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The San Francisco call., 1901-11-27

CLEAR LAKE, Wis, Nov. 26.-While work
ing with a steam woodsaw James Floyd was
instantly killed by the accidental breaking Of
the saw He was struck in the chest by a
flying piece Of debris, which tore out his heart.
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-27

Willows Feels an Earthquake.
WILLOWS, Nov. pa short, sharp
earthquake shock, with vibrations from
east to west, was felt here at 6:35 o'clock
yesterday morning.
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-27

ging for their comrades who were buried
deeper Flames broke out almost tmrne-
diateIy and the horror of fire was added
to the sufferings of the imprisoned ones.
Resc1ters Fight the Fire
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
May Clear up a Mystery.

With the finding of in the water nit
the foot of Peck court Mt Chicago the
body of NJ. q. Van Der berg, "a wchlthy
resident of the Netherlands, nm Assoc
ciate of American capitalists and u
guest at the auditorium Annex. the
mysterious death OF Stella Cook recent
ly is cleared. Miss Cook was not muir
dcred according to the present belief
of the police, but los her life with Mr..
Van Der Berg by the over turning OF a
boat in which they were rowing. The
discovery of the Hollander's body not
only cleared up the murder mystery
but dispelled the cloud OF suspicion
that has settled about Harry Thurston
cook On the steamer City OF Traverse,
and n com anion of the dead girl.
Unless unexpected evidence develops
Mt the coronor's inquest, Thurston.
who Is being held at Mackinac Island
on n warrant charging him with hav-
ing guilty knowledge of the girls dis
appearance, will be set free.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
Bridge In In Danger.

News from Trenton, Neb., says: II
began tn rain here last Sunday, Sept.
s, Mt 4 o'clock in the afternoon and
continued all night. Is Ia the hardest
rain ever known to fall here. the pre-
cipitation being four and one-half inch
es. 1t was a perfect downpour. The
Cannons were overlooking their banks
and the country roads are washed out
SO that they are i%mpassablc. The Re-
publican river is very high, and fears
are entertained for the safety Of the
bridge. Rain has fallen nearly every
day for over n week. This has stopped
the thrcshing and checked the pro-
gress of the broomcorn harvest. A
great deal of fall grain will be plant
cd us n result of this wet spell.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
Cowboy BADLY Crushed.

While the grand entry OF rawnee
Bills show was in progress at Hast
ings,' Neb., one of the cowboys was ac-
cidcntally thrown with his horse and
seriously injured. 1t Is doubtful IL he
will survive. The accident was caused
by one of the horses catching u shoe Of
a horse In front of IL. Both rider and
horse were thrown TO the ground in IA
heap and before the man could be res
cued the horse had rolled over the
mans body and In so doing crushed his
chest.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
Washington Funeral Tuesday.

The following official statement.
making important changes in the
plans.for the funeral services over the
remains of President Mckinley at
Washington, was given to the press
Sunday night
In compliance with the earnest
wishes of Mrs. Mckinley that the body
of her husband shall rest in her home
at Canton Wednesday night the follow
ing changes in the Obsequics of the
late president will be made:
Funeral services in the rotunda of
the capitol will be held Tuesday morn
ing ON tho arrival Of tho. escort which
will accompany the remains from the
White house. The body of the late
president will lie in state in the rotun-
Tia for the remainder of Tuesday and
will bc escorted to the railroad station
Tuesday evening. The funeral train
will leave Washington at or about s
o'clock Tuesday evening and thus will
arrive mt Canton during the day We'd
nesday. (Signcd)
JonN HAY, Secretary Of State.
ELruU Roof, Secretary of War.
JVHN ID. LONG, Secretary of the Navy
Henry Is. +. Mcfarland, President of
the Board of commissioners of the Dis
trict Of Columbia.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
FOUND DEAD WITH WEAPON,


{. J." Patterson. m early settler in
superior, committed suicide, lie had
been i'll for Il great many years, and
was just able to IN around again after
u serious attack. His nurse not being
well had left the room and on return
ing said Mr.. Patterson took n druggcd
tablet and went back To lie ON the
couch. The nurse stepped into AN
other room and while he was gone MIR.
Patterson slipped out. The nurse re-
turning and not finding him notified
his wife and each went in opposite d.
rcc,ion to find him. Failing In this,
they gave" "A general alarm. A small
boy said he saw him go into the base
mcnt Of the store in which they lived.
Keys were gotten and Mr., Patterson
was found in the u Of the basement
with n bullet hole in his forehead. lie
had used II Is calihre revolver. After
pulling the trigger his hand, still hold
ing the weapon, had dropped on his
breast. Death is supposed to have
been instantaneous.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
Buffalo Grand Jury Hands in Its
Opinion.
THE Prisoner Is TAKfN INTO COURT
Refuses 10 Answer Questions rat To
Him Pressed Hard By the Grow Il,
but Wei Protected Counsel AZ
pointed other News.

Leon J.. 'HulpoSI alias Fred NiCunan,
was indicted Monday by the grand
jury for the crime of murder in the
first degree in fatally shooting rrcsi-
dent William Mckinley Mt the Temple
of Music in the Pan American cNposi-
ton grounds at i:l5 o'clock ON the ar-
crnoono of September q.
When arraigncd before the Judge
Edward Emery in the county court. the
prisoner stubornly refused to answer
questions repeatedly asked Of, him by
District Attorncy Penney ~ Ia whether
he had counsrl or wanted counsel. The
district attorney then suggested that.
inasinnch as the defendant refused 10
answer, counsel should he assigned.
Judge Emery assigned Hon. Lorain l..
Lewis and Hon. Robert &. Titus, for
mcrly supreme court justices az this
city, whose names had been suggested
by the Erie bar association.
The secret indictment was presented
to Judge Emery in the county court.
Then cnsncd "a wait of an hour. but
the rumor that the murderer was 10 be
arraingcd-sprcad, and in a short tisi
''N ''"'' ''phh ""N
secrecy was maintained as To the place
of confinement of the prisoner, but it
is believed he was locked M in the
temporary Jail at the Erie county pen
itcntiary, where prisoners have been
kept while the Jail has been undergo
ing repairs. After the indictment vas
reported the prisoner was driven from
the pcnitentiary, IA mile from the city
hall. To the Jail across the street from
the hall. Czolgosz was then taken,
under srrong guard. from the Jail
through the tunnel under Delaware
avcnue to the basement of the city hall
and up the stairs To the court room on
the second floor.
The prisoner was shaclSlcd To n de-
t%cctive, and another detective held his
other arm. Assistant Superintendent I
Cusack marching on the front and n
number of patrolmcn behind. When
the prisoner was taken before the
bench the crowd in the court room
surged about him on all sides. They
were compelled to resume their seats
Czolgosz Is of medium height. of
fairly good build and has ligat curly
hair. but "A ten days growth of beard ON
his face gave him IN unlkcmpt appear
ancc. Apparently he feignc ! insanity.
not stupidity, and his glance r,aucd
about, hut his eyes were always dow II
cast. Not oncc did he look ths county
prosecutor or the judge in the face.
Judge Emery assigned Lorain l..
Davis and Robert &. Titus us counsel.
after which the prisoner was lead
away.
The bullets fired at the president arc
under pathological examination as to
poison, but it will be perhaps a week
before any opinion can be given
Efforts to conncc the Chicago an
archists with the plot TO assassinatc
President Mckinley will be abandoned
and the prisoners will be- released soon.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
Killed In Railrond Yards.

Edwin o. Arnold, a car inspector in
the Burlington railroad yards in Lin
coin. Ncb., vas crushed and madgled
beneath "a moving switch engine mt
a:25 Saturday morning. MIR. Arnold
had left the lower rooms in the yard
Office to walk across the tracks when
the accident happened. He walked di-
rectly in front of engine :ls which was
passing the office, running north. The
machine struck him, threw him TO the
tracks and passed v him, crushing
and mangling the lower part of his
body snd his legs. lie was picked up
and carried to the yard o&cc where he
expied-at 1885,. an hour and thirty
minutes after the accident.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
Given Tar and Feathers.

Joseph A. Wildman, a United Breth-
rem minister, was tarred and feathcred
by a crowd of one hundred mt Hun
tington, Ind, and turned loose To wan.
der back home because on Sunday he
rose In II OF the city churches and
said.
II suppose there have been more lies
told from the pulpit and sacred desk
today than was ever known before.
While I want to give all honor that Is
due Mr.. Mckinley, still when he was
living he was nothing but q political
dcmagogue." {.
Wildman has no regular charge. I
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
body OF the Dead President Lies IN state
at Washington.

The remains of President Mckinley
were taken from buffalo To- Washing.
ton Monday.
The sad farewell given Ivy Buffalo
was impressive and the streets were
throngcd with u mouraing multitude.
The funeral train was preceded by
fifteen minutes tn keep the tracks
clear. The train reached Washington
AT SIS y. III. Monday.
The rcmai>s were taken to the White
House to lie in state Tuesday.
The foil wing Is the order of arrange
mcntN fOr the ~uhsrquirs at Washing
ton for William Mckinley. late prcsi-
dent of The United States, vs. revised To
meet the wishes uf Mrs. Mckinley:
The remains of the late president
will arrive in Washington ~ $50 To.
night and will b. escorted to the exec
uiivr mansion 10y asQuadrpn of United
Statcr cavalry. Tuesday nj ga. ~. they
will he borne To the capitol, where re-
ligiouN services will be held. after
which the body of the late president
viii lie in state IN the rotunda for the
remainder Of the day. In the evening
the remains will lc born to the station
oI the Pennsylvania railroad, escorted
by u squadron of United States cavalry
and then conveyed to their final rest
ing place ut Canton. o.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
Cigarettes Ia school.

Have school boards the right 10 pro-
hibit the use of cigarettes on the school
grounds? State Superintendent Fow-
Ter says they have. A school board
may go further. 1t may prohibit the
use of cigarettes by school boys going
to and from school. Then IL that IL
not sufficient the board may enforce
the anti-cigarcttc law and prosecute
persons who sell or give cigarettes to
minors. All this is expressed by the
state superintendent rs the result OF
trouble arising at the town of Airing
ton over the use of cigarettes by school
boys.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
wreck On Great Northern.

A disastrous freight wreck occurred
today on the Great Northern railroad
near the Cascade tunnel. in Washing
ton, September II. The engineer,
while making the western decline in
the tunnel, lost control in the air.
brakes and the train attained. such a
high rate of speed that when a slight
curve was reached the ears jumped the
track and piled up In a confused heap.
Fire ensued and thirty-onc ears loaded
with merchandise were totally de-
stroycd. The engineer, and fireman, a
section hand and tramp were killed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
Must Destroy, Peach Trees.

Fully lO,0O0 peach trees will have to
be destroyed in the vicinity of Athens,
Ohio, as the result of an order of the
Ohio agricultural department, the
trees being afflicted with San Jose
scale. The department is now con-
Quoting an inspection and has already
condemned thousands of trees. Many
orchards will have to be entirely de-
stroyed. This is one of the largest
peach districts In the state.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
Hf RfTA|NS(AB|NFT
President Roosevelt Dcsireo the
Old Members.
III MAKES THEM A FORMAL IfkDiR.
trgrs >cquicSrcncr aud Opposes Rssig-
nation FIRST Meeting OF Omcini
FAINT, ucid and Iollc,
Outlined Suites

President Roosevelt convened hi,
FIRST cabinet meeting at Washington
Tuesday afternoon. Vt this meeting
the president asked the members Of
Mr. Mckinlcy's unbiurt to retain their
respective portfolios Thought hiS term
aud announced that his administrator
would follow the policy outlined by
President Mckinley in his liuiralo
speech.
Aftcr the obscquics nvcr the late
president the cabinet. Mt President
RooscveltS request. assembled at the
residence of Commander towlcs. where
the president il staying until after the
funeral. principally for the purpose of
Informing their new chief of the state
ot affairs in their respective depart
mcnts The president desired to learn
II their were II matter, of moment
requiring his attention before his de.
p%arturc for Canton. tie was assured
that there was nothing of pressing i'm.
portnncc. The president then add
dressed his advisers collectively. ~ ne
had previously done individually. re-
qucsting thorn all to retain their re-
spcctivc positions in his cabinet.
Mr.. Roosevelt expressed the hope AM
expectation that every member would
serve throughout his term, for he said,
he rendered tho appointment as II he
had inst been elected to the presidency
and was forming an original cabinet.
The president said. however. there was
n diff, renee between the present ten
der and that of an original offer. name
iy, under the present circumstances
they were not n liberty TO decline. Up
ON being asked by n member II resig-
nations should he formally presented
in the usual way. the president an.
swcred that his action AT this meeting
had prccludcd the necessity of pre-
s%enting designations. The discussion
turned upon the policy Of the admins.
tration, and Mr.. Roosevelt announced
that he regarded the speech Of the lat,
president at the Buffalo pan. American
exposition, the day previous tn tn,
tragic shooting. as outlining the poll
cies to BIZ followed by the administra,
ton.
1t cannot he learned at this tim,
whether or not all the members will b,
willing to serve the full term.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
BURNS ALL HIS PROPERTY
Insane Act of u Farmer Near Marquette.
Michigan.

Armed with a shotgun and declaring
he would shoot the first person who at
tempted interference, "A farmer named
l.upton, living near Germfask, Mich,
held at bay n crowd of ncighbors while
the bulk Of his property went up in
smoke. Lupton hauled practically
everything of value he possessed to his
barn. which contained about n hun
dre1 tons of hay, besides vehicles, etc.
and after the horses and cattle were
also locked up, applied u match, next
setting fire To his dwelling house.
When the barn an1 house had been
practically consumed, Lupton fled 10
the woods and was later found by .
searching party, concealed in a hay
stack in a nearby field. Lupton has u
wife and family.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
Watching the Anarchists.

A M~arscillcs dispatch the
arrest there of eight anarchists, Ital-
ians and S%paniards, including Prudent
n of the chief anarchists of the Malta
and n friend of Bresci and Caserio.
Several anarchists are said to have
been arrested on the arriving at
Rheims. They will he kept in custody
until the Russian Emperor has depart
ed.
Warships arrived at Dunkirk today
and took up stations in the roadstead.
The town is already filling with visi-
tors. The Mantin says it learns that
the Emporcr Nicholas has finally de-
cidcd not u visit Paris.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
ANARCHISTS UP IN CANADA
Anxiety for tho safety Of the Duke. Of

Anxiety for tho safety Of the Duke ~
York and d Royal Party.
The trip Of the Duke and Duchess
OF Cornwall and York, is Is said now,
will not extend beyond Qucbcc. A
hurried meeting OF the federal cabinet
was held on board one of the federal
cruisers in port, and it is presumed on
good authority. that it was in relation
TO the future movements of the royal
party. For some days several Canad-
ian newspapers have said the move
tents of some we'll known anarchists
We're watched by American and Canad-
ian detectives and 1t is stated that an
Italian anarchist OF New York Is under
arrest at Montreal. The arrest has
been kept very guiet.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
THE 100000 FoR0eR I'LL
Case ~ Miss Eastwick ~ P~hiiadeiphia
Reminded In London.

Marie Josephine Eastwick of Phil
ndclphia. who is charged with forging
n railroad certificate TO the value Of,
= million dollars, was again rcmanded.
at the Guild Hall police court, London
Eng. The evidence presented was not
important.
Miss Eastwick appeared extremely
III and was evidently in pain. Although
formally rcmanded until September 81,
the prisoner will probably not reappear
in court until October, when the pre-
liminary inquiry will be completed.
Miss Eastwick raised n certificate of
railroad stock from G5 200 TO - million
dollars. She is n wealthy woman. Her
dcfcnse is insanity.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
H~OllENBEcK is CHOSEN.
Fusion Conventions Agree on the Wsp
from Fremont.

For Judge. Conrad ~IIolienbcck ~
Fremont, Dodge County.
For Regents, j. II. Bayston, " From
tier; I. q. ilawxby of Ncmaha.
The above is the ticket selected by,
the fusion conventions in the sessions
which ended Wednesday morning
shortly after midnight.
Roth conventions were scheduled to
meet at ! y. NJ. hut as o as the lem
porary organization was effected they
adjourned snt of respect for the dead
president until evening when the real
work commenced.
Nftcr organization was affected the
usual business was proceeded with
with u friction here aud there, but
the con ycntiou finally agreed upon the
ticket named above. The platforms
adopted were mainly along the old
lines of faith. \ plank was i%ncorpor-
a,cd touching some portions Of the
republican platform.
Judge Conrad ~iiollcnbcc,k is fifty
Pennsylvania and n veteran of the
civil war. lie enlisted when but six
teen years Of age. ~ twenty one he
was elected to the Legislature NJ Penn
s%ylvania after he had spent but u few
years In the study Of law. lie removed
to Nebraska twenty-five years ago this
fall and has practiccd law evc since
his settlement ut Fremont. He has
been three years on the bench in the
Sixth judicial district.
Fred q. Hawxby lisa young man win"
came into prominence Us u mc,nber OF
the last legislature. He is n graduate
Of the state university and OF the law
school,
j. II. l'ayston was for several years
comfy superintendent OF Red Willow
county. lie was u candidate for regent
Of the university six years ago. He
now resides In Frontier county.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
TAXES n OATH
Present Cabinet Members asked To Re-
main.

''"aNf
Theodore Roosevelt. who was trag-
ically elevated tn the chief mugistracv
of the American republic by the death
of President Mckinley. entered Buffalo
saturday afternoon. after II remarkable
and pcrilous journey from the heart of
the north woods. lie had been prcsi-
dem under the constitution and laws
of the land since the minute the mar
tyrcd president ceased To live.
All the duties and powers of the
office had dcvolvcd upon him. but he
was rs powcrlc,- ns the humblcst citi-
zen To exercise one Of lthrn until he
had complied with the constitutional
provision requiring him To take ia pre-
scrihcd oath "a support the constitu-
ton of the United States. He took the
oath ut 3:3J Saturday in the library of
the residence of Nnslcv Wilcock. II per-
suual friend with wnum he stopped
earlier in the week when the physi-
clans thought Mckinley would recover
from the wound inflicted by the
assassin.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
bishop whippic Dead.

Bishop Henry Is. Whipplo OF the
Protestant Episcopal church died at
his home in .'aribault, MINI.
Bishop Whipplc, who has been scri-
ously i'll at his home IN Faribault, was
was taken suddenly worse. lie had u
severe attack of angina pcctoris about
n week ago, but seemed to recover af-
ter the first days illness.
Henry benjamin Whipple has been
bishop Of the Episcopal church In
Minnesota, since 1859. lie was or
dained in 1850. lie was senior bishop
OF the Protestant Episcopa! church in
America.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
President Left n VIII,

President Mckinley has left a will.
The inst. unicnt VAS executed some
time yeforc the shooting. and Mt no
TIME during his final suffering was
there any wish or codicil. . II leaves
the bulk OF his property TO Mrs. Me-
Kinley. How much the estate is worth
cannot be stated with exactncss by
those most familiar with the presi.
dents business affairs, but it is be.
lievcd to be II goodly sum, although
not amounting to a large fortune,
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
Identify n Dead Man.

II is now known that the intoxicated
man who was run over by a Burling-
ton freight between DeadwOod, $. d.,
and Puma, was G. Ii. Clark, whose
home was Mt Gettysburg, 5. ID. He
came to Rapid City first from Pierre,
and was looking for work as IA cook.
He had written u letter to his wife,
saying that he had sobered up and
would never drink again. lie was cut
to pieces and died in two hours. 1t
was supposed that he was only q tramp.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
Wind storm 1T Grand Island.

4 severe wind storm visited Grand
Island Wednesday morning. II was a
regular gale, awakened the entire city
and many took refuge in cellars. The
storm was almost a. severe as that Of
last Fourth of July. SO far, however,
the damage reported is very light.
Some small ou%tbuildings were blown
over and quite n number of large trees
were broken off. A heavy rain accom
panied the storm.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
Insurgents Routed.

A Colon, Columbia, dispatch says:
The Colombian cruiser General Pinzon
returned to Colon, bringing news of an
easy victory for the government troops
Mt ISocas del Toro recently, the liberals
or insurgents being utterly routed and
their guns and ammunition captured.
The rebels lost thirty killed and
wounded, and had forty taken prison.
ers. The government force lost Ave
killed and tour wounded.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
lYNCHiNC.
Three Negroes strung up by Mob Of
COlOrcd Race.

News has been received at Cairo, H.,
broke into the Jail ut Wickliffc, KY,
and lynched three negroes, Frank How
ard, Sam Reed aud Ernest Harrison.
They hanged the men to u cross-beam
in John McCauley's mill.
The crime for which the mel were
hanged was the murder of IA respect
cd negro, Wash Thomas. Recently in
the night they waylaid Thomas on the
railroad track, hit him with II club and
killed him, and then robbed the dead
body.
The murders confessed their crime
before the mob.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
Completes the Death Mask.

A death mask OF the presidents face
at 7 o'clock. Sunday. The mask vas
taken by Eduoard l.. A. Pausch, OF
Hartford, Conn.
Pausch has modelled the features OF
many of the distinguished men who
have died in this country In recent
years. The mask is n faithful repro
duction Of the late President McKin-
lcy's features.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
Threat Against Roosevelt.

Frank ldings, twenty-th;ee years old
II blacksmith. was arranged before
Judge Kennedy at the central police
court at Cleveland, o.. upon the charge
Of suspicion. In II saloon ON st. Clair
street Idings is reported to have said:
IL belong To u society that will pay
s5o.Ooo to any man who will kill Prcsi-
dent Roosevelt"
ldings at his hearing did not deny
that he made the statement. He was
rcmandcd to Jail and will he given "A
hearing soon. In the meantime the
police will try To learn all about the
prisoner.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
PLACE SHIP IN COMMISSION
Illinois Turned over to the Navy Depart

Wv "
mcnt.
The United States battlcship Illinois
has been placed in commission. The
warrant and petty officers and all of
the crew arc now aboard. With the
officers. men and band lined up on the
quarter deck, General superintendent
Post turned the ship over tn Captain
Converse as the representative Of the
navy department. Captain Converse
rca his orders from Secretary Long to
command the ship. The flag was rails
ed Mt THE Star Spnnglc Banner"
Captain Converse then read orders from
Secretary Long relative to the death
of President Mckinley and the dag
was Immediately half masted and n
one-pounder fired as n salute. Tho fir
ing of the gun continued all day Mt
intervals of half an hour.