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New-York tribune., 1900-08-15
NAN SHOT FOR 4 ,cooy

Ehge"oon Aug A-on account OF being mis-
taken for coon. John Baldwin may lose ,ts -.
hAnd' Baldwin and Perce Degrait a coored man
went coon hunting last night. Baldwin climbed a
tree to drive coon down. while Degrai, stood
ready TO shoot II was dark. and the coored man
seeing an object moving down the tree and thinx-
ing II was coon, fired. The shot struck Pa dy,,,
re6t vas ban6 qeseenqng the tree in the back Of the
tors said amputation would probably be necessaTy
New-York tribune., 1900-08-15
Gas-FueI
EASY TO MAKE A FIRE.

EASY TO MAKE A FIRE.
Light a match, torn key, and you have
Immediately foil flame and heat.
EASY TO REGULATE.
iorn the key up Or down, and you IN
crease or decrease the gas flow accordingly.
and Tx the temperature where you wifi.
EASY TO PUT OUT.
Turn it off. No trouble to light It aOa;n
Don't have to keep a little fire for =
starter.
NO RISK or EXPLOSIONS.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-08
FIGHT WITH BOXERS
Russian CoJsacks Collide with q Force
of Chinese Rebels

A Tien Tsin, China, June 4 dispatch
says: Two more of the party of for
eigners who fled from Pao Ting Flu
have arrived here. One of them was
badly injured. The relief expedition
has returned.
The body of mounted Cossacks which
started in search of the refugees re-
turned this evening. They report that
they had a fight with boxers at Tuli,
killing sixteen and wounding many.
Lieutenant Bleuskey, DIR. Hamilton, a
trooper and a civilian were wounded.
1t is reported from Pao Ting Flu
that eight Americans and three men,
bers of the China inland are missing.
The missionaries are in great danger.
No further news has been received
regarding the missing refugees.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-08
Minister Conger Reports.

The following c%ablegram has been
received from Minister Conger at
Pekin:
Outside Of Pekin the murders and
prosecutions by the Boxers seem to be
on the increase. The Pao Ting Flu
railway is temporarily abandoned.
Work on the Pekin and Hang Kow line
is stopped. All foreigners have fled.
The Chinese government seems either
unwilling or unable to suppress the
trouble. The troops show no energy
in attacking the Boxers.
The state department does not con
template the use of United States
troops in China, and it would be diff
cult to spare any force now operating
in the Philippines, even if it were
found ~expedient to employ the military
arm. One or two of the vessels of the
American tieet could be spared.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-08
DEATHBLOW DEALT
Beers Yield Gracefully to the
Inevitable.
no EFFORT WAS MADE TO DEFEND
General Botha Yields Pretoria on
Demands-EngiIsh Grant no Terms
Proposed Armistice Refused
Comm ander.Other News

A London, June s, l2:47 p. m. dis.
patch says! The war office has issued
the following dispatch from Lord
Roberts:
Pretoria, June 5.-Il:45 a. m.-Wc
are now in possession of Pretoria.
1t was announced verbally at the
war Office this afternoon that Lord
Roberts enterct Pretoria at 2 o'clock,
South African time.
The war office has received the fol.
lowing from Lord Roberts:
Pretoria, June 5.-l2:65 p. m.-Just
before dark yesterday the enemy were
beaten back from nearly all the posi-
tions they had been holding and Ian
fIamilton's mounted infantry followed
them to within two thousand yards of
Pretoria, through which they retreat
ed hastily. De L;sle then sent an OIL
Ger with n flag of truce into the town,
demanding the surrender in my name.
shortly before midnight I was
awakened by two officials of the South
African republic, Sandbcrg, military
secretary ~Commandant General Botha,
and a general officer of the Boer army,
who brought me a letter from Rotha,
proposing an armastice for the purpose
of settling the terms of surrender.
IL replied that | would gladly meet
the commandant general the next
morning, but that l was not prepared
to discuss any terms, as the surrender
Of the town must be unconditional. |
asked for a reply by daybreak, as I
had ordered the troops to march on
the town as o o as it was light.
in his reply Botha told me he had
decided not to defend Pretoria, and he
trusted women, children and property
would be protected. AT 1 o'clock a. IN.
today, while on the line Of march | was
met be three of the principal officers
with a flag Of truce stating they wished
to surrender the town.
1T was arranged that Pretoria
should be taken possession of by her
majesty's troops at . o'clock this after
noon.
Mrs. Botha and Mrs. Kruger are
both in Pretoria. Some few of the
British prisoners have been taken
away, but the majority are still at
Waterfall. Over a hundred of the
officers are in Pretoria. The few |
have seen are looking we'll"
At 2 o'clock Friday afternoon. almost
eight months after the declaration of
war, Lord Roberts entered Pretoria.
While the commander-in-chief Of the
greatest army Great Britain ever put
into the field vas fulfilling the prom
Use he made to the guards at Bloemfon-
tein, to lead them into the capital of
the Transvaal, England vas celebrat-
ing the event with enthusiasm.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-08
CLARK Is MADE PRINCIPAL
Board of Education Fills Vacancy at
State Normal. ,-.

A Peru, Neb., June 5 special says:
Professor w. A. Clark was elected
principal Of the state normal school,
to succeed DIR. J. A. Beattie, resigned,
at a meeting of the state board of edu-
cation held here tonight. The election
took place at IL o'clock and seven bal
lots were necessary to settle the mat
ter. The first six ballots resulted
Clark three, Crabtree three, A. X.
Cloudy, one. IN the seventh ballot
Professor Clark was made the choice of
tho board.
The board continued in session, elect
ing teachers and other employees.
Professor Clark was formerly in the
Peru normal school. but has been for
some time in the Chicago university.
He is a conservative man, one who is
highly esteemed by the pupils, and is
regarded as an earnest friend of the
institution.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-08
Wife Kisses Jurymno.

a Lansing, Mich, June 3 special
says; Colonel Eli II. Sutton of Detroit,
regent OF the university of Michigan
and a prominent republican politician
OF the Pingree following, was acquitted
at Lansing; Mich, of completely in the
state military clothing frauds, on nc.
count OF which various members of the
state military board and himself had
been indicted. The jury considered
the case only an hour and forty min.
utes. Both Sutton add his wifi, burst
INTO tears at the announcement. SUIT.
tons counsel also wept, and Mrs. SUIT.
ton kissed each of the Jurors.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-08

The report on the Coucr d, Alene in.
vestigation will be submitted 10 the
house committee on military affairs
soon and will probably he made pub
nc The majority report is expected
to acquit General Merriam and the
United States military authorities
from responsibility, holding that they
were there to maintain order. with the
state officials directing affairs. The
minority report, on the other hand.
will be an arrangement of the United
states military authorities, holding
that they could not aud did not vacate
their functions to the state and that
they were responsible for the treat
ment of imprisoned strikers.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-08
CRASH TOGETHER
Fatal Wreck Occurs at Alliance,
Nebraska.
ENGINEER HUNTING IS KILLED OUTRIGHT
Sections OF Freight Trains Collide
Fireman Seriously Injured and Ono
Brakeman BADLY ~Hurt-Exact
Cause OF Wreck Not Known

An Alliance, Neb., June 4 special
says: A disastrous wreck caused by a
rear end collision occurred at 800 yes
terday morning on the Burlington
three miles west Of this city, in which
Engineer Hunting, in charge of engine
$40, was killed outright and two other
trainmen injured.
The first section Of eastbound freight
No. so, due at Alliance ut 9:35 p. M,
was coming down a slight grade three
miles out at the rate of twenty miles
an hour when the second section of
the same train crashed into the g of
the head section Mt the rate Of forty
hve miles an hour, piling way car, en-
CINE, tender and "A dozen cars of lum-
Der m burying trucks deep in the
ground at the side Of the track.
Engineer Hunting, who came here
but a few days ago from Lincoln, was
found under the wreck, caught by the
right side OF the cab, lying with his
face upon the rail, having never moved
from his place in the engine. lie was
speedily removed by the traimen and
oilcials ana ID remains removed to
this city and taken in charge by the
undertaken. Fireman johnson and
Head Brakeman Ellis, on the second
section, miraculously escaped death.
and crawled from beneath the ruins;
although Johnson was very seriously
injured. The wounded were cared for
without delay and it is thought at this
time that all will recover.
The only assignable cause for the
disaster, AS far as known. is that En-
gineer Hunting while at his post had
either fallen asleep or that something
had happened to him from which he
was unconscious of the danger ahead
or powerlcss To control his engine. I'm
der the supervision of Superintendent
Phalan and I,oadmastcr Mcintyre.
IRON this place, who were early on the
scene, a track was soon swung around
the wreck and by 10 o'clock a. m. all
trains were running, causing but lit
Tie delay. The scene of the catastro
phe has been besiegcd by visitors from
Alliance since early morning.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-08
TURKEY TRADE GROWING
Gratifying Increase In Amount OF
Exports.

a gratifying increase in the amount
and variety Of American products en-
tcring Turkish ports has been noted of
ate according to a report to the state
department from Consul General Dick
inson at Constantinople. Wire nails
and other articles of American manu-.
facture, says the consul, have taken
complete possession of the Levantipe
markets and when other staple articles
of American make are ones thoroughly
introduced their market in Turkey also
can be controlled by our manufac-
turers. Consul General Dickinson re-
ports an innovation in the shape of
orders for American boots and shoes
from leading Turkish merchants, their
~undeniable superiority over the Euro
pean product assuring extensive sale
in Turkey. The greater part of some
2OO,OOO tons of railroad material to be
used in constructing the new Nile rail.
way will be finished, it is said, by
American manufacturers.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-08
Rochambeau statute Unveiled.

A ~Vendome, France, dispatch says:
The statue erected by subscription
opened to France and to the United
States in honor Of General Rochambeau
of revolutionary war fame was I'M
yelled there with great ceremony. The
city was richly decorated and the
houses were festooned with the
French and American flags. United
States Ambassador Horace Porter's
passage through the streets was made
the occasion for friendly manifesto
tions. Religious services were held
this morning in memory Of the soldiers
who fell in America,
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-08
DEAD BODY FOUND IN GULcH
Oklahoma Young Man Believed to Have
Been Murdered.

Been Murdered.
The body Of William =. Davis, the
young Independence, NO., farmer, who
mysteriously disappeared from Luther,
Okl., in March last, was found by a
searching party in u gulch near Luz
Their. The skull was crushed as IL by
some blunt weapon and there were a
number of wounds on the body. The
belief that Davis was murdered for his
money grows stronger. James Salyer,
n former companion of Davis, arrived
at Oklahoma City Sunday from Kansas
City in the custody of Deputy Sheriff
Corisley of Luther, having been ar
rested on n charge of completely in
Davis murder. lie declares his inno-
cence. Salycr recently purchased a
dairy in the outskirts Of Kansas City,
midway between there and Independ-
ence. When arrested a trunk said to
contain Davis personal effects was
found in Salyer's possession. He claim
ed them as his own. Soon after Davis
dropped out of sight his team and
wagon were sold by a stranger, who
later impersonated Davis and drew
$3.50 of the later's money from a Guth-
rie bank. The Oklahoma authorities
will charge, il is said, that Salyer ac-
companied Davis to the territory and
afterward got possession of his money
and property.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-08
New Capitol Dedicated.

A Santa Fe, n. NJ, June 4 dispatch
says: The new capitol of New Mexico
was dedicated this afternoon with i'm
posing ceremonies. Houses and streets
were especially decorated. A grand
military and civic pageant was re-
viewed from the capitol steps by Gov
ernor Otero. At 3 o'clock the COVER
nor's salute was fred and the monster
flag raised on the lantern cupola. The
new capitol takes the place of the n
destroyed by incendaries in 1891. The
building is classic in architecture and
built of sandstone, granite and pressed
yellow brick.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-08
PLENTY OF RAIN
University weather Bureau Says Crops
Are In Good Condition.

Are In Good Condition.
The past week ending June 5 has
been warm, with sufficient rains for
crop needs in nearly all sections of the
state. The daily mean temperature
averaged about 4 degrees above nor.
NAL in the eastern counties, and about
8 above in the western.
Heavy showers were general
throughout the state on May 81 and
June 1, and with the exception of the
southeastern counties the rainfall was
generally equal to or above the normal.
La many counties in the northeastern,
central, and southwestern sections
from one to over two inches of water
fell. The heavy ~"ainfall relieved the
drought conditions in the western por.
ton of the state.
The weather for the week was very
favorable for the progress of all crops.
Corn continued to- make good growth,
and much of the crop is cultivated the
first time. Some fields were washed
considerably in the region Of heavy
rainfall, but no serious damage is re-
ported. Small grain is generally in
good condition in all sections. but
some wheat and oats are too rank in a
few northeastern counties. The out
look for hay is excellent, and alfalfa
cutting is in progress. Cherries and
strawberries are ripening in a few
southern counties.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-08
DELIVERS THE LETTER
A Messenger BOY From Philadelphia
Reaches Pretoria,

Reaches PretorIs,
The Philadelphia North American
has received The following cable ness
age:
Pretoria, May 29.-By stress of dire
circumstances the message from the
school boys Of Philadelphia to Presi-
dent Kruger, delivered this day, had
the tone Of sympathy and sorrow at
the final misfortune which is about to
wipe out the South African republic
from the roll Of independent nations,
rather than Of encouragement to a
people fighting for liberty-for the
fight has been fought-and lost.
THE message was delivered In the
executive chamber at the capitol,
through the windows of which came
the rumble of OK carts and general
confusion attendant upon the evacua-
ton of the city by the families Of the
Beers. The British are reported to be
approaching.
There was an impressive silence in
the chamber as the stern and venerable
president Of the doomed republic bent
forward to receive from Messenger
Jules Francis Smith the packet which
the boy had travelled 1900 miles to
deliver into his hands.
president Kruger's reply was grave
and courteous. He rendered hearty
thanks to the American people, and
particularly to the liberty lads of
Philadelphia, for their sympathy, and
charged Smith to return his greeting
to the good people of America. Then,
with fathcrly kindness, he shook hands
with Smith, congratulating him upon
completing his long journey in safety
and expressed the hope that he would
have an equally safe return to his dis.
tant home. The entire group was ther
photographed"
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-08
DEATH HARVEST IN INDIA
II Is Something neutrality-suspicious.
of stricken Beyond Description.

"PP
of stricken Beyond Description.
Louis Klopsch of New York, pub.
Usher Of the Christian Herald, who ar.
rived at Bombay, India, May IA and
started at once on a tout Of the famine
stricken districts, has returned after
travelling through the most sorely
smitten portions Of the Bombay presi-
dency, including Gujerat and Barolda.
He makes the following statement re-
garding his observations:
Everywhere | met the most shock.
ing and revolving scenes. The famine
camps have been swept by cholera and
smallpox. Fugitives, scattering in all
directions and stricken in flight, were
found dying in fields and roadside
bitches. The number at one relief
station were increasing at the rate of
1000 per day.
from cholera within four days, and at
Dohad 2,506 in the same period. The
hospital death rate at Godhera and
Dodad was 90 per cent.
THE condition of the stricken sim
ply beggars description. Air and water
were impregnated with an intolerable
stencil of corpses. At A~hmedabad the
death rate in the poor house was 10 per
cent. Every day | saw new patients
placed face to face with corpses In
every fourth cot there was a corpse.
THE thermometer read ll3 in the
shade. Millions of flies lowered around
the ~uncleansed dysentery patients.
IL visited the smallpox and cholera
ward at Niragam. All the patients
were lying on the ground, there being
no cots. Otherwise their condition was
fair.
IL can fully vouch for the reports
that vulturcs, dogs and jackals are
devouring the dead. Dogs have been
seen running about with children's
limbs in their jaws. The government
is doing it's best, but the native officials
are hopelessly and heartlessly inefi.
cient. Between the famine, the
plague and the cholera, the condition
of Bombay presidency is now worse
than it has been at any previous Pc
riod in the nineteenth century. Whole
families have been blotted out. The
spirit of the people is broken and there
may be something still worse to come
when the monsoon breaks"
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-08
FLOODED BY CLOUDBURST
Little Town of Dewey, In Illinois,
Almost Out.

h little town of Dewey, near Cam
paign, ILL.,, sustained heavy damage
from a cloudburst. The sidewalks
were torn up, many residences were
damaged and the farm fields flooded.
The farmers sustained the greatest
loss, it is believed, as the corn and oats
just appearing above the ground were
uprooted by the torrent of rain. The
rain began falling Sunday night, con-
tinuing internationally up to last even
ing, when the clouds, in IA grand final,
apparently emptied themselves on the
little village. The streets ran rivers
OF water and some cattle are believed
to have been drowned.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-08
School Buildings Burned,

A Foxboro, Mass, dispatch says: The
town hall. which, besides the town
offices, contained the high grammar
and three intermediate schools of the
town burned. One nan was killed
and three others injured, one Of whom
will probably die. The dead: George
H., Jossellyn. Injured; Arthur A. JOS
sellyn, dangerously hurt; Sam. John.
son, Joseph Hopkins. The financial
loss is estimated at $50, 900.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-08
Drowned During Raptiam.

Within less than three minutes after
having received the sacrament of bap-
tism and the b%enediction of his pastor,
James Phillip was drowned In the
waters in which he had been baptized
in the presence of helpless and horri-
fled brethren of his congregation.
Phillips, after the final benediction,
had gone aboard the steamer Wichita,
at Memphis, Tenn, to put on dry clo-
thing. He stepped aboard the steamer
when he was overcome with religious
fervor, fell backward over the side of
the boat, and before assistance could
be rendered was drowned.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-08
Undoubted Case OF PIspue.

Health Officer O'Brien and Bacteriol-
ogist Kellogg have reported that the
case of a Chinese who died on Satur-
day at San Francisco after one days
illness was undoubtedly one of bu-
bonic plague. At the time of the au-
topsy the body was already beginning
to turn black. Certain glands had
been removed from the body, it is said,
by physicians engaged by the Chinese.
The health officer has been instructed
to quarantine the persons and labora-
tories of these doctors.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-08
Insist on Old RumOr.

Brokers identified with Vanderbilt
affairs say there was some foundation
for the report of the movement, where
by the Union Pacific, Pennsylvania and
Chicago & Alton will take an interest
in Burlington affairs. Reports have
been current for some time that a large
part Of the buying of Burlington was
on orders from a large international
banking house, and the stock accumu-
lated was turned over to and carried
by a prominent trust company in New
York
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-08
FATAL TEXAS FUED
Three Brothers Shot to Death
During a Trial.
ONE OF THEM The COUNTY SHERIFF
Fight the Outcome OF Politics, and Each
Side Composed of Merry Men
-Mucn Excitement and More
Trouble Feared.

A Houston, Texas, June 4 dispatch
says: At st. Augustine this morning a
pitched battle between the Wall fac
ton on one side and the Brooks on the
other resulted in the death of Felix g..
Sidney and Noel Roberts, three broth
RS. The latter was sheriff of San
Augustine county.
The feud grew out of politics and
has been brewing for some years. A
few weeks ago Ned Wall, the sheriff.
was shot and killed by King Borden at
San Augustine. Borden fled, but
afterward surrendered and was ad.
m.tted to bail. Noel Roberts was ID.
pointed sheriff. Last Saturday Eugene
Wall, brother of the dead sheriff, shot
to death Ben Brooks, a kinsman of
Borden.
Today the factions met when the
examining trial of Wall was to be held
and every man came To- the court house
armed. Hostilitics began with the
appearance of Sheriff Roberts and his
brothers, who fell at the first volley
from a score of guns. A few scatter.
ing shots were returned by the Wall
~factionists, but did no execution. APP
plication was at once made to the gov
ernor for troops, and the stone fort
rifles were ordered from Nacogdoches
and will arrive at San Augustine to-
morrow. There is much excitement
and more trouble is feared. Both fac
lions are large and composed of nervy
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-08
Head Severed From H,5x.

Az Springfield, H., William Glenn.
ents'aged seventeen years, was pushing
c a towards the cage in the Taylor,
Vile mine, which was ascending and
the weight of the car pulled Clements
towards N cage. Ills head was
caught by the cage and severed from
the body In attempting to save Will
nam his father, was injured SO badly
that he will die. =
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-08
Death of Steven Crane.

Steven Crane, the American author
and. war correspondent, died Tuesday
at Baden Weller, Baden, aged thirty
years. London newspapers, chron-
icling the death of Steven Crane speak
in warm praise of the American nov-
elist. The st. James Gazette says:
1.-The loss of one of the most brilliant
present day writers will be as deeply
felt by the English as the American
nation"
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-08
BLOW UP A BANK BUILDING
Four Robbers Hold on Citizens In
Iowa Town,

The savings bank at Sheldahi, twenty
five miles north of Dcs Moines, was
blown up by four robbers, who secured
$1,000 and escaped after holding fifty
or more citizens at bay with rifles.
Shortly after midnight a terrific ex-
plosion shook the town and Immediate
ly the inhabitants turned out to learn
the cause. A glance up the main
street showed the building of the
savings bank to be in ruins and the
timbers burning. When the citizens
rushed to the scene they were met by
two strangers with loaded rifles, and
were stood of until the other two had
secured the booty and all four backed
away into the darkness and escaped,
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-08
SHEEPMEN KILL ASSAILANTS
Robbers Fall to Tie Their Prisoners
Tight Enough.

The sheep camp of King & South
gate, three miles northeast of Sterling,
COL, was robbed by two men, who
bound and gagged the proprietors and
their employees. After the robbers left
the sheepmen released themselves and
aided by a neighbor overhauled the
robbers, killing n and badly wound
ing and capturing the other. The
latter said their names were William
Harris and William Read and that they
were from Tennessee. James Lynch,
one of the pursuers, was painfully
wounded in the hip.