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The Red Cloud chief., 1902-10-17
AlRSHlo ~COlLAPSES
Partisan B~nloonists Crushed by FAN
From Lofty Height

Partisan Bnioonists Crushed by FAN
From Lofty Height
A Paris. Oct. 10. dispatch says: The
French aeronaut, De Bradsky, and a
companion. named NORM, were killed
by the falling of Bradsky's airship this
morning. The pair started in a navi-
gable balloon from the aerostatic sta
ton near Vanguard ut 1880. The air.
ship made n successful ascension, sail
Ing evidently under perfect control.
over the grand boulevard and off in a
northerly direction.
1t had not gone an great distance,
however, when something went wrong
with the ship. Suddenly it fell to the
ground and the life was crushed out
Of the occupants.
DE Bradsky intended to sail over the
Madeline and return to the starting
point. The direction was changed
however. and an evolution over Paris.
lasting over an hour, began. The shin
behaved magnifcently. DE Bradsky
then turned his course toward Stains,
near st. Denis. When the balloon was
over Stains the ropes holding the car
to the balloon broke. The balloon was
several hundred feet in the air al the
time and the %aeronauts fell with a ter
rifle force. NORM was killed instantly.
De Bradsky dying n few minutes later.
h balloon rose rapidly and disap-
peared. The experiment was a COM
plete success until the ropes broke.
The balloon was al egg-shaped af-
fair, 40 feet long and twenty feet in
diameter at the thickest part. The
car was supported on steel wires by
a light framework of wood. which ran
the entire way around the balloon.
The car itself was fifty-fve feet long
and weighed 1900 pounds. The pro-
peller was fifteen feet in diameter with
q capacity OF 1926 revolutions a minute.
The balloon proper was Of silk and
inflated with hydrogen. De Brasky's
principle was to make the balloon the
same weight as the air. The ~aeronaut
was calling to a peasant. speaking
through a trumpet and asking for a
good place to alight, when the acct
dent occurred.
A peculiar coincidence was that the
Inflated ship started from the same
shed from which the Brazilian aero
naut. Severe, who lost his life some
months ago. made his ascent.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-10-17
Building Fruit Houses.

A fruit house should be 50 construct
ed as to preserve an even tempera-
ture. says a bulletin of the Cornell
station. Storage houses are Of two
types: First, those which modify but
do not regulate extremes of tempera-
ture, and second, those which furnish
definite low temperatures. Houses OF
the first class are generally within the
means Of the commercial fruit grow
er. Those Of the second belong to the
equipment of the fruit dealer. The
ordinary storage house Is probably q
frame building provided with a we'll
drained cellar and having perfectly
insulated walls and double doors. In
sulation is secured by providing two
or more air spaces In the walls. These
air spaces should be separated by pa
~per-covered partitions. Comparatively
low temperatures in these buildings
may be secured in fall by keeping
them tightly closed during the warm
part of the day and ventilated on cool
nights. Fruit houses Of this chara6.
ter will keep out frost SO that the
grower may hold his fruit till a favor
able opportunity for selling occurs.
Dry air prevents the growth Of fungi.
but causes the fruit to shrivel; q
moist atmosphere on the other pre-
serves the plumpness Of the fruit but
encourages the development Of para
site plants. Extremes should be
avoided. The principal thoughts for
the fruit grower to keep in mind in
handling his fruit are that it is a per.
ishable article. that its keeping sea.
son may be heightened by careful
handling and by low, even tempefa.
ture, and that profits may be in
creased by placing 1t on the market
in an attractive form.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-10-17
indiana MAY Lose Lind

A Washington, d. c., Oct. IA, dispatch
says: Agent Anderson of the Coleville
Indian agency in Washington state.
has reported to the commissioner of
Indian affairs that the Spokane In
dams. who are comparatively poor.
seem to be in danger of losing a large
part of their reservation.
The agent says this danger is the
result OF the congressional opening of
their lands to mineral location and
entry after the Indians received allot-
ments of lands in severalty.
owing to the way in which the vari-
Gus provisions of the bill were passed
and approved, the reservation was ac-
tually open to mineral location and
entry for a short time last May. dur
ing which vested rights were acquired
and a determined effort has been made
to wrest the land from the Indians.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-10-17
Figs to Become a Standard Crop.

During a recent visit to the Mis-
souri, Experiment station the writer
noticed a number of fig trees In q
thrifty condition. Here and there
were partly grown figs. Prof. How
ard, who accompanied the writer, ex-
planned that these figs are borne on
the second year woodN and as much
of the new wood ffoze last winter the
crop of fruit was small. The surpris-
ing thing about 1t is that the fg ear
stand any cold at all. These fig trees
at the Missouri station have TO be
bent down and covered up every win
ter. Hay and rubbish is used for that
purpose. Otherwise the trees freeze
back to the ground. In case Of SO
freezing back they make a very lux
uriant growth the next spring. The
writer saw some that had been left
uncovered and had been frozen back.
Yet they had made a growth Of at
least six feet and had developed q
very large amount Of foliage. How
ever, they bore no fruit. The trees
that had been covered had a height
of perhaps eight feet and were very
bushy and supplied with a great
wealth of foliage.
We have looked upon the fig as a
tree belonging to the fire.parched des.
erts of Africa and Asia. We have
never suspected that 1t could be grown
out of doors even In the temperate
zone. IL It can be made to grow as
far north as Columbia, Missouri, whnt
can we look for in the great region
lying to the south of Missouri? Ger.
,tainly that vast stretch of country
little exposed to cold, will be found .
magnificent region in which to de-
velop orchards of this oriental fruit.
Southwest are still greater POSSIBLE.
tiles. Southern Arizona and New
Mexico should prove to be the regions
best adapted to the development Of the
figs, and we may be sure the people
of those regions will not be slow to
find out the possibilities that slumber
In the combination of those warm Val.
leys and the fruit food of the Arabs.
In California already the growing
OF these orchards has become a bust
ness of itself. Trees are coming into
bearing by the thousands, and the
shipment Of fresh figs Is to begin this
season. The present outlook for this
crop around Fresno, California, is said
to be very encouraging. The yield Is
larger than 1t was last year, and the
quality is better. Preparations are
being made to ship these figs by ex.
press to Chicago and New York, where
a good market awaits them. Few peo-
pie in this country have ever tasted
ripe and fresh figs.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-10-17
Presidential Appointments

The president has made the follow
ing appointments: Henry l.. Wilson.
minister to Chill. to be minister to
Greece. vice Charles S. Francis. re-
signed; John b. Jackson, first secre-
tary Of the embassy at Berlin, to be
minister to Chill: p. Percival Dodge,
second secretary of the embass vat Ber-
lin. to be first secretary: r. $. Rey-
nolds Hit. third secretary of the IN
bassy at Paris, to be second secretary
OF the embassy at Berlin: p. A. Jay,
of Rhode Island. to be third secretary
of the embassy at Paris.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-10-17
Indians Must Obey

A Belle Foursche. S. d.. Oct. IA. dis
patch says: Sheriff William Moses an
nounced his intention to accompany
Game Warden Lathrop On his mex ex-
petition against the Indians who are
killing antelope and firing the prairie
grass on the Moreau. The sheriff will
take several reliable men with him,
and those acquainted with him realize
there will be trouble and probably kill
ing IL the Indians are again
tered and resist arrest, for Mr.. Moses
is known to be one of the most deter
mined officers in the western states.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-10-17
CONVICT SMITH LOCATED
WARDEN Davis Learns of His Capture at
Boston, Texas.

WARDEN Davis Learns of His Capture at
Boston, Texas.
Warden Davis, of the Nebraska state
penitentiary. is feeling pretty good
over the information to the effect that
Charles e. Benner, alias Charles Smith,
who escaped from the penitentiary last
May by climbing the walls, has been
recaptured at Boston, Tex, and he will
go to Texas as bring him back. Smith
and another convict, who were en-
trusted with some work within the PEN
itentiary enclosure scaled the walls
and made good their dash for free
dom. The second man was captured
some two months since at Alliance. A
requisition was issued for Smith upon
receipt of intelligence that he is in
custody in Texas. II is understood that
he had talked too much and that his
talk led to his apprehension. Smith
was sent up from Douglas county a
short time before his escape to serve
one year for larceny from the person.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-10-17
Kills Wife, Son and Self

At Tracy. Mimi, Tuesday. Ed.
Stricken shot and killed his wife and
young son, seriously wounding Frank
McCallister, and then committed sui
eide. Stricken and his wife had been
living apart for two years. This after
noon he followed his wife into the
furniture store OF Frank McCallister,
and, drawing a revolver, shot the
woman dead. He then fired a bullet
through the head Of their little boy.
and turned the weapon on his father
in-law. l.. Harvey. The shot went
wild, however, and wounded McCallis-
ter in the face. Stricken then shot
himself, dying instantly. McCallister
Is in q critical condition.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-10-17
fXPLODES
Overcharge Of Powder Causes a
Bad Mine Disaster
TWO ARE KILLED OUTRIGHT
Injured-EspIosion's Force Felt .
Distance of -Four Hundred
Feet-Other News

The worst mine explosion ever
known in the history of Sangamon
county occurred at 4:20 Monday after
noon I'm the Victor mine at Pawnee,
eighteen miles southwest from Spring
field. when two men were killed, four
fatally and many others less seriously
injured. The dead: w. V. Overcast,
aged thirty, single; Michael Yorja,
aged twenty-seven, single.
Fatally injured: Frank Isaacs. aged
fourteen. breaker boy, dying tonight;
Peter Green, head and body crushed;
John Burke, frightfully bruised;
bruised and burned.
Others injured were Daniel Reece,
John Dick, William Sparkling, John
Pick. Peter Cerevich. Jerome Sproule,
Thomas King. Joseph Buchner, Thomas
kink and several others.
The accident happened just before
the day force of 1870 men went off duty.
The explosion was caused by a charge
OF powder being too heavily charged.
and the conclusion caused the coal
dust. which thickly overhung the mine,
to explode with great force. Some idea
Of the force Of the explosion can be
learned from the fact that all those
killed and injured were about 1000 feet
from the place where the shot was
fired. 1saacs was hurled against the
entry wall with such force that his
head was smashed beyond recognition.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-10-17
PRISON SHIP DISCOVERED

Accidentally Found After Lying Buried
for n Century
After lying buried for over a century
the famous English prison ship Jersey,
In which several hundred Americans
we're martyred while the British held
New York in the days Of the revolu-
ton. has been accidentally discovered
in the Brooklyn navy yard by the
workmen who are putting up the
launching stays for the battleship Con-
necticut. Historical associations have
been searching for the Jersey for fifty
years. The ~half-burned hull OF the
ship Is lying under twelve or fourteen
feet Of dirt and water, and is in perfect
condition,
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-10-17
WRECK ON B. & M.

Freights Collide. and Cattle are Let
Loose Captured Later
A freight extra on the Burlington.
in charge of Conductor Jackson, and
second As, bound for Lincoln, loaded
with stock, in charge of Conductor
CLANCY. collided one-half mile east of
Seward. Both engines were badly
damaged and six cars of stock on No.
As were derailed and broken up. Some
OF the cattle were liberated. Superin-
tendent Bignell was summoned from
Lincoln and left with the wrecker at
midnight, and took charge of the work
OF clearing away the debris. The cat
tie that escaped stampeded, but men
on horseback went after them and they
were brought back and reloaded in
other cars. Owing to the fact that the
main line was blocked the wrecker was
sent out by way of Milford.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-10-17
Decides Against Mexico

The international court of arbitra-
ton, in session at The Hague Tuesday,
decided the pious fund case by con-
demning Mexico to pay $1,420,O00 in
silver to the California bishops.
The case grew out Of a fund SUBJ
scribed in Europe in 1897 for the sup
port of the California missions. 1t was
administered by Mexico from 1867 until
the conquest of California by the
United States. Since then the respec-
tive responsibility of the two nations
for the fund has been in dispute.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-10-17
BODY ~SNATCHERS
Grave PIunderers Caught Almost Red
Handed at Indianapolis

Handed st Indianapolis
An Indianapolis. Ind, Oct. ID. spe-
cial states: Accumulation was given
this morning to the recent grave rob-
berry developments by the finding OF
four bodies tied in sacks In Georgia
street at the rear of the Central Col
lege of Physicians and Surgeons. One
was positively identified as that of Mrs.
Johanna Syilz. buried in Ebenezer Gem
etery; another is thought to be that OF
Miss Glendore aBtes, stolen from An
derson cemetery, near Irvington. The
body OF a man Is thought to be Wal
lace Johnson and another, that OF an
old woman, Mrs. Catherine Doehring,
stolen from the German Catholic Gene
terry. The corpses were taken to the
city morgue followed by a crowd that
surged about the doors. For several
days the detectives have been work.
ing with local physicians. not connect
ed with any of the colleges, to have
them use their influence in ~persuading
the authorities to return the stolen
bodies to the distracted relatives who
had found the graves of their dear
ones empty, and II is thought this Is
one method of compliance.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-10-17
Low Rates

The sub-proposition for low one-way
colonist rates has been voted down by
western passenger association roads.
The Santa Fe and Rock Island. how
ever. gave notice at once Of their in
tention to take Independent action in
putting the rates into effect to points
in the southwest. Considerable sur
prise and disappointment has been
caused by the competitors of the Chi
cago q Northwestern by that line CIV
ing similar notice that II would put
the rates into effect to points in South
Dakota and Nebraska.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-10-17

The strike entered upon its twenty
third week Monday morning without
any appreciate change in the situa-
ton In this district, says a Shenan-
doah, Pa, dispatch. No new ~colleries
have resumed operations, though a de-
termined effort vas made to cause a
stampede about Mahoney City. Not a
mar deserted the unions cause.
Two battalions Of the Fourteenth
regiment were present to escort the
miners to work and troops covered
every point Of the town for two hours,
but nos . solitary man was picked
No."
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-10-17
Exporting Peaches.

Some time ago we mentioned the
fact that the Department of AgTicul-
ture had made an experimental ship
ment of apples to the other side Of
the water, and that the consignments
had arrived there in safety. More re-
Gently two consignments Of early
peaches were made. Both Of thAse
have now arrived and been sold at q
profit on the other side. The cold
storage facilities were rather too
good, II such a thing can be possible
and several crates Of peaches were
frozen solid. These crates were on
the outside Of the stack and got the
bulk of the refrigeration. The tenn
perature was kept q little too low for
the best of results. This Is a thing
that will have to be experimental
with in the shipping OF peaches. The
last consignment netted the shippers
$2.43 per six basket crate, which Us
considered a good price. II peaches
can be shipped abroad and kept in
perfect condition till sold 1t means the
opening up of an immense market,
and also a profitable one,-Farmers'
Review.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-10-17
Returned to the Pen

Governor Savage Tuesday directed
the return to the pe%nitentiary of Ed
Morgall, who was sent up from Dou-
glas county October 10th, 1901, on con-
viction on rape to serve a sentence or
seventeen years. Morgall became in
sane last February and was exchanged
to the insane hospital. but DR.. Greene
has now certified to his complete re-
covery to mental health and he was
today taken back to the penitentiary to
serve out the remainder of his term.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-10-17
Memorial tn Gladstone

st. Daniels library, which has been
erected at Hawarden, as a memorial to
the late Mr.. Gladstone. was formally
opened Tuesday, says a London dis
patch, with interesting ceremonies.
Lord Spencer, who succeeded the late
Duke of Westminster as chairman OF
the Gladstone national memorial COM
mittee, presided over the exercises ana
other distinguished men were among
the speakers.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-10-17
Shorter Hours

The eight-hour schedule went into
effect at all the -four mills in Mime
apolis, Mimi. on Monday. Hereafter
there will be three instead Of two
shifts. While the millwrights did not
identify themselves with the eight
hour movement, it has been UNDER
stood that the rate Of 30 cents an hour
would apply equally to them. 1t is
understood that the millwrights have
asked the mill operators for eight
hours and 50 a day.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-10-17
Money to RehabiliIate Guam

The navy department cabled fifteen
thousand dollars to Manila, Philippine
Islands. to be sent from there to the
Island or Juan for the rehabilitation
OF naval station property which was
damaged by the recent earthquake.
me department received a cablegram
announcing the departure Of the col
Her Justin from Cavite for Guam, and
II Is the understanding that she carries
the funds for the repair work. The
money was taken from an emergency
fund.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-10-17
r SETTLEMENT
Possibilities OF Miners and Operators
Agreeing on Arbitration

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Agreeing on Arbitration
A Washington, Oct. 10 dispatch saws:
BY authority of j.. p. Morgan, who.
with his partner. Robert Bacon, and
Secretary Root, were in conference
with President Roosevelt at the tenn
porary white house tonight for an hour
and a half, q statement was given out
by Secretary Cortelyou in which the
presidents of the c%oal-carrying rail-
roads and mine operators propose a
commission of five persons to adjust
the differences and settle the coal
strike In the anthracite coal fields of
Pennsylvania.
The proposition is believed by the
administration to be satisfactory to
the miners. as 1t covers the PROPOSE
ton made by President Mitchell of the
united mine workers union with ad-
ditional conditions which it Is believed
the miners will accept.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-10-17
MAKES FATAL T
Wife Uses Arsenic Instead OF baking
Powder In Pancakes

Frank Morand of South Omaha died
as the result of a mistake made by his
wife in the culinary department. Mrs.
Morand was mixing some pancakes and
instead of using baking powder, she
put arsenic in the batter by mistake.
1t seems that last spring Mr.. Morand
purchased some arsenic to kill rats and
put the stuff in an empty baking pow
der can. He forgot to label it and the
result was that Mrs. Morand got hold
of the wrong can
Everything possible was done by
physicians to save the life Of Morand,
but without avail. Other members OF
the family were also taken sick, but
reports indicate that they are out OF
danger.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-10-17
Hurricane Destroys Town

The little mining town of Keota, six
miles from Macon, Mo-, was almost de-
stroyed by a hurricane, and two men,
one woman and two children, names
unknown, were killed. The general
store of Edward Vail vas demolished
and Vail was pinned under the timber
and badly injured.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-10-17
To Spend 900

The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
road a adopted plans for the con-
struction of more than 300 miles of new
line In Oklahoma, The work will be
begun soon, and details concerning the
work will be given out shortly. 1t is
estimated that these projects will nee
essitate an expenditure approximating
s 1880, 900.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-10-17

A s~weethearts' trust has been Or
ganized In a Nebraska town to correct
the Incorporate habits of the young
men. or course. in a case like this,
1t will be permissible to water the
stock.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-10-17
Sewell Ordered to Guam

Orders have been issued by the navy
department directing Commander w.
f. Sewell to proceed to Guam and as
sumo the duties of commandant OF the
naval station at that place, relieving
Commander Seaton Schroeder, ordered
home to await orders.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-10-17
Has UNIQUE Political Record.

Silas w. Bond of Iowa has q polit-
ical record both unusual and inter
esting, for he boasts of having cast
his ballot for eighteen Presidential
candidates, a record held by compar-
atively few men. Mr.. Bonds maiden
vote was cast in Wayne county, Indi-
ana, in 1880.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-10-17
FruIt Going to Waste

Michael Doyle, representing the fruit
growers association Of New York, a
telegraphed to Governor Odell, saying
hat unless an immediate supply OF an
thracite coal can be obtained fruit
growers in western New York will lose
three million dollars. Hundreds OF
thousands of bushels Of apples are
now rotting in orchards and the evap-
Grating industry Is at a standstill.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-10-17
peddlers Quarrel

Two Jewish peddlers at Fremont
quarreled over a horse deal they had
entered into, and n caused the
others arrest. 1t was alleged by the
complainant that his companion i'm
posed upon him by selling him a
worthless team for $S5. The later
returned the money and took his
horses back, the complainant paid the
costs and the case was dismissed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-10-17
Strike Settled

A settlement was reached OF the
strike of union pressmen and press
feeders employed in the big job print
ing houses in New York city. 1t IS
understood the demands Of the strikers,
who numbered nearly 1000, were
granted in regard to an increase or
wages, but that non-union men now at
work will be retained and given an OPP
n~ortunity to Join the union.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-10-17
c AT
Man, Supposedly Mentally Unbalanced
Hangs Himself

Hangs Himself
Nels %Jorgensen. a ranchman living a
short distance from Chadron, was
found at his ranch in a ~lifeless condi-
ton. suspended from a center pole OF
the log house by a wire taken from the
windmill, which was wrapped around
his neck. He had been acting queer
for some time. AS he lived alone he
was thought to have contracted melan-
cholia and was examined by the board
of insanity. AS they has no conclu-
sive proof of his insanity, he vas ad-
judged sane. Since that time he has
been spending his time in Chadron and
his stock has been neglected.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-10-17

There Is news in the fact that a Bos.
ton man lost his wife in Buffalo while
on a wedding trip. 1t would have
been scarcely worth mentioning had
the couple hailed from Chicago.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-10-17

A Maine man has been pronounced
insane because he alto raw beef. What
would his fellow citizens have thought
Of him had they found him burning
coal?
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-10-17
STICK TO HIS POST
Stricken with Apoplexy,
Takes Train to Safety

After being stricken with apoplexy.
Engineer Chauncey ]. Fox, on the Rock
Island railroad, ran a passenger train
from a point a mile out safely to Sioux
Falls. S. D., depot before he collapsed,
says a dispatch from that place.
After being stricken he was dozed
and could scarcely retain his seat in the
cab. He stuck to his post with heroic
devotion until his destination was
reached and the train safe.
Fox died at the city hospital. His
family lives at Estherville, la.