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The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
TO SELL THE LANDS
Indian Appropriation Bill Con-
tains Such Provision.
PASSAGE WOULD pRtdpIIAIt A RUSH
Condition Of Nebraska Crops AZ Given
by N weather Man Of the State
University-Other News OF Moe
or Less General Interest.

A Washington dispatch says: The
department of Indian affairs il r~eceiv-
ing inquiries from persons in Ne
braska residing in the vicinity Of In
dian reservations in that state regard
ing the provision in the Indian appro-
priation bill relative to the sale of
lands belonging to the estate of de-
ceased allottees. II this provision re-
mains in the bill. which 1t undoubted-
ly will. II will place upon the market
thousands of acres of good land. and
there will be n great clamor by real
estate men and others to secure guam
titles of land for speculative purposes.
None OF the lands referred to can be
sold without the approval of the sec
rotary Of the interior, and those inter
ested in the matter are DESTROYS of
ascertaining the names of heirs of
deceased allottees, and in fact it is
understood that contracts of sale are
already being made with some of the
Indians for the purchase. The depart
ment has informed those writing for
the information that If desired the
names of the heirs of the deceased al
lottees can be procured from the de-
partment by paying the price Of copy
ing and certifying the m They
can also be obtained from the Indian
agent.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
O OF THE STATE
Their Condition Not Unfavorable-
Wheat Needs Moisture,

Their Condition Not UnfRvorable-
Wheat Needs Moisture,
The University of Nebraska weather
bulletin, issued April %, says: The
past week has been warm and dry.
with more than the normal amount Of
sunshine. The daily mean temperature
averaged 4 degrees above normal. The
temperature the first days of the week
was slightly below normal. but on the
last day was decidedly above. with a
maximum temperature above 80 de-
grees quite generally.
The rainfall consisted of only scat
tered showers, with a very light fall
of rain. the amount being about 0.10 Of
an inch, except at a few southwestern
stations, where about $50 of an inch
fell.
The past week has been a good one
for advancing farm work, although a
few reports indicate that the ground
is getting rather dry to pillow to the
best advantage. The dry weather has
been very u~nfavorable for the growth
Of all vegetation. Grass has grown
very slowly and pastures are very
poor and backward. Winter wheat has
deteriorated in condition except in
some southwestern counties, where the
moisture was sufficient for good
growth. Oats and spring wheat are
coming up slowly and rather unevenly
and growing very slowly. Flowing for
corn is well advanced and a very little
corn has been planted in southern
counties. Apricot trees are in blossom
in southern counties.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
FOR NEW
House Committee Completes Naval APP
preparation Bin.

The house committee on naval af-
fairs has completed the naval appro-
priation bill. The most important
item as to new ships was left until the
last. and as finally determined upon
vas as follows:
Two battleships of about 10000 tons
displacement. to cost, exclusive of ar
nor and armament, $4,212. 600 each;
two armored cruisers of about Ia, 800
tons displacement each, to cost, exclu-
sive of armor and armament, 81. $50, 600
each; two gunboats of 900 o II each,
to cost 1882 900 each.
The 5000 ton battleships will be the
largest ever authorized for the Amer
lean navy and among the largest war
ships atloat.
The armored cruisers will also be
exceptionally large for their class, con-
siderably exceeding the New York and
Brooklyn in tonnage. The amount
carried by the bill is slightly above
S76, 0 900.
There was a sharp preliminary con-
test and many votes before the final
decision on ships and on building in
government yards was reached.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
FOR BLOW
Irish Threaten to Resist English
Coercion Act.
DtdARf THEY Will RfTAlIAII


In the house of commons at Lon
don. Friday, John Redmond, the Irish
nationalist leader, speaking OF the
crimes act proclamation issued by the
lord lieutenant of Ireland, Earl Cado-
gan. said an Infamous conspiracy was
on foot, in England, 10 foment crime
in Ireland. where none existed. The
stories of outrage and violence in Ire
land were infamous calumnies. The
n~ationalists in Ireland we're only gov
erned by a contemplate minority.
A hundred men. continued Mr.. Red
mOnd, stood ready to replace every
man sent to prison in this struggle.
They entreated Mr.. Wyndham, the
chief secretary for Ireland, to change
his policy, but If he continued it they
would meet him face to face and give
blow for blow. Their answer to his
coercion of Ireland would be to harden
their hearts. strengthen their orgauiza-
ton and compel redress.
Mr.. Wyndham replied that while il
was true that there was a comparative
absence in Ireland Of crime against
the person. the lives OF people were
made miserable by intimidation and
bOycotting. The government was not
acting from political motives, but as q
result OF a mass of information labori-
ously collected and carefully examined.
A motion for adjournment to discuss
coercion made by Mr.. Redmond was
rejected by n vote OF 1853 to 148.
John Redmond and John Dillon have
sent a joint cablegram to Former
| Congressman John Il. Finerty OF Chi
cago appealing for American sympathy
and support in the struggle against
coercion.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
TO END SOCIAL EVIL
An Eastern Society Has Bright scheme
To Aid Kansas.

Ia Aid Kansas.
Mayor Goodlander of Fort Scott.
Kan. Is in receipt of n very interesting
of Health society in Cleveland. o., on
the question of swapping some OF the
men of the state for people Of the op-
posite sex in the eastern states.
The society advertises itself as one
for the betterment of health and the
prosperity of the west and offers to
make Fort Scott headquarters for a
matchmaking enterprise, or TO ex-
change the male for the female sexes.
The letter Is rather unique and Is az
follows.
Dear Sir: The recent census re-
vcals q great deficiency of females in
your state "a compared to males, and
u great excess of the same in the east.
This unequal distribution Of the sexes
constitutes a social evil at both ends
OF the country and a great obstacle to
the development and prosperity of the
west, while in the east there is a con-
gestion of handsome and worthy young
ome wearing out their lives in fac
tories at low wages. who would make
tiiV huppliltSo VI hltl dS YES, d
position for which they are better fitted
and naturally destined. To remedy
this odd situation this company has
undertaken to publish n book-album
in which will be printed photographs
and particulars of all men in your state
willing to marry eastern ladies and
who can offer them homes. This book
IS to circulate in the east, so that the
ladies intent on matrimony may make
themselves known to the western gen.
tlemen by correspondence. Very nu-
merous are the spinsters and young
widows Of various classes. with ana
without means. who for a good hus-
band will go anywhere in the United
States. II you are interested in this
plan to correct the disparity of sexes
In your region please have this no.
tice published"
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
HOUSES MAY AGREE
House and senate Not Fla Apart on EI
clusion Bill.

House and Senate Not Far Apart on EI-
clusion Bill.
The house and senate conferees on
the Chinese exclusion bill have reached
an agreement upon all but n feature
of the measure. The main features of
the senate bill were adopted, but some
alterations will be made.
Under the agreement the senate sub
stitute becomes the exclusion measure.
but the house conferees secured a con-
cession specifically re%-enacting sections
s to IA of the exclusion act Of Septem-
Der ID, 1888. The point still open is as
to extending the exclusion indefinitely
after May 5 next.
The house bill extends the prohibit
ton indefinitely. but the senate limits
II until a new treaty Is made. The
house conferees are insisting on TAX
ing out the reference to a new treaty
SO that there will be no limit of time
to exclusion.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
SENATOR DlETRlcH'S BILL
Nebraskan Hal n Measure for solution OF
Cuban situation.

Nebraskan Has n Measure for solution OF
Cuban situation.
Senator Dietrich of Nebraska has in
troduced a bill in the senate which may
solve the complicated Cuban situation
and relieve the present stressful con-
ditions regarding reciprocity between
the United States and Cuba. The bill
authorizes the president on behalf OF
the United States, to enter into a reel
procal agreement with the permanent
government of Cuba, respecting trade
between the United States and that
country. The bill provides that when
the permanent government OF Cuba is
established that the president shall
make a trade arrangement between the
Islands and the United States for a
period of five years and during that
time to pay Cuba for its use and benefit
q sum of money to be ascertained and
paid as follows:
At the end of each quarter OF the
fiscal year ending June 30. 1903. a sum
of money equal to 40 per rent Of the
amount of import duties collected dur
ing each quarter of the year on articles
of the growth and product of the is
land Of Cuba coming directly from that
island into the United States Of Amer
lea on Cuban bottoms: for the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1904, during each
quarter, 30 per cent Is to be paid: for
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1905. %
per cent; for the fiscal year ending
June 30. 1906, 30 per cent. and after
the fiscal year ending June 30. 1907, Is
per cent. The amount thus collected is
to be devoted under the terms of the
bill to the construction of n permanent
harbor. a system of sanitation n
other public improvements and a sys-
TEN of public schools.
AS a set off for this rebate which
Senator Dietrich proposes to give Cuba
for five years, that country Is to remit
on all imports from the United States,
subject to payment at the end of each
quarter Of the fiscal year ending June
30. 1903. rs per cent OF the import du-
ties and other charges imposed upon
like articles imported into Cuba from
any country other than the United
States, for the fiscal year ending June
80. 1904, 80 per cen Is to be absorbed;
for the fiscal year ending June 80. 1905.
S5 per cent; for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1906. 80 per cen and the same
in 1907.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
Long Term for Forgery.

DIR. Jackson b. Thomas, OF Philadel-
phia, who secured a loan Of &c. 900 from
w. q. Putnam. a Davenport, Ia. at
torney, last fall. on papers alleged to
be forged. was sentenced TO seventeen
and one-half years at hard labor in the
penitentiary by Judge Wolfe. DR..
Thomas made frequent trips to Iowa
and Indiana to raise money. Many
successful operations and n score Of
aliases have been learned of since his
arrest.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
Doubt Violation.

Colonel Crowder. assigned to inves-
tigate the alleged violation OF neu-
trality laws by the British at Port
Chalmette. La, submitted his formal
report to the president. 1t will be re-
ferred to the attorney general for his
opinion on the law points involved. 1t
Is not believed that Crowder obtained
evidence sufficient to s~ubstantiate the
charge that arms and ammunition
have been surreptitiously sent from
this country on British transports.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
Woman Saves q Train.

Mrs. T. A. Watson. wife of a far
mer living near S%earsboro, Iowa, saved
the Iowa Central passenger train from
going through a burning bridge. A
long wooden bridge. three miles north
Of S~earsboro, on a sharp curve, took
fire. presumably from Goals dropped by
a freight engine. The smoke was no.
ticed by Mrs. Watson. who, knowing
the passenger train from the south was
nearly due, ran to a point south and
tagged the train Just in time. The
crew fought the flames two hours.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
Memorial FOR Rhodes.

A meeting Of Capetown. South Afri-
ca citizens to establish a national me-
mortal in honor OF the late Cecil
Rhodes was held Thursday. A COM
mittee was appointed and will issue an
appeal for funds throughout the Brit
ish empire for the purpose of erecting
an immense cairn on Devils peak,
overlooking the Cape peninsula. The
cairn is to be surmounted by IN heroic
bronze figure Of Cecil Rhodes looking
to the north.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
Searching for Crowley.

Albert Young. of Hilltop. Kan, and
Mrs. George Crowley and sister, of
Council Grove, were in Emporia the
other day, looking for George Crowley,
who drove to Emporia from Council
Grove about three weeks ago with a
wagon load of junk. Since coming to
Emporia he has not been heard of.
Crowley had over 500 and foul play Is
feared. A driver named Dumprope was
with Crowley when he came to En-
poria. Later Dumprope left and his
whereabouts is now unknown. Officers
are working on the case but have not
the slightest clue.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
Sets Fire to Her Clothing.

S%dturating her garments with kero-
sene, Mrs. Abraham Antoranum of
Waukegan, ILL.,, set them on fire while
her husband slept in an adjoining room
and in a few minutes died in terrible
agony. Her husband, awakened by her
screams. started to aid her, only to
find that he had been locked In his
bed room. He broke down the door,
and in his efforts to eXtinguish the
flames enveloping his wife was so bad
ly burned that he may die. The sui
eide was the elimination of q recent
quarrel between Mr., and Mrs. Ar.ora-
num-.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
Pope Receives Pilgrims.

The pope. says a Rome dispatch OF
April 10. received in audience a large
number of Swiss pilgrims. Owing to
the diplomatic rupture between Italy
and Switzerland a hostile demonstra-
ton against the pilgrims was feared.
but II was prevented by the exhaustive
military precautions by the govern
ment.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
WILL GET A
c"ss County Miners to Benefit by Fro.
visions of Ohio win,

Postmaster Smith of Plattsmoutb.
Neb., has received a letter from an at
torney at Defiance, O., asking him TO
locate two children Oh ]. F.. Corwin.
deceased. The children are named
among the heirs to a large estate left
by Corwin's father. The younger Cor
win suddenly disappeared from platts-
mouth about nine years ago. leaving
a wife and two small children, He
went TO Denver and later to Wyoming,
where ne railroaded until three years
age, when he died. In the meantime
MIS- Corwin married again and che Is
now Mrs. Simon Hanson. Her hus.
band is a well-to-do farmer, and they
live on a farm near Nehawka. Tn.
children referred to are twelve and
fourteen years of age, respectively.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
WANT BEEF ADMITTED FREE

Labor Unions Petition for Removal, of
Tariff.
The delegates to the central labor
union, representing organized labor in
Boston. adopted resolutions calling at
tention to the advance in the price
Of meat by six firms in the meat and
provision business, otherwise known
as the beef trust" and requesting the
attorney general of the United States
to take measures that will compel
the said firms to discontinue their ne
farious practice" Congress Is also re-
quested to pass the bill to remove the
tariff on fresh meats.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
DIsa n q Pension,

The house. Thursday, received a mes
sage form the president, returning
without his approval a bill passed to
pension Thomas Il. Waller, first lieu-
tenant Of company A. Ninety-frst
Pennsylvania, who for disobedience of
orders In refusing to go on picket duty,
was cashiered in 1865. ITO inscribe
his name on the pension rolls would
be to condone an i~nexcusable offense
by n commissioned officer" says the
president.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
lExiled for Eloping.

The Vienna Neue Zeitung states the
czar's niece. Grand Duchess Helena,
aged twenty, recently eloped from st.
Petersburg with a plebian student. The
couple was intercepted at Warsaw
while enroute abroad. The grand duch-
ess was sent home. while the student
was exiled to Siberia.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
New Men for philippines.

After u year of idleness. the army
transport Sherman vent again into
commission Thursday, and sailed for
the Philippines. On board are 4l6 men
of the Second infantry, under command
of Captain Wilson. fifty recruits and
casuals, 100 marines. AZ hospital corps
men and ninety cabin passengers, in
Guiding army officers. their wives and
relatives, contract surgeons and civil
ians.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
lRObber IL Caught.

C. e. Burnhaus was arrested at Zu-
rich, Kan, by Deputy United States
Marshal McGrath. ostensibly on the
charge Of violating the game laws. al
though the real charge is said to be an
alleged conspiracy to rob several post
Offices. Burnhaus is said to belong to
a gang who have been operating in
western Kansas for several months.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
Didn't show Him,

Ray Pullman registered at the lie
Grand hotel at York. Neb.. and was as
signed to his room The following
morning Landlord Miller went past
the room and smelled escaping gas.
He entered and found the occupant
almost helpless. A physician was called
and he was resusciated. He had lof.
the door to the Don q little ajar and
that saved his life. He was from
Chillicothe, Mo.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
NEW TRIAL ORDERED

The Judge Under Impression WOman's
Screams Affected Jury.
An Atlanta. Ca. dispatch says: Be-
cause Mrs. Molly Eady Duncan. on
trial for the murder Of her husband,
became hysterical and her creams had
reached the ears of the jury after they
retired, Judge Gambler in the criminal
court Friday ordered a mistrial in the
case, saying the occurrence affected
him and must certainly have affected
the jury.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25

1t Is announced that the new presi-
dent OF the National Congress Of
Mothers has children OF her own. 1t
Is safe to say, therefore, that she has
neighbors who don't believe she
knows the least thing about the bust
ness.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
Falls In Cistern.

Mrs. Deborah Lawrence. who is past
seventy years old. fell through a trap
door to n cistern on a porch at N. Lib
Dy's home in Elk Creek. Neb.. while
there on a visit. The cistern Is four
teen feet deep and contained about four
feet of water. A ladder was lowered.
upon which she climbed out. Beyond
a few bruises no serious injury was
sustained.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
The Meteor Arrives.

The German emperor's yacht Meteor
has anchored off Hythe, Captain Kar-
He says the yacht encountered con-
siderable stormy weather, but made
the trip from New York in sixteen
days and two hours.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
Want shorter workday,

Twenty-Five hundred street car m
ployes at San Francisco have presented
n demand to the United Railway COM
pany asking a fiat rate of twenty-five
cents per hour and a ten hour day,
setting the time limit to answer on
Friday. They now receive $3.50 for
eleven and one-half hours.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
HOUSE REcEDES

Members Accept Senate Substitute for
Chinese BII.
The members of the house who have
been chiefly interested in advancing the
Chinese exclusion bill, after informal
conferences, decided to accept the sem
ate substitute adopted Wednesday on
tinuing in force the present laws and
applying them to our insular posses
sions.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
Socialism aud Evolution.

DR.. II. s. Alley. of Lincoln, Neb., who
is deeply interested In the cause of So
cialism, and who has made several ad-
dresses on the subject, is now publish
ing them in pamphlet form, the latest
issue being Socialism and Evolution"
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
Admits lie Murdered.

A Lucca. April II, dispatch says: The
notorious brigand, Musolano. when ex-
amined In his trial for murder and rob-
berry. frankly acknowledged commit
ting the murders charged. but in ex-
~tenuation said; IL am an honest man
and was executing justice" He earn
estly %repudiated the accusation OF
thefts.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25

Old settlers are able to recall with
q distinctness that Is all too vivid
many a spring when the roads were
blocked with snow in this section az
late as the middle OF May. It is a
noticeable face that the older the set
tier is the more discouraging are the
stories that he can tell about late
springs.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
hoy Accidentally Shot.

A 4-year-old O of Anthony ]. Lang
don was accidentally shot through the
breast with a 22-caliber target rife,
while playing with his brother at his
fathers farm, four miles south of Gret-
ma. He died later.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
Paper Mil strike Settled.

The strike in the Thilmany paper
mill at Kaukauna. Wis, the biggest
tissue mill in the world, has been set
tied and the men will return to work.
This ends the labor troubles in the
Fox river valley.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25

Boer sympathizers in Holland say
the war in South Africa will last four
years longer. Some Of the other Boer
,s~ympathizers are unwilling to believe
England can hold out that long.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25

The news that there are $4,000, 900
cats in the United States Is no indi-
cation that there is a corresponding
number Of old maids. II simply
shows that the supply of black marten,
imitation sealskin and other fashion,
able furs Is almost equal to the de-
mand.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25

There are about 5000 self.supporting
Pueblo Indians. in twenty.six villages.
twenty of which have day schools. cost.
ing the United States not less than
5000 0 annually. besides a much larger
sum expended upon the boarding
schools.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25

Since the Countess OF Castellane
has taken out a 81. 600, 900 life insur-
ance policy for the benefit OF her cred
itors her lightest sneeze has a poten-
tial value.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
National Association Formed.

Representatives Of about fifty of the
leading manufacturers in the United
States of pickles, kraut, tomato catsup,
preserves, mince meat. etc, met at Gin
c%innati, o., Tuesday, and organized a
national association under the name
of the national association Of manu-
facturers OF food products. William
McMecham of Wheeling, w, Va, was
elected president.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25

! In calling for bids for the construc-
ton of $50 locomotives the Belgian
government offers to give preference
10 those OF American manufacture. II
is cheapest every time to get the best.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25

The movement to change Inaugural
tlon day to the last Thursday in April
will meet with the appreciation OF all
who have contracted pneumonia and
spoiled their best clothes at March
ceremonies,
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
VIII Sectle by ALTERATION

A tentative settlement has been
reached between the miners and opera
tors at the Halliday, H., mines and
the strike has been declared off. The
difficulty will be settled by arbitration.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25

John l.. Sullivan declares that he
would not trade appetites with John
ID. Rockefeller. The latter must be
afflicted with an uncommonly bad
form OF dyspepsia.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25

Buffalo Bill expects to become a mil
lionaire and may yet succeed In hav-
ing his name placed upon Mrs. As
tors list.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25

Secretary Shaw is learning how
much more difficult it is to settle a
dispute owe the r%epacking of q wom-
ans trunk than to settle great finan-
cial problems.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25

Canada is going to build a 10000
barbed wire fence along the Montana
border. But who in Montana wants
to tread on tho tail Of Canada's rag
Ian?
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
USED A ~ClOTHESlINE

German Woman Near Platte Center Com
mits Suicide.
Mrs. Lena Fittje, wife of Fred Fittje,
living ten miles northeast of Platte
Center, Neb., committed suicide by
hanging herself with a clothes line in
a chicken house, where she was found
an hour later by the son, Fred. with
whom the parents made their home.
Mrs. Fittje was a German woman
about sixty years of age. The family
has lived in Grand Prairie township
a number OF years. M~elancholia ia at
tributed as the cause of the rash act.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25

Mr.. Rockefeller's Cleveland pastor
says there are anarchists among the
rich. but he wisely leaves the shoe to
be put IN by those who think it may
fit them.