The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-13
NEWS IN BRIEF.

President Mckinley thinks stories Of
Chinese massacrcs are exaggerated.
The fire at the Standard Oil plant in
Bayonnc, y. j., is fast burning itself
out.
United States army officials have is
sued formal orders for the dispatch OF
more troops for China.
Charles Leroy, n prominent citizen
of California, committed suicide on a
Santa fc train at Joliet. III.
At Wichita. Kan, during a quarrel,
Douglas Walker was shot and killed
by his brothcr.in.la w, Albert Boyle.
James Shaw and llcrshal Dock, farm
hands, were struck by lightning while
working ia the harvest field in Edward
Millcr's farm, one mile south Of viii.
Evansville. ILL.,, and killed.
Seven bodies of victims of the Ho-
boken fire were recovered Saturday
from the steamship Saalc. This makes
the total number of bodies recovered
lij. Over 1873 persons are still miss
ing.
a tornado, accompanied by a cloud
burst and hail storm, swept over Kali
amazon Mich, and IA conservative cs-
innate places the damage resulting at
100000. The storm lasted half an
hour.
william Carney, an unknown farm
cr living W miles east of Grafton,
Ncb., lost two fine horses in the last
few days and the third one is sick. IL
is supposed they were poisoned by eat
ing some kind of weed.
Walter j. Travis Of the Oakland and
Garden City golf clubs, New York. is
now the amateur golf champion of the
United States, lie won this title by
defeating Finlay Douglass, who was
champion two years ago.
An oil tank southwest of Lima,
containing 5000 barrels of oil, VA.
fired by lightning and will be a total
loss. Hundreds of men are banking
earth walls around the tank to proven
the spread of the fire when IL is shot.
The United States auxiliary cruiser
Mayilowcr, Commander Duncan Ken
nedy. with the Hon. G. II. Allen, gov
crnor OF Porto Rico, or board, has ar.
rived at New York from San Juan.
Governor Allen is on IA brief visit To his
home.
The yacht of James Corrigan was
capsiHcd in Lake Erie off Cleveland
a squall and the wife and three
daughters Of James Corrigan. a daugh-
Ter OF John Corrigan, and Il grand
daughter of James Corrigan were
drowned.
The sheet steel combine officials and
the A~malgamatcd association came to-
At Pittsburg, Pa, and signed n
compromise sheet scale. The basis
will he the same as last year on a g.
cent card rate. About $1,000 men are
by the settlement.
A total Of ISIS entries has been re-
for the fourteen classes which
VIII comprise the program of the trot.
ting meeting given by the Windsor
park association AT Windsor,
Mich. The feature of the meeting is
u match race between John K. Gentry
and Joe patchcn
ChriStiana Jensen of West Point
nearly met her death at the hands of
her disappointed lover. viii Hart,
while intoxicated, called upon Miss
Jensen, and upon her refusal To marry
him, fired five shots, one of which
graHed her temple, causing a slight
abrasion. Hart is lodged in the coun.
~ Jail.
Notices have been posted in the plate
mills of MuOrhcad Bros. at Sharpsburg
IA, announcing that beginning July
;, there Will be a 20 per cent reduction
n wages throughout the mill. EN-
of the mill were told that in
order to meet competition and con-
in operation the cut was neccs-
,ary.
The roof over the covered walk OF
ne western entrance to the union
'tatlon at PittSburg, Pa, collapsed and
injured six persons. The framework
or n distance of 1875 feet fell on the
and completely buried the
f. Wayne, Pittsburg and Birmingham
.raction tracks. a number of persons
rad narrow escapes from being buried
'nder the splintercd timbers.
The court martial convened Mt Ma.
MA for the purpose of hearing the
'hargcS against Colonel James s. Petit
II h Thirty-iirst volunteer infantry.
Who was accused of violating the
article of war, in making
IN arrangement with President Medell
# Hamboanga for the capture of Juan
'amos and who wa aftcrward trans
erred to Mcdcll and killed, has brought
II "A verdict of acquittal.
Fred Swihart, n farmer living sew
raj miles northeast OF Humboldt,
had a narrow escape from death
he other day. While assisting in the
harvest field he attempted to stop a
frightened team Of mules attached to
binder and was thrown in front of
he sickle. His right arm was caught
md literally torn to pieces, the bone