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The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-17
THE sTATIsTIcIAN's REPORT
Department of Agriculture Indicates
Crop Conditions.

Crop Conditions.
The August report Of the statistician
OF the department of agriculture shows
the following average Of conditions
upon August Il:
Corn, s7.5: spring wheat, sea- oats,
$50; barley, 7i.6; spring rye, 700;
buckwheat, $40; potatoes, ss.2; timo-
thy hay, 20. Q.
The average condition of corn declined
2 points during July and on August
! ii was "a points lower than at the
corresponding date last year.
The conditions in the principal states
follow: Ohio and Indiana, 0s; Illinois,
96; Iowa, 1O5; Missouri, 90; Kansas IL:
Nebraska, 80.
The average condition of spring
wheat improved IL points during July,
but On August / IL was 27.2 points low
er than Mt the corresponding date last
year. The conditions in the principal
states follow: Minnesota, SIS; North
Dakota, 25; South Dakota, 40; Nebras-
ka, 81. Iowa, Of.
The average condition OF oats de-
clined 5 points during July and on
August 1 ii was IS points lower than
at the corresponding date last year.
The conditions in the principal states
follow: New York, 80; Pennsylvania,
81. Ohio, 90; Michigan, lOi; Indiana, "a,
Illinois, %; Wisconsin, ~; Minnesota,
81: Iowa. 40; Missouri, 100; Kansas, So;
Nebraska, 7s.
The proportion of the oats crops of
last year still in the hands of farmers
is estimated at 6.S per cen rs compar-
ed with SO per cent Of the crop Of 1898
in farmers hands one year ago, and 81
per cent of the crop Of 1897 in farmers
hands I'VE years ago.
The average conditions of barley de-
clined ~ points during July and on
August / was o2 points lower than at
the corresponding date last year. The
conditions in the principal states fol-
low: Iowa, 81; Minnesota, so: Wiscon-
sin, 20; North Dakota, IS; South Da-
kota, 81: Kansas, 20.
The average conditions of spring rye
improved SO points during July, but
on August 1 1t was 10 points lower
than at the corresponding date last
year. The conditions in the principal
states follow: Wisconsin, n; Iowa, 81;
Nebraska: "A; Minnesota, "a.
Preliminary returns indicate a de-
crease of about 81, 200 acres or AS per
cent in the acreage in buckwheat az
compared with last year.
Preliminary returns indicate a re-
duction of SO per cent in the hay acre
age. OF the fourteen states moving
one million acres or upwards last year
all except California report a reduced
acreage. The condition of timothy hay
is 6.s points lower than at the cores
ponding date last year. The reports
as to the production of clover are OF
the whole unfavorable.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-17
Wreck and Ruin nj NlnIr.

One of the worst storms blair has
ever experienced passed over that city.
A heavy wind, accompanied by rain
and much thunder and lightning,
swept down On the town with terrific
force. The huge trees, which we're
planted when Blair was young, and
OF which everyone is so proud. were
leveled to the ground, being either
torn up 10y the roots or the limbs being
entirely shorn Off. People In all parts
Of the town sought their caves and eel.
lars and remained there until the
storm had abated. Telephone and
electric light wires are down and are n
network of debris.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-17
lBIg State Fair.

The state fair promises TO eclipse
any fair held in Nebraska in recent
years. James Pearson of Germantown,
superintendent Of mercantile hall
calls attention TO the Lincoln merch-
ants, and other merchants to the fact
that the time Of the fair is drawing
near All lines OF legitimate business
can find space for representation in
this hall, but novel and attractive ex-
hibits are especially desired. All ex-
hibits should be entered with the
secretary, but Superintendent Pearson
would be pleased to hear from those
who expect TO put in displays so he
may get the better idea of how TO
arrange the different parts of the hall.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-17
BUNDLE BEES SHOW FIGHT
81. Joseph Man Attacked by Them and
Rendered Unconscious

X. l.. Waldron. who resides at Thir-
teenth and Lafayette streets. st.
Joseph, Mo-, was moving his lawn
when he accidentally disturbed Il bum
BILE bees nest. He was at once at
tackled and fought the bees with all
the strength at his command, but
could not drive them away. They
chung to him, singing him on every
part Of the body that was exposed. He
ran, but they followed him. The pain
from almost 200 stings was almost
driving him crazy, and he screamed in
his agony. His cries attracted the at
tention Of several of his neighbors.
who a to his assistance and sue
ceeded in driving away his tormentors.
Waldron became unconscious and Is
in "a dangerous condition.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-17
NEWS IN BRIEF

The Spanish cabinet has approved
the extradition convention between
Spain and the United States.
The First Infantry, now stationed at
Fl. Leavenworth, is under orders to be
ready to start for China at a moments
notice.
DR.. Potter, at Tampa, Fla, officially
remove d all quarantiLe s against yell
low fever and declares that no suspi.
cious cases were disclosed by the house
to house inspection.
A fire, which threatened at one time
the destruction Of the Union Pacific
shops at Omaha, was happily confined
to the Office building of Master Me-
chauic j. Mcconnell. The damage to
the building will reach only a few
thousand dollars, but the records de-
stroyed were Of great value and cannot
be replaced. These records were valued
at many thousands.
Al Sylvania, Ga, b. +. Harrington
and Milton Mears were shot and killed
by two negroes named Alexander.
Capt. Jesse +. Wade, heading a posse,
was mortally wounded while ATTEMPT
ing their capture.
Lindsey's packing house, at Iowa
City, owned by Hill and Mullin, was
destroyed by Are. Loss 5000. In
surance SEC, 600. The Crescent Manu-.
featuring company, woven wire fence
makers, occupied part Of the building.
Their loss Is Sa2, 900; insurance, 30, 900.
The fire is thought TO have been started
by tramps.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-17
SHOT At A BURGLAR
wahoo Man Chases Thief From Room
He Had Entered.

Wencl Simodynes' saloon at Wahoo,
Neb., has been broken into several
times lately. Simondynes' son, Frank,
was placed on the watch. John SUI
sanek, a worthless character Of the
town, broke the glass of a rear win
dow and ven in. Young ~Simodynes
called to him to surrender but he ran
and Simodynes followed, firing at him
with a revolver, two shots striking the
burglar in the leg, but he got away.
Marshal Burt Smith, who came in at
the last end Of the race took a couple
of shots at Susanek but he got away.
He later found him in bed at his resi-
dence, arrested him and placed him in
the county Jail. About $50 worth Of
goods have been taken from the saloon
at different times and Susanek is be-
lieved to be the man responsible.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-17
crops ARE RUINED
Wind, Rain and Hail in Wash
ington County.
GRAF DAMAGE DONE BY Tht STORM
Bisir. Ncb.. Feels weight 81 the Tenn
pest, and Big Trees Toprird over
citizens sought safety In
Cellars other News.

Reports are coming in of great dam
age due to a heavy wind and hail
storm Tuesday n'ght, August ~, about
midnight. The worst Of the storm
VAS cGst aud north of Fremont, In
the region of Fontancllc and Tclbasta,
Washington county, II strip OF land
running north and south was very
much damaged by hail and wind.
Wheat and oats in shock were blown,
corn was lcvclcd and stripped of leaves,
orchards were damaged Ivy the falling
of unripc fruit and groves and shade
trees torn up by the wind.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-17
TRAIN RoBeER CAPTURED
Murderer Of Express Messenger Ian
Found at Columbus, ~.

Found at Columbus. ".
Il. II. Farrell. aged .? years, n for.
ucr employee uf the Adams Expires
Co., has been arrested at Columbus.
O., and has confessed Ia the killing al
Express Messenger Lane and tho rob
cry of the safe on the Pennsylvania
castbound train Friday night, Angus
20. lie was traced from Plain city tc
u Columbus hotel and from there to
he home of his sweetheart, Mist
Lillian Costlow, to whom h was soon
to be married. and to whom he had
given 3 1000 of the money stolen. stat
ing to- her IL was what he had saved
up. This money was recovered. Farrell
stated that he and Lane were friends.
and that he had gone to trhaua and
when the train came he told Lane he
had no money and asked permission TO
ride in the express ear to Columbus.
Lane consented. never for II moment,
expecting evil ut the hands of his
friend. II was while Lanes back was
turned that Terrell shot him dead and
robbed the safe. Terrell was at one
time employed 10y the Adams Express
company a. messenger between Column
bus and Pittssurg. Several broken
packages led to his discharge for un-
satisfactory service. After commit
ting the crime, he dropped of the train
at Plain City, and from there he ven
to Columbus. His parents are highly
respected people OF Stcubcnville. q.
His sweetheart was shocked and pros
trated on hearing Of his wrong doing.
1t has been determined by Ferrells
confession that the murder and rob
berry was committed in Union county
and that he will have tn bc tried there.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-17
Farmer Loses His Grain.

While Henry Frerich was threshing
with his big steam separator on the
farm of II. Baumfulk, five miles from
Beatrice, a spark from the engine set
fire to the straw. The fire burned with
such rapidity that the threshing outfit
could not be gotten away, and was
destroyed together with four stacks
of grain, the product of ten acres OF
wheat and twenty acres of oats. The
total loss will approximate 5000, not
to speak Of the loss which Frerich will
sustain from not being able to COM
plete his threshing contracts.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-17
Conscr Message withheld.

At the close Of the official day Tues
day, Aug. "a, at the state department
the following announcement was bulle-
tined: The department OF state an
that II message from Minister
Conger has been received, but Of uncer-
tain date and not in reply TO the tele-
gram sent tn him on August =. 1t will
not he made public"
This came at the conclusion OF =
period Of intense expectancy. and yet
one devoid Of any actual developments
save in the foregoing meagre announce
ment.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-17
low. Man Kills III. wife.

William !. futile murdered his wife,
and then shot himself. The parties
lived in Charlton, Iowa. futile hired
q livery team and he and his wife drove
out to their former home in Benton
township, ! eight miles south. After
killing his wife he went to his brothers
house near by and told what he had
done. Soon another shot was heard
and upon arousing the neighbors both
bodies were found dead in the buggy
by the roadside. Domestic troubles
are supposed TO be the cause.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-17
Fatality 1T stanton.

Herman Rocker, a well-tO-do farmer,
near Stanton, Neb., was killed at his
farm. He was engaged in raising u
pipe from a driven we'll. He had a
lever with which he was prying or
raising the same. For some reason
the pipe slipped and the full weight
was thrown on the lever he was hold
ing. 1t was jerked out of his hands
and the end Of it struck him under the
lower jaw, breaking his neck and caus-
ing his instant death. He is a son-in-
law of A. Freiberg, one of the leading
citizens of Stanton county.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-17
FIRE ON S.
Tourtccnth Infantry u Target for y
Friendly Russian Battery.

Fourteenth Infantry u Target for =
Friendly Russian Battery.
\ special cable dispatch dated Chez
Foo. August ., via Shanghai, says, A
terrible mistake occurred at the taking
of Yang Tsun.
Russian artillery opened fire on the
American troops. Before the mistake
was discovered many American soldiers
had been killed or wounded by tho
Russian shells.
The Fourteenth took part In the at
tack ON the Chinese trenches. As the
Chinese fled the regiment entered and
occupied one Of the Chinese positions.
A Russian battery, some distance off,
did not notice the movement. II
opened fire on the position and planted
shells among the American troops.
The Russians were quickly notified
and ceased their fire.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-17
SALE UNRESTRICTED
Hong Kong Merchants Doing Thriving
Business In Sale Of Firearms.

A dispatch to the New York Journal
and Advertiser from London says: All
efforts on the part Of the British and
foreign governments to stop the sup
ply Of war material to the Chinese'are
destined to prove of no avail as long as
the chamber of commerce and legisla-
tive council of Hong Kong maintain
their selfish resistance to the execu-
tinn of the restrictive measures de-
creed by the powers prohibiting the
export of war material to China.
An immense trade is done at Hong
Kong in the sale of arms and ammuni-
ton to both the Chinese and to the
Filipino insurgents. Indeed, the lat
ter as well as Chinese draw all their
supplies of this kind from Hong Kong,
where the merchants are determined
10 resist any interference with their
business.
Hong Kong has nc custom house and
has therefore 10. means OF checking
the imports or exports IL the shippers
do not choose to make a purely volun-
tary declaration at the harbor Office.
The chamber Of and the
legislative council of Hong Kong are
resolved to fight the government tooth
and nail in the matter, declaring that
il will constitute a blow at the tradi-
tional freedom of the port of Hong
Kong" and have engaged queens
counsel, Lord Francis, the chief of the
colonial bar, TO champion their views
In fha nattar
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-17
FIFTEEN ARE KILLED
Engine Crashes into Omnibus
Filled With People.
ACCIDENT OCCURS At GRADE CROSSING


Fifteen persons were instantly
killed and eleven others, several of
whom will die, were seriously injured
In "a railroad grade crossing accident,
three miles east of %Slatington, Pa,
by a passenger train on the Leigh &
New England railroad crashing into
an omnibus containing twenty-five
persons. All the dead and injured
were in the omnibus and but three
escaped uninjured.
The accident occurred about 5
o'clock. The omnibus driven by a man
named Peters was returning to Stat
ington from a funeral the occupants
had been attending at Ch~errysville.
The train was a special and consisted
Of an engine and one car. At the
point at which the collision occurred
there is a sharp curve in the road. As
the bus swung around the curve, the
engine and car came in sight. II was
too late 10 stop either the omnibus or
the train, and as the driver Of the
former whipped up the four horses to
cross the track ahead of the train, the
latter crashed into its middle. The
occupants were thrown in all dircc-
tions, bruised and bleeding. The eleven
dead were killed outright. Physicians
and a special train were sent for and
the injured were taken to South Beth
lehem.
No Waterman is employed to warn
teams or pedestrians of any approach
ing train and those living IN the vi
entity state that it is impossible to
hear an approaching train.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-17
Passenger Train. Collide.

A head-end collision between two
passenger trains on the Rio Grande
railroad at MOI ument, Colo, resulted
in the death Of two persons and the
injury Of several Others. The air
brakes Of one of the engines was out Of
order and would not work.
Dead; r. r. Weber, Manitou, Col;
Is. +. Gilber, Fowler, Col. Injured:
Frank Frado. of Salida, his wife and
two small children; II. c. Barnes, Den
yer, Col.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-17
VIII Hold On.

A cablegram from General Chaffee
fords to the state department "A mes
sage received by him from Minister
Conger, as follows:
'Pekin, Aug. I've will hold on I'M
til your arrival. Hope it will be soon.
Send such information as you can.
CoNGER."
In view of Conger's word that they
will hold on" until relief reaches
them. the government will exert all
it's powers to get such to the besieged
legation at the earliest possible mo-
meut,
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-17
Glover Kills Cattle.

Mr.. Eli COPYRIGHT, living west of
Milford, Neb,, lost three valuable cows
one afternoon recently by breaking
into q field Of clover and feeding too
heavily. The mex morning Mr.. Court
right turned his cattle into the clover
field TO feed while he was burying the
dead cows, and when he went to drive
them out one cow was dead and three
others we're so badly bloated they had
TO be tapped to save them.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-17
ROBBERS WORK A OMAHA
Mortormsn Held Up and Relieved ~
His Caah.

A motor car on the Omaha and Coun-
ell Bluffs Railway and Bridge com
pany's line was held up and the con-
ductor robbed by two masked men.
The holdup took place near the cor
ner of Sixth street and Nineteenth
avenue, Council Bluffs. rs the motor
was southwark bound for LakeManawa
The robbers took from the conductor a
gold watch and $50 in cash. There
were only a few passengers aboard and
they were not disturbed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-17
Big Concession Forfeited.

A special from Managua, Nicarau-
qua, says:
: THE Eyre-Cragin s~yndicate's canal
concession was forfeited today because
of tho non-payment of money due.
This leaves the Nicaraguan govern
ment free to deal independently with
the United States In canal matters.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-17
Burial OF King Humbert.

The burial of the remains OF the
late King Humbert took place at the
pantheon at noon Sunday, August IL.
The interment was strictly private.
The Tribuna is authority for the state
ment that some important documants
throwing complete light on the recent
plots OF the anarchists and duplicating
Bresci, Quintavelli and others have
been seized.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-17
Iun.., Of Gener.l wene.,on.

AT San Francisco General +. Il.
Welleston is suffering from nervous
prostration caused by exposure in the
Philippines. He has been removed
from the hotel to the general hospital
at the Preside, where he a obtain
more perfect rest.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-17
TRAIN ROBBERY IN OHIO
Express Messenger Killed and Safe
Robbed Of V~aluables.

ExpreSs Messenger hhied ana Ssfo
Robbed Of V%aluables.
The Pennsylvania express, leaving
Cincinnati, o., at 8 p. M, was robbed
before the train reached Columbus, and
Express Messenger Lane was found
dead in the car when the train reached
Columbus. The murder and robbery
is supposed to have taken place be-
tween Milford Center and Columbus as
no harm had befallen the express
messenger when the train stopped at
Milford Center. The messenger was
alone.
1t is supposed the robbers jumped of
the train as II slowed up coming into
the union depot. The utmost mystery
wells the AFFAIR.
The key to the safe vas found in
the lock.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-17
Southern Pacific Wreck.

1t is reported that several persons
were killed and forty injured by the
wrecking at Iowa Station, La, OF the
w~estbound fast passenger train on the
Southern Pacific road. The trucks of
the engine left the track and the entire
train was ditched.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-17
Major Green Assigned.

Major Henry A. Green, Fourteenth
infantry, has been assigned to duty as
acting assistant ~adjutant general in
the Office Of the adjutant general.
Washington, ID. c. Major Greene has
just returned from service in the Philip
mines.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-17
BIG r
Fire at Bunaio, N. ", Causes Loss Of
Half n million.

Half n Million.
The Dakota elevator at Buffalo, n.
Y. was burned. cntailing II loss APP
proximating $500, 600. The fire started
In the machinery loft and within AZ
teen minutes the cupcli was n mass of
flames, working its way downward
through the machinery room to the
bins, in which were stored 500,0 900
bushels Of grain.
Spontaneous combustion is believed
TO have been the cause Of the fire. The
elevator was used by the Leigh Valley
railroad.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-17
BIG SILK ROBBERY At LIMA
Two Thousand Dollars Worth Taken
In q Whit.

Az Lima, o., the dry goods store OF
Carroll & Cooney was robbed OF about
81, 900 worth Of silks, shortly after
ward n nan who had a sample case
full OF silks for which he could not
account was arrested. He gave his
name as Thomas Williams and said his
home was Mt bloomington, III. Most
of the goods have been recovered.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-17
BIG BOAT BREAKS A RECORD
The Kaiser wilhelm Der Crosse Makes
u Fast Run.

The North German Lloyds steamer
Kaiser Wilhelm Der Crosse, which
sailed from New York August Z for
Bremen, has made the record passage
Of any steamer sailing from Sandy
Hook to Cherbourg, covering 3,1s+
knots in five days, nineteen hours and
forty-four minutes. Her average. speed
was 22. 20 knots per hour.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-17
WILLIAM STEINlTz is DEAD
Great chess. Player Dies at Manhattan
state Hospital.

state Hospital,
Announcement has just been ma de
OF the death AT the Manhat an state
hospital OF New York of William
Stcinitz, the chess player. The de-
ceased was born in Prague, May 1s,
1897. Since 1855: he has made chess
playing his profession. In the great
tournament at London in 1877 he gained
the worlds championship. In 1879 in
Vienna he won the empcror's prize OF
two thousand guildcrs. Ills title rs
champion Of the world he defended
with great success against all comcrs
until 1894. when he was defeated by
Emanuel Laskcr. Since then he seemed
to he on the decline and his mind he.
gan to fail.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-17
REMAINS OF BANDIT FOUND
Rscog nized as w. A. Dempsey, n Noted
Denver Crook.

The charrcd remains OF the Union
Pacific robbcr who escaped the bullets
of n posse were found in the ruins OF
a house burned Over his head. A hole
in the mans skull indicated that he
had shot himself to escape the flames.
The body of the robber shot in trying
to escape was recognized by Denver
officers as that Of w. A. Dempsey, an
old offender. j. Is. Riggs, the hotel
keeper shot in the fight, is very low
and his chances of recovery are small.
George Cullins, the other member OF
the posse, who was shot, will recover.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-17
Killed by n Train,

William Doepke and his son George,
aged four years, we're killed near Gin
cinnati by an excursion train. An in
FAINT daughter was fatally injured.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-17
COILS HUNTINGTON DEAD

southern Pacific Presidsat Die Near
Durant, N. Y.
Coils p. huntington, president OF
the Southern Pacific railroad, died at
Pine Knot camp. near Durant, N. ",
on Racquette lake in the A~dirondacks.
Death is fupposed to have been due TO
heart failure. Mr.. H%untington's wealth
is estimated at from forty to ffty
millions.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-17
HAS PRISON AWAITING HIM
Kansas Governor Honors Requisition
for Harry stephens.

Governor Stanley OF Kansas honored
a requisition from the governor Of Iowa
for Harry Stephens, a convict confined
in the Kansas p~enitentiary whose term
for forgery will soon expire. Before
that he was in the Nebraska peniten-
tiary for forgery and now will be
taken to Mills county, Iowa, for the
same offense. He is a bank check for
ger.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-17
NOTORIOUS BANDIT DEAD
Parejits Killed at Palma soriano, Cuba,
the other Day.

Parejita. the well known bandit, was
killed at Palma Soriano, says a Santi-
ago de Cuba dispatch. This outlaw,
who was n Cuban mrlatto, had been
terrorizing the country for years. lie
was a thoroughly desperate character
and had committed numerous murders.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-17
FARM BUILDINGS WRECKED

Tornado Strikes NObTaska Farm u
I~njures Two Men.
william Wenke was taken to Sioux
City from Bloomfield, Neb. near
which town he was injured in n tor
nado. He said that Henry Puck was
more seriously hurt than he, and prob
ably would not ccove Others were
less hurt. The tornado struck the
buildings on the farm Of Roy Emmons,
utterly demolishing them. IL moved
in a n~ortheasterly direction, and mar
rowly missed other farms, but 40 far az
known, Emmons' farm was the only
one directly in its path.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-17
BOY Drownsd At Nebraska city.

The eleven-year-old son of John Har-
dick was drowned while swimming OPP
.posite Nebraska City, in the river, with
other boys. The body has not been
recovered
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-17
Killed by Negroes.

Jasper Houston, master mechanic
for Eigemann and Hollerback, con-
tractors, at Pittsburg, Pa, was muir
dered by two negroes. Houston had
ordered a gang Of crap shooters to dis
perse.