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The Red Cloud chief., 1902-12-26
Washington Notes

The secretary OF the interior trans
mitted to the house a copy of IN agree
ment with the Indians of Fort Ber-
tholdt Indian reservation in South
Dakota and the draft of a bill ratify-
ing Il.
Gen. Benjamin F. Tracy OF New
York. former secretary of the navy,
took luncheon with the president. The
Ipresident, Il Is understood desired to
see General Tracy to discuss with him
some phases of the Venezuelan ques-
tkpn.
Whe conferees OF the senate and
hodise Of representatives on the anthra-
cite coal strike commission bill have
reajched ar agreement. The report will
be Jmade to the senate on Saturday.
It'll Is understood most OF the senate
appointments were retained.
while on his way to the White
,l,ouse shortly after loon Thursday to
Zee the president, Postmaster General
wayne suffered an attack Of acute in
bsigestion. He was driven TO his hotel
} lad two physicians summoned. The
p4Nient was relieved this afternoon
and hopes to be at his Office tomorrow.
The sehate committee on the Philip
pines agreed upon a bill for the estab-
iishment of\currency for the Philip
pines, which liz the joint production of
Senators Lodge And Allison. The bill
makes the gold peSo of IL $40 grains
the unit of value IN the islands and
makes the gold coitls OF the United
States legal tender pr all debts.
The senate comm nee on education
and labor agreed uponN>a favorable re-
port of the house eiGht-hour bill.
Many amendments have been made.
The bill provides a penalty OF five dol
lars each day. Each workman is re-
quired or permitted to labor more than
eight hours on government work, the
penalty to be withheld from payments
due contractors. The act will not APP
ply to contracts for transportation by
land and water: 1t also exempts con-
tracts for transmission OF intelligence
A joint resolution was introduced In
the house by Representative Tawney
chairman of the house committee or
Industrial arts and expositions, pro-
yiding that the alien contract labor
law shall not operate to prevent for
eign exhibitors at the Louisiana pur'
chase expositions at st. Louis from
bringing into the United States under
contract such employees, natives of for
eign countries. as they deem necessar,
for specified purposes, subject to thu
approval of the secretary of the treas
ury.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-12-26
HELD IN HIGH ESTEEM
japan Sincerely Mourns the Death Of
Minister Buck ,


Minister Buck .
Correspondence of the Associated
press from Toxic, Japan. under date
of December 6 gives full particulars of
the sudden death of United States
Minister Alfred L. Buck from heart
failure. Colonel Buck was avthe time
a guest of the emperor of The great
annual duck hunt.
The wide sympathy shown by the
Japanese government and the press
speaks strongly for the high esteem in
which the dead diplomat was held. A
large number of the members OF the
foreign diplomatic corps and Japanese
officials visited the legation to express
their condolences.
The remains OF the minister were
embalmed and the funeral services
which we're to be of an impressive
character, were to be held at Trinity
cathedral, Toxic, on the Sth inst.
Afterward a Japanese guard OF honor
removed the remains to Yokohama.
Escorted by a corps OF Japanese ma
rines. the funeral procession moved
to the United States naval hospital.
where the body will be deposited In the
mortuary vault pending the arrival of
the steamer Corea, on which they will
be conveyed to San Francisco. The
Corea Is scheduled to leave Yokohama
on the oath inst.
Mrs. Buck will accompany the body
to It's last resting place. which, 1t 10
said, will be at Washington, D.. c.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-12-26
PLEASED WITH TRIP
Moseley Discusses Conditions OF British
and American Workmen

MOseley Discusses conditions OT britisu
and American workmen
Alfred Moseley. who has just made
a tour of the United States with a
number of representatives Of British
labor unions for the purpose of study
ing American industrial conditions. ar
rived at Liverpool Sunday on the
Cunard steamer Umbria from New
York.
Mr.. Moseley expressed his satisfac-
ton with the commissions tour. He
said he hoped the reports would be
published in n few weeks and that as
q result changes would be made in the
methods at present employed in several
English trades. He said he couM not
anticipate the reports, but that he was
greatly impressed with the superiority
of American to British workmen.
The Americans worked harder and
were better trained and educated than
the E~nglishmen.
Mr.. Moseley said he intended to take
another commission to the United
States in the autumn to investigate
educational conditions.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-12-26
WASHINGTON NEWS
&xNA

The United States supreme court has
dismissed the writ of error in the case
of Whitney Layton vs. the State of
Missouri. on the ground that no federal
question had been involved In the fed
eral court. The case involved the con-
stitutionality of the pure food law of
the state and has attracted much at
tention. Layton, whose place of bust
ness is st. Louis. was found guilty in
the trial court of the use Of alum in
the manufacture Of baking powder and
a fine of 800 was assessed against
him The verdict was affirmed by the
state supreme court. The effect of the
opinion is to leave the verdict against
Layton standing. but ii did not enter
uron any question as to the merits Of
the case. The opinion was delivered
by Chief Justice Fuller.
The secretary of agriculture has for
mally removed the quarantine against
the state Of Connecticut. established
last month. owing to the prevalence Of
the foot and mouth disease. A most
rigid investigation under the direction
Of the bureaus experts failed to re-
veal the existence OF "A single case In
Connecticut. The quarantine remains
in full force as TO the other New Eng
land states.
The ease OF Chcesbrough yB. the
United States. involving the question
OF the validity OF the provision OF the
war evenu law fixing a tax on trans
fers Of real estate, today was advanced
on the docket Of the United States SUI
preme court and set for hearing on the
| second Monday of the next term.
Cable dispatches TO the navy depart
ment show that the holiday itinerary
for the ships Of Admiral Dewcy's
squadron in the Caribbean Is being
rapidly executed. Christmas eve will
find all of the forty vessels in port.
The United States supreme court set
the ease Of South Dakota W.. North
Carolina, involving the validity OF rail
road bonds guaranteed by the latter
state for hearing on April IL next.
Mondays statement of the treasury
balance In the general fund, exclusive
of the $3.50. 000, 900 gold reserve in the
division of redemption, shows: Availa-
BILE cash balance, $2ll ,37l ,l24; gold
$l2O, 049, S55.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-12-26
TRAVELLING MAN KILLED
Falls From the Twelfth Story of the
Great Northern Hotel, Chicago.

Falls From the Twelfth Story of the
Great Northern Hotel, Chicago.
Leaning from the window of his
room on the twelfth floor of the Great
Northern hotel to get a breath Of fresh
air while he was suffering from a
headache, Harrison S. Potter, travelling
salesman for a Detroit stove company,
lost his balance. fell to the sidewalk
and was killed. says a Chicago tele-
gram of December %.
Although his body was horribly
mangled, Potter lived for a few sec
onds and made an Intellectual effort to
speak. The street was filled with
Christmas shoppers, and Potter's body
narrowly missed striking several peo-
pie as it fell.
An unfinished letter to his mother
in st. Joseph, Mich. vas found in Pot
ter's room. After stating that he had
arrived in Chicago and was well. with
the exception of a headache. Potter
said:
Il guess ! will have to lay off writ
ing for a minute or so and get a breath
of fresh air."
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-12-26
THE NEWS BOILED DOWN

The Dutch cruiser De Runjter has
been ordered to proceed to Venezuela
to protect interests there.
The senate committee on
took favorable action on Senator Per-
kins' bill for a revenue cutter for the
Hawaiian islands.
The Heraldo of Madrid says that
Don Carlos purposes to his
claim to the throne in favor of his son
Don Jaime.
w. E. Powell, general immigration
agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul Railroad company. has re-
signed to take effect January |.
The Brussels correspondent of the
London Daily Telegraph says that
Germany. is supporting the claims of
Belgium against Venezuela which
amount to si,250,O0o
Victor N. Bendor has been appoint
ed Ecuadorean minister to France.
Col. Enrique Roca has been appointed
military attache Of the E~cuadorean
legation at Washington.
General Herroa, accompanied by
several members Of his staff. has ar.
rived on the gunbOat Beriaca. says 3
correspondent at Panama. Public or,
W. i1E ~ ~ HFFFss FNANsNEa4E
The statement NJ tnE Ifezsury bal
ances In the general i.EG, EEeieslye %
the sijO.6DJ - gold gss@rps q. she III
vision Of redemption Slows Avail
able cash bala.ft. s9l@kl SHls gold
$l2D.S 1e sSa.
The Jones' BrneEsrs iN,sg.sse.Y tSra
pany % CiaesEaars fssH q t.stS ~ al
algnmEE' ffas ba.ss ssrDar s1hNGGJ
assets ah<rs sJYGtN TGs .asa9sag VA
largely Engaged N fgt,astsGg sub
fishing aghssrGsdl@i trr9tS
Horace J. gfactt5Nss MO WAS ia
GouId's t'gYSef suS pts ~ me Oiaes
members - ras stptt F&ta&aYs, ha
sold hiB seat SsG NJgi pesj,f from Wa
street after 4 tsfst, 81 fss street Q
~forty-hve years,
At a conference " steam shipper
trading with Canada, hsid ,bls week a
Liverpool, it was decided that m
freight rates were nO, fsmrnsratiy
and II vas agreed To increase them b
6 per cent to 10 per cent In 1903.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-12-26
Plans for Mining Congress

A Deadwood, s.. D., Dec. IS. dispatch
says: Officers and members OF the ex-
ecutive committee of the American
mining congress are gathering here for
a conference at which plans will be
discussed for the meeting OF the con-
gress to be held next year In Dead
wood and Lead. Efforts are to be put
forth to make the approaching session
the greatest gathering Of those inter-
ested in the mining industry ever held
in America. Every state and terri
tory IN the union will he represented
and in conjunction with the onven
ton there will be a large and compre-
hens've exhibition Of mining products
and machinery. The Deadwood Min
ing Mems association il already en-.
gagged In making preparations for the
reception and entertainment Of the
hundreds OF visitors who are expected
J to attend the congress.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-12-26
OMNIBUS BUILDING BILL
One to Be ~troduce by Buildings and
Lands Committee


Congressman Mercer of Nebraska.
chairman of the house committee on
public buildings and grounds. Is pre-
pairing to offer an omnibus bill soon
after the January session OF congress
convenes. 1T is hardly fair to an
nounc that such a bill is to be intro
duced at this session." said Mr.. Mercer
today, because the plans of the COM
mittee have not been decided upon
fully. There is need of such a bill,
however. and the indications are that
it will be offered. Congress has al
ready purchased sites in a number OF
smaller towns. In other towns and
cities the treasury department is be-
ing urged to make needed improve
ments in the present buildings. The
committee would like to have a bill,
carrying appropriations for these mat
ters. passed by the present congress-.
In order to have these fag-ends Of
building business cleared up and out Of
the way. The amount Of the bill, ac-
cording to present plans, would not be
large, and | believe there is rather
urgent need for legislation. The mat
ter will be taken up as soon as we get
back after the holidays"
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-12-26
NEWS BOILED DOWN

The SNOW blackade on the Union Pa
cifc between Cheyenne and Sidney.
Neb.. has been raised and trains are
nov moving.
The government of the Netherlands
has decided to observe a strictly neu-
trial attitude in the Venezuelan trouble.
Ships Of the b%lockading powers will
be prohibited from calling at ports OF
the Dutch colonies.
Sault Ste. Marie Is to be brought into
closer connection with Chicago by
means OF a new train service TO he IN
augurated December 90 over the Chi
a & e. Northwestern. and Minneapolis
st. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie railways.
Thomas Toby was sentenced to die
In the electric chair during the week
begsning February Q, 1908. for the
murder of Capt. James b. Graft. OF
Glen Cove, l.. l., in September last,
says a New York dispatch.
A. S. Matheson, third vice-president
OF the National Tube company. with
headquarters In New York, has ten
dered his resignation to take effect
January /. No successor will be In
| stalled as the Office of the third vice.
president will be abolished.
william w. Bristol was sentenced In
| the federal court at Chicago to a year
In the county jail for fraudulent use
OF the mails In connection with the
Surety. Guarantee and Trust company,
Of which he was manager. John r.
| Prime, former adjutant general OF
Iowa, claimed to have been swindled
out OF 81 500 through the false repre-
sensations made by Bristol as to the
| financial standing of the concern.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-12-26
RAPIDLY LAYING CABLE
San Francisco and Honolulu soon to Be
Connected by Telegraph

San Francisco and Honolulu soon to Be
Connected by Telegraph
A San Francisco. December 20. dis
patch says: The first link of the great
ocean cable which Is TO connect the
United States with Hawaii has been
laid and the cable ship Silvertown is
proceeding SC rapidly with the work
Of laying the cable that il would not
be at all surprising If Christmas greet
ings from Governor Dole of Hawaii to
President Roosevelt is sent over the
cable from Honolulu on Christmas day.
At noon today 1854 knots OF cable had
been reeled out from the hold of the
Silvertown to rest on the bottom of
the old ocean in 1870 hours since leaving
San Francisco, and this in spite of a
heavy storm which somewhat retarded
the work Of laying the cable. II a
slightly better ratio is maintained dur
ing the next five days with no storms
OF accidents to interfere with the work,
1t Is reasonable to expect that COM
m%unication with Honolulu will be had
on Christmas day.
The Associated Press correspondent
on the Silvertown filed the following
message on board the ship today:
LAT. 30.17 N. Long, 1898 W.-The
total amount of cable paid out up to
noon today, which includes the first
section. the laying of which vas COM
pleted last night at s o'clock, was 1854
knots. The weather Is fine"
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-12-26
His Inst OnernllOn

DR.. Lorenz has performed his last
public operation in this vicinity for
congenital d%islocation of the hip. says
n New York dispatch Of December %.
Alvin Louis Black, six years old. was
tho patient. He Is the boy who sent a
doll to Lolita Armour. daughter OF j.
Ogden Armour of Chicago. to operate
on whom DIR. Lorenz came to this coun
try. Mr.. Armour was appealed to by
the parents of the boy and wrote a per-
sonal letter to DR.. L.orenz. asking him
to operate on the child who had re-
membered his little girl, and the opera
ton of Sunday, which was pronounced
successful. was the outcome OF this re-
quest.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-12-26
CHRISTMAS MAIL BURNED
Packages Destined to Western Points
Catch Fire In Cars

Catch Fire In Cars
The official report of the burning OF
a carload of Christmas mail en route
for the west was made by the crew of
mail clerks arriving at Syracuse from
New York on fast mail No. 3 on the
New York Central which left New
York at S:45 a. m.
Only twenty or thirty out OF seven
or eight hundred pouches were saved,
the burned mail being for Chicago and
points further west. Some OF the
mail was destined for the Philippine
and Fiji islands. The mail sacks were
In a storage car. which carried no
clerks. The crew were on the car
behind and discovered the fire between
Peekskill and Highland. The car was
! left burning at the latter station
In thirty-eight foot kerosene
launch Capt. w. Newman and son.
aged sixteen, left New York from Col
lege Point for Southampton. The boat
Is eight feet beam with a draught Of
two feet nine inches. Newman expects
to complete the voyage In about TWEEN
ty days.
Gen. Pompillo Guiterluz, OF the Co
lumbar army, who arrived In New
York Tuesday on the Panama steamer
Alliancia, is detained at Swinburne
island. He is Ill OF fever, symptoms
of which the health officer regards sus-
picious. Guiterluz Is here on a diplo-
matte mission, believed to be connect
ed with the Panama cana
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-12-26
SCHOOLS FORGING AHEAD
Porto Rican Scholars Have Advantages
Not Given by Spanish Government

Porto Rican Scholars Have Advantages
Not Given by Spanish Government
The annual report Of the commits
sioner of education for Porto Rico
says the poorest schools there are In
some respects better than the poorest
of the same grade In many parts OF the
United States. although the day out
put Of the elementary schools cannot
be compared with the best city schools
in the states. An American free pub
lie school now exists in every munici-
pality in Porto Rico.
The school year closed last June with
S74 schools open, 40.993 pupils enrolled
and 923 teachers employed, an increase
of 10 per cent in the number OF schools,
81 per cent in enrolment and 20 per
cent in number of teachers owe the
previous year.
The high-water mark during the year
in enrolment was. in the ordinary
public schools. 59,09G, to which should
be added 2.767 pupils enrolled in the
high. normal and special schools, CIV
ing a grand total of 81 ,SG3. or 10 per
cent of the total population OF school
age. and over 6 per cent OF the total
population Of the island.
The report claims that under Amer
lean civil government the educational
advantages offered free are nearly
doubled, as compared with the maxi
mum facilities provided by the Span
ish government.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-12-26
THE VENEZUELAN SITUATION
Castro Makes Move Looking to Arbitra'
tion-Congress Seeks News

Castro Makes Move Looking To Arbitra'
tlon-Congress Seeks News
President Castro has clothed Min
lister Bowen with full powers TO effect
a settlement with Great Britain, Ger
many and Italy. Mr.. Bowen simply
awaits the consent of the state depart
ment to assume this task, assuming
that the nations named are willing
that he should undertake this work. IL
IL believed that the critical phase OF
the Venezuelan situation Is passed.
The navy department Thursday made
public Dewey's disposition OF his hcet
during the holiday season. The battle
ships Kearsarge. Alabama, Massachu-
sets and Iowa, and the gunboat Scor-
pion will lie at Trinidad; the Illinois,
Indiana and Hist at st. Thomas: the
Texas at Point hpitres; the Chicago,
Newark and Eagle at Curacao; the
San Francisco, Albany and Wasp at
Mayagucz. The Cincinnati. Atlanta and
Prairie. with tugs and torpedo boats, at
San Juan: the Olympia. Nashville and
Machias at st. Kits; the Detroit at
Antigua: the Maynower and Vixen in
Porto Rican waters: the Dolphin at
Antigua and vicinity.
IL will be observed that the strongest
%contingents of the fleet, four battle-
ships and a %gunboat, are at Trinidad.
days sail from La Guaira. while
practically all of the fleet is within two
days sail Of Venezuela.
The house adopted the McCalla (rep.,
Mass.) resolution calling upon the sec
rotary of state to furnish all the infor-
nation i'm his possession concerning
the joint demonstration Of Great Brit
ain and Germany against Venezuela.
The resolution reads:
THAT the secretary Of state be d.
rected, IL not incompatible with public
interests, to inform the house Of rep
resentatives touching on any under
standing or agreement between the
governments of Great Britain and Ger
many OF one hand and the diplomatic
officers Of the United States on the
other. assurances by said government
to diplomatic officers of the United
States, as to the nature, extent and
purpose OF the joint demonstration Of
said government against Venezuela,
and to transmit to the house of repre-
sentatives the correspondence. II any,
upon the subject between the diplo-
matte officers of the United States and
the said governments. or either OF
them"
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-12-26
IN LARGER TRACTS
Cattlemen Want it Fixed So They
Can Lease More Land
CALLED ON THE PRESIDENT
Delegation or Nebraska cattle Raisers
Visit Washington To Protest Against
Removal Of Fences--H Held Confab
with Congressman

A conference which will likely cul-
inmate In a solution of the entire
range problem In Nebraska and con-
tingent states was held Wednesday
night at the new Willard hotel, Wash
ington. ID. c., between a committee of
cattlemen from Nebraska and the Ne
braska congressional delegation as well
a. congressman from other states con-
cerned In the movement. The commit
tee OF cattlement consister OF Bartlett
Richardson and w. G. Comstock OF
Ellsworth, Neb.; Daniel Hill of Cor
don, and A. s. Reed OF Alliance. The
congressional conferees we're Senators
Millard and Dietrich. Representatives
Burkett and Shallenberger OF Nebras-
ia. Lacey OF Iowa, chairman of the
committee on public lands. and Repre-
sentative Mondell of Wyoming.
The object OF the conference was 10
discuss the propositions of the bill to
DC introduced In congress which will
quiet h range troubles and be accept
able alike to the government and to
the cattlemen. The meter vas thor
oughly debated and MS q result. the
cattlemen will Immediately undertake
preparation OF n suitable bill. They
state IL Will De similar to the meas
ures already introduced b. Represen-
tatlvc Lacey. except that the new bill
VII provide for the leasing OF govern
ment lands In much larger tracts. Tho
Dill II satisfactory will be introduced
Immediately after the holidays. While
no ABSOLUTE decision Is reached IL Is
understood the cattlenent will draft a
OH along the lines suggested at last
nights conference. II will nave the
support Of the senator's and renresen-
tativcs mentioned.
While In Washington the cattlemen
have held several consultations with
the secretary OF interior regarding pro-
Visions OF a measure calculated to
meet the requirements, and which will
De satisfactory to all concerned. IL Is
stated the secretary will aid in reach
ing a proper conclusion.
MIR. Richards left the city for Cali
fornia today and the other members of
the committee started for their homes
in Nebraska.
Senators Dietrich and Willard oc
Nebraska eailed upon the PRESIDENT
accompanied by the delegation 70 die.
Mss with him the alleged encroach-
pent upon government lands by tho
big cattle interest not only in Nebras-
ka, but other western states. They
entered n vigorous protest against the
action and words of Col John s. Mos
by. who has been investigating tho
matter as an agent of the interior de-
partment. Many of the western cattle
Eetrs he.s gov to appear before the
Interior 1eparfl kEsnt, and their members
of congress with hAV,l9Ol, protecting
their interests. ThsN is being |
carefully considered by hsArfs,uent !
ident has let it be known that he win
permit no improper or Illegal en-
c~roachment upon government lands,
and the interior department is acting
along that line.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-12-26
ABLE TO PIERCE HEART
Local Treatment OF That Organ Not
Necessarily Fatal

Local Treatment of That Organ Not
Necessarily Fatal
After a series of experiments cover
ing a period Of more than five years.
w. Byron Coakley, a we'll known vivi-
sectionist of Chicago, has just discov-
cred that to administer local treatment
to the heart is not the impossibility
the worlds scientists have always held
1t to be.
By means Of a fine. hollow golden
needle seven or eight inches long. DR..
Coakley not only has been able to
pierce the heart without causing death,
but to inject into it various fluids with
out subjecting the patient to the slight
est danger.
Thus far DR.. Coakley has been COM
PEELED to conflne his experiments to
animals, but so certain Is he of his
ground that he will attempt to secure
a human subject for demonstration
which he has been asked to make be-
fore the international medical con-
gress at Madrid. Spain, in 1903.