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The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
DECIDE TO POSTPONE FAIR
agreement Arrived ut. and Congress
VIII lie Asked to Act.

A Washington, May 8. dispatch saws:
Secretary Hay today sent TO the senate
a letter stating the necessity for post
poning the Louisiana purchase EXPOSE
ton from 1908 to 1904.
Enclosed with il was a letter from
Chairman Carter of tho government
commission and a telegram from Pres
ident Francis Of the exposition com
pany, showing the necessity for the
~postponement.
Senator Cockrell had the letter read
iii the senate and then offered an
amendment to the sundry civil appro-
priation bin, now pending in the SEN
ate. providing for the p|ostponemcnt of
the exposition in accordance with the
request.
Inc postponement amendment pro-
Vides for the dedication of the build
lngs OF the exposition on April 80, 1903.
Tor the opening of the exposition to
visitors on May |, 1904. and for its
closing. The coinage of $3.50, 900 in
gold dollar pieces to be- used as a sou-
venir coin is also authorized. the
money thus provided to be a part of
the $4,000, 900 appropriated by congress
Tor the aid of the fair.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
SAMPSON IS DEAD
Dies From Case Of Severe Cero-
bral Hemorrhage.
StNlNnsdOUS FOR NUMBER OF DAYS
Death visits Rear Admiral at Ills Home
In washlns to. --Itemains to be TAX
en- to New yort for i~ntermeut
bret uprte, Author, Dead.

A Washington. May z, special says:
Rear Admiral William 7. Sampson. re-
tired. died at his home In this city at
S o'clock yesterday afternoon. The i'm
mediate cause of death was a sever
cerebral hemorrhage. He had been in
a semi-conscious state for several days.
At the bedside when the admiral
breathed his last were Mrs. Sampson,
Mrs. Lieutenant Cluverius, the ad-
miral's married daughter. Admiral
SIMPSONS two sons. Ralph and Harold
Sampson, DR.. Nixon, the attending
physician. and nurses and attendants.
Mrs. Sampson has broken down under
the severe strain, and was quite i'll all
during the day. But for the critical
condition of the admiral she would
have been confined to her bed.
While no definite arrangements have
as yet been made concerning the fu-
neral ceremonies. it is probable they
will take place Thursday at the Church
Of the Covenant In this city. The re-
mains will be taken to the admiral's
old home at Palmyra. N. Y, for inter
ment.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
''Ilara All.

The Sunday school Lesson had been
on the beauty Of truth and the evil
Of falsehOod and the scripture pass
age under especial consideration was
the story of the sudden demise Of
Ananias and Sapphira. The study Of
the lesson ended, IA visiting clergyman
was asked to speak to the children and
point the moral.
Suppose" he began. "the Lord was
to treat everybody that told untruths
nowadays the same way he did An
anias and Saphira-what would be tho
result"
Prompt and clear came the answer
in the small piping voice of a very lit
tie girl:
"Why. there wouldn't be a single
person left in the whole world"
This Is no fairy tale, either, for this
question was put and this answer
given at the Everyday Church two
Sundays ago, says the Boston Journal.
DR.. Shutter had been preaching for
DIR. Perrin, and at the latter's request
began to address the school as above.
DIR. Perrin did not state whether the
address ended right there, but it Is
pretty safe to say that there was at
least a brief intermission before DIR.
Shutter resumed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
Thrift of Forsiy

Nothing more beautifully illustrates
the small thrift of foreigners than the
mails. For instance: While we write
for transmission abroad over 73, 600
900 letter a year, We receive only So
100000. While of unpaid and short
paid letters we send 1863, 1852. the for
eigners afiiict us with 2.165, $50, on
which we are obliged to pay postage.
While we send abroad 49,157 postal
cards with paid reply, they send as
only 27,7l3. We write more single
cards than they do, beating them near
ly three quarters Of a million in a
total of 100000 In short postage
they impose on Is annually to the
sum of about $500, 600. For sending
and receiving this mail the govern
ment pays 2,250. 900 a year.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
THE JUDGES REFUSE
Decline Ia Turn Boiling Hall Players
over To National League.

Decline To Turn Boiling Hall Players
over to National League.
A st. Louis dispatch Of May 6 says;
Judges Tally and Fisher, sitting joint
ly in circuit court this morning, rem
dered a decision in the cases of the Ma
uonal league ball club against Players
harper. Heidrick and Wallace. The
injunctions sought by the plaintiff are
denied.
Both judges held that the contracts
between the players and the National
league club were one-sided and IA
vored the National league. Judge Tai
~ held that the players preferred to
play for their present employers; that
they are following their chosen calling
and selecting their own association.
enjoying the gains OF their own indus
try, These are the natural rights of
free men," said the court, rights which
cannot be bartered away either by ron
tract or consent because of constitu-
tional provisions"
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
LIFE IN BUSY CITY o. BUTTE
Men Are O~ctogrnarian' at 40; Senile
Ruins al 10.

Men Are Dctogenarian' ut foi Sen'le
Euins al 40.
Into an ounce of brandy put a
small dose OF cocaine; drink the mix
ture. and in ten minutes you will find
Yourself in the mental ard nervous
condition which is tho normal state OF
the citizen Of Butte. says a writer in a
Boston paper.
Butte never sleeps. II Is as wide
awake at 2 in the morning as at mid
day. every shop open. every industry
in full blast. The life OF the town de.
ponds upon the mines and the smelter;
and these never stop. Day in and day
out, the year round. they work con-
%tinuously. with three cight-hours
shifts" of men. II stepping in as It's
predecessor steps ont; from years end
to years end neither industry ever
drops a stitch. The shift that comes
off duty at midnight must eat, drink,
and he served with it's amusements
like the others. SO it happens that
every door in town. of boarding house,
shop. saloon. theater and all the rest
stands always ajar. So far as bust
ness Is concerned. there is literally no
day, no night. One hour Is like all
the rest; every hour Is an hour of
hustle. To the stranger it appears
like delirium; to the man of Butte 1t
Is a matter OF course.
The result is easily foretold: Quick
exhaustion and early death. The man
of Butte Is an octogenarian at 40, n
sonile ruin at 50. No one lives to be
old, in the accepted eastern use OF the
word: you will never see that white
and venerable and useful old age
which has so firm a place in our life,
our poetry. III very religion. Over
strung nerves snap; brains crumble;
hearts yield to their load.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
BRET r is DEAD
Famous Author, Poet and UumOrist
Passes Away In London,

Famous Author, Poet and Humorist
Passes Away In London,
Bret Harte. author. poet and humor-
list. died Monday at Red House, Cham
berley, says a London dispatch. His
illness. which was an affection of the
throat. was not thought to be neces-
sarily serious and the end accordingly
came rather suddenly. Mr.. Harte had
a hemorrhage, death following soon
afterward.
Frances Bret Harte was born at Al
bany. N. ", August %. 1889. In 1854
he went to California and became q
miner. school teacher. express mes
songer. printer and editor. In 1864 he
was appointed secretary of the mint
at San Francisco, holding the Office
till 1870. In the meantime he became
editor Of the Overland Monthly and be-
came famous by the publication of his
poem. The Heather C..lnese." In 1871
he went to New York and Bosto 4; was
appointed consul at Crefeld. Germany,
in 1873; was transferred to Glasgow
in 1880. and in 1885 tool up his resi-
dence in London. where he has since
lived. Among his famous writings
we're Luck Of Roaring Camp" Mrs.
Skaggs' Husband" Echoes of the
Foothills" Tales Of A%rgonauts,"
Thankful Blossom" "a Wait of the
flains," etc.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
RAIN CHART AND CROPS
Weather bureau People Tell About Them
In bulletin.

Weather bureau People Tell About Them
In bulletin.
The University of Nebraska weather
bureau gives out the following: Rain
fall chart for week ending 8 a. m. May
5. The past week was warm and dry,
followed on Sunday and Monday by
general and sufficient rain. The daily
mean temperature averaged z degrees
above the normal. The maximum tenn
peratures of the week were generally
about or slightly below 80 degrees.
Very little rain fell during the week
previous to Sunday. A general rain
followed In the southern counties. with
rainfall ranging from half an inch
TO an inch and a quarter.
The week, previous to the rain. was
most un~favorable for the growth OF
vegetation. Winter wheat continued
to suffer for lack of moisture and Is
considerably damaged In a few south
ern counties. where some wheat fields
have been plowed up. Oats continue in
a very poor condition. Grass is short
and pastures poor. Plum. cherry and
apple trees are blossoming very full
and indicate a good crop. Flowing for
corn is we'll advanced, but cor plant
ing has progressed rather slowly the
past week because of the dry condition
Of the soil. The rain will materially
improve the condition of all crops.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
The Ping Pom: Craye.

In London a ping pong dance, in
which the ladies wear ping pong
patches and powdered hair, Is the
latest development Of the present
mania.
The ladies', carrying white balls,
with a red number on each, and each
gentleman a scarlet ball, with a CORE
spending figure in white, walk down
the ball room and meet at a silken net,
Batting begins. As soon as each
dancer secures a ball the numbers are
called out, pairing of begins, and the
couples glide down the room hand in
hand, in minuet style.
The latest rival Of ping pong by the
way is table bowls, which are just be-
ing exhibited at the Alexandra palace.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
WHAT PHYSICIANS MAY DISCLOSE
4 Decision by the Court Of Appeals Of
MtssOurl

FuINsOuVI.
An important ruling made by a court
was that when a person who Is suing
for damages testiies in court hat a
doctor examined him and found him
injured. the doctor is a competent wit
ness in the case. and must tell about
his treatment Of the case and what he
found.
This ruling was made in the case OF
w. r. Highfall against tho Missouri
Pacific Railway company. Highfall
was n passenger on a train, and
claimed To have had his hip ~dislocated
by a blow Of a swinging car door. His
case was tried in the Circuit court Of
the county, and a jury gave him $500
damages. This verdict the Court CT
Appeals reversed and remanded the
case for a new trial because when DR..
Wood was put on the stand in the trial
of the case, and was asked what he
found to be the matter with Mr.. High
fall, the lawyers for the latter objected
to the question. and the court sus-
tanned the objection. holding that a
physician cannot be forced to reveal
| the secrets OF the slck-room. But the
Court of Appeals holds that when a
witness seeks to fOrtify his case by tes-
tifyinE hat a doctor found him in
jured. he valves the secrecy imposed
by the statute. and the doctor may be
put upon the stand to testify.-Kau-
sas City Star.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
Baby Drowned In Jar.

A little child of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Wheeler OF Warnerville. Neb.. about
fourteen months old, pitched into a
nve gallon jar containing about four
inches OF water Friday and was
drowned. The mother was washing
and had gone out, leaving the girls
the little fellows attention, 2 3Slaf
empty the jar, but something calling
the little fellows attention drew him
from the Dom On the mothers re-
turn, after but a few minutes absence,
she found the child beyond recovery.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
King rd's Cook.

The cook of King Edward of Eng
land draws a salary of $40, 1000. This
Is the same as the salary OF a lieu
tenant general or an admiral 81 the
fleet and exceeds that OF many bishops
OF the Established Church. The King
has often referred to his cook as a
perfect treasure and has often prof
ferea him a cigar from the royal
pocket case. The cook is a French
mai named Menager and maintains a
splendid establishment Of his own. Hs
generally goes to the royal residence
at IL o'clock in the morning and drives
there In his own carriage.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
Not Exempt In America.

There was an amusing incident yes
terday In a house-rental. Office In Du-
luth. The agent OF a certain dwelling
had managed to squeeze two raises
out OF a steady and prompt paying ten
ant and was after the third. The ten
ant is a son of the Emerald isle. lie
paid the two first raises without pro-
test, but he became wroth at the third
attempt. lie HE'D him to the agency
and said to the agent:
"Ill not stand thot raise
"All right. Get out"
GLADLY. ken from Oireland to es-
cape the landlords and OF little thought
I'd find a maner one here than there"
Duluth News.Tribune.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
HAPPY THOUGH IN THE PooRnOUsE
Pauper Once Rich and y Partner of
Jaw Gould.

The tricks played by fate upOI ha-
mainly ore many and varied. One
would naturally think that a man who
was the partner and trusted friend OF
Jay Gould. the noted financier, and
who had attained n fortune would be
in a fai" way to pass his declining
forts OF varitu III kinds about him. Jo-f
siah Lynn, who fifty years & con.
Quoted with Gould a number OF sue
cessful business enterprises and who
then located in Washington, N. j., to
enjoy his wealth, Is now a public
charge. old and blind but cheerful and
philosophical withal.
Mr.. Lynn is IS years old. has snow
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
AMOS J. CUMMINGS DEAD

congressman aud Veteran Journalist
succumbs to Pneumonia.
Congressman Amos ]. Cummings of
New York died Friday at the church
nome and infrmary in Baltimore. Md
lhe cause or death o pneumonia, in
cident to an operation. The congress
mans wife and cousin, Charles II.
cummings, were at his bedside when
death came. Mr.. Cummings was a
democrat and has been an active mem
Der OF New York Typographical union.
No. &, for many years.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
AS THE WORLD
REVOLVES
SEEK GOLD SEEN IN A VISION
Farmer CITY. UIIL.) Men Led by Women
spirItualIst.

Farmer city. UIiL.) Men Led by Women
spiritualist.
Mrs. Edward Conover, a spiritualisS
who resides at Farmer City, ILL.,, has
stirred that village with a vision
which, she says. has disclosed to her
the location of an immense pot Of gol4
south of Farmer City. In her vision
she says. she was told to select twelve
men, the names OF whom were given
her by the spirit. She told the twelve
men of her vision. but n Of them
was unable to join in the search SO
Mrs. Conover secured another person.
While looking for the treasure the
man who had said he could not come
put in an appearance. making thirteen
men. Last night. Mrs. ConOver says
a spirit told her there was an evil
person in the party. and that the gold
could not be found until he was dis
charged. y
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
LEAVES ALL TO HIS SONS
The VIII Of the Late J. Sterling Morton
Read at Nebraska civ.

Inc VIII of the Late j. Sterling Morton
Read at Nebraska City.
The Will of the late J. Sterling Nor
ton was read Friday afternoon. IL
provides for the disposition of his es-
tate, worth upwards OF $3.50, 900, among
MS 1our sons, an annuity being pro-
'ided for his sister, Emma Morton.
JOY Morton, the Oldest son, will re-
ceiVe the homestead. Arbor Lodge. in
lieu OF which he will pay into the es-
tate $25 ,OOO. The life insurance.
amounting to slO0. 600, will be equally
divided among the four sons or their
lcirs.
The property is listed as $65, 900 real
estate, 100000 personal, and the bal.
ance life insurance.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
Gives Awny LIQUORS,

Lord Sholto Douglas Tuesday night
gave away all the liquor in his saloon,
a drink at a time. IN forty minutes,
says a Spokane. Washington, dispatch,
after which he announced his retire
ment from business. II was the Wild
est night in the tcnderloin of Spokane.
Douglas recently received $4,000 re-
mittance from England and announced
he would attend the coronation with
his wife.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
BLOW OPEN A DEPOT SAFE
Craftsman Bind Waterman and Makes
OR with Money.

Three masked and armed safe
crackers blew the safe at the Lake
Shore freight depot, at the foot of Wat
o street. Cleveland. o.. and secured
an unknown amount of money, thought
% be about $500.
The robbers had a violent struggle
with the night Waterman and after
oyerpowering him he was bound and
gagged. Then the men took from him
everything he had before proceeding
with the drilling of the safe.
The safe was badly wrecked. There
is no clue to the robbers.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
Falls Dead While Mt Work.

y. +. Bracket, and old resident OF
Nebraska. who lives near Pawnee City,
fell dead while at work in his barn
Tuesday evening. He was past sixty
years of age and leaves a wife and two
sons, one of whom Is an instructor in
the state university,
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09

People who are in the habit Of sell
ing their old books to the junk men
should keep the fact in mind that an
old volume bearing tho date 1867
brought $l.10O in New York recently.
There was nothing valuable about the
book but its age.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09

white hair and a fine intellectual face.
He was when young n good business
man and made money fast. Then came
rererses and his fortune dwindled. His
wife dieG friends deserted him and
his eyesight failed. Still he was happy
and even when ii became necessary to
remove him to the %poorhouse at Kars-
vile, \. j., his courage did not fail.
Mr.. Lynn il awaiting the last sum-
mons hopefully but Is content with
prevailing conditions while they must
be endured.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
Curious Shipped to Lincolu.

Word comes from Plattsmouth, Neb.,
that H. r, Biackman, a representative
OF the State Historical society, has
packed up the Hempel collection of
curiosities and shipped them to Lin
coin, Several of those who owned cur
los took their property away, but most
of the old relics were turned over to
the historical society.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
Bnnsas Gets u DrenchIng.

A Wichita. Kan, dispatch of May 4
states: The drouth is broken here.
Heavy rain is falling tonight accom-
panied by a fearful electrical storm.
1t is doubtless general, as wire COM
munication is badly crippled for more
than 100 miles south. The Importance
of rain here Is shown by the fact that
forty million bushels OF wheat was pro-
duced within n radius of forty miles of
Wichita last season.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
THEY SHUT THE DOOR
Cinb women ut Convention Draw tn.
Color Line Tight.

Tuesday may be chrunicled as tho
day when Massachusetts club wOmen
G1w all their pet plans. for which they
have been fighting two years, go down
before the vote OF the convention, says
a Los Angeles, Cal. dispatch. The
final defeat vas given to the admission
o. Colored women's clubs.
The eftort being made to down the
individual club as "a step toward re-
organization through state declarations
Only failed. and the plan to reduce the
pev capita tax from 10 TO 5 cents was
showed under.
The dispatch with which the three
is9 les was defeated, in the midst OF
intense excitement Oh both sides, Ia a
matter of surprise, even to the dele
g. cs who aided IN the result.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09

Since a Waukegan judge has decid-
ed that egg money is the legitimate
perquisite Of a farmers wife, there
will be n chance for some women to
bury new dresses oftener than once in
FIVE years.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09

Paris has prevented ]. Pierpont
Morgan from carrying off one pair of
iron doors. but the city ought to be
careful how 1t treats our covetous mil
lionaire. He may yet transfer the
Latin Quarter to the Bowery, New
York, or Clark street, Chicago.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09

The originator OF the comic valen-
tine has just died at the age OF ninety.
He lived in Philadelphia and was
therefore very slow about facing the
ghosts of his numberless victims,
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
Western Road Incnrpnraies.

The Great Central Railway company
mas been incorporated at Portland.
Ore. with n capital of $4,000, 900. The
road will run from Salt Lake westward
through Utah, Idaho and Oregon. to
Coos Bay, on the Pacific coast.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09

Carnegie advises young men not to
strive to obtain more than a compe.
tence. He will not have to plead very
hard with the majority OF them to
get their consent.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09

King Edward belongs to twenty
cldbs-and probably nothing disagree
able would be done even II he should
not pay his dues.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
House MOurns Three Members.

For tho first time in it's history. the
house met Tuesday with three desks
covered with flowers. draped in black
in memory OF deceased members.
Joshua II. Salmon dem, N. J,,), it was
announced, died suddenly at his home
In Boonton. The chaplain made an
impressive reference in his prayer and
after the appointment of the usual
committee. the house adjourned.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
WIFE AND SON DROWN

Family.
A skiff containing four grown people
and a child vas overturned in the
YoughiOghney river at West Newton,
Pa. Tuesday and two were drowned.
Mrs. Frederick Landsparger and her
son, 4 years old, were drowned.
Besides Mr.. and Mrs. l~andsparger
and the child. Miss Maggie Harrington
and Fred Bendig were in the boat.
L~andsparger helped Miss Harrington to
shore, supposing she was his wife.
When he heard his wife and child
crying for help he returned to the
water, only to see them sink.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
DEATH TAKES ALL VICTIMS

spotted Fever Causes Panic In Montana
and Leads tn Inquiry.
DIR. 4. l.. Longeway. secretary OF the
Montana board OF health. and a party
of scientists lett Helena Tuesday for
the Bitter Boot valley to inquire into
the mysterious malady known as
spotted fever. which is causing a panic
among the inhabitants Of that region.
Every case OF the disease has been
fatal and up to the present time it has
bafled the skill Of all physicians who
have sought to investigate IL.
Several eminent New York scientists
have been invited to participate in the
investigation now commenced by the
state.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09

And the greatest victory that Wis
coDsin Grand Army veteran ever won
was In securing three kisses without
having to pay for them.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09

Having seen a few portraits of King
Leopold We shall not be surprised at
anything the people who see the origi.
nal every day may take a notion to
do him.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09

The prospect of having American
college yells at Oxford seems TO dis
woman and proved that though mar
rage may be a lottery there are no
Blanks for the man with a will.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09

II has been brought out in a Connec-
ticut divorce suit that the man was
drunk twice a day for 1854 days in sue.
cession. Why he missed on the 365th
Is not explained.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
PLAY WITH RIFLE Is FATAL
Indiana Man Killed by Gun In Hands of
His Hest Friend,

Aaron G. Black. who lives near Long
Gin, Cass county, Indiana, was shot
and killed recently by his best friend,
Samuel Probst. The two men were
playing with a rife which was in the
hands OF Probst. The weapon was
pointed at Black and in some manner
1t was discharged. The bullet entered
Blacks right breast a little below the
shoulder.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09

During the year 1901 nearly half a
million cases Of champagne were i'm
ported into the United States. 1t will
be remembered as an extra dry year.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
Want Bill Vetoed.

President j. w. Springer of the ma
tional live stock association has sent
a telegram from Denver to President
Roosevelt asking him to veto the oleo-
margarine bill,
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09

The habit of talking back at the
preacher during the delivery of his
ermon Is becoming so common rs to
make church services unusually attrac.
tive,
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09

An Illinois girl wrote her name and
address on an egg and put it in a
crate with others to be shipped east.
She is still waiting for a matrimonial
proposition to hatch out.