The Red Cloud chief., 1899-10-13
TIE NEWS IN BRIEF.

EnllStmentS Tor M ten new regi-
ments have reached a total of 1855.
ne f'orty-ffth and ~Forty-sixth regi-
ments are now complete.
Cards have been issued for the mar
rlage of Miss Viola Dsetrick and Nc
Kinley Duncan, a nephew Of the pres
ident, on October IS at Youngstown,
o. President Mckinley will attend.
The Western Window Glass job
bers' association held a conference
and decided to make 10 per cent ad-
vance In prices. Delegates were pres
ent from nearly all Of the states Of the
Mississippi valley.
The Kentucky Distillers and Ware.
house company has made a complete
list Of its distillers and the whisky
that Is to be made at each Of them
during the coming distilllng season.
The total number Of gallons to be
made Is 5000, 900.
The zinc mines of Missouri and
Kansas are again to shut down.
The zinc miners association 80 de-
creed at It's meeting. The shutdown
Will be general and will continue un-
til further notice. This course was
adopted as a means OF forcing the
zinc smelters to pay schedule prices
for all of the ore produced in the dis
trict.
Republicans of Massachusetts, nomi-
mated the following ticket: Governor.
w. Murray Crane, Dalton; lieutenant
governor, John l.. Bates, Boston; sec
rotary Of state, William NJ. DIN, Bos-
ton; attorney general. II. NJ. Knowl-
ton, New Bedford; auditor, John w.
Kimball, F%itchburs; treasurer and re-
ceiver general, Edward s. Bradford,
Springfield.
The immense lumber yards Of the
Wheeler and Dusenberry company, To-
Gated at Endeavor, Forest county, Pa.
were completely destroyed by fire.
Over six million feet of lumber were
destroyed, together with three houses,
entailing a total loss Of about $780,
900. Insurance on the lumber, $685.
900. 1t is believed the FIRE was Of in
cendiary origin.
Two men arrested In Montana In
July last charged with robbing the
United States postofice at Big Piney,
Wyo., in August, 1898, and believed
to be the Roberts brothers, pleaded
not guilty in the federal court. The
court assigned M. J. Barry and r. w.
Breckons to defend them. who gave
notice they would apply for q writ Of
habeas corpus October IA.
The Lutheran general council decid-
ed to send missionaries to Porto Rico.
who will found congregations, build
churches and advance the work OF the
denomination In every way possible.
Rev. II. F. Richards of GAINESVILLE, O.,
and B. F. Hankey Of Pennsylvania,
were delegated to make the first tour
II inspection OF Porto Rico and will
leave for there as loon as possible.
In the federal court at Cheyenne
Edward Alworth pleaded guilty to I'M
lawfully OBTAINING mail matter while
postmaster at Clearmont, Wyo.. In No
vember. 1898. This was q registered
letter containing the commission Of
E. w. Huson to succeed Alv orth. AL
worth said the letter was not detain-
ed with criminal intent and was sent
enced to ten days confinement In the
county jail.
General Manager Dickinson OF the
Union Pacific railroad has agreed with
the boards OF adjustment Of the Broth
erhoods OF Locomotive Firemen and
Engineers to q postponement for
thirty days Of further negotiations
looking toward the settlement Of the
difficulties between the road and those
organizations. The continuance was
granted at the request OF Mr.. Dickin-
son and the members of the boards
will return to the city thirty days
later. A.,
Brigadier General A. W. Greeley,
honorary vice president Of the inter-
national geographical congress-, ac-
companied by Major II. T. Allen, mill
itary attache Of the United States IN
bassy In Berlin, asconded at potsdam
In a military kite balloon, the inven-
ton of Percival Siegsfeld. Emperor
William granted General Greeley q
special permit to make the ascent.
General Greeley has purchased a SIM
liar balloon for the United States gov
eminent.
The Chinese colony In San Francis
co Is considerably excited over the
fact that large placards containing
a revolutionary proclamation have
been posted in Chinatown. The docu-
ment is an appeal in behalf Of the de-
posed emperor, Kwang Hsu, and a call
for aid to dethrone the dowager en-
press. 1t Is signed by Kang Yu Wei,
one Of the emperors confidential ad-
visers and closest friends. He Is at
present in the revolutionary head
quarters In Victoria, B. G.
The forty-ninth annual report of
the Burlington railroad has Just been
submitted to the stockholders by the
board of directors. 1t covers the yea
ending June 80, 1899, and its every
statement Is reason for congratula-
ton to the management. One notice
able feature is a decrease in the earn
ings OF the freight department over the
previous year in the sum of 81, 272, COS
but this is more than Offset by an In
crease in passenger earnings amount
ing to $1.315. 976. Computing revenue
received from all sources the gross
earnings reached the enormous sum
Of $43, 1889, 424, an increase over the
previous year Of more than $500, 900
and this fact palliates somewhat the
decrease In the freight business.
SenatOr Hanna danied with obaro.