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The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-10
A Had Election Sequel.

As a sequel to the election says q
Snecdville, Tenn, dispatch, two nc"
were killed and two others mortally
wounded The killed are Johl Lamb,
deputy sheriff, and Tom Collins. Tho
wounded are wiley Brewer and whit
ten Gibson.
Brewer was elected justice of tho
peace and the difficulty arose over hrs
election. Hancock county y, where tho
killing took place, is n remote county
in East Tennessee.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-10
DID NOT EAT ToADsrooLs
The Norris Family Poisoned by Genuine,
Mushrooms.

1t was developed at the inquest upon
the members of the Norris family,
three of whom died at Harvey, ILL.,,
supposedly from eating toadstools,
that they were in fact poisoned by
mushrooms, and not 10y toadstools. II
was shown that the fam lily ate mush'
rooms of the finest quality, and not
toadstools at all.
Robert Martin, n mushroom expert,
testified that in his opinion the pois.
oning was caused by u small black bug
which he said he had found recently
making its home in the top of mush.
rooms.
81 don't know, of course" he said,
"that the Norris family was poisoned
in this way, but they certainly ate
mushrooms aud not toadstools. a
while ago | found some of these bugs
In mushrooms and noticed that they
cxudcd u viscous fluid which surround.
ed them rs they lay In the mushrooms.
| placed the bugs and the portion ol
the mushroom containing them in O
saucer of milk. fed the milk to n cat
and in two hours the cat vas dead"
Mr.. Martin showed several of tn,
bugs which he had taken from mush
rooms. Several professional men, wei
versed in entomology, said they H.,
heard of such n bug in South Amcric;
which makes its home in certain plant
and causes the death Of any ANNA
which eats the foliage. None of then
had heard of the insect in this country
The physician in charge of the cast
testified that the family Was poisonc,
''by eating mushrooms" and the yer
diet of the coroncr's jury was tina
poison taken in with mushroom
caused death"
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-10
NEWS IN BRIEF

A Shanghai dispatch says Ii Hung
Chang is preparing to grant amnesty
to the boxers Op condition that they
cease creating disturbances.
Land Commissioner Wolfe is prepar-
ing TO begin another auction of school
lands, of which there are now about
1900 Unbiased acres. The available
land is located in thirty-three counties.
At the desire of the queer of Eng
land the funeral of the duke Of Sake
Coburg and Gotha has been postponed
to Saturday, August 4.
A. r. Knight, Of David City, was re
Gently operated on for appendicitis
but TO no avail. His death was n grea,
shock to the community in which he
lived.
TIE deposits Of gold dust and bullion
IN the Seattle, WASH, assay Office dur
ing the month OF July, 1900, will ag
gregate in value not less than SO, $50,
900. II is the biggest months bust
ness in the history Of the Office.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-10
ANARCHISTS SHOW FIGHT
Mrs. Parsons Arrested-Noted Agitator
In Thick Of street Fight.

In Thick Of street right.
An anarchist riot occurred this after
moor at Chicago, Twelfth and Hal
stead streets, In which twenty persons
were bruised in n struggle with forty
five police, summoned to qucll the dis
turbancc. Five persons were arrested,
among them Mrs. Lucy Parsons, widow
of Albert X. Parsons, who was exc
cuted November IL, 1887, in Chicago,
for aiding and abetting the bomb
throwing in the Haymarket riot. She
was charged with disordcly conduct,
obstructing the street and resisting an
officer. Her bail was fixed at Si,l0o.
The trouble occurred because II mass
meeting had beer called at West Side
Turner hall, at which speeches were
to be made 10y Mrs. Parsons and Others
on the topic ''The Execution of the
King of Italy"
Mrs. Parsons vas on her way to the
hall, but finding it had been closed by
the police, she stopped in n doorway.
A crowd gathered and IN officer sought
to dispense It. His efforts were in
vain and the officer sent in a call for
reinforccments. Additional officers
soon arrived and Immediately a gen
eral fight was prccipitated.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-10
NEWS IN BRIEF.

The appointment of Hon. James y.
Lyford Of Concord as guardian OF
II. Hoyt, the playwright, was made by
Judge Tcnney Id the Sullivan county
n. Y. probate court. The appoint
mcnt was made at the request of Mr..
Iloyt.
The Ohio Falls Iron company, which
has been closed down several weeks.
signed the scale presented by the WACO
committee of the amalgamated assoc,-
alton of iron and steel workers, and
the mill win begin operations with its
full force.
Miss Katharine NJ. West, u young
woman educator, widely known, com-
mittcd suicide in an asylum at Ossa-
watomie, Kas., by hanging herself.
She was n graduate of Depauw uniyer-
sity, and received the a. Is. degree al
Ann Arbor.
A dispatch has beer receive l at the
japanese legation at Washington from
the japanese foreign Office announcing
that the government of Japan had pro-
hibited for the present all immigration
OF Japanese idbpl w VIC cu''s ps''S~'
and Canada.
Chicago packers were asked by the
government to furnish two million
pounds of meats within thirty days for
the American soldiers in the orient.
This is said TO be the largest requisi-
ton ever issued by the government Of
the United States,
In n collision on the Cotton, Belt rail
road, between a freight and passenger
train, Ave employees were killed and
two others seriously injured. The
freight was standing on a siding. The
switch failed TO work and the passen~
ger crashed into it.
Fred T. Berdan, n prominent merch-
ant and capitalist of Toledo, o., war
accidentally drowned while fishing al
Middle Bass island.
The Monon passenger train, whicf
left Lafayette, Ind, at 1910 u. M.
collided with an engine running light
at South Raub, seven miles south.
Gold went TO England on Wednesday
Bankers talked of considerable ship
ments, on account OF war loan remit
tauces and because of monetary con
/, ditions abroad. From $1,000, 900 h
81, 900, 900 will be probably engaged ~
a result OF negotiations undertaken.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-10
CHANCES DIPLOMACY
of a Type Not Reiishcd by the United

= 'yPe No' hellsheu by the tntte0
states.
A Washington, Aug. 4 dispatch says:
Another move vas made in the diplo-
matte situation by the return of an
svasive answer of Ii Hung Chang to
Secretary Hays peremp,ory demand
of August | to be put in communica.
ton with the foreign ministers Mt Pc.
kin. Lis answer is not final and
leaves the matter open to diplomacy.
But Lis actions, rs reported by Consul
General Goodnow, are unquestionably
sinister and will amount to a final re-
lection of the American proposition IL
persisted in.
Consul Goodnow at Shanghai tcle-
graphs that Iii Hung Chang will deliver
20 messages to ministers because OF
the foreign advance on Pekin, and also
states that two pro-foreign members of
the tsung-li-yamen were beheaded
July % for urging preservation of
ministers.
Meantime the government of the
Cnitcd States, like the government OF
Europe, has not abandoned its efforts
to establish communication with its
minister ut Pckin by Independent
means, and the state department has
instructed Consul General Goodnow AT
shanghai, Consul Fowler at Chez Foe
and Consul Ragsdalc at Ticn Tsin &c
spare no effort or expense to open NJ
direct communication with Mr.. Conger,
Bad news came this morning from
Admiral Rcmey in a report indicating
that serious resistance has developed
to the progress Of the Pckin relief col
umn. His advice confirms the opinion
of the experts here as to the fights
alaeady reported near Tien Tsin be
tween small parties being nothing
more than the result of reconnois
sances Still, n scouting party s0'
strong is 70 inconsidcrable force, ant
the fact that the Japanese suffered sc
verely is regarded here as proof posi-
tive that the relief column will hav,
some lively fighting ahead.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-10
RESISTED BANDITS
Passenger Fires on Outlaws
and is Killed.
UNION PACIFIC TRAIN IS HELD Up
Travellers In sleeping Cars Tcrrorized-
robbers Secured 500 .and Many
yaiuabies-Made the Conductor
Help Them-Other News.

A Salina, Kan, Aug. 5 dispatch says:
Union Pacific east bound passenger
train No. 4, which left Denver last
night, was held up by two men several
miles west of Hugo, Col, ninety miles
this side OF Denver this morning at IL
o'clock. The passengers in the Pull
mar sleepcrs were robbed OF their
money and v~aluables. An old mar
named Fay, "a resident of California,
who had been Wis t ing in Denver and
was on his way to st. Louis, refused
to surrender his valuables and fired "a
shot at n of the robbers, Lu missed.
Thereupon the robbers fired, one shot
entering Fay's mouth and coming out
at the back of his head, killing him
almost instantly. The robbers stopped
the train, Jumped Oft and escaped.
The robbers got ON to one of tho
slecpers near Limon, and after the
train had started the men made IA noise
ut the door. The conductor, thinking
they were tranps, opened the door 10
put them off. The robbers, who were
masked, pointed a pistol at his head
and ordered him to lead the way
through the coaches. All of the pas
sengers were asleep and the conductor
was ordered to wake them one at q
tin O.. The frightened passengers were
told told to keep quiet or they would
be killed, and ut the same time were
asked to hand over their money ano
valuables. The robbers obtained
about 500 in cash and n number O
gold watches and other pieces of jew
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-10
S3i,5S0,2SS A
Liabilities.
A MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY
wmiam Waldorf Astor Qucors Bimseis
An Around,

william waldorf Aston Quccrs Blinseis
An Around.
Concerning the present social status
of William Waldorf Astor in England,
the London correspondent Of the World
cables that it is frankly admitted nj
Clivcdcn, Mr. hstor's villa, on tho
Thames, that he will not tenant IL
this autumn, as has been his custom,
but will go over TO the continent for u
year at least. His magazine property,
Pail Mall Gazette, is in the market,
too, and the brokers say II can he had
at IA very reasonable hgure-much less
than the OUTLAY already made upon IL.
II MIR. Astor quits England for good,
as many say he must, he will be In "a
queer position. Though an American
by birth, lac has foresworn his alleg,-
ance anu is now ~ naturaliled S'itIsh
subject. If he leaves England he will
practically be n man without n couh-
try, though with many millions
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-10
Minister Was statement.

Minister WI Ting Fang, who spent
Sunday at Cape May, said that the dis
patch to the Paris Temps, stating an
imperial decree was issued under date
Of August 2, allowing the ministers in
Pekin free communication with their
home governments. was probably
true and the result of the memorial of
the Chinese ministers in all countries
asking through Ii lung Chang and
other viceroys for this privilege. He,
however, had no official news confirm
ing the issuance of the edict.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-10
MUST ACCEPT OUR TERMS
Virtually an UItimatum Has Been De-
liyered to China.

A Washington, Aug. ., special says:
Secretary Hays reply to III Hung
Chang has closed the negotiations with
China, unless the old viceroy is able to
secure the full acceptance Of our terms
relative &c the forelgn ministers and
that at once. No orders, therefore,
looking to n relaxation of the prepare
tions for the advance on Pekin have
gone out from Washington for, as the
situation is described by one of the
leading officials here, there will be no
bargaining on our part in advance Of
the concession Of the Chinese authori-
ties Of full and free communication
with the foreign ministers" There
is, moreover, a note Ominously
close to actual war in Secretary Hays
declaration that the conduct Of the
Chinese government is "unfriendly."
That kind of language is extreme in
diplomacy, and it is only a narrow step
between it and formal war.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-10
Fatal Array at Muncie.

At Muncie, Ind, John Dowd was
stabbed six times and will probably
die. 1t is alleged that Dowd was whip
ping his wife when Mrs. Larey Carey
and daughter next door interfered,
when he attacked and struck them.
Mr.. Carey appeared and attacked Dowd
with a knife, stabbing him six times
in the face and three times In the body,
once under his heart, which will likely
cause death. Both men are employees
at Hemingway's glass works, and came
TO Muncie from ~Covington.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-10
For Attempted burglary.

Conrad Moser, a San Francisco law
yer, at one time Judge of the Eighth
district circuit court of Wisconsin, was
arrested at the home Of A. Boynard at
San Francisco on the charge of at
tempting to commit a burglary. He
claimed he was looking for n friend
and had entered the wrong house. The
charge was dismissed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-10
Military Tourna mcnt.

Preliminary arrangements are being
made for the proposed interstate mill
tary tournament and competitive drill
in the Coliseum at st. Louis the week
Of October 10 next 1t Is proposed to
hold the coming tournament and drill
IN an elaborate plan and g., 900 will be
offered in cash prizes-Si,0 600 to the
best drilled infantry company, $500 to
the second, 5000 TO the third and 500
to the fourth, with a prize of $500 for
the best drilled battery of artillery.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-10
Town wiped Out by Fire.

A st. Johns, n. f., dispatch says: A
forest fire at Soups Arm, White Bay,
has destroyed a large saw mill, several
million feet of lumber and a settlement
of 100 houses. The whole place was
wiped out. The schooner that hap
pened to be landing coal for the use OF
the mill steamers, took the residents
to a place of safety.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-10
KILLED IN A RUNAWAY
Columbus Citizen Dies soon After Re
celylng Severe Inluries.

ceiylng Severe Injuries.
John Treba, "A Polish farmer in Loup
township eight miles west of Column
bus, Neb., died Of conclusion of the
brain, the result Of n runaway in
which he was thrown from his wagon
near his home while returning from
Columbus. No one saw the az ,dent,
but j. NJ. Curtis and John Bushnell OF
Columbus found the man lying in the
road thirty feet behind his wagon just
as members OF the Treba family,
alarmed by the arrival of one OF the
horses at home, reached the spot in
search of the ran. There was only
the faintest indication of life in the
body, but a little water soon revived
him and he was taken home where he
died an hour later. His nose was
broken and had bled freely.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-10
VIII Erect 10 chapel,

The city council OF Mona, Italy, has
ceded the pot of ground including the
spot where King Humbert was assas-
sinated to the royal family, who Will
erect "a chapel there.
King Victor Emanuel and Queen Hell
ena have arrived in Rome. The re-
mains of King Humbert have been
from Monza TO Rome.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-10
FALL OVER A PREClPiCE
Two American Travellers Meet Death
In the Alps.

G.. p. Way and his son and thirteen
other Americans, accompanied by Mr..
de la Rue, and Englishman, climbed
the Cimadirosso mountains, near Ma
LOLA, Switzerland. When near the
summit Mr.. Way slipped oil a stone
and fell overa precipice. The rope at
taching him to his son broke and the
two werk killed. Mr.. de In Rue re-
turned with great difficulty. The
bodies were recovered. The Ways
st Jpped at the Hotel Maloja.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-10
Ashamed of His Name.

Lieutenant Bresci of Milan, Italy,
brother of King Humbart's assassin,
has informed the colonel of his regi-
ment of his intention to leave the army
and change his name. He will be pro-
vided with an appointment in the civil
administration.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-10
Fxplosion In Cellar.

by an explosion of gas in a cellar at
Scranton, Pa, two buildings on Lack
awana avenue, in the heart OF the bust
ness district, were completely demol-
ished and twenty-one persons were in
jured by being caught In the wreck
age or caught by flying debris.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-10
Sink. with Members Of Crew.

The schooner San Diego, in tow OF
the steamer A%ppomattox, collided with
the schooner Fontana, just above Fort
Gratiot, near Port Huron, Mich, and
the Fontana sank Immediately with
one OF its own crew, John McGregor
of Pittsburg. Mistaken signals caused
the collision.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-10
Negro Burned to Death.

Fire at M~urfreesboro, Tenn. destroy
ed the novelty mills of W. Il. Earth
man & Co.. the warehouse Of j.. v. Hale
e. Sons and damaged the lumber yards
of w. Ii. Earthman Il Co.. The loss
amounts to 100000. A negro boy was
burned to death.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-10
DEPARTURE is ORDERED
Imperial Government wiz Escort Min
listers from Pekin.

A Paris, August 3 dispatch says:
Sheng, director of railways and tele-
graphs, has just communicated to the
consuls at Shanghai, according to n
special dispatch to the Temps, dated
August 3, an imperial decree dated
August 9, authorizing tie foreign min
listers in Pckin to communicate with
out restriction with their governments
and ordering their departure for Ticn
Tsin under a good escort.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-10
Academy Hall burned.

The boys hall, known as the Stew
art hall of the Franklin, Neb., acade-
my, was totally destroyed by fire. This
was one of the three larger buildings
belonging to the Franklin academy,
and the school will badly miss the
building this fall unless rebuilt.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-10
Looking for u Loan.

The st. Petersburg correspondent OF
the London Daily Express says that
Prince Vachteosky will leave for
America in a few days on impor'an
financial business dealing with a ne
loan which Russia is negotiating in
the United States.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-10
DEATH FROM CHICAGO HEAT

Three Fatalities and Six P~rostrations
the Days Record.
Saturday, Aug. 4 broke the Chicago
hot weather record for 1900. The gov
eminent thermometer registered % at
4 p. IN. Three deaths and six prostra-
tons are reported. The dead; j. Me-
Cable, Charles Gutperl, Mrs. Agnes
busch.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-10
Lean From Train Fatal.

Preferring the chance of escape in
leaping from a fast moving train to the
prospect of a return to the Chicago in
stitution of correction, Ella Regain,
sixteen-year-old, jumped from a Rock
Island train neal Ottawa, H., and was
instantly killed. She escaped from the
institution ten days ago and had just
been found in LaSalle. III.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-10
California Town Burned.

The town of Gilman Of 600 inhabi-
tants and the center of the mining in
dustry of Eagle, Cal, was wiped out OF
existence by fire. Over fifty dwellings
were destroyed. The total loss amounts
IN oyer 800. 600.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-10
Broom Corn Damaged.

Reports received in Arcola, ILL.,, from
the broom corn district indicate that
last Wednesdays storm did over ST.
600, 900 damage to the growing crop.
From one end of the district to the
other the corn is lying on the ground
as fiat as though a heavy roller had
passed over II.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-10
TRAGEDY AT PENNINGTON

Feud.
Four men killed and one fatally
wounded is the outcome of n shooting
affair between William Dooley and his
four sons on one side and the four
Harris brothers on the other, as the
result of a feud, at Doe Run, one of
the mining of st. Francois county
Missouri,
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-10
Obliged to Shoot.

Gus Eddinger, a st. Louis butcher,
became suddenly insane and made an
assault on the deputy marshals who
had him in custody. He made a break
for liberty and vas fatally shot in tho
back by Deputy Charles Day.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-10
Buys New Plant.

The Omaha Thompson-Houston Elec-
trio Light company has purchased the
South Omaha Water and Light com
pany's plant, the consideration being
over one hundred thousand dollars. 1t
is said extensive improvements in the
plant will be made.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-10
SHAH OF PERSIA ATTACKED
Attempt at Paris Made to Assassinate
tho Ruler.

A Paris, Aug. dispatch says: Muz-
affer-Ed-Din, shah, of Persia who has
been a visitor to the exposition since
Saturday rs the guest of France, mar
rowly escaped an assassin's bullet this
morning. 1t had been arranged that
he should today visit Sevres and see
the national pottery works, going af-
forwards to Versailles; and il vas just
after he had left tie sovereign's palace
on his way to the Seine to go on board
a yacht placed AT his disposal for the
trip that the attempt upon his life
was made.
Only five minutes before the pistol
was presented before his breast he
was the recipient of a letter which
warned him that his life was in dan
ger.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-10
Family Eats ToadstOoIs.

As n result of eating toadstools,
which they mistook for mushrooms,
the family Of John Norris. near Har-
vey, H., and their hired man became
dangerously i'll, and Maude, a daughter
Of Mr.. Norris, died. The others will
probably recover.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-10
Dangerous Anarchist Caught.

The French police have arrested at
Abberville, Augustus Valet, a danger
Gus anarchist, who is supposed to have
been the instigator OF Salson's attempt
upon the shah OF Persia.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-10
PIs que In London.

A dispatch has been received at the
marine hospital service headquarters
in Washington confirming the news
that there are four cases of buhonic
plague in London. No further spread
Is anticipate I'd.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-10
Lumber Mill Harmed.

Fire destroyed one of the mills Of the
Cuyahoga Lumber company, at Cleve-
land, causing a loss estimated at $780,
600. John jain, an employe, was so
badly burned that he will probably
die. The origin Il the fire is supposed
to have been incendiary.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-10
Urged to Remain In Ranks.

President Kruger and C~ommandant
General Botha have issued a procla-
nation promising to pay all damages
done to the farms by the British, pro.
viaed the burghers remain with tho
commanders.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-10
smothered In a Sand Bank.

A fourteen-year-old son of Charles
White, was smothered to death by the
caving in Of a sand bank while playing
with some other children in a sand pit
twelve miles north Of Ainsworth.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-10
Rattle with Moonshiners,

Deputy marshals had a pitched bat
tie with moonshiners, twenty miles
northeast of Paul's Valley, /. T. No
list of casualties can be obtained. Sew
eral deputies have been sent out To
render assistance.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-10
ALLIES ARE IN MOTION
Advices Show Them to BE Thirty-hrs
Miles Beyond Tien Tsin.

A London, Aust 4 1856 a. m. dispatch
says: According to a special dispatch
from Shanghai, dated August 3, the
advancing column of the allies was re-
ported there yesterday to have reached
a point t~hirty-fve miles beyond Tien
Tsin. Nothing from any other point
corroborates this statement, In fact,
the Standard goes SO far as to say that
il fears the real advance, apart from
preliminary measures, has not yet be-
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-10
A PROMPT REPLY DEMANDED

United states Renews Request for Com
pensation From Turkey.
Mr.. Lloyd Griscon, United States
charge d'affairs at Constantinople,
renewed his demands upon the Otto
man government for compensation for
the losses of American citizens during
the Armenian massacres. He insisted
upon a prompt decision.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-10
NEBRASKA BANKS
Secretary Haii's Report showing Th.ir
Condition July 40.

secretary wars Report showing Their
Condition July 40
Secretary l.. H. Hall OF the state
banking board has completed his quar-
tcrly report of the condition Of state
and private banks, including savings
banks, of this state, at the close Of
business July 30.
The following is n summary Of SO.
rotary Halls report;
Resources.
Loans and discounts. $40, 500, 25G. ~
Ovcrdraft ...........,,.. POS, 26O. 20
Stocks, securities, judg-
ments, claims, etc ...,..,, 2ss, $50. O5
Due from national, 81
and private banks and
bankers. ............. o,752,3 s5 ~
banking house furniture
and fixtures. ..,....,... 1,t6t, a5t.O
Other real estate. ...... T. 1899. ~
Current expenses and
taxes paid .-......... 900. 5sG.si
Premiums ON bonds, etc 5,O3S, ~
Assets not otherwise cnu-
merated ............. 6,ioO.O VI
Cash items. .......... 4i,2t0Vj
Cash reserve ........... 2,0is, O0i.8i
L. -. bonds OF hand. ,.... 81, 400 90
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