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The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-15
FLOCKINC TO THE CITIES
Chinese Refugees Flee From Expected
Attack OF Boxers.

A London. June 10 dispatch says:
Definite returns regarding the sever
fighting between the Chinese troops
and the boxers that was going OF
Thursday between Tien Tsin and Pc
kin had not been received at Tien Tsip
when the latest kilograms to reacn
London were filed. The Chinese troops,
however, had killed many boxers, ac-
cording to reports, while another ac-
count had the government soldiery de.
feated in an engagement neal Pao
Ting Fin.
Apparently the legation guards have
not yet taken a hand in the fighting,
but they are ready to do SO at "a mo.
ment's notice. The boxer movement
affects some hundreds of square miles.
Official dispatches To Vienna from Pc
kin aver that the sect is more power
full than any political party In China,
embracing no less than 1000. 900, and
manipulated by Jealous and adroit
men.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-15
Farmer Seriously Injured.

Frank Ambroz, a farmer living seven
miles west of Madison, Neb,, was in
jured severely by being thrown from
his wagon and being run over. lie
was late starting from town. aud had
stopped to fix the ssat, when the hor-
ses started up suddenly and threw him
out. Ambroz vas taken care of by u
friendly farmer. The team was found
the next day tied fast to the wheel in
the middle of "A wheat field.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-15
TORNADO STRUCK
Farms in Johnson County Are
Devastated.
ELK (RtfK, NtB., HAS A CLOSE CALL


An Elk Creek, Neb., June IL, special
says: A tornado was see to form on
the Turdy farm, two miles west OF
Elk Creek, shortly after 4 o'clock this
evening. At the beginning it seemed
To be no more than an ordinary whirl-
wind, but as it advanced a funnel
shape wa taken on and for me time
II was feared would some direct Owe
the village. hut forum atcly IL vecrcd
to the northeast and passed the town
about eighty rods to the north and
just above the tree tops. Its course
from this on was east and a little to
the north. At X. II. Boonc's farm it
broke some trees, then went on to the
farm of u. c. Thompson and uprooted
aud made small wood of his fine orch.
ard.
At J. w. Parkcr's considerable dam.
x was done to sheds, but further on
northeast IL came To the W. j. Blystone
farm, and here is where IL did the most
damage. so far AZ can be learned, by
taking the roof of the barn and toss
ing it against a large granary with
such force rs to demolish the same.
II then destroyed the wind mill, the
root from the corn crib and partly
wrecked the residence, carrying the
roof away. Mrs. s.. c. Blystoue and
children, who occupy he place, took
refuge in the cellar and escaped un.
injured.
So far as known no lives were lost
and no one was injured.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-15
Eek, Law maker Sent to jail.

c. o. Charlston, said to have been
once a member of the Nebraska legis-
lature, and a justice of the peace, from
Phelps county, vas convicted at Chi
cago of obtaining $40 by n confidence
game, and was sentenced to fifteen
days in the county Jail. Charlston's
plan was to present worthless checks
and obtain small sums of money Oh
them.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-15
STRIKING FICUS<S,
Two Ecumcnicsi Delegates Who Have
Had Rare Experiences.

VIM EhhNs
Had Rare Experiences.
In attendance upon the conference
as delegates are two men who, in their
missionary work, have been through
as grave perils and as strange expert
ences, probably. as any living beings,
says the New York Sun. they are
Robert Laws. doctor Of divinity and
medicine, who comes from the mis-
sions on the shores of Lake Nyassa In
Africa, and DR.. John G.. Patton, whose
life work has been among the can
nibal South Sea Islanders Of the New
Hebrides. One Of the greatest re-
wards of your work." said a mission
airy from japan to DR.. Patton upon be-
introduced to him, must be the
knowledge that by the spread of Chris
tianity the practices Of cannibalism
have been rooted out" TT would be-
said the venerable missionary, "if
1t were only So" Are there still
any cannibals remaining in the New
Hebrides?" asked the other in sur
prise. There are plenty of islands,
unfortunately" was the reply. where
c~annibalism is constantly practiced,
and human flesh is esteemed the great
est delicacy o~btainable. The life of
an unarmed man wouldn't be worth
a moments purchase on any Of those
islands. A thing that constantly sur
prises me-" added the doctor as his
questioner turned away, "is the pre-
vailing impression here that canni-
balism is a thing of the past. Where
the missionaries have gained a foot
hold the practice has been eradicated,
though I have known of sporadic out
breaks in the vicinity Of the missions.
But people here at home do not seem
to comprehend the vast extent of the
South Sea Islands. There are thou
sands and tens Of thousands of ma
tives who have never seen a mission
airy and who, perhaps. have never
seen a white man of any kind. They
eat human flesh to-day, as they have
from time immemorial."
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-15
ONE THING HE FORGOT.
He Missed the Five-Thirty Train q,
Four-Thirty.

TOuT-l nittys
1t Is his wont to come in from the
suburbs early Of a morning and to go
out again on the $50 train, when his
days work Is done. A few days ago
he met an old friend, and, yielding to
the e%ntreaties of that old friend, he
decided to spend the evening In town.
He was so afraid wife would feel hurt
II she knew that he had deliberately
planned an evenings good time with
out counting her in that he manfully
resolved to deceive her. Accordingly,
as he came away from the Office he
went to a telegraph office and sent
this message to her: "U%navoidably
detained. Missed $50 train. Will be
out later" 1t was a great deal later
when he reached his happy home.
Wife met him at the door and there
was a look in her eyes that every
married man learns to know and in
stinctively to dread. did you get my
message. pr~ecious?" he asked as he
kissed her tenderly. holding his breath
meanwhile as a precautionary meas
ure. Yes. DEAR" she made answer,
and when a calls her husband
dear" that way you can cut loose
from the weather bureau and prognos-
ticate a few things on your own hook.
Eyes. dear, l received your message.
Here 1t is" There it was, sure enough.
1t was marked as plain as plain could
hn ssDT,ntuAl % t.OCp l-gs
thought Of that.-Chicago Chronicle.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-15
Find Him Insane.

Frank Sprague or James Morton,
vas adjudged in sane by the county
board of insanity ut York. lie came
to Oscar Swanson's farm, just south of
bradshaw, about May 10, and not I'M
til last Sunday did he show any un.
soundness of mind. He claims to have
lived at Greenwood, Ncb.. and has an
uncle there named Ross Barr. He may
be sent to the asylum at Lincoln for
treatment.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-15
Woman Burned to Death.

Mary Jackson, colored. was burned
to death ut Louisville, Ky, while try
ing to start a fire with kerosene at Zech
Sherly's home. Ella Sherry, aged
seven, was seriously burned, and Mr..
and Mrs. Sherry, her parents, were
painfully burned while rescuing the
child.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-15
Rich Strike In Kansas.

From Galena, Kansas, the richest
jack strike ever made is reported from
one of the properties of the Combina-
ton Zinc Mining company's proper
ties, At a depth of sixty-two feet
drillers on the Sadie Bell shaft ran in
to % per cent jack and are said to have
gone through ten feet solid. Con.
siderable excitement has resulted.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-15
AiIment Puzzles PhYsicInns.

Ora Brawner, who lives three miles
west of Wilcox, Neb,, is suffering from
n peculiar disease. On the least exer-
ton he perspires freely on the right
half of his body while the left side
remains perfectly cool and dry. Ex-
cept for IA feeling of numbncss on the
right side of his body during the early
morning hours, he is in perfect health
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-15
Albany Placed In Commission.

The United States cruiser Albany,
which was placed in commission a,
Newcastle-on-Tyne, May 30, and under
orders to proceed TO the Mediterranean,
has arrived at southampton. The
United States ,raining ship Buffalo,
which sailed from New York April 10
for a cruise in the Mediterranean has
also arrived.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-15
PAYS Reward.

Governor Poynter has issued a vouch-
err for $500, the amount of the state
reward due ex.Sherif j. II. Dickerson
of Garner, Ia, for capturing George
ii. Ray who murdered Frank Cheesman
in Nemaha county, Nebraska. There
are no funds with which the voucher
can be paid and the claim will have TO
stand until the next legislature meets.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-15
BABY KILLED IN A RUNAWAY
Accident Near Union which May Cost
Two Lives.

Tuesday afternoon two families who
reside in Union, Neb., were returning
from a visit in the country when the
team ran away, throwing the occu-
points out and instantly killing the
three.months-old baby of Dave Larue.
Mrs. Larue was quite badly bruised
and Mrs. Walker Jones was so serious
ly injured that it is thought she can.
not recovc
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-15

While nine men in a basket cable
line suspended eighty-iye feet above
the Tallapoosa river at Tallahassee,
Fla, were crossing, the cable broke
and the men fell to the river. One vas
killed and two are reported unable to
live. The others were more or less
injured.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-15
Able to Got a

Military operations in South Africa
are apparently at n standstill. For n
day or two the tired troops of Lord
Roberts are resting, and he is filing
the magazines and warehouse at his
new base, Pretoria, preparatory to a
long chase after the retiring Beers in
the direction OF Lydenbur5. His cav
airy are probably seeking to intercept
.Commandant General Botha.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-15
China to Make Paper.

A Beloit, Wis, June IL special says:
Fourteen carloads of tissue paper
making machinery were shipped by a
Beloit mandatory today To Shanghai,
China. This marks the first American
and is probably the only paper making
machinery aver sent to China. There
have been paper-making machine ship
ments made from that city to Japan.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-15
Murdered by MexicnnA.

Frank Smith, a miner, made large
winnings in a Mexican gambling house
at Helvetia, Aria, and was killed by
Mexicans, who provoked a row before
he could leave the saloon with the
money. He was stabbed and riddled
with bullets, but in falling mortally
wounded two M~exicans.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-15
Four Negroes KIlIed.

Four negroes We're killed by light
ming while at work on the steamer
commodore Barney at Jacksonville,
Fla. Fourteen other men were shocked,
some of them seriously. Several Of the
injured had their scalps badly torn
and lacerated.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-15
Drawing Parallel Line. R.,,,,v

Parallel lines can be rapidly drawn
on a blackboard by a new chalk holder
which has a wooden stock provided
with transverse grooves, in which the
crayons are inserted, being held In
place by a fiat spring crossing them
at right angles, with a spring grip to
be held In the hand.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-15
Damaging storms I'm G,rma,v

The recent heavy thunderstorms in
various parts of Germany have done
considerable damage especially along
h upper Rhine, where lightning
killed a number of persons. In the
districts of Brunswick and Plauen a
number of lives have been lost.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-15
Wrecked by Explosion.

In an explosion at the Indiana pow
der plant near Fontanet, Ind, Matt
hew Reed was killed and several other
employees were injured, Reed was
carrying a pale of nitro-glycerine and
it is believed he accidentally dropped
II
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-15
Forces Still Intact,

1t appears evident that the Boer
commander-in-chicf, General Botha,
with all his guns withdrew in good
order probably along the Delagoa bay
railroad, with the view of joining
President Kruger and Steyn, and GEN
eral Botha and Secretary of State Betz,
all safe and in n position to continue
the direction of affairs.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-15
MUTlNY OF CONvlCTS
Five Hundred at san Juan Refuse to
Obey Order

obey Orders.
Five hundred inmates of the peni.
Tertiary at San Juan, Porto Rico, mu-
TIMED, refusing To take breakfast or to
work. They asserted that the food
was not fit to eat, and the leader
struck the warden in the face. The
penitentiary is guarded by a detach-
ment of twenty members of the Porto
Rico regiment, and the Jail authorities,
fearing the convicts had planned a con-
certed movement to break Jail, called
in the guard. Thereupon the prisoners
attempted to rush the troops, who
fired three volleys at the wall. Three
of the inmates were injured by splinters
though not seriously.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-15
Car Windows Broken by Hail.

a Gering, Nebraska, dispatch says:
Every window ON the north side Of the
coaehrs on train No. i2i, going east,
was broken, the result of a terrible
hail storm at Laramie, Wyo,, where
the cars stood on the siding over Sun.
day.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-15
A Suicide.

Chauncey NJ. Hawkins, a San Fran.
cisco jeweler, committed suicide by
taking morphine, after vainly trying
to obtain employment. His wife, who
reside in Los Angeles, says that he
was once wealthy and formerly man
aged a jewelry establishment in New
York
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-15
HOT AFTER HORSE THIEVES
sarpy County Farmers Chase Then
Intn nu.hu

sarpy County Chas Them
Int q Omaha.
A party OF Sarpy county horsemen
reached Omaha Tuesday in hot pursuit
of horse thieves who stole two good
horses and a set of harness from Aug,
Leaders, u farmer residing two miles
from Papillion. The theft occurred
early in the morning, by noon blood
hounds had been secured from Lincoln
and they took the scent and held it
until they reached Omaha, where they
became confused. The police joined
in the search.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-15
Durham as O Winter Rsanrt.

Durham is a winter resort and con-
tains some OF the finest residences in
the world. They afford a good ocean
view and are surrounded by tropical
trees, flowers and fruits.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-15
Injured Man May Recover.

Henry Nachbor, the man who was
so nearly killed on the farm of Henry
Hester, near Geneva, Neb,, a week
ago, is still alive, and it is now thought
he may recover
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-15
Looking for Fore Trouble.

II Pugilist Corbett enters congress
he will find some very clever COMPETE
tors In the Side-stepping business
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-15

Napoleon's Telescope Found.
According to the London Chronicle,
the telescope which Napoleon l used
to carry has turned up in Turin.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-06-21
Which Road Will You Takec

You may have heard the story of the
man who, being obliged to be driven over
dangerous mountain pass, tested the
coachmen in this way: He asked three
drivers how near they could go to Ger.
tain precipice and not overturn the car
riage. One said he could drive within SC
many inches; another, a few inches less,
but third said he should keep Just rs faI
away from the dangerous edge as he could
get. That coachman was engaged. There
was no need OF going near the precipice,
for near by there was another roadside
and 'sure-for it hugged the inland rocks.
We are all travelers-are nil taking a
journey. There are two roads before US.
On one road there are, daily, many acci.
dents, men and women going over the
precipice. 1t is called saloon Highway.
Moderate drinkers take this road because
it is exciting and gives pleasure for time
They are not afraid of danger, but many
fall over the precipice OF intemperance
into the gulch OF drunkenness and ruin.
The other road is broad and safe, called
Temperance Road-secure from danger
for it hugs the solid rock of Total Absti'
nence.
Which road will you take?
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-06-21
The Drink neath-Rate.

Some years ago statement was made
that 10000 drunkards died every year in
the United Kingdom. DR.. Norman Kerr,
who is President OF the Society for the
Study of Inebrlety, did not believe that
this terrible statement. was true, and he
set to work to try and prove that 1t was
untrue. 1t is very remarkable to note what
was the end OF his inquiry. AS soon as he
began to find out the real facts he learned
that, SO far from the number given being
too high, 1t was much low. Not only did
he find out his mistake, bnt he had the
honesty and the courage to acknowledge
1t, and at the great meeting of the Social
Science Congress he publicly declared that
In his opinion not go 600 but 10000 per-
sons lost their lives in a year through ex-
cessive indulgence in drnk.-Cassells TEN.
perance Reader.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-06-21
The Crusade in Brief.

A neighborhood is poor in direct proper
tion to the number OF saloons In has to
support.
The Oldest teetotaler In Great Britain is
saidto be MIS-. Sampson, aged ninety.seven
She was born at Kings LYNN, and signed
the pledge In January, 1920. She had ten
daughters, and the eight still living are
teetotalers.
"The Cubans are temperate people,"
says recent writer. "It might perhaps
be impossible to find a total abstainer on
the island, but drunkenness is practically
unknown"
The number of saloons in New York is
13,o64, reduction OF nearly 2200 In three
years. The New York Sun says That the
smaller the number OF saloons the less
drinking there fs, is 40 axiom which expe-
ience shows to be irrefutable."
Total abstinence societies degenerate in
to mere clubs for sociability only IL there
Is not continuous discussion OF the tenn
perance question, and constant striving on
the part OF the members to understand the
logic OF the temperance movement
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-06-21
The ARMY in the Field.

The laymen cannot easily realize
the vast amount of material as to food
and ammunition demanded by an
army in the field. A few facts and
figures as to this may aid to make it
more tangible. Each man requires,
at a minimum, three pounds and a
half of food per day. Each animal
should have at least 20 pounds OF food
i'll countries where grazing is net
abundant. If we take. for purposes of
estimate, only Is pounds required to
supply each animal, leaving five
pounds to be gathered from the coun-
try, by grazing and otherwise, we
assume quantity that may be con-
sdere1 minimum. An army of 150,-
00J men would require about so, 900
animals for transportation of artillery,
camp equipment, ammunition, food,
hospital and medical equipment.
There should not be less than 30, 900
cavalry. There should not be less
than 10, 900 animals available at oil
times to supply losses. This MAKES
total of 80, animals to be tsd.
With this as basis, We see that the
daily demands would be for the men
525, 900 pounds, and for the horses,
1850, 900 pounds, or an aggregate OF
1880 pounds. This is equal to
something more than S36 tons per
day. Captain Zalinski, in Harper's
Weekly.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-06-21
Saved by Singing.

The following touching incident, as re.
lated one day by Mr.. Sankey at Mr.. Moody's
Gospel Temperance meeting, Boston, well
illustrates the power OF song to reclaim the
1nebriaee. and its influence and Importance
In the evangelistic work:
MANY have wondered that sang here
alone In this way, but it is because ]
thought l might preach some little truth
from the Word OF God in these simple
hymns: Aud l thank God that He has
stance, here is this hymn: what Shall the
Harvest Be?' There is no praise In that.
Not long since in a meeting we were hold
Ing man came staggering through the
door, and was directed into the gallery,
and he staggered down the aisle nnd got
seat near one of the large posts that held
the building up. and his testimony after
ward was that while he was sitting there
In drunken stupor-he just wandered in
on the street, poor, lost man, lost in
drink-he leaned his head against the post,
and when the people came In with their
happy faces, he said: This is no place for
me, I'll go; have no friends, no happy
home to 90 to-; and he attempted to raise
himself up and go out, and just then the
little hymn What Shall the Harvest Be2'
was given ont from the pulpit, and the
first strain Of that hymn caught the atten-
ton OF that poor man and he sat down
again, and when we got to that verse
which says:
Sowing the seed of tarnished name,
Sowing the seed of eternal shame
he said those lines went MS a dagger
through his heart, and he said to himself:
That's me;
That's what I've been doing.
Myname Is gone. and I'm sowing the seed
OF eternal shame God sent those lines
down into the heart of that poor man, and
he came out and went to saloon to see if
he could drown them from his memory,
but he said, as he went to the bar to drink
he could see hanging on the walls of that
bar-room, What shall the harvest be?' and
rs he lay Oh his bed that night he could
see in the darkness and gloom of that
house the same sentence, what shall the
harvest be?' 1t stayed on the mans heart
and brought him back to the meeting, and
Ithere man of God met him, and this day
he is a bright and shining light in that city
over yonder.
"And just before left that city he said
to me: Here is letter have had from
my little girl. My wife and family have
been separated from for eight years. They
had heard that the Lord had found him in
that great city in which he was. And as
the tears rolled down his cheeks he went
on to read that letter. His little girl wrote
and said to him: Papa, I knew you would
come back to us, sometime. 1 knew that
lhe Lord would find you, for [ have been
praying for you ali these years. And he
said: 4 thank God Jesus has found me-.
Jesus used that little hymn to find him in
that great congregation,
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-06-21
Beer Makes Wife B.aters.

A woman in Trenton, N. j., confesses
!hat she has been in the habit Of putting
laudanum into her husbands beer In order
to make him sleep, and thus to save her
from the beatngs he would otherwise be
sure to intlict upon her. Some of her
neighbors corroborate her story and admit
that they do the same thing, while their
neighborhood druggist says he has been
doing a rushing trade in laudanum for
that purpose.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-06-21
THE GREAT DESTROYER.
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF lNTEMPERANcE.

1t Holds an Adder's sting-A Touching
Incident Which Shows the Power Of
Song to Reclaim the Drunkard-The
Rescue of Rum -Sodden Wretch.
To earth the cup be hurled,
That holds an adder's sting:
And let us pledge the world
With nectar from the spring,
That hence, like Rechab's ancient line,
Though prophets urge, we drink no wine
Il. NJ. Sargent.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-06-21
A Sad Pre.Emiuence.

The French have an unenviable pre-
eminence in alcoholic intemperance. They
consume eight times as much wine as the
three other nations combined, ami nearly
sumption of spirits in France is also sc
high as to fill serious observers with alarm
as to its effect upon the character and
future Of the nation.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-06-21
THE BRIGHT COUNTRY.

world
ainst othes the
whose ebenect
ever rhayetb
cnne
withfh fherips! singing OF
F. I. Stanton In