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The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-16
FOR A WOODMAN HALL
Lincoln Camps Ambitious tn have u FRA
tcrnal building.


The Modern Woodmcn of America is
continuing its marvellous growth.
which has been the admiration of the
fratcrnal insurance world for several
years past. AT present there are SO
local camp. in Nebraska with n total
membership of 3G,3!l. Ncighhors
drive miles to attend meetings Of their
camp. Nebraska Woodmen now carry
500, go, 800 insurance in this order.
The idea of n Woodman hall is being
talked Of all over the jurisdiction at
the present time. There is talk of
Woodman halls in both Omaha and
Lincoln at the present time. A joint
committee representing the five big
camps of Lincoln are arranging n big
ball in the new auditorium for the
purpose Of starting q "ncs,cgg' fund,
having for its object the securing of u
Woodman hall. The ball will bcgivcn
IN the evening of April 4. and prom
Uses to he the most successful fratGr.
nal affair ever attempted in the CAPT
tai city.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-16
NEWS NOTES

The state Sunday school association
is to be held in Lincoln June 10, 90 and
II.
Some days ago the wife of VIM.
Snyder at Syracuse received a fall.
She died from its effects Monday.
Farmers in Nebraska are putting in
wheat, and grass is starting. The
ground is in excellent condition.
The burning question in Kearney
this spring will be that of wet or dry.
The election will settle the flood or
drouth problem.
Governor Poynter enjoyed a rabbit
hunt Tuesday in the vicinity of Kear-
ney. The game was beaten up by q
wire cable over a thousand feet long,
drawn by two teams of horses. Over
fifty rabbits were killed.
Every bit OF evidence from all over
Nebraska indicates that the outlook Is
most favorable for good crops. The
conditions are good,
The trial of Frank l.. Dinsmore,
charged with the murder of Fred Laue
at Odessa, has begun at Lexington.
The opening day shows that the de-
Tense will put up a strong fight.
The Burlington is putting in a new
siding at Greenwood, nearly one and
one-half miles in length. This is made
necessary by the business done in that
station and the number of trains that
pass,
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-16
Clash HAS COME
Situation in Old Kentucky is
Again Very Critical.
MANY ARNtD MEN ARE MARCHING
Capitol Is Barricaded, with Troops ON
Guard-RepubIican Omcials Resist
Arrest and Flee to lexington
The End Not Yet.

A Frankfort. Ky. dispatch of March
lO says: The situation here reached Il
point of excitement today almost APP
preaching that of the stirring times
Immediately following the assassina-
ton of Governor GucbCl. The rein.
statement of the military power in
complete control of the state exccu.
tive building and the refusal of the
military authorities to allow the local
police and civil officers to enter the
building for the purpose of arrcsting
Secretary of state Caleb Powers and
Capt. John W. Davis, charged with be-
ing accessories to the Gocbel assassi-
nation, and the probability of Il con
flict between the civil and military
authorities made the situation serious
during most of the day.
This morning City Marshal Richard
son applied at the executive building
and demanded to be admitted for the
purpose of arrcsting Powers and Davis.
but was turned back and the warrants
were then turned ovcrto sheriff Sutcr,
The latter also presented himself at
the executive building and demanded
admittancc. He was referred by the
officer in charge to Colonel Morrow.
and the latter being found said:
IL am sorry, Mr.. Sheriff. but il is
against Governor Taylor's orders to let
any one into the building today"
During the afternoon Powers and
Davis escaped to Lexington disguised
as soldiers. but word had preceded
them, and they were seized by Il posse
of deputy sheriifs and hurried to Jail.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-16
JAPAN REFUSES ADMISSION
American Insurance Companies FAN to
Comply with the Law.

Oriental alvices state that permits
siou to do du mess in Japan has been
refused sixty foreign insurance compa-
MES, most of them American. Japan
csc officials state that this results from
the fact that their applications have
failed to comply with the japanese
insurance laws.
Though Korea has never formally
assentcd, Russia regards as accepted
its proposal of several months ago to
loan Korea several million yen in re-
turn for exclusive mining privileges.
The Russian and French cable aud
telegraph systems in Siberia, China,
and lndo-China are soon to be connect
Oh
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-16
ASHLAND MAN TRIES TO KILL
shoots Three Times Mt Wifs without
Eject.

The domestic difficulties Of Warren
Coon and his wife, of Ashland, culmi-
mated in a shooting ARRAY, in which he
fired three shots at his wife. Coon is
a blacksmith. who has lived for several
years in Ashland. lie has n wife and
two sons. one of them n young man
away from home. For some months
there has beer domestic discord. with
claims on the part of Mrs. Coon that
he was unfaithful to her. The climax
vas reached a month or more ago when
Mrs, Don filed "A suit for divorce. A
few days ago she returned from Oma-
ha, where she had been staying, and
took possession Of the home. Mr.. Coon
has been acting in Il strange and
Eighty manner, and il is charged has
been drinking a good deal, This after
noon he watched for his wife, and fired
three shots at her, but failed to hit
her. lie was disarmed, arrested and
bound over.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-16
Harris Pleads Not Guilty.

A great deal of interest is manifested
in the Harris lenkiron murder trial,
which commenced Tuesday at Hart
ington. Editor Harris appeared in
court, accompanied by his brother and
three attorneys. He quivered as the
information was read charging him
with murder in the first degree, but
pleaded not guilty. The regular panel
of jurymen was exhausted and another
has been ordered summoned.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-16
CANNOT CHANGE THE DATE
Democratic Convention VIII lie Held
on Independence Day.

The subcommittee of the democratic
national committee decided that it
could not change the date for holding
the convention from July 4 without
the consent of the entire committee,
and the opinion was expressed that no
change of date will be made.
The committee accepted an offer
made by the Kansas City club, which
rendered the use Of its elegant club
house for headquarters during the con-
vcntion.
Especially satisfactory arrangements
were made for the newspaper and tele-
graph interests.
The hotels have closed several con-
tracts for housing several of the large
delegations, among them being Tam
many, whose representative selected
l25 rooms at n hostelry. Hotel man
ayers that they will make a
rate Of S. per day for room and bath
and three meals IN the American plan.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-16
SECURE A MARKED ADVANCE
Wages for PuddIers the Highest for
Many Years.

At the %bimonthly wage conference
at Youngstown, o., between represent
atives of the amalgamation associa-
tion and the iron workers an advance
of - cents a ton in the rate for pud-
ding was agreed upon. The rate is
now six dollars a ton, the highest
price paid since 1880. About 10000
men are affected by the result.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-16
NJ NEWS IN BRIEF

Secretary of War Root is in Cuba, in.
speeding the fortrcsscs.
Three fresh cases of bubOuic plague
have appeared at Sydney, n. $, w.
Congressman Mercer has introduced
II bill to establish IA sub-trcasury at
Omaha.
-Four new eases of bubonic plague
have developed in Honolulu since
March >.
The senate devoted a portion of its
session to- eulogics Of the late Senator
Hayward.
The Nebraska horticultural society
decided to hold its summer meeting at
North Platte, July s.
London papers are very much OPP
posed to the senate amendment to the
llay-Paunccfotc treaty.
1t is believed the meat bin pending
in the German Reichstag will be de-
fcated. II is very unpopular.
The senate tabled Senator Hoar's
amendment giving ex-Queen Liluoka,
l'h' S~''''' INV ~ annuity VI Wi'''ONs
Near fernando, Miss, Thomas Clay
ton, "A negro. was hot to death by
members of his own race because of
II criminal assault on a ten-year-old
girl.
Two sections of a freight train on
the Wabash near Blue Mould, H.,
coilided. Sam Bond of Litchticld and
Bert Seymour of Waverly, brakemen,
We're killed.
The dead body of a woman, identi-
fed as Mrs. Selma johnson of Omaha
was found in the lake at Riverside
park. She had trouble with her hus-
band and became insane.
II is said President Kruger and Pres
ident Stcyn have wired Lord Salisbury
peace proposals, on condition that the
independence of the two republics be
respected and the rebel colonials am
nestcd.
A dwelling house owned by j. G..
Wheeler, who resides five miles east of
harrington, Neb., took fire and burned
to the ground. The origin of the fire
is unknown. Scarcely anything was
saved.
For alleged abuse of his wife and
family, Peter Huffman, a miner of Ly-
ford, north of Terre Hautc, Ind, was
taken from his home by a band of
whitecaps and beaten numerically.
The indemnity of the ~whitecaps is un-
known.
Fire in the building Of the Massa-
chusetts Macaroni company, at Boston,
Mass, caused the death of one fire.
man, the probably fatal injury of an
other and the serious injury of three
other, besides entailing II financial
loss of SIS, 900 to Sl50,000.
The Nancy Hanks Lincoln memorial
association of Indiana met at the gov
ernor's office and decided to accept the
proposition of j. =. Culver, a Spring
field, H., contractor, to erect, free of
charge, a monument over the grave of
Lincoln's mother, near Lincoln City,
Spencer county, Indiana. Mr.. Culver
is rebuilding the Lincoln monument
at Springfield.
The president has committed TO i'm.
prisonment for life the sentence to
death imposed by court martial in the
case Private George Murphy, company
c, Twenty-fourth infantry, convicted
| of the murder of another soldier of the
same company in the Philippines,
The Modern Woodmcn of America
camps of Lincoln are to give a grand
ball in the new auditorium building
on the evening Of April 4 for the pur-
pose of raising a fund to erect n Wood
man hall. 1t is expected that nearly
every camp in Nebraska will be repre-
sented in the assembly on that even
ing.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-16
HOLDUPS AT DEADWOOD.
Reign OF Outiawry In tho black Hills
Metropolis.
attendance.

Two men entered the Olympic bak-
cry on Sherman avenue, Deadwood,
-. d., and asked for some bread.
While the Z Jerk was wrapping it up
one of the men hit him over the head,
knocking him scnseless. The robbers
then went through the safe, getting
about Sl75 in money, Two arrests
were made.
About the same time II box car on
the Burlington road was broken into
aud several hundred dollars worth Of
goods were taken.
A man named Patrick Burley was
held up at Dcadwood and robbed Of
his pocket book and other valuables. o.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-16
Keane Succeeds Hennessy.

News from what is considered a re.
liable source. reaches Sioux City, Ia,
that Archbishop John keane is to be
Archbishop IIennessey's successor. II
is said the archbishops of the country
and the arch diocese have unanimously
agreed to send his name to Rome. 1t
is further stated that there are to be
two new Catholic sees in Iowa, with
Sioux City and Des Moines as see
cities.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-16
Costly Fire in Omaha.

The thrcc-story brick building at
1871 Faruam street, Omaha, occupied
10y the Omaha Tent and Awning com.
pany, was totally destroyed 10y fire.
The stock Of SCHNEIDER ~ Mueller VI
the west aud that uf the Nebraska Seed
company ON the east were seriously
damaged 10y smoke and water. The
total LOSSES will foot NY about $50. 900
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-16
MORE IDLE MEN IN CHICAGO
sash, Door and Hiind Manufacturers
Close Down.

The sash, door and blind manufac-
turcrs of Chicago and vicinity have
voted To- close their mills until the
labor troubles are adjusted. by this
action 1000 men are added To- the 5O.-
600 10Y idle and business interests are
further crippled. 1t is thought that
they will remain shut down for at
least sixty days.
The amalgamatcd woodworkers atti-
tudc in respect to the building strike
may have something to do with the
closing of the mills. They have at
tempted to prevent the delivery of ma
tcrials from the mill to jobs being car.
ricd on 10y the contractors with the
uon-union men and thus embarrassed
the mill owners to n large extent.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-16
Cuts Husbands Throat.

At Joliet, H., Mrs. John Gallagher,
fifty years old, while in Il fit of TEN
porary insanity arose from her bed,
procured n razor and returning to the
bedroom, cut her husbands throat
from ear to ear. He died before the
police arrived on the scene. The de.
mented woman is now in Jail. Two
small children were sleeping in an
adjoining room, but were not molested.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-16
Kills "a Burglar.

A. c. Moffet, cashier of the First
State Bank at Waverly, H., shot and
instantly killed n negro burglar in his
bedroom. A quantity of stolen valua-
bles was found on the person of the
dead man. He has been identified but
was supposed to have been a noted
crook.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-16
Tried to KIN.

At Plattsmouth, Ncb., a fellow Civ.
ing his nam as Plunkctt, attempted
To shoot "A young cigarmakcr named O.
Wells. hut was prevented from 81 do.
ing 10y Wells. who grabbed the strang-
Cr's gun. The trouble, for which there
was no ~provocation whatever, took
place in Natka's saloon.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-16
AruniIIrh Of MnrlNr.

Edwin II. Gilman, charged with the
murder of q young miner named Dan
sullivan last Christmas. was acquitted
10y a jury at Butte, Mont, ON his own
and unsupported testimony that he
killed the MAJ IN self defense. Gill
hNnkrr Nf I|lNmhnrr. la.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-16
Fatal Texas Duel.

News reached Waco, Tex, of n dcs-
perate duel at Whitney, thirty miles
distant, between Dick Delamar and
Joe Williams, in which the latter was
killed and the former seriously wound
ed. The cause of the tragedy was due
to n remark alleged t. have been made
by Williams detrimental To the charac-
ter Of "A young lady with whom Della
mar was infatuated.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-16
A Bomb In Church.

An empty beer keg, surmounted by
a dynamite bomb, was found by the
police in st. Paul's church, Cedar Rap
ids, la. Rev, Mr.. Lockwood, the pas.
tor, has been active in opposition to
the saloon petition now circulating,
and it is inferred that the keg and
bomb were intended as a threat.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-16
Lynch n Negro.

Word has reached Naldosota, Ga, Of
n double murder and lynching nea
Jennings, Fla. Two white me by the
name of CARRIER were killed by "a negro,
whose name could not be learned. The
negro was captured by the sheriff. A
mob quickly gathered, took the muir
dercr from the officers and swung him
up to a tree.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-16
Sapho In Suppressed.

At "A special meeting of the city
council of Flint, Mich, Il resolution
was adopted in support of Mayor
C~rawford's determination to prevent n
proposed presentation of 'Sapho.' The
resolution instructs the marshal to
prevent the performance.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-16
Fatal Kentucky Fight.

At Forest Hill, ten miles from Au-
gusta, Ky, an entertainment was be-
ing given when Harvey Moran and sops
engaged in n fight with the Hamilton
brothers. llurby Moran was killed
outright and Harvey Moran beaten to
death almost. Two of the Hamiltons
Werc shot. one fatally.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-16
Decides for Bank.

In the ease at Omaha of the state
against the Omaha National bank and
j. II. Willard for the collection of
5000, 900, Judge Baker has decided in
favor of the defendants, as he did when
the casc was originally tried by him
prior to appeal to the supreme court.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-16
Railroad Workman Injured.

Everett Ilaughton of Tecumseh, Neb.,
was somewhat injured while at work
with a steel laying gang on the Bur
lington road. He was working on a
fiat car, was crowded off and falling
lit on his head on a pile of ties. Quite
a scalp wound was inflicted.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-16
Murdered by n Relative.

Christ Bauer was murdered by Err
nest Meyer, his brother-in-law, thirty
miles east of Sioux City. Both men
are farmers. Bauer met death in de-
Tending his mother, with whom Meyer
had picked a quarrel. Meyer had
been drinking.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-16
Transferred to Chicago.

Llewellyn +. Barker, associate pro-
fessor of pathology of the John Hop
kins medical school, has accepted the
chair of anatomy and neurology at the
University of Chicago.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-16
Texan Hanged for Murder.

At Beaumont, Tex, Anthony Hop
kins was hanged for the murder of his
wife. in the presence of 5000 people,
who took up a collection of 500 for
his mother and sent it with his re.
mains to her in Waco.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-16

News has been received from Anda-
lusia, Ala, OF the killing of Thomas
Sharp by win Craddock in the jury
room of the court house at that place
early this morning. The men quar-
relied over a game Of cards.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-16
Killed by

John b. Stout, a respected citizen of
indianapolis, Ind, while or his way
home, was robbed and shot by foot
pads, from the effects of which he
died. Police have failed to find any
clue to the murdeYers.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-16
Twelve More Bodies.

Twelve more bodies have been taken
from the Red Ash mine. This makes
Il total of ~ dead bodies taken out,
and at least two more are known to be
in the mine.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-16
Kills do,

A special from Tecumseh, Okl., states
that RACER Bruno, alias "Jim the
Tough" arrested for horse stealing and
murder, attempted to escape from
Sheriff Grace.
The men mad a fierce struggle and
Grace succeeded in killing Bruno, but
is himself seriously, If not fatally in
jured.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-16
FOURTEEN LIVES ARE LOST
Tenement House Burns aud Many reo-
Pile Perish.

pie Perish.
Fourteen persons lost their lives,
two persons were seriously injured
and many others slightly burned in a
fire at Newark, y. j., which destroyed
u tenement. The tircmcr. after the
flames had been suhducd, took thir-
teen bodies from the ruins and while
they were thus engaged another victim
Of the fire died in the city hospital.
One family was wiped out completely,
and of another family only the father
lives, and he is in the city hospital,
where it i, believed he will die.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-16

Elder Michael NJ. Slower of Table
Rock, Neb, who came to Nebraska
thirty-six years Lgo, died suddenly of
neuralgia of the heart.
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