The Red Cloud chief., 1901-04-12
BOILED DOWN.

The Platt amendment still hangs fire
In the Cuban convention.
Five families at Lawrence. Neb.,
are said To be afflicted with the Cuban
itch
The cighty-third birthday Of King
Christian of Denmark was celebrated
April y.
The name OF the postof,ice Mt Jordan,
Garfield county, Nebraska, has been
changed To Easton, with Maria War
rem Ms postmistress.
Twcnty-ninc Cinnamon were arrested
on the Canadian border north Of Ma
lone, New York, trying to make their
way into the United States.
Congressman j. A. +. Hull, of Iowa,
chairman of the committe on military
affairs has started for the Philippines
to make investigation of army condi-
tions.
II is said that the manifesto which
Aguinaldo has been preparing has not
yet been signed, and it is added that
Aguinaldo is reluctant to comply with
| its provisions.
The Filipinos In Manila. or a major
| ity Of them, distrust Aguinaldo and
| dislike to see him accorded special
| privileges. They say he ought to be
severely punished. Z
| The Geneva, Nebraska, Touring mill
ing company has just completed large
storage house, the addition being nec-
ccssary on account of the increased
output Of the mill. {
| The first word which has been re-
ccived from Pine Ridge agency since
the two recent storms is that numbers
of cattle died during the last storm on
the reservation. The storm was very
severe there.
At special election at Normal, H.,
| the voters adopted the proposition of
the state board of education to merge
the public schools OF that city with the
normal department of the Illinois nor
nal university.
|. n. Swartwood, the farmer who
killed C. B. Caldwell, "A wealthy far
mcr and his neighbor, in dispute
| over Il boundary line, and who has
been hunted by the sheriff Of Scott
was arrested in Ashland, Cass county.
The crime was committed near Man
chester, Ill.
Instructions have been cabled by
Secretary of the Navy Long to Rear
Admiral Remey, commanding the
ASi inf l.. ~ n inn ~ hp. .izip m him N
list 500 natives of the Philippines for
service on board the former Spanish
gunboats and other small vessels which
are to be maintained exclusively in
the Philippines.
Westbound Southern Pacific passen-
ger train No. was wrecked at Mores
hill, near Wells, New. Fireman Hick-
man of Ogden aud Fireman Loder of
Wells were killed and Engineers War
ner of Wells and Bride of Ogden were
seriously, but not fatally injured. A
broken truck caused half the lrain to
leave the track.
Ed Sine an emplove of the Page
hardware company at Wichita, Kan,
was shot while preparing to retire for
the night. The shot was fired from a
window opposite. Il. j. Robinson has
been arrested on suspicion, as he was
said to be jealous of Sine to whom Rob-
ynsons divorced wife had rented q
room. Sine cannot recover.
The new Chicago city administra-
tion, headed by Mayor Carter Harri-
son, was inducted into office at the
city council chamber. A picturesque
feature of the gathering was the pres
ence of Mrs. Potter Palmer, with q
coterie of prominent people, who came
to see her son, Honore Palmer, alder.
man from the Twenty-tirst ward,
sworn in as city official.
A motion has been made in the
United States supreme court for the
admission of Captain Oberlin Carter
to bail. Afiidavits of physicians were
filed to the effect that Carter is suffer
ing from nervous disorders, headaches,
loss of memory, etc.
An attempt was made to wreck n
westbound Short Line passenger train
at Malada bridge, 100 miles west of
Boise, Idaho. A number of ties were
piled on the track and the engineer
did not see the obstruction in time.
The engine was damaged but no one
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