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The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-06

The Dorchester, Neb., state bank
was tempered with the other night.
Two citizens were going down street
when a dark lantern was flashed in
one of their faces by some n IN the
bank corner. They got another citi-
zen and approached, when they could
plainly hear the burglar alarm ON the
inside of the bank which was going
continually. One stood guard and the
other awakened the marshal and sew
eral other citizens, who formed a sho,
gun brigade and marched to the bank
but the burglars had left and no tracs
Of them was To be found.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-06
CERMANlzlNC TIE ISLAND
Omces at Api,, samoa. Being Filled by
Foreigners.

An Apia, Samoa, dispatch says:
There are many evidences of the Ger
'manizing efforts being made by the
new government of Samoa. though
Governor Solf is proving himself n
tactful man and personally is very
popular,
The officers Mt Apia are gradually
being filed by Germans, British and
Americans being ousted to make room
for them, and the matter OF substitute
ing German currency and coinage for
all other Is now being considered.
Governor Solf has sent q circular letter
to merchants and others asking their
views on the subject.
Though good order prevails and the
German government il being well adj
ministcrcd, there Is evidence that bust
ness is declining, owing to a with
drawal OF British and American
activity and enterprise, aud IL is now
believed that Pago-pago will eventual
ly become the metropolis OF the group.
The United States ship Aberenda
comes up from Pago. Page To meet every
mail steamer stopping here, but a reg
ular mail To the new American town
will o be established.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-06
PASSENGERS WERE ROBBED
Robber Goes Through sleeping Car
On No. Al.


A lone highwayman went through
the Portland and Deadwood sleeping
ears On train No. Al. at 1:l0 Thursday
morning and dropped off the train N
mile west of bradshaw, making his
escape in the darkness. From verified
reports it seems that he secured about
slS5. He got on the train at York, IL
Is believed, presenting a ticket to Au-
rora, He entered the chair a and
sat there for a few moments. He
then went out on the platform, dis
guised his face with a mask and went
into the sleeping cars.
Finding Slee ping Car Conductors
Landauer and Cooper he o 'dered them
at the point of a gun to proceed ahead
of him, while he commanded passen-
gers in the berths to donate their
money. The conductors awakened the
sleeping passengers while the robber
took their pocketbooks. So far as
known he took no jewelry, seeming
well satisfied to get the money. lie
did not shoot any but threatened to,
The list of losses is as follows:
T.. p. McMullen, Spokane, SIS; f. NJ,
Woodbridge, Harrison, Mo-. 500; n.
Sobdale address not given SO; j
Evers and wife, known as Miss lisa
bella Henderson, ian actrcss) of He
lena, Mont, SIS; n. w. Sherry, Oma'
ha. 81; Conductor Landauer, S..
The company has men and dogs or
the track of the robber, and no effor
will be spared to effect capture.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-06
Fire Breaks Out in Cotton and
Spreads Rapidly to Ships.
ALL EFFORTS TO RESCUE ARE FUTILE.
Heat so Intense as to Drive the Tugs
Away-Loss in burning Of Pier and
Steamers Not Less Than Ten
Million DolIars-Acts of
Heroism and Cow
ardice,
ardice.

Nearly 200 lines were lost, almost
$40, 900, 900 worth of property was de-
%stroyed, many persons were injured,
and at least l,500 lives were imperilcd
by n fire that started among cotton
bales under pier 3of the North German
Lloyd Steamship company in Hoboken,
n. j., at 4 o'clock p. IN. Saturday. In
less than fifteen minutes the flames
covered IN area of a quarter of a mile
long, extending outward from the ac-
tual shore line to the bulkheads, from
600 to 200 feet away, and had caught
four great ocean liners and a dozen or
more small harbor craft in its grasp.
From what has beer learned later
the flames started among a large pile
of cotton bale on pier 3 Of the North
German Lloyd Steamship company,
and spread with remarkable rapidity.
There was panic on board the various
ships, and many jumped overheard and
persisted.
The scene Of the great fire pre-
sented a spectacular, but horrible
sight. Over in Hoboken, where two
days ago piers reached hundreds of
feet out into the river and rising in
the air like great hills, alive with go
ing and incoming commerce, a great
waste of burning and smoldering
beams, with here and there a remnant
Of a high brick wall, are all that re-
mains Of the hundreds of thousands OF
dollars worth Of property.
Up the North river at Weehawken
q great column Of smoke rose and
tumbled, at one moment lying on the
water, the next rising just enough to
show the skeletons or two of the grea'
ocean liners, the Brennan and Main
that rose like giant spires out of thu
smooth surface of the water. They
had both been beached here. Arount
them swarmed a fleet of small boats
carrying spectators. Far down The
river, off Ellis island, lay the smoking
and steaming hulk of the Saale. Sh
is almost a total wreck.
The losses sustained in the fire ar
comparatively placed at nearly tel
million dollars. The loss of life. Will
merely g~uesswork will pro badly reac
, 200, and there are over 300 men in tn
hospitals in New York, Hoboken ant
Jersey City badly burned.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-06
Fate Still "A Mystery.

The fate of the members of the for
eign legations in Pekin is still a mys-
terry. If they are alive and unframed
the Chinese government deserves some
credit, Shanghai correspondents think,
for restraining the fanatical mob. The
Shanghai correspondent of the London
Daily Telegraph says:
st is reported on good Chinese au-
thority, that the government, alarmed
by the foreign military preparations,
has issued an edict ordering the per-
emptory suppression Of the boxers and
announcing a decision to protect the
legations at all hazards"
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-06
FEAR AN INDIAN UPRISING
Those In the Rainy Lake Region Act
Overwhelmingly.

A special from Rat Portage, Ont,
says: There is n threatened uprising
of Indians on the Rainy river, Ontario.
One thousand Indians are gathered
near the mouth of Rainy river. Leach
Lake Indians are said to be among
them, melting them to murder and
pillage the settlers, who are sending
out their women and children.
One hundred and fifty have reached
Rat Portage on the Kelnora. The In
dams are also gathering at Rainy
Lake, the largest and most secret gath
ering ever known. Indian agents say
they know Of no grievance. Great
alarm is felt by the settlers.
A Duluth, Mimi, telegram says:
Company A, Third regiment, NJ. n.
g., left under orders from Governor
Lind to proceed to the scene of the In.
dian uprising in the Rainy lake region.
The company will be in command OF
Captain Eva and will consist Of forty
five picked men.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-06
MAY CHANGE SEAT OF SEE
Fort Dodge an Aspirant for Chathoiic
BishOpric.

A Washington dispatch says: Advices
are expected at the papal legation
soon concerning the petition which a
contingent of Iowa Catholics recently
brought here for transmission to h
pope and which Archbishop Martinelli
forwarded Its object is to secure the
elevation of Fort Dodge, where the pc
titioners resided, to a bishopric, instead
of Sioux City. as the authorities in
Rome contemplated. The petition was
brought here during the absence OF
Archbishop Martinelli in Oregon which
caused "a little delay in its transmission
to the pope, before whom it must come
for final settlement after the authori'
ties of the propaganda examine 1t.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-06
TWELVE MONTHS IN JAIL
Frank q. simmons Sentenced In United
states Court,


An Omaha, Neb,, July special says;
Frank e.. simmons, the embezzling
postmaster of Seward. was sentenced
to pay a fine of fifty dollars and costs
and to twelve months imprisonment
in the Jail Of Dodge county in the
United States court. The crime for
which Simmons was sentenced was the
embczzing of S3.OG?. 3s Of the funds of
the seward postoilicc. lie pleaded
guilty early in the term of the court
In passing sentence the judge re-
ferred to the previous high standing
of the prisoner. the esteem in which
he had been held by the people of the
community in which he resided and the
confidence which they had in his hon
esty and integrity. He stated that
neither the government or the bonds
men had lost any money by reason OF
the cmbelzlcmcnt, as the prisoner and
his friends had made up the shortage
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-06
RELIEF PARTY IN TEN TSIN
Ministers and Pckir Party. However. Not
with Them.

with Them.
The navy department has received
the following cablegram from Admiral
kempf,
"Che Foo, June 2Q.-Sccretary of the
navy: Pekin relief expedition now IN
Tiep Tsin with 20 sick and wounded.
Ministers and Pckin party not with
them. No news from them.
"KEMPFF."
The department has also advised
that Admiral Remey. on the Brooklyn,
had arrived at Hong Kong en- route to
Taku.
A London June 30 dispatch says: The
adventures of the hard fighting allies
under Admiral Seymour, their reach
ing Anting, twelve miles from Pekin,
the decision to retreat, the capture of
rice and immense stores of modern
arms and ammunition, atfording ma
terial for a strenuous defense until re-
lieved-all this is told in a long dis
patch from Admiral Seymour received
Friday.
A Washington dispatch says: The
president is quitting Washington for
his Canton home tonight full of conf.
dence that the situation in China has
improved, though it is fair to say that
all the members of his official family
do not agree with him in that conclu-
sion. Indeed, today's news, limited
though it vas to a single cablegram
froT Admiral Kempff, and the prepa'
rntin, 90 ,N,n,- - r, Cha
fee set out nothing calculated to
strengthen the hopes of the friends OF
the foreign ministers aud missionarie,
who have now been silent for fully two
weeks.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-06
BoTHA GROWS MORE ACTIVE
Boer GENERAL Keeps the English Very
pusy,

Bocr General Botha is showing in
creased activity. His patrols cover
wide stretches of country, approach
neal the outposts and engage In Skin
mishcs, while larger bodies threaten to
attack, declining to allow themselves
To be caught by the return OF blows
which the British promptly seek to de-
liver. Attacks Of this sort were made
recently at Pinna's poort on General
Pole Carew and at Springs. Generals
Botha and Dcwet are seemingly operat-
ing In combination. Botha Is reported
To have divided his force into two parts,
one moving west and the other to the
south to try to effect n juncture with
Dewet.
Boer circulars are out exaggerating
the Chinese troubles and urging the
burghers to rcjoin the army.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-06
WOOllEY NOMINATED
ProhibitIonists Name the Orator for
President On First Ballot.

A Chicago, June 20 dispatch says:
The prohibition national convention
adjourned sine die today after having
placed in nomination for president
John G.. Woolley of Illinois and for
vice president, Henry b. Metcalf OF
Rhode Island. The nominations in
each instance were made on the first
ballot. Only two candidates for presi-
dental nominations were balloted for
Mr.. Woolley and Rev. Silas c. Swallow
of Pennsylvania-Hale Johnson of H.
linois withdrawing his name at the
last moment and throwing his strength
to MIR, Woolley.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-06
WASHINGTON MAN HANGED
benjamin HHi Smell Executed for MUIR
der of Younp Girl,

benjamin Hill Smell, forty-four years
of age, formerly a clerk in the pensio n
office, was hanged at the district Jail
at Washington, ID. c., for the murder
of thirtcen-year-old Lizzie Wiesberger,
who was employed at his home and
with whom he was infatuated. Smell
was the largest nan ever executed at
that place. When he was received Mt
the Jail August : last he weighed 296
pounds and measured six feet six
inches in height. When led to the
scaffold his weight was 237 pounds.
Notwithstanding that the drop was
considerably lessened on account of his
size the rope nearly severed the muir
derer's head.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-06
AnaIra I'm Hnyti Ouiet.

Official advices received at Washing
ton from Hayti set at rest the rumors
that have been current in some quar-
tiers recently of d%isquieting conditions
in that island. 1t appears that the
present government Of Hayti is busy
ing itself with a settlement OF the ex-
listing financial crisis and there is no
other foundation for the reports OF
political troubles.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-06
MANILA COLLEGE OPENED
Non-sectsrisn for Primary and Second
ary Education.

Non-sectsrian for Primary and Second
ary Education.
A Manila dispatch says: The nom
sectarian college of primary and sec
ondary education has been opened in
Manila in the presence of Judge Taft,
president of the civil commission, and
his colleagues. Judge Taft spoke in
fitting and effective terms of the signi-
ficance of the event. The institution
Is the first educational enterprise in
the Philippines that is under the con
troll of the priests and that looks for
support to voluntary contributions Of
the people. Five hundred pupils have
already been enrolled and many more
children are leaving the schools of the
priests to enter the college. The
American educational department sup
plies text books on the easiest possible
conditions.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-06
THE STRIKE DECLARED OFF
1t. Louis Transit Company Employees and
Men Agree.

A st. Louis, July 2, dispatch says:
An agreement between the st. Louis
Transit company and it's former EN-
ployes was signed tonight by repre-
sentatives of the transit company and
the executive committee. The agree
ment provides that every employee Of
the company shall be free to join or
not TO join any organization. The
company will meet any employee or
committee of employees whether repre-
senting themselves or other employees
or an association of employees, regard
ing any matter of mutual interest.
The strikers will be reinstated as
fast as the company needs additional
men, not interfering, however, with
men now in service. The strike has
been officially declared off.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-06
THREATEN ASSAULT OF CITY
Rebel General Demands the Surrender
of Panama.

of Panama.
Further adyices from Colombia say
the rebel general, Camacho. recently
captured a government gunboat on the
river Sinu. The officers and crew were
made prisoners. 1t is added that the
sum OF $4,000 was found on board.
The government forces June - at
tackled the rebels fifty miles from Pan
anna. The former was defeated, losing
100 men killed, one gun and a number
of prisoners, rifles and flags. The reb-
el general Porras has sent an ultima
tum to the governor of Panama de-
manding the surrender Of the place.
| The ultimatum expired June 80, but
foreign consuls prevailed upon Porras
to extend IL until July 4. IL the city
is not surrendered then an assault
upon IL is expected.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-06
Founders Reject Demand.

At a meeting of the National Found
ers' association ut Cleveland, o., IL has
been decided to reject absolutely the
demand of the moulders for an advance
of % cents per day in wages. As a re-
suit of the action of the founders a
strike, involving several thousand men,
seems likely to be inaugurated.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-06
RIGHT Rebind the Robbers.

The man that was supposed to have
robbed the passengers on "a Burlington
train near Bradshaw was seen with
two other men three miles west OF
Reynolds, Neb., going south, driving n
team of mules which seemed to be
about worn out. Officers with blood
hounds were closing in on them, being
only thirty minutes behind. On ac-
count of a large reward, considerable
excitement prevails.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-06
Find an Unknown BODY.

A body, the last of the unidentified
from the McDonough wreck is at an
undertaking establishment in Atlanta,
Ga. When il reached Atlanta it was
marked elder w. II. Jensen of the
Mormon church in Utah." but nobody
claimed 1t. A Mormon elder said the
body might be that Elder Bennison of
Chattanooga!
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-06
MANY Deaths From Heat.

A thunderstorm that suddenly burst
upon Chicago after a day OF torrid
weather, tore down the tents at the
Korassan carnival, LOOMS and Con-
gress streets, caused "A panic among
5000 persons and did much other dam
age to property and individuals
throughout the city. Five fatalities
and numerous prostrations resulted
from the intense heat preceding the
storm,
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-06
COUlDJEWELRY RECOVERED
Arrested Ivy Detectives Whilst Mt Concy
island.


A large %,antity of jewels, valued
at about $4,000, which was recently
stolen from the apartments of MIR, and
Mrs. Edwin Gould in London. have
been recovered and the man in whose
possession the jewels were found is
under arrest. The prisoner describes
himself as Charles W. Blair, twenty
eight years old and II valet by occupa'
ton. Blair was arrested at Concy ISL
and, where he had been to witness n
prize fight. He tried to dispose OF
some icwclry there and attracted the
attention of detectives. The prisoner
was arraigncd and rcmanded To Jail.
lie positively denies that he stole the
jewels, but says that they were given
To him 10y a woman who asked him to
dispose of them for her.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-06
Sues for Alleged sIander.

At Madison, Neb., Herbert Kaufman
began suit for SANDER in the district
court against j.. A. Parker and Fred
Nenow. The parties to the suit were
until recently employees of a Norfolk
creamery and it is alleged that a story
was circulated by defendants that
plaintiff had appropriated property Of
another, thereby causing him to lose
his place. .r.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-06
Burglars at Norfolk.

The drug store of George Christoph
was entered at Norfolk, evidently
through the transom owe the back
door, the safe opened and $50 taken
from it, S62 of the money belonging to
the American Express company, Their
is no clew SO far to the burglars.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-06
Young Man Acoid entaiiy Shot.

A fatal accident occurred near Up
land, Neb. James Norman, in COM
pany with his father in-law, X. Aowell,
was shooting rats about the farm build
ings when that which Norman was
shooting exploded near the breach.
the load entering his side, causing
almost instant death.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-06
Refuse to Close Exchange.

Owing to the activity in the grain
trade the board Of managers of the
New York produce exchange has re-
fused to grant a largely signed petit
ton asking that the exchange be closed
next Tuesday, the day before the
Fourth of July.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-06
Injured In n Collision.

In a head-end collision of passenger
trains on the b. & o. s.. w. railway
near Remington,'O o., Mrs. Agnes Evan
feldt of Cincinnati was seriously in
jured by a cut in the forehead and ten
others were slightly hurt. The prop
ertY damage vas Slight.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-06
osceoia Man KILLED In Oklahoma.

A telegram has been received at Os-
ceola by the parents Of viii Bense,
saying that he had been accidentally
shot and killed at Cordell, in Oklahoma.
Mr.. Bense was a Polk county boy and
a year ago went from here to Okla
homa and got a farm OF his own. He
is the SON of Mr.. and Mrs. n. Il. Bense,
residents of Oscola, and leaves be-
sides his parents, a wife and one child.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-06
FATAL FIRE AT PiTTSBURC

One Man Killed, Many Injured and
Much Property burned.
One fireman was killed and eleven
other firemen injured and yearly $780,
900 worth Of property was destroyed
in a fire that broke out in the machine
shop Of the Best Manufacturing COM
pany, on Twenty-ffth street, Pitts.
burg. Pa.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-06
Extending Free Delivery.

Rural free delivery service will be
established at sutton, Clay county,
Neb., July 10, with two carriers, To-
bias SPEECH and l.. l.. Ames, who will
cover an area of seventy-nine square
miles, serving a population OF 1000.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-06
promInent Man q Suicide.

Judge Thomas Il. Long, well known
to the Indiana bar, a thirty third de-
gree Mason and past grand master of
the Indiana grand lodge A. +. and A.
NJ, committed suicide at Terre Haute,
Ind. Dependency is given as tine cause.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-06

All the union miners in Alabama,
about 10000 in number, suspended
work Monday pending the settlement
of the wage dispute between them and
the operators. The old wage contract
expired Monday and the miners de-
mand q raise and other concessions.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-06
skull Crushed by q Fall.

Eugene Schneider, a carpenter, who
has the contract for building the Ger
man Lutheran church three miles west
of Sterling, fell from the scaffolding,
striking his head on a rock. His skull
was crushed and his body badly
bruised. 1t is thought that it will not
prove fatal, although a very close call
from being killed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-06
HoNoRs FOR HELEN GOULD
Hsroins of the Hour at Dewey Cannon
dwelling.

Miss Helen Gould, accompanied by
DR.. and Mrs. Palen, Misses Palen, Ed
wards and Colen, arrived at Three
Oaks, Mich, from the east on the same
train with General Russell A. Alger to
attend the Dewey cannon celebration.
The party reviewed the military and
civic parade which took place shortly
after their arrival and the ceremonies
attending the unwilling Of the Dewey
cannon were then observed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-06
Sandbnrged and Robbed.

Union Pacific Flagman Aaron Cue
was sandbagged and robbed of a SEQ
watch and SIS in cash in the western
part of Columbus, Neb., while en- route
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-06
OREGON GOES. ASHORE

Big Battleship Loses Bearings on tho
Chinese Shore.
1t is reported at Shanghai that the
United States battleship Oregon is
ashore on the island of Hoo Kie, in the
Mao Tao group, fifty miles north of
Che Foo, and that a steamer of the
Indo-China Steam Navigation company
has gone to her assistance.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-06
WILL WORK IN OPPOSITION
Strikers at st. Louis to. Extend Bus
Lin system.

Line system.
The work of establishing bus lines
compete with the st. Louis tranist
company in carrying passengers is pro-
crossing. The committee that has the
matter in charge reports that $3,O 0
has been raised for that purpose, and
that twenty-five vehicles are now reg
ularly running. 1t is the intention to
divide the city into districts and estab-
fish regular lines thai will give the
public ample service to any portion of
the city. An appeal will be made to
the public to assist in establishing
these lines.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-06
Fighting In West Africa.

No news has been received from
Kumassi. Native reports state that
the column advancing from Prasu has
been fighting for two days.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-06
KEMPFF WIsEsT AFTER ALL
Did Not Approve Bombardmsnt of Chi
nese Forts.

Admiral Kempf opposed the policy
OF attacking the Chinese army unless
they began hostilities. II is now adj
mitted that the powers attacking the
forts turned the Chinese into allies
with the boxers. Americans think
this might have been avoided. Admit
raj Kemff has held aloof from hostili-
ties beyond movements necessary to
rescue Americans.
The forces ashore now number 49,
600, OF which 5000 are British, 1900
Germans, 1000 Russians, 1900 Japan.
see, and the remainder Americans,
French, Italians and Austrians.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-06
NO Jews FROM THE OREGON

Navy Department without Further Al
vice on Grounding.
The navy department has received
no further news of the battlcship Ore
gon, aground off the Chinese coast.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-06
NEWS IN BRIEF.

The Boer ENJOYS have sailed for Eu-
rope.