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The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-29
Report of Massacre Doubted.

The apprehension as to the fate Of
the Europeans cut off at Tien Tsin
have been sharpened by Admiral
kempff's message, says a Washington
dispatch, which was the first definite
announcement of the bombardment
and destruction of the foreign conces-
sions. But, in spite of Shanghai's
grim statement that the Chinese used
forty-pounders. and that 1900 foreign
ers were massacrcd. there is no reason
to conclude that the foreign colony has
been unable to protect itself. A Shang-
hal dispatch reports that Tien Tsin
was bombarded for two days. that the
casualties were 100; that 5000 interna-
tional troops are there, and that now
that the allied commanders at Taku
are hastily pushing forward a relief
column it is hoped the worst apprehen-
sions will soon be dispelled.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-29
BREAKING THROUGH A NET
Beers Playing a Lively Game OF Hide
and Seek.

A London dispatch says: Lord Rob-
erts' six columns are converging APP
parently so AS to close in upon the
Free Skaters, although decisive results
cannot be expected for several days.
A number of Beers who were sup
posed to be within the widc-tiung net
have broken or rather stolen through
General Rundle's Ficksburg-Senekal
lines. The Canadians were engaged
in the Honingspruit fight last Friday.
General Dewets men cut off a Canad-
ian outpost of mounted rifles at dawn,
two being killed. Lieutenant Trigils
and four others were wounded and
three were captured. The Free Stat
crs then attacked the camp. where
were fifty Canadians and two com-
panies of Shropshires, though without
much effect; as the men were well en-
trenched.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-29
SHOOTS HIS BROTHER DEAD
News Brought to wymore, Neb., Of q
Kansas Tragedy.

hhhsas tTageuy
Jake Baker shot and killed his
brother, Pete Baker, at the home OF
the latter in Hanover, Kas., and after
seeing the result of his deadly aim
would have taken his " life had not
his wife and the wife of the murdered
man stopped him. lie then walked
across the street and gave himself up
to an officer. The story of the shoot
ing and the trouble which led up to it,
as told is to the effect that the two
brothers were running a beer stand at
a Sunday picnic near Hanover and that
sometime during the day Pete became
intoxicated and had a fight. Later
the two brothers and their wives, who
are sisters, were at Pete's home settl-
ing up the days business, when Jake
made the remark that the only thing
to mar the pleasure of the picnic vas
the fight Pete had. This remark is
said to have angered Pete. who was
still under the influence of liquor. and
he attacked his brother and finally put
him under a table. Jake tried to get
out, but was put back, and told by
Pete that he would kill him IL he came
out, but Jake was too quick and jump
ing out from under the table he grab
bed a gun and shot his brother twice,
killing him instantly. The coroner's
jury ~exonerated Jake Baker, the shoot
ing being in self-defense.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-29

The Hon. Henry Copeland, who sue
ceeds% SirJulian Salomons as agent-gen-
eral for New South Wales In London.
was, like tho premier OF New Zealand,
originally a working miner. He spent
years on the Ballarat goldhelds in Vic
toria before he settled In Sydney. one
OF the divisions OF which he represent
ed In parliament until his recent pro-
motion to London. In a farewell edi-
toriai a Sydney paper says OF him.
"A working miner he was, and n work.
ing miner he remains. He still ex-
presses himself as of old in vigorous
and unadorned Anglo-Saxon that will
make Mr.. Chamberlain sit up when the
pair commence to negotiate on con.
troversial colonial questions"
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-29
WI mt to Parade.

Adjutant General Barry is kept busy
granting permission to national guards
men to take part in Fourth of July
celebrations. Recently Company A..
Second regiment, with headquarters at
Kearney, and Company c, First regi-
ment, Beatrice, were given permission
to parade with arms and participate in
Fourth of July celebrations. One or
two companies of the guard will take
part in sham battles and the state will
furnish blank cartridges.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-29
Oregon Ii Under Way.

Word has reached the navy depart.
ment that the battleship Oregon got
away from Hong Kong bound for
Taku. This is two days ahead of her
expected start. She took on l64 sailors
and marines brought to Hong Kong by
the Zafro. The big ship may now
have Ii chance to repeat her celebrated
performance ''around the horn" AS she
is being crowded for a fast run to the
scene of action. The distance is about
l.500 miles, and, IL she makes record
time she will be at Taku in six days,
about the same time that the Brooklyn
arrives from Manila. These ships are
the only ones going to China.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-29
WHEAT CROP RUINED
Northwest Crop In bad shape-PiowIng
Up Whole Fields.

Up Whole Fields.
A Duluth, Mimi. special says: Oliver
Dalrymple, the big wheat grower of
North Dakota, says.
II am of the opinion that two-thirds
of the spring wheat crop is killed be-
Gond redemption. The Grandin farm
is running sixty plows in the wheat
fields. l shall start plows tomorrow
and nearly all spring wheat farmers
will be blowing under wheat next
week unless heavy rains come.
A Chicago, June 22 dispatch says:
The Times Herald tomorrow will pub
lish n crop report prepared by Snow,
the crop expert who has completed a
two weeks trip through the states of
Minnesota, North and South Dakota.
He declares the situation IA national
calamity and claims the wheat failure
there is the worst ever known. lie
estimates the Dakotas as promising
only 10000, 900 bushels each and Min
nesota 81 1000, 900 bushels. "A total Of
$4,000, 900, against 200, 600, 900 bushels
last year and 225, O0O, 900 bushels in
1898.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-29
RUMOR CT BIG MASSACRE
Fifteen Hundred Foreigners Reported
to Have Been Murdered.

A London, June 90 dispatch says:
The silence of Pekin continues un-
broken. Four thousand men OF the
allied forces were having sharp defens-
i've fighting at Tien Tsin Tuesday and
Wednesday, with a prospect of being
reinforced Thursday. This is the sit
uation in China as set forth in the Brit
ish government dispatches.
Eight hundred Americans are TAX
ing part in the fighting at Tien Tsin."
says the Shanghai correspondent of
the Daily Express, cabling last even
ing, "and they apparently form a part
of a supplementary force. arriving
with Germans and British after the
conflict started. 1t is impossible to
estimate the number of Chinese there,
but they had "a surprising number of
guns"
This information appears to have
been brought by the United States
gunboat Nashville to Che Foo and tele-
graphed thence to Shanghai. The
Shanghai dispatch says: 1t is reported
from Japanese sources that $500 for
eigners have been massacrcd at Ticn
Tsin.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-29
Have Abandoned Warmth

A Phoenix, Ariz., dispatch says that
II. +. Gill of Philadelphia, who is
here from prospecting tour in
Mexico, says the Yaqui Indians
have all practically abandoned the
warpath. lie says several hundred
are still hidden in the mountains and
make an occasional descent on isolated
ranches. Near Tomachio on Friday
last a large party raided n ranch and
killed two cowboys, wounded several
others and one IN They were
driven OFF after n hard fight.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-29

DIR. Andrew Gerber, a wealthy phys
ician OF Mount JOY, made a peculiar
will, In which he devised to his son
Christian, only one-half the income
during life of one of his farms. AL
most the entire residue of his estate
amounting to about 5000, 900, was be-
queathed to his great grandchildren.
OF whom none was in existence at the
time OF the decedent's death. DIR. Ger
her held strange religious views and
believed that at the time his ounge
g~randchild would arrive at the g OF
~ years, he (the d~eceased) would re-
turf to earth, and he desired his estate
Kept intact until that time. The will
was contested and the Supreme court
gave Christian Gerber absolutely all
that part OF the estate b~equeathed to
the future generations.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-29

Thu French feet Is to be provided
with a new quick-firing gun. said to
be superior to any now IN use. and
an order has been given to the Ruelle
works, Charente. for the supply Of 100
of tn .se cannon to the fleet before the
end Of the year. The gun Is Of 16 mil
limeters 1913 inches) caliber, throws a
projectile Of 80 kilos Cl14 pounds), has
a mrzzle velocity Of 300 meters (2.952
foot-ieconds). and can be fired FIVE
times per minute. The projectile will
pierce steel armor plate Of 80 cent?
meters 02.6 inches) In thickness and
OF 20 centimeters as inches) up to
5000 meters.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-29
Tornado In No Mans Land.

tornado passed over Beaver county,
formerly known as No Mans Land,
says n Guthrie, OKLA, dispatch. Henry
Bardwell, Steve Bird and Abe Nights
man were killed and William Hammer
and Paul Rhodes fatally injured. The
storm swept the country for sixty
miles. Hundreds of cattle were STAN
peded and many killed and injured.
Several houses were DESTROYED.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-29
MUCH DAMAGE DONE
Furious Hail storm In and Around Sioux
City, Iowa.

"
A Sioux City, Ia, dispatch says: BY
a hail storm which passed over this
city, but which reached its worst a few
miles east of here, IS per cent of the
crop OF small grain and corn was des-
troyed in the district where the storm
was most severe.
[. E. Finney, a workingman at the
iounglove ranch, had two ribs broken
by the force of hail. Another workman
had his face pounded almost to a pulp.
The te~n-year-old daughter OF Glenn
Martin, a farmer residing near Mo-
vile, got caught in the storm on her
way IRON school and was bruised SO
badly by the large stones that it is
feared she will die. At Crit Bush's
farm six pigs and "A number of chickens
were killed at different places. Horses
and cattle were knocked down by tho
force of the hail.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-29

Many journals, each unique In Its
way, has been produced in the course
of tbs campaign in South Africa. One
or tvu of these are hard to beat In
dimli dtiveness. hut the smallest news
papel In the world. having a record Of
several years regular weekly issue. Is
publirned In Guadalajara. In Mexico.
Its nsme Is &c TELEGRAPH" 1t appears
ever Sr.lday and is published in eight
columns, 14k inches long and n AMI
a hall inches wide, on thick Manila pa
per. It's staff includes an editor and
director. IN administrator or business
manager, the pr5nter, and last, but by
no means least. the capitalist or owner.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-29
China Mikes Formal Request.

In more formal manner, with the
signatures of six viceroys representing
the greater part of the empire, Minis
ter WI repeated Tuesday his plea of
the previous day that the foreign
troops be kept out of the country.
Secretary Hay laid the formal request
of the viceroys before the cabinet meet
ing, but there was no disposition to
vary from the presidents determine
ton, already made public by Secretary
Hay to the Chinese minister, to send
our forces to such points as were
menaced and where our officials and
citizens were in danger.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-29
DOUBLE AT OMAHA
German Carpenter Kills His Wife ana
Commits Suicide.

John Stuinfmeier, a German carpen-
ter, living in the extreme southern
part of Omaha. Neb.. shot and MORALLY
wounded his wife and killed himself
in their home. The tragedy was the
elimination of a nights quarrel over
domestic ayatrs. After shooting his
wife Stumf,naier lighted a match and
stood over her PROSTATE body to assure
himself that she was dead. Enraged
by the sight of his twelve.year-old son
sobbing upon the neck of his dying
mother, Stumfmaier kicked the boy
off the porch and ont into the street
and then going into the house shot
himself through the left eye, dying in
stantly. The woman was taken to st.
Joseph's hospital in a dying condition.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-29
Rebels Are Well Armed.

Oriental advices by the steamer Tar
tar, state that according to a Canton,
China, correspondent, a rebellion is ex-
pected to break out in Kwan Tuan
province at any time. Enormous guam
tiles of Mauser rifles and quick firing
guns have been struggled in and it is
said that 1000 troops may be put in
the field. Viceroy LII Hung Chang is
attempting to nip the rebellion in the
bud, but SO far has been unable to do
so, Thousands of disconnected people
are said to be ~rallyiDg to the black
flags or the rebel chiettairs.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-29
Dewey Cannon dwelling.

The programme for the ceremonies
connected with the unwilling of the
Dewey cannon at Three Oaks. Mich,
is substantially complete. The adj
dress of welcome on behalf of the state
Of Michigan will be delivered by GEN
eral Il. A.. Alger, and the Grafton Of
the day by William Barton, ID. d., of
Chicago, on the theme 1.-The Victories
of Peace and of War" The unwilling
of the Dewey cannon will be per-
formed by Miss Helen Miller Gould.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-29

At the recent marriage OF the Crown
Prince of Japan, immense muititudes
In the streets watched and applauded
the bridal procession. but not n per-
son looked ont Of an upper window.
To the American eye and mind this
seemed strange. But the Japanese ex-
plation of 1t was simple. 1t is con.
trary to etiquette-indeed, to loyalty
for a Japanese to look down, either
literally or fguratively, upon a mem
Der OF the royal family. One smiles
at the quaint conceit that would in
terpret the visual angle as a slight.
Yet there Is much that Is admirable
and worthy OF emulation in scrupulous
regard for what are esteemed duty and
honor.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-29
Tornado Follows Flood.

A tornado, which originated near
Blossburg, jefferson county, Alabama,
swept the country for fifteen miles
westward into Walker county. Its
path was a quarter of n mile wide and
the greatest damage resulted around
Democat, where a score of houses were
wrecked and a number Of persons in
jured more or less seriously. Crops
were ruined and hundreds Of trees up
rooted.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-29
Loses Fifty-hve Thousand Dollars.

II. X. Duflield, Chicago board Of
trade broker, was robbed of $500
while riding on a Cottage Grove venue
cable car. The money was in bonds,
mining stock and deeds. which Mr..
Dufficld vas taking to the bank. The
robbery is credited to professional
pickpockcts, who, it is believed, have
been watching board of trade men
credited with making heavy profits on
the big bulge in wheat. Mr.. Duttield
could give the police no clcw.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-29
tn ylOr's Health nrOken.

Broken in health and spirits. ex-Gov.
crnor w. TAYLOR of Kentucky has gone
to Niagara Falls. He was accompan-
led by Mrs. Taylor, and four detec-
tives followed close at their heels.
Two of the officers represent the state
of Kentucky and bear warrants for
the arrest of Mr.. Taylor upon charges
growing out Of the assassination of
Governor Goebel. The other two are
employed by Mr.. Taylor to guard his
person.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-29
Worlds w. &. T. u.

An Edinburgh, June % dispatch
says: The Worlds Women Christian
Temperance union congress reassem-
bled today under the presidency of
Mrs. Basley, The American delegates
are greatly concerned at the serious
illness of Mr.. James Norton principal
OF the Lakeview college Of Chicago) at
southampton. Lady Henry Somerset
and the convention sent kilograms of
inquiry and sympathy today.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-29
shot During Labor Row.

during n labor row at the Ogden Gas
soihPany's plant at Chicago, Gus pom
okom'n, a contractor, was shot ana
seriously wounded by James Collins
a negro. Collins, a non-union mas
was set upon by strikers aud began
shooting at his assailants. ponoko-
nm who happened to be passing and
mad no hand in the trouble, receive
a bullet intended for one of ,ha
strikers. Collins was arrested
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-29
Complain to Governor.

Governor Poynter has received a
complaint from Wolbach, Greeley coun-
ty, that persons there were killing
whole coveys of young prairie chick
ems. The governor cannot take action,
further than to send copies of the state
law to the interested people. The
open season for killing prairie chickens
is from September to January /, and
the fine for killing outside the open
season is S. for each bird slaughtered.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-29
Ncbraskan Dios In England,

A Columbus special says: News has
just reached this place of the death at
London, England, of Charles L. Cockson.
a prominent and wealthy farmer, liv-
ing seven miles south of town in Polk
county, who left in May with his wife
to spend several months in Europe and
who is known TO have been in good
health up to n few days before his
death.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-29
Denies u Statement.

Admiral Crowninshicld pronounces
as untrue the reports that the gun
boats Marietta, Princeton and several
other ships at Manila have been or
dcred to Taku. There is felt to be no
need for them, and, moreover, with the
ships now under orders to sail Admiral
Remey will have n force which is con-
sidered abundantly able to meet every
possible requirement.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-29
TAKES THE LIFE OF HER SON
Widow at Chicago Attempts to Die
With Him.

Myra Conkling, a widow, living on
Belden avenue, Chicago, took the life
of her nine-year-old son. John. at their
home, and then attempted her own
life. After stopping up all the crew
ices and cracks in the room in which
her boy slept, she turned on the gas
and lay down on the bed near him to
die. Before the deadly vapor had
taken her life neighbors found her.
She was taken out into the air and re-
yivcd. Her son was dead.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-29
Charged with statutory Rape.

Jesse George, the young man who is
charged with statutory rape on a
twelve-year-old girl nea Lushton,
Neb,, recently, has been taken to York
by Sheriff Lancaster and lodged in the
county Jail. He was apprehended near
Peru. The case win be heard July 2,
and in default of giving $500 bond, the
young man was placed in Jail.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-29

Sensational morganatic marriages
Seem TO be the order of the day in the
Austrian imperial family: for after
those OF the Countess S%tephanie de
Lonyay and Archduke Franz Ferdi-
nand 1t now appears that the beautiful
A~rchduchcss Maria Theresa has peti-
toned the emperor for permission to
marry her master of the household.
Maiden. Count C%avriani. The arch
duchess, who Is the widow of the
Archduke Charles Louis, the emperor's
brother, whose third wife she was. Is
a princess of Braganza. and in her
45th year. She has been a widow iust
-FOUR years. Curiously enough, she is
the stepmother of Archduke Franz
Ferdinand. who has morganatically
married the Countess Sophie Chotek.
The a~rchduchess has two daughters.
the Archduchesses Maria Annonciada
n Elizabeth. "a and 22 years old re-
spectively, who, with their cousin. the
emperor's granddaughter, are at pres
ent the bellies of the imperial court
Count Cavriani is a fine-looking, SOL
dierly man, slightly older than his
royal fiancee.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-29
WANTS ARMIsTICE.
Chinese Minister Urges United states
Ia Send No More Troops.

Chinese Minister Urges United States
to Send No More Troops.
The chief development today in the
Chinese situation was the effort of the
Chinese minister, WI Ting Fang, to
secure an armistice in the operation of
American troops until Ii Hung Chang
could reach Pekin and bring about a
cessation of the disorder. The propo-
sition is rather a novel one, and is
based upon the representations Of the
viceroys of the important provinces Of
the Yang Use kiang valley that they
can maintain order without the aid of
foreign troops, and that the presence
OF the foreigners would act merely as
an incentive to disorder.
Minister WI brought these repre-
sensations to the attention of Secretary
Hay, who consulted the president. The
latter's decision, as subsequently pre-
sented to the minister, was that while
the assurances of the viceroy for con
tinued quiet was fully appreciated, the
United States could not bind itself not
To send its forces to points where dis
order actually existed and where the
safety of our officials and citizens were
endangered. Technically speaking, in
the absence of a state Of war. this was
not n proposition of armistice, but
high government officials say that 1t
amounted practically to an offer of
armistice and n refusal on the part of
the United States to make the arrange
mcnt.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-29
RECEIVES FEARFUL INJURIES
Runaway Accident at Hastings NAV
Result in Death.

A Hastings Neb., dispatch says: Mrs.
Will Heffron is lying at the point of
death as the result of n runaway acct.
dent and the physicians have given up
all hope of her recovery. She had been
out driving and was returning from
the northeastern part of the city when
her horse became frightened and raj
away. She was thrown from the bug.
gy, her face coming first in contact
with the hard road. Her features were
mangled almost beyond recognition,
and she was picked up in an uncon-
scious condition. Although the ply
sicians have worked over her for some
time, it is thought she cannot possibly
live.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-29
LIFT FOR A GUARD
steps Taken to Draw share OF One
Million Dollars.

The preliminary steps were taken
Tuesday TO secure for the Nebraska
national guard its share of the $1,000
600 annual appropriation recentry
made by an act of congress. Adjutant
General Barry certified to Adjutant
General ii. C. Corbin the number OF
men in the guard in the state, and in
due time over sir, 900 worth of supplies
aud equipment will be drawn annually
for the benefit of the guard.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-29
Brooklyn Going to Taku.

The United States armored cruiser
Brooklyn with 300 marines from Cavite
has sailed for Nagasaki, where she
will coal, and from which place she
will go to Taku. Col. Robert l. Meade
is in command of the marines. The
U. 5. transport Logan, with the Ninth
infantry, and the United States gum
boat Princeton will follow.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-29
Thinks He WIN surr.,,..

General Macarthur will soon form
ally President McKinIev,s
oroer Oh amnesty. Buencamino Patcr-
no and other prominent Filipino Iead.
ers are greatly pleased, as they beliava
tnat under the amnesty they can brine
aoout the surrender of Aguinaldo
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-29
Orders To XIII.

A Shanghai dispatch says: 1t is Off
cially said that the dowager empress
has issued emphatic instructions for
the determination of all foreigners in
China. Large numbers Of refugees are
arriving here from the north. All is
quiet here and in the Yang Use KianP
valley,
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-29

A letter has been received by the
Chattanooga, Tenn, News from Com.
missioner of Pensions Evans in which
he denies the story published several
days ago to the effect that he would
resign As pension commissioner and
run for congress.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-29
Paying of Indebtedness.

State Treasurer Schamber of South
Dakota will send out draft for sos 900
to take up bonds not due for ten years.
This will leave a bonded Indebtedness
for the state of 1913, 600.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-29
MURDERED BY BOXERS
Missionaries From Delaware, o., Known
To lie Dead.

A Delaware, o., June 80 dispatch
says: Rev. DIR. Leonard of this city,
secretary of the foreign missionary So
ciety of the Methodist Episcopal
church, has received semi-oficial news
from Ticn Tsin that Rev. DR.. Pyke and
wife and Rev. Norman Hayner and
wife, missionaries, all formerly of Del
aware, have been murdered by Chinese
boxers.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-29

Some of New Zealand's experiments
In state socialism seem TO have been
remarkably successful. The nd
vanc-s to Settlers Department" has
just reported having issued loans to
1000 settlers representing two mil
lions Of money. Not one shilling had
been lost, and not one penny, either
Of principal or interest, had remained
uncoiscted.