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The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-21
Justlnes killing.

John End Of Timber, charged with
assault upon his father-in-law. Walks
cnder the Ground, with a deadly
weapon, producing death, has been
acquitted by the jury in the United
Ssates court at Deadwood, y. ID. 1t
was shown by the testimony that the
deceased was belaboring the defendant
with a club and End Of Timber acted
entirely in self-defense. He was being
chased about the room by the elder
man, and in order to avoid further
punishment he picked up a stone,
weighing several pounds, which was
lying between w trunks in the room.
The stick that Walks Under the Ground
was striking him with, as well as the
stone that produced death, were sub
mitted to the jury. The stone had
been kept in the house for use in
sharpening knives. The United States
court has adjourned, the four other
Indian cases being put over for the
term.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-21
Eluded the Omcers,

While a policeman was standing on
the sidewalk at Sioux City, Ia, with a
warrant'for their arrest Mr.. and Mrs.
LeoL Bouck of Emerson, Neb., just
married by Judge Ferris, walked into
the VendOme hotel and registered as
mr.. and Mrs. Allen Williams" They
spent the night at the hotel while the
police were searching the town for
them, and left to face the ire of the
brides father at Emerson. The bride,
Miss Pearl Hooper, is said to be but
fifteen years old, though the license
reads nineteen. and ter father, a we'll
TODD Emerson merchant, it is alleged,
has opposed the match for more than
q year.,
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-21
Mob Forms to Lynch.

The thirteen-year-old daughter Of
William Gallagher, living one and half
miles northeast OF E~ddyville, Ia, was
criminally assaulted on the public
highway, and may die. She accused
Ed Davidson of Pekay, and he was ar
rested Mt his home and was returned to
Eddyville. News of the affair spread
ing in the vicinity, a mob hastily gath
cred near the Jail, and preparations
were made for n lynching, but David
son was slipped out Of the back door
and hurried to Ottumwa.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-21
CHINESE KEEP COMING IN

Smuggling Operations Continue In Brit
ish Columbia.
The smuggling of Chinese from Brit
ish Columbia continues, and n number
have been recently landed on the nu-
merous islands between Port Towns
end, Wash, and the British posses
sions. The approach Of the fishing
season has caused n revival of Chinese
smuggling, and, according to reports
received here, they are being brought
over in sloops, sailing from the British
side at night, and If the sloop fail to
reach their destination before daylight
they run into some cove, where they
remain until darkness, when the con
tinue to their destination. The reve-
u cutter Grant is to cruise among
the islands to overhaul every sloop and
ithas sailed for the purpose OF assist.
ing the two revenue launches 10 scout
n guard to stop the smuggling.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-21
LEFT UNCONSCIOUS
Two Thugs Attack Farmer ir
His House
MAKES A DESPERATE RESISTANCE
Work Train Disaster In Arkansas-Girl
CriminalIy MISUNDERSTANDING Coup
10 la vigilance Of Omcers-
Other News Of Importance.

Thomas r. Varab, a farmer living
was assaulted and robbed of SG5 in his
W home. lie was alone in the house
with his children. The other MEM
bers of his family, including his SON
in-law, had gone to n daGce n quarter
of q mile distant. Varah was awak-
ened by feeling u handkerchief being
put over his mouth. lie threatened to
call his ~son-in-law, but was informed
by the robbers that his son-in-law was
at a dance, showing the robbers had
been well posted. They ordered him
out of bed and down stairs. Varah
had been at Hastings the day before
and In a business transaction had Sc
cured over $3.50 in cash. On the way
down stairs he took the larger of two
rolls Of bills and tucked it away, leav-
ing only s65 In his trousers pockets.
Upon reaching the lower floor he was
ordered to strike a light. When he
had done so he made up his mind to
fight for it. The robbers o dubbed
him into Inconsistencies with the butt
end OF a revolver, also stabbinp him on
the shoulder and on the forearm with
a knife. During the fight the table
tipped over, splitting a large amour of
milk all over the floor and causing gen.
eral havoc in the room. The rob-
bers found the sos in his wallet, but
did not secure the roll of Sls5.
The children ran to a neighbor $
house and gave the alarm and a search
was Immediately made, but there is no
clue. DR.. Stone of Doniphan was
called to attend the injured man,
bringing him back to consciousness
after two hours. 1t is expected he will
recover Both men wore duck coats
and one corduroy trousers. Both had
white masks. One is especially tall.
1t is believed the thugs became cog
infant at Hastings that Varah had
secured quite n roll Of money and
followed, located and robbed him the
next night.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-21
Looking for Runaway wife.

The Rev. |. Il. Tharp, a prominent
Baptist minister Of Weir City, was in
Fort Scott looking for his wife who
ran way from home with another man
and took $500 of her husbands money.
He is ar elderly man 60 years old.
while the runaway wife is 40 years old
and he says good looking. stylish and
proud" He is much affected by the
elopement and will prosecute the man
If he Is caught. Before leaving she
sold a horse and buggy and all the
household effects while he. was over
in Missouri holding revival meetings.
Mrs. Tharp took her n~ine-year-old boy
with her.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-21
Woman Found Unconscious.

Mrs. Albert Forest was violently as
saulted at her home in Lead, 5. d., re-
ceiving a blow that rendered her insensi-
BILE for several hours. Her assailant
entered her home stealthily while she
was attending to her household duties,
about 5 o'clock in the evening, dealing
her a terrific blow with a stick of cord
wood. Her husband was working in
the mine at the time and did not get
off shift until Q o'clock. He found his
wife unconscious when he got home,
and 1t was some time before she re-
vived sufficiently to tell what had hap
pened. She did not see her assailant,
but the stick of wood with which she
had been struck was found on the
floor. A trunk in the house had been
broken open and forty-ive dollars in
money taken.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-21
Receipts Back as Notes.

Several thousand dollars have been
collected in the vicinity Of Chapman,
Kas.. by two swindlers who were there
recently. The men claimed to be Chi
cago men on a hunting trip. and gave
several farmers S. each to allow them
to hunt on their farms. They took
receipts from the farmers, and these
have turned up as promissory notes
for $500 each, in the hands Of inno-
cen persons. Farmers in the vicinity
Of Hope have been taken in by horse
company organizers, who, by means
of stock companies, got $500 to 49,
900 for stations worth $500.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-21
To Exterminate Desperadoes.

Pursuant to instructions from Gov.
crnor Otero of New Mexico the sheriffs
Of Guadalupe, Union, Lincoln and
Chaves counties are organizing posses
of picked men to hunt down the MEM
bers OF the Jack Muskogeve band of
bandits, which has recently terrorized
that region. This means that a war
Of determination will be waged against
the outlaws and exciting times are ex-
pected in that portion of New Mexico
to which the outlaws have retreated.
The governor addressed a strong letter
to the officers of the our counties men,
toned, urging them to lend the reign
of terror in the isolated settlements of
eastern New Mexico, caused by the
numbering and pillaging outlaws"
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-21
STRUCK BY fNG|Nf
One Dead and Another Fatally
injured.
BOTH HAD THEIR SKULLS FRACTURED


A westbouud engine, No. $40, on the
Burlington road struck IA buggy con-
containing as occupants Frank and
Fred Walker, sons of T.. II. Walker, a
well-known resident of Waverly. The
occupants were thrown one hundred
and fifty feet. Fred Was fatally in
jured while Frank is badly hurt. Roth
had their skulls fractured and Fred
had his lungs fearfully torn.
Passenger No. z, due at 4:16, had
just gone west, followed by freight
No. 20. A corncrib prevented. them
from seeing the approaching engine
until right upon the track.
Fred Walker and Frank Walkers
injuries are found TO be much more Sc
we're than first reports indicated, and
may result fatally. Coroner Graham
has been summoned from Lincoln.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-21
List Of ~Postmasters.

The following new Nebraska post
masters have been appointed:
Adams, Gage county, II. ID. Horham,
vice II. j. Merrick, removed.
Benkleman, Dundy county, Frank
Israel, vice j.. IL. Ferman removed.
Bladen, Webster county, W.. ii. Ben.
nett, vice A.. p. Johnson removed.
Cascade, Cherry county, Marie C.
Varney, vice A. N. Cady resigned.
Culbertson, Hitchcock county, s. r.
Soloman, vice John w. Cole, removed.
Davenport, Thayer county, Il. w.
S~howalter, vice p. s. Williams, re.
moved.
Earl. Frontier county, Ellen V. Hall,
vice l.. c. Richard. removed.
Romcyn, Phelps county, Laara p.
Moore, vice +. l.. Frank, resigned.
Strang, Fillmore county, Maud L
Taylor, vice +. q. Beers, removed
Stratton, Hitchcock county. Waite
Van Petten, vice John W.. Smith, re,
moved.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-21
G FACTOR. o
Forty-avc Carloads OF Machinery for the
Independence Plant.

Forty-Hvc Carloads of Machinery for the
Independence Plant.
W. p. Bowen of independence. kas.,
makes an interesting report of his
trip to Chicago and his interviews with
the gentlemen who are backing Mr..
Denison in the sugar mill enterprise.
The affair promises to be a much big
ger thing by threefold than the most
enthusiastic Of our workers for 1t an
ticipated.
Forty-fve carloads Of machinery
and material have already been or
dered shipped to that point. This will
make nearly three trains.
Mr.. Bowen. in company with Mr..
Denison. called upon Traffic Manager
Biddle Of the Santa Fe, told him OF
the location Of the plant and Mr..
Denison asked to have a switch put In
for the plant. MI. Biddle asked how
soon he wanted 1t and Mr.. Denison
said right away" whereupon MIR.
Biddle in their presence dictated a
letter to Superintendent Barnes at
Chanute ordering the switch put in,
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-21
Gas Turned On,

Peter Buschwah, a pioneer real es-
tate dealer of Chicago, was found dead
in his office. The body was upright in
n chair with the feet resting on a desk
near by. When the door was opened
and eight gas jets were found to be
open and the police, therefore, CLAIM
that Mr.. Buschwah committed suicide.
Mr.. Buschwah ~ one time possessed a
good fortune, but of late years is said
to have given it away to CT ~arities,
though he could i'll afford to do so,
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-21
Mnlers Meet at Salina.

Forty representative millers OF cen-
trl Kansas met at Salina and formed
an association to act in harmony with
a national order. for the purpose OF
erecting at the st. Louis Worlds fair
a building for the display of wheat
products Of the mills Of the United
States. The officers of the Kansas as
ISOLATION are George +. Warren, Sa-
lima. president; f. o. Moses, Great
Bend. vice president; George T. Wool
ley, Salina, treasurer. and w. X.
Humphrey. Abilene, secretary. All OF
the millers in attendance report that
the wheat prospects in Kansas were
never better at this time. and all indi
cations point to another big wheat
crop for Kansas.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-21

Governor Yates granted a respite un-
til February "a, says a Peoria, ILL.,, dis.
patch, to Joseph Ellsworth Hinkle,
the wife murderer. who was to have
been hanged on the l4th. His attor-
neys, Daily and Watts, went to SPRING
field and had a conference with the
governor and later wired that a respite
had beer granted until February 2s.
Hinkle had just said good bye to his
mother when the news Of the respite
reached him. When told he cried for
joy.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-21
PRESIDENT WILL DECIDE
schley's Appeal Discussed at n Cabinet
Meeting.

Meeting.
One Of the principal subjects dis
cussed at cabinet meeting recently was
the reply which the president will
make to the appeal of Admiral Schley.
The president has given a good deal Of
attention TO the matter, and IL Is UNI
derstood that in the course Of a few
days he will be ready to his
conclusions.
The president outlined his views on
the Schley case by reading the first
draft OF Ills decision. Some modifica-
tions were made In it, and in view OF
the fact that it is subject TO further
and possibly important changes in
text, members of the cabinet assert
tina. II Ia unsafe at this time to predict
what tho exact effect will be. 1t is a
long document and one Of It's features
is the clear and concise presentation
OF facts regarding the Santiago figh
as given the president by the captains
engaged in that battle.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-21
Insane Prisoner Cause. Commotion.

The sheriff brought to Nelson
IN insane man by the name of
Ross Who was violent and gave lots of
trouble all the way. After he was in
Jail for a short time the j~ailor's wife
who lives in the building, discovered
smoke In the corridor and found he
had set the bed on fire and to run down
town to get some one to put it out.
The patient walked back and forth
while the fire was being extinguished,
which was done with little trouble.
lie sill be taken to Lincoln.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-21
BY DIRECT VOTE
House Unanimously Adopts Resolution
to Elect Senator'S.

to Elect Senators.
The house unanimously adopted n
resolution proposing an amendment to
the constitution Of the United States
for the election of senator's by direct
vote. There was no demand for time
To debate the resolution. Two bills of
general Importance have been passed
by the house. One was a senate bill
to provide for the payment Of the
confederate officers and soldiers whose
horses, side arms and baggage were
taken from them by union soldiers
contrary to the terms of the surrender
of Lee and Johnson's armies. The
amount to be paid under the bill was
limited to $50, 900. The other bill was
70 confer on the Spanish claims COM
mission authority to send for persons
and papers and to punish for contempt
The Indian appropriation bill. com
pleted carries Ss,s44, 500. The item for
support of schools is SO, PAT 800, for full.
filling treaty stipulations, So, 1Oo, 157.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-21
Murder In Senond Degree.

The jury in the case Of the state VS..
John Mccormick, charged with killing
Mrs. Maggie Linsley or the night of
November 5, ut Nebraska City, after
being out all night, returned u verdict
of murder in the second degree. The
prisoner will be sentenced by Judge
lessen in a few days. 1t was shown
that the prisoner was jealous Of the
woman, who was keeping a bagnio,
and, calling her to the door, shot her
dead. Mccormick tried to commit sui
eide, but failed.
Motion for a new trial has been filed
and will be argued to the court, and il
not granted will be appealed to the
supreme court.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-21
Collide on Elevated Line.

Two express trains on the New York
Third avenue elevated railroad were in
collision at One hundred and Fourth
street. The hundreds Of passengers
were thrown into a panic, scores were
cut with flying glass and seven were
more severely hurt. The rear train
should have taken a switch at One
hundred and Fourth street, but from
causes unexplained the switch was not
thrown and the engine telescoped the
rear coach Of the first train. In this
coach were most of those injured.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-21
Killed by Blast.

A heavy blast on the Elkhorn rail-
o grade at Lead, s.. d. hurled frag-
ments OF rock several hudnred feet, in.
turing John Crowley, u grader, SO Sc
verely that he died after reaching the
Lead hospital. Crowley did not retire
70 a safe distance when the shot was
put of. He was forty-five years old
and married, his family living at Hol-
yoke, Mass.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-21
Druggists for Wichita.

Wichita gets another convention for
May commencing on the 9th and last
ing three days. More than 300 drug
gists will be there from all parts o:
the state and they will have business
Of Importance to transact. The drug
gists generally send a fine representa-
tive body of business men to their
conventions and their presence will be
a good thing.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-21
Polite ~Highwaymen.

Highwaymen are becoming excess
lively polite in Omaha, Neb. Rather
than brighten their victim by drawing
their weapons and yelling in chorus,
Hands up" four robbers appointed
one of their number as spokesman and
c~ourteously held up John Peterson,
aged fifty, Of 2501 South Twenty-frst
street. Peterson turned over to the
robber two IS gold pieces and a silver
watch.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-21
Quiet Restored,

Quiet has been restored in the neigh
borhood OF Lee Turner's Quarter
House" where the fight occurred be-
tween the Middlesboro, KY, officers
and Turner's mountaineers, the ruins
OF the burned saloon and the stockade
which surrounded IL being the only re-
minders of the conflict which caused
the death of five, and probably six,
men and the wounding Of three others.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-21
LOSES CONTROL OF TRAIN
Accident Oh the Pennsylvania Costs at
Least Three Lives.

Three men killed, four probably ia
tally, and two seriously injured, one
freight train a complete wreck and an
other nearly SO, are the results of an
accident on the Pennsylvania railroad
on the steep grade a few miles above
the Horseshoe curve.
Control was lost of the second sec.
ton of an %eastbound freight train
o after emerging from Gallizin tun-
mel and two miles west Of Allegrippus
it crushed into the rear of the first Sec
ton. Ten cars, the caboose and two
engines were completely wrecked.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-21
Swedish Colony Near EmporIs.

A colony OF Swedes, thirty-two in
all, and all related. have come from
Sweden and purchased $500 acres Of
land near Emporia. They will begin
Immediately to improve the land and
have started six new houses on vari-
u parts Of 1t. They expect to farm
the land jointly on a socialistic plan.
They paid about $50, 900 for the land.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-21
Fire at Cherryyale.

Fire started in Rounds & Rounds
racket store at Cherryvale. Kas., Sat-
urday night about midnight and dam
age to the extent OF 50, 900 was done
to the contents. The loss on the build
ing Is about 5000. The building and
contents were insured. The city Is
without fire protection at present, ex-
cept for a chemical engine.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-21
Two Killed and Five Injured.

Two persons met death and five
were injured in a rear-end collision be-
tween the diamond special" of the
Illinois Central road and a freight
train at a point five miles north OF
Litchfeld, Ill. The collision was re-
markable in that the fast passenger
was ahead OF the freight and that
both trains we're moving.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-21
Loot Illinois Bank.

At al early hour the Saline county
bank at Stone Fort, H., was entered
by burglars, the safe blown open and
the contents, $4,000 in currency, car
ried away. Bloodhounds were taken to
the scene, but after following a trail
for aboat four miles IL was lost.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-21
PeculIar GASOLINE ExnlosIon.

Mrs. John Madden of Emporia, Kas.,
was severely burned about the hands
and head, her hair singed in a pc
culiar manner She was cleaning a
silk waist in gasoline when the fluid
suddenly exploded with the above re-
suit. The gasoline explosion is a
mystery as the work was going on In
a cool room and no matches or fire
near.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-21
SHOT AND BURNED
Sheriff Says He Will R-new the
Conflict.
TURNER TO REBUILD QUARItR.HOUSt
Woman Assaulted and Robbed-Indian
Acquitted OF Charge Of Murder-Ne-
brnska Murderer Gets Second
Degree sentencs-Othsr News.

According TO the latest reports from
the scene of the fight at Lee Turner's
quarter house" in Bell county, Ken
lucky, between officers and citizens of
Midlesborough and the mountaineers,
friends of the Turner's. nine men were
killed and n was mortally wounded
in the conflict.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-21
District Laid Waste.

1t is reported from Baku, Trans-Cau-
casia that thousands of persons were
killed by the earthquake in the Sham.
aka district and that the towns and
villages for twenty versts around Sha,
maka suffered severely.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-21

Frank White. a grocer, stood In
front Of a train on the Missouri Pa
cifc road at Fort Scott, Kas., and was
killed. He left his home at midnight
and his relatives found his body at
the morgue. Mr.. Whites wife recent
ly left him.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-21
Not to Prosecute Norton.

Department Commander Uorton OF
Abilene, Kas., may return to the ranks
OF the @. A. r. without any stain on
his record II he resigns his ofic,.
Abilene post has adopted a resolution
withdrawing its charges against him,
provided he gets out of ONCE. The
post has no desire to prosecute him,
and will not do SO.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-21
May Impair His Hearing.

One of the men employed in the cas-
sion of the new Burlington bridge at
Plattsmouth, met with a peculiar ac-
cident which may result In his n
Of hearing being partially destroyed.
While at work below, the air pressure
became SO heavy as to dislodge n Of
his ear drums, forcing it inward. He
has gone to Omaha to consult an ear
specialist.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-21

A Chicago gentleman who is alleged
to have made two attempts within
a year to burn his wife alive has been
subjected to a fine Of 500 and costs
for his latest effort in this direction.
This gentleman does not realize. per.
haps, what he has missed by living in
q great. big. selfish town. which has
no time to bother much with such
cases as his.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-21
Aimed At Christian Science.

The Ohio house of representatives
has passed a bill aimed at Christian
Scientists. 1t provides that any par
ents or guardian who shall wilfully de-
prive any sick child under the age OF
sixteen years of the service Of a ply
stefan shall be fined from $40 to S2OC
or imprisoned for six months or both.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-21

Edward Whymper. the mountain
climber who attempted to scale the
Canadian Rockies last summer, has
made the statement that they will not
be explored this century. He had pre-
viously climbed the highest Alps and
he highest Andes.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-21
KILL NOTORIOUS RENEGADE
fsnay Scouts Victorious In q Lively
Engagement.

IukuSomen
me Panay scouts, under the com
mand OF General Walker, in an en-.
gagement in the island of Samar, p. L.,
recently captured seven rifles and nu.
merous bolos, killed a number of Fill
pinos and also killed the officer in
command, who was a notorious rene
gaze, named Winfrey, a deserter from
the Forty-third regiment, whom the
American troops had for months been
e~ndeavoring to capture. IA man named
Long who deserted with Winfrey, is
sun operating with the Filipinos.
Lieutenant Colonel BENJAMIN +.
Pope, chief surgeon Of the division of
the Philippines, U. s. A., died OF
brights disease. lie had been sick for
two weeks.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-21
saIoonkeepers Fight . Dus,.

James Blakely, a well known saloon
man of st. Joseph, Mo-, was fatally
shot in a duel with James Williamson,
another s~alOonkeeper. The cause Of
the duel remains a mystery.
Williamson is under arrest, but will
give the police no information as Ia
the cause of the fight.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-21

The Indiana nan who holds the rec.
ord for marriages has been welded Il
times and is the father OF 32 children.
Strange as 1t may seem to some, he is
talking now OF acquiring a thirteenth
wife.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-21
Killed In = Collision.

In a rear-end collision between Bal
timore q Ohio trains at Indian Harbor
Indiana, Conductor Huntlcy and brake
man Brice were instantly killed. Two
other trainmen were injured.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-21

The New England Historical Genoa.
logical Society, after full investigation,
finds that most American "hearaldry'
is an imposture. 1t would not be oil
much value IL 1t were genuine.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-21

There won't be much left Of Most II
ne ventures to flourish his beer can In
the face of one Of those giants who
are coming over with the German
prince.