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The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-12
MANSION BURNED
Handsome Home of Publisher
Pulitzer TotallyDestroyed.
TWO WOMEN PERISH IN THE FLAMES
Asleep, and Housekeoper and
Goycrncss rail to Make
Their Escape.

The handsome residence of Joseph
Pulitzer, publisher of the New York
World, New York, was destroyed by
fire and two women servants were suf-
focated or burned to death. The total
loss is estimated at about $500 900. The
insurance is $3.50. 900.
The victims of the fire were Mrs.
Morgan Jcllitt, the houselieeper, and
Miss Elizabeth Montgomery, the gov.
crness.
The dwelling was a four-story build
ing of stone and brick, with carved
entrance The dining room was fam
Gus for its handsome fittings.
The origin of the fire is variously
ascribed to electric wires, the steam
heater and an open fire. II started
about 7:30 II. IN. while Mrs. Pulitzer.
her daughters, Constance and Edith
twelve and fourteen years of age. re-
spcctively, and Herbert boy of three,
and the houselieepcr and the COVER
ness were asleep. Mr.. Pulitzer and
his son Joseph, jr., were at Lakewood.
There were sixteen servants in the
house.
There was not much smoke, but the
flames spread rapidly and were soon be-
yond control. Mrs. Pulitzer got her
children together and with the aid Of
their nurse got them safely to the street
and to an adjoining building. Several
of the servants had narrow escapes,
one of them making his way out of the
building through the roof. He said he
saw Mrs. Jcllitt on the roof, and that
she went back to get bag containing
Christmas presents. When the firemcn
found the body of the housekeeper on
the top floor the bag was in her hand.
contained a number of silver triniets
and fancy articles. The woman's body
was partly burned The body of the
governcss, Miss Montgomery. was dis
covered after several hours on the third
floor. The woman had only had time
to put on a skirt and bath robe and
pair OF slippers before she was over
come. Her body was not badly burned.
While dozen frCmcn in charge of
Lieutenant Harry IIaucll were at work
on the third floor after the fire was out
the flooring gave way and let them all
fall to the second floor. All but Haucll
escaped injury. The building was
completely gutted by the fire, the con-
tents were an entire loss and these
alone, it was estimated. were worth
$50. 900.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-12
TRICK OF KENTUCKY JUDGE
Manipuiates tho Law to BENEFIT tho
Goebelitcs.

Frankfort, Ky, January dispatch
says: Judge Contrib entered an order
granting the injunction prayed for by
Election Commissioners Pointz and
Fulton restraining Macltoy and Coch-
ran, Governor Taylor's appointees,
from qualifying and acting. The court
after granting the injunction, entered
an order setting it aside and giving the
right to appeal, stating it thought the
case was of such Importance it should
be passed on by the court of last resort.
This gives the democratic commits
sioners the selection of the Judge
before whom the ease shall be heard in
the court of appeals.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-12

The United States will have more
extensive exhibit at the Paris exposi-
tion than any other country with the
exception of France. which will utilize
one half the total space. This infor-
nation reached Commissioner General
Peck at Chicago in reports from vari-
GUS points in Europe and this country.
The American exhibit will be several
times larger than Great Britain's and
as large as Russia's and Germany s
combined Mr.. Peek will sail for Paris
the latter part of February.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-12
TO WATCH TRANSVAAl WAR
United states Military Attache uss Dis.
tinguishcd Record.


Captain Carl Rcichman. Seventeenth
infantry. just appointed as the United
States military attachc with the Bocr
army. comes from distinguished Ger
man family, says a Lcavcnworth, Kan,
dispatch, and is graduate of lIcidel.
burg university He came to America
in 1891, and enlisted IN thn regular
army as private. within t.'r, see rs
he passed to the grades of corporal,
sergeant and second lieutenant, and
since then his promotions have been in
the regular order.
Captain Reichman has made deep
study of military affairs, and is the
author of four pamphlets on kindred
subjects.
When war with Spain was declared
he was made an assistant adjutant
general, with the rank OF captain of
volunteers and participated in the San.
tiago campaign. On his promotion to
a captaincy in the regular service he
joined his command in the Philippines
and was several months at the front.
II is stated that he is on the personal
staff of General Otis. and will 90 to
South Africa direct from the Philip
pines
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-12
shoots "a superintendent

John NJ. Resley, sixty years old, n
clerk, shot and seriously wounded
Charles w. Galloway, superintendent
Of the middle division of the Baltimore
& Ohio railroad, in the lattcr's Office at
Cumberland, Md, and walking to the
court house, gave himself up An in
vcntory OF cars in the yard, made up
by Reslcy and claimed to be incorrect
by the superintendent, brought about
the trouble. Hot words were followed
by blows and then three shots were
fired. Reslcy claims that Galloway
drew his gun first, but friends of the
latter deny il.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-12
Fix New Pricc For Brooms.

At the closing session Of the broom
manufacturers association Of the
United States and Canada in Chicago,
resolutions were adopted indorsing the
action Of the Union Broom Corn Sup.
ply company in advancing the cost of
raw material. 1t was decided to ad-
vance all grades of brooms % cents n
dozen, to bring the manufactured
product on par with the price of the
raw material. Under this action. the
lowest prices for brooi.s is S3 dozen
to jobberS and 50. - To retailers.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-12
NO REVENUE LAW REVISION
Existing Conditions viii Not Permit OF
Changing 1t.

A Washington special says: There
will be no revision of the war internal
revenue tax law at this session of con-
grcss,' said Congressman Hopkins of
the house ways and means committee.
There are several reasons for this,
the principal one and the only one
worth referring to being that the war
in the Philippines is not over and we
do not know how long we will have to
keep a large army there. Under these
circumstances we cannot accurately
judge of what the actual needs of the
army will be and the only thing to do
is to let the existing schedule re-
mainm
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-12
An Ohio Regiment Soldier Wounded by
Twenty-six Bullets,

A Cleveland, o., Jan. s dispatch says:
Private Krcidcr of light battery X.
Third United States artillery, mustered
out received twcnty-siX wounds and
fully recovered. Colonel d. w. Ben
han, Seventh infantry, just returned,
tells the story as follows: I'm an en-
gagement a shrapncl shot was eXplod-
cd by Filipinos near the battery and
twenty-five bullets from it lodged in
his body. A bullet from Mauser rifle
also struck him, making twentysi Y
wounds. Kreidcr spent some time in
the army and government hospitals at
Manila and San Francisco. lie rccov-
cred and is now at his mothers home,
Wharton, O. l have been told that he
wanted to return to Luzon and fight
the Filipinos for revenge. When told
his wounds disabled him from further
service he cried. While in the no, pital
at the Preside he met Il young woman
and later married her. | think | am
safe in saying that Kreidcr holds the
record of being the worst wounded
man to recover in the history of any
war"
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-12
Killed by an Old Man.

At Stevens Point, Wis, Louis Wcis-
ncr, jr., partner of Curran & Wcisner,
extensive dealers in horses. known all
over central Wisconsin. was shot five
times and fell dead on Main street.
The shots were fired by Gabriel Green,
an old man aged about seventy. Sey-
eral weeks ago Green's barn and four
teen valuable horses were destroyed by
an incendiary the night after the
Greens had won an important law suit
over Wcisner. The Greens accused
Weisner of having hand Ia the fire
and Weisncr's death is result of the
fire
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-12
Promises Speedy Decision.

Secretary Hay has received cable
gram from Ambassador Choatc at Lon
don, stating that he had an emincntly
satisfactory interview recently with
Lord Salisbury relative to the seizure
of American goods by British warships.
Lord Salisbury listened intently to the
representations on this subject, made
by Mr.. Choate, by direction of the
state department and took them un-
der consideration, promising voluntar-
fly TO give the matter immediate at
tention and to return a speedy decis.
ion
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-12
Tho Murderer Gets Away.

Investigation in connection with the
murder of Miss Rachel Ferguson last
Friday night, at Toronto, Canada,
discloses the fact that the motive was
not robbery and that the crime was in
all probability the work of man of
ihe same character as Jack the Rip
ser." Within an hour before the mur.
der, two other young girls were chased
and third knocked down by the same
man in the same vicinity. The post,
morten examination discloses the fact
that the victim was terribly smashed.
The murderer is still at liberty.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-12
KILLED IN DESPERATE DUEL
whipping of Negro Costs Three Live,
la Mississippi.

Oak Ridge, eighteen miles northeast
of Nicl<sburg, Miss, was the scene of !,
desperate pistol duel, in which three
of the best known residents of the
county were killed. DIR. James Austin,
His son, DIR. Otho Austin, and his son.
in-law, Il. :. Stephenson, had been ar
ID. ROLAND. charging them with whip
ping one of Rolland's negro tenants
The trial had hardly opened when the
shooting began, but who fred the first
shot is not known. When the smoke
Of battle had cleared away ROLAND
Stephenson and Otho Austin were dead
and DR.. James Austin and a young son
of ROLAND were seriously wounded.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-12
MURDERED SWEETHEART
A Hungarian is Hanged for Killing tho
Girl lie Loved.

William Wasco, n Hungarian. was
hanged in the yard of the county
court house at Pittsburg, Pa. Wasco
met his fate without finching. On
the scaffold he prayed and then, said:
Goodbye, people. l gladly give my
life for my sweetheart. | loved her. ="
After the trap was sprung death re-
suited in few minutes from strangu-
lation. The crime for which Wasco
was executed was the murder of Annie
Sastak, a Hungarian girl who had re-
fused to marry him. He shot himself
at the same time, but recovered.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-12
Enters Port Heavily Laden.

The Pacific Mail company's steamer
Algoa. the biggest steamer that ever
entered san Francisco. arrived Sunday
from China and Japan via Honolulu
and was sent to the quarantine station.
She brought no passengers but carried
twice as much freight as ever entered
the golden gate in single vessel. The
Algoa struck on reef at Honolulu but
was not injured She reports that the
plague at that point has been stamped
ont ...
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-12
WORSE SHAPE THAN BEFORE
General whites victory OTcrs No Re-
lief to LadystnitI.


A London, Jan. dispatch says: Gem
eral White still holds out, or did so
sixty hours ago when the Beers. ousted
from their foothold inside the works,
suspended their assault at nightfall.
England has taken heart. The situa-
tion, however. is worse. The belca-
guered force must have expended large
amounts OF ammunition, which cannot
be replcnished and must have lost u
number of officers and men, which is
couutnrbalanced. so far as the garrison
is concerned, by the greater loss of the
Beers. General White sill needs re-
lief, and the difficulties confronting
General Butler are as great as before.
The formers unadorned sentences.
as read and re-read. suggest eloquent
ly the peril in which the town was for
fourteen hours. and how barely able
his 1900 men were to keep from being
overcome.
The chief concern for General White
is in respect of ammunition. Sixty
eight days ago. at the beginning of the
siege, his small-arm ammunition was
vaguely described as plenty" His
artillery then had 800 rounds per gun.
some of the batteries have been in
action frequently since then, and all
were probably engaged last Saturday.
His stock of shells. consequently, must
b. low. and this will make it difficult
for General White to cooperate in II
movement by General Butler.
Tho intrpnph,npntS nj InlySmith NJ
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-12
Grows Darker.

Latest mail advices from India aver
that the situation there grows darker
every week. Three million are work
ing on government relief works. The
sale of children by starving parents is
becoming common. Families are
breaking up, each member for himself
in search of food. Abandoned children
are found frequently 1t is a famine
of water as well as food. Cattle are
dying off by thousands and no rain is
now expected until June.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-12
JONES NOT YET SATISFIED
Golden Rule Mayor Has Senatorial Bee
In His Bonnct.

The supporters of Mayor Samuel II.
Jones of Toledo, o., in his non-partisan
campaign are organizing his strength
into party or movement which has
for its object the control OF several
congressional districts of the state
next fall. and, If possible, the election
of Jones TO the United States senate in
1902. There will lie n conference in
furtherance of the plan between the
mayor and leaders of the non-partisan
movement in Cincinnati as soon as
Jones returns from New York, where
he now is.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-12
Kills Woman and Himself.

After taking every precaution to pre-
vent the identity of himself and his
victim from becoming known, a man
supposed to be John Futrell shot and
killed young woman and tried to
commit suicide in rooming house on
East Madison street in Chicago. When
the door was opened the indications
were that the woman had been dead
about five hours. The man had died
later, The police believe the ma n and
woman were theatrical people, The
cause OF the crime is as much a mys-
terry as the identity of the two.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-12
TWO MAYORS CLAIM OFFICE
Conflict ut sacramonto for thc Ri:ht
TO Rule.

Both Mayor William Land and May
or-clect George Clark are exercising
the powers Of the mayors Office at
Sacramento. Cal. Mayor Land notified
all the city departments that he is still
mayor and he claimed that he would
exercise the prerogatives OF Office un-
til the suit brought against Clark by a
citizento prevent his taking office. be-
sc.of the ralleged violation of the
puritH.o of the election law, is deter
mined.
On the application of Land, the in
cumbent, Judge johnson issued TEN.
porary injunction restraining Clark
from performing the functions of
mayor pending the determination of
the case. The new city board of trus-
tees had already organized and resolved
20 recognize Clark as mayor.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-12
Chased by the Beauties.

Moses =. Taylor, colored theatrical
manager, had his congress of creole
beauties at Cincinnati the past week
and failed to meet his pay roll. After
the show Saturday night the creoles
chased him. One of them cut him
with n razor and he is at the hospital
in critical condition. The women all
escaped and it is not known which one
slashed the manager across the face
and thrOnt with her rnzor.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-12
To Protect American Interests.

The gunboat MachiaS has been or
dered from San Juan to San Domingo
to protect American interests in case
trouble follows the attempt of the
French naval commander at San Do
mingo 10 enforce the settlement of the
pending French claim of $40, 900 1t is
not believed that there is any chance
of conflict between the French and
American naval forces in the execution
of their instructions.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-12
BIG FEES FOR EXECUTORS
Robert Lincoln and Norman Ream
Profit From Pullman Estate.

Robert T.. Lincoln and Norman Il.
Ream, executors of the estate of George
M. Pullman, were allotted as compensa.
tion for their services the sum of Slo5,.
600. This is said to be the largest
amount in fees ever allowed executors
of any estate handled by the probate
court.
The final accounting Of the executors
in the Pullman estate is expected to
be made this week. 1t is said that the
estate, which was listed at about S.
600 900 when the will was probatcd,
will now figure up to nearly sli,.
900, 900.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-12

The ice harvest begun few days
ago at York was brought to stand
still for the reason that the hands
all struck for higher wages. Nearly
all the unemployed worlSmen of York
have signed an agreement not to work
for the local ice company for less than
IS cents per hour. The company has
been paving 10 cents.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-12
WATER MOVING SOUTHWARK
Chicago Drainage Channel DischarGinl
Contents at Lockport

The first water from the Chicago
drainage channel passed through the
controlling works at Lockport, H., in
to the Mississippi valley last Saturday
morning. The water inside the con
trolling works was within two feet of
the mitrc sill of the gates, having
risen two feet during the day. Chief
Engineer Randolph left for Lockport
TO see the water of the Chicago river
running into the wide shallow bed
prepared for it's first acration above
the Joliet upper pool.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-12
IatnI Eire In Il Tenement.

At least two persons were burned to
death in fire that occurred early in a
big tenement house at No. 3O5 East
Ninety ysccond street, New York. The
bodies of two unknown women were
taken from the building. There may
be other bodies in the building. Sew
cral persons were injured, one. a five
year-old boy, it is thought fatally.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-12
Must Pay for Her Training.

Miss Mary T.. Howe obtained ver-
dict for s.. 900 in the New York SUI
prcme court before Justice Truax in
her action against Mrs. Frances Au-
gusta Skinner. The suit was brought
by Miss Howe for S5i.750 for services
rendered by her to Mrs. Skinner as
society coach as u companion and
entertainer.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-12
llnlCnnh'a Glcrk

Judge Silas A. lIolcomb of the su.
prcmc court has appointed Milton
Schwind as his clerk and stenographer
The oath of Office and the appoint
ment in writing filed with the sec
retary of state show that the appoint
mcnt is to be considered temporary
The salary is fixed by law at 81 900 a
wear.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-12
Ohio Village suffers Heavily,

Prairie depot, an old village twelve
miles north of Foster, o.. was visited
by disastrous fire, cntailng n loss of
from 100000 to Sl5O,OOO. Eleven bus
mess houses and one dwelling house
were destroyed The insurance will
not cover one-third of the loss. The
place was provided with only an old
hand engine for fighting fires.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-12
Resolution to Mediate.

In the senate Tuesday Senator Petit
grew offered resolution authorizing
the United States government to offer
mediation between Great Britain and
South Africa. He announced that it
was his purpose to make speech on
the subject.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-12
The Inwion Eunu.

The total subscription to the Lawton
fund to date amounts to S4s,433. 81.
General Corbin says that although ac-
tive efforts To increase the fund have
ceased, voluntary contributions will be
accepted up to the time of Mrs. Law
tons arrival at San Francisco, about
February |.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-12
The Big Mortgage Filed.

The five million dollar mortgage Of
Kentucky distillcries and warehouse
company that has already been re-
corded at Louisville, Lexington. Cow
ington and elsewhere in Kentucky
was filed in Bourbon county Monday,
1t must be filed in twenty counties in
Kentucky in order to cover all the
property of the trust,
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-12
Governor Nash InauGurated.

At noon Monday in the rotunda of
the state capitol Hon. George X. Nash
was inauguratcd governor of Ohio, sue
ceeding Asa :. Bushnell. The oath of
office was administered by Chief Justice
Shauck of the supreme court, follow
ing which Governor Bushnell presented
the new governor with his commission.
Governor Nash then delivered his in
auguration address.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-12

At Chicago strikers made another at,
tack on men employed at the inter-
cepting sewer in Thirty-ninth street,
near Wentworth avenue, and in the
general fight that took place one of
the strikers, Roger o'Brien, VAS fatal
ly shot. Over dozen shots were fred
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-12

Ernest j, Lehman, founder OF the
Fair department store, and the first to
put into execution in Chicago the de-
partment store idea, died at White
Plains, n. Y. Mr.. Lehman had long
been patient at a private sanitarium
in White Plains.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-12
Hay Not to 'be Received.

A special from Washington says:
When young Adclbcrt Hay son of
the secretary of state, reaches Pretoria;
To assume charge of the United states
consulate at the capital Of the South
African republic, he Will be informed
by President Kruger that he is persona
non grata, and that he is at liberty to
return to Washington at his own
convenience.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-12
Crushed by Blast Furnace.

Three men were killed at the Illinois
Steel company's plant at Thirty-iirst
street and Ashland avenue, Chicago.
Joseph Middle. lgnatl Giazcoak, Frank
Schuck. The men were at work in the
blasting room when one of the huge
blast furnaces fell and they were
crushed to death.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-12
Bold Holdup at Chicago.

Three men, each with revolver. en-
tered the office of the Lchigh Valley
Coal company, Thirty-frst street and
stewart avenue, in Chicago, drove the
Office boy into the telephone box, took
about 81 900 and gold watch from ~ o.
cashier, who was the only other ga.
pant of the office, ran thiongh yard
hlled with workmen and escaped.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-12
FATAL FIGHT IN KENTUCKY
I've Men Killed and Four Others Sc.
riousIy wounded.


riously Wounded.
News has reached London, Ky. of u
fight on Otter creek. Clay county. in
which Ligc Lewis and General May
were shot and killed and four other
participants seriously wounded. The
fight occurred at a school house where
one of the Jacksons was on trial before
a magistrate for killing another Jack
son. The fight was started soon after
the trial began and court was ad-
journcd and the fgst carried on both
in the school house and in the yard.
Four of the men were brought to
Manchester and placed in Jail. Lige
Lewis is brother of ex.Sheriff Joe
Lewis of Clay county.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-12

AT the trial of Henry Brunot and his
mother at Pana, H., for the murder of
Jane Brunot, whose body was found in
an abandoned well on April 10 last, on
the Brunot farm, Brunot confessed the
crime, generating his mother. He
was given a life sentence and his moth
cr was aCuuittCd
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-12
Accidentally shot u,mse,,

AT Nebraska City DR., w. y. Wilcox
accidentally shot himself with a
target rifle. The ball entered the
left breast, to the right OF the heart,
and passed entirely through the body.
He may recover He picked up the
rife in going to bed and it caught and
was discharged.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-12
Beet Sugar Factory starts.

The beet sugar factory of the Stan
dard company was started up at An.es
and will be in operation for three
months at least. 1t has a capacity of
600 tons of beets per day.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-12
Fireman Killed In Wreck,

A passenger train, west bound on
the Norfola & Western, was wrecked
at ridge east of Pulaski, Va. Fire.
man rercy Cromer of Roanoke was
killed and Engineer Smith of Bristol is
reported badly hurt
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-12
Aged and Recreant Lover.

Elizabeth Gladstone, aged sixty-threc
years, has secured judgment in the SUI
perior court at San Francisco against
Joseph Boardman, aged scventy-three
years, for breach of promise of mar
riage, She sued for $500, 900.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-12
street Railway Barns Burn.

The barns of the South Chicago City
railway at Hammond, Ind, were des-
troyed by fire. Thirty-two cars were
burned. The loss, fully covered by
insurance, is placed at Sl5O. 900.