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The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-19
HOLMESAdSQUEER
IS HELD ON CHARGE OF ROB.
Berry.
THINKS Hf IS ACCUSED or MURDER
Officers In Doubt as to whether Pris.
oner IL shamming or Not-Refuses
to Partake Of Food and Declares
lie "Didn't Kill OIlie."

Charles Il. Holmes, who Is confined
In the county Jail at Plattsmouth
awaiting trial in the district court up
on the charge of stealing brass from
the Burlington Railroad company, has
for several days past been exhibiting
signs Of insanity. Hc lies upon the
floor Of his cell and refuses to partake
of food, calling out frequently. that he
did not kill Ollie" The Ollie refer
red to, is supposed to be Ollie Orr, the
young woman with whom Holmes
lived, prior tn his arrest. A ply
stefan was called In to examine the
prisoner, when the latter threw his
arms around the doctors neck, saying,
heres Ollie, i did not kill her"
Holmes brother who resides in South
Omaha, has been sen for and replied
that he would come to Plattsmouth as
soon rs possible. The officers cannot
tell whether Holmes is shamming or
not
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-19
EXPLOSION ON
One Man Killed and Several Injured
Near CurryvilIe, Mo.

A special telegram from Mexico,
Mo-, says engine No. lO7. while haul
ing the eastbound passenger train on
the Chicago &c Alton railroad Mt the
usual speed, exploded near C~urryville,
about thirty miles east Of Mexico, and
was blown almost to atoms. John
Mason. colored porter, of Roodhouse,
ILL.,, had his head cut off.
Engineer PATRICK Marley and Fire.
man Crawford Wheeler, both of Slater.
Mo-, were badly burned about the
head and legs, and Mrs. William Glass.
cock Of Hannibal, Mo-, w. Eckler, OF
Kansas City, DIR. j. j. Kincaid Of
Bowling Green, Mo-, and a oolored
porter named Lindsey were more or
less hurt. Fifty yards of the track was
torn up and trains delayed for several
hours. II is not known what caused
the explosion.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-19
DROWNED IN RIVER
YOUNG MAN At NEBRASKA
CITY MAKES MlSSTEP.
tApRIfD AWAY BY SWIFT eupRtNI
U~nsvsIiing search Made for the Body--
viscious Assault ON the superintcnd-
ent of'fhe Eikhorn-Other. News
of Importance.

A Nebraska City, Ncb Oct. II, dis.
pstch says: Marshall c. Little, who
was working with other men on the
government works on the east side of
the river opposite this city, slipped and
fell into the river Just above n fiat
boat. The current was very swift and
he was swept under the boat and
drowned and up to the present time no
trace Of his body has been seen. lie
was a young man about twenty-four
years old and has been a resident Of
this city for some years. His parents
reside at Hamburg. Iowa, but his
mother is here visiting friends.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-19
DO BIDDING OF RNoR
Michigan Legislature Passes tho Pingree
Bills.

Michigan Legislature Passes the Pingree
The special session OF the Michigan
legislature, which convened at noon
October 10 adjourned after dinner on
October i2, having passed both meas
ures submitted by Governor Pingree.
The joint resolution permitting the
submission ut the next general election
in November Of the constitutional
amendment and authorizing the taxa
ton Of railroad and other corporations
on the actual cash valuation, instead
OF upon the earning IS. at present
as passed, provides that cor
porate property shall be assessed on
its cash value at the average rate of
tlxatiou paid by other property in the
state, the board OF assessors to deter
mine the average. The bills repeating
the special charters of the Michigan
Central. Lake Shore and Detroit,
Grand Haven aud Milwaukee railroads
were also passed. The repeals will
take effect in December, 1901. The
roads may bring suit In the circuit
court of Wayne, Kent or Ingham our
ties for damages sustained.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-19
WOMAN COMMITS SUICIDE
Act Prompted by Report That Her Hus-
band Had Done the same,

A Chicago dispatch says: Mrs.
Philip Hardy, wife Of a former London
business "A was found dead in her
apartments Mt 1890 Wabash avenue
with n bullet hole in her heart. On
the floor near her was a magnifcently
chased dueling pistol, with which she
had shot herself. Letters written by
the dead woman showed that she had
committed suicide under the belief
That her husband had committed
suicide In New York city following n
recent quarrel with his wife. Mrs.
Hardy had made careful preparations
for her death, and even the letters she
left to her mother and others were
written on mourning paper.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-19
ASSAULT SUPERINTENDENT
Discharged Emr'oys savageIy Bests an
EIkborn Omciai.

Discharged Emr'oye ~savageIy Bests IN
EIkborn Omciai.
A dispatch from Long Pine, Neb
says: G. II. Reynolds, supe ~rintendent
OF the eastern division of the Elkhorn
road, was assaulted here by r. +.
Rosa a discharged employee Of the road.
Rose, who was a brakeman, was dis
charged several months ago, and was,
1t Is claimed, blacklisted, when he at
tempted TO obtain employment on
other roads. Rose observed Mr.. Rey-
nolds standing on the platform when
the eastbouDd passenger came in re-
Gently, and walking up TO him tap
ped him on the shoulder. Reynolds
turned his head and was met with sew
eral terrific blows on the face and Jaw.
lie was knocked-to the platform, the
fa.l cutting a cash in his scalp which
required several stitches to close. A
warrant has been issued for Roses ar
rest, charging him with assault with
intent to do great bodily injury. His
present whereabouts il unknown.
superintendent Reynolds was rendered
unconscious for half an hour, but was
finally taken home to Norfolk, the
train having been held for his benefit.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-19
b NEWS IN BRIEF.

Forty more boxers were beheaded Mt
Harlow. The town is under martial
law.
The b~artenders of Murphysboro, H.,
are on n stike for pay for overtime and
picnic days.
The condition of Henry s. Youtsey.
the Goebel suspect, is still such that he
cannot appear for trial.
King George Of Greece, accompanied
by General Reineck, his aide. de-camp,
Is visiting the Paris exposition.
Two men were killed and three pcr.
sons seriously injured in n train wreck
in Chicago, caused by an open switch.
A typhoon caused great damage on
the coasts of Formosa and southern
China. Numerous towns were de-.
stroyed.
Captain Shields and his ffty -one
men, captured some time since bv the
fiiipinos. has been recovered by res
cuing party.
Beers under General Dewet are very
active in the kroonstadt district. Toer
c~ommandos continually harrass Brit.
ish columns.
Four men were seriously hurt and
one Is missing in the wreck of an
Evansville II Terre Haute freight train
at Purcell, Ind.
Mrs. bertha Elgutter, who came to
Omaha with her husband in 1850, died
the other day. She has resided IN
Omaha for thirty years.
At Muncie, Ind, Leslie Higgins was
instantly killed at the pumping station
OF the Ohio Indiana Gas Co., by being
caught in n big fly wheel.
Michael Moynahan, who shot and
killed X. C. benjamin, the noted negro
lawyer N editor at the registration
polls at Lexington, KY, October 2, was
acquitted on the ground of s~elf-defense.
American troops at Tien Tsin are at
a great disadvantage, and find 81 hard
TO secure suitable quarters. The fierce
bombardment of the allies left things
all tori mp. The American concession
in Tien Tsin was surrendered several
years ago, and this has put the Amerl-
"A troops In an embarrassing position.
Eight former professors Of the uni
versity of Havana have been granted
pensions OF 81, 200 per year each during
the term of military occupation.
Mrs, j. N. Yates of Galloway, Neb.,
is suffering from a serious ease of lock,
jaw. She had gone TO a dentist 10 get
a tooth pulled, aud opening her mouth
her jaws became set.
Sunday last, In the gospel taber-
nacle at New York. a the result OF an
earnest appeal by Rev. A. u. Simpson,
president of the Christian Missionary
Alliance, s5:,Ss9.3 was pleged for
missions.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-19
Found tha Limit.

As a result of the arrest of Charles
Clark, alias kid" Mitchell, on a
charge OF stealing packages from the
wagons of various express companies
at Omaha, over $500 worth of stolen
goods have been found by the police.
Most of this loot was unearthed In a
~pawnshop near Tenth and Farnam
streets. The pawnbroker who served
rs a fence for Clark was in Jail two
days before he would admit having the
goods in his possession.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-19
Beers LEAVING TRANsvAAL

Many Bound for America, the Others to
Holland.
A dispatch from Lourenzo Marques
says:
Hundreds of Beers, with their fami-
lies, are fleeing from tle country OF
their birth to begin life anew in some
other country. Most of these have
America as their ultimate destination.
Two German ships left her last week
carrying 1900 Beers. They were
closely followed by two French ships
with $50 souls from the Transvaal,
mostly m and children. All of
these belonged to the better class of
Beers and all were bound for Holland.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-19
AUCTION SALES OF LOOT
Allied Troops Plumber Chinese Resi-
dences Of All Kinds or yaIuables.

Allied Troops Plunder Chinese Resi-
dences of All Kinds OF v~aIuables.
Auction sales take place at the Brit
ish legation at Pekin, China, every af.
ternoon, of loot turned in by the
troops, but the prices are high, fetch
ing sometimes more than the things
are usually sold for in the stores in
normal times. Major Waller has in
his possession n vast amount OF stuff,
a large portion Of which has been
taken from looters- General Chaffee
has not yet decided with regard to its
disposition, but it will probably be sold
at auction.
American soldiers have not been Of
ficially allowed to loot, but only TO
forage, which mean that parties have
gone out daily over the American quar-
ter n collected the things needed by
the troops, such as bedding, furniture
for camp use, etc. Most Of the sol
diers on the march 70 Pekin threw
away their blankets and other impedi-
ments, which rendered the march un-
der a broiling sun unbearable. At
night now they would suffer from cold
IL they had not been allowed to com.
ndee the necessary covering. 1t is
only human among soldiers that they
should pick robes of ermine, gray
foxes and other warm furs, rather than
those of a coarser and uglier appear.
ance. Some of the most persistent
looters have been the missionaries.
Recently meeting one with five cart
Dads Of furs and antique furniture,
Major Waller asked the missionary by
what right he had taken the things,
and to his establishment was told by
permission Of MAJOR Waller. He in
formed the missionary that he was
mistaken, for he himself was Major
Waller and he should contiscatc IL.
The general concensus of opinion of
the American and British ministers
and generals Is hat seldom, if ever,
in the history of the world has any
city been more completely looted and
Quilted than Pekin, and 1t Is mainly
due o the interference of General
Chaffee and the British general, Gaze.
lee, that the sacred city itself has not
suffered the sa me fate.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-19
ENGINE KILLS -FOUR
FRlCHTFUL ACCIDENT NEAR
HOlBROOK.
fARN -aGON STRUCK BY LOCOMOTIVE
Victims Of Disaster Parties to n Family
Tragedy Of n Few Days Previous
Two Others suffered Injuries
other News Of Importance.

At 7 o'clock Wednesday, Oct. 10, ms
Mrs. Herman Kielbeck and family
were crossing the railroad Mt the de.
pot Mt Iolbrook in n farm wagon a
lone engine going west ran into them,
instantly killing Miss Lizzie Norman,
Mrs. Kielback and her baby girl and
Mrs. Charles ~Bartenbcck; also serious
iy inj1ring the l%atter's f~our.year-old
boy and eighteen months old bnby
girl. The latter Is not expected To
survive. Not a single occupant es-
capped unhurt. The wagon was smash
I'D into ~kindling wood and one OF the
horses killed.
Mrs. Bartcnbcck was the wife OF
Carl ~1Iartenbcck, who was shot aud
titled near IIolbrook by his brother-in-
law, Herman Kiclbeck.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-19
DIES BY HER OWN HANp
Requests Former Lover to Bsry Her An +.
Pine Box.

Requests Former Lover to Bury Her In q
Pin BOX.
BURY me Ia a pine box" wa the
message written by Della Mcmahon.
alias Lorene Smith, TO Hugh Tiffany
OF Denver before she took a fatal dose
of arsenic. She wrote this b her
former lover while Mt the resort of Jo.
sic Washburn on South Ninth street.
Lincoln. where she had been for two
weeks. In the spring she stayed a
short time at the Washburn place.
She had been in poor health recently
The poison was taken after she had
received her lovers letter casting her
off and returning her photograph. She
got the drug at Johnson's store under
the pretense of using 1t for rat poison.
She wrote a letter directed to Hugh
Tiffany, 24a7 Sixteenth street, Denver.
got the poison and one hour later took
a fatal dose. A physician was called
and after a night of suffering the. girl
died. Her body was taken TO T.. r.
Roberts undertaking rooms on =
street, where IL remains awaiting IN.
directions of friends and relatives.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-19
Belleune Postomce Robbed.

Robbers entered the postofHce a,
bellevue and blew open the safe. They
secured all the stamps and postal funds
In the safe and also about $50 belong.
ing to Oscar kaysor, the postmaster.
No goods were taken from the tore.
In blowing open the safe the robbers
went to unnecessary trouble, as il was
not locked and could have been opened
ny simply turning the knob. Mr.. Kay.
generally sleeps in the store in
which the ~postofiice is located, but not
Keeling well wen home to spend the
night. There Is no clue as TO who the
robbers are, as no suspicious looking
characters were seen around the town
the night or day before.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-19
PiTIFUL CASE.
MR.. Anpa sbatos. Aged IS. Found Wan
dering In % CornHeid.

Mrs. Anpa sbstos. Aged s5. Found Wan
dering In % CornAeid.
Mrs. Anna Sbatos, n bohemian wo-
man, eighty-fve years OF age, was
found In n corniield, IA Florence,
Neb., and taken to the police station
In the ambulance. She had been wan
dering about the field all night, and
attention was. attracted to her when
she liz a small fire 10 protect herself
from the cold. She was then found by
the family Of william Ricketts, and the
sheriff was notified.
According to her story she asked
some boys where she could get some
corn, and they agreed TO show her, and
walked her out 10 the cornfield, where
she was found. Arrived there the boys
raj OF and the poor old woman could
not find her way out Of the field.
When brought 10 the station she had
n small bucket filed with corn. She
could not tell where she lived, but
shortly after she was brought in her
son called at the station and reported
to the police that his mother had not
been seen since the day before. She
was removed To her home, where she
is in n prccarious condition rs the re-
suit of cxpoSurc. q.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-19
SAYS HE KILLED SEVEN.
Pennsylvania Mystery of Yea Ago Prob
ably Cleared Up.

ably Cleared UP.
The confession of l. w. Keller, who
was recently executed at Oklahoma. 10
effect that he had murdered seven per-
sons, among them being a man ut Maus.
dale, Pa, promises to clear up the mys-
terry Of IA murder committed In that
town twcnty-scven years ago. The
news has produced the greatest excite
ment in Mausdale, for the two-fold
reason that n murder was committed
there which has never been satisfacto-
rily cleared up, and that a man named
|. w. Keller lived in the vicinity ut the
time.
The murder near Mausdale up TO the
present day Is known as 1.-The mystery
of the mine" The body Of Barney
Westdossel was discovered In an aban-
doncd mine. The evidence was plain.
Westdossel had been a lieutenant In
the Prussian army and was studying
for the priesthood.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-19
LEFT OFF WITH LIGHT FINES
Uncle Sam Not Harsh I'm Carrying Out
Census Law.

Uncle Sam Not Harsh In Carrying Out
Census Law.
Information has been received Mt the
census office which shows that forty or
fifty persons throughout the United
States have been arrested for refusing
to reply to questions OF the census
enumerators When the bill making
an appropriation for the census was
passed a penalty clause was embodied
In 1t providing for n fine Of not to ex-
ceed 500 In case of anyone refusing to
answer questions. While forty or fifty
arrests were made, not over half a
dozen fines were imposed, and those
''S.u iot sniati ...---..., 60. <l.o .S-,~.
that when the situation OF a court
trial was faced by the culprits they
decided it would be better to answer
the enumerators' questions. In the
cases of those who never did reply to
the schedules of questions because they
regarded it as inquisitorial the infor-
nation was obtained from other sources
by the cnumcrators.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-19
Robbed of Passage Money.

A Marietta, o., dispatch says: John
kopte, a Russian Pole, a passenger on
the east-bound Baltimore Il Ohio train.
was robbed in n coach east of Athens
by three masked men. The work was
quick and the robbers escaped. Kopte
has been In America a year and worked
in the coal mines at Corning, He had
earned 500 and vas going to his fam
lily at Bremen, Germany. lie Is left
without a cent. He was compelled to
deliver his money. No other passeu
gers were disturbed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-19
WATER KNOWN
L.ovee Breaks Mt Portage. Wisconsin,
Flooding wido District.

The levee ut Portage, Wis, on the
west side Of the Wisconsin river, broke
at Bardens and everything is under
several feet of water. Across the river
residents must come to town In boats.
When the levee broke the water flowed
IN a raging current down Baraboo val
ley, emptying into that stream and
through it back To the Wisconsin. The
river also overtiowcd at the northern
end of the city.
1t is the highest water ever known
there. The official guage shows Ills
feet, a half foot higher than last
spring. Water has covered the tracks
on the Madison-Portag branch OF the
Milwaukee road and traffic is Temporal.
rily abandoned.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-19
Goes 70 Uniyersity of ,yapan.

DIR. Oscar Leoiw, for two years con.
nected with the agricultural depart.
ment as expert in physiological chem
istry, has resigned to accept a position
as lecturer in the agricultural college
of imperial university of Toxic Japan.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-19
CORN coNDI TloNcUTpowN
prospects Not As Good ms u Month Ago
Nebraska All Right.

The monthly report Of the statician
Tor the department of agriculture
shows the average condition of corn
ON October To have been 1872, as com.
pared with 300 last month, SGT ON
October !, 1899, and III the mean of
October averages for the last ten
years. While the decline during
september was not serious, II extended
to almost every important corn-grow-
ing state, the crops in Ohio. Missouri,
Nebraska and Virginia alone holding
her own. There was n decline OF one
point in Indiana, three points in
Illinois, Kansas and Texas and four
points In Iowa.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-19
Reiinquishes His Claim.

President Manuel A. San Clements
OF the republic Of Colombia who was
deposed from office on July 81, and his
place taken by Vice President Jose M.
Marroquin, has relinquished his claim
to the head of the government, thus
making the latter executive. The news
has been received In New York by Ed.
ward Espinos, charge d'affairs aud
consul general.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-19
Upton LONGS FOR A RACE
i-soe. Second Challenge for the Amori-
can Cup.

can Cup.
Sir Thomas Upton has sent n chal-
lcnge to the New York Yacht club for
another series of races for the Amcri.
can cup.
lie informed n representative OF the
Associated press that his challenge is
on board the White line steamer Ger
manic, due at New York October II,
and that he prefers that all informa-
ton rs to Its contents lie first given out
by the New York yacht club.
The letter challenging contains n
suggestion as to the date Of the race.
which, II Is understood, will be in Au-
gust.
1t Is reported that the challenging
yacht will be built on the Thames and
that She will bc named Shamrock. Ac.
cording to rumor, Robert Wringe, n
OF the commanders of the Shamrock.
will command the new racer.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-19
shoots His wife by MISTAKE,

While Nelson Fernstrom was hunt.
Ing near st. stephen, Mimi, he mis-.
took Mrs. Fernstrom for n wolf and In.
Stantly killed her. The woman was
out searching for cattle, and climbed
upon a strawstack To see IL she could
locate them. Night was approaching
and in the darkness Fernstrom made
his fatal mistake.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-19
CALLED IN SPECIAL SESSION
Michigan Legislature Gets Down 10
business.

Buslness.
The Michigan legisla 'ure was called
in special session Wednesday, October
10. The governors message dealt en-
tirely with the consideration Of u Joint
resolution permitting submission to
tue people ut the general election in
November OF u constitutional amend
inent authorizing the taxation of rail
roads and other corporations on the
cash value of their property instead of
ON their earnings, as at present, and
thc ,renonIinu nf special charters OF the
michigan Central, Lake Shore and
"rand Trunk railways. The Joint
resolution providing for the submission
OF the desired amendment was intro.
duced In the house and was referred To
u committee. Tho senate after hear.
ing the governors message, adjourned.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-19
Puts Premium on Old Maids,

The will Of j. Il. Clayton, tho son Of
the late member of parliament OF
that name, has just been probated at
London. BY it he leaves his two
daughters a fortune of flii,ooo with
the curious provision that the money
is only to be payable if t ley attain the
age of twenty-five years without mar.
riage.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-19
FAMILY BLOWN TO PIECES
Dynamite Used by Enemies and SIX Pep
pie Killed.

A father, mother and four young
children were blown to atoms Octo.
Der Is at Sells, Montgomery county,
Ark. While the family was at sup
per their home vas wrecked by an ex.
plosion Of dynamite. The names OF
The unfortunate people are jeff and
Maggie Jones and their children, rang.
ing in age from six years to four
months. 1t is believed n dispute over
a homestead claim prompted the out
rage.
The county officials are close ON the
track of the guilty parties.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-19

A New York dispatch says; l.. Bert.
weer, one OF the saloon passengers on
the steamer Havana, who was trans.
ferred to Hoffman island, was taken
sick and removed to Swinburne island
hospital for treatment. lie developed
yellow fever.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-19
Verdict Against Bishop.

At Alma, Neb., Rev. l.. j. Harring.
ton received the verdict in the action
OF Bishop Bonacum VS.. l.. J. Harring-
ton. The bishop sought to enjoin the
pastor from acting In the Orleans mis-
sion. 1t was a hotly contested case.
Judge Adams, in giving his decision,
rcbuked the bishop for his action.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-19
Same Relative Gain..

In the pollings in the general cleo.
ton In England, October IL. the min.
isterialists gained two seats, making
their total gains thirty as against
twenty'nine for the opposition. The
constitution Of the new house is as fol-
lows; Ministerialists, s7+; opposition,
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-19
DECIDES ON JUSTICE GREY

WIN He Hsrrison's Colleague on The
Hague Tribunal.
1t Is understood the president has
selected Judge George Gray of Della
a TO represent the United States
with ~ex-President benjamin Harrison
on The Hague permanent arbitration
tribunal. Judge Gray is a former sen.
ator from Delaware and a democrat.
He was Q member OF the Paris peace
commission and Is now a United States
judge. His selection will not iuclude
the surrender Of that position.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-19
Elector withdraw,

). L. Davidson of Tecumsch, one OF
the republican presidential electors.
has withdrawn from the ticket. lie
says he is director of n national
bank and he does not care to have his
eligibility questioned, and for this
eason he withdraws.