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The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-12
STATE CONVENTION
Nebraska Socialists Meet and Place state
Ticket In The Ficld

The socialists held their state,
county and congressional conventions
September . in the Thurston Rifles
armory, Omaha. naming a full state
ticket, a partial ticket for Douglas
county and placing before the voters
Of the Second congressional district a
candidate for congress. Like all so
cialist conventions, thse were mass and
not delegate meetings. About 800
people were in attendance at h state
convention, which was the first held.
but the number diminished after hat
and at the county convention, the last
held, only about one third of these
were present.
The state convention named &.
Christensen, of Plattsmouth. for the
national committeeman from Nebraska.
1t then empowered the state executive
committee to fill any vacancy which
might occur on the state ticket.
All the state nominations were made
unanimously and the only hitch dur
ing the convention came when James
II. Burleigh was named for attorney
general. Without making a personal
attack upon Mr.. Burleigh, a number OF
the attendants tool sharp exception to
placing a lawyer on the ticket In any
capacity. James Salmon OF South
Omaha was foremost in denouncing
lawyers for public positions, maintain
ing that a farmer or a union labor man
should be named for the place. Several
speakers went to the rescue of the
lawyer and incidentally to the statutes
which they contended provided that
no one but an attorney-at-law shall be
named for the position OF attorney
general.
The following state ticket was nom
mated:
Governor. George Biglow, Lincoln;
Lieutenant Governor, A. ID. Pugh, Fair
field: Secretary of State, j.. =. Roe,
Omaha; Auditor, Thomas l.ippincott,
Blair; Attorney General. James X.
Burleigh. Lincoln: Commissioners OF
Public Lands and Buildings, w. A.
Adams, Brock; superintendent of Pub
lis Instruction, William Britain
Omaha.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-12
SAVAGE BURNED
Little Nebraska Town Loses
Business District
NEARLY ALL sr5ses GONE
Total Loss Placed at $4,000. with
some Insn wind Was Blow
ing y Gale and Flames Were
Hard to Control

A Creighton, Neb.. Sept. s. special
says: The little town of Savage. on
the Great Northern railway. eighteen
miles southwest of Creighton, was al
most completely wiped out by fire this
morning. The blaze started from some
unknown cause in the coal bin of the
Bradley Lumber company, about /
o'clock and spread rapidly.
n the south side of the street the
buildings burned were the Bradley
Lumber company. total loss; Ben
Bonesteels pool room and residence.
insurance, $l.400; William Edy. black
smith shop, insurance $500. The post
oflce was a total loss with the excep-
ton OF a few books. On the north side.
George F%anning's store, loss $500. no
insurance.: Clark's general store and
hotel. insurance $500: five barns,
three ice houses and a number of small
buildings.
There IL no telephone station at Saw
age. and It is very hard to get definite
particulars at this time. but 1t Is esti-
mated that the total loss will reach
SIS, 1000. :.
Advices received at Sioux City from,
h town OF Savage say the wind Was
blowing a gale from the south and
famed the flames to a furnace Of fire
that swallowed everything. When the
ONeill passenger went through this
morning all the buildings north OF the
track were in ashes, the only struc-
lures left being the Great Northern
depot and a grain elevator south of
the track. The population of the town
was about 200. The people were driven
from their homes without warning and
In almost every case were compelled
to abandon all to the flames. The
homeless have been cared for by neigh
boring towns.
The Edwards & Bradford Lumber
company, Of Sioux City, lost a lumber
yard worth $1,000, insured for $4,000.
Mr.. Bradford today wired his agent at
Savage that ten carloads of lumber
were already on their way to the town.
and the yard will be rest ed for the
rebuilding of the town at once.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-12
WRIGHT HAS A PLAN
Commissioners of Labor Oners Solution
for Miners strike

Com missioner of Labor Oners Solution
for Miners strike
The report of Carroll ID. Wright. the
commissioner of labor, on the anthra-
cite coal strike. has been made public.
Commissioned Wright finds that
there is no confidence existing be-
tween the employees and their en-
ployers. This. he believes, Is one Of
the chief causes of the difficulties be-
tween the operator and the miners
and says that 1t will be reasonable and
just for the operators to cncede at
once a nine-hour day for a period Of
six months as an experiment.
tie suggests that there should be
organized a joint committee on con-
Citation composed of representatives
Of the operators and OF a new union
of anthracite employees, to which all
grievances should be referred for in
vestigation, and that their decision
should be final and binding upon all
parties and that there should be no
interference with the %non-union men.
In the course of his report, Com
missioner Wright says that the facts
seem to show the officers Of the
miners union. with perhaps one or
two exceptions, believed that many of
the alleged wrongs endured by the
miners might be corrected by appeals
to the employers. Their attempt, how
ever, to secure conferences between
the representatives Of the mine
workers and the mine operators proved
fruitless and the miners tdhemselves
decided that a strike should be organ
lied.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-12
HERE AND THERE

Secretary Root is IN his way home
from Europe.
Iowa firemen are holding a state
tournament at Davenport.
j. T.. G%oodenow. prominent In Iowa
politics, is dead at Maquoketa.
A hundred extra policemen have
been subpoened at Springfield. H., to
cope with wooden mill strikers.
Col. Frederick Martin, who served
under General Butler in the civil war
and was military mayor Of Richmond
after its surrender, Is dead at his home
In Crawford, N. j.
John Jennings, a prominent stock
man OF South Dakota, was killed neal
Belle Fourche, In a quarrel over a
poker game with a cowboy.
Jesse Walker, colored, was lynched
ut Hampstead, Tex. by a crowd of
several hundred citizens for criminal
assault upon a white woman
James Taylor and his wife com
mitted suicide at Des Moines, la. They
left a note saying that on account OF
the trusts they could not get work.
Secretary Hester's annual report was
issued at New Orleans. He puts the
cotton crop of l90l-0 al 10, 6s0. $50
bales. an increase Of 297, 25S over tina,
of 10000.
Complete returns Of selections by
electors OF members OF the Danish
landsthing, show large ministerial
gains, insuring the governments ma.
1ority In the landsthin&. and the rati-
fication Of the treaty fof the cession
OF the Danish West Indies to the
United States.
The international mining congress
adopted resolutions declaring that the
magnitude and Importance of the min.
Ing industry, which has reached over .
billion dollars annual product, calls
for the establishment of q national de.
partment of mining, the chief officer
TO be a member of the presidents cabi.
net"
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-12
PAYER Mnycs To ChiCngn

John Player. for years s%uperinten-
dent of machinery of the Santa Fe
shops in Topeka. Kan. and afterwards
consulting superintendent of motive
power, has moved his family to
Chicago and. il is understood. that he
Is now in the employ of the Galena
Oil company. Mr.. Player left Topeka
June I of this year and went to
Franklin. Pa, and it was understood,
was building a fine residence there
with n view to remaining. being re-
tanned in an advisory capacity by a
manufacturing firm of that city. but
the plans evidently have changed, as
the report herein contained emanatef
from Chicago last week.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-12

The crowd that visited the fair
grounds during Thursday numbered
2O,010 persons. This was slightly less
than on the day previous. The paid
admissions, however. were greater than
On Thursday of a year ago. The adj
missions were made up AZ follows:
General admission. II 1922; Burlington
tickets, 3.747; Elkhorn tickets, 379;
total paid admissions, 16,04S: total
complimentary. 1862: total on the
grounds. 2O,Ol0. The amphithcatre
was crowded to the extent Of 3.767 per-
sons. Treasurer Mcintyre reported the
cash received by him during the day
to he 81, . As. the earnings for the
day being S315.20 larger than last year
exclusive Of railroad tickets. So far
during the fair the treasurer is 3d.
1861 ahead of last year for the same
days in cash earnings.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-12
GOOD MEET
National Association Holds CONVEX tlon
Mt IL. InnL. Minn.

National Association Holds CONVEX tion
ut ~. Paul. Mipn.
The national good roads convention
opened at the state fair nj st. Paul.
MINI. Tuesday. The meeting was
held in the institute building, pre-
sided over by Col. A. w. Richardson.
government roads commissioner, and
among the speakers were Martin
Dodge and w. II. Moores. president OF
the national good roads association.
Mr.. Ioore outlined the scope and
aims of the national association and
told Of the gratifying progress the
movement was making all over the
United States. lie emphasized the ne
cessity for interesting farmers in the
cause by showing them how much good
roads mean to them.
Mr.. Dodge's remarks were mainly
devoted to answering questions put by
farmers in the audience.
During the day the government ex-
perts continued their practical demon
stration in the building of some per-
feet roads about the fair grounds.
The election Of officers for the con-
vention resulted In the choice OF the
following: President. Martin Dodge,
director of government bureau OF pub
lie road inquiry: vice president. X. w.
Richardson. commissioner central divi-
sion. secretary. William X. Hoag.
Among the honorary vice presidents
are: w. II. Moore. president national
good roads association: o. G. Gregg.
superintendent farmers institute: DIR.
Cyrus Northrup. president of the state
university.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-12
HERE AND THERE

Seveaty-ive hundred carpenters are
on n strike at New York.
In a dispatch from Vienna the cor
respondent of the London Daily Mail
gives an uncontrmed rumor that the
Servians at Agram have retaliated and
massacred the Croatians.
The emperor and empress at Posen
reviewed the troops following the pre-
s~entation of new colors to the regi-
ments by the emperor. The police
arrangements for keeping the ground
clear were somewhat stringent.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-12
JUDGE HORTON DEAD
Ex-Chief Justice Of Kansas Dies at His
Home I'm Topeka

Judge Albert n. Horton. ex-chief
justice of Kansas. died at his home in
Topeka, Kan. Tuesday evening after
a long illness. Judge Horton was
taken i'll with pneumonia eight months
ago. lie recovered. but the disease left
a pulmonary affection. Two weeks ago
he was brought home from a sani-
forum at Kenosha. Wis.
Judge Horton was born in Orange
county. N. Y. in 1887. and came to
Kansas I'm 1860. He served in the
state legislature and held several ju-
dicial offices. He was chief justice
from 1877 to 1895, holding the Office
longer than any of his predecessors.
He was prominent in republican
politics and at one time came within
a few votes OF defeating John J. In
gals for the United States senate.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-12
r THIEF ESCAPES
N.r,y Young Man Of south Dakota Does
Unusual Thing

A young desperate named John
Wilson gave the authorities of Nell
cite. s. d.. and surrounding towns all
kinds Of trouble the other day.
First he stole a horse and buggy
from a farmer for whom he had been
working. The farmer telephoned a
description of the thief TO the sheriffs
OF adjoining counties. II afterwards
developed that Wilson drove to VerdOn
where he traded the stolen horse to
a constable. receiving $3.50 in cash and
another horse.
lie then went to the village hotel.
and while sitting In the Office the
sheriff of Brown county telephoned to
the landlord concerning Wilson. who
overheard the talk and without delay
made his escape. No trace OF his has
since been found.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-12
Moros Still Hostile

Mail advices from the war depart
ment report progress of the policy OF
Cancellation adopted by Col. Baldwin
in Mindanao toward the Obdurate
savage Moros. Two sultans are hold
ing out. The sultan of Bacalog Is pro-
fuse In his professions OF amity and
asks for three months In which to win
his people over to accepting American
authority. This is thought to be q
subterfuge. The sultan of Macin and
the datto of Panandupgan say they
don't want to be fri.Eis and that
the best thing for the Americans to
do IL TO retire to the sea coast.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-12
Combustion Causes Blaze

Fire. which started at . o'clock
Thursday morning. threatened distruc-
tion to the immense music hall on Elm
street, Cincinnati. The Odeon was
completely burned out, while the ly-
ceum and college of music. which are
a part of it, were badly damaged. The
total loss is estimated at $50, 900. The
flames are thought to have originated
in the scene of the lyceum from
spontaneous combustion.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-12
bloomington, ILL.,, Has Bad Blaze

At 1 o'clock Wednesday morning fire
broke out in the south side of the pub
lie square. at Bloomington, ILL.,, and
was not gotten under control unit
nearly 2:30. The fOur-story drug
store of Ripley & Strickland is gone
and the large dry goods store Of A.
Livingstone & Sons, adjoining, lost its
entire stock, valued at 100000. The
hardware store of Holden. Miner & Co.
Is also badly damaged and several
other stores will suffer from smoke
and water. Total loss is estimated at
about 5000 900.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-12
Glacier sweeps Valley

News has been received at Vienna.
Austria, from Tifis. Trans Caucasus,
Russia. Of a landslide which occurred
August II in the vicinity of Mount
Kasbek, and which resulted in the dis
truction of some twenty villages and
the loss of nearly 700 lives. Seismic
disturbances seem to have started a
glacier. which swept down a valley
and destroyed everything in its path.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-12
Teachers Not satisfied

The Manila mails, which have just
arrived in Washington, give evidence
of friction which may prove serious In
the end in the workings of the educa-
tional bureau in Manila.
1t is hard to find anything in the
nature of tangible charges, but there
are general expressions OF discomfort
among the teachers with the system
under which they are operating which
may cause some important changes IT.
the personnel in a few months.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-12
Held for Murder

Mrs. Stella Guinane and a man who
refuses to give his name were arrested
at Chanute. Kan. in connection with
the murder in that city on Thursday
night last Of Il. V. Dickey, a stockman
of Dewey, |. T.. who was killed for
his money. Bail was fixed at 10000,
which neither could give. Mrs. GUM
ane is the wife of William Guinane.
who was sent to the ~penitentiary from
Chanute over a year ago for grand
larceny.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-12
Now Comet I'm the Heavens

Director w. w. Campbell, of the
Lick observatory, reports:
"A comet was discovered by Prof.
Perrine in the constellation OF Perseus.
Its position was right ascension. three
hours and eighteen minutes and declin-
alton thirty-four degrees and thirty
nine minutes.
ut is moving slowly northwest. II
is OF the ninth magnitude and Is there
fore not visible without a telescope.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-12
.IuLge DurnnL CannOt Live

Judge George II. Durand. the demo.
cratic nominee for governor of Michi-
gan, who was stricken with paralysis
Tuesday evening, due To cerebral en-
bolism, is very low. His physician
said Judge Durand might live forty
eight hours. but that his recovery was
all but impossible.
Judge Durand has been in poor
health for two weeks. but it is only
in the last twenty-four hours that
alarming symptoms have developed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-12
Normal at Hays, Kan.

The western branch Of the state nor
NAL school at Fort Hays. Kan. under
Prof. w. S. Picken. started its fall term
September . with a good attendance of
scolaIs from the counties of the west
ern half OF the state. The buildings,
apparatus and school furniture are in
complete readiness: in fact, the furni-
ture and apparatus are finer than In
the parent school at Emporia. The
summer school was a surprising sue
cess, nearly a hundred scholars at
tending chapel exercises each morning.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-12

John O'Brien, who has been a con-
ductor for the Lake Erie a. Western
railroad since 1852, has made his last
run. He employed a mathematician
TO figure up his runs, and the state
ment shows that since 1852 the vet
eran conductor has travelled eco, I20
miles in the fifty years. In all his
travelling Conductor OBrien has never
met with an accident that has caused
him personal injury. lie has nccumu-
lated a fortune in Indianapolis real es-
tate. which yields him an income OF
nearly $4,000 annually. He lives at
Dublin, Ind.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-12

A Cincinnati dispatch says: The
Odeon, belonging to the music hall
association and under lease to the col
lege Of music, was destroyed by fire.
the loss being $780, 600. The south
wing Of the big music hall adjoining
the Odeon was damaged to the extedt
Of $4,000.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-12
STUDENTS AT K. U.
Believed That Fifteen Hundred VIII be
Enrolled

While enrolment at the University
of Kansas will not begin until next
week and the fall term will not be-
gin till Wednesday. September 10. the
town is filling up with students and
the university officers are kept doubly
busy with preparations for the opening
of the school. There is every indica-
ton that the enrolment work will be
SO large next week that it will be i'm
possible to form classes and begin
school work before the week following.
1t is believed that there will be l,500
students enrolled by the last of next
week,
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-12
Arthur MCElhlneY Denl

Arthur Mckinney, the first telegrA-
pher In Bloomington, H., and for forty
years manager Of the local Office of the
Western Union, and later of the Postal
company, died Friday. He was one OF
the most widely known operators in
the state.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-12
TMn HOYA Drowned

Walter G. Eaton and George Ehr-
hardt. two st. Louis. Mo-, boys who
had gone on the river for a ride, were
drowned by the overturning of their
boat. Their bodies have n been ro-
covered. Four companions were res
cued. The boys belonged to the naval
reserves OF st. Louis.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-12
Cost 10000 Lives

A parliamentary paper issued at
London, reviewing the Boer war,
shows that England employed l 1863
officers and 430,S76 men In South
Africa from the beginning to the end
of the struggle. of this number 718
officers and 5.256 men were killed; 1851
officers and 20,97S men wounded and
554 officers and 1855 men died of
wounds and disease.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-12

II the crown prince Of Siam has
read what the newspapers have been
saying about the crown prince Of Ger.
many he may think a second time be.
fore v%enturing into the American
girls country.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-12

A Kentucky girl who has had $50
offers OF marriage has decided to re-
main single and devote her life to mu.
SIC. When she gets on the stage, how.
ever, she will probably cease to re-
gard marriage as a thing to be much
dreaded.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-12

The Dominion liner Manxman col
lided with the Norwegian steamer
George in Mersey river at Liverpool,
September 8. No lives were lost,
although the vessels were considerably
San,avad
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-12
Man for War Departnent

Surveyor Hilton is at work upon q
map for the Plattsmouth POntoon
Bridge company, giving an outline of
the Missouri river for a distance of a
mile above the Burlington bridge and
a half mile below that structure.
Soundings have also been taken at six
&-fferent places. This map is to be
forwarded to the wal department at
Washington.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-12

As a result of an automobile acct.
dent Sir Thomas Upton received n
shock. But It didn't trouble him. He
is used to shocks. He received a few
in the yacht races.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-12
MacKay TO Be President

Clarence II. Mackay has sailed from
London for New York on the Teutonic
to take up the duties of president OF
the Commercial Cable company. He
said the management OF the company
will be continued on present lines.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-12

Mr.. Schwab leaves his home in a
private car, but just now he no doubt
would be glad to trade places with
a man OF sound nerves going to a pic.
mic behind a team of mules.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-12

All other theories regarding the
suicide of young Remington may be
disregarded since the fact became
known that his last act before the
shooting was an experience with a
telephone.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-12

A great many young women in Eng.
land are gaining social prominence by
being reported engaged to Lord Kitch-
ener. but the hero of the South Afri.
can war appears to be successfully
conducting his famous skirmish line
tactics.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-12

There are 100000 Jews in New
York, according to The Jewish
World. That city a now present a
pretty strong claim to being the New
Jerusalem.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-12

The Chicago discovery that the color
yellow scares away mosquitoes won't
help women to whom yellow Is not be-
coming.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-12

A Boston landlord who tried to col.
feet his rent in kisses from a pretty
widow was fined SIS. There are some
freakish landlords and peculiar wild.
ows In Boston.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-12

The world at large hangs very little
Grape on its door for the scorchobo-
list who parts company with life at
an S0.miles an hour gait.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-12
Glass Workers Resume

The stained glass workers who have
been on strike in five establishments
at Philadelphia have returned to work.
the question at issue having beer sat
isfactorily adjusted.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-12

II the United States mail Is deter
mined to suppress lotteries, they
should suppress the mail. The aver
age mans mail Is a whole lot of lot
terry to him.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-12

The work Of amassing a fortune OF
SIS, 900 cost Mr.. Schwab his
health, and 1t was not very hard
work either.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-12

When last heard from the crown
prince Of Germany was beginning to-
eat solids and cast shy glances at
other girls again.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-12

Cunning county made a winning in
the county collective exhibit of agri-
cultural products at the state fair.
The judges announced their awards
Thursday and the people from that
county were proud and happy. They
will take away the cash prize of $500
for the best collection. scoring 1852
out Of a possible 1909 points. Wash
ington county was second and Nemaha
county third. The board offers 81. 200
in cash for the winners. those below
first having the money prorated
among them. The score by points is
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-12

As the Chinese rebels are being ex.
ccuted at the rate OF 1000 a day, 1t
is predicted that the rebellion will not
last more than a year
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-12

w. G. Mead refused a drink and
was shot by the genial gentleman
who offered to treat him. This did
not happen In Texas.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-12

Grand Duke Boris says Chicago is
big and ugly. but good.hearted. The
same thing may be said Of John l..
Sullivan.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-12

]. Pierpont Morgan. 1t is said, re.
fuses to Tip" hotel walters. This
IL another OF the advantages Of being
all.powerful.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-12

King Edward has COMPOUNDED the
soothsayers, and that's not n small
job, even for a nan who weighs ESQ
pounds.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-12

How many loving wives will envy
Mrs. John X. Drexel her birthday gift
Of a check for $500. 600 from her hus.
band.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-12

A noiseless mosquito Is no i'm
provement on the other kind. 1t leaves
him too much time for actual business.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-12

The man who tied dynamite to his
sick dog and lost his house when the
animal wagged his tail has by this
time learned that cruelty does not
pay.