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The Red Cloud chief., 1901-05-10
IN PRIME CON DITlON
No Reason tn Feel Blue Over Nebraku's
Crop Prospects.

For the week ending May :, the Uni
versitv of Nebraska weather bureau
reports conditions as follows: The
first part of the past week was warm
and dry. with high south wind. The
last days of the week were cool, with
heavy general rains. The daily mean
temperature has averaged from 10 de
grees To Il degrees above the normal.
The weekly maximum temperatures
were generally between So degrees and
90 degrees.
The rainfall of the week fell on the
last days of the week. and generally
exceeded the normal for the first week
in May in the eastern part of the state.
In the western counties it was about
or slightly below normal. In a large
part of the eastern portion the rainfall
ranged from ! To 2.5 inches.
The past week has beer favorable
for the advancement of farm work,
and generally for the growth of q
tation. The high south wind dried out
the top of the ground and in some in
stances retarded the growth of oats.
wheat, n grass, but no damage re-
suited to any crop. because of the time
~ rain the last of the week.
AT the close of the week winte T.
wheat was in very fine condition. Oats
and spring wheat are coming up even
ly and growing well. Grass is still
somewhat backward, but is now sufi-
GENTLY advanced in pastures to sustain
stock. Corn planting has made good
progress in the southern counties,
where about one-third of the crop is
planted and a little of the earliest
planted is up. Corn planting has COM
menced in nearly all parts of the state.
Fruit trees are blossoming very fully
in all parts of the state.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-05-10
WRECK AT THAYER
Fatal Collision on Burlington At
Iowa Town.
ONE KILLED AND THIRTY ARE INJURED


One man killed and thirty passengers
and trainmen injured is the result Of a
collision between a burlington pas
senger train and a freight engine which
was e~ndeavoring to make a siding at
Thayer, Ia, "a small town east Of Cres-
ton, Iowa. Only a partial list of the
injured can now be had. Engineer
Brown of the passenger train was
| killed.
The little town Of Thayer is situated
in a deep ravine. The grade on either
side IL very steep. A heavy train, in
going down N hill. is compelled To
put on steam in order To reach the top
of the other. This is what Burlington
passenger train No. 3 was doing when
the accident occurred.
Owing to the fact that both tracks
for a great distance are heavily curved
neither engineer could see the other
train until within 200 feet of each
other. The engineer of the freight
heard the passenger coming and made
frantic cndcavors to back his heavy
train onto the sidetrack. lie succeeded
in getting all but the engine to q place
OF safety. The passenger, which was
running seventy miles an hour. crashed
into the freight engine with terrific
force. The impact of the locomotives.
together with the Icnding timbers of
the cars behind, was frightful.
The passenger engine was hurled
down a twenty foot embankment, fol-
lowed by the baggage. express. day
coach and three chair cars. The chair
ears and day coach were filled with
passengers, and the excitement and
confusion which followed is indescrib-
able. The crew of the freight engine
made desperate efforts t. avoid the inn
pending catastrophe, and stayed at
their posts until the last moment. when
they were compelled to jump in order
to save their lives.
Engineer Brown. who saw the danger
when POO feet from the freight engine.
threw the air brake tn the emergency
notch applied the sand and stuck to
his engine in a grim endcavor to save
the lives of those behind him.
The agent at Thaycr. together with
h~angcrs-on around the depot, were the
only witnesses to the wreck. Terror
stricken, they rushed to the rescue.
The agent telegraphed Ottumwa for a
relief train and IA special was sent at
once to the scene, with surgeons and
nurses.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-05-10
IT IS A RUINED CITY
City OF Jacksonville Scene Of
Great Desolation.
FIRE loss IS TEN MILLION DOLLARS
kumored Fatalities. Hut Nothing Definite
known-Go,ernor Declares Martial
Law and Burned District Patrol
lsd-Moasures for Relief.

Jacksonville's great fire, which be.
gan Friday has burned itself out. One
hundred and forty-cigl,t blocks OF a
beautiful city have been laid waste.
The loss will not be known, even APP
proximately. for n week. but u is be.
hevcd 1t will amovnt Ia SiO,O 0O, 900.
Iherc are many rumorS ailoat Of loss
OF ira, but as every undertaken in til"
city was burned out 10 is almost i'm.
possible To obtain an official report.
One story which is pcrsistently rcitcr.
ated IL to the effect that a party of
"en and women driven to the docks bv
the IRE were compelled to Jump into
the water and that several of them
were drowned. Mrs. Hogan. u negro
woman, was burned in her house aud
hcr charred remains were buried Ly
her friends.
lhe burned district is thirteen blocks
wide and " miles long and extends
from the st. Johns river. where IT,
burned ten blocks To the waters cdrc
10 Catherine street. on the east. Or.
snge on the north and Davis 10 the
west. This immense area was sweep,
as clean rs "a floor.
The city is under martial law. and
all OF the available state militia is ON
duty In the streets Some order i, be.
Ing brought out of the confusion.
Jacksonville is facing the
calmly aud has organized for relief
work.
Ten thousand people are homeless
aud many Of them left for st. Angus.
tine and other coast ci,i - and nearby
towns, while numerous rivcrcraft took
many to little places on the st. Johns
river. Supply stations have been
established in various parts OF the city
and have been t%hrongcd with the
hungry. The action OF Secretary of
war Root In rendering the use Of the
barracks at Fort Barrancas. near st.
augustine, was received with graft
tude on every side. The east train.
leaving here at 3 o'clock this afternoon
carried 1000 people To st. Augustine.
VINO hope to receive temporary shelter
from the government.
n committee was appointed Mt a
meeting OF the citizens To wire the |
governors OF various states To send nil
tents they can spare. II will be weeks
before anything like permanent shelter
can be secured fore the homeless
thousands and Jacksonville for some
time to come will be IA city of tents.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-05-10
Tragedy Follows Eiopement.

At Warren, n. y, Benjamin IIoyt
shot and killed Mrs. John Wallace, and
was in turn shot and killed by the hus.
oand Of the woman. lloyt, who was
thirty-ivc years old. cloped with Mrs.
wallace who was fifty-fve years old.
subsequently they returned, the hus-
band forgave all, and again employed
Hoyt to work on his farm. 1t is said
hoyt was trying to persuade Mrs. Wal
lace to elope with him again, when the
quarrel arose which ended in the dou-
BILE tragedy.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-05-10
Boy IL Killed.

The 6-year-old son of c. +. French, a
farmer living northwest of Sterling,
Neb., met a sudden death. His elder
brother, aged about ten, was coming in
ron the field with a cultivator. The
unfortunate lad went 10 meet him and
climbed upon the cultivator to take a
ride. The horses got frightened and
a away. The elder boy let the lines
go and the younger one was thrown
from the c%ultivator seat and dragged
for several rods, His head was badly
laccrated, and his neck was broken. .
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-05-10
CAVE TO BE REOPENED.
Commissioned OF Land Ofice Gives Order,
To Have Il bone.

commissioner Hermann of the rcner-
Al land office has instructed the special
agent of the of the interior department
to reopen the wind cave in the Black
Hills of South Dakota, to inspection by
the public. The cave belongs To the
federal government and comprises
about 900 acres. 1t was withdrawn
by order of January 10. 1900. No dep.
relations or acts of trespasS of anv
kind will be permitted on the premises.
no specimens will he allowed To be tax
en- away and no fees or money consider
alton will be permitted to be charged
or received by any one for the privil-
ege of visiting the cave.
vandalism has been responsible for
much injury to the beauties of the
place. The withdrawal over a wear
ago was destined TO prevent n rccur-
renee of this evil in the future.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-05-10
REGIMENT MUSTERED OUT
Service OF the Thirty-ninth Regiment
Finished.

Finished.
The Thirty-ninth regiment, United
States volunteers, recruited at Fort
Crook. September, 1899, after an ard.
uous and honorable campaign in the
Philippines, was drawn up for the
last time shortly before noon May 6, at
the camp in the Preside, where it has
been nearly a month, and mustered out
of the service.
The regiment numbered at muster
out 7Os enlisted men and twenty.sevcn
officers. OF these, over - per cen arc
N~ebraskans. The regiment has one Of
the best records of any that saw service
in the islands, and the Nebraskans
have done their share in winning its
good name.
The nan who won high encomium
for bravery is Captain Wallace G.. Tay-
lor, son of Cadet Taylor of Omaha. He
was twice recommended for brevct rank
as lieutenant colonel and once for "A
medal of honor. Congress will act on
the recommendations at the next se,-
sion. Taylor is now boarding officer
of customs ut Manila.
An unusually large number of men
from Nebraska was promoted to com.
missioned officers from the ranks for
bravery and efficiency. Among them
are Second Lieutenant Robert B. Nc
Connell of Superior, Second Iieutcn.
ant Walter T.. Barrett of Lincoln, who
received his shoulder straps the day he
left Manila, and Second Lieutenant
Packwood of Lincoln who has been ad-
vanced to a second lieutenant since the
regiment was quartered in the Prcsid-
10. This is the second time Barrett
has achieved this remarkable success.
as once before in the First Nebraska
he rose from private TO lieutenant. He
~rc-enlisted as private in the Thirty
ninth.
Among Nebraska men who died are
Captain William +. Murphy OF Council
Bluffs, who was killed at Nodates, Aug
ust Is, 1900. His widow and "a little
daughter. who was born after Captain
Murphy left the United States, are in
Fort Crook. Lieutenant John r..
Waugh committed suicide in n tit of
temporary insanity in the Philippines.
Lieutenant Frank NJ. Polk OF Lincoln
died of pneumonia at the Preside hos
pital April 30. lie arrived in good
health. but was taken sick IA few days
after landing and died after a short ill.
ness.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-05-10
MEET ON THE BORDER LINE
Americans and Mexicans Exchange Corr
dinlities- Central Figure.

Americans and Mexicans Exchange Corr
dinlities-Presidsnt Central Figure.
The American and Mexican flags
were intertwincd in the decorations of
the plaza at FL Paso, Tex, where the
official greeting of President Mckinley
and his cabinet took place. The pres
encG OF the stand of General Hernandez,
personal representative of President
Diaz, and the governor of the state Chi
huahua, gave an international signiti-
canoe to the event. There were thous-
ands of Mexicans in the vast
of people to whom the president spoke,
and their enthusiasm was almost as
wild as hat of the Americans.
General Hernandez addressed the
president on behalf of his president,
extending the latter's congratulations
and President Mckinley in his response
paid II high tribute to the president of
the Mexican republic. There was, he
said, no Imperialism except the i'm
perial power of the sovereign people of
the United States.
The governor of chihuahua also
warmly welcomed the president to the
border. The exercises in the plaza
were preceded by a military parade.
The ladies of the cabinet crossed the
Rio Grande to Juarez, where they were
rendered a breakfast by Juan Ochoa,
a prominent Meyiaan banker. Mrs.
Mckinley did not attend the breakfast,
but enjoyed a short drive during that
morning.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-05-10
PENSIONS FOR EMPLOYEES
Illinois Central Company Announces an
Innovation.

Illinois Central Company Announces an
Innovation.
President Stuy vesant Fish OF the
Illinois Central has, after a conference
with a. j. iIanrahan, vice president
and general manager, issued n circular
announcing n pension plan for the
10000 employees Of the company.
The plan, which is to take effect
July /, is more liberal in its provisions
than has heretofore been adopted by
any other road. The company starts
with u gift Of $3.50, 900 and in addition
will each year make an appropriation
OF an amount not To- exceed 500, 900.
The pension allowances are on the
following basis:
For each year of service an allowance
of ! per cent Of the average regular
monthly pay received for the ten years
preceding retirement. Thus, II an
employe has been in the service for
forty years and has received on an
average for the last ten years $50 a
month his pension would be 40 per
OF $50 or $50 per month.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-05-10
NEWS IN BRIEF.

The StrongeSt organization in Wa
mego is the Onion club.
The battleship Iowa was success
fully launched at seattle, Wash, FRI
day.
A brilliant comet was seen in the
western sky shortly after sunset, SAYS
a Santiago, Chilli dispatch.
A general strike in the building
trades is threatened in Louisville, KY,
as a result Of a demand for recognition.
At Quincy, H., a jury gave a verdict
against the electric company for 81. 900
because OF the death of John Clark, a
lincman.
The Japanese cabinet of Marquise
Ito has resigned because of the con-
tinued p~ostponement by the finance
minister, Niscount Watanabe of the
carrying out of the expected public
works.
The repository of the Southern Rock
Island Plow company at Dallas, Tex,
was burned, causing IA loss estimated
at $50, 900.
A Decatur, ILL.,, man was struck
lay a Wabash fast train and instantly
killed while trying to cross the tracks
In the buggy, His name was Adam
Stocker,
Mrs, John Abraham, the cs.imable
wife of "A highly respected pioneer
farmer of Saunders county whose home
is four miles north of Valley, Neb.,
dropped dead from neuralgia OF Che
! heart.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-05-10
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
Happenings Here and There Boiled Down
to Proper Size.

to Proper Size.
Miss Frances Raymond. an actress,
committed suicide in New York by in
haling gas.
Ocean liners arriving in New York
are discharging On an average of 1000
emigrauts.
John Frolich. a Crete. Neb.. harness
maker, was thrown from "a horse and
one arm was broken at the wrist.
Mannel Mesa. "A H~ebronville, Texas,
marshal killed his wife and then him
self. jealousy is the supposed cause.
Preparations are under way at the
Hcrrshof yards. Bristol, Il. l.. for the
launching of the battlcship Constitu.
ton.
During a heavy thunder storm Mt
Aberdeen, :. d.. Judge j. j. Cady was
struck by lightning and instantly
killed.
Fire NJ Luekin. Texas. swept away
twenty-five business houses and their
contents, ~cntailing IA loss of about
sos 900.
United States cavalry and artillery
left Pckin sunday to march To Ton ku.
Imposing farewell ceremonies attended
the departure.
otto Cane, aged twenty-six, was
killed and Frank Shuf was fatally
burned by an explosion of powder at
the Indiana Powder company at Tcrre
liaute.
Citizens Of Fremont, Neb., are organ
izing IA telephone company and will, it
Is claimed, secure as good a service as
is at present furnished by the Nebraska
Telephone company, II at a much
cheaper rate.
After a careful consideration OF af-
fairs the government has decided to re-
| duce the force in the Philippines to
40, 900 men. The opinion prevails that
| this number of men will be sufficient
for present needs.
The edict of Mayor Moores of Omaha,
in regard to sunday closing resulted in
"A vcritable drouth, but two saloon
keepers being arrested for violating
| the order. Several bootblacks were
arrested for plying their trade.
The battleship Ohio will he launched
soon from the yards of the SCOTS at
san Francisco. Mrs. Mckinley will
press the button that will release it,
and Miss Helen Deshlcr, of Columbus,
Ohio, will do the christening.
A high official in Shanghai, China,
says the Chinese government has APP
preached the powers with the sugges-
tion Of opening Manchuria to the en-
tcrprise of all countries. Japan, Eng
land aud the United States assent to
the plan.
Jacksonville, Fla, is feeding 10, 900
homeless people, who are sufferers from
the fire. Contributions are pouring in.
President Mckinley telegraphcd from
I'll Paso, Tex, promising government
aid. The city is rapidly recovering
from the shock.
The decision in the joint debate at
Portsmouth between the Dempster
club of Plattsmouth and the Elmwood,
Neb., school, on the question. Re
solved, That the United States should
retain possession of the Philippines
was won by Elmwood.
Mrs. p. II. Perry of Lincoln, is under
arrest at Denver for shooting her SON
in-law, James ii. Devore, Mrs. Perry
is said To have been mentally un-
balanced and Mr., Perry says the re-
lations between his daughter Eleanor
and Devorc is the cause of his wife's
trouble.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-05-10
KILLED BY HIS DAUGHTER.
Young Woman Then Turns Weapon on
Herself with Fatal Effect.

Gustav Baar, aged fifty, bailiff of the
st. Louis school board and ex-repres-
entative, was shot and instantly killed
at his home by his daughter Ida, aged
twenty, who then turned the revolver
upon herself, inhicting a wound from
which she died in w minutes. The
action of the young woman was pre-
meditatcd, as was shown by a letter
which she left. In it she said that the
frequent insults offered her mother by
her father became unbcarable. and
that she had resolved tn kill him and
then herself. Mr.. Baar was asleep
when he was killed,
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-05-10
HAS RACE WITH TORNADO.
rwister Threatens Train Near ua.t,n-s
Damages In rms.

a small but genuine tornado tore
things in a lively way between Iuninta
and Hastings, Neb., Saturday after.
noon. A Burlington train into Hast
'ngs had quite a race with the twistcr
which fortunately vccrcd before reach
Ing the track. The people of Hastings
had noticed the funnel shaped cloud
and were prepared for it. The storm
Just touched the west edge of town
and destroyed a number of outhouses
and barns. The course of the tornado
was from the southwest to the north
east
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-05-10
TORMENTORS ARE E A
Two Fatalities Follow Attempt al Prac.
ticai Joke.

Emil Mohr and Charles Refs were
killed at Davenport, la, recently
while pretending to hang August
Blunck ON a policy rope at the indie
pendent Mailing company's building.
Nohr and Refs. with Gus Stems. tied
a rope around Blunck's waist and de
clarcd jokingly that they intended to
hang him. The strain on the rope
caused the f~astcnings, sixty feet above
to give way. An iron policy struck
Refs or the head, chrushing it into a
shapelesS mass. A falling scantling
Drained Mohr. Blunck was slightly
injured.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-05-10
Water Falls on the Desert.

For thirty-six hours almost. the en-
tire Rocky mountain and inter-moun.
tain regions have been soaked by a
rainfall that in many places has gone
far beyond any recorded storms in that
section. The miles of waste forming
the desert Of Utah, southern Nevada
and northern Arizona and New Mexico
have received a drenching. The storm,
il is believed, will result in wonderful
benefit to the entire region affected.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-05-10
Sugar Tax Must Stay.

Replying to "A deputation from tho
Workmcn's Sugar Tax association at
London, the chancellor of c~xchequer,
Sir Michael Hicks. Beach, declined to
consider the withdrawal OF the sugar
tax. lie said it was the most impor-
tant part Of the present budget, and
he did not believe that workiugmeu
who had approved of the war in South
Africa objected Ia paying something
toward the cost.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-05-10
STEAMER DEAL IN ABEYANcE
Head of Ieyinnd Lin Declines tn Dis
cuss u.

At the annual meeting OF the Ley.
land steamship line in London, Chair
man Ellerman declined to discuss the
sale of the line to j. T.. Morgan & Co.,
take the matter up. Reviewing last
years business. Mr.. Ellerman refer
red to the congressional discussion OF
the subsidy bill as IA period of some
anxiety" An American subsidy. he
added, would he detrimental to British
trade and might make it next to inn
possible to compete with American
owned steamers while British ships
could not expect government aid.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-05-10
sultan shoots Doctor.

sit is rumored, says the CONSTANT
nople correspondent OF the London
Daily Dexpress, that the sultan shot
dead a physician, who, while attending
him for ear complaint and massaging
him, unwittingly caused his majesty
intense pain. The chamberlain rushed
into the room, and the sultan, who
supposed there was an attempt upon
his life, fired again, wounding the
chamberlain"
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-05-10
Injured by Fail From scarold.

7. Il. PlaSs was seriously injured at
Madison, Neb,, by falling from a scat
old He was working with another
carpenter on a low Scatfold which gave
way, throwing them to the ground.
Mr.. Plass struck ON his head and shout
ders and was picked up in an uncon-
scious condition and was still SO sun
day night. 1t is not drought that any
bones were broken.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-05-10
lBrained Her Daughter.

AT Dies MoineS, la, Mrs. George Ran
KIN Drained her thirteen-ycar-old
daughter with II Ratchet. The woman
was discovered Immediately after the
deed a raving maniac. The Iced is
supposed u have been committed in
an insane frenzy brought ON by pro-
tractcd illness.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-05-10
MRscngni CnmIng To America.

A dispatch tn the Daily Express from
Vienna says that pictro Mascagni, the
Italian composer, has signed a con-
tract for "A tour II the United States.
lie will start October IL and take with
him an orchestra of eighty members.
His personal %stipencd will be $40, 900
a week for eight weeks.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-05-10
Venezuela Buying Arms.

venezuela is placing important
orders for war material with German
firm, says the Berlin correspondent of
the London Daily Mail, and inviting
Herr krupp and others Ia tender bids
for the supply of cruisers, torpedo
boats and the like.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-05-10
ROBBERY IN WASHINGTON
Jewels and Money stolen A%ggregating
$4,000.

One of the largest robberies eve
committed in Washington occurred
when the house of Miss Olive Starring,
on Massachusetts avenue, was entered,
and diamonds, jewelry, and money APP
proNimately in value over 5000 was
taken. Mrs. Starring was away at the
time and missed the valuables on her
return. Lewis Mortimer Monroe, an
inventor, residing in New York, and
who visited the house, was arrested ON
suspicion
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-05-10
Population OF London a,Ha6,Oa..

The population, including the city
OF London and twcnty-eight metro.
politan boroughs, the whole forming
what is termed the administrative
country of London, is now 4.537, O34.
This is an increase of 30s, IL since the
last census in 1891.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-05-10
FOUND DEAD IN A FIELD.
Lightning Probably Caused Death of
Gage County Man.

Henry Hausjurgin, living a short
distance northwest of rickrcll, Neb..
was found dead in his field. II is
supposed he was killed by lightning.
His team with which he had rcrn list.
ing corn came home without him and
a search resulted in the finding of his
dead body, No marks were found ON
his body excepting his mustache was
Singcd.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-05-10
AFTER COAL AND OIL.
George ID. Meikiejohn and Others Enter
Company to Dig for same.

George ID. Mciklejohn, late assistant
secretary Of war, together with other
members Of u company in which Cap
tain Dick Talbot of South Sioux City IL
Interested. will proceed forthwith to
develop the oil, coal. and mineral re-
sources in a tract of soil several thou
sand acres in extent near South Sioux
city, upon which leases were secured
some five years ago.
The land lies South of Dakota City.
in Omadi township, Dakota county and
is largely in the bluffs. This spring "a
syndicate secured leases on several hun
dred acres Of the same land for the SAM
D,lrDpsp.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-05-10
Killed by 10 Prisoner.

While Patrolman George Brown was
trying To move Charles Tubbs, IA prison
or IN the city Jail at Lansing, Mich,
from one cell Ia another, TubbS kicked
the officer in the abdomen causing in
Juries from which he died. Tubs WAS
IN Jail for being drunk,