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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-20
Transportation and Trading Compan
which he is o member.
TO00y's Saf11uVa.

The steamship Oregon will sail for Nome
this afternoon, taking about COO passengers
Steamship Garonne, which was to have
sailed today. her managers say, will not
he able to get away before Tuesday and
the Lakme, of the Seattle-Yukon Trans
portation Company, is another whose date
of sailing has been postponed. She Will
probably not sail now before Monday. The
Aberdeen will also leave today or tomor-
row
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-24
ALLIES AT PEKIN
Shanghai Correspondent Sends
Report to London.
DETAILS HOWfyfR ARE NOT GIvtN


A London, August 10th dispatch says:
THE allies are reported tn have
reached Pekin Monday" says the
Shanghai correspondent of the Daily
Express, wiring yesterday. lie adds:
Chinese officials news confirms this
statement but without details"
A Paris message repeats this but the
statement, especially as IL cmanatcd
from Shanghai sources, is accepted
with considerable reserve.
Other London morning papers, has
Ing their remarks upon Washington
dispatches, which, with the exception
Of the foregoing from Shanghai, form
the latest news regarding the advance,
sre divided in opinion. some believing
that the allies must already have
reached Pekin, and others preferring
to believe that the relief will not he
accomplished until the end of the week.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-24
SALOONIST KILLED..
Sunday Tragedy at the City Of
Alliance, Neb.
TROUBLE OCCURS OVER A WOMAN.


An alteration took place ut 2:30
Sunday morning August s, in Fay
Richardson & Co.'S saloon in Alliance.
In which Il. G. Richardson, "A member of
the firm, was fatally shot in the abdo-
men by r. NJ. Kline, a musician.
Kline, with his wife, were employed
by the lrm. +. ID. Dismer, proprietor
of an adjoining restaurant. who at
tempted to interfere, received a severe
wound in the arm from a stray bullet.
The circumstances surrounding the
tragedy are a little unusual. Mrs.
Kline is the only employee in a place
of this kind in the city, and an insult
ing remark in her presence caused the
trouble. Her husband, seeking to de-
fend her honor, took UP the affair.
Upon Richardson's attempt to mix up
in it also a fight cnsued without weap.
oDs. Richardson, however. in some
unknown manner, got hold of a gun
and in the meantime also Mrs. Kline
procured a pistol which she brought
and placed In the hands of her hus-
band. Shooting then commenced.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kline are in the hands
of the officers, having been taken in
custody Immediately by Sheriff T.. L.
Sweeney.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-24
q d Capaizes.

The yacht st. Francois, while on u
pleasure trip from Tadoucac to River
du Loup, was caught in a squall and
capsized off White Island. There were
five persons on board, Captain Foster,
Adelard Savard, Couzinc NORM. =.
NORM, and =. Boucher, all of whom
were thrown into the water. The
yacht Jamboree of Quebec was passing
at the time, and with much difficulty
succeeded in saving Boucher and Sa-
ward. Captain Foster and the two
Morins are missing and were probabl"
drowned.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-24
SHOW MANAGER MOBBED
Bloomfield, Neb.. citizens Take Harsh
Measures to Recover Money.

The great syndicate English Amer
lean" show showed at Bloomfield, Neb.,
recently and proved u fake. They
e~ndeavored to get every dollar in
sight by short changing, picking
pockets and every d~ishonorable method
known. A crowd of several hundred
people assembled just before the time
of the evening performance and de-
mandcd that the show leave the town
Immediately and that all the monies
wrongfully obtained be returned. Up
on being refused the mob seized the
manager and were about to string him
up. lie then accepted their PROPOSE
ton, settled in full and left town as
quickly AS possible. The amount re-
turned was about two hundred dollars.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-24
CHAPTER VIII,

Joyce gave way altogether after her
final interview with Alan. She had a
long Illness. which almost terminated
fatally; but she was young. and had
always been strong. In the end her
youth trlumphed, although she made
no efforts to get better. Life was ter
ribly hard. She loved Alan with every
fibre OF her being. She had known the
JOY of being his wife, and now ne was
an outcast from home. miserable.
wretched, dragging on a joyless exist
tnce; and she had not ever the priv
ilege of consoling him. She knew him
to be as unhappy as she was, and she
was suffering all the rest OF their lives,
and Joyce had to learn patience from
that hardest OF MISUNDERSTANDING.
Her father took her abroad. or
course her story was a nine days talk;
hut she was much beloved, and was
generally pitied and condoled with.
Alan and she had been so happy, and
had borne themselves so well and
modestly, that there was no one who
did not feel for the young couple
whose happiness had been so suddenly
destroyed.
But poor Veronica, she went back to
her lodgings that night br~oken-heart-
cd. II was not only that she had lost
the hope OF life with Alan, but she
could see that she had given him his
death-blow. And he loved another
woman! She was intensely human,
ugao moon ua,nni,n aud thn Ir,H-u
hat another woman had all his heart
hurt her UNNECESSARILY. He did not
love her! He had never loved her.
But she had the boy. IL was some
thing that she could press his curly
head against her aching heart, and
drop her tears upon II. Poor little
soul! The only bitter resentment she
had felt against Alan was that he had
failed to notice the boy. But still she
had him-he was her own. She wait
ed patiently until she should hear
from Alan. She had waited so long
that a little more or less waiting did
not matter. And he had said he would
write-he was certainly a man to be
trusted.
And on the third day a letter came.
Veronica could not guess what II had
cost Alan to write II. He did not want
to be harsh and cruel towards the af-
f%ectionate creature, whose only fault
had been that she had not been drown
ed in the %shipwreck, and yet he felt It
difficult to be kind to her who had
spoilt his life. He wrote that hence
forth she and the boy would be his
care, that he wished 10 allow her and
her boy enough TO live In comfort; but
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-24
CORN INJURED IN KANSAS
soutbw est s,zyles Under - Mercury
Raising sun.

A Kansas City dispatch of August Is
says: The southwest was fairly sizzled
today, the hottest weather for years
prevailing. The most intense heat war
experienced in southern Kansas, where
the temperature in nearly every town
reached 100. The MAXIMUM was reached
ut Salina, where IL degrees was reg
istered on the streets and 1903 IN the
shade. Mcpherson, Kan, reported
lO7. In Kansas City the government
thermometer reached ~ at 4 o'clock,
while the street thermometers went up
To 100. In Kansas the corn leaves
curled and ears are dying rapidly.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-24
STRANDiNG OF OREGON
Captain Wilde Warns Russian omcer OF
His Peril.


Mail advices from Yokohoma, Japan.
contain the following story regarding
the stranding of the battleship Oregon
on the Chinese coast recently:
The Chinese cruiser Hai.Chi. com
manded by Captain sab, a thoroughly
westcrnized officer, on her way from
Taku to Che Foo decried the Oregon
in her precarious plight and offered
her valuable assistance which was
most gratefully received by Captain
Wilde. The Hal Chi anchored close by
for further use needed. The same day
a Russian cruiser came along. Her
commander coming on board the Ore
gon, received the Chinese vessel with
suspicion and asked what she was do
ing there. On being told, he shook
his head and said it would neverthe-
less be his duty to take possession of
her. Captain Wilde nodded and
answered, "Well l am a bit embar-
raised just now, but there is ammuni-
ton aboard and my guns are in ex-
ccllent condition.
The next day after the departure of
The Russian, Captain Wilde visited the
Hai-Chi and suggested to Captain Sab
that as he was protecting some rcfu-
gees on board it might be well for
him to run up the American flag to
the foretop. This was done and no
questions were asked by passing cruis-
,ers afterwards.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-24
FIGHTING AT PEKIN
American, and Others Engaged In q
Continued Battle.

\ Washington, Aug, 20, dispatch says:
From General Chafec the war depart
ment received official confirmation of
the fall of Pcltin and the rescue of the
besieged legationers.
The dispatch of the American com.
mander was nos long aud contained
few details but the unc)ncealcd salts
faction with which it was received by
the officials of the administration in
Dictated clearly the anxiety that had
been engendered by his prolonged
silence. His last communication to
the governm ,nt prior to the receipt OF
today's advices was dated August IL at
Matow, almost thirty miles from Pekin.
The exp a~nation of his silence is sug-
gested in a dispatch received by the
navy department FROM Admiral Remey,
who, telegraphing from Taku on the
18th, says the telegraph line between
that point and Pekin is interrupted.
The cablegram from Admiral Remey
contains some important information
not mentioned by General Caaffce. He
makes the startling statement, on
Japanese authority, that the inner city
of Pekin was being bombarded by the
allied forces. Admiral Remey says al
so that the empress dowager is de-
tanned in the inner city by Prince
Yungede.
Adispitch received last night from
the foreign Office at Toxic, Japan, by
the Japanese legation in this city tends
to confirm and amplify previous ac-
counts of the capture OF Pekin by the
allied troops.
Following is the text of the dispatch
from General Chaffee. as made public
by the war department.
"Chee Foo, Aug. l0,-Pekin, Aug.
1--we entered the legation grounds
at 3 o'clock last night with Fourteenth
and Light battery. Eight wounded
during the days fighting. Otherwise
all we'll. (Signed) CHArfEE.
War department officials think the
date Pekin, August Is, is an error in
ira nsmission. They believe it should
be August Is, as all previous reports
indicate that Pekin was captured on
the 18th.
The dispatch which was received
during the morning, was transmitted
Immediately to the president at the
White house. lie expressed gratitica-
ton at the news, particularly at the
small loss sustained by the American
troops. A copy of the dispatch like
wise was sent to Adjutant General
Corbin, who is in New York,
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-24
FIRE VISITS SEWARD
Host Destructive Blaze In the City's
History.

Seward, Neb., was visited about IL
o'clock Wednesday night by the most
destructive fire in its history.
The fire started in the basement of
The Butler building, on the northeast
torner Of the square, a two story and
basement double building. The fire
department responded promptly and
confined the fire to that part of the
building occupied by Johnson Bros.
with a large stock of dry goods, gro
series and shoes. They carried a stock
Of nearly $40, 900, and had just re-
seived the day before an addition to
their stock of $1,000 of fall goods.
Their entire stock is almost u total
loss. They carried insurance of $4,000
On the stock. The fire originated in
the north end of the basement, and
the firemen worked at considerable
disadvantage for some time ON account
Of being unable to locate it because of
the dense smoke.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-24
NEWS IN BRIEF

The American cruiser New Orleans
is at Shanghai.
Salvador Cisneros, president of the
insurgent Cuban government in 1895,
General Lacrety Marot and Rev. DR..
Lewis Mustelier, a delegation from
Havana. have been in consultation
with the president in regard to the
question of Cuban independence.
II. +. Stevens appeared before the
town council of Spirit Lake, Iowa, and
asked it to receive, OF the part OF the
town, the complete power plant and
light and heating system, which he has
built at a cost of about $40, 900. The
property is practically new.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-24
DENTON HAS A FIRE
Destructive Blaze visits Iha Place
Yesterday Morning.

Denton, in the southwest part OF
Lancaster county, was visited by "a de-
structive fire Wednesday morning ut
$40 o'clock. The large general mer-
chandisc store belonging to j. X. G.
Miller was completely destroyed, to-
gether with the residence Of Mr.. Alb
bolt. The fire was discovered in the
store, and in less than we hours the
entire building was totally destroyed.
The Denton p~ostofiicc and Mr.. Mill
crs residence were both located in the
building which was destroyed, The
citizens fought the fire bravely, The
total loss will moun to about 81 900,
with about 5000 insurance. Mr.. Miller
also owned the residence which was
destroyed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-24
At Warrington.

The statement was made in Wash
tngton on reliable authority that the
Pekin government would designate
ONE high official tn meet the com
handlers of the allied armies at Tung
Chow and agree with them ON some
measures for the safe conduct OF the
foreign legations in the capital. In
formation to this effect has been re-
seived in Washington.
1t is not at all unlikely that the
meeting already has taken place IL
General Chaffee has pushed on to
Tung Chow.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-24
one A. kaa kYy A Fascinating
~eGGeT 90 Romance
IVY 81 60 by
wv XIV ~ Alan Adair.,
CHAPTER vlIl.-,Continucd.)

CHAPTER NlII.-(Continucd,)
Alan looked at her and her pretty
slimncss Of which he had been so
proud. at the he tutiful. refined face, mt
the eyes through which her beautiful
soul seemed to shine, and when he
looked ut IL and realized what he was
about To lose n great numbncss came
over him. He could not speak, he
could scarcely think. II seemed as III IA
huge chasm yawncd before them. into
which they were both to he flung. And
so this awful evening went Its way
They hardly spoke. They pat hand In
hand In the darkness. Life seemed n
blank. They had come TO u standstil.
II was ms II death had caught them
With their young blood surging In
their pulses.
At last Alan reused himself. II
60 to your father, my darling he
said. Joyce. you will let me do every
thing for you? Darling, you are my
wife, YOU know. although four years
ago | belonged to another woman !
will go away from you. and never SEQ
bU uEUlu NIllNN NNi'i''' ''''' '''
YOU will live In this house, and let me
work for you. | must have something
in my life. Joyce. Let mt think that
there is still something | can do for
you"
Joyce was quiet. then she said:
There's Veronica's child, Alan. You
should try and he n father to II. Poor
little thing, It would comfort YOU"
"If Veronica were dead said Alan,
Il could rare for II and cherish It. and
love It: but neither the child viii want
for anything nor its mother. But |
could not take 1t away from Veronica
and | do not want to coinc into IN
tact with her. | do not hate her, poor
girl; but | might get to hate her when
| thought of you, Joyce-my Joyce
and yet not mine
lie rose slowly and painfully. A
great terror came over Joyce. "lou
will see me again. Alan? This Is not
good-by. | could not bear it-oh,
could not! Tell me you will come tc
ire again and kiss mo good-by! Oh
] am your wife, Alan!"
He put his arms round her. She
was half fainting, and her white lips
could hardly articulate the words. 81
will come again" he said: but to
night | must see your father. Joyce
If you are not brave 1t Will Kill me
You must help me, my " sweet wife
We must pray God to give us strength
1t Is the only way. ] will bring you
father to you, and then we will tr.
and say good-by. ! will write to yo'
tonight: but after that there must b
no more letters, sweetheart. IL ! con
tinue to write to you | shall go mac
Most probably | shall go abroad agai
when | have got your life into ordel
Darling. ! scarcely think OF the tai
and the pu~blicity-that cannot hurt III
You have many friends who love 20,
and who will be good to you, for 20
are the sweetest woman God eve
made. | was right to be afraid OF m
great happiness. Good-by, darling"
And Alan went
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-24
MISS coSTLoW MAKES CALL
rcrrcn Granted n Las, Intcr,lcw with

Fcrrcii Granted n Last Intcr,lcw with
His sweetheart.
Columbus, O., dispatch SAYS: Ross.
lyn Terrell, the confessed murderer of
Express Messenger Lane, was removed
to Marysvillc. lie will hc given a pre-.
liminary hearing and u special grand
jury will at once he summoned to
indict him.
After u long struggle with her pride,
Miss Costlow, F~errcll's t%iauccc. begged
To bc taken To his side. Her father at
last yielded to her agonizcd e~n,reatics
and accompanied her To the prison for
n last interview. The meeting was
conducted with the utmost secrecy and
was vc'y pathetic.
Tobias Terrell of S~tcubcnvillc came
tn Columbus and visited his son Mt the
city prison. There was an affecting
scene.
why did you do il? Did YOU never
think of me, OF mothcr?' asked the
father, with tears in his eyes.
YES, that is it," cried the boy. III
had thought Of mother | would never
have done it," Both father and son
wcpt.
VIII II asked IL he had a message to
send to his mother, the youngOnan
cried Historically: ''rhcy will kill me
for this, Tell her | will meet her in
heaven"
Mr.. Terrell, ST., stated that he was
the only one of the family able to leave
home, all of the others being pros
tratcd. Mrs. Terrell is very i'll and
under care of a phySicinn.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-24
GOVERNMENT GETS BENEFIT
TranscontinentaI Freight Rates Cut and
Slashed.

Siashou.
Transcontinental freight rates have
gone to smash over government bust
ness. 1t was learned at Chicago that
the roads have discovered that indis-
criminate rate cutting has been done
in order to get the contracts for carry
ing government supplies to San Fran
cisco. where they are put aboard trans
ports bound for China or the Philip
pines.
The greatest rat" cutting has been
made in attempts to get the meat ship
ments from Chicago. 1t was asserted
that secret rate cutting had greatly
diminished. If notcompletely o%bliterated,
profits. In railroad circles the danger
OF the freight war thus started becom-
ing general among transcontinental
roads is considered as imminent.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-24
Dewet EIudes Kitchener.

General Dewet has managed to elude
General Kitchener, in spite Of the fact
that all the British wagons had double
teams of picked animals. The Beers
evaded the British by marching at
night over grounds known to them,
while their pursuers were obliged TO
march in the day time.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-24
Neck Broken by q Horse.

Otto Matzke, the l4-year-old son of
Herman Matzke, a German farmer liy-
ing four miles from Western, Neb.,
was thrown from IA horse and killed.
The boy was sent to a neighbours on an
errand, failing to return when expect
ed a search was instituted enlisting all
the neighbors. The body was found
stark and cold, his neck having been
broken in the fall.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-24
Wanted to XIII King Albert.

A youth about twenty years old was
arrested at Leipsic, Germany, accord
ing to n special dispatch from Berlin,
who admits having c%onspired to kill
King Albert Of Saxony. He says he
was appointed by lot to perform the
deed, but that his courage failed him.
His identity has not yet been estab-
lished, but a dagger and loaded re
volver were found on his person.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-24
Many Soldiers Are Sick.

General Macarthur has cabled the
war department a brief dispatch con
corning the health of the troops in the
Philippines. The number of sick in
the hospitals is set down at 1865, and
in quarters 1891, making n total Of
5,l29 sick soldiers, or s,4s per cent Of
the entire army in the archipelago.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-24
KANSAS CITY GETS 1T

Fire Department Given First Place by
Common Consent.
In preliminary contests in the in
ternational exhibition on fire appara-
tus at Fincennes, France. August II,
some 5000 firemen representing many
nationalities, participated.
The American representatives, Chief
George c. Hale Of Kansas City and the
men Of the Kansas City fire brigade,
caused great wonderment by their
quick Harvesting and running, togeth-
er with their methods of ~life-saving.
They received an ovation and by com.
mon consent were assigned first place.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-24
Threatened by Fire.

A forest fire e Encampment, Wyo.,
has burned over a territory eight by
ten miles in extent and now threat.
ems the towns of Battle and Rambler.
Two thousand sheep belonging to
Frederick Geddes of Saratoga are dead
and the Mexican herder is missing an6
is believed to have persisted.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-24
Injured His y

Arthur Kimball, living one mile
north Of Aurora, had the misfortune
while threshing to have n beard Of
wheat penetrate N Of his eyes. An
occulist from Lincoln vas summoned,
and while for a time IL was thought
he would lose his eyesight, he is now
much improYed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-24
MUST COVER MANY MILES
Rursi Free Delivery Carrier Has IA Long
Route.

Malone NJ. Grow has been appointed
carrier for the rural free delivery route
to be established Oh September 3 at
Guide Rock, Webster county, Neb. lie
is to cover an area Of fifty-four square
miles, serving a population of $40.
Chas. =. Brown was appointed sub
stitute clerk in the Lincoln postofiice.
Marcus A. Post. Gus Bottom, Carl
W. Anderson and Thos. A. Golden were
appointed substitute carriers in the
Omaha p~ostofice.
A patent for a bicycle has been is
sued Anton Prayer of Omaha.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-24
-Four Were Drowned.

Four employees Of the steamer Hill
City, en- route from New Orleans to
Memphis, were drowned at Blue Point
landing, Mississippi. The men were
engaged in repairing the wheel of the
steamer when the plank gave way and
they were thrown into the river. The
dead are William Brown, X. Freshen,
John barge and a fireman Of the boat,
name unknown. All resided in st.
IOuis.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-24
MURDER At KANSAS CITY
Negro Woman Fires at Her Lover and
Kills Another Person.

Mrs. Sarah Sigman, sixty-two years
of age, was shot and killed tonight by
Minnie Claridy, a negro The
Claridy woman had quarreled with
viii Rogers, a negro, and was chasing
him down the street. She fred five
shots at him as he was passing the resi-
dence OF Mrs. Sigman. The latter was
sitting near a second story window and
one OF the bullets struck her in the
left temple.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-24
coLLIDEs WITH FREIGHT
Locomotives Badly Damaged and Trains
DELAYED.

No. 10, the Pacific coast fast freight,
and an east-bound extra met head-on
at Sunol, 100 miles east of Cheyenne,
Wyo. The engineer and fireman jump
ed and saved themselves The loco
motives were badly broken up and the
track damaged. by building a track
around the wreck, trains were run,
but are from eight to twelve hours
late.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-24
Child's Skull Fractured.

The five-year-old child Of Martin
Trumble. living two miles from Have
lock, was kicked by a horse, fractur-
ing his skull and iniicting a serious
injury, which Is considered TO be al.
most fatal.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-24
RUN OVER BY AN ENGINE
Burlington Brakeman Killed In the
Yards at Guernsey.

HHTUN nv "UVTHN0y'
A B. & NJ. brakeman named w. A..
skint was run over by nm engine ut
Guernsey, Wyo. The left leg was cut
off below the knee and the right leg
above the knee. lie died at 0:4O p. m.
The engine vas backing up and Skint
was riding on the rear brake beam and
was not heard or seen until the engine
had passed entirely over his body.
Nothing is known of his relatives lie
was a new mar and had went to work
that morning at Alliance. Neb:
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-24
boy Killed by q Horse.

The seven-year-old son Of Sanford
Hedlund, living seven miles southeast
OF Valparaiso, Neb., was kicked by u
horse and died a few hours afterward
from the effects of the blow.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-24
struck by q Train.

John and James Rodenham were
struck by the first section Of the Elk
horn passenger train four miles west
OF O'Neill, Neb., and badly injured.
They were farmers and were return
ing to their home west of Emmett from
O'Neill,
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-24

The extremely heavy rainfall in all
parts Of Iowa has become a serious
to crops. The damage to corn
10 heavy. The Des Moines river has
risen sos feet. The lowlands are
flooded and many bridges have heen
swept away.