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The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-22
RAID K|LLAND ROB
Desporadoes Shoot Bank CASH
Ier at Halifax, Pa.
TIKI vl(HM HAD DtlIytRtD IHt (ASn


A Harrisburg Pa. March IA, dis.
patch says: Charles w. Ryan, cashier
OF the Halifax National bank, was shot
70 death by Henry Rowe and Weston
KEEPER OF Jykens at noon today in an
attempt at daring bank robbery.
The robbers were captured by party
OF citizens soon after the crime and
brought to the Harrisburg Jail. to.
gether with II. B. Straley of Lykens
who Is suspected Of being all accom-.
plice.
Rowe aud KEEPER drove to- Halifax
from Eliyabethvillc this morning. and
hitcbing their team on the ou,Skirts
boldly entered the hank with revolvers
presented and demanded that the at.
tachcs Of the bank throw up their
hands aud turn over the money. one
OF them held in check Abraham Eos.
tonbaugh, the president, Isaac Letter.
the teller, aud x.Representative
Swartz OF Duncannon, who was In the
bank on private business.
The other covered Cashier Ryap and
under the menace Of the revolvers the
S'""'S' f'"'Sh 'hf foSU III lnt drawers
amounting tn 81 900, in the eatchel the
robbers had brought with them. Rowe
with the satchcl in his hand, backed
ont toward the door and KEEPER also
moved toward the entrance of the
bank.
Just when it seemed that the rob.
bcrs would succeed in getting away
Cashier Ryan leapcd Onward in an
attempt to knock up the revolver of
the man with the money. In the scuf-
he sevcra, shots were fired und Ryan
fell to the floor, shot through the groin
by bullet from the pistol of Rowe.
Mr. fostelrhaugh grabbed Rowe, and
after short scufiic threw him To the
Moor. KEEPER ran ont of the door. The
noise OF the shots attracted j. i.
Letter. who had store near the bank
building. lie ran out with his shot
gum and pni sued KEEPER for one block
and shot him in the back of the head.
when the robbers surrendered
The wounded cashier was taken to
DIS home after the capture of the dcs-
peradoes. where he died.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-22
FLAMES IN DoRMITORY
S""ng Isds students NJ Uoau- Cn,,ry.
Given " scare.

fire was discovered In the furnace
room in the basement of the ladies
dormitory building at Doanc college.
Crete, Ncb. The engineer had made
up large fires in the heating furnaces
before going To breakfast and it is
supposed that gas formed in the fur.
mace. This exploded and burning
SCOT was forced ont of the rear ash
pan. causing some kindling to catch
fire. This smouldered for some time
and then broke into flame, rapidly ig-
hitting the raftcrs and other timber
structures in the furnace room. The
dense volumes of smoke caused great
alarm to the young lady students who
have rooms on the second and third
floors. Their cries quickly brought
assistance. Several of the professors
and young men students quickly re-
sponded and rendered efficient aid.
The college alarm bell was rung and
the city fire department was soon at
the scene of the lire. by prompt ac-
tiOn the flames were soon under con.
troll. No one was to blame for the
brs. The damage is covered 10y insur.
Anoe.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-22
GOVERNOR RECOMMENDS
Would Have Legislature R-buiId Psni.
tentisry and Est.b,ish Lighting Piant.

Would Have Legislature R.buIid Rent.
tentisry and E.,sb,ish Lighting Plant.
Governor Dietrich has sent two mes-
@gcs to the legislature, one relating
to appropriations for rebuilding the
pcnitentiary and the other to new in
cidental expenses. lie also recon-,
inends the establishment Of state
lighting plant, to be locatsa Mt the
state university. He figures that by
doing this the state can save $40, 400
each year
For the pepitcntiary he ask 800, 600
to equip the new wing with cells and
$50, 900 to rebuild the old portion. an
appropriation Of siiO,Og0.
As to the state lighting plant he
says:
II desire 10 call your attention 10
the cxtravagant system of lighting the
various state institutions centercd In
and contiguous 10 the city Of Lincoln,
and the advisnLility and wisdom OF In
stitu'ing n central electrical plant Mt
the university Of sufficient proportions
to furnish light and power for all OF
'hS' ibNtlbN''hNs
Independent uf the extra labor re-
quired and the cost cntailcd to keep
the plants in repair the annual cost 10
the state, at this time for lighting the
capitol. executive mansion, home for
the friendless, penitentiary, hospital
for the insane, university farm, school
of music, for coal ut university and for
power at pen, hospital and weather bn-
rcau Is approximately s20,so8, under
the proposed central plant the est'-
mated cost IN Sl0,iO0, which would be
a net saving Of $40, ,496 n year. AS the
cost OF erecting the plant " placed at
$50, 900, the central plant would pay
for itself in iisc years. At the present
the governor declares the lights re-
ceiyed from the private parties furnish
ing IL Is unsatisfactory.
in this same mcssage he asks for an
appropriation Of 81 2,4O2.4O which
Is required to replace the TOO wooien
blankets delivered to the warden OF
the pen on the night ~ the fire.
In another message he asks the house
for an additional appropriation OF $ls,'
600 To- defray incidental expenses tn'
Cured or that may be incurred.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-22
CALIFORNIA; BIG TREES
In Danger Of Destruction For I,ass
Commercial Uses,

In Danger Of Destruction For Itass
Commercial Uses.
The pyramids Of Egypt have been
ana are today y source of wonder and
mark of distinction. What would
be said N II were proposed to destroy
them and use the stone for paving pur-
posesP The world would stand aghast
at the sordidncss of the proposition.
what difference is there between this
proposition and the one TO destroy the
big trees of California for shingles,
shacks, aud matchesP Goto California
and see them. In the words of David
starr Jordan:
Everywhere and all about you
are the finest forests on carth--on any
earth-thc forests which are the birth
right OF California, and to destroy
which would be agricultural suicide.
Enormous pines sugar pine, yellow
pine and high mountain pinc--covcr
the f'anks Of the Sicrras; giant frs,
spruccs and cedars rival the largest
trees on earth, while above all, SUI
premely prominent overall vegetation,
towers the giant scquoia, migtiest of
trees. Some Of these are 5000 years
old, and on one Of the least Of these
murdered at Sequoia Mills counted
l,SO2 rings of annual growth. This
tree was u sapling four feet through
NJ the time of the fall of Rome, but
the great ones were twenty and thirty
feet through In that far.oh time.
There will never he such forests on
earth again. Neither the state nor
the government should ever let another
acre of land on the Sicrras be denuded
OF Its timber, for on the preservation
of our forests depends the fertility OF
our plains. To destroy the noblcst
groves and the grandcst for the lum-
Der that is in them is simply brutal.
at suggests barbarian demolition Of
the Coliseum IN the middle ages for
the old iron which held it's stones to-
gether. hut IL is easier To build
hundred coliscums than to restore one
sugar pine forest"
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-22
NEWSY PARAGRAPHS.

Minister Congcr has sailed from
Shanghai, China, for the United
| States.
Certain reforms attempted by the
Shah of Persia has caused nn uprising
in Teheran.
Lieutenant. General Miles has ar.
rived in Cuba, where he will inspect
the military.
United States Ambassador Choate
has presented his new credentials 10
King Edward.
i. ii. Carpenter, u capitalist of Lees
burg, Fla, shot himself to death. III
health is believed to have impaired his
mind
The Hawaiian legislature has under
consideration "a bill TO pension ex-
Queen Liliuolsalani. II calls for Sl2,-
600 per annum.
The Texas Legislature has adopted a
concurrent resolution memoralizing
congress to pass upon n constitutional
amendment requiring election OF
United States senator's by direct vote
OF the people.
Robert Bissantz, aged twenty-one,
son Of Jacob Bissantz, a retired hard
ware merchant of Wichita, Kan, was
accidentally shot and killed In camp
at Mortonville, Kas.. where he has
been hunting for several days.
William Casey, aged 90 years, was
instantly killed by the collapse Of a
bridge across the Cottonwood river
near Cashion, Okl. The bridge was
new steel structure thirty-five feet
high.
While attempting TO lighta fire with
kerosene, Anna King, aged 20, daugh.
ter OF well known railroad contrac-
tor at Montezuma, Ind, WAS burned TO
death by reason OF her clothing catch
ing fire.
In Paris, Earl Darlington OF Eng
land, special representative TO an
nounce officially to France the death
Of Victoria and the accession of Ed
ward VII, was hissed by Parisians and
greeted with cries of "Vive Kruger"
and "Vive les Beers.
ii. II. Drake, a farmer, was found
dead In his house, five miles north Of
Rose Hill, Iowa, with five bullets in
his body. Drake was we'll connected
and wealthy and was known to have
cash about the place. He had been
dead three days or more.
Fred and Claude Morford and How.
ard Miller, Sharpsville, Pa, boys, were
poisoned by partakipg OF wintergreen
berries. They died in great agony.
In accordance with President McKin-
ley's recent order that the treasurer of
Cuba should be citizen OF that
island, Governor General Wood has
cabled to the war department that he
had appointed Carlos Rolos as treasurer
of Cuba. Mr.. Rolos previously has
been connected with the fiscal branch,
and is considered well qualified for
this important post. Secretary Root
confirmed the appointment
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-22
NEBRASKA LEGISLATURE


"o'"e w "on""N 'rocee"'ngs mouse
Passing Bills.
Lincoln, Ncb., March lg.--The house
yesterday put In the time passing bills
Among these was the bill by Otis for q
ten per cent decrease in rates charged
for the transportation Of live stock.
The measure was passed by vote of
81 To % after a long call ~ the house
made FOR the purpose of getting all
the members on record. The bill had
sufficient votes to pass " before the
call Of the house was ordered. The
Lincoln charter bill, house roll No. -,
was passed with but two votes In op.
position. 1t went through with the
emergency clause. the necessary ma.
jority being secured without II call OF
the house. The house bill making the
appropriations for refunding the money
paid To the citizens of the state for
transporting the soldiers Of the First
regiment home was passed. Whitmore
only voting no.
The senate spent q part " the day
discussing the advisability OF adding
a new provision to bonds in foreclosure
cases. A bill which has passed the
house requires In addition To- the pres.
ent bond not to commit waste reason.
able rental value for the property In
the event the judgmen, is affirmed by
the supreme court. No action was
taken owing to the lateness Of the
hour and the fact that not oil the
senator's had delivered their speeches.
new bill formulated 10y u joint com
inittee on constitutional amendments
was presented in the form OF amend
ments to senate file 100 The amended
bill provides for six judges Of tho
supreme court, NJ u salary of 81, 900 u
year, judges Of the district court To
receive the same amount.
The bill was placed on the general
file. Senate iile No. $40 the last bill
introduced in the senate, having been
presented on recommendation of Gov.
ernor Dietrich, was reported favorably
by the committee on finance ways and
means. 1t is for the benefit of Nebras.
ka City precinct and permits the fun nd.
ing Of SIO,0oO railroad bonds issued
many years ago. The refundiDg can
not be established at present because
the precinct was found not TO have
been legally formed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-22
Miners dive Tin,

Leavenworth dispatch of March
so says; The insurrcction was brought
TO close at 1880 Tuesday night, and
the convicts are being placed in their
eeiis as fast a. they can be brought To
the surface. The imprisoned guards
nave been released and are again above
the surface.
warden Ionlinson and u posse of
picked men descended the shaft and ms
they ncared the bottom heavy fnsil.
.nue was opened the shots being fired
toward the top Of the shaft.
rms took the convicts by surprise
ana they fled. After this the CAPTURE
OF the ringleadcrs was easily effected
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-22
HIGH PRAISE FOR TROOPERS
major General Chsneo Commend. III.
Command

High praise is given by Major Gan.
.,"' onanee to officers who served on
ms STAFF during the trouble In China y,
I'D an official report To the war dcpar,.
ment.
me services of Ma or Jesse NJ Lee
Nin'h infantry, acting Inspector gen.
e'ai' were conspicuous, General Cha fIae
says ior excellence In every way. He
recommends that Major Lee he breve,.
.u lieutenant colonel for bravery at the
oattie OF Tien Tsin and colonel for gal
.a'' conduct during the battle while
'he ai'ies We're en- route to Pekip.
oeherai Chaffee also recommends for
orevet the following officers, Maior
ueorgc +. Scriven, signal corns mo
lieutenant colonel; Capt. William Cros-
ler' chief ordnance officer. ns ~. i,r.
capt. Grote Hutcheson, Sixth cavoirv
aeting adjutant general, as major;
r'rst Lieutenant j. w. Furlong and II.
"yer' sixth cavalry. Under First
Lieutenant II. B, Ferguson, CORPS OF
engineers, as captains; Second Lien.
tenant X. Is. Harper, Seventh cavaIrv
as first lieutenant.
oeneral Chaffee also commends sur.
geoh W. H. Banister of the volun teers;
capt. r. Dew. Ramsey, Ninth infantry
e"'ei quartermaster and commissarv.
anu second Lieutenant Malin Craig
oiHth cavalry, who assisted him; Lieu.
tenant Colonel J. S. Mallory, Forty.
hrst infantry; Major s. NJ. Mills. Sixth
artiliery; Second Lieutenant Allen
smith Jr., Ninth infantry, and Lietep.
ant D. L. Latimer Of the navy.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-22
WRECK At JOHNSON, NEB.

Burlington Engines IN n Uead-oB Coilis-
sion Fireman Jansen Killed.
A bad wreck occurred on the bur
lington Tuesday afternoon just east of
Johnson, Neb. The particulars, as far
as can be learned are as follows:
Passenger train No 9s, in charge OF
running east after waiting some time
for fraight No il3, in charge Of Con.
ductor Birmingham, and which was
late. a binding snow storm was pre-
vailing when the passenger struck the
freight, running At full speed. Fire
man jansen ~ the passenger WAS 10
badly scalded that he died, and Engi-
ncer Mcmillan received broken leg
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-22
shot 10y Accident.

What came near being a serious az.
cident occurred az the confectionery
store of Edward Gregory at West
Point, Neb., recently. Hans Klothes,
a yonng boy Of eighteen years. came
into the store and began to play with
revolver which he had secreted in
his pocket. Having forgot it was
loaded, he pulled the trigger and the
b 'llet pierced the leg of Herman Ruhl,
tearing an ugly cash about five inches
long below the knee No arrests were
made and klothe claims it was purely
accidental.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-22
LORD ROBERTS Is HOPEFUL
Thinks Kitchener WIN soon Bring Peace
In South Africa.

Lord Roberts, In letter 10 n cores.
pondcnt, expresses n confident hope
that Lord Kitchener will soon be able
To insure peace In Sontb Africa, but
thus far there is no sign from Pretoria
Or Cnpctown that peace Is near. The
latest news Is that General Fourie,
with 800 men, escaped Sunday from the
British columns that were cndeavoring
TO corner the commando east Of Bloem-
fontein. Further big operations will
be started in Orange River colony
within n few days.
General Ian Hamilton, addressing
the Authors club In London last even
ing made the curious suggestion that
the Boer prisoners should be sent to
Canada to work the railways where
they would bc English and become i'm.
bued with English sentiments.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-22
FARMER FEARFULuY BURNED
Alcohol Hottie Breaks and Clothing Ac.
cidentaily Ignites.

John Bergner. "A young farmer living
northwest of Arapahoc, Neb., was very
severely burned while in Arapahoe
He bought bottle OF alcohol, and
either by reason OF being broken or
the cork being loOsened IL ran out and
saturated the clothing without his
knowledge. and on lighting match
his clothing became "a mass Of flames
and before they could be extinguishcd
he was terribly burned, the flesh from
his side and arms and legs dropping off
to the bones and also his hands being
charred to stumps. 1t is doubtful II
he can recover.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-22
PoStofiicc at Dix Robbed.

The postot,ice at Dix, nine miles
cast of Kinball, Neb., was broken
Into and about SG0 worth of stamps
and SIG cash taken from the Office and
sl5 belonging to the Bushee e Voeler
company, in whose store the postofiice
10 located. Entrance was effected bv
removing n pane of glass from the
window. postoiiice inspector is en-
pected. 1t is thought To have been
the work of amateurs, residing in the
country
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-22
Not q Dozen Houses Left.

telephone message received from
ciovcrport, Ky, thir,y-seven miles
west OF Louisville. says that the fire
which broke out swept the town SO
completely that there are not a half
dozen buildings left and the 500 in
habitants are In direst distress. A re-
lief train will be sent from Louisville
TO Clovcrport. Owing to the lack of
sinotiVe power the fire engines could
not be sent from Louisville. The total
loss may reach s5o0,O0O. No casualties
are reported.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-22
de mand for Shorter Hour.

The internatioal association of ma.
chinists will enforce demand for n
shorter work day. A decision has Just
been reached by the international as.
ISOLATION. In towns where the ma
chinists are compelled to work ten
hours they will strike for nine hours,
and towns where they work nine
hours they will demand the eight hour
day. In every case they will attempt
TO secure the same wages as those now
In force.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-22
Entail Election Riot,

A Lexington, Ky, March 10, dis
patch says; Details of an election
fight at Caney precinct, in Morgon
county, last Saturday, In which ten
men were wounded, three of them
fatally, reached here via West Liberty,
where some Of the men appeared for
examination. The trial was postponed
on account of the danger of trouble.
There were nearly l50 shots fired.
John Elan will die and VIII Allen and
John Sebastian are believed TO be he.
yond recovery.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-22

An Annapolis, Nd, dispatch says:
The democratic majority in the senate,
aided by the application Of the cloture
rule, succeeded in pas ing the disfran.
chisement bill by II vote of fourteen to
eleven. n strict party division. II now
goes to the house for concurrence in
the senate amendments. The con-
sensus of opinion is that no further
obstacle will be placed in it's way, and
il will soon 70 To the governor for his
signature
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-22
Thompson Nominated

Lincoln, March 2O.-Fifty-tbree re-
publican members OF the Legislature
assembled in "short caucus" last night,
being thirteen short OF the number
necessary to elect in joint ballot, and
with seventeen absent, nominated ID.
Il. Thompson for United States sena-
tor. The short caucus nomination was
accomplished ON the ninth ballot.
Fifty votes were cast for the nominee
and the nomination was made unani.
nous.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-22
becomes Violently Insane.

Mr. J. G. Rider. living nine miles
north of Fairbury, who attempted to
co,nmi, suicide d mcnth ago hy cnttipg
his throat with II pocket knife, has
gone violently Insane. 1t takes the
combined efforts Of four attendants to
prevent him from renewing his at
tempts To take his life. He was ad-
judged insane by the board of insani-
ty and will be taken To the Lincoln
aSylum
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-22
Mrs. RtcliArtlAOn Indicted.

Mrs. A. l.. Richardson was indicted
by the grand jury at st. Joe, Mo-, for
the murder Of her husband. Frank
Richardson, the wealthy merchant at
Savannah, Mo-, last Christmas eve.
The grand jury is still at work on the
case, and it is expected other indict
ments will be returned.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-22
Beers Raiding Cape Colony.

An Adelaide. Cape Colony, dispatch
says: Krutzinger's Boer commando is
working 'northward and has cluded
three columns and carried off all the
horses in the Albany district The
commando though it took horses and
fodder, was civil To the people.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-22
Woman Jumps From I,ridge,

Mrs. Mahon committed suicide at
Norwalk, o., by jumping from the
Wheeling 4 Lake Erie railroad bridge
to the ground below, a distance of six
ty feet Her head sank In the mud
and death was caused by suffocation.
II is believed she was insane.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-22
Finds Strong Box Empty.

George Graham of Berrien Springs,
Mich, who went to Niles, Mich, for
the purpose OF applying to the receiver
Of the suspended First National bank
for $780, Of negotiable United States
bonds, which he had placed in a rented
strong box In the vault of the bank,
found the bonds missing and they ap-
pear TO have gone with Cashier John
son. The bank is not responsible.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-22
Closing Up Tin Can Deal.

The New York Journal of Commerce
says: Several Of the vendors concerned
In the S75, ,O0O, 900 tin can consolidation
are in New York, and IL Is expected
that deal will be closed up In short
time. Deeds of the various properties
are now being taken by the purchasers
and the stocks of the new company, II
10 understood, are about to be dis
tributed,
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-22
Slaps Editors Face

Count Boni de Castellane the hus.
band of Anna Gould, at Paris, Mar, h
ID, slapped the face of NJ. Ferande de
Roday's, editor of the Figaro. The af-
fair grew ont Of published paragraph
which the count interpreted 10 mean
him. duel will probably result, as
both men have named seconds.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-22
MOnCt Indicted.

A special from Council Bluffs, Ia.
states that the grand jury indicted
Gilbert q. Moffet for using the United
States mail to defraud. He Is charged
with swindling twenty.one accident
insurance companies, railway and
street railway accident companies out
OF $40, 600
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-22

Near Columbus, Neb., Josiah McFar-
land and his wife, an aged couple, were
instantly killed by n Union Pacific
passenger train while crossing the
track,
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-22
Held for Murder.

Az Kansas City the coroner's Jury In.
vestigating Il death of Wesley Balm,
whose body was found near the IT.
Scott road, returned a verdict implcat.
ing Bain's wife, Mary Balm, aud George
Allen. Both ARE held TO answer for
the crime
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-22
Mortgage Must bc PAID

IN a petition aled In the common
peas court at Cleveland, O., March
49, 49, John ID. Rockefeller asks that the
"eodeii house, one OF the oldest
a"u pest known in the city, be sold TO
sat'siy q mortage held by him against
nu "eudeii estate for $500, 900. Ofthe
iat,er sum 1t Is stated s36I, 200 is due
a. "na ,0aa unpaid. The mortgage was given
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-22

Mr. De Mot, the burgomaster OF
Brussels, gave a grand ball In the city
hall on New Years eve, for which he
issued 1900 invitations and had az his
guests the king and queen and four
other royal couples OF lesser degree.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-22
To Settle Old drudge.

Claude and viii Baker started To set.
tie an old grudge against George and
viii Wright at u church near Easton,
Mo. Pistols and missiles of all kinds
were used. Claude Bakers skull was
crushed and he died. All parties in
the fight were injured. There were no
arrests
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-22
Damages for Quan,reiI IsaiN.

Out In Kansas they are still psyins
claims for damages sustained In the
celebrated Qusntrell raid. Up to the
present time 1891 .s45.%5 has been paid,
The unpaid outstanding claims
amount TO S76.8+235.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-22
Hulk Goes Ia Eldesi snn.

by the terms OF the will ~ the late
sir Francis Cook Of London. all his es-
tates in Portugal aud two-thirds Of the
other property go to the eldcs; son,
Francis, by the testator's fr,, wife,
and the remaining third goes lo his
son, Wyndham. Lady Cook receives
$4,000 pounds and the income for life
from an investment OF 10000 pounds.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-22

W. Il. Fuller OF West Union, Pa,
will accept aPpoitment as an assistant
attorney general, made by President
Mckinley several days ago, The story
OF his declination was without author
ity. Announcement of his acceptance
Jvas made on the authority of his son.
in.laW.