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The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03
WAR INEVITABLE,
Diplomatic Relations Broken on BA-
tween Argentine An" Chile.

Diplomatic Relations Broken on BA-
tween Argentina and Chile.
Secretary Hay has received n cable
erauf from It:...,l Gtates Minister Will
son at Santiago de Chile, confirming
the report that the of diplom-
acy had been exhauscd In the effort to
settle the dispute between Chile and
Argentina and that diplomatic rela-
tions had been broken off through the
withdrawal from Chile of the Argen-
tine minister. Touching the propo-
sition emanating from the Argentine
side to refer the dispute to Great Brit
ain as an arbitrator the Chilean rep
r~csentatives claim that this was their
original proposition. This being the
case, it is believed there is q way open
for a peaceful adjustment of tho
trouble.
Both the Chilean and the Argentine
representatives were at the state de-
partment in reference to the contro.
versy between Argentine md Chile.
The United States government is
watching the progress of the negotia-
tions and is standing ready to aid in a
peaceful solution in any way agreeable
to both parties. The submission to
Great Britain is entirely satisfactory
to the authorities and they probably
will assist in having both governments
accede to this of solution.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03
MYSTERIOUS MURDER.
Bodies of J. r. bull and Wife Arc Found
Dead.

George Anderson, having business
with j. +. Bull, u real estate dealer of
Parsons, Kas., called at his home and
was unable to find him. He had not
been seen for two days. This caused
suspicion. Marshal Bennett forced an
entrance and found the bodies oe Bull
and his wife murdered.
Mrs. Bull was lying across the bed
with her skull crushed and a stab
wound near the heart. The body was
hanging partly over the bed. Blood
was upon the floor. Bulls body was
lying in a orner of the Dom face
downward, beside u fallen chair. The
house was lighted. All doors were Sc
curely fastened. There was no evil
dcncc Of a struggle. The silverwarc
and jewelry had not been disturbed.
No clue has been found. Bull and
his wife were a respected couple. Each
was about Ffty-five years old. They
lived alone in q handsome house and
possessed considerable wealth.
Bull came TO Parsons from Seneca,
Kas., about two years ago and engaged
in the real estate business. lie and his
wife lived alone at their home and
were considered wealthy. They were
prominent members OF the Methodist
church. Bull was seen upon the street
but did not appear at his office and peo-
pie who had real estate transactions
with him went to the house several
times to see him and not finding any
one at home this led TO the discovery.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03
DIES IN ELECTRIC CHAIR.
Murder Dispatched According to New
Massachusetts Law.
for my books

Francesca Umilian was elcctrocuted
at the state prison Charlestown, Mass,
for the murder of Kasimicrs Jedrusek
on December 81, 1899. The murder for
which Umilian died was as follows:
Kasimicrs Jcdrusck disappeared in
December, 1898, from the farm of Mon
o Keith in Cranky, western Massa-
chuscttes. He and Umilian were farm
hands there. In the following April
Jedrusek's body cut up and headless,
was found in n sack in an unused well.
Two days later the head was uneathed
under the barn. Umilian was convict
ed on strong circumstantial evidence. A
corn cutter was used to cut up the
body. The motive was that Umilian
was angry because Jedrusek had writ
ten to n priest at Chicopce before he
(Umilian) was married to n domestic
employed by Mr.. Keith, warning the
priest that Umilian had had wife and
family in Poland.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03
Has No Thought Of Resignins.

The most positive denials are given
of the story that +. ID. Coburn, secre-
tary of the state board of agriculture
of Kansas, is to succeed Secretary Will
son, says u Washington dispatch.
When the fact that Governor Shaw
had accepted the tender of the treas
ury portfolio vas made public the an.
nouncement was made that Secretary
Wilson would remain in the cabinet.
and the same statement was reiterated
at the White House in the most en-
phatic manner The president is anx-
ious that Secretary Wilson should re-
main, and hat the secretary himself
has informed the president that he
will be glad to do 80
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03
ENTICED FROM HOME.
Two Wichita Girls Disappear with .
stranger.

Stranger.
A warrant has been sworn out In the
city court of Wichita, Kas., charging
William Slecce with enticing Flora
Ellsworth and Ethel Cole away
from their homes. The officers imme-
diately began n search and found that
the man had purchased tickets for the
three over the Missouri Pacific for
Clearwater and that they left the city
on the train. The officers telephoned
to Clearwater and found that they had
left that town. The officers at Clear
water said that people answering the
description given had come in over the
Missouri Pacific and had Immediately
left over the Santa Fe with the inten-
ton of getting on the Rock Island
there and going TO Caldwell.
Sheriff Simmons then telephoned to
Caldwell and gave a description of the
parties to the officers there and told
them to arrest them. The sheriff re-
ccivcd n message from the marsha. at
Caldwell that the parties were captured
and would be held until the Sedgwick
county officer could come after them.
Shcirin summons Will bring n three
back to Wichita and Mr.. Slcece will be
given u chance to tell his side of the
case to the Judge Of the city court. o
Miss Ellsworth is seventeen years Of
age, and has lived in the city a number
of years. Her father is II. X. Ellis
worth, n laborer living on Ida
Miss Cole is sixteen years of age, and
is a daughter of e.. II. Cole, n laborcr
also living on Ida avenue. The girls
have been close friends for a number
OF years. They have never shown a
disposition to be bad. according to
their friends statements, and no rea-
son could be assigned to their going
away from home, especially as they are
well treated. and it is alleged that they
have known the man they ran away
with but a very short time.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03
Says Husband Was Killed.

The Helena, Mont, police are inves-
tigating a story told by Mrs. Mary
Hansen, which involves the alleged
murder of her husband at Belvidcre,
Ill, eight years ago by Charles Buell..
The woman and Buell. arrived Mt He
lena a few weeks ago from Iowa, maxi
ing the trip overland in n buggy. The
woman had Buell. arrested for ill.
treatment and to the county attorney
she stated that while living with her
husband at Belvidcrc, H., Buell. and
Hansen went out hunting together.
Hansen never returned. According to
the woman's story her husband was
drowned by Buell.. Mrs. Hansen Joined
the Salvation army "A few days ago and
upon the advice of the captain of the
army, it is said, confessed the story to
the county attorney.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03

Theodore Kent left Jewell City and
started home near Ionia, twelve miles
west, in the evening. Some neighbors
saw a team and wagon standing on q
hill and went to them. Kent had, it Is
said, been drinking and falling out Of
the wagon some time during the night
injured his side. He was picked up
unconscious, limbs and arms frozen.
The doctors say that II he RECEIVERS at
all amputation of both limbs and arms
will be necessary. The horses stood
silently through the night, Kent is a
married man.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03
LEO Is HO PEFUL
Thinks Cnited states VIII Appoint En-
YOy to X~atLcnn.

Ininks united states Will Appoint En-
voy To Vatican.
The London Pail Mall Gazette pub.
fishes the following dispatch from
Rome:
The vatican is becoming decidedly
moro hopeful that the United States
will yield to the popc's great desire
and appoint "A diplomatic representa-
tive to the vatican. So anxious Is the
pope for the success Of his project that
he would be satisfied at present with u
semi-otiicinl representative, in the hope
that he would eventually be turned in
to n minister or ambassador. 1t seems
that Washington is not unwilling to
discuss the matter and the vatican has
animated in ret its desire to meet
American wishes in Cuba and the Phil.
ippines and possibly create another
cardinal in the United States. The
pope is somewhat opposed to the latter
step while Cardinal Gibbons lives but
he may compromise the matter by ere
ating Archbishop Ireland or Arch
bishop Corrigan cardinal of the curia,
cntailing living in Rome.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03

Robert McElfresh Of st, Joseph, Mo-,
recently of Chicago, a clerk employed
by Swift & Co., died in a cell at the
city Jail. Death was due to arsenic
poisoning. The poison was taken dur
ing the morning. McElfresh vas taken
to Jail on the charge of carrying con.
cealed weapons. He was ill at the
time, but it was not thought he was in
serious candition. He complained of
being very sick, and Tailor Thomas
sent for physicians. Before they ar
rived Elfresh was dead. He was deep
ly in love with a woman he met two
weeks ago, and it is believed he took
poison because she spurned his suit.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03
Four Years for Dusseldorf.

Joseph Dusseldorf, who was convict
ed In the Dodge county district court
at the last term of numbering Arthur
Z. Payne in a drunken box ear brawl
1T North Bend last spring, was sem
fenced to four years at hard labor in
the state pe%nitcntiary by District
Judge Hollenbeck, The jury brought
in a verdict Of manslaughter, the pun
ishment for which is from one TO ten
years in the penitentiary. The motion
for a new trial, which was heard last
week, was ovcrruled.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03
Powder Explosion Creates Havoc.

An explosion in the barrel mill of
the Moosic Powder company at it's
Jermyn, Pa, works blew the mill and
some adjoining buildings to pieces and
broke windows for miles around. The
Shock was plainly felt a distance of
fourteen miles.
Jacob Hitler, who was in the engine
room in the adjoining building, was
fatally burned Cohn Gibbs, George
and George Forkel were
caught by Tying debris and badly in
Jured. Glass blown from "A window in
Alber' Carey's house struck is daugh-
ter End cut a deep cash in her neck,
IT is feared she is fatally injured.
Scarcely a store or residence in Jer-
myn escaped with q whole pane of
glass.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03
MAQAY MUST 60
Man Who Created All the Trouble
is Ousted.
PRESIDENT fxfRGsfD PRtROGAIIvf


Secretary Long has discharged Ed
rs n skilled laborer in the Brooklyn
navy hard, Mr.. Maclay having refused
To- resigned when requested to do so.
Mr.. Maclay is author OF n naval his.
tory, and in its last volume sharply
CRITICS ed Admiral Schley and de
%nounced him AS u %caitif, poltroon and
coward.
Secretary Longs action was taken
by direction OF the president and fol-
lowed n conference between the prcsi-
dent and the secretary who took to the
white house with him a letter from
Maclay in response to the request
for his resignation sent bv the Sec
rotary. In this letter Maclay sub
mitted that he conld not be removed or
be compelled to resign without def.
mite charges being made against him
and without having nm opportunity 10
answer those charges. Although the
civil service rules give employees of the
public service the opportunity OF ans.
wering charges that may be preferred
against them the president exercised
his prerogative in the present instance
and directed Maclay's removal. IL be.
ing held that the latter was aware un-
officially, il not officially, of the rea-
sons which actuatcd the executive in
taking the course determined upon.
Secretary Long said the action taxi
en- would dispose of the case finally.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03
GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER
Jury So Decide In tho Case of Newell
q. Rathbun.

q. Rathbun.
Newell G. Rathbun, who was tried
on the charge of numbering Charles
Goodman by giving him poison at JEFF
~fersonville, Ind, was found guilty of
manslaughtcr and his punishment was
fixed at two to fourteen years in the
~penitentiary. The jury had been con-
sidering the case since Saturday.
Rathbun's attorneys asked for n new
trial and the motion will be argued
later.
Charles Goodman, Rathbun's alleged
victim, was found dead last month in
"A hotel in Jacksonville, Ind, after he
had spent some time with Rathbun.
His body was shipped to Little Rock,
Ark, where Rathbun's wife lives, as
that af Rathbun, on whose life an in
surance policy for $4,000 had been
issued. Following the discovery that
the body was not Rathbun's came
Rathbu's arrest ut Louisville where he
had enlisted under another name in the
United States army. The corpse was
later identified as that of Charles
Goodman, u wanderer, who came to
-LoHisyule from Evansville, Ind, and
met Rathbun in front OF the Safy alton
Army headquarters.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03
No Agreement With urira,s..

A correspondent at Constantinople
OF the Associated press was informed
at the American legation that no agree
ment had yet been arrived at with the
brigands who hold Miss Stone captive
concerning the missionary's release,
and that it was unlikely that anything
would be settled in this connection for
another ten days. Adviccs received
from Oft are to the effect that NJ.
Tsilka has heard that Mime. Tsillxa, his
wife, is doing well, but cannot be
moved for another week. The same
adyices say Miss Stone Is also well.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03
A Is ADJUSTED
The Long Pending Suit with Mexico
Arbitrated.

Arbitratcd.
The state department has just added
another to the long list of arbitrations
which it has arranged within the last
few years for the settlement of Ameri-
a claims. This arbitration will pro-
vide for the settlement Of the ''pious
fund.-" which has been a subject of
diplomatic exchange between the
United States and Mexico since the
Mexican war.
The claim arose through the failure
Of the Mexican government TO paw to
the archbishop of California interest
on lands belonging to the ~.Jesu;ts, for
which the Mexican government acted
as trustee. The claim was submitted
to the Mexican claims commission in
1877 and Judgment given in favor of
the church for about 81, 900, 900. The
Mexican government claimed that that
payment cxtinguished the claim, but
the state department held that the in.
terest began again from the date of
the award and has run until at present
it amounts to another million dollars.
Personal representations by the arch
bishop of California, who recently was
in Washington, and other dignitarics
Of the Catholic church, caused the de-
partment to press he matter with the
result stated. The name of the arbi.
traitor and other details remain to be
announced.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03
DOUBLE WEDDING.
Twin Brothers Marry swcethearts of
Long Ago.

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A romance started in Tananaganche,
Nova Scotia, eliminated In Chicago,
when twin Nebraska brothers, Allen
N. and Donald NJ. Mcintosh, took out
licenses to wed respectively Miss Nellie
5. Clark and Miss Jennie Cunningham.
Several years ago the twins left their
old home at Tanamaganche, in Nova
Scotia, and went west to make their
fortune. Before leaving each had
pledged to meet his betrothed after
making his fortune, at some point be-
tween the place in which they should
settle and their old homes. The young
men settled in Laurel, Cedar county,
Neb., where they built up a business
of their own On the marriage license
affidavit Allen N. Mcintosh is thirty
six years old and his bride-to-be, Miss
Nellie Clark, is ~twenty-six years old.
The twin brothers. bride, Miss Jennie
Cunningham, is twenty-five years old.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03
Street Railway Man Killed.

In a collision between a street car
and a number Of freight cars attached
to a switch engine, in Birmingham,
Ala, T.. w. Jones, conductor of the
street car, was killed and two others
badly injured.
The car, it is said, was going at a
rapid rate Of speed. The engine was
pushing the freight cars ahead of it,
and the first two cars were thrown
from the track. Conductor Jones was
killed beneath one of them.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03
Fatality Follows Accident.

a special from Bcrela Station, n. NJ.
says that passenger train No. |, north
bound, on the Colorado & Southern
railroad, was wrecked by a broken rail
four miles south of Berela Station.
The day coach, cafe car and sleeper
left the track, Immediately after the
accident the wreckagc took fire and
only by rapid work were the passen-
gers all rescued before the cars were
burned. The sleeping car was entire.
ly consumed, One man whose name
was not learned was probably fatally
injured.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03
ASK IMMEDIATE REFORMS
Inhabitants OF Danish West In dies APP
peal to Mother Country.

peal to Mother Country.
A large, orderly demonstration took
place at Christianstcd, lIsland of Croix,
Danish West Indies, December 20.
Those who took part in it comprised
representatives of the native, official
and planting elements. Resolutions
were made urging Denmark to intro
duee reforms and improvements in the
Danish West Indian islands and to lift
the islands out of the humiliations of
the past. 1t was also set forth that
the leading inhabitants of the islands.
especially the natives of standing, mer-
chants, planters and Danish subjects
generally, desired that the island be
not sold, but that commercial, indus.
trial and social reforms under the
Danish flag be instituted. The rcsolu-
tions express confidence that King
Christian and his ministry will con-
slider the demands.
The procession, which was headed
by bands of music, marched through
Christiansted, carrying 900 flags and
cheering for the king.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03
MA CLAY LIKES HIS JOB
Civil Service Laws, lie Declares, Pro.
tect Him.

tect Him.
Edgar Stanton Maclay, whose con.
nection with the Scbley case led Presi-
dent Roosevelt TO request his resigna-
ton MS special laborer in the navy
yard, made formal demand for trial by
usual naval procedure. He averrcd
that his case came under the civil SER
vice law aod that he could not be dis
missed without formal charges, trial
and conviction. The request for his
resignation was sent TO him by Rear
Admiral Barker, commander Of the
p:vy yard at Brooklyn, and he replied
Mt once by letter, formally setting
forth his position.
Discussing the case Maclay said:l
"The president cannot have me dis.
charged under the law, as / see it. i
do not see how he can force me out. l
am protected by the civil service laws
enacted by congress, whose enactments
the president Is bound to execute.
81 do not positively know, but be-
lieve my position under civil service
furnishes me complete protection SO
long as | violate no rules of the SER
vice, and that l have not done, and
that l have so stated in my letter to
| the commandment In answer to the re-
quest for my resignation. No, l did
not say that the president is as bad as
the Ear Of Russia.
81 have done nothing more than
write the commandment and ask that
charges be preferred against me, and l
will do nothing more just now. l have
not been suspended and am working
here today, as l have been doing for
fifteen months. | have tried to do my
duty here and have broken no rules
and shall simply stand by my rights,
more for the principle of the matter
than anything else. for my position
here pays me very little and is chiefly
valuable because OF the experience and
information it affords me as material
for my books"
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03
SHOOTS ASSAllAh
Was Looking for Trouble and Gbt Plenty
of IL.

wa" N"s 'o' trouble ana UP' Plenty
The village Of Doniphan is quite bad.
ly stirred up over n shooting ARRAY
which occurred in that city. At n
ball the village marshal, Joseph Mel
son, was called upon to keep order,
and in admonishing one man who,
1T is charged, had used foul language,
there was an effert to resist. The
officers club was brought down upon
the head of the victim, and friends of
the man guaranteed that he would be-
have, and no arrests were made. This
man was Frank Adams. As far as
Adams was concerned the incident was
closed. But "A little later Mark Snyder
who thought any way that Nelson had
1T in for him, took up Adams cause
without solicitation, asked the mar
shal If he was trying to run the whole
village, charged him with being In
connivance with OF hers i'm arresting
people, with having threatened to
shoot several of the citizens of the
place aud with looking for troucle.
The marshall declared he was not
looking for trouble, but looking after
the men that were looking for trouble.
On the charge or threatening to shoot
the lie was passed between the two
men and each, according to the state
ment of the other, struck first. 1t is
admitted by Snyder, however, that he
(Snyder) had Nelson down, when the
latter raised his revolver and shot.
The ball entered the left frontal bone,
passing between the inner and outer
plate of the skull and evidently being
hattened out and lodged somewhere,
probably near the base of the skull.
The atte nding physician probed three
quarters Of an inch, but did not find
the bullet and there seeming to be no
fracture of the skull or serious linden
%tation, probcd no further, it being pos
sible tina t the ball will dc no perma-
nent injury. Snyder at present is able
to sit up and be around. The marshal
has q badly decorated eye and was
bruised by other kicks and it appears
that n gang that has no love for the
marshal had it in for him. The better
element of the community appears to
support the marshal.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03
Find the MangIed Remains,

A special from Cripple Creek says:
Martin Gleason, fifty years Of age,s SUI
perintendeut of the Wild Horse, Da-
mond and Dcadwood mines, was found
dead at the bottom o, the kalamazoo
shaft, 500 feet below the surface of the
ground. The body was horribly man
gled.
The ground around the mouth of the
SHAFT bore marks of n struggle, and it
is evident that Gleason was murdered,
although no motive for the crime is
known.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03
Three Killed by Explosion.

An explosion at the old Sharpsville,
Pa, furnace wrecked the furnace and
killed three men. Another workman
was probably fatally injured.
The men were working at the ton
OF the furnace when the explosion
occurred and Clary, Dickson and Bart
lett were burned to death. Their bod
les were recovered AS 0 o'clock. Don
nelly was injured by jumping.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03
Killed La Mine Shaft.

At shaft No, l of the McAlster coal
company at Hartshorn, ]. r., while
the cage was ascending with eight
men it jumped its guidings about one
hundred feet from the bottom Of the
shaft. Six of the eight men were
killed. They were caught between
the cage and the buntings and their
bodies dropped to the bottom of the
shaft.
All killed were Russians. There
were two others, who held to the cage.
They were only slightly injured.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03
A BATTLE FOUGHT
Desperate Conflict in Which -Four
Hundred arc Killed.
GOVERNMENT TROOPS ARE VICTORIOUS


News has been received that GcneraI
Martin, the Colombian revolutionary
leader, attacked Honda, on the Magda-
lena river, December 10, with 1900
men. The garrison, consisting of $50,
fought from @ n. m. TO 1880 p. IN. At
8 p. m. the garrison received reinforce
ments numbering zoo mon.
The battle started on the outskirts
of the city and ended Mt Carecoli, nine
miles from Honda. Bayonets and ma
chetcs were used. The government
forces were victorious.
Four hundred men were killed in the
battle.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03
Cotton Mill Starts I'm.

The cotton mill at Independence,
Kas., is now fairly at work with every
thing running smoothly. 1t started in
for steady work with forty-five hands
upon its pay roll. 1t is likely toprovc
to be one of the most valuable indus
tries in the city, for under the present
arrangements it bids fair to be a per.
manent and growing institution.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03
Tragedy on q Ranch.

Word has just been received at
S~pringview, Ncb., of the shooting and
killing of a man by the name of vii.
liam Bellisle, by n half-brced Indian
named Joe Boucher. The shooting oc-
Cured at Jack Libolt's ranch, about
thirty miles northeast of Springview.
Officers will go to the scene. 1t is not
known that Boucher has been cap
tured.