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The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-03

Sig. Constantine Macs, the Italian
archaeologist, says that 5000 bronze
tables. constituting the records OF
Rome from It's foundation to the time
OF Vespasian. are buried in the marsh
at Ostia. near Rome, having been car.
ried to Os,ia after being rescued from
the fire which d~evoured the capital In
the year 60 o. the Christian era. Sig
Macs suggests that the marsh should
be completely drained in order l. re-
cover this historic treasure.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-03
LONDON GETS WORD.
4 Hung Chang Says Ministers Have
Left Pekin.

A London, July 20 dispatch says:
The Shanghai correspondent of the
Daily Telegraph, telegraphiDg ysster.
day, says:
Iii Hung Chang now states that
some members of the legations have
already left Pekin and may be eX.
pected shortly. He is becoming angry
at the skepticism of the consuls.
1.-The impression is gaining ground
here that the ministers of the powers
to whom China has applied for media
ton may still be alive. The represent
atives of France, Japan, Russia and
the United States have visited Ii Hung
Chang, but the others still keep %aloof."
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-03
Ra ise the Price OF Gas.

A combination has been effected be-
tween the old and new gas companies
who have been fighting each other at
Peoria, H., for some time, aud the
price has been raised from 30 cents To
Sl.l5 per thousand. This is a higher
price than prevailed when the new
company started to compete, and ION.
sumers are very indignant.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-03

Four hundred elk teeth were sold
in Spokane. Wash. the other day for
$1,000. The demands Of tho members
of the order OF Elks and the growing
scarcity have increased the value OF
the teeth. Fourteen years ago a Mon
tana man paid only $50 for an Indian
headdress than contained 500 elb
teeth. Last year a similar head-dress
containing only 2S0 teeth sold 70,
300.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-03
JOHN CLARK RIDPATH DEAD
Leading Historian succumbs After n
Long illness.

John Clark Ridpath, the historian,
died in the Presbyterian Hospital at
New York, from a complication of dis
eases. He had been a patient in the
hospital since April 20.
John Clark ladpath, LII. d.. was
born in Putnam county, Indiana, in
April, 1871. He was graduated from
Asbury, now Pauw) university. in
1868, taking first honors. After serv-
ing as principal of an academy at
Thorntown, Ind, and rs superintend-
ent of public schools at Lawrcnceburg
he was called in 1869 to the chair of
English literature at DePauw. He
was transferred later to the chair Of
history and political philosophy.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-03
Many Drowned.

Passengers arriving on the steamer
Cottage City, which arrived at Victoria,
j. c., from Alaskan p"rts, report that
the stern-wheeler, Florence III, had
been caught in a storm on Lake La
barge and was capsized. There were
$50 passengers aboard. Forty are re-
ported drowned,
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-03
Injured I'm IA Wreck.

Blaine johnson was fatally and two
others seriously injured in "a wreck on
the Southern Pacific three miles east
OF Beaumont, Tex. While running at
full speed the axle of the tender sud-
denly snapped and all the coaches and
the first Pullman left the track and
turned over IN embankment. There
were many narrow escapes and several
passengers received slight injuries.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-03
DISCHARGED GUY BARNUM
commissioners at Columbus Neb.. Say
He Is Not Insane.

The commissioners of insanity at
Columbus, Neb., have discharged Guy
C. Barnum from custody, failing to
find sufficient proof in the testimony
brought before them to warrant them
in depriving him of his liberty.
1t was shown that he went to the
home of his son Thursday night car
rying n dangerous-looking revolver
and declared his intention of remain
ing till morning, but no threat to use
the weapon was made, and he testified
that he took it with him to shoot rab-
bits the next day.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-03
Kick OF Horse May Cause Death.

A ~ten-year-old son Of George Whit
aker Of Albion was kicked in the head
by a horse and is now lying in a criti-
cal condition with a fracture of the
skull. 1t appears the boy was driving
the horses from the corntield, where
they had strayed. and running up be-
hind, struck one of them, which re-
suited in his injury.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-03
Business Man u Suicide.

Henry Overmeire, a retired business
man of Yorktown, Ind, committed
suicide. lie shot himself five times
with a revolver. Being ousted from
the presidency of the Yorktown Natu-
raj Gas company, he imagined that life
long friends had gone back on him and
constant brooding over it unbalanced
his mind.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-03
Garments for Soldiers.

An order for 10000 garments
was received at the United States
quartermaster depot at Jacksonville,
Ind. The garments will consist of
different articles of mems apparel. As
coon as the materials arrive IA force of
l,@OO men will be put 10 work. The
garments will be sen by fast freight
TO Seattle and thence to the orient.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-03
Scientific research has just destroyed

Scientific research has just destroyed
an interesting piece of ancient history.
For centuries Pharsala, in Southern
rhessaly. has been regarded as the
scene of the famous defeat of Pompey,
which gave the dominion Of the world
into the hands of Caesar. According,
however, to the Messenger" and the
journal d'Athenes," Capt. Dousmais,
of the Greek Engineers. after an ex-
haustive study OF the ancient battle
fields Of Thessaly, affirms that beyond
question the battle between Pompey
and Caesar was not fought at Phar.
sala. but near the modern Karditza,
which is about 80 miles to the north.
west.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-03
Sunocated by Gas.

Ernest Scheidle and j. q. Christ, en-
ployes at the Peoria glucose factory,
went INTO n tank to wash it ont and
were suffocatcd with the gas which
had accumulated while the works were
idle. Edward Cashin, who attempted
Ia rescue the men, was overcome and
had u narrow escape. Christ lost his
life in going to assistance of Scheidel.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-03
New Company Formed.

The Nebraska Elevator company has
been incorporated with a capital stock
of $780, 900, the incorporators being
John Il. Wright, L. r, Spencer, Thomas
Worrall, and o. II. Eggleston. The
company is to operate a line of eleva-
tors along the Union Pacific road,
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-03

GUY Hunt, an Elk Creek, Neb., lad
of fourteen years, accidentally shot
himself through the foot. He and a
number Of other boys were out shoot
ing with a target rifle when Guy went
to shoot "A frog and hit his foot instead.
The bullet went through his foot, but
fortunately did not strike any bones.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-03

Two masked highwaymen held up
and robbed Motorman Arthur +. Jen-
kins at Thirty-third and o streets,
Lincoln, Neb. The robbers secured
So. 10 in money as a result of their
work.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-03
Investment Company Appeals.

The Clark & Leonard Investment
company has appealed from a dismissal
of n mandamus suit in the district
court of SCOTS Bluff county to the
supreme court. The company had a
Judgment for S4?s against the county
of SCOTS Bluffs and the county treas
urer having refused to pay the money
a mandamus suit was instituted in the
lower curt.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-03
More Troops for China.

Four companies of the Eighth in
fantry, under command of Lieutenant
Colonel Ellis arrived in. ST. Paul from
Cuba, and went at one to- Fort Smell
ing, where the entire regiment is be-
ing gathered, preparatory to sending
two batallions to China,
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-03

Coils p. Huntington. now that he
has bought out his associates in the
Southern Pacific railroad. is sole own
err OF a system embracing ferries,
terminals, river and ocean steamboat
lines and 1900 miles OF railroad. rep
resenting $3.50, 0OO. 900 OF securities ane
annual earnings gross OF $50, 000, 900.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-03
rendered tn woicott.

The president has rendered the APP
pointment of ambassador To Italy to
former Gov. Roger Wolcott of NASSAU
chusetts. Mr.. Wolcott is supposed to
be in France, and the president has
communicated with him by cable, 50
that an early answer is expected.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-03
Charged WIN Killing Son.

A Lampasas, Texas dispatch says:
While going home from Lampasas to
his farm, in company with his father,
Winifred Ship, young man, was
shot and killed. A coroner's jury made
an investigation, and on the evidence
adduced William Il. Ship, the father
of the boy, was arrested and jailed CD
a charge of murder,
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-03
Rathbone Released on Hall.

Estes q. Rathbone, former director
of posts in Cuba. now under arrest on
a charge of fraud, furnished bail,
Senior Lopez, "A wealthy Spaniard, GO
ing his bond. Seueral Spanish mer-
chants came forward and offered to
provide the necessary security.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-03
General Cages Report.

Adjutant General Gage of the g.. A. r.
has finished his quarterly report which
shows u total Of 26s posts ut the end
of June and 6,li6 members in good
standing. The amount spent for char
ity was SllO, and seventeen persons
recei we'd relief.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-03
BYRD is AM
Prominent Politician OF Tennessee As
sasslnated.

Michael Byrd. a prominent farmer
living near Magnetic City, n. c., was
assassinated from ambush. lie died n
few hours after having been fired
upon. No clew has yet been secured
as to his murderers. lie was a prom.
inen politician and had many political
enemies. 1t is said he was ass~assinated
within twenty feet of the place where
he killed n man our years ago.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-03

When prosperity and philanthropy
go hand in hand. the progress OF a
country Is beyond question. Germany
IS advancing in a business way. Her
trade operations show increasing ca
nacity for planning and fuller scope
in performance. But with the devel-
opment in material things is noted an
increase in gifts for the benefit of
schools, libraries. charitable institu-
tons and other objects. The provision
of corporations and private manufac-
turers in aid of employees is a further
token % a keeRer sense OF RESPONSE.
bility for the proper use OF wealth
hhe world abounds with articles
marked, Made In Germany" Let not
the world forget the good deeds which
may be labeled-"Dons in Germany
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-03
LONG FOR ACTIVE SERVICE
Soldiers In Cuba Are Anxious to Go 10
China.

China.
A Santiago de Cuba, July 80 dispatch
saws: The second battalion OF the
United States infantry, Major Borden
commanding, left today for the United
States by the transport Mcpherson.
The companies at Guantanamo and
Baracoa were taken aboard en- route.
The officers received instructions to
prepare warm clothing for a hard win
ter campaign and to be ready to re-
embark shortly after arriving at New
York. AL the men are enthusiastic at
the prospect of active service in China.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-03

Overhead trolley system not only
damages underground pipes. but 1t
also Injuries trees. Wherever a cable
touches n branch II rapidly decays and
The tree eventually dies. Serious com
plants OF this nature are made at Bay
Ridge, n. Y.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-03

The managers Of Glasgow's Exhibi-
aon OF next year will have a big job
distributing the space without hurting
international susceptibilities. The ap-
pllcations for fioor-space are already
10000 feet beyond the accommoda'
ton.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-03
win he Sent to China.

The Second infantry arrived at Fort
Thomas, near Cincinnati, from Cubr,
on three special trains, Zach com
pany will be recruited to 1913 men and
sent to China soon.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-03

The large stock farm of j. l.. Wal.
tiers, west Of Rising City, was struck
by lightning and burned to the ground.
fhe loss will be about 5000. 1t is not
learned whether there was any insur-
ance or not.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-03
Killed by Lightning.

James l.. Fitzgerald, paymaster in
the office of the treasurer OF the Choc
taw. Oklahoma Il Gulf railroad, at
Little Rock, Ark, was killed by light
ming during n terrible storm
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-03

At Annapolis, Md, the women who
pay taxes appeared for the first time as
voters a few weeks ago. or the 679
votes cast only twenty-five were by
women
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-03

The writer of a short story in the
Century Magazine has invented two
phrases that may find a permanent
place in political slang. Party plat
forms do not always express the real
sentiments or the intentions OF those
who subscribe to them. II Is easier
to promise than to perform the prom.
lse. This writer speaks of a weasel
word" as one that sucks the meaning
out of another which is beside it, just
as a weasel sucks an egg. leaving only
the shell. "Weaseling," hs says. Is
highly expedient because one class OF
voters will like the weasel, and the
other the word that has been weaseled
the egg. The other phrase Is THE
stained glass plank" CHANGING through
the window at n point a dog looks
yellow, while at another he Is green
and not until the window Is thrown
open can you actually see what the
dog is like. or course windows ar
not made Of 'planks" which one car
look throughput let that pass.
SHiei Whhlo vi thc ohiteu otateo sc
cret service has received from the Penn
National Bank of Philadelphia one O
the most dangerous counterfeit 81
notes that have appeared in a lon
time, and second only to the celebrates
500 Monroe head silver certificates
the character of which the treasury ex
perts were for some time unable to def
initely determine. The note is Of tn
series Of 1880. check letter A, plat
number 7, Tillman register. Morgal
treasurer. 1t is a tribe shorter tina
the genuine. but the most notable de
fects are in the portrait Of Hamilton
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-03
Mpy Save the Crop.

The rainfall in Guezerat is good, says
a Bombay dispatch, and general pros
poets have greatly improved. The
crops already sown will be saved.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-03

While riding her bicycle Mrs. George
Jones, of Huntley, Neb., fell, breaking
her leg a short distance above the
ankle.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-03
Paris Hot Spell broken.

A heavy storm at Paris has effectual-
ly broken the hot spell, the longest
and most severe that Paris has ever
known.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-03

The Exchange hotel at Fort Worth,
Texas, was burned. A man named
Tom Gibbons was burned to death.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-03
CONSTITUTION FOR cUBANs
War Department Issues Orders for an
Election.

The war department has issued an
order for IL general election to e held
in Cuba on the third Saturday in Sep
TENDER to elect delegates to a conven-
ton to be held in Havana on the first
Monday of November. This conven
ton is to frame and adopt II constitu-
ton for the people of Cube.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-09-27
Foreign Alliances.

The reasons given by Washington,
Jefferson. and the other statesmen of
the early days in support of the doc
trine that we should maintain friendly
relations with all nations. but enter
into entangling alliances with none,
are even stronger to-day than they
were a hundred years ago. Our COM
merce is rapidly increasing, and we are
brought into constant communication
with all parts of the world. Even if we
desired to do so, we could not afford to
ALLEVIATE many nations by cultivating
unnecessary intimacy with few. Our
strength and standing are such that it
is less necessary than ever before to
lean for aid upon the friendliness Of a
foreign power.
We cannot connect ourselves with
European nations, and share in their
jealousies and ambitions without los
ing the peculiar advantage, which our
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-09-27

paramount issue in this campaign.
Whether we shall adhere to. or aban-
don those ideas of government which
have distinguished this nation from
other nations and given to its history
its peculiar charm and value. Is ques-
ton the settlement of which cannot
be delayed. No other question can ap-
proach it in Importance; no other
question demands such immediate con-
sideration. 1t is easier to lose a repu-
tatiOn than to establish one. and this
nation would find it long and labori-
GUS task to regain its proud position
among the nations. if, under the stress
of temptation, it should repudiate the
self-evident truths proclaimed by our
heroic ancestors and sacredly treasured
during career unparalleled in the
annals of time. When the doctrine
that the people are the only source of
power is made secure from further at
tack we can safely proceed to the set
Element of the numerous questions
which involve the domestic and eco
nomic welfare of our citizens.
Very truly yours,
w. ]. BRYAN.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-09-27

I cannot too strongly emphasize the
Importance of the platform recon-
mendation of the establishment of a
department of labor, with a member
OF the cabinet at it's head. When we
remember how important a position
the laborer fills in our economic, So
cial and political fabric. it is hard to
conceive of valid objection being
made to this recognition of his serv-
ices. Agriculture is already represent
ed in the presidents official household;
the army and navy have their repre-
sentatives there; the state department,
with it's consular service, and the
treasury department, with its close
connection with fiscal affairs, keep the
executive in touch with the business
and commercial interests. A cabinet
officer truly representative of the wage
earning class would be of invaluable
aid. not only to the toilers, but to the
president
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-09-27
Arbitration.

The platform renews the demand
for arbitration between corporations
and their employees. No one who has
observed the friction which arises be-
tween great corporations and their
numerous employees can doubt the
wisdom of establishing an impartial
court for the just and equitable set
Element of disputes. The demand for
arbitration ought to be supported as
heartily by the public, which suffers
inconvenience because of strikes and
lockouts, and by the employers them
selves, as by the employees. The estab-
lishment of arbitration will insure
friendly relations between labor and
capital, and render obsolete the grow
ing practice of calling in the army to
settle labor troubles.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-09-27
EXtraVar ance.


The Republican party, drawing as it
does enormous campaign funds from
those who enjoy special privileges at
the hands of the government, is power
less to protect the tax payers from the
attack of those who profit by large ap-
preparations. A surplus in the treas
ury offers constant temptation to eX-
travagance, and extravaganza, in turn,
compels resort to new means of taxa
ton, which, is being kept in the back
ground until the campaign is over. is
a fair illustration of the imposition
which will be attempted when there is
a considerable amount of money idle
in the treasury. The rehabilitation Of
the merchant marine, laudabie in it
self, is made the pretext for expen-
diture Of public money for the benefit
Of large ship owners, and in the in
terests of transportation monopoly.
The government being only the agent
of the people, has no right to collect
from the people taxes beyond the le-
gitimate needs of government hon
estly and effectively administered, and
public servants should exercise the
same degree of care in the use of the
peoples money that private individ-
uals do in the use of their own money.
With restoration of foreign policy
consistent with American ideas there
can be an immediate and large reduc-
ton in the burdens now borne by the
people.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-09-27
Reclamation of Arid Lands.

The time is ripe for systematic and
extended effort to reclaim the arid
lands and fit them for actual settlers.
The last agricultural report estimates
that homes can thus be provided for
many millions of people. The i'm
pounding and use of the waters which
are wasted in the spring would people
the western states with thrifty, intelli-
gent, and Industrious citizens, and
these would furnish valuable market
for all the products Of the factories. A
small percentage of the money spent
in war of conquest would provide oc-
cupation and habitation for more peo-
pie than would ever seek a residence
in colonies within the tropics.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-09-27
Cuba.

The recognition contained in both
the Democratic and Republican plat
forms of the right of the Cubans to in
dependence, removes the general prin-
ciple involved from the domain of par
tisan politics. 1t is proper, however,
to consider whether the accomplish
ment of this purpose can be safely en-
trusted to the Republican party after
it has yielded to the allurements of the
Colonial idea, and abandoned its ear
lier faith in the natural, and inalien-
able rights of man.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-09-27
Linn j. BRYAN'S LETTER OF H666P TAN6E

does it seek to embarrass corporations
engaged in legitimate business, but it
does protest against corporations en-
tering politics, and attempting to as
sumo control of the instrumentalities
Of government. A corporation Is not
organized for political purposes, and
should be compelled to confine itself
to the business described in its char
ter. Honest corporations, engaged in
an honest business, will find it to
their advantage to aid in the enact
ment of such legislation as will pro-
tect them from the undeserved odium
which will be brought upon them by
those corporations which enter the po-
litical arena.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-09-27
Income Tax.

By inadvertence the Income Tax
plank agreed upon by the Resolutions
committee, was omitted from the plat
form as read and adopted. The sub
ject, however, is covered by the re-
affirmation of the Chicago platform,
and take this occasion to reassert
my belief in the principle which under
lies the income tax. Congress should
have authority to levy and collect an
income tax whenever necessary, and
an amendment to the federal coRsti-
tuition specifically comforting such au-
thority ought to be supported by even
those who may think the tax unneces-
sary at this time. In the hour of
danger the government can draft the
citizen; it ought to be able to draft
the pocketbook as well. Unless money
is more precious than blood, we can
not afford to give greater protection to
the incomes of the rich than to the
lives of the poor.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-09-27
Arizona. New Me.ico and Ok,ahoma.

Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma
have long been ready to assume the
responsibilities and enjoy the privi-
leges of statehood, and it will be a
pleasure, as well as a duty, to carry
cut the platform pledge concerning
them.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-09-27

The blacklist as now employed in
some places enables the employer to
place the employe under practical
duress, for the skilled laborer loses his
independence when the employers can
not only discharge him, but prevent his
securing any similar employment
The blacklist enables employers to Sc
cure, by mutual agreement, that con-
troll over the wage earners which a
private monopoly exercises without
contract.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-09-27
Chinese Exclusion.

The Chinese exclusion act has proven
an advantage to the country, and its
continuance and strict enforcement, as
well as its extension to other similar
races, are imperatively necessary. The
Asiatic is SO essentially different from
the American that he cannot be as
simulated with our population, and is.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-09-27
Alaska and Porto Rico.

There will be popular acquiescence
in the demand for home rule. and a
territorial form of government in
Alaska and Porto Rico. Both are en-
titled to local self-government and
representation in Congress.