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The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-22
Vents Anger ON Woman

Mrs. Zoilo Bello Rodriguez, wife of
former President Andrade's prime
minister. and her four children. ar
rived at Port of Spain, Island of Trini-
dad. recently on a steamer Of the Royal
Steamship company, having been ex-
PEELED from Venezuelan territory by
order Of President Castro. She was
compelled to abandon her home and
family and leave the country within
forty-eight hours. Hitherto the gov
ernments of Venezuela have always re-
garded women as neutrals and have
never held them responsible for the
acts of their husbands.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-22
HERE AND THERE

George w. Inskeep. OF Falls City,
Neb., is n of the four delegates from
Nebraska to the grand council of the
United States !. o. r. NJ, which meets
in Norfolk, Va. September 8. Mr.. In
skeep is also a member of the finance
committee which meets in New York
August 20.
A letter from Miss Gladys Deacon,
daughter of Mrs, Edward Parker Dea-
con. appeared in the London papers
August Is in which the writer asks
the papers emphatically to contradict
the rumors of an alleged betrothal be-
tween herself and Crown Prince Fred.
erick William of Germany.
Ole Jacobson, a farmer residing near
Fremont, Neb.. was struck and killed
by lightning as he was standing be-
side his team in a field.
A telegram from the acting civil
governor of the Philippines states that
Denzil II. Taylor, supervisor of Ilocos
Norte province, died of cholera August
IA. He was formerly a resident Of
Peterboro. N. H., and Rutland, VT.
Geo. Hopkins, one of the leading
scientists of the country, and editor
of the Scientific American, is at the
point of death at his home, "The
Cedars," in Cheshire, Mass, as a re-
suit of a sudden illness brought on
by uremic poisoning.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-22
MORE RAIN is NEEDED
Nebraska Corn In Good shape Hut Lacks
Mo%Isture

Moisture
The Nebraska corn crop IL pro-
nounced by State Crop Reporter Love
land to he In some danger of injury
unless more rain speedily falls. He
says that in the southern part of the
state IL Is now needing rain. while in
some southwestern counties the crop
has already been injured by lack of
rain. The acreage thus affected is
comparatively small. and generally the
crop continues to promise a very large
yield. The report says:
The past week IA wet and cold In
the northern counties and warn and
dry i'm southern and western. The daily
mean temperature has averaged about
normal in the wester part of the state
and two degrees above normal In the
western.
The rain fall has exceeded an inch In
some of the northern counties: In other
parts OF the state il has been generally
less than a quarter OF ar inch.
The cloudy, moist and rainy weather
in the northern counties the past week
retarded haying and t%hreshing. In the
southern and western counties thresh-
ing progressed rapidly. The soil is 80
dry in the southern part Of the state
that little progress was mad with fall
blowing. Corn has grown well in most
parts of the state. Apples promise a
good crop.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-22
CnnsuelO With Us

The Duchess of Marlborough, who,
befor marriage, was Consuelo Wander
bilt, set foot on American soil Tues.
day for the first time since her mar
riage seven years ago. She was ac-
companied by her mother, Mrs. o. H..
=. Belmont and Mr.. and Mrs. w. X.
Vanderbilt. Jr.. the latter a sister or
Chas. Fair. The news of the death
of the latter and his wife caused the
party intense sorrow and may change
the plans of the duchess. The duke Is
in England and probably intends to
live up to his vow to never visit the
United States again.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-22
FLAMES ARE FATAL
c. N. Mccomsey Attempts &c
Start Fire With Kerosene
TWO DEAD, THREE DYING
The OH Exploded. lighting Everything
Helpless Mother. and Infant of a
Few Days. E~nveloped- brave
Effort. of Outsider to Save
rerishing People

A Gering. Neb.. August 10. special
says: Two persons dead, three more at
the point Of death. a sixth fearfully
burned and a residence in Gering In
ashes is the result Of the lighting of a
fire with kerosene at noon yesterday.
G. n. McComsey. whose wife had been
i'll for several days, was attempting to
start a fire in a wood stove when the
oil exploded. setting fire to his cloth
ing and throwing the burning fluid all
over the room. He was fearfully
burned and ran screaming from the
house. Before help could arrive the
fire had also burned his helpless wife,
a baby only a few days old, their two
year-old son and the two little daugh-
ters of Luther A. Cook. a neighbor,
who were playing with the McComsey
boy. County Treasurer Ed j. Whipple,
who was attracted by McComsey's
cries. was the first to arrive. and al
though the house was a mass of flames.
rushed in and carried out the burning
woman and three of the children. The
fourth child had in some way escaped.
All of them were frightfully burned.
McComsey fingered in agony several
baby is also dead. The death OF Mrs.
McComsey and the two Cook children
ia pxpectpd.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-22
BURN AN ELEVATOR
lncendiaries Responsible for a
Fire at Warsaw, Neb
FREIGHT CARS bestowed
One Loaded win Poultry Goal Rims
IVnited-E,iie nce az InccndiariSm
Property Belonged Ia jacques
Elevator Co, of Lincoln

A large grain elevator belonging to
the Jacques Elevator company of Lin
coin burned at Warsaw. Neh.. Tuesday
night. BESIDES the main building. the
power house. a string of coal bins and
four freight cars which were ON the
sidetrack near by were completely de-
stroyed. There was very little grain In
the elevator. but sixty or seventy tons
of coal were in the bins and ~ of the
cars was loaded with live poultry. All
of the books and office furniture were
lost.
There are strong indications that
the fire was the work of an incendiary.
Warsaw Is a mere sidctrack. only m
or two buildings besides the elevator
being there. The fire was discovered
by the manager OF the elevator. who
lives neal by. ut about midnight. At
that time the interior of the elevator.
the power house. the coal bins and the
freight cars were all burning briskly,
but had not gained sufficient Roadway
at any place to fire adjacent buildings.
There is no possible way to account
for IL. except that they were all fired
simultaneously. An elevator belong
ing to the same company was burned
under similar circumstances last sum
mer. Prompt measures will be taken
to apprehend the culprit and bring him
TO Justice,
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-22
August 30, Prayer Day

At one of the MONDAY prayer meet
ings held in Lincoln, in the summer
of 1901. for all Christians. It was sug-
gested that it would be desirable to
have a special day of prayer on the
last Friday of August.
The thought is that the day be made
pre-eminently a day of prayer rather
than for sermons or addresses. 1t is
recommended that each church have
n or two meetings during the day
and that union services be held in the
evening whenever practicable. 1t is
suggested also that wherever advisable
that a special gospel campaign be in
a%ugurated, beginning II possible on
this day.
The call is not only to the Chris
tians of Lincoln and the state of Ne
braska. but to all whom the Lord may
lead O respond to 1t.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-22
%cONFESSES TO ARSON
Man Responsible for Fire at Lawrence
duplicates Others

duplicates Others
James Robinson. a mason. has on
fessed to being the man who caused a
fire at Lawrence. Nuckolls county.
which swept out of existence half of
the business section and ruined several
merchants. He duplicates Mike Nor
ris and Joe Keller, saloonkeepers, and
Ed Miller. a bartender. Robinson says
he was paid to burn cut the opposition
saloonkeeper, who was getting most of
the business. He succeeded after two
trials. He also duplicates two of these
men in other fires in that town In re-
cent years. in which buildings owned
by Keller and Miller were destroyed.
Six fires in as many months caused a
reign of terror in the town, and De-
tective Franklin was employed to fer
ret out the incendiaries. Robinson
was a ne'er do well who was suspected
because of an unusual display OF
money. The detective made friends
with him and finally wormed out the
story by pretending to be something
Of a firebug himself and anxious to
make a bit Of coin.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-22
PROClAiMS LABOR DAY
Governor Savage Sets Apart September

Governor Savage Sets Apart September
for Toiiers
Governor Savage has issued the
usual labor day proclamation desig-
mating September 1 as a day to be
observed in a manner proper by all.
The proclamation is as follows:
by virtue of the authority vested
in me by law. and in compliance with
an express statutory provision, |. Ezra
+. Savage. governor of Nebraska, do
hereby proclaim and designate Mon
day. September I. 1902, labor day.
TO the hand that tolls society is
largely indebted for its existence, well
fare and happiness. Idleness, whether
in high or low stations of life, is a
germ of crime. 1t is a fungus growth
on industry. No pestilence contains
so many elements OF danger. Labor
is a heritage. Providence decreed that
mar should earn his bread by the
sweat of his brow. The law of indus
try therefore is immutable. To toll is
an hereditary legacy whose title can
not be passed. Conditions may strike
uneven balances between individuals,
which may and do manifest their
presence and influence in the form Of
industrial disquietude. but the most
pitiable object is. not the one who
Is required to labor necessarily. but
the one whose kcenest solicitude in
clines to physical lethargy. Human
architecture contemplates labor. and
he that avoids labor c~ontravenes ma
lures laws and does that which is in
tended to transform him into a social
moral and physical derelict. Honor
able employment in whatever capacity
contains none of the essence of dis
respect. IT there is one thing which
more than another entities an indi-
vidual to popular respect, 1t is that he
eschews idleness. That alone masks
him with virtue in the estimation OF
all mankind.
"A day dedicated to industry should
therefore be observed In n proper a
ner by all. and | do therefore respect
fully request that on the foregoing
date the transaction of business be
suspended In a degree consistent with
the public needs. that all places for
the transaction of public business be
closed and that the day be observed
generally in a BETTING the
occasion.
I'm testimony whereof. I have here
unto set my hand and caused the great
seal of the state of Nebraska to be
affixed.
Done at Lincoln. this 18th day of
August, A. d.. 1902.
EZRA p. SAVAGE.
Governor"
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-22
FIXES LINE BEYOND DOUBT
Alaskan Boundry just where Americans
Claim II to Be

StbHhhn EtoUUuEN vuNN
Claim II to Be
Skaguay advices say the question Of
the destruction OF an old Russian
monument in the disputed territory be-
tween Alaska and British Yukon, has
been settled.
s. Wietzman. a merchant VI Haines,
arrived in Skaguay with the news that
Lieutenant Owens had found two mon
uments in perfect repair and definitely
located the place where a third one
had been destroyed.
One OF the monuments discovered Is
about ten miles above Rainy Hollow.
The other Is on the Tahkcena river.
fifty miles from the coast. The third
monument has been destroyed within
a few months.
Owens also found an old storm louise
on the summit. This was called the
boundary house when the Russians oc-
cupied the country. This establishes
beyond all doubt that the Russians did
occupy the territory O disputed and
that the boundary line. according TO
the treaty. is where the Americans
claim II to be.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-22
Accuses an Ex-President

The correspondent OF the Neues
Weiner Tageblatt at Sofia, Bulgaria,
describes. in a dispatch, the violent
conflicts which occurred during the re-
cent congress there of the Macedonian
committee. NJ. Sarafoff, the notorious
ex-president of the committee, was ac-
cused Of misappropriating fifty thous-
agent IN the kidnapping last year Of
Miss Ellen Stone, the American mis-
sionary. He was also accused, accord
ing TO the correspondent, Of paying
$40, 900 to a friend named Deltscheff,
who planned the kidnapping.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-22
THE NEWS CONDENSED

Cholera Is spreading in Manchuria.
A serious food menaces the territory
along the Des Moines river from Des
Moines to Keokuk.
Sir Henry Irving has arranged for
the next appearance of his company in
London at the historic Drury Lane
theater.
The proposition to erect a sanitarium
at Hot Springs. Ark. was defeated by
the knights Of Pythias convention at
San Francisco.
The Boer generals, Botha. DeWet
and Delarey. have left London for
Brussels. From Brussels 1t is their
intention to come to the United States.
Henry Glenny. of the Choctaw. Okla
homa & Gulf railroad, was killed by
Cobb Teel in a street car at Chicago.
He used profane language to the con-
ductor. Glenny. who was accompanied
by his wife, objected and in a fight he
was shot by Teel.
The reaping machinery OF Fritz Ber-
ger, a farmer Of Centennial Prairie. S.
d., near Whitewood, was destroyed by
giant powder. 1t was done at night
and was evidently the work Of some
one in a spirit of malice. A %self-bind-
ing reaper was entirely destroyed.
Texas fever has been discovered ex-
listing In a herd of forty cattle which
had been shipped from East st. Louis
to Girard, Mo-, two weeks age and
which are owned by Alfred a. Sample.
Two of the cattle died, and four Others
are sick. Many Others may be affected.
Corn and wheat will have to be i'm
ported in Mexico from the United
States next winter. The corn crop in
some Mexican states is good, but the
general average is not satisfactory.
A Yokohama, Japan. cablegram says
the little island OF Torishima was
overwhelmed by a volcanic eruption
August 10 and 10, and all the inhabi-
tants-150 in number-were destroyed.
The body of John McNeal. aged GO,
was found in a skin near Paducah, Ky.
He was known from Pittsburg to the
Mississippi as Sailor Jack" II is be-
lieved he died from heart disease while
alone In his craft.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-22
steam PIOws In Kansas

The partial failure of the wheat crop
in Sumner county has not dismayed the
big wheat planters. who are now pre-
pairing their ground for a bigger crop
than ever next year. In the south
part of the county steam plows are in
use. and near South Haven three of
these monster implements are at work
now turning over the ground as fast
as possible. The ground is in fine
shape for blowing owing to the splen-
did rains of the past summer. DR.. T.
j. Hollingsworth of South Haven. who
is one of the wealthiestw heat growers
in this county, has a steam plow in
operation o nhis farms and says he
will plant % wheat this year than
ever before.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-22

MAKERS OF THE WEST
Over One Thousand Delegates at Trans
Mississippi Congress

Mississippi sOngress
A St. Paul, Aug. 10 dispatch says:
Over a thousand delegates were in at
tendance when the convention Of the
Trans-Mississippi congress was called
TO order here this morning. After the
organization, western topics, especially
irrigation, was discussed. The big
feature of the gathering will he the
address tomorrow by J. j. Hill on
Oriental Trade" President Smith in
his opening address said:
AN effort will be made to bring
about a consolidation of the congresses
of the west. There are now mining, live
stock, irrigation and good roads con
crosses. all operating in harmony, but
separately. The idea that better re-
suit could be obtained from CONSOLE
dating is widespread and will receive
careful attention"
The morning session was devoted to
welcoming the guests. The greetings
OF the st. Paul commercial club, upon
whose invitation the congress met here
were given by President Boardman of
that body. Mr.. Boardman gave way to
Mayor Smith. who proffered the well
| come of the city. after which Govern
or Van SAINT performed a similar duty
as chief of the state of Minnesota.
| Brief responses were made by Presi-
| dent John Henry Smith of Utah; Sec
rotary A. +. Francis of Colorado, and
| other officers and leading members OF
the congress.
The program for the session Of the
congress is only partially outlined. The
executive committee has decided that
It would not set any fixed time for the
discussion of various topics. They will
be taken up in order. As rapidly as one
is exhausted another will be intro
duced. In this manner members will
be able to devote time to each subject
in the proportion that they are inter
ested in il.
The largest and most notable delega-
lions in the conventions: Utah, Iowa,
Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Texas,
Colorado. California, Arizona, Wash
ington. Oregon, New Mexico, Wyom-
ing, Montana and the Dakotas.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-22
FAIR Is OVERLOOKING
Agricultural, Machinery. and Live stock
interests Ask for More Space

Interests Ask for More Space
The cry for more room Is reaching
the management OF the state fair from
every direction and in practically all
depart ments. Chairman Rudge Of the
board Of managers Tuesday received
a letter from j. X. Chaplin. Of Blair.
superintendent OF the agricultural
building, who says applications are
now I'm such number hat the building
is more than full. and he suggests that
the board take steps to provide In
some way additional space. The man
agcment expected, considering the year
and the tremendous crops growing in
the state. that the agricultural build
ing would be easily hllcd. but they did
not look for an overflow two weeks in
advance of the fair. Az al index OF
what the agricultural building will
contain. the following counties have
made application for space In which to-
make agricultural county exhibits.
This Is the list to date:
Washington, Howard. Burt. Ante
lope. Scots Blum. Hitchcock. Gage.
Nemaha. Franklin, Kearney. Frontier.
Hayes. Cunning. Saline, Merrick. York.
Rock. Custer. In addition the these
counties. Lancaster county VIII make
an unusually large display Of agricul-
tural products in all lines. Besides
these county exhibits, the university
experiment farm will make its usual
handsome and interesting display on a
larger scale than ever. n all indi-
yidual exhibitors will ave to be ac-
commodated i'm the agricultural build
ing. and their number will be far more
numerous than ever.
In the stock department, the question
of overflow already confronts the man
agemcnt. Requests from swine cx-
hibitors already exceed the capacity.
for his part of the fair on the grounds.
and no state fair in the west has such
large accommodations for swine breed
ers as the Nebraska state board of ag-
riculture furnishes.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-22
Gather for Minnie War

The North Atlantic squadron, includ-
ing the battleships Kearsarge, Ala
bama, Massachusetts and dispatch
boats Maynower. Dolphin, cruisers
Olympia, Brooklyn, and tugs Peoria
and L.eyden. are at Rockport, MASS
having assembled TO await orders 10
proceed to New York to engage n
mimic war. preparations for when
have been in progress for months.
They are likely to sail at any minute
but may remain until after h Maine
makes her trial trip Thursday.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-22
Canada Offers solution

The Canadian government has in
structed the homesteading agents at
Toledo. Ohio, to proceed to the Penn
s~ylvania and West Virginia coal re-
gions and offer inducements TO 10000
or more striking miners and families
to form a colony and locate on home
steads in Canada, the government to
donate land in the great wheat belt.
The men will be provided with work
until they can prepare their land Tor
cTODS.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-22
Czar's Life Threatened

A newspaper of Cracow. Galicia, pub
fishes n report that the car OF Russia
recently found or his desk n missive
from a revolutionary committee threat
ening him with death unless he con-
ceded constitutional government to
Russia. The CZar, according to the
Cracow newspaper, was greatly
alarmed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-22
Six Are Burned to Death

Six lives were lost in a fire which
burned n ramshacle tenement at SO
Essex street, New Yory. After the fire
had subsidized the firemen searched the
building from cellar to roof, finding
six bodies. The dead are Mrs. Annie
Botochin, an unidentified woman, Sal
lie Leibwitz, Louis Leibwitz, Jules
LeibwitZ and Morris LiebwitZ.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-22
DRAGGED By HORSE
Fremont Boy Has Hair Raising EXpe-
rience Riding

Fremont Boy Has Hair Raising Expe-
rience While Riding
Roy Lyons, a Fremont young man
Of nineteen, vas painfully. although
not seriously injured Monday.
He was just starting out with n
companion on a horseback ride TO
North Bend, when a sudden gust of
wind tilted his hat. He made a frantic
grab for 1t, frightened the horse, which
started to run. The saddle slipped
and the boy plunged downward. hang
ing with his feet in the stirrups.
Lyons was dragged half a block be-
fore the animal was stopped. In addi-
tion to injuries received from the drag
ging, he was kicked by the animal. He
received injuries in the head and one
shoulder. but no serious results are
anticipated.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-22
AT lRVINCTON

Man and Boy Overcome by Gas While
In n Well
T.. f. Chambers and Guy Williams,
the fourteen-year-old son of Wesley M.
Williams, foreman of a grading camp
outfit at Spencer, Neb., were drowned
in a well at Irvington, Neb.
Young Williams dropped his hat in
the well and was lowered down In the
bucket by Chambers. When he got
near the bottom the boy fell out and
Chambers went down to rescue him.
They were both overcome by gas and
were dead when taken out.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-22
YELLOW FLAG AT CHICAGO
smallpox ON Hoard u Lake steamer, and
Cargo Must Be burned

Cargo Must Be Burned
For the first time In many years he
yellow flag of the smallpox quarantine
is dying from a ship in Chicago harbor.
Early Tuesday the Huron City. a big
lumber freighter. with a cargo OF cedar
ties. arrived in port from the north
ern Michigan pineries and its officers
notified the health authorities that
smallpox had broken out on board.
The boat will be held for a week and
the cargo probably will be burned.
Members OF the health department are
much interested In the quarantine. in
asmuch as medical authorities recent
ly have been exploiting the theory that
many smallpox germs are carried from
infected lumber camps in cedar logs.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-22
Shiras to Quit Bench

ct is true hat my father expects to
retire from the bench of the supreme
court early in the coming year." said
George Shiras, Of Pittsburg. Pa. Mon
day. This Is the first direct statement
confrmatory of the report that Justice
Shiras contemplated leaving the bench.
1t is stated that Acknowledgement
Knox will be appointed to succeed him.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-22
WANT HIGHER G
Cattle Butchers VIII Present New Scale
to the Packers

Cattle HutChers VIII Fresent New scale
to the Packers .
A new wage scale. calling for an av-
erage advance of 10 per cent, will be
presented to the managers Of all OF the
meat-packing houses in Chicago and
cities west by the cattle butchers. The
scale is to go into effect on September
2 and the packers will be asked to give
their answer to the demand before La
Dor day. The towns and the number
of cattle butchers affected are: Chi
cago. 670; East st. Louis. $50; st.
Louis. so; Kansas City, 300; st. Jo-
seph. $50: Omaha. 100; Sioux City, 5OI
st. Paul, so.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-22
GIVES WOMAN A A
Burglar at rIattsmouth Frightens Mrs.
IRmphear

L~amphear
The home of Charles Lamphear, in
the south part of Plattsmouth, Neb..
was entered by a burglar. Mr.. Lam
phear had gone to town early in the
evening, and his wife sat down to read
a paper. An hour later she heard
someone quietly enter the kitchen
door. Thinking it was her husband
returning, she paid no attention to the
occurrence. but a moment later. when
she looked up. she was startled to see
a strange man standing before her.
She called loudly for help and the. in
truder then attempted to choke her
with a towel. Neighbors heard her
screams, but when assistance arrived
the man had disappeared.