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The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-18
AFFAIRS OF STATE
EVENTS OF INTEREST TO
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
Timely Mention of the Doings Of the Ma
t,onal Congress-, Departmental and Es-
eeutiye Onnciai Actions, and Movements
of Army and Navy.
Thursday, August 10.

The president contemplates attend
ING the national convention OF the
union veterans union ut Des Moines,
la.
Secretary Elihu Root, of tho var de-
partment. returned to Washington
last night from his visit to New York
and Lake Champlain, where he has
been in conference with the president.
The yellow fever situation at the
soldiers home at Hampton remains
unchanged. No new cases and no deaths
is the report sem out again. The
quarantine remains in force at all the
neighboring towns.
Most of the volunteers at San Fran
cisco are wearing their khakis and SO
can be distinguished from the regu-
lars who wear the full blue uniforms.
The Frisco people scarcely pay any
attention TO soldiers wearing blue uni
forms rs these are mostly recruits.
while the khaki suit introduces a SOL
der Immediately as having been to
the Philippines.
The director of the census has writ
ten letters to all the recently appointed
supervisors in the state of Nebraska
asking them to send to him a plan for
the subdivision of their respective dis
tricts into enumerators' districts.
These will be carefully compared with
the records of the last census, and
when it is found that there is an un-
equal division based on the estimated
population there will be changes made
to conform with this comparison. The
director aims to have each enumeration
take an equal number os days in cover
ing his district, of that the returns
will all be in at the same time. 1t is
estimated that the farming communi-
ties will be covered in a month and
the cities in two weeks.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-18
Tuesday, August 10.

The ten regiments for the Philip.
pines are now nearly enlisted.
No credence is given in Washington
to n report that trouble has again
broken out in Samoa.
The torpedo boat Fox. built by Wolf
Il Zewicker, on the Pacific coast, has
been accepted by the government,
A Leghorn dispatch that
Admiral Dewey is suffering from fever,
and remains on board the Olympia.
Secretary of War Root has issued an
appeal to the governors of the states
for the Porto Rican hurricane suffer-
ers.
BY direction of the president all re-
lief supplies sent TO Porto Rico will be
admitted to all ports of that island
duty free.
President Mckinley has declined TO
attend the New York reception to
Dewey. He wants Dewey to have all
the glory that he deserves.
General Bates is still negotiating
with the sultan of Sula. The sultan
is yet unwilling to accept the terms
offered by the United States-a salary
OF $4,000 a year.
The American line steamer Paris,
recently pull off the rocks near Cove
rack, left Falmouth under her own
steam this morning, aided by several
tugs, bound for Milford Haven, where
she will be docked for repairs.
The transport Centennial, which ar
rived at San Francisco several days
ago, brought advices that the trans
port Warren, which has the Colorado
regiment on board, will not arrive for
several days after schedule time. The
captain put one of the crew in irons for
feigning sickness and refusing TO work.
The crew mutinied, and the ship is
sailing for San Francisco with a green
crew., the regular crew being prison
erS.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-18
Monday, Y IA.

A man was taken from the Rock
Island train at Beatrice yesterday who
is apparently dementcd. II is thought
he is c. p. Norton OF Carleton, Neb.
Sam Pope, who was the victim of
the shooting ARRAY at Fremont last
week, Is improving in spite of his ter
rible wounds. and the doctors think he
will recover.
Charlie Shaw, the twelve-year-old
o of James c. Shaw of Tekamah,
was kicked in the eye by a colt and
did not recover consciousness for TWEEN
ty-four hours,
Joseph Hochstein, a wealthy and
highly respected German farmer, acct
dentally fell from his wagon going
home from Bow Valley aud died from
injuries received.
Fire destroyed the big fertilizing
plant Of the Swift packing company at
South Omaha, causing a loss of perhaps
$4,000. Spontaneous combus tion is
presumably the cause.
Governor Poynter refused TO receive
the senate investigating committees
report and II was sent back TO Senator
Prout, who declined to take il aud il
is now in the hands of Postmaster
Bushnell of Lincoln.
Ray Sherman of Tecumseh was seri.
ously and several other men slightly
injured by the explosion of a traction
engine boiler of a threshing outfit
nea Virginia. Several horses were
killed.
Attorney General Smyth has filed
papers in the Douglas county district
court, invoking the antitrust law of
1897 to compel the Standard Oil com.
pany to cease doing business in Ne.
braska.
Grading is being commenced on the
foundation work for Armour's big nine
story warehouse at South Omaha.
VIM. c. Myers, a German, aged e5,
was drowned while swimming in n
pond at Kunz's park south Of ELM
wood.
Fred A. Young, a telegraph operator
of Lincoln, was drowned today while
swimming in Salt creek near the pen
i~tentiary. ..,m ~
Mrs. W. L. Lee, who committed sui
eide at Hastings, has been buried. The
authorities We're upable to obtain n
clue TO her identity
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-18
Sunday, August Is.

A fire at Farragut, Iowa, destroyed
most of the west side portion, entail
ing q loss Of $50 900.
The brickmakers strike at Chicago
has reached the critical stage, and
from assertions made by the manu-
facturers In answer to the demands of
the strikers, II is believed that a gen
eral tie-up of business operations in
Chicago and a strike of $4,000 crafts
men is imminent.
The Cambria Steel works of Johns
town, Pa, has reduced the wages of
its men from 20 to 80 per cent, which
is perhaps the biggest reduction ever
made. Straighteners, who have been
getting SIS or $40 a day are cut to 80.
Holdups, who were averaging 50 and
~ We're cut to s1.50. A general strike
is looked for.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-18
Friday, August II.

The postal receipts at Omaha aggre.
gated 500, 164 in July as against $29,75i
in July last year. This is a decreas,
of $500, or 10 per cent.
The schedule Of army transports has
been completed and delivered to Secre-
tary Root. II shows that If addition
al transports are chartered about 49,
600 soldiers can be SEN to Manila TO
reach there by the end Of November.
The Masonic temple at San Francis
co was crowded with soldiers and civil
ians who went to show their respect
to the memory of Colonel Hawkins of
the Tenth Pennsylvania by participat-
ing in the last rites that were per-
formed over his body before shipment
east,
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-18
Sunday, 4 Is.

Special government agent w. d.
Hunter left for Winnipeg, August 8, TO
investigate the grass hopper plague,
A discussion of the fire at the Mer-
Ger Chemical building at Omaha caused
twelve young ladies in the overall fac
tory ext door to faint at their work.
JAsss~ Blooa~oreh and Grace cooper,
W young people of Arapahoe, shot
themselves on the school house steps.
Disappointed love is supposed to be
the cause. -.
Certificates held by Nebraska agents
OF the Fort Wayne, Ind, fire insurance
company will be recalled because the
company has failed to pay legitimate
losses In this state.
Attorney General Smyth has given
an opinion regarding the school bond
act limitiag the rate of interest on
school bonds to 9 per cent. Some be-
lieved the act OF little force because il
did not contain a clause repeating the
old law, but the attorney general saws
the act repealed the old law by appli.
cation and is valid.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-18
Monday, August IA.

The United States cruiser Olvmpia
has arrived at Leghorn, italy, from
Naples, n was received with salutes
and cordial welcomes. Admiral Dewey
was visited by the commander of the
Italian cruiser Tripoli and the captain
Of the port,
A reconnaissance by troops of General
Young's brigade, with the object of
discovering the whereabouts of the
enemy near San Mateo, northeast OF
the San Juan reese. voir, about ten miles
from Manila, resulted in The occupa-
ton of San Mateo. The American
loss was three killed and thirteen
wounded.
Charles 8. Witmor of Omaha has
been admitted to practice before The
interior department.
George A. Morrison has been an.
pointed a fireman in the Omaha public
building at 5000 per annum.
The Dugan Granite company of Kan.
sas City, Mo-, has been awarded the
contract for carving the Ornamental
work on the public building at Omaha.
Neb., at sl2, 800.
Colonel milford of the First Ne.
braska, who has just returned from
the Philippines with his regiment. has
accepted a captains commission in one
of the volunteer regiments, and will
return TO the Philippines.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-18
Wednesday, August 10.

The anti-Goebel sentiment in Ken
lucky has gained force. Its strength
surprises both sides.
Fire at Westchester, N. Y, destroyed
st. Peters Episcopal church and most
Of its contents. Loss, $500, 900.
The condition of NJ. Labor, counsel
for Dreyfus, is improving. He was
able to be moved to better quarters,
and may sufficiently recover to take
part in the trial.
Hudson City, Tex. is n unique town.
1t has a population of 400, all negroes,
and has just been incorporated. City
officials composed wholly of negroes
will be selected.
The yacht Columbia earned a clear
title to defend the Americas cup by
defeating the Defender yesterday in a
twenty mile race, winning by eight
minutes and fifty-two seconds.
Franklin Haslser, and two young
| women, Hilda and Gertie Fleischman
| of Harrisburg, with whom he was
| driving, we're killed by the Lebanon
Valley express near Wernersville, Pa.
The government forces Of Santo Do
| mingo commanded by General Escobo-
"a have defeated the insurgents. The
rout was almost a massacre. The list
Of wounded on both sides is enormous.
The engagement is considered by the
government as decisively ending the
/ nil ez rising.
A London dispatch says that Lilly
Lapgtry was married July 81 at the
island OF Jersey to Hugo Gerald de-
Battle, eldest son of Sir Henry Perez
val de Battle, bart, a retired general
and Crimean veteran. The affair ha.
just become known. The groom i.
2s, Mrs. Langtry 50.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-18
Monday, August IA.

Lisbon, Portugal, experienced an
earthquake shock.
The strike of Colorado smelters has
ended and the men will return TO work
Two men ambushed NJ. Labor,
counsel for Dreyfus, and shot him in
the back. His wounds are likely to
prove fatal.
Policeman A. p. Rawlings and Chas.
A. Daniels fought a duel at close range
on the streets of Dallas, Tex, and
both are dead. Rawlings was under
the influence Of liquor and called
Daniels a very bad name.
The French republic is on u volcano.
and affairs are rapidly moving to a eli
max. The civil and military forces
are getting worked up TO pitch that
may easily lead to n revolution. Whole
sale arrests Of anti-semites have been
made.
The famous old Methodist church at
Evanston, ILL.,, in which Francis E3
Willard read her essays as a girl grad
uate, and in which Abraham Lincoln
once spoke is to pass the rest of his
days in ignoble service as a saloon.
The Methodists are e~ndeavoring to re-
gain possession of the building.
At Denver, Col, two police officers
were shot and killed by a recruit be-
longing to company L, Thirty-fourth
volunteer infantry. The soldier was
in a saloon raising a disturbance and
when the officers attempted TO arrest
him he resisted, He fed, and has not
yet been apprehended.
In a recent suit for SANDER several
MIC a, 1f-
gomery, who resides near Dearborn,
Mo. She became incensed and started
out with a revolver to exterminate all
who did so. She fatally shot Mrs.
Hannibal Collier and started for an
other witness when she was arrested.
She declares that if she is not hanged
h will kill the rest of them vet.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-18
Fighting the boycott.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 16-The
business mems anti boycott commit
tee, which was appointed as a result
OF the meeting held the other day,
met yesterday and decided to hire de-
tectives and lawyers to prosecute
merchants and others who violate the
civil rights law in compliance With
IA demands OF the b~oycotters.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-18
Saturday August. IL.

saturday August IL.
A Cotton duck goods trust is being
formed. "
Another Big Consolidated street car
at Cleveland was yesterday smashed
to smithereens by dynamite. No one
was injured.
Voters of Sam Domingo hope to
make Gomez their president. He il
very popular with the people of the
black republic.
A destructive hail storms in North
ern Minnesota and North Dakota dis
troyed 100, 900 acres, or nearly 5000, 600
bushels of wheat.
Spain has started an inquiry 10
discover the responsibility for the lack
Of of defense which necessitated
the capitulation of Santiago. Generals
Toral and Pareja were acquitted OF
blame.
Today's dispatches tell of the follow
ing lynchings: Mann Singleton OF
Grant Parish, La, for assulting Mrs
Boyett; Win Chambers at Bell Buckle,
Tenn, for assulting the l4-year-old
daughter, of VIM Watson; Bill Wilson
at Fort Gibson, Miss, for attempted
: criminal assault; and Will Mcclure at
Glenn, Ga, for ATTEMPTED assault on Mrs
George Moore. All parties lynchet
were colored.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-18
An $1,000, 600 Too, Combine

New York, Aug. i6.-The Niles
Bement-Pond company, incorporated
at Trenton, N. j., is spoken of In
financial circles as a tool trust" al
though its organizers declare that
they are not seeking to establish q
monopoly. The company has a capital
stock Of IS, 600. 900.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-18
matthew. Rroaxht pse..

MCPHERSON, Kan, Aug. l6-Roya|
Matthews. president OF tho defurc'
First National bank, was brought In
from Liberty county, Texas, last
evening by Sheriff seita on a bench
warrant charging him with receiving
deposits In the bank after 1t was In q
failing condition.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-18
Ou,y E.rnty More Men Needed.

WAsnsaros, Aus. l0.s-sThere have
been enlisted fer the ten regiments
for the philippines 1900 men, ieav-
ing but eighty more to make tho regi'
ments complete.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-18
Coal to n. Higher TIL. Year.

CHICAGO, Aug. l6.-The price of an
thracite coal will be higher In Chi
cago b coming winter than in q
number OF years before, according 70
local dealers
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-18
NEWS OF NEBRASKA
CONDENSATION OF IMPOR-
TANT NEWS ITEMS.

hort and Pithy Paragraphs which Tell
Of what Has Happened or VIII Hap
pen In Our Commonweslth--Ths News
Brisny Summarized.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-18
SUNDAY, AuCust "a.


Acting Secretary Of War Meikleiohn
received a dispatch from ID. f. Thomp-
sol OF Lincoln, Neb., directing Mr..
Meiklejohn to draw on him for 500
for the Porto Rican destitute.
Many of the sick and wounded in
the hospital at the preside have heard
good news. General Shafter has OBJ
tanned permission from Washington to
muster out those soldiers in the gen
eral hospital who are able to be mus
tered out who do not wish TO wait for
the regiments to return from the Phil
ippines. This work has already com
menced.
notwithstanding the repeated as
surances that have been given to the
press to the effect that the president
is entirely satisfied with the course of
General Otis, it is known that Score.
tary Roof is not SO certain That an.
other officer could not do better work
than that gentleman has accomplished
In the past three months. In fact
Secretary Root has expressed himself
to friends as firmly of the conviction
that Miles is the proper man to be
sent to the Philippines.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-18
Tuesday, August 10.

Street car men of Cleveland saw the
strike has only just fairly begun. The
boycott is still in force.
In a fit of Jealous rage Thomas
Houghan of Chicago shot his wife and
then sent a bullet into his own brain.
Both died instantly.
The burghers (farmers) Of the Trans
vaal propose, in the event of wal with
England, to arm TO a man in defense
OF h colony against invasion.
Tw~enty-one business houses Of the
village of Berea, fourteen miles south
west of Cleveland, o., were destroyed
by fire. The loss will amount to about
Sl00, 600, with no insurance.
Throught the efforts of Mayer Jones
Of Toledo the Brotherhood company
was incorporated ut Columbus, O., for
the purpose Of placing in operation
the greatest cooperative scheme ever
attempted in the country. The broth
erhood proposes to distribute stock
over the country in small amounts, and
the plan includes q great amount of
educational work. Cooperative cities
and farming communities are to be es-
tablished where practicable.
The attempted assassination Of NJ.
Labor, leading counsel for Captain
Dreyfus, has stirred France to a worse
passion than before. Fanatics have
entered the fray, and opposing fac
tions are lining up for the clash which
now seems inevitable. NJ. Labori's
wound is not so dangerous as at first
thought, but he will have q fight for
his life. His inability to defend Drey.
fus at this critical time will serve To
injure the prisoners chances, and il
xaev lanraeetnr
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-18
Friday, August II.

DIR. Laponi, the pope's physician, de-
elares Leo's health is good.
Five negro children were burned TO
death on McKowan's plantation, near
Jackson, La. The parents locked them
In their house and went to church.
A terrible food has swept over the
subprefecture of War Chow, where
1850 houses were destroyed and thou
sands OF poor people rendered home
less.
The Denver smelters' union has
voted to continue the strike until the
Smelling companies shall agree to pay
the wages awarded by the state board
of arbitration.
Mexican troops have had several en-
gaRements with the rebellious Yaqui
Indians, defeating them each time. II
Is declared that the Yaqui's now in
the field are commanded by two old
commanders of the Mexican army.
A hurricane swept over the south
portion of the island of Porto Rico,
doing a great mount of damage. IL
Ii reported that 200 lives were lost, but
the report was not verified. The town
of Ponce was swept by the storm and
badly wrecked.
Gus Mckenzie, n prominent cotton
merchant Of Gainesville, Tex, pro-
voked q row with n waiter in the
Barker hotel at Manitou and was
killed. The trouble arose over the
fact that the head waiter, George
Groves had demonstrated with Mrs.
Mckenzie for insisting on entering the
dining room before it was ready. Mr..
Mckenzie later declared Groves had
used insulting language to his wife
and demanded an apology, which the
waiter refused to make, denying he
had so talked to Mrs. Mckenzie.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-04-19
ACTION OF rlAss M
Committee Appointed 10 Co.
with F. &C. c. Officials.


The mass meeting held at the
City hall this afternoon was called
to order by Mayor P. T. Mcclure.
f. P. Warner was chosen chairman
and George Killian. secretary.
Mr.. Warner explained the object
of the meeting was to take some
action to prevent if possible the
removal of the f. d c. c. shops
and the Metallic Reduction works
from this place.
Mr.. Mcclure gave verbal re-
port of the committee which had
formerly been appointed to confer
with Mesrrs. Gumaer and Arpall
on the Cyanide litigation. Frank
Ruby thought the only thing to do
was to ask the +. IL c.. C. people
what the town could do in the
matter.
Mr., Mcclure said he jndged
from his conversation with
MIR. Ridgway that he considered
they had already asked, two years
ago, for land which they needed
He thought it was the duty of the
town to go TO them again and ask
them to make proposition.
Nj. E. Lewis endorsed what had
been said. MIR. Houston, in a
happy strain. suggested that we
send word to Canon that. 'if they
skin us out of our reduction works
we will skin them out of the court
house"
On motion committee was
chosen to confer with the f. d G.
G. officials in the matter, the com
mittce tc consist of Messrs. Nc
Guiro, Ruby, ID. "A. Jack, S. r
Rathvon and Jas. A. McCandless.
The meeting then adjourned
until next Monday at 2 o'clock.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-04-19
MONEY FOR STATE PRISONERS.
Governor Says Clerks Error will
not Prevent Appropriation
from Being Paid.

The legislature appropriated
Sll5,0oo for the state penitentiary
for the next two years mainte-
nance, but the enrolling clerk ap-
propriated only Sl45. This mis-
take was discovered yesterday by
Deputy Secretary of State Havens
in filing the bill, and extra session
Talk was at once revived. 1t was
asserted in the state house corri-
dors that the penitentiary would
have to close its doors or an extra
session would have to be called.
Gov. Thomas was about the only
perfectly cool p, rson around the
state house when the news spread.
He said that if the appropriation
was one that would he contested
the mistake might result seriously,
but he saw no reason why, simply
because of the clerks error. an cx-
tro session was necessary. He
thought the il tent of the law could
be followed aud if necessary the
next Legislature could rectify the
error.
The governor signed the bill
without noticing the error, 1t was
Sc nate bill No. n. by Mr.. FELTON,.
and the appropriation read
"One hundred and forty five 0I5,-
000) dollars" when it should have
read, "one hundred and forty-live
thousand dollars (Sl45 5000"
Gov Thomas and Auditor Tenn
pie both say that although there
is no dollar sign before the figures
IIo,uoo, yet those figures show
clearly the intent of the law and
it is not therefore invalidated,
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-04-19
Mexico Paper Says America Must
Keep Philippines.

City of Mexico, April Is. Ell
Continente Americana, the organ
of the Cuban colony here, defends
the entrance of the United States
into the Philippines as being based
not only on conquests, but on
necessity, defending the immense
commercial interests of the Ameri-
can people in China and Japan,
and denouncing the hypocritical
attitude of the European press
saying that Spain gained the
victory, all Americons would be
the sport of Europe, to be divided
among the great powers. 1t de-
clares the United States entered on
the war with Spain inspired by
the highest motives of humanity
to bring to an end an intolera bic
condition of affairs, and as to a
result of the brilliant incident OF
that war Manila fell into tie
American hands. The paper pre-
diets that when the Americans
have placed their flag over the
Philippines the unhappy- people
of those islands will enjoy an era
of prosperity, the laboring people
having fair wages and the land
owners securing just return for
their endeavors aud capital EN-
ployed. The more popular papers
here, not organs of the Clerical
party, show their hatred for Spain
and sympathize with the Cubans
in their hope for ultimate indepen-
dence.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-04-19

S> For fresh eggs go to
Dave Johnson's Poultry
Yard, Fifth and Santa Fe SITS.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-04-19
|. h. h0FFAT
DENIES REPORT.
,ys However, the Deal May be
Consummafed.
FNGLISH NOT INTERESTED.

| New York, April I'D. H,
SIorat, of Denver, one of the own
r of the Florence d Cripple
.Nreek railroad, which was reported
{, have been sold to London syn
&ieate for 5000, 900, has been in
his city for some time in connec-
ION with the deal.
In All interview this morning he
hid: The report from Denver is
| little premature, because the
ace for the consolidat ton of the
florence and Cripple Creek and
he Midland Terminal railroads,
Rentioned in the dispatch, has not
+ IT been carried through. will
i ot deny, however, that negotia-
ons to that end are in progress
/ nd may be completed in few
avs Until then | am unable to
bake public the details by which
he deal may be consummated. In
BE- dispatch from Denver ! see
bat the railroad and works at
florence are to be sold to a Lon
|on syndicate. | will say that this
Fduction is entirely wrong, and
bat the combination that may be
|rmed will be made up exclusive
Of American capital"
The Florence Crystal Ice COM
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The Florence daily tribune., 1899-04-19

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The Florence daily tribune., 1899-04-19
Only One Senator.
GENTLY TURNS TO

Harrisburg. April l9.-The clos
ing ballot for United States sena-
tor was taken today with the fol
lowing result: Quay 93, jerks So,
Jones 90, total 247. The legisla-
ture then adjourned sine die.