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The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-19
NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD

Senator Mason of Illinois has intro
duced n bill to prevent adulteration of
foodstuffs.
Marion Manola Mason, the comic
opera singer, has sued her husband for
divorce on statutory grounds.
At Belgrade, Mont, Frank Rogers,
a merchant. shot and killed his land
lady, Mrs. Eta Davis, and then killed
himself. Jealousy an drink caused
the deed.
The question Of n new depot for
Hastings has been practically settled
by the b. & NJ. starting condemnation
proceedings against the property in
block %.
Austin X. Wheeler, treasurer of the
Lemon & Wheeler Wholesale Grocery
company Of Grand Rapids, Mich, com
mitted suicide by shooting. The cause
is unknown.
The rolling mill of the Danville and
Bessemer Steel company at Danville,
Pa, was damaged by fire to the extent
of $4,000. During the fire six men
were injured.
James Nichols has sued the city of
Schuyler, Neb., for damages amount
ing to 81, 500 for injuries sustained by
his little daughter in falling through a
defective sidewalk.
Emperor William is still furious ovel
the seizure of the Bundesrath. He is
not satisfied that the seizure was made
at the instance of the admiralty and
not of the foreign Office.
L. p. Spencer, Of Fremont, Neb., an
Elkhorn brakeman, met a terrible fate
at Howells. While trying to cut off
the air between moving cars he was
caught beneath the wheels and his
body ground to shreds.
The United States supreme court has
declared that the conviction of Henry
Bolln, formerly city treasurer of Oma-
ha, was right. The decision was by
Justice Brown. The opinion refused
Bolln's application for a writ of error
Roland Reed, the actor, who has
been in st. Luke's hospital, New York.
for some weeks, is reported as some
what better. The attending physi
clans say that while Mr.. Reed was by
no means out of danger he had con
tinued to improve during three or foui
days.
The transatlantic steamship lines
have increased their passenger rates
between New York and Europe, owing
to the heavy travel that is expected t.
the PARIS exposition. The Holland
American line has specified n genera
10 per cent increase on its principa
steamers.
At Lewiston, III. the grand jury re
turned an indictment holding william
Il. Thomas of Vermont, H., on q
charge of numbering his mother-in-law
Mrs. Jane Fowler. Shortly after TAX
ing supper with Thomas Mrs. Fowle
was taken violently i'll and died. Ar
senic was found in the stomach il
large quantities.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-19
INTERESTED IN WELFARE
King oscar watcbfui Of Scandinavian
IN America.

King oscar watcbful Of ScandInavians
IN America.
King Oscar, in the course OF a private
audience recently granted a correspon-
dent OF the Associated press, dictated
the following message to the Scandi-
navians in the United States:
"Tell those of my two peoples who
have taken up their abode in the United
States, and their descendants, that l
follow their path with love and inter-
est, and that | feel their joys AL their
sorrows as IL they were my own.
II I'M glad to hear that the Swedes
and Norwcgians are among the most
respected citizens of your great
try. May it always go well with
them"
His majesty, who talked in a charm
ing manner Of events in the United
States and elsewhere, seemed greatly
interested in hearing of the evidences
of prosperity in America, showed him
self well informed regarding the Amer
lean problems in the Philippines, and
expressed a fervcnt wish that the war
there, as well as the war in South
Africa, might soon be over.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-19
Seen In the Rough.

Tortoise shells as they are unloadsd
from the ships are far from beautiful.
To be classed as rough they must be
Just as they were when taken from the
tortoises' backs, II is not until washed
and secured with acids that their ex-
Quisite coloring shows. The same is
true of the beautiful sea shells which
come here from the shores OF India
and other tropical lands. There is
almost as much difference between
them In the rough and when finished
as there is between uncut diamonds
and those that have passed through a
lapidary's hands.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-19
Wants Farm Statistics.

Director of the Census Merriam sug-
gests to the sgriculturists Of the coun-
try that they use some of their spare
time between now and June next in
thoroughly preparing themselves to
answer promptly and accurately the
questions relative to the acreage guam
tity and value of crops; the quantity
and value of all farm products, ami.
NAL and vegetable; the cost OF fertile.
ers and farm labor, and, in fact, all the
items of farm operations for the cal
endar year 1899, which the census emu
merators are by law compelled to as
certain.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-19
A BABY ABANDONED
Depot Police In Omaha Makes . Find
hoy Infant.

10y Infant.
When Depot Master Simpson went
on duty at the union depot in Omaha
he noticed an odd looking bundle
stored away in one corner of the base
ment. 1t looked like an old overcoat
which some one had tied up in a bun
die and east aside, but when he picked
up the strange package a ~plaintive cry
issued forth. He hurriedly ~investi-
gated. After unwrapping several rolls
of clothing the depot master brought
to light an infant-a little boy-appar.
emily four or five days old. y
Simpson made known his discovery
to the police and Sergeant Hudson was
sent to bring the little stranger to the
station where he was placed in charge
of Matron Tiedeman, During the
morning several persons called and Of
fered to give the baby a home. 1t was
finally taken in charge by Mrs. Ida
Baldwin, l7l2 California street, who
desires to keep it.
The police have no clue whatever as
to who left the babe in the depot.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-19
BeiIboy Charged with Theft.

Edward Callahan, alias Callaghan,
alias viii Parr, was arrested at the
Washington hotel at Kansas City where
he was employed as a bellboy, on the
strength of IA telegram from Chicago
stating that he is wanted there on a
charge of stealing 81 900 worth OF dia-
uonds from n guest in the Hotel Sara
toga. Callahan, who is twenty years
old, says he will fight against being
taken to Chicago.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-19
THEY WANT MORE POWER
Interstate Commerce Commission APP
peaIs to Congress-. d

Interstate Commerce commission APP
peals to Congress. y
The interstate commission
has made public its thirteenth annual
report. The feature Of the report is
the strong plea made that congress up
hold the hands Of the commission by
amendments making the interstate
commerce law more effective. The re-
port says that the commission n year
ago called attention to the fact that in
vital respects the present law has
proved defective and inadequate and
that until further legislation is pro.
vided the best efforts at regulation
must be feeble and disappointing. The
requests of the commission for needful
amendments have been supported by
petitions and memorials from agricul-
tural, manufacturing and commercial
interests throughout the country, yet,
says the report, not a line of the stat
ute has been changed and none of the
b~urdensome conditions which call for
relief has been removed or modified.
The existing situation, and the devel.
opments of the past year, it is added,
render more imperative than ever be-
fore the necessity for speedy and suit
able legislation. Nine-tcnths Of the
people know that any railroad cbrl.
pany can charge for its service via.
everit p~leases, without any real powe"
in this commission or any othcrtribla-
al or court to limit the amount of such
charge when complaint is made by the
aggrievcd shipper, and they are su'-
st~antially of one mind in desiring tA-5
this and other defects in the statute be
promptly rcmedicd. shippers eencr-
ally also have been practically unani-
nous in favor of a single classification
of frcights, n that will be uniform
for all roads and all sections of the
country and reasonably stable when cs-
tablished.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-19
"Goose Plant" In DIoom.

The goose plant" is in bloom in the
Washington Park tropical house for the
first time since the experiments with
the flower in 1895. A score Of blossoms
have reached maturity on the vines,
which are rapidly covering both sides
of the dollhouse. The blossom is eight
inches in length, and consists of a sim
gle green leaf so shaped that II has the
appearance Of a goose with head and
neck drawn back into It's body. A long
filament-like tail swings from the end
Of the blossom. The plant is a native
of Guatemala.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-19
Havana Customs Receipts.

The war department has given out
for publication a statement for the re-
ceipts from customs at the port of
Havana, Cuba, for the month of De-
cember, 1899. The total receipts for
the month were Si,lOs, $50. Attention
is invited to the fact that though there
were only twenty-six working days in
the month of December, the total col
lections exceeded those in any other
month of the past year.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-19
First Moody Controversy.

A Chicago dispatch says:'rhe Rev. j..
Wilbur Chapman has resigned as vice
president OF the Moody Bible institute,
as the result of n controversy rs to
who shauld write the official life of the
dead evangelist-himsclf or Will r..
Moody. Both claim the biography is
authorized, but Mr.. Moody says he has
the Endorsement of the family. DIR.
Chapman is pastor of the Fourth Pres
byterian church, New York.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-19
A DUEL in A HOTEL
Kentucky Feud Ends in a Fear
ful Tragedy.
THREE LIVES WERE WIPED OUT
Former Congressman Plays a Principal
Observation-Disclosures Bystander
Killed aud Another Mortaiiy
wounded-wnr the Cause.

A Frankfort, KY, January II special
says: A shocking tragedy, in which
the lives Of three prominent men were
sacrificed and that of a fourth hangs
on a slender thread, while two others
miraculously escaped with painful in
jurics occurred here at / o'clock yes
terday. The principals in the tragedy
were cX-Congressman David NJ. Colson
of Middleboro and Lieutenant Ethel
bert Scott Of Somerset. Scott was
shot six times by Colson and almost in
stantly killed. Luther w. Dcmaree,
assistant postmaster at Shelbyville, an
innocent bystander, was shot three
times and died instantly. Charles Jul.
liam, another b%ystander, was shot and
died a half hour later, and Captain Il.
b. Golden of Barboursvillc, common
wealth attorney of the Twenty-seventh
judicial district, was shot in the back
and is not expected to survive the
night.
Colonel Colson himself was shot
twice in the arm. Harry McEwing of
Louisville was shot in the foot and w.
o. Ridpatch of Chicago sustained a
broken leg by the ~lifcless form of
Scott, falling against him as it rolled
down the stairway. The tragedy is
one of the most sensational in the his
tory of 1.-The dark and bloody ground. -
The killing occurred in the lobby of
the Capital hotel, the principal hos
telry of the state capital, the room
being well filed at the time with poll
ticians and others who are here at
tending the contest for state Offices
before the Legislature. Colonel Colson
is In Jail tonight charged with murder,
but he claims self-defense.
The witnesses to the affair were
taken so much by surprise when tho
shooting began that most of them
were almost panic-stricken, and there
are many conflicting stories as tc
how the fight began.
Colonel Colson, who killed Scott and
who is charged with the killing OF
both Demarce and Julian, and with
shooting Golden, has long been q
prominent figure in Kentucky politics
II was elected to congress in 1896, bu,
resigned to accept a commission as
colonel of a regiment during the Span
ish war. in which Scott was a ~lieuten.
ant and Golden was captain of a caval.
ry troop, and the trouble which led tc
the tragedy began then.
A feud sprang up between Colson and
Scott while the troops were in camp a
Admission, Ala, and in this it is said by
Colson's friends that Captain Colder
was a warm partisan of Scott. The
trouble between them at that time cul
minated in a meeting between them il
a restaurant which resulted in ColsoI
being shot by Scott. The regimen
was shortly afterwards mustered on
of the service as a result of the feud be
tween the officers and the serious
charges and countercharges which the,
had made at Washington against eacl
other as officers. Since then the partie
had not met until yesterday, and it ha
generally been believed that bloot
would be spilled S hould they meet, a
both were known to be looking 70
each other. COlson was the most widel,
known of those who figured in today
tragedy, but none of the others wer
obscure.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-19
More Money for Drake.

Ex-Gov. +. NJ. Drake Of Centerville,
Ia, for whom Drake university of Des
Moines is named, has increased his do.
nations to that institution 81, 500,
which will be used in making immedi-
ate necc sarv improvements. He said
he hoped to see the university have an
endowment of a million dollars and eX-
pected to furnish at least one-fourth Of
that sum,
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-19
MAY MILITIA
Annual Meeting OF Iowa National Guard
association.


The annual meeting of the Iowa ma
tional guard association, held at Des
Moines recently, discussed the reorgan-
ization Of the militia. A Legislative
committee was instructed to take meas
urSs to assure that the rcorganized
guard shall be given equipment equal
to the regular army.
A resolution was offered demanding
that the state pay to the Forty-ninth,
Fiftieth and Fifty-second Iowa volun-
teer regiments a bounty equal to the
amount expended in furnishing trans
portation to the Fifty-first from San
Francisco to Des Moines when the
regiment came home from Luzon. This
was voted down unanimously. The
guardsmen preferred the money be de-
voted to cquipping the guards.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-19
CANNOT SCALE DOWN TAXES
Decision Rendered by Illinois Supreme
Court.

The Illinois supreme court at Spring
field has handed down a decision de-
claring void section 40 Of the new revc-
law, which provided for the seal
ing down of the tax levy. The law
applied to al the state and all the as
scssed valuation Of the property has
been heavily increased in some Sec
tions, the knocking out of the limita-
tions clause of the new law will result
in n large increase in the tax levy, as
by this ruling the old scale will be used.
In Chicago and Cook county the in
crease will range from 10 TO so per
cent. The decision has created con
siderable surprise.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-19
Harrison Won't Run.

Magyar Carter II. Harrison has made
a declaration that his declination to
make the race for governor OF Illinois
on the democratic ticket is final.
Adlai Stevcnson's friends are urging
him to accent the nomination.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-19

The condition of Frederick G.. Bon
fills of the Denver Post, who was shot
on Saturday last by Attorney W. w.
Anderson, has improved considerably
and strong hopes for his recovery are
entertained. His partner, II. II. Tam
men, whom Anderson also shot, is be-
lieved to be practically out Of danger.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-19
Brltain's Match Consumption.

More matches are used In Great
Britain than In any other country in
the world. 1t has been estimated that
British people use an average OF eight
matches each person per day, and
annually owe 100. 900, 600, 900 are
burned.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-19
Run Down by Train.

Missouri Pacific train No. l3a, south
bound, struck j. w. Burr south of
swift's packing plant. He was taken
70 the South Omaha hospital, where he
died three hours later. Mr.. Burr was
an employee Of the Armour Packing
company, working in the cellar, and
was on his way to work.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-19
GERMANY TIRINC OF DELAY

Protest.
There is still great dissatisfaction in
Germany at Great Britain's long delay
in releasing the Bundesrath and in
sending a formal answer to Germany's
protest. A high official at the foreign
Office voiced the foregoing sentiment
when questioned on the subject, adding;
apparently the London government
has tried to expedite matters, but the
Durham authorities are unduly slow,
seeming to be determined to open the
last box Of the Bundesrath's cargo in
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-19

David Ramsay. q lettsr-carrier who
delivers mail in Alyth. Scotland, from
the Kirriemuir postofice, has just been
retired at the age OF 80. He figures
that in the thirty-seven years he has
been delivering mail he has Travelled
232, 900 miles.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-19
Three burned to Death.

A blanchard, aged sixty-fve, his
wife, aged forty-threc, and n boarder
named William Money, aged iifty-eight
were burned to death in their home at
Mcrrimac, n. ii The cause of the fire
is unknown.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-19
Buried by q Cave-In.

BY a cave-in at the Barbee mine at
Webb City, Mo-, Joseph Cox, Charles
Stone and John Lloyd, miners, were
buried under fifty tons Of earth and
instantly killed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-19
Has His Skull Fractured.

j. S. Harrison, n real estate man OF
Kansas City, a brother of ex-President
Harrison, was kicked on the head by n
vicious horse at Beaumont, Tex, and
his skull was fractured. He is resting
easily and his physicians hope for hi
recoyery.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-19

A negro named Anderson Cause was
found hanging to a limb of a tree near
Henning, Tenn. 1t is supposed he
was lynched for aiding in the escape
OF the Ginerly brothers, colored, who
recently murdered two officers near
Ripley, Tenn. 80,
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-19
REPORT MAY BE DELAYED
Roberts Committee Looking Into Every
Phase OF tho Question.

Phase of the Question.
The Roberts investigating committee
say the outlook for reaching a conclu-
sion Is quite indefinite, as individual
views were being expressed for the
purpose of securing some common basis
OF understanding. The absence OF Mr..
Miles of Indiana, on account of "A death
in his family, may result in putting Off
a report until some time this week.
Chairman Taylor states that the lack
of a speedy report is in no way signif-
can't of disagreement in the committee,
but it is owing to the mature consider
alton which is being given to the num-
erous important questions involved.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-19
DETAINED AT QUARANTINE
Two steamers Arrive From Plague
Infected District.

Two steamers ArriSe FROM fIaguo-
Infected District.
The Lamport and Holt line steamer
Strabo, loaded with coffee which sailed
from Santos December 10, arrived ut
Quarantine, New York. She remained
at Santos for thirty days, during which
time and during the voyage to this port
there was not u case of sickness among
her crew. She will be detained ut
Quarantine for disinfection. The con
sular bills of health Of the Strabo re-
port thirty-eight cases of plague and
ten deaths from that disease Mt the
port of Santos. The British bark
L~ancefield, which arrived from Santos
In ballast, is also detained at Quaran-
tine for disinfection. All on board are
we'll.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-19
Three Boys Drowned.

Three boys, Richard French, Thomas
O'Brien and Charles Pacho, were
drowned in Gas House pond, Louisville,
Ky, while PLAYING on the ice.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-19
Forty-hve Year Sentence.

A Carbondale, H., dispatch says; In
the trial of Frank Davis, charged with
the killing of his wife and sixteen year
old girl near Murphysboro, the Jury
rendered "a verdict of guilty and fixed
the penalty at forty-fv We years in the
~penitentiary. Davis is thirty years
old u,
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-19

In order to secur better protection
against cattle swindlers and workers
Of fraud, several representatives of
Chicago live stock commission firms en-
route TO the Fort Worth cattle con
vention stopped off at Kansas City long
enough to form what will be known as
the live stock commission merchants
protective association. M. =. Buell., of
Chicago was elected president. TWEEN
ty Chicago and Kansas City firms were
represented at the meeting.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-01-19

The national officers of the Women's
Christian Temperance union are NOV
ing to Evanston.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1900-03-28
Confederate Camps Meet.

The j. K. b Stuart Camp of Con
federste Veterans held their regular
monthly meeting i'll Camp Hall last
Saturday, at which were present a
number of the Veterans. Command
rr Il. Powell Page presided.
Comrade Gold called the camps
attention to the following extract
from the new pension law recently
enacted 10y the Legislature of Vir
GINA.
lie II enacted by the General Assembly
oil Virginia, That five citizens, residents
oi the county or city. three of which
shall be eX- Confederate soldiers. resident
IN each county OF city, shall be appoint
ed 10y the Judge of the Circuit Court of
such county or city Of this State. he. and
they are, hereby constituted a board. To
be known as the Confederate Pension
Board OF such city or county for the pur-
poses hereinafter set forth; such board
snail select its own chairman and clerk.
Senator Gold then mo, ed that n
committee of three be appointed to
select Il commission. AS provided for
No. w biOu COtDtillSSlOll
The camp shall recommend to Judge
Harrison of the circuit court for an
pointment as the Pension Board of
Oiorke county. The motion was
unanimously carried. The committe
named by the chair is Capt. Thomp
son, Mag. Moore and Senator Gold.
he camp voted five dollars TO the
I"nI icing raised now for the pur
pose q! placing fence around the
graves of those of the Confederate
Soldiers who fell and were buried
"poi The Pains of Manassas.
Five dollars also was voted TO the
luna ueing raised by the Dabncv II.
Many Chapter of Daughters of the
''ntederacy to be used in erecting a
monument to the memory of the
Confederate soldiers, who died while
confined IN prison near Philadelphia.
Before the adjournment of the
camp Maj. Moore made some very
entertaining remarks relating to
events which happened in this vicini-
~ Immediately before the war open
ei
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1900-03-28
Hop" Jonire's Bright Lightsr'

Mr.. Jolliffe, the Clarke county
Snowman, is q living illustration of
what Clarke county pluck and en-
terprise can accomplish. Each year s
record is one of progress in the line
of his profession. This year he will
have two organizations on the road,
having purchased a Pullman Car for
his new company. One of these
shows will appear here Easter Mon
day, and the other in the fall of this
year. Our fellow citizen, Mr.. Augustus
Cornelius Van Deventer, is the man
sger of show No. l, and it is useless
to say this show is up to the highest
standard, ss "Neeley" would not
manage any other kind. Mr. Chas.
). Steele, another one of Berryville's
enterprising sons. will accompany
the show again this season az musi
Cal director.
AS usual the show will be given
under the auspices of j. r. b. Stuart
Camp No. S. Watch for bills and
announcements!