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The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-18
HORSES IN
Equine Ouadrupeds Necessary st the
Front.

EToh~
The horse Is not to become obso-
lete after all-that is. so long as there
are wars. Automobiles and electric
cars may drive him from town n
country, but the army is still left for
him. One thing that the present wal
in South Africa has emphasized Is the
value Of mobility in troops. And mo-
bility can only come through mounted
infantry, and mounted infantry needs
horses. Here, incidentally, lies a new
market for Canadian horses, and one
that may not be unworthy OF attention.
The last official report of Edwin M.
Stanton, secretary of wal In President
Lincoln's cabinet, gives some faint
conception Of the enormous consump-
ton OF horses and mules entailed by
active hostilities or a large scale dur
ing such a Titanic war as that between
the Northern and Southern states OF
the American Union, which lasted
from April, 1861, to May. 1865. The
report in question Is dated Washing
ton, March /, 1865, and contains the
following striking passage: "The sup
ply Of horses and mules to III armies
has long been at the rate of 500 per
day, which is also the average rate OF
their destruction. The cavalry of the
army of the Potomac was twice re-
mounted during the first eight months
OF 1864. The resources Of supply In
| this country were able to bear the i'm
mense drains upon its horses and
mules, and, judging from current pri-
ces, the stock shows no symptoms of
exhaustion or diminution. An army in
the field, we'll equipped with artillery,
cavalry and trains, requires one horse
or mule to every two men. The num-
Der OF horses and mules in our armies
is nearly equal"
II the calculation Of Mr.. Stanton, the
American secretary of war in 1865, be
correct, 100000 British troops now en-
gagged in fighting the Beers would need
so, 900 horses and mules to keep them
going.-Philadelphia Times.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-18
GROWING WORSE EACH DAY
Cholera Adds to the Ravages of Famine
I'm India.

A London, May IA, dispatch says:
The viccroy of India, Lord Curzon of
Kcdleston, has tclcgraphcd to the see
rotary of state for India, Lord George
Hamilton, saying:
The decline in the number of per-
IONS demanding relief in Bombay and
elsewhere is probably due to the out
break of cholera, which has broken up
many of the relief camps and has cnor-
mously increased our famine officers
difficulties. Otherwise the situation
is unaltcrcd."
Louis Klopsch of New York, pub
Usher Of the Christian Herald, has ar
rived at bombay and has handed to
the missionary committee about $l45,'
800 for distribution among the famine
sufferers.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-18

The other evening one Of the night
watchmen in the Burlington yards at
Lincoln, Neb., arrested a negro tramp
and started toward the police station
with him. On the way up the negro
whipped ont a gun and drove the
Waterman back and then made his
escape. In examining the records at
the police station the Waterman came
across the picture of the negro he had
arrested and was surprised to learn
that there vas a large sized reward
offered for him.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-18
Austin, Tex, burning.

Shortly after 2 o'clock this morn
ing, says an Austin, Tex, May IL
special, fire broke out IN a furniture
factory in the center of q block of bust
ness houses on Congress avenue, the
main part of the city. Owing to the
disabled water power, caused by the
disaster to the dam some weeks ago,
the fire department is using the old sys-
tenn of cisterns and is greatly handi-
capped. There is danger that the fire
will spread and nestroy the entire
block
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-18
BARKER AND DONNELLY
Named to Head Middle of tho Road Na-
tlonaI Ticket.

tional Ticket.
For Observation-Disclosures BARKER.
For V.Pres.-IGNATIUS DONNELLY
A Cincinnati, o., May 10 dispatch
says: Above is the ticket placed in
the field today by the middle of tho
road populist party. For a time dur
ing today's session of the convention it
appeared as II nothing could prevent .
complete disruption of the plans so
carefully wrought out by the handful
OF men who separated themselves on
February 10 last at Lincoln, Neb.,
from the ~fusionists element of the peo-
pies party. Since Tuesday a steady
current against the cut and dried
choice of Barker and Donnelly, who
had been selected in 1893 by the initi-
alive and referendum plan, to head
the ticket, had almost destroyed the
foundation upon which that ticket
stood. Former Congressman Howard
Of Alabama had suddenly become the
idol of an apparently winning number
of delegates and today as the tins
drew near for nominations word was
quietly passed, confirmed by Mr..
Howard himself, that the Barker fol-
lowing would bolt the convention
should their leader be turned down.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-18
Trying to XIII 10 Priest.

An attempt vas made at Wilkes
barre, Pa, to assassinate Rev. Father
Klonowan, pastor of st. Mary's Catho-
lie church at hat place.
The priest was called out about mid
night on the plea of visiting a sick
man. Arrangements apparently had
been made to ambush him on the road
but he discovered the danger and fled.
He had scarcely reached his house
when a bullet was fired through the
window, striking the wall within an
inch of his head.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-18
Acting Governor Appoints Clark.

Acting Governor Spriggs of Montana
appointed W. A. Clark of Butte United
States senator To serve until the next
legislature shall elect his successor.
Senator Clark's resignation was filed
early in the day with the governor and
tonight he was appointed by Governor
Spriggs to succeed himself. Governor
Spriggs has been all along n friend
of senator Clarke. Governor Smith,
n partisan of the DAILY people, left
the state two weeks ago for California
To attend to some mining cases in
which he is retained as attorney.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-18
The Case of HummeI.

Wilson Hummel, who murdered his
wife and two children at Williams
port, Pa, is to be hanged on June 8.
His appetite left him and the Jail ply
stefan has doubts of his living until
the day of execution. Sheriff Miller
has taken his case in hand, fearing the
man would collapse. Hummel is put
through a course of exercise and he is
getting his appetite back and is in
better spirits.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-18
KILLS THE WHOLE FAMILY
Murdsrous Act OF n Man Supposed to
be Insane.

A special from fremont, ILL.,, says:
Tom Moser, a farmer living three miles
north of this town, murdered his wife
and four children. The last seen of
the family was at 3 p. IN. Sunday.
Farmers living in this neighborhood
not seeing anyone about the house in
vestigated. They found the house
locked and apparently deserted. On
gong into the cellar they found the
body of Mrs. Moser, covered up with
an old carpet. The bodies of the four
children were found in a room up
stairs. No trace OF Moser can be
found. 1t is thought he was insane.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-18
Bedstead Factory burned,

HARDWOOD and Barley's bedstesd fac
tory at Marion, Ind, was totally de-
stroyed by fire. The factory was one
of the largest in the city and employed
$50 men. An explosion occurred in
the factory before the fire. Night
Waterman Pease was fatally burned.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-18
BOY Drowned In Creek.

The fifteen-year-old son of Robert
Shaw was drowned in Turkey creek,
about nine miles south of Pawnee
City. Young Shaw, in company with
several boys younger than himself,
was swimming and accidentally got
into deep water and his companions
were unable to help him. His body
ward Is.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-18
WOMAN WAS
Husband Hires Lincoln Detective TO
Look Out for Her.

LOOK out TOT beT.
During the day Monday a Lincoln,
Neb., detective received a telegram
from Mr.. Guthrie, telegraph operator
for the Burlington at Grafton, Neb.,
that his wife had gone to Lincoln to
do some shopping and he would like
to have her watched. The woman was
located at one of the leading hotels,
where she had been taken by two men
she had met at tho train. Mr.. Guthrie
went to Lincoln Tuesday to get his
wife. He met her and told the de-
tective he would take her back to her
parents at Hastings, and that he would
begin divorce proceedings.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-18

A Sacramento Cal, dispatch says:
Mrs Leland Stanford, on the anniver-
sary of her deceased sons birth, has
delivered over To Bishop Grace the
deed To the old Stanford mansion,
which shall henccforth be known as
the Stanford-Lathrop children's home.
At the same time the S75, 900 transfer
was made which is To serve as an en-
dowment fund for the institution.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-18

John James, u mar Suffering from
consumption, who was on his way to
Colorado, died Tuesday morning at
Hansen, Neb.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-18

sheriff Conner of Emporia, Kan,
and "A posse of farmers captured T., +,
Estell and James Murphy, the Jail es-
capees from Marysville who shot and
killed Deputy Marshal Roberts.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-30
COL. AsToR's NEW VENTURE
SIXTEEN STORIES WILL MAKE HIS
APARTMENT HOUSE THE TALL.
EST IN THE CITY

The ground on the southeast corner of Fifth
ave. and Fifty -hfth-st. is now being broken for
the erection of a sixteen story family hotel.
which win be the tallest building of its kind in
this city. 1t will be about two hundred feet
high. 1t is being built by Colonel John Jacob
Astor and it has already been leased to Isn-
dolph NJ. Haan for twenty years. with three re-
newals practically making the entire length OF
the lease eighty years The plans Of the build
ing have been drawn by Trowbridge & Living
ston.. There brokers in the transaction.
The details We're arranged by Douglas Robin
son, who is a trustee of the Astor estate, and
Mr. Haan
Although no official figures were made public.
it is said that the building will no less than
81, ,250.O0O. The land which it stands is val
ued at 100000. The site of the proposed build
ing has always been vacant. and consequently
many rumors as to its final Improvement or dis
New-York tribune., 1900-12-30
RUMOR OF A NEW BANK.

There report yesterday in Wall Street that
a new banking institution to be organized to
be located at Fifth-ave- and TWenty-seveHth-st IN
the offices at present occupied by the Knicker-
booker Trust Company, which on the completion
Of its projected Office building the site OF the
Stewart mansion is to move into the new struct-
ure. 1t could not be ascertained yesterday whether
or not the report well founded. what IN
terests were behind the rumored enterprise. but
downtown bankers appeared to be OF the opinion
that the banking field in the region OF Madison
Square was already fully occupied and that new
bank would have difficult task to build up n
profitable business there in composition with the
Garfield and Second National banks and other ex-
listing institutions Of the neighborhOod-
New-York tribune., 1900-12-30
READY FOR THE INAUGURATION.
THE DETAILS FOR THE CEREMONIES AT
ALBANY COMPLETED.

Albany Dec. 29.-Final details for the Inaugural
ton Of Governor-elect OdelI were completed to-
day. General Robert Shaw Oliver. commanding
the Third Brigade, to whom has been intrusted TIE
military portion of the ceremonies. has appointed
Major James L. Hyatt, of the 10th Battalion, AL
bany, marshal of the parade
The parade will form shortly after II o'clock and
march to the Executive Mansion TO escort Gov
ernor Roosevelt and the Governor-elect 70 the
Capitol. The Third Brigade Signal Corps win have
the right of the line and then win come the 2d
Battalion of the I'd Regiment commanded by
Major Dunspaugh, comprising the Troy and Cohoes
companies, The 10th Battalion of Albany will
come next. followed by the 10th and 5th Separate
town.
The second division win comprise the Governors
Guard, of Newburg, commanded by Captain joseph
NJ Dickey, which will act the irnm adiate escort
of the Governors and their staff officers. who will
be in carriages After the carriages will the
delegations OF New-York business .nen and some
civic organizations which have applied for places
In the line. The extreme left of the line will e
held by the Burgesses Corps. of Albany. The plan
is to have the parade reach the Capitol shortly be-
fore noon. the hour at which the Inauguration
ceremony will take place
The Governors party will enter the Capitol by
the State-st. door, and Governor Roosevelt and
GSvernor-elect odeI will 20 to the Executive
Assembly Chamber, where the public ceremony will
Bishop William Croswen Ddane of Albany, will
open the ceremonies with prayer Governor Roose-
Yelt will deliver the address of welcome. which
the Governor-eect will respond Secretary of State
John T. McDonoush win then administer the oath
OF office after VIZ ch the exercises will close with
the benediction: pronounced by the Bishop
The first official act of the Governor will be
to af1X his signature to the commissions of his
secretary and the members of his military staff.
A public reception will be held in the Executive
Chamber from l o'clock until 3 when the Governor
will receive the State officials, National Guard Off
GERS and citizens in general At the Executive
Mansion from until o'clock Governor and Mrs.
Odell will hold reception. Mrs Oden will be
sisted in receiving by the wives of the State OFF,
GERS and other Albany women
New-York tribune., 1900-12-30

position have been circulated. The land includes
FIVE city lots. with frontage Of $50 feet in
Fifty-ffth-st. and of rs feet in FTrth-ave. There
is L in tie rear. that the easterly line
measures 100 feet.
The plot adjoins a row Of five dwelling houses
to the south. Ffe most northern is owned by
Everhart the brewer the second by the Brew
ster estate, the third by the Calvin s. Brice es-
tate, and the fourth and fifth by William Rookie
feller. Directly opposite. the southwest cor
ner of Fifth-ave. and Fifty -flfth-st is the 100
foot front vacant lot owned by st. Luke's Hos
pital. and the adjoining corner of Fifty
fourth-st. and Fifth-ave stands the University
Club house
The new building will face ir Fifty-hfth-st
On the ground floor. on the Fifth-ave. side, will
be a large public dining hall, with palm garden
in the rear L. On the eastern side viii be pri-
vate reception rooms for the friends Of guests,
who Will be admitted from the street by
private entrance to the east of the central
entrance On the second floor will be private
dining rooms for guests, libraries and reception
rooms The remaining fourteen floors will be
arranged for apartments ranging from single
chambers to suites of fifteen and twenty rooms
The front windows of the upper floors will COM
mand views overlooking Central Park and in
clear weather the Hudson and the Palisades.
the shaft of the building of Indiana limestone
On a level with the fourteenth floor heavy
granite coping will break the straight lines of
the shaft, and the dormer windows and CHM
ney like masonry of the roof will to a great
degree overcome the box shape which so gener-
ally haracterizes the high apartment house.
The building is to be heated by the indirect
method unique system of meal service has
been devised for the special purpose of prevent
ing food being served cold. The dumb waiter is
dispensed with, and meals will be sent up in
pantry elevators. heated and operated by eiec-
tricty. BY this means the top floor can be
reached from the basement kitchen in ninety
seconds
Special attention has been given to servants
quarters. All the la.Ee apartments will have
servants rooms, servants bathroom and sit
ting room. The apartments will also be fur
nished with complete electric lighting and tele-
phone service. The building is expected to be
ready for occupancy on OF before September l.
1902
Since Colonel Astor sold the block of East
Side property bounded by Fourth and Fifth sts
First-ave and Avenue to its tenants and
others for something less than 100000. it has
been rumored that he would soon reinvest the
money in the improvement of his uptown prop
erty.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-30

among real estate men as the Sleepy Hollow sf
Broadway"
One OF the first signs OF the coming boom w.s
the sale or the southwest corner OF Broadway and
Ffftieth-st., reported in detailed article m The
Tribune OF December II. This property had been
held by the Livingston estate for almost hair a
century and was sold to John Dietz the owner OF
the adjoining property. who viii improve the whols
site by the erection of high class apartment house
The sale of the Virginia Hotel the Central
Realty Bond and Trust Company means the ulti-
mate Improvement OF this site, According 60 one
Of the officials OF this company the hotel win be
released. and conducted with a different policy.
until the operation of the tunnel, when Il Is sx-
pected the site viii be bought by an investor. who
will erect a hotel. much after the style and type
of the Empire Hotel at Sixty-third-sJ and Broad
way The Virginia Hotel was owned by Eugene T.
O'Connor. who bought IL IN 1885 The price Is not
officially reported but Is understood to be In the
neighborhood OF S26SOo0 II held for many
years at $4,000.
Further south In Broadway. No. Is7O was sold
to the HStna Real Estate and Loan Company, in
creasing It's holding the northeast corner Of
New-York tribune., 1900-12-30
SON HALEs HIS MOTHER TO COURT.
MAGISTRATE ORDERS ARREST OF THE YOUNG
MAN AND HIS BROTHER.

MAGISTRATE ORDERS ARREST OF THE YOUNG
MAN AND HIS BROTHER.
Mr. and Mrs Hugh Goodwin, Of No 1903 Am
sterdam-ave., were before Magistrate Meade in the
Harlem Police Court yesterday as the result or a
summons issued at the instance Of their son Hugh
T. twenty-eight years old, who alleged that his
mother had DETAINED his character by saying that
he was a jaibird. The father is sixty years DID,
and has been in the employ of the Postofice for
more than twenty-five years. After the testimony
Of Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin the Magistrate ordered
the arrest Of Hugh T. Goodwin and his brother
Neal w. thirty-hve years old, on charges OF dis
orderly conduct.
The parents testified that they had always law
ished affection on their The mother said:
Within the last few years my boys have abused
both their father and me. Being more al nome
than their father, the greater part OF the abuse
fell upon / stood their bad language, thelr
blows cuffs and their general harsh treatment
for wears did not complain for the sake OF the
family name. Gradually my sons became worse
They had fallen into the lowest class OF coInpah-
TO me would be too vile or profane for them TO
utter Then they began to beat me and hit me
with their fists Then they got into trouble, were
arrested and sent TO the penltenuary lot SIX
They had been arrested BEFORE NUMBER Ot
for long period as the last TINE 1ney
came home and gave them some Inonsy;; tt tSIL4
ness from did them good, for their treat
ment Of and their father was worse than ever.
The parents said that the many occa-
sions when they wished TO go to bed and no BED
was ready for them had dragged their sleeping
parents from bed, after Which the SONS n4uIu set
into the bed they had thus MADE vacant Inc SOILS
will have a hearing tomorrow"
New-York tribune., 1900-12-30
REQUIEM MASS FOR FATHER MALONE.
BELFoRD AND DUCEY ABOUT THE
CELEBRATION.

4 difference of opinion has arisen between father
Belford pastor Of SITS. Peter and Paufs Church IN
Wvthe-aye. Brooklyn. and Father Thomas Duce;'
nastor of 81 I,eo's Church Manhattan, in regard
70 the singing of an anniversary requiem mass IN
St Ieo's Church. in memory of Father sylvester
Malone Father Belford is of the opinion that no
anniversary mass may be celebrated, because the
general law of the church forbids such mass De
tween Christmas and New Years Day An ami
versary mass, nevertheless. was celebrated yester
day morning in St. Leo's Church
rather Ducey at the close of the mass recalled
his first meeting with Father Malone, nearly forty
years age and spoke of the later 1rlehuship lux
Orestes A Rrownson a well known convert 10 the
Catholic Church Father Ducey said that FatAer
Malone worked necessarily early and late in sea-
son and out of season, for his people Fater Dueey
added: -, 49,,
This is the holy season Of Christmas 1 as ,S ana s the
rbrrcb very properly hns decided that al TINS sea,
IN on-LCm 1870, tbe octave mass may not be celebrated
Son ~ bIsnt except in the presence of corpse nor
the final absolution given
The mass was attended by many residents of the
Eastern District.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-30
THROUGH BRIDGE TRAINS TOMORROW.

COMMISSIONER SHEA THINKS THEY WILL BEGIN
RUNNING on ALL THE ELEVATED LINES
Bridge Commissioner Shea said yesterday that he
believed elevated trains on all the lines would
the Bridge tomorrow. An obstacle so far has been
the problem Of separating the five cent passengers
from the three cent passengers at the Manhattan
end of the Bridge The exclusive use OF plat
form for the three passengers at all hours Of
the day was desired by the railroad officials but
privilege on the ground that il would cripple the
service The railroad officers we're unwilling 20
risk the loss of carrying people from MannattaE
TO any part of Brooklyn for three cents through
trains. and the Bridge officials were unwilling TO
sacrifice any part OF the Bridge to the exclusive
use OF three cent passengers
Commissioner Shea added that the problem had
been discussed from every point OF view. and II
would probably be settled satisfactorily In the fol-
lowing twenty-fOur hours. that through trains
might be run tomorrow.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-30
JERSEY AND REAPPORTI0NMENT.
FRANKLIN MURPHY THINKS THE NEW
MEMBER WILL BE A CONGRESS
MAN-AT-LARGE.

Franklin Murphy. OF Newark. a member of the
Republican National Committee for New-Jersey,
SAID last night at the Fifth Avenue Hotel that
under the new Congress District reapportionment
the additional member for New-Jersey would prob
aoly be Congressman-at-arge, rather than to
nave the State redistricted II under the reappor-
uonment two members given to the State it
will be necessary 10 redistrict the State -Ir
Murphy ventured the opinion that both the new
districts would go to the northern part of the
state as the southern part had not shown the
necessary growth in population to warrant giving
it district
among the more important matters for the
Legislature to deal with this winter is the PROPOSE
.ioh 10 90 away with the spring election" said Mr.
Murphy "A bill doing this may be passed but I'm
inclined to believe that the Legislature will be con-
sefVaove In its course. We are going 10 keep in
Inind the fact" said Mr.. Murphy smiling that
NeW-Jersey has changed from a safe Democratic
10 DO anything rash:' ~ e'e
-, Nhen asked about successor to J. Hart Brewer
the Assistant Appraiser for New-JerseV who dtaA
New-York tribune., 1900-12-30
FIVE MILLIONS FOR EDUCATION.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS INCREASING AND PRIVATE
SCHOOLS DECREAsING-IMPOR-
TANT STATISTICS.

Albany, Dec. 2s.-The annual report of the State
Department of Public Instruction viii show that
during the last school year the total expenditures
for school purposes in this State increased ss5OO
that the value of school sites increased Sc 64 $50
that the number of school children increased 1854
that the number OF teachers employed increased
$50. and that the number OF volumes in school IL
brartes increased 1858
The statistics also show that the number of pri-
vate schools the decrease hfty-seven hav-
ing ceased to operate during the year. In COM
pliance with the policy OF the State school authori
ties reduce the number of school districts four
dissolved and their territory united with other
districts.
The total statistics for the State are as follows:
School districts. 174o: schoolhouses. 1881; value
of schooIhouses and sites, $ 76S 495; children of
school age five to eighteen years. 1569, ,653: chill
dren attending school portion OF the year,
1909 54; average daily attendance S57 49, aggregate
days attendance 159,4 las; average length of
school term, 175; average number of days each
pupil attended. 132: private schools. 944 children
attending private schools 163 946; licensed teach
employed, 160 days more, 81. .76S teachers
ployed during year 34s4S; teachers licensed "a 800
average annual salary of teachers, S64 rs; volumes
In school libraries, 156S5S; expended for teachers
salaries, S921SS92 So; expended for buildings, sites
furniture repairs ETC., SS54S6 64S g. expended for
school libraries $42 15S 49, total expenditures. $SS
421, ,491 81.