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The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-15
TURN THE TABLES
Kansas Officers Captured by the
Escaped Convicts.
foURuttN OF THEM SILL At LARGE
Disastrous Fire ut HATTIE. Neb. .--sena-
tion at observation-disclosures Murder
ed at san Francisco-Other News
Of Importance.

Sheriff Cook of Topeka, Kas.. and
Deputy Sheriff Williams were captured
by two escaped convlcts from the Fort
L%cavenworth military prison at Pau
line, five miles south of Topeka, and
held prisoners in the farm house Of n
man named Wooster for several hours.
The convicts escaped between n line OF
police sent from Topeka TO reinforce
the sheriff, and are now at large.
Both men were slightly wounded.
Wooster was badly wounded by Of
the convicts when he tried to fire on
them. Mrs. Wooster and Sheriff Cook
were held before the convicts rs a
shield by the prisoners In making their
escape. A posse Is In pursuit.
Some farmer boys near Pauline
learned that the convicts were In the
ueighborhood, Hastily forming n posse
armed with target rifles, pistols, and
clubs, they.igavc chase. Neither of
the convicts was armed and they were
unable to make a stand, Later Sheriff
Cook and Deputy Williams arrived.
Coming up on the convicts both officers
fired, wounding them but not dis
abling them.
None of the fourteen escaped convicts
from Fort Leavenworth prison at lib.
erty last evening have been captured,
although armed guards and citizens
kept up a steady hunt all day.
Last evening three of the prisoners
held up and robbed a man near Man
haitian, Kan, but escaped, and al
trace of them was lost. One of the
men is believed to be Frank Thompson
the notorious negro leader of the mu'
tiny. At the prison, John Green. O
| white convict who vas wounded Fri
day at N%ortonville when two Of his
comrades were killed by citizens, suf
fered the amputation of his leg. HI
will recover
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-15
M.ccshe.. VIII Not r.e...

1t nov transpires that the Fidelity
and Deposite company Of Maryland,
which carried the bond Of Charles d.
Thompson, the self-confessed default
ing supreme finance keeper Of the SUI
preme Of the Knights Of Maccabces,
before being released Inst July IL still
liable for any loss which the order may.
have sustained by ~defalcation. Repre-
sentatives Of the company, IL II saids
have informed Maccabee officials that
tho loss will be paid. Therefore II Ii
now probable that Thompson will be
arrested. This wan indicated from .
talk with officials and the arrest will
come a q result Of the conference Of
X. o. T. M, trustees and r~spreaeuta.
tives Of the bonding company.
1t was announced that Thompson's
shortage was $4,000 instead Of les7,.
900. In relation to the Maryland FL
deity company's risk, It said that
when that company assumed the bond
Of Thompson q clause was inserted In
the bond providing that II . defalca-
ton vas discovered within six months
from release the company would b
held liable.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-15
First mckinley Monum.nt.

To the village Of Tower, Mimi, be-
longs the honor Of having erected the
first monument in honor Of William
Mckinley, the assassinated president.
Thousands Of people from all ovcr the
state, and in fact the entire northwest,
were on hand Mt the unwilling, which
took place November 10. The little
town was crowded with visitors and
Governor Van SAINT and other men Of
prominence were present in honor Of
the day. When the monument was
unveiled all the bands that Tower and
the surrounding country could muster
played together Nearer, My God, to
Thee
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-15
%REHEARlNC.
Convicted Captain Has Promise of the
Federal Judge,

Convicted Captain Has Promise Of the
Federal Judge.
A Chicago dispatch says: Oberlin M.
Carter, now q convict in the govern
ment prison ut Fort Leavenworth,
Kan, and formerly a captain in the
United states engineer corps, is to
have a rehearing Of his cas- in a civil
tribunal. He now has the assurance
Of the government authorities that all
the evidence is to be reviewed again
before Judge Kohlsatt in the United
States circuit court at Chicago, the
hearing to take place, probably in q
few months. Carter will be called on
as q witness in his own behalf. and for
the purpose of his t~estifying in court
nc will be released temporarily from
his place of confinement.
This is the result of the suits brought
by the government some months ago
in several federal curtis for the pur-
pose of recovering the proceeds of
$722, $50, which 1t was proved Mt the
courtmartial that Carter had embez-
zled from the United States.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-15
ITALIANS IN AMERICA
They Are Well Treatcd-A Forecast ~
la M%artineiIi's Successor.

wv ~ " 1"
to Msrtineili's Successor.
Bishop Scalabrini, who was dele.
gated by the pope TO prepare a repors
on the condition Of the italian immi'
grants In the United States, will re-
turn to Rome. Italy. He says he Is dee
lighted with the reception and the care
Of Italians In this country, and hat
his report will be favorable. lie said
that Archbishop Dimcdio Falconio will
succeed Cardinal Martinclli.
The bishop has visited many mission
houses Of the Italians during his visit
here, and has closely investigated the
condition of the poor Italians. He
said:
~ have been here long enough to
learn that the Italian IL given q fair
chance to make mis- living. ] think
that IL the Italians who come TO this
country would go to the smaller towns
they would stand a better chnnce OF
getting along. The invariably flock to
the large cities"
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-15
Despersdo Captured,

John Rose, the man suspected Of the
robbery OF an express a on the Great
Northern railroad near Wagner, Mont,
July 8 last, and who was arrested In
st. Louis by detectives, was identified
as Harry L~ongbough, a celebrated
western desperate. The Identification
was made by a st. Louisian, who de-
sires his name withheld from publica-
ton. He was prosecuting attorney Of
Cook county, Wyoming, in 1887, and
prosecuted Longbough in that year on
o charge Of horse stealing.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-15
Non-Unlon Man Murdered.

Otto NJ. Ekberg, n n%on-union team
stcr Of San Francisco. was murdered
by an unknown man. Ekbcrg was
struck on the head with a gas pipe and
killed almost instantly. The only
witness to the murd err was Mrs. Anna
Miller, She does not think she would
be able to identify the murderer. Dur
ing n recent strike in that city Ekbe rg
and another non-union tcamster ere
attacked by twenty or more union
teamsters. In defending themselves
Ekbcrg and his friend shot into the
crowd wounding one of the union men
slightly. 1t Is thought this occurrence
supplied the motive for the mur der.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-15
CaliOfrnis.

Eugene f. Schmitz, the union labor
candidate for. mayor OF San Francisco.
has been elected by a plurality of
$500; Asa r. Wells, republican, run-
ming second and s. s. Tobin third in
the race. Mr.. Schmitz is the leader of
the orchestra in a theatre there, and is
also the secretary and manager Of a
m~achineshop. OF the other candidates
on the municipal ticket, the republic
cans elect the auditor, sheriff, tax col
lector, treasurer, county clerk, public
administrator and six supervisors.
The democrats will have the city at
torney, district attorney, recorder,
coroner, two public judges and nine
supervisors. Besides the mayor, the
union labor elected three supervisors.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-15

The pension bureau is investigating
u~tterances attributed ito DIR. Mary
Walker, ex-army nurse, who has worn
masculine attire in recent years and
who is alleged to have called the exc
cntion of Czolgosz, the late President
McKinley's assassin, a murder and the
president himself a murderer on &C
count Of his policy in the Philippines.
A special examiner of the pension Of
fee is at Osewego Investigating the re-
port and his report will be kept on file
Tor congress.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-15
disastrous Fire at Butte.

A special from Butte, Neb., says:
Fire was discovered in the e a Of
Scheinest's saloon, and before getting
II under control ten buildings in the
heart of the town were destroyed.
Only the hardest work saved the entire
business portion.
The fire was evidently Of incendiary
origin and search Is being made. A
stranger said he would get eve with
the town over SEINE financial griev-
ance. The buildings burned were all
frame and burned like finder. New
and better buildings will be erected
right away. Not a hotel or restaurant
is left in the town. The total loss will
perhaps reach $50, 900.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-15
Burued to Death.

Mrs. Julius Yankee was burned to
death and her husband seriously burn
ed in q fire which damaged in their
no re at Chicago.
Yankee, who lived on the top floor of
the building with his wife, was boiling
tar in a pot on his stove. The tar ran
over and down upon the floor, igniting
ths woodwork and setting fire to Yam
KEGS clothing. In her efforts to aid
her husband, Mrs. Yankee was en-
yeloped in flames, and when found by
neighbors was beyond aid. Yankee
was taken to q hospital,
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Disappearea with $4,000.

At Bow street court, London, H. St.
John Dix was charged, on q provision
al warrant, with larceny committed In,
the United States. (.
1t Is alleged thac he he obtained con-
troll OF three banks in the state Of
Washington In 1000, and that he subsei
quently wrecked the Scandinavian.
American bank at Whatcom, Wash.
and disappeared with over 81, 900.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-15
Strike Ordered.

An order calling a strike ut the
eight collieries of the Temple Iron
company was issued this evening from
the headquarters of district No. /,
United Mine Workers of America, at
Scranton, Pa.
The order was issued because the
company refused to reinstate about
fifty members of the unioh who were
recently discharged.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-15
A RUNNING FIGHT.
Escaping convicts at leaven.
worth, KAN, Captured.
WHOLE COUNTRY IS BEING stOTRtD
France and Turkey settle Their Dispute
Acrobat Kiled-Uncls same Gold
Mine-Other News of More o.
Lsss Importance.

A Uedvenworth, Kas., November 8
dispatch says: All the police, deputy
sheriffs and farmers In the country adj
jacent to Leavcnworth were on the
lookout for the twcnty.six federal con-
victs who escaped from the stockade
November 2. As a result two convicts
have been killed, two wounded and
five captured unhurt. The Casualties
took place in a fight near Nortonvillc,
Kas., and resulted In the death or cap
turc Of Ave men.
Two unarmed ~convicts were found
hiding In q ravine on q farm near
Jarbalo, Kas., and they surrendered
withaut resistance. The sheriff OF
Douglas county has captured two con-
victs at Lawrence, Kas.
The convicts captured at Lawrence
were Ole Baho, n h~alf-breed Indian,
and Joseph II. Dekin, q soldier scrv-
ing q term for desertion and assault
TO kill. Frank Thompson, the negro
desperate, who led the outbreak, Ii
supposed TO be near Lawrence heavily
armed. He will probably not be taken
alive.
Five Of the twenty-six convicts who
escaped from the stockade Of the new
federal prison have been accounted for.
II develops that the mutiny was
Matched several months ago, but that
the man had found a favorable
opportunity to carry It into effect un-
I'll recently. The general plan WA not
new. but 1t proved effective because Of
limited number Of guards.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-15
Plot tn Massacre.

A plot to massacre the American
garrison at Moncada, province OF Tar
lac, island Of Luzon. has been revealed
by the wife of one Of the conspirators.
Several of the town officials are i'm
plicated in the murderous scheme. The
woman who revealed the plot had de-
tective beneath the house in which the
leaders Of the conspiracy were meet
ing. Arrests followed and many in
eliminating papers were seized.
The plan was to set fire after dark to
a house close to the barracks and in
extinguishi ng the flames $50 conspira-
tors, armed with bolos, were to rush
on the guard, capture their arms and
proceed to massacre the soldiers.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-15
Kruegsr,. Arbitr.tlon Ethlcs.

A johannesburg financial house has
Just had a remarkable chat with ex-
President Kruger about South African
prospects. The ex-president's talk was
all Of arbit ration, which he declared
to be the only satisfactory way Of end
ing the war. When asked what he
would do IL arbitration was offered, he
replied that such an offer WAS impossi-
BILE. II could not happen, But, assum-
ing for the moment that It might, he
added:
1--WE should take up arms II arbitra-
ton went against us. We would never
suffer the results Of arbitration II those
results were unjust and wrong.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-15
Ii Hung Chang Dead.

A Pekin dispatch says: The end of
Ii Hung Chang was quiet. His vitality
slowly ebbed until for a time he lost
consciousness, but he showed great
tenacity, became semi-conscious, par
took of nourishment and appeared to
recognize her relatives.
The foreign doctors left him saying
that nothing more could be done. His
personal physician, DIR. sWatt, then
took charge. The controversy between
the foreign and Chinese doctors had
NJ effect on the patient, because he
was already beyond hope Of recovery.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-15
SfDGWIK ELECTED.
Revised Returns Indicate Repub.
Iican Victory by 5000.
FUSION VOTE SAID TO Ri 10000 SHORT


The total number of votes cast in
Nebraska Is much less than last year,
the republican column showing a total
loss as well as that Of the ~fusionists,
yet with each county vote received the
majority of Sedgwick over Hollenbeck
grows steadily, and the estimates made
by conservative %calculators have been
subject to frequent changes.
The republican candidates for regent
Of the university are elected. Their
majorities may not be far different
from that gained by Judge Sedgewick.
Returns from forty-six of the ninety
counties in the state give Sedgwick
47,G35; Hollenbeck 42,375. leaving
Sedgwick q majority over Hollenbeck
of 5, 26O.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-15
soldier Commits suicide.

Private Eugene Lansing, Seventh in
fantry, formerly q convalescent from
company d, Twenty-first infantry,
Manila, committed suicide Mt Vancou-
YER, WASH, in a sensational manner
just as the flag was being lowered at
shutdown. While standing on post
headquarters steps, Lansing drew a
revolver from his pocket and shot him
self through the heart. No motive is
knowu.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-15
sultan Yields.

France has secured . complete tri-
umph In Turkish dispute. The foreign
Office has received advices announcing
that the sultan has yielded 70 the en-
tire demands formulated by the French
government and only the question Of
form regarding the execution Of the
engagements remains TO be settled.
This may be done within two or three
days. Then Admiral Caillard will rc-
linquish his occupation on the island
Of Mitylcne.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-15
Fight Mt the Tomb Of Christ.

The Church Of the Holy Sepulcher,
surrounding Christ's tomb Mt Jerusa-
lem, rs additionally located, was the
scene of a s%anguinary ARRAY, between
Franciscans and Greeks, during which
there were a number Of casualties on
both sides.
The dispute arose on the question As
to which community had the right to
sweep the church. Troops had been
posted in the vicinity for several days
previous to the outbreak, in order to
prevent the anticipated collision, but
they were suddenly outnumbered and
overpowered by the contending parties.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-15
suspect Arrested.

The discovery Of a blood-bespattered
basement at 1872 North Union avenue,
Chicago, and the arrest of its oocu-
pant, Felipe RIM, an Italian fruit ped
dler, is believed to solve the mystery
surrounding the death of Antonio
Natal. Natall's body was found in a
barrel on the prairie. In the pocket
of RIM was found $500, mostly in bills,
supposed to be a part of the proceeds
of the robbery. Some Of the bills
were blood stained.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-15
Trahc in Human Bodies.

Eight human bodies and yart of an
other were discovered in two boxes at
Chicago which were being shipped by
freight to Brashear. Mo-, as second
hand laundry machinery. The bodies
had been packed in excelsior. The
bodies were received at the Burling-
ton freight depot there from a man
named Jones, and was consigned to a
person of the same name in Brashaer.
Expert box-makers say that the crates
were made in Milwaukee. The Chica-
go address given by the consignor is
that of a local medical college.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-15
Acrobet Kined.

Embark Benhady ,twenty.three years
old, an Arabian acrobat, was instantly
killed Mt the Howell street station Of
the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Balti-
more railroad, by an express train.
Benhady lived In New York, and was
one Of four brothers who have just
completed q season with Pawnee Bill's
show. The show was going into win.
ter quarters, and in getting on the
train the Arabian stepped in front OF
the express.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-15
MISSOURI LYNcHiNO.

Masked Me Hang = Negro From .
Bridge Near Fsyette.
'Bill" Sackson, a negro. was hanged
on q bridge near Estill station, Novem-
Der s. No definite cause Is known.
Two negroes, Davis and jackson. were
taken from their homes by several
masked men. They were not allowed
to speak and were taken to the bridge.
Davis was released and was told to go
home. lie says there were three horses
hitched in the woods neal his house.
He did not know who the men were,
whether white or black, or what they
wanted with Jackson. There are signs
of a struggle on the bridge and several
blood stains,
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-15

In New York Mrs. Archibald g.,
White,' wife Of the president Of the
National Salt company, was found
dead In the bathroom of her residence.
Mrs. White lost her life a. the result
Of . most unusal accident. A slip ON
the floor Of the bathroom caused her
to fall backwards, her head striking
the edge Of Q marble basin fractpling
her skull. Mrs. White was about
forty years old. One child, a daughter
eight years old survive HI,
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-15

A ledge of free milling gold ore was
struck while grading foundation for
the United States federal building at
Helena, Mont, which is now under
der construction. The ledge is q very
strong one Of iron-strained quartz con-
tanning free milling gold. The gov
eminent, when letting the contract for
the government building, explicitly
stipulated that any finds Of mineral
made by the contractors should 90 to
the government.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-15
End of the schley rrlaI.

After sittings covering forty days,
and with a record which, when com
pleted, will cover about 1000 pages,
the Schley court Of inquiry adjourned
its last public session. To Captain 5.
@. Lemly, the judge advocate, had been
assigned the duty Of making the clo
ing argument in the ease, and SCOT
after he had completed his speech Ad'
miral Dewey bringing his gavel dowr
upon the fiat table, said:
There being no further business the
court adjourned"
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-15

Ma Tuug, former "boxer' leader,
has been appointed to the Chinese for
eign ofie. He recently returned from
Japan, where he went as special envoy
to apologize and express coincidence
for the murder Of Sugi Yama Akira,
chancellor of the Japanese legation Mt
Pekin. This appointment Is consider
ed q test OF the attitude Of the Chinese
ministers toward the restoration Of the
boxers" to imperial favor.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-15
Fire in WyomInx Mime.

Fire is raging in the Beaver Creek
mine near Sheridan, Wyo., and as the
flames may follow the vein for a great
distance, it is thought the mine will
burn for years. The fire was started
by incendiaries, who saturated several
ears with oil. set them on fire and run
them down the slope into the mine.
The loss will be heavy.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-15
Eagle Ha. . Sensation.

The mystery surrounding the finding
Of the two-weeks'-old girl baby at Eagle
on the John Summer porch has been
cleared up. Mrs. Cole, mother of the
baby finally confessed to having left it
there early in the morningr. She
took the baby down to the Summer
home, where she left IL. When found
the child was wrapped in a shawl and
had other clothing on. 1t was badly
chilled by the night air.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-15
Havana Clean at All Cost.

Governor General Wood sent a com
~munication to the municipal council at
Havana to tho effect that one of the
bids recently submitted for the sewer
ing and paving contract must be ac-
cepted. A committee consisting of the
mayor of Havana and several council
men had a long conference with Cen
eral Wood and discussed the matter Of
raising the necessary funds. The mu-
nicipal council win take the question
under consideration and report Novem-
Der 90.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-15
Runs Amuck.

Felix Belanger, aged fifty-fve, resid-
ing neal Winona, Mich, killed his
wife aud seven-year-old child with an
He then went into the cellar and
cut his t,hroat with a butcher knife.
The bodies of the wife and child were
horribly mangled. Belanger is sup
posed TO be temporarily insane.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-15
Law and Order League at Manhattan.

At Manhattan a union mass meeting
of all the churches was held In the
auditorium for the purpose Of estab-
fishing a law and order league. Speech
es were made by instructors from the
State Agricultural college and minis
ters. Mayor J. X. Miller spoke. Near
ly 1900 were present. The college
brass band played.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-15
CANAL TO CUT EUROPE.
Russia Preparing to Join tho Black Sea
with the baltic.

Russia Preparing to Join tho Black See
with the Hattie.
The Russian government Is spending
large sums of money ut Kherson, on
the Black sea, To prepare n southern
terminus Of the Riga-Black sea canal.
For many years plans have been ma
turing for this enterprise. Riga Is on
the Gulf Of Riga, In the province of
Livonia, and lies directly east Of Stock
holm, on the Baltic sea. Kherson Is at
the mouth of the Dneiper river.
The canal will give an all-water
inland route across Russia and enable
vessels to pass from st. Petersburg 10
northern ports Of Asia Minor without
passing through English waters. Rus
sia's influence In Turkey In Asia will
be greatly augmented by the canal.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-15
ALLEGES CONSPIRACY
General Butler Threatens to Expose
What He Says 10 q Plot.

fOsS
what He Says IL q Plot.
General Butler consi ders himself the
victim of a South African conspiracy
and threatens to unmass his assailants
Unlike General Roberts, who rallied
the political as well rs the military
forces in South Africa and did not
make I'm enemy except when compelled
to criticise subordinate generals and
officers, General Butler lacked flexibil-
ity in dealing with men and excited
much opposition At Westminster
Buffers friends now assert that he
will vindicate his reputation by ex-
posing the Vaccinations Of the cons
p~irators who have been ~traducing him
and telling the secret history Of the
Jameson raid and other operations.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-15
In Italy.

Several underground tremblings cul-
minated In a severe earthquake shock
ut Bresci, Italy, November 0. The in
habitants were panic-stricken and fed
to the streets. A number Of buildings
were damaged, but no fatalities were
reported.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-15
are Killed.

News has reached BisLee, Ariz., of
the killing of Lipe Ship and the
wounding Of Ed Meus at Noco, Ariz.,
byi Deputy Sheriff Ellis, as they were
in the act Of holding mp a saloon.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-15
Three 1rainmsn Crushed to Death.

Three trainment all OF Springfield,
were killed in the Frisco roads yards
in north Springfield In a collision be-
tween a switch engine and a double
header. The swift imam was SO badly
mangled that it was necessary to pick
him up in pieces.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-15
Gold Statue IL Melted.

What was known as the Maude Ad-
ans statue was melted up at the United
States assay Office in Wall street, New
York. The statue was made of S97 900
in gold, taken out of the assay Office
some weeks ago. 1t has been on exhi-
bition at the Pan-Amcrican exposition
and was sent to the assay Office from
Buffalo direct.