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The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-31
Iowa College Burned.

Fire at Lemars, Ia. destroyed the
Western Union college. The college
is in the southern part of the town
and the fire had made great Roadway
before the fire brigade pulled up
through the mud to the scene. The
fire is supposed to have originated from
lightning. The loss is estimated at
$40. 900, with $4,000 insurance. The
building vas lately sold to the German
Evangelical church society by the Lee
mars normal association and was TO be
opened next week by the new manage
ment.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-31
DAY OF TRAGEDY AT DALLAS
Two Deaths. Two Mortsiiy Wounded and
one Injured. the Record.


A Dallas, Tex, August - dispatch
says: Two deaths, two persons NOR
tally wounded and one injured is to-
days record of crimes and casualties
in Dallas. James Daniel was shot In
the left side and in the groin during
an ARRAY between John Bonner and
Clcmmcnt Long. Bonner and Long
cmpticd their pistols at each other, but
neither was hit. Daniel, who was n
disintercsted bystander, is mortally
woundc d. Bonner and Long are in
Jail.
James BOSTON stabbed Jennie Lee
paw twice in the right eye, destroying
the sight Cause %jcalou sy. Boston is
in Jail and his victim in the city hos
pital.
John Thrashcr struck a small boy
on u street ear. The boys brother
stabbed rhrasher in the back. innict-
ing what Is regarded rs Il fatal wound.
Gus Rochcl, n saloon keeper, from
Fort Worth. committed suicide in Dial.
las 10y shooting himself through the
head.
John Albert, n contractor, fell In the
street from excessive heat and died n
a few minutes.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-31
TO FACE THE FOE
Allies at Pekin Expect an At
tack of Boxers.
TO ttAf FORCE OF THIRTY THOUSAND
Americans and British sent to the
Outer wall-w hip the Enemy at
Tien Tsin-Km Three Hundred
Chinese In Engagement

A London, Aug. pa a. m. dis
patch says: The latest news from
Peiin indicates that the situation
there is unchanged. The imperial city
is still invested, but has not yet been
occupied. The allies, when the last
message left, were still refraining
from aggressive action, pending i'm
struction from their government.
An attack from thirty thousand
boxers was anticipated, and to meet
this, the whole American force and
the British artillery, according to "a
dispatch to the Morning Post from
Pekin, dated August Is, were moved
to the outer city wall.
The boxers were reported coming
from the south.
General Dorward in his report of the
engagement outside Tien Tsin, August
10 when the Americans, British and
japanese signally defeated a large
force. of boxers, killing over 300, says,
in a dispatch, dated August %:
The lines of communication near
Tien Tsin are now free from danger.
The enemy had been treating the viii
layers badly. Several decapitated bod
les were found near their camp. The
villagers are now locking to Ticn Tsin
at the rate of about a thousand a day.
As there is no more than a months
food supply. there is every prospect Of
a famine shortly.
This declaration that a famine is
imminent in consequence Of the mad.
equacy Of provisions for the hordes OF
refugees at Tien Tsin adds u new ele-
ment of peril to the situation.
Shanghai advices say that the repor,
of the capture of Emperor Kwang 81
by the japanese is erroneous. 1t was
q case of mistaken identity.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-31
STRUCK BY THE FAST MAIL
Young Woman at Schuyler Insta ntly
Killed.

Augusta Hauska, a young lady about
eighteen years old, wrs struck and in
stantly killed by the Union Pacific fast
mail at Schuyler. She, in company
with Miss Held, was returning home.
Miss Held was Just "a step in advance
as they stepped on to the main track
at Wells IL Wisennn's crossing and
escaped. Neither heard the train
which was several hours late and run-
ming at a high rate of speed. Miss
liauska was thrown nearly seventy
feet.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-31
INSISTING ON PREPARATION
United states warship ut Tangier to
Enforce Demands.

A United States warship has arrived
at Tangier, Morocco, to support the
claim arising out of the murder last
June of Marcos Essagin, a naturalized
American citizen. who was the mana
ger Of the Fee branch of the French
firm of Braunswcig and company.
Essagin, while riding on horseback
through a narrow street in Tangier,
jolted against the mule of a Moroc-
can religious fanatic, and a dispute en-
sued, the crowd siding with the priest.
In self-defense Essagin drew his revol-
yer and fired, %wounding a native. This
was the signal for n general attack
upon the American, who received n
dozen knife wounds and whose body
IA burned, according to some ac-
counts, before life was extinct.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-31
No War on China.

Russia, Germany and Japan have
not declared war upon China. either
separated or in concert. This state
ment is made upon authority Of the
highest character.
A brief dispatch from Che Foo con-
veying a rumor current there that
Russia, Germany and Japan had joined
in a declaration of val upon China
reused some interesting comment
among Washington officials. No in
formation of such action has reached
either the department of state or the
legations of the governments primarily
interested.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-31
PNEUMATIC TUBE SERVICE
A Committee Appointed to Investigate
Its Ctnity.


Second Assistant Postmaster General
Shallenberger has appointed the see
ond committee OF expert postal officials
to have charge OF the investigation Of
the pneumatic tube service in the prin-
cipal cities Of the countries. The com
mittee consists Of J. NJ. Masten, super
intendent Of mails. Brooklyn; j. A..
Montgomery, superintendent OF mails,
Chicago, and l.. w. Alexander, super
intendent Of mails, Philadelphia. Their
work, AS directed by the last po%stofiice
appropriation act, is to inquire into
all important details of pneumatic tube
service and report, among other things,
on the feasibility Of their operation,
ownership, rental. etc, by the govern
ment. The committee will make its
recommendations in time for the post
master general to submit his report to
the next session of congress.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-31
PNEUMATIC TUBE SERVICE
cities Selected In which to Mako Iu-
ycstigntion.

The cities at which the pneumatic
tube service investigation question,
ordered 10y congress. will be conducted,
have been selected by the postoticc dc.
partment as follows: New York. Brook
lyn. Boston, Philadelphia, Washing
ton. New Orleans, San Francisco,
Denver, IT. Louis, Chicago and Cincin-
natl. II is thought that the %investi-
cation will he confined to these cities,
though it may be found necessary later
To add several others. The iuvcstiga-
ton will begin as soon rs possible and
will he conducted in each locality by
the respective postmaster and division
superintendent of the railway mail
service. Their reports and recon-
mcndatious will be considered later by
IA general committee of postal experts
who will visit each city in turn and
also investigate conditions. The lat
ter committee will utilize the services
of experienced engineers and other en-
pertS.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-31
PlTTSBURO GROWING FAST
Increase In Population 30 900 In Ten
Years,

Years,
The population of the city OF Pitts.
burg, Pa, made public by the census
bureau, is 32l GIG, against o3s,6i7 in
1890. This is an increase of 80, 900 or
"a IS per cent.
The population Of Newark, n. j., as
announced by the census department,
is 2l6,O7O, as against 1871 $3.50 for 1890.
This is an increase of "a ,240, or 80. 80
per cent
The population Of Allegheny City,
Pa, according to the count of the
twelfth census, just completed, is i29,-
s96 as against lO5 PSF In 1890. The in
crease during the past ten years was
"a. 700, or 23.37 per cent.
The population of Kansas City, just
announced by the census bureau, is
1863, 752. The population for 1890 was
49,, 716. This is an increase of 3l,036,
or 23.S 70 per cent.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-31
RUMORS OF A ROUT
Allies Said to Have Been De-
feated at Pekin.
The loss is EIGHTEEN HUNDRED
Casualties Confined Mainly to the Rus
sians-Chipese Reported to occupy
Fortified Portion. Pouring In u
Murderous Fire n News.

A Paris, Aug. % telegram says: A
special dispatch to lie Steele from st.
Petersburg says:
at is pcrsistentlv rumorcd in ST.
Petersburg that the Russian govern.
mcnt has received u dispatch assert
ing that, after n fierce battle inside
Pckin the allies r%ctreatcd. losing l.s0J
men. mostly Russians. II is further
said that the Chinese occupied the for
titled positions from which they are
bombarding the allies in a mnrdcrous
manner"
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-31
ROB ALLIANCE
safe Blown Open and Over 500 In
Cash Taken,

The safe at the postofiice in Alliance,
Neb., was blown to pieces the other
night by safe crackers. The explosion
occurred just before daylight. The
loss in money is about $50 and in
stamps about SIS. The door of the
safe is in fragments. The registered
mail was not disturbed. Editor Ellis
OF the Times. living in the second story
of the building, heard the report, but
supposed it was a gun shot. Entrance
was forced through the rear of the
building. No clue to robbers. .
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-31
Mill In Burned.

. The steam Touring mill at Sidney,
Neb., caught fire in some unknown
and was completely Quilted the
walls only remaining. The prompt re-
Spouse of the citizens to the fire whistle
enabled them to save much Of the
stock. The loss is estimated at twenty
Thousand dollars insurance. The mill
has not been running for several days
and the cause of the fire is a mystery,
but was doubtless from dust explosion
or sponstaneous combustion.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-31

After several days intcrmission in
Chinese advices the United States gov
eminent has received two dispatches
which presumably bring its adviccs up
to the most recent date. There are in
dications that the principal delays in
the lines of communication are en-
countered between Tien Tsin and Pc
kin, a fact explainable by the newspa-
per advices that small bands of boxers
are operating on the line of communi-
cation of the Peliin campaign force.
The fact that more than a week was
covered by the last interruption gives
rise to the belief that these attacks
upon the lines of communication by
boxers are more formidable than vas
supposed to be possible, after the
heavy losses inflicted upon them by the
international forces in their advance.
An undated message was received
from Minister Conger, the chiefest
item in it being the expectation of the
appearance in Pekin of some of the
members of the tsung Ii yanen. A
natural construction to be given to this
statement is that these ministers wisl,
to undertake 70 represent the Chinese
government formally in negotiations
with the powers. II having been found
impossible up to this moment, accord
ing to Mr.. Conger's statement, to meet
an representative of the Chinese gov
eminent in Pekin VINO was competent
to open up negotiations, it may be in
ferred that if these ministers actually
appear with proper credentials, one o
the problems connected with the pres
ent diff .ult situation in China will b,
solved.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-31
Wind at Sedalia.

A terrific wind and rain storm, APP
preaching the violence of a tornado,
swept over n portion of Scdalia, Mo-,
wrecking a number Of business houses,
unroofing a score or more of rcsiden-
ces and destroying hundreds of trees.
Two persons were seriously injured by
falling buildings.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-31
YOUNG MAN KILLS HIMSELF
Puts Bullet In His Brain While Tom
pOrarily Insane.

Sunday afternoon shortly after Q
o'clock Joseph Mutton, a young man
well known at Nebraska City, while
near the packing house, shot himself
in the temple with a pistol causing in,
slant death. The deceased resided
with his mother and some brothers
and sisters, and was employed at the
packing house until it closed dowr
recently. He had been drinking con.
siderably for the past two weeks and
his Gct is attributed to temporary in.
sanity. 1t was not deemed necessary
to hold an inquest.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-31
UNIONS ORDER A BOYCOTT
Move Made by san Francisco Trade Or
ganiyations

g~aniyations.
The building trades council OF San
Francisco, representing twenty-eight
trade organizations. has ordered a gen
eral boycott of all goods turned out by
nine-hour planning mills. The actionis
the result of the mill owners peremp-
torily declaring that under no circum-
stances would they consent to arbitra-
ton or accede to the demands OF the
employees for An eight-hour work day.
Resolutions declaring the nine-hour
mill unfair and ordering the trades
unions to refuse to handle, place, or
work on any building where unfair
mill work constitutes part of the
structure" have been adopted by o
unanimous vote of the council.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-31
Find the IRA

Among the thirty-ive tramps ar
rested and now in the county Jail at
Marshalltown, Ia, one named Gray
was positively identified rs the man
who killed Joseph Williams, a colored
drayman, who defended two young
girls from assault by gang Of tramps.
Gray is strongly guarded, and although
excitement is still intense among the
negroes, violence probably will not be
attempted.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-31
EnIla Undar n Motor Chr.

Rev. Nicholas Leonard, n catholic
priest Of Quincy, H., visiting in Oma-
ha, met with an accident which may
cost him his life. lie stepped upon a
motor ear on Fifteenth and Central
streets, when his foot slipped and he
fell under the car. His left leg was
laccrated very seriously, making am
putation necessary. He may not live.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-31
PARADE OF
Thirty Thousand Grizzied Warriors Pass
In Review.

For four hours and a half the thin
ming ranks of the q A. II. passed in
review before their leaders and before
probably a million spectators, packed
in almost solid masses along the four
miles of the lines Of parade in Chicago.
1t marked the climax OF the thirty
fourth annual encampment. Probably
1000 members of the army of veterans
took part in the parade on Michigan
avenue, saluting as they marched by,
General Nelson A. Miles, Commander
iu.Chief Shaw, Gen. Daniel Il. Sicklcs
and the Spanish minister, Duke d.
ARGOS.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-31
Thought Balch Had Money.

1t dcvelps that Balch, Of the Omaha
National bank drew a large sum from
the First National bank of Chicago in
securities, cash and collaterals, and
sent them TO the New York cores
pendent of the Omaha bank the day
before that on which he was assaulted.
This fact was elected in an interview
with Vice President Boulton Of the
First National.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-31
Arrested for Stealing bicycle.

Sheriff Menckc, accompanied by
Chief Of Police Rice Arnold, rctured to
Blair, Neb., with Lester Mckay, who
had stolen u bicycle belonging to W..
j. Cook, and rode it to Florence where
he was arrested. lie owned up to taxi
ing the wheel, and was placed in Jail
awaiting trial.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-31
Tramps KIN Coiorcd Man.

Four tramps insulted two young
girls in the outskirts Of Marshalltown,
la. 4 colored draymcn named Will
liams went to their rescue, when two
of the tramps shot him to death. A
posse is In pursuit and the entire col
o,cd population is aroused. IL the
murdercrs are caught they win prob
ably be lynchcd. Williams was an in
offensive citizen and leaves n family.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-31
An Unproyoked Murder.

Frank Martin, aged twenty-five,
single, was murdered while lying in
bed at .his DON at Albert Green's
house, West Alton, H., where he was
employed by jefferson Lewis, who
shot him with a revolver. The MUIR
der was unprovoked. After shooting,
Lewis escaped in a skif and the police
of st. Charles county, Nc, and Alton
are in pursuit.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-31
LOW RATE
Via Missouri Pacific Railway and Iron
Mountain Route.

To points in the West, Southwest,
and Southeast, at half rates for the
round trip, plus $500. Tickets on sale
Tuesdays, September 4 and IS, October
3 and l6, November 6 and 20, and De-
cember 4 and IS, 1900. For full infor-
nation, land folders, etc, address any
Townsend, q. p. and Il. A., st. Louis,
Mo.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-31
Hisbwaymen Mako a Haul.

DR.. Joseph Baennelt and Mrs. Flora
NJ. Belts, both of Denver, while driv-
ing in the suburbs late at night were
held up by masked men, who secured
over $1,000 in cash and diamonds.
Mrs. Belts was beaten into insensibil-
ity and DIR. Baennelt was very rough
ly handled.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-31
ParoIed by the Governor.

A Sioux City, Ia, dispatch says; My
ron B. Spencer, who embezzled SIS, 500
from the Barber Asphalt company, and
who vas sen TO prison last January
for five years, has been paroled by
Governor Shaw.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-31
Diving Like Files.

The present epidemic Of cholera, says
the Simla correspondent of the Daily
Mail, is one Of the worst outbreaks on
record. The bubonic plague is childs
play compared with 1t. The natives
are dying like flies at the rate Of 1900
"A week. The epidemic is undoubtedly
do to the pollution of the scanty water
supply during the famine.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-31
VIII Take His own Life.

Brcssci, the assassin Of King Hum
bert, Intellectually attempted TO com
NIT suicide according to IA dispatch
from Rome. He refuses food now, say
ing that he has no intention Of giving
the bourgeois the satisfaction of see
ing him condemned. He shows signs
Of alteration of intellect.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-31
Heavy Yield OF Wheat.

Threshing from the shock is finished
in the vicinity of sutton, Nebr. 1t is
reported that Clay county is the ban
ner county for yield Of wheat this
season. A small ten horse power
steam thresher run by A. p. Guison of
Clay county reports threshing twenty
eight days with an average per day of
l,492 bushels. The biggest days
work was l,94S bushels.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-31
HEAT KILLS ~AT'PITTsBURo

Two Deaths and Fifteen Prostrations In
smoky city.
A P%ittsburg, Pa, August -, dispatch
says: Two deaths and fifteen prostra-
tions from heat we're recorded.
Ella Moseby, aged twenty-six years.
Michael Lewis, aged twenty-five
years
Lewis had been to Wheeling to spend
the day. When he arrived at union
station 1t was found that he was un-
conscious. He died shortly a%fterward.
The maximum temperature today was
g3.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-31
Fears More Rioting

Governor Nash of Ohio fears there
may be more rioting at Akron. For
that reason troops will be held. This
decision was reached at n conference
between the governor and Assistant
Adjutant General Adams. Governor
Nash said he would keep the troops on
duty until he was absolutely satisfied
that the lawless element would make
no further trouble.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-31
GAINS MADE IN MANY CITIES
More Census Figures Given Out Mt
Washington.

The population Of Rochester, n. "
has been made public by the census
bureau. 1t is 1872. 1876, against 1885
in 1890. an increase of 29,530 or 5l.3l
per cent.
The population Of indianapolis as
Just made public by the census bureau
is 1863, l64, against 1906 ,436 in 1890, an
increase of 63,723, or GO. "A per cent.
The population Of st. Lonis, accord
ing to the count of the twelfth census
is 575,23s. In 1890 the population OF
st. Louis was 451 770.
The increase during the past ten
years was l2S, 46s, or 20. 33 per cent.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-31
Killed HY IIrhtnlnE.

William Pfell, jr,, who lived two and
one-half miles north Of llossins, Neb.,
in Wayne county, was struck by light
ming and instantly killed during a
storm while he was closing "A pasture
gate, His head was badly mutilated
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-31
stabbed by Negro BOY.

A st. Joseph, Mo-, August 90 dis.
patch says: An unknown negro boy
probably fatally slashed August Nor
rison, superintendent of bridges for
the Chicago, Great Western railway as
he was hurrying to catch atrain. Nor
rison's throat was cut, supposedly with
a razor. lie can give no cause for the
assault, unless he accidentally brushed
apainst the negro.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-31
Declares Shooting Justified.

Schmidt, who shot and killed julius
BolofslSi, his father-in-law lea Madi-
son is IA free man. At the preliminary
hearing in county court his deed was
decided to be justifiable. A lot of wit
nesses were examined, the testimony
showing the disposition of the dead
man.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-31
killed ON Railroad Bridge.

Richard Wood Atkinson of Dumont,
Ia, was killed Sunday mt Palestine
bridge, on the New York Central rail-
road. Atkinson and his brother were
on their way to England with W car
leads of horses. lie had climbed to
the top of IA car and failing to notice
the bridge his head was crushed by it.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-31
Fourth Victim Dead d,

Mrs. Charlotte Wright, the cause of
the tragedy at Gilman, ILL.,, died al Ir-
oquois county Jail at Watseka. This
makes four deaths resulting from the
existence of the Wright hospital riots,
John Myers, Michael Ryan, Bessie
Slater, Mrs. DR.. Wright.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-31
Twenty Sentenced to Death.

A special dispatch from Allahabad'
capital of the division of the northwes,
provinces, India, of the same name,
say the trial of twenty-five prisoners
concerned in the Cawnpore plague
riots have re suited in the condemna
ton TO death of twenty of the accused
the transportation Of n and the ac
ouittal of four.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-31

The Yacqui Indians in the state OF
Sonora, Mexico, who have been at war
with the Mexican government for over
d year, are now suing for peace and en-
~deavoring to be reinstated on their for
mer reservation and retain their prop
erty. About 1000 of the Iaquis are
holding out against the government.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-31
Ueroic Iife-say.r Killed.

George II. Ling, who saved the lives
Of scores of persons at the time OF the
Johnstown flood, fell from a Pennsyl-
wanna train at South Chicago and was
Instantly killed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-31
Fr,rh,,u, Due, with Ra,ors.

Donald Gray and Maurice Hutchin-
son, colorcd. armed with razors,
fought u duel which lasted more than
half an hour. The fight took place at
81. Paul, Mimi, and was witnessed by
a large crowd of spectators. Botn
were horribly cut and lacerated and
Gray will die. The trouble was about
a woman.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-31
Kills Seven Horses.

During a heavy wind storm at Ha-
vana, ILL.,, the wind detached a limb
from a tree on court house square,
which, falling, struck an electric light
wire, which struck seven horses be
longing TO farmers hitched under the
trees, killing them all.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-31
Killed by u Stranger.

A well-dressed man of twenty-f We,
not yet identified, was shot through
the head in the hallway of the Stafford
hotel, Chicago, by an unidentified AS
sa'lant, who escaped. The injured
man was taken to the Samaritan hos.
pital, and died soon a%fterward, with
out speaking.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-31
Negro Murderer Lynehed.

A negro was lynched at Forest City,
N. c., for the murder of a white man
named Flack. Threats were also made
to lynch a negro woman who had taken
the gun TO the murderer, and a mob
went in search of her.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-31
Ready to Begin Advance.

A Capetown dispatch says Lord
Roberts has arrived at Belfast, a few
miles west of Machadodorp, where he
met Sir Rcdvers Butler, General French
and General Pole-Carew. Everything
is now in readiness for the advance.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-31
Death May Follow Runaway.

As Henry Muhlenberg was coming
out of the fair grounds at Geneva yes
terday evening his team became
frigh' Q ned and ran away, upsetting
the carriage and throwing the occu'
pants out. All were more or less in
iured. A little child of AL Ewalt will
probably die. An old lady had a leg
broken.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-31

Statement of the treasury balances
in the general fund exclusive of the
$780, 0o, 900 gold reserve in the divis-
ion of redemption, shows; Available
balance Sl37, $50, 40; gold, Sd7, 7s2,l 1876.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-31
Fire Causes Loss Of $500, 900.

A fire in the top floor of the building
in Worcester street New York occu-
pied by the observation-disclosures com
pany, manufacturers of ladies' under
wear, caused a loss Of about $500, 900,