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The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-30
A COAT OF TAR
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Figg, Of CretI
ma, Victims Of a Mob.
feathers WERE USED LITERALLY
Had Caused Several Separations and
Much Trouble-Citizens Become
Incensed and Mete Out Sum
mary Punishment.

At Gretna, Neb., n mob, masked and
otherwise disguised, went to the resi-
dence of L. Figg, took Mr.. and Mrs.
Figg and tarred and feathered them
and then quietly dispersed. For some
time feeling has been intense against
the Figgs, who hold very queer ideas
regarding religion, ~persuadipg women,
II is charged, to leave their husbands
to be better able to serve the Lord.
Thus they were instrumental, IL Is al
legged, in separating Mr.. and Mrs. w.
w. Browning and Mr.. and Mrs. Bert
Donohoe; also Mr.. and Mrs. Woods, all
among the best people and highly re-
spected. One of the women Mrs.
Donohoe, 1t is charged, even refused
to go to her home to see her deserted
child when sick and almost at deaths
door.
The matter is being discussed upon
the streets, some favoring the treat
ment inflicted, while others say
that 1t was not the right thing to do,
and that the law should have been al
lowed to take its course. No one seems
to know anything about the affair, but
IL is stated that warrants are in the
hands of Sheriff McAvoy, and it IS
limited that som sensational develop
ments will be divulged within a day or
two.
Fourteen leading men Of the town, IL
is asserted, took part in the affair.
The intruders broke down the door
to the sleeping apartment of the Figgs
n told them to get up. On refusing,
the covers were stripped down and
they were pulled out into the middle
OF the floor. Their night clothes were
stripped off and then commenced the
application of the tar.
A notice was served on the Figgs to
leave town or suffer a repetition Of the
punishment.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-30
LAWYERS GET G
Sensation Furnished in Trial OF Viola
UOrlocker.

Sensation Furnished In Trial OF Viola
Horlocker.
When the state rested it's case in the
forloclier-Morey poisoning trial Thurs
day afternoon, the prosecution had
woven about the defendant a strong
fabric of circumstantial evidence. The
testimony of witnesses was all of a
most damaging character, and the de-,
fense was unable to choke any of 1t on
cross-eXamination. |
The court room was crowded almost
to suffocation, and the day was not
without it's sensational incidents.
While Mr.. Morey was on the stand
h defense persisted in q line Of ques-'
tions to which he was not permitted to
reply, as they were not proper in cross
examination. When court adjourned
at the noon hour he approached Mr..
Batty, and after a few words relative
to the latter's course applied ad epithet
which the attorney resented by at
tempting to strike him. Several per-
sons stepped in between them and an
encounter was prevented.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-30
A dozen or more years ago a farmc

A dozen or more years ago a farmer
twisted a bit of iron about a wire
fence, and noticed that his cattle
avoided 1t. Thus originated the use OF
the barbed-wire fence. which has cut
the great free prairies into ranches.
1t has lacerated and cut from water
countless numbers Of the wild animals
that once roamed the prairies, and Is
now classed as war material by the
nations. Both In Cuba and In South
Africa the decentralization wrought by
the deadly barbed-wire fence was
greater than that OF the most improved
guns and powder. The position OF
fence cutter has promoted the drum
mer-boy into the forefront of danger.
When Lieutenant Ord led his men in
a rush up San Juan hill, a boy private
by his side, fell, MORALLY wounded.
Ord heard his faint cry and paused In
his rush to say. my poor fellow, l can
do nothing for you" Il did not call
you back for that" was the brave re-
ply. II am done for; but take my
steel nippers. There may be another
fence beyond that hill, and / won't be
there to cut It for you" The boy lived
to hear the shout of victory. but the
gallant leader, with the boys nippers
In his hand AID the boys devotion last
In his heart, lay dead not many yards
away.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-30
Farmer Loses by Fire.

Setting fire to some weeds near his
barn and going to his house to read,
caused a fire by which j. S. Sanborn, a
farmer near Rising City, Neb., lost a
$500 barn, corn cribs worth $3.50, 600
bushe of oats, 1850 bushels of corn
and agricultural implements worth
about $500, besides severed tons of hay
and straw, and 1880 bushels of corn
belonging to his neighbor, Otto Hoff-
man. In all about 81, 500 worth of
property was burned. The barn was
Insured for about $500.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-30

Prof. r. s. Woodward, OF Columbia
university, in a recent paper shows
reasons for thinking that the earth's
atmosphere extends to a height vary
Ing with the distance from the equa-
tor. At the equator he estimates the
height to be 10000 miles, which dimin-
ishes to only 1900 miles at the poles.
But OF course. beyond a few hundred
miles above the ground, the density
OF the atmosphere becomes so slight
that the effects are imperceptible.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-30
n NEWS IN BRIEF.

Several stations on the Yukon river
are suffering a food shortage.
Detroit is to get the convention Of
the supreme lodge of the Knights Of
Pythias.
Charles NJ. Schwab has been re-
elected president of the Carnegie Steel
Company.
Ex-senator John j. Coyle of Phila-
delphia, charged with bribery, has
been acquitted.
A parcels post convention between
he United States and Nicaragua has
been signed.
A shipment of 81, 303 $50 has left the
New York s~ub-treasury to pay soldiers
in the Philippines,
A premature explosion Of a blast Of
dynamite killed one man and seriously
wounded two at Waterloo, n. j.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-30
VICTIM OF AWFUL MISTAKE.
Undertaken Finds Evidence OF a Burial
Alive.

At Mullica Hill, n. j.. near Phila-
delphia, the startling discovery has
been made that, a boy had been buried
alive. An undertaken was exhuming
bodies of the members Of the Smitzer
family, who live at Mullica Hill about
twenty-five years ago, for final burial
in this city.
One coffin contained the skeleton of
a boy and its condition bore evidences
of an awful struggle, after the sup
poscdly dead body had been buried.
The bones of the legs were drawn up
and the arms were extended across the
face. The glass of the casket which
had been above the boys head was
broken. The position of the body and
the condition of the coffin indicated
that the victim of IA horrible mistake
had died in horrible agony.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-30
HUNT THE BANK ROBBERS
No Positive Clue Usu Been Secured Thus
Far Mt Hardy.

There are no new developments Of
consequence in the hunt for the thieves
who blew the safe in the Hardy bank.
The Beatrice hounds arrived promptly
and took a trail to "a farm house about
three. miles southeast Of town, and q
not find any other trail. At the farm
house were three young men. compar-
alive strangers in the community, two
of whom claim to have come to the vi.
entity a day or two before to hunt on
the Republican. The three were in
town the night before making some
purchases of shells, lunch, etc, and IL
is probable the hounds took their trail
home, but it is hardly thought the
young fellows a be connected with
the robbery. They are, however, under
surveillance and some of their talk is
disconnected. The best clue IL IN the
fact that the dogs going from the bank
to the handcar house and other places
where things had peer disturbed in a
way to indicate some connection with
the robbery. a reward of $3.50 and 10
per cent of the money recovered is Of
fered by the bank. The amount taken
was SO, 500, $500 of which was in silver
dollars.
Three men suspected of having rob-
bed the Hardy bank we're arrested by
Sheriff Moore five miles east of Byron.
They had been tracked from Hardy
n the house, occupied by a widow,
was guarded during the day.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-30
Nebraska Editor Dead.

w, |. Compton, editor of the Utica
Sun, died at his home in Seward about
5 o'clock Tuesday morning, after a
short illness, from typhoid pneumonia,
aged nearly thirty-two years. Mr..
Compton has worked at the printing
business about fourteen years, most of
the time in Seward county, and has
been editor of the Sun several years.
He leaves a wife and little daughter
four years old. He was IA member of
the NJ. w. A. camp at Utica, and car
ried $4,000 insurance, which goes to
his little family.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-30
Call or the Shifts.

A P~ittsburg, Pa, dispatch of March
e. says: The Carnegie Steel company,
limited, becomes a stock comany,
with a capital ~variously estimated at
from $500, 900, 200 to $3.50, OOo, 900, the
famous %'ironclad agreement" is wiped
out, all litigation between the part.
ners in the Carnegie company is
dropped, and ii. C. Frick, the former
president of the company, virtually Sc
cures all he has contended for. These
facts are embodied in an authorized
statement issued tonight by the Car
negie Steel company, limited.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-30
MORE CHANGING CHARTERS
state Banks OF Nebraska Become Ma
tional Institutions,

Comptroller Dawes has approved the
applications of the following Nebraska
banks to convert to national banks:
The st. Paul State bank of st. Paul to
Farmers National, with "A capital of
$4,000; harrington State bank of Hart
ington to the Harrington National,
with a capital of $4,000, and the
Franklin County bank of Bloomington
to the First National of Bloomington,
with IA capital of $4,000. The comp
troller has also approved the applica-
ton of l.. G. Million and others for
authority to organize the First Ma
tional bank of Elgin, Neb., with n
capital of S25. 900,
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-30
LIST OF CASUALTIES.
General Otis Forwards Names of Sold
diers who Have Died.

General otls Names OF SOLD
diers who Have Died.
The war department received the
following casualty report from General
Otis:
Manila. March 27.-Deaths, malarial
fever, Samuel Grimes, company G.,
Eighteenth infantry. Johnston II. Ray,
company i, Thirty-seventh infantry;
Chester q. Dunn, company T., Thirty.
fourth infantry, Charles Sleicher, cor
poral company NJ, Twenty-frst infan'
try.
Died from wounds received in action:
Joseph w. Alphort, corporal company
III, Forty-third infantry.
Alcoholism: Alexander s. Bruce,
company Is, Tw enty-ninth infantry.s
Drowned: John +. Lynch, company
f, Thirty-seventh infantry.
Typhoid fever: Frank Aason, com.
pany c, Forty-third infantry; William
knuckles, company +, Forty-second
infantry; Henry A. Sandman, company
c. Forty-second infantry; Daniel
knight, company X, Forty-ninth in
fantry.
Dysentery. Charles w. sutton, com.
pany +, Forty-second infantry; Syl-
vester f. Rothwell, sergeant. company
f, Thirty-sevcnth infantry; Hugh Nc
Call, company A, Eighteenth infantry;
George +. Congo, company B, Twenty
seventh infantry; Edward G.. Roday,
company ID, Thirteenth infantry; Cor
nelius Il. Carter, company Il, Twenty
fourth infantry; Peter NJ. Fallon,
company ID, Sixth infantry; Hurley Ii.
kellogg, troop ID, Fourth cavalry.
Pe%ritonitis: Alfred l.. Ross, COM
pany |, Thirty-Third infantry
Surgical operation: Deph Asarker,
musician, company |, Forty-eighth in
fantry.
Variol6: Clarence II. Thomas, COR
por~i, company +, signal corps;George
Nwer, company Is, T~wenty-ffth lnfan-
try.
tuberculosis: Joseph Strickland,
company IL. Fourth infanlry.
General arterclosis: William Line
han. company +, Thirty-third infaD
try.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-30
u Testimony.

The evidence heard Tuesday at Has.
tings in the trial of Miss Horlocker,
charged with the attempted poisoning
of her employers wife, was entirely of
an expert character and was in support
of the theory of degeneracy and lack
of will power on the part of the de-
PENDANT to resist the homicidal i'm
pulse engendered by the mental shock
occasioncd by the breaking off of her
relations with Mr.. Morey. A number
of physicians testified.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-30

War, like the dyer's hand, Is subdued
to what II works in. The general sees
in 1t the Victoria Cross or the Legion
OF Honor; the politician sees In 1t re-
election; the manufacturer. a foreign
market for his goods. do you take
an interest In the war;" a London
householder lately asked his cook, see
ing a brightly colored map OF South
Africa in the kitchen. mo. sir" was
the reply; but | mean to ave a skirt
like that brown bit, and blouses like
these reds and greens and yellows. I
I'm just keepin' the map to match the
patterns with when | get an evenin'
off, sir"
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-30
DECLARES LAW ILLEGAL
Newspaper Articles Need Not BE Signed
In California.

A dispatch from San Francisco SAYS:
Judge Hunt decided that the More
house law passed by the last legisla-
ture and requiring all newspaper ar
ticles to bear the signature of the
writers, has no place in law, as one of
Its provisions is that in case of an
award to an injured party a portion of
h award must be placed in the hands
OF the state treasurer. Judge Hunt
holds that this is a penal provision
and any prosecution must be instituted
by the people of the state and not by
individuals.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-30
Wreck of Fast Mail Train.

An Atlanta, Ga, special says: The
fast mail on the Atlanta IL West Point
railway, which left Atlanta for Mont
gomery and New Orleans was wrecked
between West Point and Opelika. Ala.
Express Messenger Oslin was killed
and Baggagemaster w. b. Blunt badly
injured. The baggage car, mail coach
and two day coaches were thrown from
the track, but the Washington sleeper
was not derailed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-30

The Chinese strenuously object to
gambling on future prices OF articles
OF consumption, such as rice, wheat
and corn. Recently six members of a
Chinese bucket shop or board OF trade
rather, were summarily taken out and
beheaded for making contracts to pay
given prices as a given time without
regard to the immutable laws Of supply
and demand. The Chinese are ex-
IRENE In their methods. but are UNI
doubleday right as to the underlying
principle.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-30

At the annual dinner OF the Silk
Association OF America recently, the
chief guest was the Chinese minister
to h United States. WI Ting Fang.
He made the speech Of the evening.
lie contrasted the friendly attitude OF
the United States toward China with
the aggressions OF European nations.
and said that so long as Americans
Kept on In their pacific policy OF COM
merce and trade, they would be well
come everywhere. not only in China,
but In Japan as well. Trade statistics
indicate that the Chinese minister is
right. China Is buying now OF Ameri-
can goods from five to six times as
much as II bought ten years ago. Last
year 1t bought four million dollars
worth more than the year preceding.
The gain was mostly In cotton goods,
kerosene and -four. Foreign trade. of
course, Is not controlled by sentiment.
People buy what they like best, syhere
they can get 1t cheapest; but, other
things being equal; they would rather
buy OF their friends than OF those
they may regard as enemies.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-30
SHERIFF PERMlTSLYNcHlNO
Orders Nirc'n'" Miii,ia Away and n
Mob Does Its Work.

The series Of exciting events in
'recnviIle county, Virginia, the past
week illuminated in IA double lynch
ing ut Emporia. Both Cotton. the
negro, who according to his confession,
killed Sanders and Weltcr, and
OGrady, the white man who was with
nm IN the cabin when the murder oc.
Cured were hanged by u mob vari-
ouSly estimated at from l.5OO to 1000
strong. The militia protecting the
prisoners were ordered away by the
sheriff and this gave the mob full swav.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-30
Farmer Accidentally Shot,

A serious and perhaps fatal accident
occurred southwest of Albion, Neb. IL.
3. Hahn, a farmer who was bailing
hay went to a wagon to get a pola
and in some manner discharged a shot
gun that was in the wagon. The shot
tool effect in his side and it Is impos,
sible to tell how serious his injuries
are.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-30
transferred to the Tru.t

"A telegram from New York an
nounces the formal transfer of the
Misland steel works at Munice. Ind
10 the sheet iron trust. The sale price
was close to Il million dollars, and
orders for the resumption of work
were issued. President II. j. Realty
VIII be district manager for tho trust
IN Indiana.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-30
Barn struck by Lightning.

A severe thunder and lightning
storm swept over Hall county, Neb.,
bringing a fine rain. A strong wind
and some hail also accompanied the
storm. The COW barn at the soldiers
home was struck by lightning and one
cow was killed and another badly in
jured. The barn commenced burning
but the fire was extinguished with the
homes own line of hose and provisions
for fighting fire.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-30
Named In Honor of Henry.

by direction of the president the
military at Cayey, Porto Rico, here.
after will be known and designated as
Henry barracks in honor of the late
Brigadicr General Guy V. Henry, who
was military governor of Porto Rico
from December 6, 1898, to May 8, 1890,
and who died on October 25, 1890,
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-30
Takes Only Partial Credit.

The Washington dispatch stating
that Miss Helen NJ. Gould was practi-
cafly paying the expenses of nine or
ten chaplains in the army in the Phil
ippines was shown to her and she said
the work referred to had been done,
not by her, but by the Young Men ,
Christian association and that she had
only helped "A little in it.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-30
Wabash Kicks Over Traces

Notice has been served by the Wa
Dash railroad that il Will no longer be
governed by rule 1 of the western pas.
senger association concerning party
rates. Passenger agents say that it
may lead to the abolition of party
rates by all western roads.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-30
Arraigned n 10 Charge OF Murder.

Mrs. Eta Horton was arraigned be-
fore Justice ID. w. Neil, at Humboldt,
on a charge of numbering her newly
born child, which was found in q well
In the north part of town on Tuesday
morning. Her interests were looked
after by Lawyers +. A. Tucker and I.
Il. Smith, upon whose request a con,
tinuance was granted until Tuesday,
March 81. -
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-30

"A terrific explosion occurred al the
factory of Hand & Co., fireworks man
ufacturers, at Hamilton, Ont. Walter
Teale, "A son-in.law of Professor Hand,
was blown to atoms. The explosion
occurred in one of the largest build
ings, Half the building was blown to
fragments.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-30
Kills Wife and Himself,

Charles Scott, a b~oilermaker en-
ploycd in the Ann Arbor Railroad car
shop at Owosso, Mich, broke into the
home of his wife. from whom he had
been separated, and furiously assaulted
Mrs. Scott and her mother with n
heavy chisel. lie then drew u revolver
and killed himself.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-30

There are a whole lot OF men who
are fond of telling you that women
are not what they used to be-" OF
course they mean to convey the I'm
preston that women are de~teriorating.
II is a curious fact, however. that nine
u OF ten Of such philosophers are
bachelors.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-30
Well Dressed Robbers.

FIVE well dressed men entered Hoa-
ley S restaurant at the corner of Sixty
sixth street and Columbus avenue New
york. and while n of them engaged
the cashier in conversation, one of his
companions vent to the safe and got
away with $500. The robbery was
not discovered for fully five minutes
afterward.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-30

The immense profits amassed by
various trusts have been often talked
about In seemingly extravagant terms.
but the most e~xtravagant oratory OF
the antitrust agitation has seldom, II
ever, equaled the representations made
In the courts by Mr.. Frick, the part
ner OF Mr.. Carnegie In the Carnegie
Steel Company of pittsburg. Mr..
Tricks action Is brought to prevent
MIR. Carnegie from freezing him nut"
OF his interest In the concern and in
order to make clear his case it becomes
necessary to exhibit the profits of the
company, thus In n sense letting the
cat out OF the bag" According to Mr..
Frick the net profit of 1899 was S2l,-
100000 and the net profits for 1900 will
amount to Si2, 500 900. Mr.. Carnegie is
said to consider this latter somewhat
excessive and fixes the profits for 1900
Mt b moderate sum OF $40, 900, 900.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-30
Two Men Blown to Atoms.

The separating house at the Hercules
powder works at Lamotte, ten miles
north Of Louisiana, Mo-, blew up and
Peter Bucks and Edmond Carter were
blown to atoms.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-30
Guarantee Nearly Raised.

Mayor A~shbridge, OF Philadelphia,
has announced that the third SIS, 900
to be raised by that city for the rcpub.
lican national convention is now in
hand and will be forwarded in n few
days, The work of raising the fourth
and final sea, 900 has been started.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-30
Winning Mill Hurued.

The largo planning mill at Columbus,
Pa, owned by the First National bank
of Columbus, was destroyed by fire.
There is no estimate of the loss beyond
the statement that it will cost $751; 900
to install the machinery, all of which
was destroyed. There was no insur.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-30
Peel to Go On Stace.

A dispatch from London saws that
Sir Robert Peel has definitely decided
TO go on the stage. He will join the
"Bootles' Baby" company as BOTTLES
and play in London and the provinces.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-30

Hetty Green says her daughter Is
not to become the wife of the Duke de
la Tore. The duke may need the
money, but he ought nevertheless to
find some comfort in the fact that Het-
ty Is not to be his mother-in-law.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-30
npy Shot naaI

Ralph Redman, aged II, a pupil at
the Farnham school at Omaha. was in
stantly killed by the accidental dis
charge of his gun just as he was start
ing on a duck hunting expedition at
Cut-Of lake,
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-30
Printers Die of Phthisis.

Among the points dwelt on at the
recent tuberculosis congress in Berlin
were the facts that more than 40 per
cent OF the printers of Berlin who had
died were phthisical.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-30

An epiderric of Pneumonia has struck
st. Francis orphan asylum of Dubuque,
Ia, and n hundred inmates and sew
eral sisters are down with the dlsense
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-30
Printing House Burned.

The printing establishment of Carl
Hentzemann, on Congress street, Bos-
ton, was completely burned out. Los,
S15, 600.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-30
DnIe of ODonlnp.

AT a cabinet council at Paris at
which NJ. Loubet presided it was de-
cided to officially inaugurate the Paris
exposition Saturday, April II,
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-30
Dies on Wife's Grave.

Emil Corson, member of the largest
business firm in Gayville, s. d., shot
and killed himself on the grave of his
wife and child.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-30

The pursuit Of happiness does not
necessarily imply the pursuit OF
wealth. Real happiness is a matter Of
individual conscience entirely.