The Red Cloud chief., 1901-08-09
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Happenings Mt Home and Abroad
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shortened up to Readable Length.
The steel trust and the steel workers
could not agree.
The wheat crop In the United King
dom is not mp to the average.
Frank Collier, n wcll-known politi-
elan of Chicago died in hospital there
of typhoid fever.
Adelina Patti has arrived at Stock
holm, and has rented n summer palace
ut Saltsjo Barren,
The national miners federation of
France proposes a general strike in
France November 1.
A terrible fire is raging In the extern
sivc pine forests near Kalden Kirchcn,
on the Dutch russian frontier.
Roust & Brodie's dry goods store
at West Newton, Pa, was destroyed
by fire, the loss being 500, 900.
A heavy rain fell in Kansas on the
I'd inst, being pretty general. Good
showers also visited portions of Iowa
and Nebraska.
The First National Bank of Austin,
Tex, Is In the hands of Federal Bank
Inspector J. NJ. Logan. The bank has
made bad loans.
For July the Lincoln, Ncb. mortality
record shows thirty-six deaths, eight
of which were violent, and six due TO
heat prostrations.
Thomas Hyland, engineer. and Geo.
Webb, a trainman. were killed In a
collision on the New York Central,
nea Lockport, N. Y.
News has been received from Macon,
Ga, that ex-Congressman James II.
Blount has suffered a stroke of paraly-
sis and Is in a critical condition. p
The British torpedo boat destroyer
Viper struck a rock of the Island of
Alderncy, in the English channel and
was totally wrecked. No lives were
lost.
Warren Lewis of New York, n OF
the most widely known sporting men
Of the country, committed suicide by
jumping from a steamer into the ocean
near New York.
1t Is stated in Washington that this
government will not intervene in the
Venezula- Columbian %imbroglio unless
IL becomes serious enough to jeapordize
American interests.
Poundmaster James Lennon of Crys-
tai, Mich, was shot dead by Captain
Bennett a prominent and wealthy min.
H.. D 1~nnap,a anep.x nj
Lennon for having impounded his COW
The geological survey has issued a
report on iron and steel at the close OF
the nineteenth century. II shows that
the United States leads all other coun.
tries in the production of these articles.
Frank c. Zehrung, manager OF the
Oliver and Funke play houses Of Lin
coin, Neb., was robbed of 5000 at Coney
Island, where he had gone for pleasure
after booking attractions for next sea
son.
The first ore train over the new
Stonybrook cutoff of the Eastern Min
nesota road, went through the bridge
over the st. Louis river near Stony
brook. Jerry O'Reilly, a brakeman
was killed.
Near Bloomington, Ind, John J
! Moore and wife were aroused early b!
whitecaps and numerically beaten
No reason is given for the assault
Moore recognized the leader and arres
! may follow.
Mrs. A. II. Mckinney, supposed to b
from Shelbyville, Ill, committed sui
eide at Kansas City by taking mo-
phine. On her person was found
diploma from the Shelbyville hig'
school to Miss A. II. Park.
A young man Of twenty-three, com
' committed suicide at the Hamilton he
i tel in Wichita, Kan, by taking lauda
c mum. lie tore his name of all his gar
8 ments and left an unsigned note ask
a ing that his body be kept three days
when Elmer Scriptures, of West Port
;, Ind, would take charge of 1t.
y The Humboldt has arrived at Seattl
Wash, from Skaguay with $500, 1000 @
Klondyke gold. According to the az
c vices brought down by the Humboldt
l. the Newport reached juneau July 81
4 and reported five men killed by Indian
about 200 miles west of Valdez lslant
No particulars could be learned.
At Omaha, Thad Brookin shot Mr.
Mile Lighthawk, probably fatal,
= and then killed himself at a o J
n the house at 1887 Capitol avenue, TIL
deed was the result of a failure to wi
the affections of the IN over th
superior attractions Of Burt Adams.
Al Moscow, Idaho, DIR. w. w. Wa
kins was shot and instantly kille
while riding in his buggy, Georg
A. Creighton was shot through the arm
ard Deputy Sheriff Cool through tn
81 shoulder, by William Stcfin, who b
r. came suddenly insane. Stefin w
pursued and killed. d