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Imperial press., 1901-09-07

CAPT. LEMLgY, judge advocate of the Schley court of inquiry, has return ed 10 Washington from his vacation and began 10 prepare in earnest for the inquiry. His first work was or lis; of witnesses 10 appear for the navy department before the court. As soon as completed copy of this list will be furnished Admiral Schley. Although Acting Secretary Hackett followed precedent in referring the re- quest of Admiral Schley that Rear Admiral HowiSou be questioned about the accuracy of a decidedly anti-Schley newspa per interview to the court of inquiry, most persons think he made decided mistake in doing so Because his refusal to grant Schley's request, which was considered reasonable. has increased the number of those who be- lieve that the navy department h strongly antagonistic toward Schley. Mr. Hackett has also shown bad judg
 ment in other ways, notably in his at' titude toward the newspaper men, who as a rule have no other interest in this matter than to get the news about it
Imperial press., 1901-09-07
Saturday. Sept. :. 1901.

SINCE the Riverside and San Bcrnar- dino papers published. tho other day. some snakc-s;orics. the author of which is ii for a Chinese euspidor. the people of this valley have excr;cd ev- ery cfior; to run down inc originator of the lies or Co find some onc in the valley who knew something of the Giant Ratiicr." which was supposed io have been captured on the canal work and measured by the boss w. N. Masicn and the gang. An inter view with MT. Mas;cu and several of his men proved that. there has not been a snake of any kind seen on the works for more than three months. and that less than half dozen snakes have been killed ou the entire works, during years time, and that the loG1g gesi snake killed would not exceed two feet. \ close inquiry shows that uo; more than a dozen snakes have been killed iu inc entire valley since operations begun. about eighteen months ago. and only one has neasur- ed more ;hau u two feet. and !; reached quite three feet and was killed by Dr. Blackingtou. The author. however. has proven so be one Elcit. and now resides in safety behind the bars. The Redlands Ciirograph pays the fakir compliment in inc following words: The author of the i+-fooi rAtile-suake story which story we have previously noticed-ha proven true to his instincts. He is in Jail for getting q oomradc iu a drinking bou; drunk and then robbing him of gold watch and considerable wealth besides The robbery look place Wednesday night near the Santa Fe depot in San Bernardino. The ma ms name is Eleti. and he will probably have plenty of time and leisure to cook up another snake story before he becomes a free man again.
Imperial press., 1901-09-07

THEY had d mosquito plague m New Jersey, then they had a caterpillar plague, and then the roofs of Jersey City were removed by a tornado. Time was when such a combination of calamity would have been regarded as a judgment on the inhabitants. Now adays the people of Jersey merely re- fleet that they have had all their trials in a bunch. and according to the law of chances should be having a fairly good time for the next year or two.
Imperial press., 1901-09-07

cruitcd sixteen thousand imperial yeomanry for service in South Africa, and when they were delivered into the hands of Lord Kitchener he found that most of them could neither ride nor shoot. IL does seem sometimes as if the British Government thought the war in South Africa was a pink tea. But the opinions expressed by Lord Kitchener when he got this consign- ment of soldiers have not yet passed the censor.
Imperial press., 1901-09-07

UNCLE SAM has a hard time getting a straight man to fill the office of col lector of customs at Nogales, Arizona. According to current reports the pres ent collector has just been arrested for smuggling Chinese into the United States from Mexico and he had only been in office about year and half, having succeeded a man who was re- moved for irregularities connected with his assistants.
Imperial press., 1901-09-07

THg Boer war play has been written by Paul Potter. and it has an ostrich for one of the characters. Of course this will add great deal 10 the realism of the production, but has anybody thought what would happen if the bird should take ii into his head tO eat up the diamonds of the leading ladyf
Imperial press., 1901-09-07
The latest Railroad Project Tor
 Imperial Country
NeN line Will Connect With Southern Pacific at Flowing Wells
 Mr. BrsIy Mentioned

HE following railroad story i~ told
 in the Rivcrsidc Daily Press of Angus, @5th:
 The latest railroad scheme. and one that will maicrialixc before many of tho older plans for transportation. Is a plan for a railroad that is Ca brauch ott from the Southern Pacific, at Flowing Wells. and run from there to Imperial City. and on through the whole length of the colony lands to Cameron, that stands jus, on the Mexican line,
 The length uf this line will be ++ miles, and there Is contemplated a branch starting off from the main line about iS miles from Flowing Wells, and running io the Eastsidc colony. The plans arc all completed ready for the incorporation of the company, which will be done al once aud the work commenced.
 The moving spirit iu this is J. II. Braly, the president of the Imperial Water company. No. :, who owns q tract of i7,OOO acres that will bc on the line of the road extending from Flow aud pledged for putting Inc road through the entire length of over fifty miles, ready for ,hc rails aud rolling stock
 The arrangements have all been completed for the construction of the Imperial and Gulf road, including the righ, Uf way, grading ready for the track-layers. and furnishing depot sites, when the Southern Pacific prom iscs 10 take hold and complete tine road, laying the track and furnishing the rolling stock. and operating the road.
 MT. Braly will proceed to incorpor ate the new railroad company. being backed with plenty of means, and push the work as rapidly as possible, and it is expected that by another summer the fifty miles of road will be built and the immense crops of hay and grain, as well as fruits, will be shipped in such quantities as to make the venture a paying one from the start.
 "I; is the intention of Mir. Braly to La. ont and build up town in the cen ter of his personal tract of l2,0O0 acres, on the line of the new railroad, that will be the frs, point reached from the Southern Pacific on this route"
Imperial press., 1901-09-07
Notice of Dissolution of Partnership

Notice is hereby given that the part nership heretofore existing between Paul E. Ferguson and Alfred Wesley Patton, under the firm name of W. Patton X Co.,, is this day dissolved by mutual consent. The business will be continued by A. W. Patton. who is authorized to collect all bills and settle all outstanding accounts.
 PAUL F.. PERCUSSION.
 ALFRED WESLEY PATTON. Imperial, Cal, July 10, 1901.
Imperial press., 1901-09-07

for their papers. Admiral Schlcy's protest against the construction placed upon his request to have that newspa- per interview referred to Rear Admiral Howison was a dignihed document, which has made him new friends and will make him more.
Imperial press., 1901-09-07

THE governor of Oregon recently declined the gift of a house, on the ground that he was living very com fortably in the one which he rented and could not afford 10 furnish and keep up an expensive establishment. Ii would be a good thing for official dom if his ideas were contagious.
Imperial press., 1901-09-07

TnR British War Office recently re-
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-29
Archbisbops Conclude.

Archbishop Keanc os Dubuque, Sec
rotary of the Catholic meeting at
Washington. ID. c., announced that the
final session of archbishops was de-
voted to a consideration of the internal
affairs of the hierarchy, and that the
catechisms and the lenten regulations
were the main subjects discussed, but
that no action was taken. The pro-
ceediugs were of interest, he said, only
to the archbishops themselves. The
meeting adjourned until the second
Thursday of November next. Arch
bishop Keane also announced that as a
result of the consideration of the ques-
ton of Indian funds the archbishops
in their various diOceses will actively
press the matter of funds for the Cath.
Ollie Indian children in the Catholic In
dian schools.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-29
Murder aud Robbery.

A murder was unearthcd at Spring.
field, ILL.,, when n party of section
hands found the body Of Joseph MOTTO,
with his head almost severed, in an
unused well near Sherman.
Circumstantial evidence indicates
that Noto vas murdered last Tuesday
night while he slept in a section car
on the Chicago & Alton tracks, After
frightfully hacking the victim with a
razor, the murderer wr1lped the body
in a blanket and carried the corpse 100
yards to u deep well half filed with
water. In two pouches on the ankles
of the dead man was found $3.50. while
similar packs On the wrist, in the form
OF wrist guards. were cut open. The
murder was ev.dently committed for
robbery. The coroner's jury recon-
mended that Toto Phillippi. a friend
of MOTTO, be held to the grand jury on
a murder charge. Phillippi has not
been found.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-29
SUPERIOR TECHNICAL TRAINING.

No nation In the world except the
United States has developed indus
trially more rapidly than Germany.
The empire, organized only thirty
years ago, has become a great anu
featuring nation. has forced It's way
into European. Aslatic and South Am
erican markets against the competi-
ton of England and the United States,
and Is fighting resolutely for new ter
ritory. With the growth Of a strong
national sentiment. there has been
astonishing progress in all the depart
ments OF industry where trained In
telligence and skilled hands play an
important part.
Manufacturers OF the United States.
Of Great Britain and of France have
inquired into the causes of this rapid
progress In Germany. They agree that
1t Is largely due to superior technical
education. When the empire was es-
tablished in 1871, the general govern
ment found ready to its hand the tech
meal schools that had been fostered
by the several German states. Under
the policy Of the empire all OF these
were encouraged, and from them was
developed a system Of higher technical
schools.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-29
Death List Twenty-av,.

The work of recovering the bodies
OF Victims of the disaster in the Snug
gler Union mine progressed slowly un.
til. al Telluride, Col, sixty hours after
the breaking out of the fire at the
at the mouth of the Eullion tunnel,
n last body was brought to the sur
face. 1t was that Of John Nevala, and
was found in one of the slopes of the
seventh level. The death list now
numbers twenty-five, the brave engin-
eer, who sacrificed himself in an effort
to rescue his comrades died as q re-
suit.
The responsibility for the disaster
has not yet been fixed. The coroner
has held an inquest over the bodies at
morgue and several of them have been
sent TO relatives in various parts Of the
state. The citizens today completed
arrangements to bury the Others with
honors.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-29

the whole history of civilization. The
average layman who sees the streets OF
the modern city and its stores made rs
light as day has little conception oil
The amazing growth OF the industry
that has arched the highways OF hu-
man progress with millions upon mil
lions Of in~candescent bulbs and now is
Invading the rural districts Of the
greatest nation upon which the sun
shines.
THE Inventor Of the Electric Light
The electric light was exhibited for
the first time In the United States at
the Centennial Exposition. but those
who saw 1t were skeptical regarding
the possibility of using It upon any
scale that would he of practical benefit
to mankind. While arc lighting was
produced upon n commercial scale In
1877, the real history OF the art as re-
CARDS its modern aspects dates from
the opening Of the Pearl street station
In New York city by Thomas A. Ed
son on Sept. 4, 1882. in which the Ed
o i~ncandescent lamp was used.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-29

News of the finding Of the bodies OF
Mrs. Armstrong and her daughter at
Gage, near Wichita, Kas., has Just
been received. The death is supposed
to have occurred last Saturday, No.
vember 16.
The bodies were found scantily clad,
on the prairie about three miles south
of Gage. 1t is supposed that they
wandered out from their home and had
been overtaken by the blizzard that
passed in the region of Gage Saturday
night, and died of the cold and expos
ure. Their frozen bodies were found
accidentally by a man who was out
searching for IA strayed horse. Mrs.
Armstrong and family came from Drift
wood, o. r., several months ago, to
settle upon n claim.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-29
FOR WOMEN ANDHOME
ITEMS OF INTEREST FOR MAIDS
AND NATIONS.
waking Him Up IT Domestic Nan n
Passing ldesi-A Wholesome Resii,a-
tion OF Personal Shortcomings Notcs
Of the Modes Cooking Lessons.
III DOMESTIC MAN

Provincial society invariably sets
great store by the domestic man, he
being regarded as the ideal husband
and father. Pressed to define the
special virtues Of their paragon. his
admirers usually find nothing more to
say in his behalf than that he Is not
dissipated; observation of the domestic
man also fails to discover that he is
any other in the majority of Instances
than a negative quantity. His own
ease and comfort are what engage his
attention, he. as bread winner. being
conceded the lions share OF whatever
there is to be had I'm the home of
quiet, or rest. or convenience. or I'M
disturbed enjoyment of such mild di-
version as reading the evening paper.
The usual variety of domestic man
concerns himself no more with con-
tributing to the entertainment Of the
home than II he were a stranger. To
be sure. at intervals he accompanies
his wife to church sociables or goes
along with her somewhat unwillingly
to call upon acquaintances, but he at
no time feels II incumbent upon him
to become the instigator and prime
executive Of amusements In the home;
nor do the exertions OF domestic life
appeal to him as a duty he should
share, in the evening with his wife and
the other members OF the family. His
position, which is acqulesced in by the
members of the household. is that his
efforts at breadwinhing outside earn
for him exemptions from the labors
and self-denlals of the home. He is,
therefore, as a rule. merely a negative
quantity, unless he happens to be a
person OF irascibillty, when. to be sure,
he is a positive nuisance.
1t is interesting to note how In mod
ern progressive communities the ten
dency is to persuade men against too
exclusive domesticity. Outside of So
cial clubs. which have existed for q
long time, there are now civic asso-
Citations. university extension lectures.
peoples clubs and Institutes, and the
ev~er-recurring entertainments and fix
ed recreations offered by some of tho
most progressive OF the modern
churches. The effort in all these Is to
bring the individual man In to proper
common benefit; to stimulate him to
an all around and continuous develop
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-29
THE ENEMIES OF FASHION.

Between the artists and the political
economists fashion has really q hard
time OF it. The artists declare that
fashion ia a foe to their profession, and
while they are worshiping the Winged
Victory type Of a figure the modern
fashionable ideal is a pinched and pad
ded creature that might. from an ar
tistic standpoint, be called a Whale
boned Defeat.
The political economists go even
further and declare wOman's dress not
only ugly but costly and impractical.
snd Professor Veblen in his Theory Of
the Leisure Class states: THE high
heel, the skirt. the impracticable bon
net, the corset, and the general disre-
gard Of the wearer's comfort which II
an obvious feature OF all civilized
women's apparel. are so many items
of evidence to the effect that In the
modern civilized scheme of life the
woman Is still In theory the economic
dependent OF the man-that perhaps
In q highly idealized sense she still v
the mans chattel."
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-29
DEAD IN HIS ell
United States Trooper Suicides
at Junction City, Kas.
III MAKES A ROPE or A TOWEL


w. ID. Buchanan, of troop ID, Four
tenth cavalry, located at Fort Riley.
near Junction City. Kns., who killed
Policemen White and Cooper on Tues.
day night, November 10, was found
dead in his cell. Buchanan had com
mitted suicide by hanging, having
made n rope Of a towel. The dead
body was found when the sheriff sent
in the prisoners breakfast.
buchanan ran wild through the
streets, shooting at every one he
passed. There seemed no cause for the
killing of the officers. lie escaped and
was not arrested until the next day
when he was found hiding in a stable
at the fort. There was talk of lynch.
ing, but this had subsidized and Blu.
cbanan seemed cheerful.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-29
MMAT REALLY ENUCATEa.

The child who runs for a day oyei
an ocean ship has laid in n store OF oh.
servations worth more than much
teaching of mechanical invention and
means of transportation. A few weeks
spent in making a littlo garden, plant.
ing seeds. caring for the tender
growths, gathering and utilizing such
produce as may come, will bring tn,
child nearer to the great nature-m moth.
err than much school work and even
many excursions for nature-study. |,
is play. work, love that educate: spon.
taneous sclf-expression. action com.
PEELED by inner or outer forces. rela.
lions to other individuals Edward
Howard Griggs, in Ladies' Home Jour.
nal.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-29
SOLDIER SHOOTS TWO MEN
Citizens of Junction city. Kas., killed
without Provocation.

Cf'isens OF junction city, kas., Killed
without Pro~vocation.
An unidentified soldier from Fort
Riley, Kas., shot and killed two men
on the street ut Junction City, Kas.
The soldier, who is supposed to be a
saddler at the fort, approached II. T..
l.. Cooper in the middle of the street
and with an oath fred at him with a
pistol. The ball entered the right
temple and Cooper died nm hour later.
City Marshal James white, who was
near by, started for the scene, but was
shot by the soldier before he got off
the sidewalk. The ball entered the
base of the neck, scvering an artery.
White died n few minutes later.
The soldier continued shooting until
his revolver was empty. lie then
turned and walked down the street
swinging his pistol above his head and
wildly yelling, II want to die! l want
to die!''
The murderer has not been captured,
but is known to the authorities. who
are organizing posses and making q
search for him.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-29
Sea Captain q Suicide.

The British bark Birnamwood, from
Rio Janeiro, in charge of Mate Poe, an
chored at Mobile, Ala, quarantine sta
ton and reports that on November 10
the captain, named Morris, killed the
vessels's steward. The body was bur-
led at sea. The captain kept in his
cabin, pacing up and down. When in
formed that Sand island light vas
sighted, at 4 n. m, November 22, he
gave the mate the course, then picked
up a sea lead and jumped overheard
and wa drowned,
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-29
Played In Hard Luck.

Charles Il. Foran of Kinsley, the
man who was taken for an escaped
convict, some time ago answered a
matrimonial advertisement of a Par
sons widow, and then became engaged.
He gave her $50 for wedding presents
N soon after she Tilted him, and her
son stole his pocketbook and skipped.
He came to Winfield, Kas., to locate
the youth, who lives there. He went
to the Courier office to look over the
Kansas exchanges, ard on account OF
his disheveled appearance was taken
for an escaped convict.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-29
Accused of Rape.

A Fremont, Neb., special says: Frank
Yerger Of Nickerson, charged with
statutory criminal assault upon Va.
META Van Horn, the young daughter
of p. E. Van Horn, was arraigned be-
fore Judge Hollenbeck in the district
court on an information filed by Acting
County Attorney Grant q. Martin. He
pleaded not guilty. Previous to his
appearance in court, Yerger had his
preliminary hearing before Justice
Dame. The evidence against him
seemed overwhelming and he was &C
cordingly bound over in the sum OF
$500, which was furnished.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-29
Entiosd q Kansas Girl Awav.

Charles Henry and Almena Henry, a
woman, camped near Washington, Kas. e.,
last summer and induced a farmers
daughter, Ida May Morgan, to go with
them. The girl was only sixteen years
old. Henry and the woman were ar
rested and held by the justice court.
Henry has been IL on $500 bond since
July, u the woman has beer in Jail.
Yesterday she was convicted in the
district court.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-29
Bandit Pleads Guilty.

Postofice Inspector Houk telegraph.
ed that Walter Stratton, alias Ben
Stearne, one of the ~highwaymen who
held up a Missouri, Kansas & Texas
train and robbed the United States
mails at Caney, 1. t., has entered a
plea of guilty to the charge at Antler,
l. Il.
"He vas the leader of the gang
wires the inspector, land is an escaped
convict from the ~penitentiary in Ten
nesSee.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-29

ment, and to make him resourceful In
order that he shall not only be less
the victim of outside relations and
conditions, but also that he may better
serve the community. The dull re-
,pectability and the snug self-satisfac-
ton Of the typical domestic man Is.
under the stimulus OF intelligently
directed training through the agencies
cited, giving way to a wholesome real
cation Of personal shortcomings and
an appreciation Of world interests.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-29
PRAIRIE DOGS MUST GO
Their Villages occupy n Million and a
Quarter OF Kansas .Acrcs.

Xuarter OF Kansas Acres.
Prof. ID. T.. Lantz of the Kansas
state Agricultural college has com
pieted an investigation which was
made for h purpose of asccrtaining
now much LAM in Kansas is occupied
by the towns" of prairie dogs. His
questions in regard to this matter
were directed to the trustees of the
townships In each county. Of the l,4Oo
letters sent ont he has received replies
TO practically all of them, and the re.
suits shows that the amount of land in
n occupied by these towns is
l,224,5s5X acres.
Professor Lantz has charge of the
expenditure of $1,000 appropriated by
the last legislature to be Used in dis.
covering some means of discriminating
prairie dogs. He has been experiment.
ing with poisons for the last six months
and a filled to discover any method
OF killing them which promises to be a
success.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-29
HE WAS A DESERTER

A Fort Riley Private steals a Horse
n Leaves. but Is Captured.
A private of troop L., Fourteenth U.
5. cavalry, by the name of Bennett.
deserted from Fort Riley, Kas., taking
with him Captain Yates horse. saddle.
and revolver. Sheriff Need was mott.
ned by wire to be on the outlook for
him. About half an hour before re.
ceiving the telegram Mrs. Need saw
n man leisurely riding north. The
sheriff shortly went in pursuit and
found him with horse, saddle and gun
at the home of a farmer name Carlson,
SIX miles northwest of town. He passed
himself off as an oliver looking for de-
serters. He was in bed asleep when
the sheriff arrived. He was BROUGHT
to town and placed in Jail. A sergeant
n W privates will take him back to
Fort Riley.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-29
Forward Under SPUR.

The more intelligent colored men In
Alabama are not as much disturbed
over the franchise clause Of the new
constitution as the mossbacks think
they ought to be. 1t appears that there
are now anout 1000 colored voters In
Alabama wi,S qualifications to meet
the educational clause OF the constitu
ton, and 1t is believed that In three
years the great majority Of colored
men will be able to meet the ljmita.
lions as to education >ad property.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-11-29
THE WORLD
REVOLVES
PRINCESS HATZEELD.

Princess Hatfield, who has been re-
Gently entertaining in lavish fashion
with the money left her by the late
Coils =. Huntington, was the adopted
daughter of the great railway magnate.
She was Clara Huntington, and wa
adopted by Mr.. Huntington in 1869 in
New York. to which city he had re-
moved from the west in 1864. Clara
married Prince Hatfield In 1889. and