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The Red Cloud chief., 1900-12-28
THE NEWS SHORTENED.

Beers threaten Kimberley. Lord
Kitchener has completely shot off
news.
The storm Of the first part of the
week was quite general. Stock in
many states suffered considerably.
Nick Gentleman, who killed Soren
Oleson at Platte Center. Neb.. has been
held to answer To the charge of muir
der.
The Missouri River commission. now
considered Ia be useless. will. 1t is
said, he abolished in the river and har-
Dor bill.
Forbes Robertson, a London actor
manager, and Miss Gertrude Elliott.
sister of Maxine Elliott, were married
recently.
Christmas trade in Lincoln and
Omaha, as well as in many other of
Nebraska'S larger towns, was cxcep-
tionalIy heavy.
At Cleveland, o., Judge Neff sen
fenced Edward Ruthven, colored, Ia
be electrocuted April ~. 1901, for the
murder of Patrolman Ship.
At Hastings, Iowa, lnez Gibson,
aged - years, committed suicide be.
cause she was below her usual averag,
at the monthly school examination.
The libel suit of Baron Won Schroe
der against John ID, Spreckles, propri
etor of the san Francisco Cali foI
$780, 900 was decided in favor of Spreck
les.
II, ID. Porter. editor of the Geneseo
H., Republic, died suddenly at En-
poria, Kansas, whitner he and his wifi,
had gone to spend the holidays wit
relatives.
John. 4. McCutchcon, the Chicag'
Records artist and newspaper CORES
pendent is critically i'll at his home i
Chicago. lie was stricken wit
! pneumonia a few days ago.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-12-28
Disease Among Range Cattle.

Word has been received ut Lead, =.
D., from the ranges west of the Black
Hills, in Wyoming, of the deadly dis
ease that has broken out among range
cattle. In many respects it resembles
human diphthcria and it is nearly al
ways fatal. The throat swells up and
a mocus forms in the mouth which
usually results in strangulatiou. 1t is
believed by the state veterinarian that
the disease was started by the warm
days and cold nights, The disease il,
being watched carefully by the veter-
marian, but it is believed that it will
be difficult to stop. 1t is hoped that
cold weather will stop its spreading.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-12-28

Congress usually passes a general
"River and Harbor" bill every other
year, and such a bill Is due this win
ter. In the appropriations of this sort
the people of seaports and river towns
are naturally more interested than
are those OF inland regions, A sea-
port representative in personal CONVEX
sation the other day put the case thus,
in order to persuade his inland asso-
ciates that they had as much to gain
by a certain harbor Improvement as
he: 1T is not the mouth that profits
by the food that goes into 1t, but the
whole body. The harbor OF my city Is
but a mouth Of the nation; by making
access to It easier. goods going and
coming have less to pay for transport
tation. This leaves more remaining
as your share on what you have to
sell abroad. and also makes what you
have to buy cost less"
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-12-28
Morocco Consents to settle.

n message from United States Con-
sui Gumnery at Tangicrs informes the
state department that the Moorish
government had settled the claim of
the United States for 5000 ~incemnity
on account of the murder of Essagui. a
naturalized American citizen. in Mo-
racco last spring. Essagui WINS of
French birth, but the fact that he was
naturaliaed as an American citizen re-
lieved the French government from
the necessity Of joining in the demand
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-12-28

The house yesterday passed
dian and the military academy app -
priatiation bills. The former carried
80. 036. 526. and the latter 500. Isl.
Neither provoked much discussion. A
few minor amendments were passed
upon the former.
Mr.. sherman. New York, who was
in chrage of the Indian bill. explained
the measure. which carries $3.50. .sG
mere than the law for the current
year. The main items of increase are
those appropriating 81 500. 900 for full
filing treaty stipulations with the
Apachcs. kiowas and Comanches: $50
900 for the Chippewas of Minnesota
and S4.?j.0O0 for the Fort Hall Indians.
The principal decrease is S41i 900 for
tiuc civilized tribes commission. q,
The amendment Of Mr.. Little. Ark
ansas. striking ont the appropriation
for the Hampton, Va. Indian school,
was disagreed to IA to 80. A vigorous
discussion of the scctarian question
developed in connection with the
amendment.
Mr.. Cannon called attention to the
growing cost of education among the
Indians In 1877 il was about 81 ,OOO,-
600 and now about s3.0 o 900. Last
year it cost ST. ) 900 to educate the
-, 900 children of the District of Co.
lnmbia, and over SO. 600, coo to educate
Il 800 Indian children.
Mr.. Curtis. Kansas, explained that
the Indian children were not only edu-
Gated, but boarded and clothed.
An amendment was agreed to rela-
| tive to the fee of clerks in courts in
the Indian territory requiring fees to
be accounted for and allowing $500 per
year in addition to salary for certain
extra work.
The military academy appropriation
bill was then taken up. 1t carried
S1OO,l5l S25,S4j more than the current
law. Mr.. Hull, of Iowa. chairman of
the military committee, explained that
the principal item of increase was SlO.-
900 for the centennial celebration to
be held at the academy July 4. 1901.
Mr.. Bailey, of Texas. asked If the
practice of hazing at the academy hao
been broken up.
THE academy management" replied
Mr.. Hull, lis doing all il IA do to
break il up. Two cadets have been
expelled during the past year for in
dulging in the practice"
Il notice from the testimony now
being taken at West Point" said Mr.,
Bailey, that the cadets admit the haz'
ing continues. | do not believe il is
necessary to make n brute of a man In
order to make a soldier of him. | be
! lieve the practice should cease. If il
cannot be stopped, the academy shoul'
5 be abolished. Applause)
And the naval academy rs well.
, cried Mr.. Hill, Connecticut, amid re-
newed applause.
Il agree with all the gentleman ha'
said regarding the brutality of haz
ing observed Mr.. Hull, land | thinl
the officers Of the academy will sool
{ stamp out the practice"
The bill was her passed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-12-28
EridnN. Dcrember II.

After spending the greater part of
the past fortnight in considering the
lIay-Pauncefote treaty for the mOditi-
cation of the Iulwer-Clayton convcn-
tion of 1850. the senat yesterday con-
Sumed only one hour and ten minutes
in amending il and ratifying it as
amended. All the amendments, eN-
cept those offered by Senator Foraker
and reported by the committee ON for
eign relations. were voted down by
maioritics averaging about nineteen.
The ratification resolution was adopt
ed by IA vote of tifty-tive to eighteen.
The senate was in executive session
for about an hour before the time for
voting arrived, listening to speeches
by Senators Thurston, Gallinger, Wal
cost and Bard, explanatory of their
attitude. senator Bard contended for
the adoption Of his amendment giving
preference to American ships passing
through the proposed N~icaraugan ca
nal. senator Gallinger spoke in de-
Tense of the treaty as it originally came
from the executive. Senator Wolcott
said that the original treaty would
have been satisfactory to him, but
added that he considered the agree
ment rs il had been, and was about to
be amended. preferable to no treaty at
all.
senator Thurston strongly advocated
the treaty. saying that as Great Brit
ain owns and governs "A very large por-
tion of the territory of North America,
ii was perfectly right and proper that
that country should he consulted in
the matter of the construction of the
iSthmiau n
One after another amendments were
voted down and the treaty was finally
ratified. The vote was:
Eeas-Aldrich, Allison, Bacon, Bev-
eridge, Burrows. Carter. Chandler.
CLAY, Cullom, Dcboc, Dillingham;,
Elkins, Fairbanks, Forakea, Foster,
Fryb, Gallinger, Hale, Hanna, Hans
brough, Harris, Hawley, Hoar, Jones,
of Nevada. Kcan, Kenny. Lindsay.
Lodge. Mcbride, McComas, McCumber,
Mckinney, M~claurin, Mcmillan, Nal
lory, Morgan, Nelson, Penrose, Per
kins, Pcttus, Platte of New York,
Pritchard. Proctor. QuarleS, Scott,
Shoup, Spooner. Stewart, sullivan
Taliaferro, Thurston, Turner, Warren
Wetmorc, Wolcott-55.
Nays-Allen. Bard, Bate. Berry, But
Ter, Cockrell, Culberson. Daniel. Heit
field, Martin, Mason. Money, Petti
grew, Teller, Tillman, Turley, Vest
Wellington-ls.
Mrs. Andrew Petersen of Lindsa'
committed suicide by hanging herself
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-12-28
NATIONAL SENATE
Thursday. December go.

e~sterday's executive session Of the
senate demonstrated that the discus
sion of the Hay Pauncefote treaty by
that body is practically ended. and
that the senate is ready for the vote,
which it has fixed for tomorrow.
When, upon Mr.. Lodges motion. the
doors were closed and he called up the
treaty no nate evinced a desire to
speak upon it.
Congress has authorized the presi-
dent to appoint Representative Charles
a. Boutelle of Maine to be captain of
the United States navy On the retired
list. without a word of opposition or
even comment, the senate passed h
house resolution authorizing Mr.. Bou-
telle's retirement. 1t is expected that
the president will approve the resolu-
tion. and i'm accordance with the au-
thorizatiou nominate him as a captain
on the retired list Of the navy. Mr..
Boutclle is a member of the present
house and a member elect of the next
house. IL is assured that he will re-
sign his membership in the house and
thus open the way for his retirement
in accordance with the provisions Of
the resolution.
ON motion Of Mr.. IIoar of MaSsachu-
setts the house amendments to the bin
relating To taxes in Grcer county, Tex
a., were agreed to, thus passing the
bill.
| The army reorganization bill passed
by the house was before the senate
committee on military affairs. The
canteen paragraph was amended to
read AS follows:
''The sale of or dealing in wine or
any distilled spirits by any person in
any post exchange or canteen or army
transport or upon any premises used
for military purposes by the United
States /. hereby prohibited. The sec
rotary of war is hereby directed to
carry the provisions Of this action into
full force and effect
Senator Harris made an effort &c
have the canteen extended to the city
Of Manila so AS to prohibit the sale OF
liquors in hat city, but failed.
without making any special request
for speakers Mr.. Lodge asked the sen
ate to take up the treaty with Spaii
providing for the ccsSion to the United
States of the Philippine islands of Sib
utu n C%agayan. Sulu and their de
Tendencies in consideration of the pay
ment to Spain of $780, 900. Objection
to this request was made by severa
senators including McSSrS. iioar. Wen
ington and Bacon, and Senator Lodge
with the hope of removing the objec
tions made. went into n brief eNplaua
ton of the terms of the treaty.
Senators Hoar and Bacon said the
should like to have more time to cor
slider the question. and senator Wei
ington made unqualified objection.
Accordingly the treaty was laid asid
for the time being.
Seventy-one private pension bill
We're passed. including two giving pei
sions of $50 "a month to the widows
of Gen. John 4. McClenard and GcI
John NJ. Palmer. A bill giving II PEI
sion Of $40 "A month to the widow G
Col. James Mercur, late professor {
civil and military engineering at We
Point. also was passed.
The urgent deficiency bill W;
passed without debate. The senat
then. at 1870. on motion of Mr.. Lodg
went into executive session To reSun
consideration of the Ilay-Pauncefot
; treaty. and at 2:iO p. m. adjourned.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-12-28
STRIKE ON TROLLEY LINES
Zig system Tied Up In Pennsylvania Min
Ing District.

Every one of the 800 car and barn
employees of the scranton. Pa, Rail-
way company obeycd the strike order
which went into effect mt ; o'clock De
cember %, and ~ n consequence only
two ears were run in all the Lackawa-
ma valley. These two ears were man
ned by Superintendent Patterson and
dispatchers. forcmen and clerks. No
attempt vas made to modest them, and
although rain fell the greater part of
the day the two ears seldom had pas.
sengers.
The tied up region extends from
Pittsburg to Forest City. u distance of
thirty miles aud includes siXty-tyc
miles of track OF which are run ordi-
narily eighty ears.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-12-28

The practice Of concentrating the
one-hundredth anniversaries OF i'm
portant events operates to keep fresh
in recollection the historical occur
rences OF just a century back. a few
years & we had a long series of
Revolutionary celebrations, beginning
with Concord and ending with York
town. The centenary of the Louis
lana purchase is now in preparation.
Many of the states will celebrate the
h%undredth anniversary of their admis-
sion to the Union; Tennessee has al
ready done SO, and Ohio will soon fol-
low. In this way the world is steadily
living over again the great events Of
the past. The time will doubtless come
when Honolulu. deckcd in gay colors,
will celebrate the centennial of its an
~neXation to the United States.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-12-28
CONGRESSIONAL CHAT.

The house yesterday, at the end Of a
spirited contest extending over two
days, passed bills to compel the Penn
s%ylvania and Baltimore Il Ohio rail-
roads to abolish grade crossings to
alter their routes into Washington,
and TO- change their terminal facilities,
An amendment was placed upon the
Pennsylvania bill to require the road
To build II new station to cost not less
than 81 800, 900. The bills were vigor-
ously a~ntagonizcd by a portion of the
minority under the leadership of Mr..
Cowherd of Missouri, on the ground
that they We're too liberal.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-12-28

A Minneapolis widow fitted up q
room In her house. whore for months
she nightly communed-or thought she
did-with the spirit Of her dead nus.
band. Then a dashing young physi-
clan laid seige to her heart. Among
other good advice he said to her: ut
is your duty, Emma. to turn your at
tention from the dead and seek hap
piness with the living The spirit
chamber has been %dismantled. and the
widow will soon be cheered by "A liv.
ing husband.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-12-28
Charged with stenling Hogs.

Charles Spicce. Robert Lovelace and
Will Hale of Battle Creek are confined
in the county Jail, charged with steal
ing a wagon load of hogs from +. J.
Hale. The hogs were located in
Madison. Mr.. Fraser, who transacted
the deal went to Battle Creek and says
he identified Spiece. Later Lovelace
was pushed and it is alleged he con
fessed. One of the trio, Hale, is only
IA boy.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-12-28
Convict Labor Commission.

A Joliet, H., dispatch of December
Is, says: The convict labor commits
sion, appointed under the authority of
the last Legislature, is in session here
at the ~penitentiary, endcavoring to
formulate a report to the next legisla-
ture. The sessions are secret. The
commission just returned from n tour
of the eastern prisons Senator Chap
man of Vienna, H., is chairman of the
commission.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-12-28

A society is being organized by DR..
A. j. austen Kelly. OF Brooklyn, for
the purpose of establishing colonies for
consumptives in Northern New York.
Something like 5000 acres ~ land have
been bought in the foot bills of the
A~dirondacks. The purpose Is To es-
tablish a number OF small farms. each
with its own house. and the patients
will be given light work out Of doors
when the weather is favorable.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-12-28
Must Pay Their Own Bills.

The secretary of the interior has
called the attention of congress to a
ruling by the comptroller that the gov
errors of states and territories who
took part in the recent celebration in
Washington cannot he paid their ex-
penses, owing to the technical features
of the law limiting the expenditures
to committee purposes. 1t is suggest
ed that the law be ~broadened SO the
governors expenses can be paid.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-12-28
GAZING IN OF A BIG MINE

Principal street Of Pittston, Pa. sinks out
Of sight.
The cavern at the Ravinc mine OF
the Pennsylvania Coal company. at
Pittston, Pa, has caused the principal
street of the city for a distance of
t~hlrty-tivc feet to fall into the mines.
The cave-in is the most serious in
the history of the anthracite region.
II is feared other sections will also
sink. Water and gas mains were
broken by today's cave-in and water
is flooding the mines. Seven houses
have been badly damaged. 1t is stated
the collapse was caused by the robbing
of the mine pillars.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-12-28
Sent to the RcfOrmatOry.

Albert the tcn-year.old son of John
y. Sattlcr. of Portsmouth, Neb., has
been sentenced by Judge Douglass to
a term in the state r~eformatory at
kearney. The boy was one of those
who b~urglarized the safe in the store
of the Sattler Furniture company and
The complaint was sworn out by w
w. Coates.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-12-28

The Maori party in the New Zealand
house OF representatives contains but
four native members, but 1t has great
power in the Moari interests. Tho
maoris have been agitating lately TO-
a certain measure of home rule, and
II Is another example OF the practical
spirit which obtains in New Zealand
that they are to be given what they
seek. A measure has now been intro
duced to parliament at Wellington en-
bodying the modest claims Of the ma
tives in regard to the Maori lands, and
no doubt It will, after sympathetic
discussion, be placed upon the statute
book of the great progressive colony,
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-12-28
HOY FATALLY Wounded.

At Great Falls, Mont. on December
%, Jacob Wcrtcn shot and fatally
wounded his son John. Werten had
treated his wife badly and the son in
terfrred 10 protect the mother. The
father drew Il revolver and fired a ball
into the boys neck. The son is para
lyzed and will die. Jacob Werten sur
rendered to the authorities.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-12-28
Boy Protects His Mother.

To shield his mother from abuse and
save himself from a beating with "A
poker. Albert Albertsen shot and Kill
led his father at their home ON Went
worth avenue, Chicago. Albert, who
il seventeen years old, was arrested.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-12-28
KILLS A NEBRASKA MAN.
Fatal Collision with u Texas city Mar
sinai.

Marshal Morrison, of Mansfield,
Texas, shot and killed Dick House and
badly wounded his father, O. L. House,
farmers from Mansfield, Neb. The
cause of the tragedy is not known
here, but it is said it grew out of n
grudge of long standing. Marshal
Morrison was not injured. He has
been an officer in Mansfield for fifteen
wears.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-12-28
Wealthy Mnn Murdereh.

Frank Richardson. Il wealthy bust
ness man of 81. Joseph, Mo-, and Sa-
vannah, was murdered at his home in
Savannah. 1t was found that a stran-
ger with whom he had q%uarreled, fol-
lowed him from town and shot him in
the back of the head. Richardson was
Il brother of John ID. Richardson. the
general manager of the biscuit trust.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-12-28

The oldest duly qualified physician
In the world resides at Carlsbad. in
the person of Gallus Ritter von Hoch-
berger, NJ. ID. He is 81 years old. He
has been in practice II years, and
still gives medical advice, but only
visits poor people who live in the re-
mote corners Of the town and on the
hills. The veteran doctor is a daily
visitor to the Carlsbad theatre.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-12-28

w. A. Forsyth, head Of the firm of
w. \. Forsyth Il Son, groccrs of Ogal-
ALA, was found dead in his bed Sun,
day morning. He left his place of
business early in the evening, feeling
as well as usual. Mr.. Forsyth went
to Ogalalla in the palmy days and was
one of its leading business men. lie
was scvcnty-six years old. Heart fail
ure was the cause of death.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-12-28

A man in Philadelphia takes five
daily papers, just to read the patent
Smedj the advertisements. He imagines,
@t .eading the symptoms of any
y ase, that that malady Is growing
.sseen within his body, and he skip5
ioff to the drug store and buys a REM
edy. During the past two years he has
taken 772 bottles OF various propr!e-
tary preparations.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-12-28
Latin In m Public School.

A pupil at the public school in Arm
strong. Mo-, refused to study Latin and
was expelled. His father a Methodist
preacher, took the matter before the
hoard, with the result that Latin Is
now an optional study.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-12-28
Dowager Lady churchill Dead.

The Dowager Lady Churchill, senior
lady of the bedchamber ana an init
mate friend of the queen, was found
dead in bed at Osborn palace December
20. On retiring she complained of cold.
but NJ alarming symptoms manifested
themselves and her indisposition was
not thought to be of Il serious nature.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-12-28

A dispatch from Aberdeen, Scotland,
says that five Shetland fishing boats
have been missing Size the storm that
ragged last week, and il is feared that
twenty-seven fishermen have been
drowned.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-12-28
"PAUNCEFOTE.~

a Paris dispatch says: The cham.
Der OF deputies, adopted the amnesty
biil by a vote of 1856 to 9. The bene-
hts OF the measure extend to offenses
connected with strikes, public meet.
ings OF associations and the troubles
in Algeria in lssz<l in addition to
eauses arising out of the Dreyfus agita.
ton
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-12-28
w.lrar. OF Arkansas cities.

The mayors in Arkansas met IN
convention In Little Rock on Wednes-
day, Nov, %, to further legislation
looking to the welfare OF their cities
Boards OF trades, business mems
leagues and commercial organizations
sent delegates.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-12-28
s,oo,. for Learned Professions.

There are l4l theological schools in
the United States, fifty-two law
schools, n~inety-two regular medica'
schools. nine eclectic medical schools
and fourteen homeopathic.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-12-28

Fire at Joliet. H., destroyed the
plant of the Fox pressed steel car
works, one Of the big institutions of
the city. Total loss SlOO, 900.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-12-28

At Little Rock. Ark. three of Dick
Lambcrson'S Sol burned To- death.
They played with matches, the house
caught fire ana they could not escape.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-12-28
kniser Decorates Chancellor.

Sunday, Dee. %, Emperor William
visited the imperial chancellor. Count
o Buelow. and personally conferred
upon him the insignia of the order of
the Black Eagle.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-12-28
uo,,.cbud a Turtle Collector.

Walter Rothschild of London has a
collection OF eighty-four turtles from
all parts of the world, Some, weigh
ing over 400 pounds. arc believed 10 De
about $50 years old. .
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-12-28
Murdered for Money.

At Gobcr, Ten, j. j. Johnson IA prom.
inent farmer was found dead in his
yard. lie was evidently murdered for
his money.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-12-28

A MuSkegon. Mich, dispatch says
the oil well being developed there was
shot and after the explosion the pumps
were set and IA good flow resulted.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-12-28

At the recent meeting OF the Ameri-
can Ornithologists' union, the commit
tee on bird protection submitted an
encouraging report Of work done dur
ing the past year. With the %co-opera-
tion OF lighthouse keepers, captains OF
l~ife-saving stations and owner Of is
lands on which gulls and terms breed,
the plum hunters We're kept away from
fields which have heretofore yielded
their largest returns. Under the Lacey
bill, passed at the last session Of con-
rress, the society vas able to seize
Ne bodies Of 1900 birds from a Harry
nd dealer. and to bring suit against
In. The good effect of this action
" felt at once. All the wholesale
nd iners in Baltimore asked to have
tn stock inspected, and offered to
wiz raw whatever was held illegally.
1t worth noting that among the
NAL adies present at the meeting OF
the on, not me wore a hat trimmed
with IDS or feathers, The members
evidSlf fly practice what they preach.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-12-28

Mrs. Andrew Petersen of LINDSAY
committed suicide by hanging herself.