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The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-19
HENDERSON QUITS
Speaker Declines to Make the
Race for denomination
OUTS WITH DISTRICT


A Dubuque, la. Sept. IL. special
says: Speaker Henderson. finding that
his views in respect TO the treatment of
trusts by reducing the tariff In whole
or In part. are not in accord with the
views of many of his party in Iowa.
has this day declined to accept the
nomination for congress, and has with
drawn from the race.
The following letter was addressed
to &. T.. Albrook. chairman Of the mo-
tifcation committee, Eldorado. Ia, by
Mr.. Henderson:
swercd the kind notice communicated
by you and your associates advising
me of my nomination for the eleventh
time by reclamation as tho republican
candidate for congress- for the Third
congressional district of Iowa. Re
ported conditions In the public mind In
my district upon public policies In
ducod me to make this delay. Since
my return to the district ! have made
IA careful study as to the sentiment
in the district and state, and ! be-
lieve there is no little sentiment. and
n growing sentiment. among repub-
LEANS that ! do not truly represent
Nli'it Nl'"S VII ~ y WV
believing this condition to exist
and knowing that | do not agree with
many of my people hat trusts. To
which | am and have been opposed. can
be cured. or the people benefited by
free trade In whole or In part. | must
decline to accept the nomination sc
| generously and enthusiastically made.
| have devoted twenty of the best
ynnrv IF nv lifn IN tho cnrNirn nf m
people and my country, and | nave
fought for what ] believe to the best
for the farmer. the laborer and tho
business interests of this district and
state.
81 am grateful for the devotion thai
has ever been accorded me. and tn thu
hour of my death ! will hold In 1
greatful heart the memory Of that de
votion. | will give, later ON. In som
detail my views and convictions Oi
our conditions and on public questions
and will state my reasons why tn
republican party and its pOlicic
should continue in the confidence o
the voters of the United States n n
why the doctrines in the democrac.
should find no Judgment in the fat
and teachings OF the republican party
Very truly yours,
ID. u. HENDERSON,"
Speaker Henderson announced hi
withdrawal after a conference Of sev
eral hours duration with Chairma
CHASER OF the congressional commit
tee. Henderson has been contempla'
ing this action for two weeks. but ha
intimated nothing of 1t to his friend
until yesterday.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-19
Acts Pm ri of Advisor

John p. Jansen, of Jansen. Neb.,
state representative to the Paris ex-
position, has zone to the YOrkton dis
trict, Manitoba, to cooperate with the
immigration officials !ntrying to induce
the D%oukhobors to give up the fanat-
zeal ideas which have possessed them
OF late. Published reports of the crazy
and u~naccountable actions of the Douk-
hobors have brought him from Ne
braska and he will try to dissuade them
from chasing away their cattle and
leaving themselves destitute OF food
the coming winter.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-19
ISL DEAD
Killed In u Dlsg rnccfui Rrawi ut New
York saloon

Killed In u Disg racrfuI Rrawi ut New
York saloon
A New York, Sept. g, dispatch SAYS:
Nicholas Fish, banker; head of one OF
the oldest and wsalthicst of the kniCL-
crbockcr family. brother of Stuyvcsant
Fish. president OF the Illinois Central:
father OF Hamilton Fish. the heroic
young man who lost his life in the
notable charge at Las Quasimas. died
ut the Roosevelt hospital at 2:45
o'clock this morning after an operation
following i~niuries sustained to his skull
In II saloon and restaurant at 265 West
Thirty-fourth street, late yesterday
afternoon.
The police early this morning arrest
ed Thomas Sharkey, who they declare.
is the bankers assailant.
According to Proprietor Erhardt Of
the saloon, Fish, accompanied by two
women known In the neighborhood.
came into the place and ordered drinks
and food at . O'Clock. lie remained at
the table until five, when "A man. whom
habitucs of the place recognized ~ "a
frequent companion Of women, zane in.
walked to- the table and engaged In an
argument with the banker. finally
striking him. Fish started to walk
outside, when his assailant struck him
again. knocking him to the sidewalk
and f%racturing his skull.
Fish wal removed To a HOSPITAL and
the AFFAIR suppressed. Mrs. Fish was
summoned from Tuxedo Park and gaNc
her consent to an operation.
Sharkey Is aged forty-cight. Mrs
Libbie Slcight, alias Phillips, AMI Mel
lie Casey, said to have been the woman
with Fish. are also under arrest.
Nicholas Fish was the eldest son o'
the late Hamilton Fish, governor ol
New York. United States senator an,
secretary of state In Grants cabinet
He was born In New York In 1876. II
1871 he was appointed second secretary
OF the legation at Berlin and three
years later became secretary. From
1877 to 1881 he was United States
charge d'afairs In Switzerland ant
from 1882 to 1886 United States minis
ter tn Belgium.
Coroner Jackson this morning hel'
Sharkey In $4,000 bail to await tn
grand jury's action. The women wer'
held in $500 each.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-19
A field OF FIRE
Beaumont Oil Fields Become a
Sea Of Flames
MANY EXPLOSIONS FOLLOW


A Beaumont, Tex, Sept. T.. special
says: Between 3 and 4 O'Clock this
afternoon the oil running under the
trestle Of the Sabine L. East Texas
railway, near the leading tracks OF the
Palestine Beaumont OH company. on
Spindle Top, was ignited by sparks
from a passing engine and about sixty
feet of the trestlo were burned away.
A train was sent out from Beau
mont to bring in the passengers on the
train south of the trestle coming from
Sabine. About fifty cars loaded with
oil are tied mp al Gladys City on ac-
count of the fire. The fire was brought
under control after a great waste OF
oil. The trestle was consumed. Spin
die Top Is intact.
Later advices state that this evening
the fire in some way had abeen COM
municated to the field and n number
OF large settling tanks. containing
thousands Of barrels of petroleum have
already exploded II Others are re-
ported as being in the direct line of
the fire which has sphead over a wild,
area already.
Tie ground is saturated with oil and
there is no chance for stopping the
progress Of the flames tonight.
The fire is spreading rapidly and II
is feared the whole field will be ignitet
before daylight.
A telephone message from Gladys
which Is the station at the oil field
says the whole of the Ware
tract, embracing several acres ant
containing a large number of wells
have been burned over and 1t IL be
lieved that some Of the wells hav,
caught, though this is not as yet posi-
lively determined, as no one can ap
proach to find out.
At 1880 o'clock this friday morn
ing the telegraph operator at Gladly
says he fears he will be compelled (,
leave his post and all means of com
m%unication will be cut off.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-19

SERIOUS CHARGES
Strikers's lawless Acts Are Set
Forth BY the U. p.
NON-U ION MEN TERRORIZED
Destruction Of Property by Dyna.
mite-rrotection of Police 10
Constantly Needed.
NON-U IoN MEN TERRoRIzED

An Omaha, Sept. 18th, dispatch says:
The following statement has been
given out by John N. Baldwin, general
attorney Of the Union Pacific railroad.
explaining the present strike situation
from the railroads standpoint:
The Union Pacific company is en-
titled to full protection of its property
and to the security of its employees
from insults and assaults, and to Sc
cure such protection it will call upon
the city, state, or federal authorities.
If necessary. The frequent acts of
violence must stop. or decisive action
will be taken.
IF the public knew the full details of
the many lawless and brutal acts re-
Gently committed by the strikers. there
would be less sympathy expressed for
them and less encouragement held out
to them to continue the strike. Look
ing owe the list of assaults during the
last week, 1t is remarkable that such
a state Of affairs should be tolerated in
this city, and much more remarkable
that II should be encouraged by appar-
entity well-meaning citizens.
Crowds of strikers and their SYM
pathizers frequent the gates of the
J,;nr ,.lo. A.. ,1t
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-19
THE NEWS BOILED DOWN

While returning from hunting. Peter
Peters, who lives ten miles northeast
of Hays, Kan, accidentally dropped
his gun, discharging It. killing n
niece four years old and mortally
wounding another, five years old.
A farmer by the name Of w. J. Ber-
ryman, residing five iailes northwest
of Lincoln Center, Kan, had a foot
cut entirely off by a moving machine.
He may survive, though he is in bad
condition and his age Is against him.
The navy department has not yet
been advised officially of the alleged
grounding Of the batt!eship Iowa near
Cape Nossa, Brazil. IL the ship sus-
tanned any serious damage 1t Is be-
lieved Captain Perry would have
cabled the department.
James Leslie Ingrum, the S-year-old
son of James Ingrum, living north
west of Burlington, Kan, was in
stantly killed by having his head split
in two. He was playing around his
fathers cane mill and his head got
caught between the speep the horses
are hitched to in running the mill, in
such q way that q knot on the sweeper
| crushed his head against a bolt on the
mill, literally splitting the head open.
Sam Short, a negro prisoner in the
re~fornatory at Hutchinson, Kan,
| made his escape from the institution.
He was working in the sorghum mill
| when an officer rode up on a horse
| and dismounted. A moment later
| Short leaped on the horses back and
made his escape. He was seen a few
| minutes later by a woman, riding
westward through the city. Short was
sent up from Wyandotte county for
burglary and larceny about four years
ago.
An engine and ten cars Of freight on
the Louisville. Henderson & st. Louis
railway were derailed at Worthington,
XIV, by a collision with a bull that got
on the track. Engineer Hill, OF Glover
port, and Brakeman Leamon OF Louis
Vile, were killed.
Arthur C. Humphreys. Spanish vice
consul at oNrfolk, Va, who entertained
Admiral Cervera when the latter was
a prisoner of wal in this country,
has returned from Spain and
characterizes as absurd the stories OF
Cervera living in poverty. He says the
admiral has an elegant home In the
suburbs Of Cadiz.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-19
WONDERFUL CONVENTION
Annual Meeting Of the DIcipies or Christ
mt Omaha tn Iye Record breaker

Annual Meeting of the Dicipies OF Christ
at Omaha tn Be Record Breaker
For the first time in the history of
the United States every railroad has
made q one-fare rate to a religious con-
vention. The convention in question Is
the annual information convention OF
the Disciples of Christ, which meets
in Omaha, Neb.. October 15-23, l9O2.
II is expected that upwards OF 10000
visitors Will be in Omaha during the
convention.
The convention will be held In the
Coliseum, which has been redecorated
and refurnished for the occasion.
The Coliseum was erected for Patti
to sing in and %, 500 people heard her.
The first national convention OF The
peoples party was held under its roof.
William Mckinley spoke to 10000 peo-
pie within it's walls. The great Bryan
Thurston debate was held there, and
%, 1000 people crowded in. Its acoustic
properties are unexcelled.
The Disciples of Christ In the United
States number 1900, 600. They have
$500 pastors, 10000 church organiza-
tions. 5000 church buildings, hundreds
of schools and colleges and numerous
missionary stations in foreign fields.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-19
DISMISS n SUIT
Such is Advice Given In Reference to
Maximum Rate Case

~"
Maximum Rate Case
T.. =. Dufiie and Ed p. Smith, the
two attorneys to whom the Nebraska
supreme court referred the taking of
testimony and consideration of points
raised in the litigation involving the
maximum freight rate law passed in
1898, recommends to the court that the
action be dismissed. This recommended
ton is on the theory that the state
board of transportation is a necessary
and component part of the law: that
when the Nebraska supreme court de-
clared that the board was uncOnstitu-
tionally created, IL by implication. de-
clared that the whole law was void.
This is the suit brought by G. j.
Smyth against the Union Pacific while
he vas attorney general. He asked that
$685. 900 in penalties be assessed against
the road for alleged violation of the
maximum freight rate law. The ref
erees made no finding on the defense
of the company alleging that the rates
sought to be enforced are unreason-
able.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-19
MARS PEOPLE SMART
Heat Those OF the Earth In Regard to
Intelligence

'Nt' s"VH' w W EANf'" ," 'Tk"'N
Intelligence
That people superior In intelligence
to those of the earth inhabit the planet
of Mars Is q conclusion that will be set
forth by rPof. g. w. Hough. head Of
the department of astronomy OF the
Northwestern university, In a report
which he is compiling Of his summers
observations from the Dearborn oh.
s%eryatory. He asserts this Is a proba'
bility based on recent discoveries anc
adds that. ot course. II can never be
established positively.
The conclusion includes the accept
auce of the theory Of evolution ane
the statements Of leading astronomers
that climatic conditions OF Mars are
the same as of the earth. The posi-.
bility of Venus and Mercury being In
habited is admitted. because they have
solidifed. and the intense heat result.
ing from their proximity to the sun
may have been overcome by a deeper
covering OF atmosphere. None OF the
other planets. the professor said, could
contain animal life.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-19
Miles Depnrts for Philippines

Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles
left Washington Thursday for the
Philippines, where he will make an
inspection OF the principal military
posts in the archipelago. The generals
party, consisting OF Mrs. Miles. Col.
Maus, aide-de-camp. and Mrs. Maus.
an orderly and stenographer. occupied
a special car. After a short stop Mt
Chicago the party proceeds to Port
land, Ore, and thence south to San
Francisco, inspecting the coast defense
improvements e%nroute. On September
80 the party sails on the transport
Thomas for Manila and will return to
Washington about the middle OF Ian
uary.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-19
Corn IL Nipped

The national weather bureaus crop
report Tuesday states that frosts have
damaged crops in the northwest and
Mississippi valley as far south al Ar
skull in a sadTRic ?44zatio-OMkaOi
kansas. Ohio. Indiana. Illinois. Mis-
souri, and Kansas escaped injury ex-
cepting in the northern portions where
late corn has been damaged. In Iowa.
northern Nebraska, the Dakotas and
Wisconsin late corn has been serious
ly injured. Very cool weather checked
the opening of cotton in central and
western portions of the cotton region
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-19
Thcrouuh Paced Economy.


A young mar living in Cincinnati
a close worker in money matters.
at is. ne stays close to the shore
tn his expenditures. He had the
cd luck to marry a girl whose
rents are quite wealthy, and ia at
esent living with his wife in ono
his father-in.law's houses.
One day not long since. while dis.
ssing affairs with a friend, the lat
r asked:
Did the old gentleman give You
at house?"
""Well-cr-no, not exactly" was the
answer. He Offered it to me. but |
wouldn't accept It,"
"How's that" asked the friend.
We'll" answered the man who had
made the lucky matrimonial venture.
You see. the house really belongs to
me. I'm living in it, rent free. and
I'll get IL when the old man dies. II
! accepted it now I'd have to pay tho
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-19
THE OBJECT
Are Opposed to saloon License Money
Gnlnx Into SCHOOL Fund

Are Opposed to saloon License Money
Going Into school Fund
The First Nebraska Babtist church
association. which has been In session
at Valparaiso. Neb.. Closed with an
inspiring sermon by Rev. J.. NJ. Hen
ton. OF Lincoln. Every session was
marked by animated discussions and
helpful suggestions. The meetings
are said by all to have been the best
held in many years.
The following resolutions were
heartily adopted:
Resolved. That we give expression
to our protest against the state law
that puts the proceeds of the liquor
license and the fines paid in our police
courts into the school fund, and that
we urge upon our legislature the en-
actmont OF such a law as will put the
money so received where 1t will take
care AS far as possible of the results
Of the liquor traffic"
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-19
nundreLa Arc OeAN

The list OF the victims of the foresc
fires In Oregon and Washington Will
number hundreds. In the vicinity or
Kalama. Wash, thirty-eight bodies
have been found and around Van
cOuver, Wash. sixteen deaths are re-
ported. In other district the loss rs
proportiOnatcly heavy, while scores OF
farmers. woodsmen and campers are
missing. The property loss is esti-
mated at three millions. Vast forests
of valuable timber have been wiped
out.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-19

Hp to him and asked him II he
was working in the shops, He replied
tuat he was. and the man knocked him
down without another word. Another
striker kicked him in the back. He
was almost senseless for awhile, and
when he tried to get up they came
back and knocked him down again.
Several days before this attack Mr..
Guinotte's wife went down to the yards
TO see him. She was stopped AT the
gate and the pickets swore at her n
frightened her so that she was AFRAID
70 go in. Other ladies who have tried
10 see their husbands, or tried 10 SEND
word to and from the gates, nave Deen
treated in the same manner lhey
tell pitiful stories Of the brutal oaths
and threats dealt out TO them by the
pickets.
Last Friday L. II. Reid, one OF the
workmen, was stopped and assaulted
by striker Lee Harrier Tor Haraway),
and was threatened by others. On
Sunday T.. j. Winters, n OF the SHOP
guards, was caught outside the yards
and was badly beaten. There are sew
eral other cases Of minor assaults, and
the threats recently made not only
promise bodily harm to Foreman Tur-
tie and others, but they say the new
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-19
ROOSEVELT IN NEBRASKA
Itinerary Of the President During His
visit to Nebraska

visit to Nebraska
Grand Island and Fremont have been
added to the places at which President
Roosevelt will stop on his trip part
way across this state September q.
That comes in the itinerary from Sec
rotary Cortelyou to Senator Willard.
Stops of half an hour each are to be
made at Hastings, Kearney. Lincoln,
and Grand Island and Of twenty min
utes at Fremont.
There will be, it is said, no deviation
from this itinerary. 1t puts the presi-
dent into Omaha at 3 o'clock in the af-
t~ernoon-the time originally set.
Mr.. Cortelyou emphasizes that there
will be no receptions with handshak-
ings. but instead of carriage drives will
be taken. Also the committees are
to meet the president on his arrival
at the city at which they reside.
Senator Willard is writing the mayor
of each city to be visited about the
arrangements.
The final ext Is this:
Nebraska itinerary of President
Roosevelt's train, which proceeds to
Kearney the nigAt of September u.
Leave Kearney September q at s a,
m, via Union Pacific railroad.
Arrive Grand Island via same o q
at 8 a. IN.
Leave Grand Island via 81. Joseph 4
Grand Island railroad at $3.50 a. m. .
Arrive at Hastings at 1910 a. m.
Leave Hastings at 1910 a. m, via
Burlington railway.
Arrive at Lincoln at l:lO p. IN.
Leave Lincoln at 40 p. m. via Ere
mont, Elkhorn and Missouri Vale,
railroad.
Arrive AT Fremont at 3:l5 p, m.
Leave Fremont, via Union Pacific
railroad at 1886 p. m.
Arrive at Omaha at 3 p. NJ
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-19
WAGE WAR ON HOUSE FLY.
|ashinston Authorities Seem to Have
Undertaken Bio Job.

S'SG'teNSH o'S Sop'
Many generations OF American
usekeepers have been hurried to
cir graves by worriment over the
isca domestica. the stomoxys cal.
trans. the droso~ hila ampelophila-
short. the house fly. At last the de-
krtment OF agriculture at Washing
n has determined TO extermInate
e nuisance II possible. So long as
only meandered gently over the
BILE, buzzed inside the patent screen,
n down upon the sticky paper
|oughtfully provided for ais repose
pa drove the housewife to the verge
insanity to keep him outdoors the
y was allowed to go his way In
pace. But now that it has been dis
bvered that the fly, like his little
|iend. the mosquito, carries germs
bout with him the department Of
Ericulture has decided that he must
,. Incidentally the American house.
lie, when she hears this. will prob.
ply smile a little bitterly and decide
bat the department Of agriculture
las undertaken the biggest job in
Fhich it has yet engaged-in short,
las bitten off more than 1t can chew.
|he department has begun its cam
|aign by the issuance of pamphlets
hrough the division Of entomology to
|calth boards. doctors and individ-
|als all over the country, asking them
p see that no breeding or feeding
paces are afforded the little fly
they u help it. AS II any per-
pm on earth can help it," Guoth the
cary housckeeper as she makes one
ore wild swipe with a towel.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-19
MURDER AT PIERCE
Word Received ut Lincoln of Tragedy In
Nebraska Town

Detective Malone. Of Lincoln, re-
ceived word about midnight Thursday
of a tragedy at the town of Pierce and
was requested to send his bloodhounds
to trace the slayer. A man whose wife
recently secured a divorce came to
town and shot his former wife and her
father. The woman was reported dead,
but the father was still alive. The
person asking for the dogs did not
know the name of the person impli-
Gated in the tragedy. Detective Frank
lin, who was at Beemer with the dogs,
was directed to 60 to the scene.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-19
WON'T THEM
Mine Owners Refuse to Have Anything
to DO with strikers

A Tamaqua. Pa. Sept. IL dispatch
says: No notice "a posted this monr-
ing offering concessions II the men
would return to work Monday. as was
reported yesterday. The big collieries
remained silent as ever and the miners
leaders believe nothing Will be done
before Christmas.
Galleries No. IL and II are working
and it is said that 800 ton of coal
were shipped to New York yesterday
The non-union men are not being mo-
Tested.
A committe OF citizens representing
the peoples alliance left here this
morning for Harrisburg. where they
will confer with Governor Stone with
reference to calling al extra session
of the legislature.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-19

Forest fires continue to rage in differ
ent section of Colorado. A vast strip
of territory has been burned over. Sew
eral summer resorts are in danger.
Along the Wyoming lines flames are
consuming vast tracts of valuable
timber and the governors OF Colorado
and Wyoming have decided to ask the
secretary Of the interior for aid. Smoke
from the fires obscures the at
Cheyenne and the OdOr OF burning
wood Is plainly noticeable, though the
nearest fire Is many miles away.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-19
Two Hundred Miles to Buy a Hat.

A writer in the I,oston Journal 10
responsible for the following story:
"What are you doing in Boston," I
asked a friend of mine, a New Yorker,
the other day, as We met in Postof.
fee square.
Game on to buy a hat"
why come to Boston for that?"
well. you see. in New York when
you put on a new hat all your friends
promptly remove 1t and look inside
to see If 1t was bought at a swell
store. Not having the price tho swell
store wanted and being favored with
a railroad pass, l came on to buy mine
here and fool the crowd. Going back
tonight"
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-19
Run Over hy Switch EnaIne

Edwin II. Ives, trainmaster OF the
middle division of the Santa Fe rail-
way system, was killed at Emporia by
being run over by a switch engine and
Il. Austin. trainmaster of the eastern
division, whose home is at Topeka.
was struck by the engine and hurt, but
not seriously. The men had stepped
off M track In the yards to avoid
a train and stepped In front of an
other.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-19
Strike Declared ON

A special report from Livingston
Mont, says:
Late Tuesday the strike OF macnin-
lists in the shops of the Northern "a
cifc railway was declared on ana thc
men resumed work with the ehceptio'
Of eight, who have refused TO aG,ep.
the decision of Vice President WILSON,
of the international machinis's uhion'
who declared the machlnistS "e'e !"
error in walking out.