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The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-27
ASYLUM IN RUINS
Hospital For Insane At Norfolk
Burns in Night.
TWO PATIENTS LOSE THEIR LIVES
Warning Givcn, Hut Fighters UandI-
cappcd-watcr supply, Through q
Lack OF Oversight, Inadequate
State OHcers Act Immediately

AS n result of fire In the building of
h hospital for the insane Mt Norfolk,
Neb., two patients were burned to
death, and the main building and an
mex are in ruins. The dead:
w. Il. Jasperson, Cheyenne county;
Victor kospcr, Colfax county.
A few Others were injured but not
seriously.
IL was 4:e0 Monday morning when
the night watch discovered the Are In
violent ward of the building. The
flames spread rapidly to the new wing,
which had only recently been complet-
ed and furnished. At 1870, finding the
fire beyond control, the hospital force
sent In call for the city volunteer de-
partment. The distance out from Nor
folk is about our miles, and when the
fire department arrived on the ground
they found the fire fighting facilities
totally inadequate TO meet the demands
made upon them. In less than half an
hour the water supply was exhausted
and Mt no time was the pressure sufH-
cient to force the water up to the third
floor.
The work OF rescuing patients from
the burning building was first attended
to and was accomplished with the loss
Of life mentioned above. One of the
patients had TO be taken out Of n win
dow after the heavy iron bars guarding
the same had been demolished. This
patient was somewhat overcome by the
heat, but is not seriously injured.
After the work of relieving the pa
tients was completed the efforts Of all
present were turned to the problem of
saving the contents of the building
and the way the grounds all about are
piled ~ with furniture, bedding and
general effects attests to the fact that
this part of the work was pretty
thoroughly done.
Most of the attendants in that part
of the building where the fire original.
ed lost everything of their personal
property, excepting what soanty attire
they hurried into when the fire alarm
was given.
After the failure of the water supply
nothing could be done to save the main
building, which is completely Quilted,
Az 10" haTu PropoSition W nave "
stand idly by and see u splendid build.
ing, worth thousands of dollars, slow
ly devoured by hungry flames. Super
intendent Teal thinks the patients car
be taken care of without transferring
many to other institutions, as wha,
patients are safe will be paroled and
sent to their friends or the officers OF
counties from which they came, and
others will be cared for in the remain.
ing buildings and barns.
The loss to the state is about 5000,
600 and no insurance.
The inmates will be SEN to Hastings
and Lincoln, where they will be kept
until the state board Of public lands
and buildings decides upon what
course of action will be taken.
at the meeting Of the board of pub
lie lands and buildings 1t was decided
to divide the total number of patients,
sending twenty women and eighty men
to Hastings, and the remainder to Lin
coin. The total number Of inmates q
short time ago was esq, and ut the
time OF the fire was approximately
that number.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-27
OMAHA MANS THROAT CUT
Pete Miller Who Lives ON Cass street
. IL Badly Siashcd mt piattsmouth,

. ''"'s '''''u ~ th'''Sth"uth'
AT Plattsmcuth, Ncb., n man 50 years
of age, who gave his name as Pete
Miller, was recently given lodging in
the county Jail of Cass county. lie
said his home was in Omaha on Cass
street, but that he had just come from
Weeping Water. where he was in n
restaurant. He left the Jail in tho af-
ternoon and was found in the evening
with his throat cut from ear to ear
and with a cash across his wrists.
Drs, Schildltnich and Plcinhom scwcd
up the cuts, but think he cannot live
long. Miller said two men assaulted
him and he tried tn borrow u revolver
to shoot them. lie is n Swede and
said his wife was dead, but he had one
daughter teaching school in Illinois.
Some think his assailants threw him
into the Plato river, as his clothes were
wet.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-27
Boy Kills His sister.

At Marshfeid, Wis, while handling
a loaded shotgun, the 9-year-old son Of
John Adler accidentally discharged the
weapon, the load squarely hitting his
eleven-year-old sister, who vas stand
ing near. The shot entered the child's
head and neck, terribly hanging the
face and practically tearing the head
from the shoulders. The parents are
almost crazed with grief.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-27
Memorial In Lincoln.

In Lincoln everywhere the name Of
Mckinley was spoken with reverence
Thursday. The regard for him born
of the many beautiful attributes of his
character was genuine on the part of
every citizen and at services held in
his memory kindly words of deepest
sincerity We're pronounced by all.
Three large meetings were held in Lin
coin, one at the auditorium and over
flow meetings at the First Presbyter-
ian and First Congregational churches.
The meetings were attended by such
crowds as have scarcely ever been In
these edifices before.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-27
sunocated In . shaft.

Frederick Lindloff, aged II, and his
son John, aged 90, were suffocated in
an abandoned coal shaft on the for
mer's farm in Coal Valley, Rock Island
county, Ill. John had disappeared
Sunday morning, and the elder man
began d search. Neighbors found both
dead in the shaft.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-27
A $4,000 r

Business Portion Of Bingham Destroyed
by Fire.
Fire Mt EfRngham, Kan, destroyed .
greater portion Of the business section
Of the town. The loss Is estimated At
$50, 900. Over q dozen buildings were
destroyed.
The list includes Wolverton's gen.
eral store National Washing Machine
company's factory, Ed Highs feed
store, Perry's livery barn, A. II. Cum
mings' harness shop, Henry Goddard's
meat market, fire engine house, an
empty store building owned by G. M.
Howard, and others. The origin is I'M
known.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-27
OF DR.. RIxEY
President Announces Intention to APP
point Doctor Surgeon General.

A Canton, o., special says: President
Roosevelt has informed Mrs. Mckinley,
through Secretary %Cortelyou, that, in
pursuance of the intention Of the late
President Mckinley, a.d in recognition
of devoted services, Medical Inspector
p. NJ. Rixey will be appointed surgeon
general of the navy upon expiration
of the term of Surgeon General Van
Reypen.
The naval list shows hat Surgeon
General Van Reypen will not retire in
the ordinary course until November IA,
1902. Van Reypen's commission will
expire December IS and DIR. Rixey's
appointment may be expected then.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-27

A Guthrie, Ok, dispatch says: r..
ID. Goree, the man supposed to have
been killed by Colonel II. B. Howell
and his son at Mcknight, recently, is
still alive. Goree's father and brother
took him to Fort Worth for the pur-
pose OF having the ball removed from
his head. Goree's friends were SO sat
isfied that he was dead they went to
Lawton and secured the services of an
undertaken, who lost no time In going
to Mcknight, taking with him EN-.
balming fluids. The body had been
prepared for him. Goree began to show
signs Of life and rapidly recovered.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-27
MRS. M'KlNLEY Is MENoiNo

Takes More Interest In Affairs OF Her
Home.
A Canton, O., dispatch says: For the
third day In succession Mrs. Mckinley
took two drives. The first enc was to
the cemetery, where she and Mrs. Bar
Der and DR.. Rixey again entered the
vault to look at the casket containing
oil that remains Of the devoted hus-
band. The afternoon ride was the
longest yet taken and was along
try roads in quest of the purest and
freshest air. Mrs. Mckinley seems to
take moro interest in the affairs of the
house and goes to the dining room
for her meals.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-27
Forest Fires In wyoming

Forest fires are raging inside the city
limits of Battle Lake, Wyo., and at
least a part of the town is doomed.
Every man, woman and child still in
the place is fighting the fire, thought
hundreds have fed to the hills for
safety. One mining shaft has already
burned with u number of smaller build
ings. The fire is five miles wide and Is
being driven by a wind blowing at the
rate of forty miles an hour.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-27

Major General Young at San Fran
cisco has informed the War Depart
ment of the following deaths which
occurred on the transport Grant, just
arrived in San Francisco from Manila:
Charles j. Riefenstahl, Forty-sixth in
fantry, chronic d~ysentery, August 81;
Charles Il. Ward, general prisoner,
Twenty-second infantry, chronic dys'
entcry, September q.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-27
GAME WARDEN CONVICTED
Slayer Of w. A. womock Mt Grand Moss
Lake Guilty of Manslaughter.

The jury in the case OF Game war;
den Frank Mahoney, on trial at Gun
nison, Col, for the killing Of w. A.
Womock at Grand Mesa lakes In July
last returned u verdict Of manslaught-
er. Sentence will be imposed later.
Womock was killed while fishing In
the lakes without permission Of WILL
lam Radcliffe, who claimed ownership
Of them. Later all the buildings on
the lake were buried by mobs and Rad
cliffe asked protection of the state and
subsequently called upon the British
ambassador Mt Washington for pro-
lection to his property, claiming to be-
n British subject.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-27
For Selling to Indians.

Alexander Thorn, colorcd, and
Thomas Parks, white, have been ar
rested and taken to Omaha charged
with selling liquor to the Indians
at Fender. Thorn has been operat-
ing in the Omaha reservation east Of
Fender, for some time. Parks, who is
% years old, was taken at Bancroft,
where he has been a resident since
1858,
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-27
KIN. Her Father-in-Law.

Mrs. Lena Fair shot and killed her
father-in-law, Michael Fair, at their
home in South Cheyenne, Wyo. The
says that Fair threatened to
kill her, and that when she fired he
had M hand on her throat, and with
the other was reaching for his revolver
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-27
r COMMITS SUICIDE
David Mercur Found nanglngs In a Corn
crib.

Dave Mercur of near Gibbon, Neb.,
committed suicide at that place recent
ly. He was found by his family hang
ing in n corncrib upon his place. He
was still alive when cnt down, but ex.
pred soon afterwards.
The deceased was about sixty-6ve
years old and leaves n wife and seven
children. He was n brother-in-law Of
Andy Snowdcn of that place. No cause
is given for the act.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-27
BURGLARS BLOW BANK SAFE
Use Dynamite with Success at Republic

Use Dynamite With Success ut Repubii-
can City. Neb.
The bank at Republican City, Neb.,
was entered by cracksmen and the safe
dynamited, The safe is n large one
but it was almost demolished by the
explosion, part of the money box being
blown through the outer the wall of
the Sunbury restaurant, sevcnty-fve
feet away, where several persons were
sleeping. The robbers took all the
money and notes, but left no clue. The
officers OF the bank decline to say how
much money vas taken. The amour
is said to be more than 81, 900.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-27
HONORS PAID IN MANILA
Civil, Military. and Naval O~bservances In
the Orient.

the Orient.
There were impressive civil. military
and naval observauccs at Manila in
honor of the late president. The
mourning vas universal. Most of the
business houses were closed. After a
service at the palace the military es-
corted the civil officials to the Luneta
where all the available troops, sailors
and marines were assembled and paid
honors to the late president in the
presence Of thousands of specta-
tors. The fleet at Cavite saluted.
Chief Justice Arellano in an address
said all the Filipinos abhorred the
crime and that the death of the great
and good president would cement the
friendship Of Americans and Filipinos.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-27
sues for False Imprisonment.

Charles Magruder, a young man who
has been bound over to district court
Mt Sioux City on the charge OF embez-
element, preferred by the managers of
the Bell Shirt company of Elgin, Ill,
has sued j. ). Smith, the manager of
the company for $4,000 for false inn
prisonment.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-27
APPOINTMENT.

The president has appointed Colonel
James M. Bell, Eighth cavalry and
president of the military board OF re-
view, to be n brigadier general, vice
Brigadier General Ludlow, deceased.
General Bell will retire October, thus
leaving a vacancy for another appoint
ment.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-27
JOHANN MOST REARREsTED
Authorities Nip Plan so Hold Anarchist
Meeting.

The police of Newtown, borough of
Queens, arrested Johann Most. the an
archist. as a disorderly person. They
suspected that he was going to conduct
an anarchist meeting In a saloon in
Corona. l.. l., n. Y. They also ar
rested Christian Freck, who Is said to
run the saloon, on the charge of vio-
lating the liquor IA law and keeping
a disorderly house.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-27
Sim pson IL First.

Before Senator Burton and National
Committeeman ID. w. Mulvane OF Kan
sas return from Washington 1t is un-
derstood that j. M. simpsons name
will go into the treasury department
as revenue collector for Kansas. II is
possible that his acsual appointment
will be announced.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-27
Opened with Dynamite.

The bank at Shellsburg, Ia, was
broken irto' Friday morning, the safe
blown open with dynamite and about
81, roo in cash taken. The burglars
left on a hand car in the direction of
Cedar Rapids. Four men are suspected.
Posses are now securing the country ip
pursuit.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-27
Accidentally 81

Il. j. Burgess, jr,, OF sSrior, Nebr. /.
was accidental shot thro& the lag
In handling a No. IA Colt'sevolver II
slipped out of the belt, 3 bammer
striking the floor with the aal result
The wound is only a flesh VIVID.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-27
Have Ironcia Agreement.

An ironclad alignment has been
signed, which makeAertain that Cres.
ceus and The Abbot su race at the
Readville track on Sunday for the
s9o,o 600, winner to taksIl, offered bv
Mr.. Thomas w. Lawson The gate rc.
ceipts will go to charitt
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-27

Il. G.. Richter, who lives near the
village of Cornell, H., shot and killed
James Thompson and fatally wounded
Sam England, following a quarrel
that ensued when he objected to the
men hunting nuts on his farm. RICH
ter is In Jail. He has twice been COM
mitted to the state asylum for the
insane.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-27
Death From AIcobolism.

Mrs. Matilda Faust, supposed to have
been murdered near Pluma, y. d.. came
to her death through alcoholism, ac-
cording TO the coroner's verdict.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-27
LANCER Appointed Consul.

President Roosevelt has appointed
Joseph j. LANCER Of Nebraska to be
consul of the United States at Solin-
gen, Germany.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-27
Fire threaten. whol. yul.~s.

The village of Edgerton, MINI, 10
reported to be on fire. The Edgerton
hotel and a general store are reported
entirely consumed. The fire is still
raging and the whole village may 90.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-27

There is a good deal of talk in north
ern Kansas In favor of fewer school
dristricts and better schools.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-27
KILLED BY THE A r

Mrs. Rosa Bell Fatally Injured ut st.
John.
While garnering wheat from the
santa Fe tracks near the depot at st.
John, Kan, Mrs. Rosa Bell, a well
known Irish woman of sixty-nine years
was run over by a freight and 70 hor-
ribly crushed that she died an hour
later. She and her husband had con-
siderable property. No blame attaches
the railway employees.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-27

Charles carshe Richardson county
farmer, was tarr4 apd feathcred byin-
dignant citizens ~ having expressed
delight at the shoIng of McKin,ev
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-26
READY FOR REUNION. Preparations for Entertaining Vet erans on Elaborate Scale.

Memphis, May 25.-All is in readiness for the great reunion of Confederate Vet erans which will be held in this city on May 28, 29 and 90. At a meeting of the Executive Committee held tonight the various chairmen reported that their work had been finished and that on Mon- day the gates of the city would be thrown open to the old soldiers.
 The Finance Committee, under the chairmanship of A. B. Pickett, has raised $1OO 0C0, which is being expended for the entertainment and comfort Of the Veter- ans and visitors. A large building, with a seating capacity of 16,090, has been erected on the bluffs overlooking the Ms sissippi River and General Moorman, on A recent visit of inspection. declared that 1t was the most commodious and elaoor- ate building yet tendered the veterans at their annual meeting.
 Preparations have been made 10 Ieeo' free of cost 5000 persons daily and Chair- man Myers of the Commissary Commit ice reports all in readiness for the work In the way of entertainment. there Will he a grand floral parade, which, It IS con fidently expected, will eclipse any simi- lar event ever held in the South More than 100 vehicles, elaborately decorated with flowers, will be in line and special prizes will be awarded. brilliant Qre. works display, under the management ot Pain' will be another interesting attrac- tion. while balls will be given in Con federate Hall in honor of the visiting sponsors and Sons of Veterans. The commander of the gunboat scorpion which is anchored in front of Memphis, announces that the veterans are cordially invited to visit Uncle SaIns fighting ship during the reunion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-26
Joseph Chamberlain Entertains the
 Commissioner.

| London, May 25.-Mr Joseph Cham. berlain, the Colonial Secretary. gave a | luncheon in honor of Lord Milner ot | Cnpetown, this afternoon. There was | present a distinguished company, in- cluding the Duke of Cambridge, Lord
 Salisbury, Lady Gwendolin Cecile, the Earl of Halsbury, Lord and Lady Rob- erts Lady Curzon. the Lord Mayor and
 Lady Mayoress; Mir. Wyndham, Chief Secretary of Ireland; MT. Balfour, First Lord of the Treasury, and Mrs. Bal
 four. and Right Hon. William Broder-
 ick Secretary of State for War.
 Only two toasts were drunk, "The
 King" and "Milner."
 Mir. Chamberlain, in proposing Lord Miners health, said that the latter's s vacation was only prelude to a more difficult, but more congenial. task than
 he had yet faced. He had to return "to construct a new South Africa out of the chaos of war, and to reconcile two races, now unhappily opposed, whose cooperation is absolutely nec- essary to South Africa's future pros perity."
 Mir. Chamberlain concluded with the prediction that Lord Miner would lay broad foundation for a united com monwealth :'as free, prosperous and loyal as the sister federations of Can ada and Australia"
 Lord Miner. replying. deprecated the demonstrations his homecoming had produced, but said he realized that had he quietly taken a hanson from the Waterloo station to his lodgings 1t would have been heralded., over two continents as evidences of his disgrace. Therefore, he bowed to the necessity of a public commotion which seemed to prove to persons with the ingrained habit of delusion that the Government would not give up it's agent in the face of the enemy, and that the people of this country would not be bored into abandoning what they had spent mill lions in blood and treasure to obtain. He said the work in South Africa was proceeding now at slightly qutckened pace toward the predestined end. He had been sustained throughout the phases of the struggle by. the certainty that the Governments course was the only one that would secure lasting peace and the only alternative of ab- solute self-effacement in South Africa.
 "The time will come," he continued, "and heaven send it quickly. when tact. conciliation and forbearing states manship will be called for and should be applied. but they must not be in terjected to mar the concluding scenes of the drama now being enacted"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-26

Hord, Yale, third.
 Running high Jump--Final won by s B Jones, New York University, fec sh inches; S. S.. Ellis and c. M Rotch inches. W. c. Lowe. Syracuse and md $ W. Curtis. Princeton, tied for fourth place | at feet 7h inches.
 Half mile run-Final won by J. NJ Perry, Princeton; D. s. Bellinger, Cor. | onds.
 rira5 Throwing wing ,, sixteen pound. pound hammer i4a feet 4H inches. A eTs W Boa fHlnessGd HarSspd second. 142 feet 1ost inches. T. T. Hare Pennsylvania. third. 1S6 feet inches; c. F. Wales. Cornell, fourth. 127 feet 1h
 220 yards hurdle. final-Won by E. J. Clapp. Yale; J. H. Converse. Harvard, second; J. G. Willis. Harvard third; o. B. Thomas. Yale. fourth. Time. g s-5
 22o yards run. final-won by Sears. Cor nell; Dupee. Yale. second; H. H. Cloud man: Bowwdoin. third ;Lghtner, Harvard.
 One mile run. fnal-R. B. Bushnell, yard. fourth.
 Putting 1s-pound shot: fnal-C: H. Rob G. Ellis. Harvard. fourth, 40 feet inches. third: '; M. Sears, Cornell, fourth. pneeton. thTd frn C. 5aK 5 swan. Miams fourth.
 Half mile run, final-D. w. Fauchot, Yale, third; I. w. Mutter. Bowdoin, fourth.
 230 yards hurdle, semi-hnal heats first heat won by J. G. Willis. Harvard E. J. Clapp, Yale, second. Time, 25 2-5.
 Second heat won by I. H. Coverse, liar yard: J. B. Thomas, Yale, second. Time, 26 4-5 seconds.
 At the end of the sixth event the score stood Harvard, ?; Yale, IS: Georgetown, ton. ?: Michigan, l.
 22O yards run, semi-final heats-First heat won by F. M. Sears, Cornell: c. Du- pee. Yale, second. Time, g 4-5 seconds
 Second heat, won by H. H. Cloudman, Bowdoin; M JS Lightner, Harvard, sec ond. Time, g seconds.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-26
MARcHETT1 TO JOIN JEsU1Ts.
Gives Up Prospect of High Place in
 Catholic Church,

New York, May 25.-According to a spe- cial from Washington to The Herald Monsignor Francesca Marchetti, Auditor of the Apostolic Delegation. has resigned the post and asked permission to join the Jesuit Order.
 Monsignor Marchetti wishes to enter 1t at Washington, and will not return to Italy to take the vows. Had he remained in the diplomatic service of the church he might have aspired to a high digni- tary. even the Cardinalate. As Jesuit he will not attain any prominence other than for intellectual endowments
 The Very Rev. Frederick z. Rocker, Secretary of the Delegation, will succeed to the Auditorship. He is the only Ameri- can In the Pope's diplomatic service, and is a native of Albany, N. Y.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-26
Collision at Sea.

Boston. May 25.-The steamer Ohio, from Hull. which arrived today. reported collision at sea with the Norwegian bark Elise, from Moss, April l. for New York, in ballast. One sailor was picked up but his stories are so conflicting that it is hard to tell if the bark went down with fourteen men or not. The supposi- tion is that she did and only this sailor was saved. The collision occurred in a fog
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-26
EeDoucHe by Boers.

Middlenurg. Transvaal Coloney, May 25.-The commanders of Kreitzinger. Van Reenen and Fouche debouched yesterday before dawn and crossed the railroad. They dashed soutnward, re- invading the more popuious districts of Cape Colony. Pouches commando has been resting many weeks in the Zuru- berg mountains.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-26
Decision for Tillman and Bate.

Washington, May 25.-The Comptrol- Ter of the Treasury has decided that United States Senators Bate and Till man, having been summoned to this city as witnesses on behalf of the United States in the case of the United States versus Cullen, are enti- tied to the usual mileage and witness fees provided for by the law and the law as to clerks and officers of the United States, which provides that in such cases they shall not be allowed mileage. does not apply to the United States Senators.