barry and Colonel
Stark, representing the advance guard
OF N~ebraskans who are to welcome the
First Nebraska volunteers from their
state. have arrived at San Francisco.
They conferred with Major General
shafter, who informed them that he
would be pleased TO assist In making
the proposed demonstration asked
The men arrive on the Hancock, duo
at San francisco the latter part of the
month.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-07-28

ST.. Lows. Mo-. July 20 Casper
Lem. champion bantsmwsight boxer
OF the world. was awarded the de-
cision over Morris Ranch. Of Chicago.
at the end Of . twenty round bout.