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The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-07
IN THE HOcPlTAL
General Funston Oiigcd to Undergo An
other Operation.

General Funston vas again sub
jected to the surgeons knife. The OPP
GRAFTON was performed at Scarrit's hos
pital, Kansas City, under the direction
of DIR. L. +. Robinson.
After General Funston arrived from
the West and had had "a consultation
with DIR. Robinson, it was stated that
another operation would not be neces.
sary. Within u day or so, however,
the wound of the original operation
for appendicitis had not healed as the
physician believed it should and the
second operation was decided upon.
Before the operation was performed
DIR. Robinson stated it would prove
a minor affair. Later he stated that
the general had undergone the ordeal
In n satisfactory manner. and that he
believed the outcome would be what
had been desired. 1t would be neces-
sary, however, for the patient to re-
main ut the hospital for probably two
weeks.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-07
ATTEMPTED KIDNAPPING
night Of Possession Will lie Tested In
Habeas Corpus Suit.

blight Of Possession VIII lie Tested In
Hsbeas Corpus Suit.
What for a time promised to be q
very sensational case happened when
j. =. Ewart Of Kearney with another
man took little Ruth Ewart away from
her grandmother In Omaha. The girl
was with Mrs. with Mrs. Il. l.. Dodder
and her daughter, Mrs. Smith, when
as they alighted from a street car n man
heavily bundled up at the curb, seized
the child, handed IL to another man
who pushed 1t In u cab standing near
and then both jumped in and drove
away on the gallop For n time no
trace whatever was found of the girl
though many bystandcrs saw the whole
act and one man ran eight blocks in
pursuit only to be distanced. Notices
were wired In all directions with good
descriptions of the men and in an hour
Detective Wier located them in Coun-
oil Bluffs Mt the Grand hotel. One was
81. y. Ewart, father OF the girl, u
wealthy grain man OF Kearney, own
ing a series OF elevators along the
Union Pacific road. The man with
aim Is employed in the Office Of a local
attorney.
After explanations, 1t was agreed TO
bring the girl back to Omaha where
the right If possession will be tested
in q habeas corpus suit to be tried be-
fore Judge Baxter at an early date.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-07
Coni Mine On Fire.

A fire Mt the Cooke & White coal mine
at Madrid, N. NJ, operated by the Col
orado Fuel and Iron company, caused
the death of two Italians, II named
Brute and the other unknown, II
threatens damage to the property. At
last accounts the fire had burned to
within thirty feet of IA room filled with
gas, and should this point be reached
an explosion would follow that would
cause great wreck to the property. All
openings leading to the mine have
been closed, the fans stopped and all
available water turned into h mine,
which it is expected will be flooded in
three or four days.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-07
. UNIQUE VOLUME GIVEN CONGRESS
u Author Spent Twenty Years Of His Life Writing II. 4


A wonderful manuscript book on
archaeology has Just been presented to
the library Of congress by Thomas Will
son, LII. d., OF Washington. The au-
thor Of the work In question. Mr.. s.
II. Binkley. a farmer Of Montgomery
county, Ohio, died in 1900, at the age
Of "a years.
Mr.. Binkley employed mis- spare time
Tor the last twenty years of his life
in writing this book, or rather printing
1t with pen and ink, and illustrating 1t
with drawings in black and white and
color, which have the fineness Of en-
cravings and Autographs.
The objects described and illustrated
are the common utensils Of the aborig-
inal inhabitants OF this country. and
embrace arrow and spear heads OF bone
and stone, domestic belongings of va
rious kinds, working implements, cary
ings, etc.
Professor w. X. Moorehead of New
York. who, through a mere accident,
became possessed of the unique vol
ume, thus speaks Of the author accord
ing to the few facts which he has been
enabled to gather concerning him:
"S. II. Binkley was a gentleman
farmer of the old school. Whether he
was a college graduate or not ] am
unable to say, but my impression is
that he educated himself. He possessed
a fine farm in the Miami Bottoms,
south OF Dayton, in Montgomery coun-
ty. Ohio. There were walls, circles,
etc. of prehistoric remains upon his
property and the presence of these
turned his attention to archaeological
matters.
"Mr. Binkley began to collect Indian
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-07
NEoRo'S NARROW ESCAPE
Angry Mob wnnt to Avcnge Poiisemnn's
Death.

Dehtus
Policeman Mark Allen of Chester,
pa, was shot and instantly killed by
Albert West, a negro, whom he had ar
rested for quarreling on the street
with a colored
West escaped, but vas captured hid
fng in q stable Mt Darby, Pa. When
the officers arrived with the prisoner "A
crowd Of 1000 persons met them with
the cries of Lynch him!" xii him"
When West was brought out on the
platform of the car there was n rush
and a number of persons struck him
with umbrellas and canes, while M eff
fort was made o get him away from
the policemen. The negro was hustled
into the city hall, and the crowd, see
ing that IL was impossible to reach him
In the narrow corridor, ran around to
the court yard In the rear of the build
ing. The big gate was barred, but n
hundred shoulders were placed against
IL and IL was torn down and the mob
rushed in with yclls Of Lynch him"
The city Jail stands In this court
yard and fearing that a rush would
be made in that direction. Chief Leary
placed a platoon Of police in the drive
way, and the officers with drawn re-
volvcrs, faced the crowd, which sullcn-
" retired. A plot III made for n Sec
-ond onslaught, and IL was necessary to
place the leaders In custody, Temperate
ly, to quiet the crowd.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-07

Superstition Is more prevalent
among the American people than Is
generally supposed" said a book agent.
and even the hard-headed intelligent
farmers are, to a certain extent. af-
flicted with 1t.
81 remember asking a farmer sixty
years old, a nan Of more than ordi-
nary intelligence. the owner OF 1000
acres OF fine land, well stocked, and
who had several thousand dollars in
bonds and other securities, why he did
not build himself a better house. The
one he lived in was old. small and d.
l%apidated, a relic of the days when he
was poor.
afraid to- was the reply.
Afraid of what?' I asked.
"'Well, you see. I have always
heard that when an old man builds a
new house he never lives long to use
It,
81 laughed. but he was perfectly Sc
rious. and | found that in that neigh
borhood the superstition was generally
believed In.
Another saying vas common in the
same locality. The max who plants
a tree generally lives to enjoy its
fruits The belief in these sayings was
shown by the number OF poor farm
| houses and the number Of fine orch
ards in that neighborhood.
"'Seed corn shelled at night gener-
ally grows best Is another saying fire.
T. h
farmers son auggested that 1t was
invented by the old men as an excuse
for making the boys work at night.
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inst as the Pittsburg harbor towboat
j. w. Allies had passed through Lock
No. . her boilers exploded, throwing
her crew of fourteen in all directions.
Three of the crew are known to be IA
tally hurt and only five others have
been accounted.
The boat was towing six loaded fats
toward Pittsburg and just after get
ting out of the lock the explosion hap
pened and in a very short time the
Allies was bnrned to the waters edge.
The report of the explosion was heard
for miles and soon after rescuing par
ties were searching for the injured.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-07
Some Odd Superstitions of Farmers
OLD IDEAS FIRMLY BELIEVED IN BY PRoSAIc
AGRICULTURISTS.

Things planted during the dark of
the moon produce the best roots is so
generally accepted as true that veg
etables. like potatoes. turnips. beets,
carrots and onions are planted during
the light Of the moon by few people.
Many scientific farmers believe in this
superstition.
1.-The farmer who refuses water to
a travellers horse will see his own live
stock suffer from thirst before the end
Of the year is a belief so common in
some localities as to insure courteous
treatment to all travellers.
Some farmers will wiring the neck
Of a hen II she crows. They say a
Growing hen brings bad luck to the
farm, and, as I heard n old farmer
remark, sets the wimmen folks a bad
example,
Borrowed eggs always hatch Is a
saying probably invented by some
stingy man as an excuse for borrow
ing. but it is so generally believed in
some neighborhoods that Il regular
system Of borrowing and lending Is
carried on.
These and hundreds OF other super
stitions are so generally believed In
that they govern the customs OF COM
munities to q surprising extent. Chi
cago Inter Ocean.
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STORY OF HARDSHIP
Major waller aud Uis Marines March
Across Samar.

Across samar.
General Chaffce has cablcd to the
war department n report OF the march
of Major Waller and his marines across
Samar. IL is the first full account OF
the march and tells IA tale OF terrible
suffering and hardship:
''Thc war department is advised OF
the trip Of Major Waller, four officers
and Atty men of the marine corps,
thirty-six native bearers, with four
days rations. who started the last
week of December from Lanang, on
the east cost Of Samar, to cross the ISL
and TO Basscy, about thirty-five miles,
on the map. A trail at n time ex-
listed, but IL was found in places only.
Lieutenant Lyles Of the Twelfth in
fantry accompanied the command.
Inccssant rains from the start, swollen
streams and other natural obstacles
made progress extremely slow. When
the rations were consumed the men ox-
hausted rapidly, dropping on the way.
Major Waller. separated from Cap
tain Porter, Lieutenant II. =. Williams
and the major part Of the men, pro-
ceeding toward Bassey, where he ar
rived January o with two officers and
thirteen men; also Lieut.. I,yles. He
returned to the mountains next day
with relief, but returned to Bassey
about ten days later unsuccessful.
Porter was to build RATS, but timber
would not float.
''The second day after separating
from Mr.. Waller, Porter moved toward
Lanang and arrived January II with
two men, all exhausted physically and
and mentally. Lieut.. II. =. Williams
and over thirty men were left in the
mountains in a similar condition with
native bearers. A relief expedition
under Lieut.. Kenneth T.. Williams,
First infantry, was delayed in starting
two days by a storm raging and tor
rem river. They started the 18th,
reached the marines the 18th, saving
Lieut.. Williams and all except ten men
not found, who are no doubt dead from
starvation, namely: Privates Fangulc,
Il. Foaler, q. NJ. Britt, Il. Wards,
Brown, +. +. hurry, II. Buffet, Bailey,
Baroni and Connell. X. Kettle, died
in the hospital at Taoloban January
o1.
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Diamonds Recovered.

The diamonds stolen from the two
iron-bound trunks Mt Glcndive, Mont,
belonging To G. Il. Clawsen, travelling
representative of II Minneapolis whole
sale jewelry firm, were recovered at
Terry, where they had been cached.
The robbery, which occurred on Janu-
AIRY, 10, was a bold one, the trunks be-
Ing taken from the Northern Pacific
baggage u, broken open and the
diamonds distracted. Jerry McCarty
who was arrested on suspicion, is said
To have made u full confession To the
sheriff and to have given directions foi
the finding of the missing jewels.
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Opposes Amnesty.

Rudyard Kipling who arrived at
Capetown January 8, in a letter to a
friend in England, again protests en-
phatically against any amnesty being
granted the rebels, which he fears
from the attitude OF the home people
may be done. Mr.. Kipling declares 1t
is n question of life or death for the
colony.
1.-THE British minister had an inter
view with DIR. O Lynden, the Dutch
minister of foreign affairs, last Satur-
day" wires the Brussels correspondent
of the London Morning Post, and in
timated that Great Britain would new
er negotiate with Mr.. Kruger or DR..
Leyds."
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-07

Starts a $4,000 Fire at Plain.
view, Neb.
-FOUR STORE ROOMS ARE CONSUMED
Accident on the Illinois Central
Eve Italians Cremsted In n Coal
MIns-Fremont Dark.

The explosion of a lamp in Frank
Hulbert's cellar ut Plainview, Ncb.,
burned down n block of four store
rooms belonging, respectively to II. j.
Sewell, bakery and restaurant; Frank
Hubert, general merchandise; A. II.
Strube, restaurant and confectionery;
G. IL. Folsom, general merchandise.
The contents of the buildings were
mostly saved. All buildings were in
sured except X. j. JEWELS. The less
IL about 1900.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-07

A scramble is being made by MEM
bers Of congress to possess h discard
ed desks which furnished the house for
so many years prior to the mahogany
elegance Of the fifty-seventh congress.
What are left OF these desks are stored
in the basement under the otunda OF
the capitol, and daily they are hunted
through by SOME representative who
realizes that here Is an opportunity TO
perpetuate his glory as 4 national leg
islator, and establish an heirloom In
his family to be used by his children
as an incentive to oratory and states
manship.
Al the last session, when the house
decided to ~refurnish. a resolution was
nassed that members who desired TO
purchase their old desks should be al
lowed to do so after a price had been
established by an auction of a few Of
them. Chief Clerk William j. Brown
ing of the house was charged with car
rying out the resolution. and Mr..
browning Is finding his a one which
needs not only commercial instinct,
hut the skill OF a diplomat.
In order to ascertain the wish OF
members in this regard Mr.. Browning
sent notices to each Of the members
| of the ffty-sixth congress asking them
| To communicate their desires to him In
writing on this matter. a few re-
| sponded, but the indications were up to
a short time ago, that the desks were
| TO be a drug on the market.
Just before the present congress as
sembled, about se~venty-fve of the
| desks were sent to an auction-room
one Saturday to be sold for the pur-
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-07
GIFT FOR MISS ROOSEVELT
Kaiser to Present Her with Magnificent
Jewel Case.

The kaiser's gift to Miss Alice Roose-
Wilt, in connection with the visit to
America of Admiral Prince Henry, is to
be a jewel case, richly studded with
di almonds. In the center of the lid is
a portrait of the kaiser, with the i'm
perial monogram in diamonds.
The internal fittings and decorations
of the kaiser's American yacht are be-
ing made by n London firm of decorat-
ors, and the chief artist has interviewed
the kaiser who said laughingly: ~
shall send a torpedo boat for my yacht
seine day before June Is, so you'll have
to get it finished by then, as want
it to take part in the Kiel regatta"
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-07
Accused Of SwindIing Wholesalers.

n. ID. Parker, Il young man who
lives at Ottawa, Kan, has been held
for the federal grand jury on a charge
of fraudulent use of the mails by OBJ
tanning goods under false pretenscs.
II is said he obtained $780, 900 worth of
goods Of all descriptions from prom
inent firms in Chicago, st. Joseph and
Kansas City. He is alleged to have
ordered goods in the name of the OF
tawa Brokerage company, and to have
sold the goods to retailers near his
home
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-07
URGENT DEFICIENCY BILL
Appropriation Called For Amounts to
Twenty Millions.

49, ~
Twenty Millions.
The net increase Of appropriate ions
recommended by the senate committee
on the urgency deficiency bill is 50 :.
1853, $50, bringing its total up to $780,
$4,000. The principal items of in
crease are the following:
Payment to Mexico on account of the
La Abra and Well claims, Sii2;57e;
payment of rebate on tobacco, 500, OOC;
reimbursement of Philippine insular
fund for gunboats turned over to the
navy, SOS, s19; purchase Of coal for the
navy, $500, 900; equipment OF naval YES
sells, $3.50, 900; r%efunding to states mo-
ney expended in raising volunteers in
the civil war-Maine, s13l ,5l5, Penn
s~ylvania, $3.50, l46: New Hamp shire,
Sos, 372, and Rhode Island, Sl24, 617.
The appropriation of $4,000 for the
shelter Of troops in the Philippine ISL
ands Is retained, but the wording of
the provision is changed TO read as fol-
lows: "For the establis hment in the
vicinity Of Manila, p. l., Of n military
post, including the construction Of bar
racks, quarters for officers, storehouses,
hospitals and other buildings, as well
as water supply, lighting, sewerage
and drainage necessary for the accom-.
mediation Of a garrison of two full reg.
iments Of infantry, two squadrons OF
cavalry and two batteries of artillery,
to be available until expended"
The committee also struck out the
house provision limiting the number of
land Offices in Alaska to one, and re-
duced the appropriation made by the
house bill for experimental rural free
delivery service from si9l ,o4O to s2i7,-
800.
Provision is made for the payment of
a years salary each to the widows of
the late Senators Kyle and Sewell aud
s6,4l5 is appropriated to pay the ex-
pcnses of senator's who attended the
funeral Of President Mckinley.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-07

relics, and up to 1889 had gathered
from his Immediate neighborhood q
very comprehensive exhibit Of more
than 10000 specimens. He also wrote
scientific and popular articles for sew
eral magazines and newspapers.
Mr.. Binkley conceived the idea of a
h~and-printed book. with illustrations
drawn by himself. in which he would
describe his collection. He began this
work about 1870. and continued It up
to a rear before his death, In 1900. 1t
may be seen by an examination of his
books that Binkley's observations are
all reasonable up to within a few
pages of the end of the volume.
He wrote but a few pages each year
lin the winter), and spent hours upon
the drawings and printing Of words.
After he had passed his Goth year the
died at the age Of 94) his mind became
clouded. and he saw in many of the
stones faces Of apes. etc.
This book is remarkable in that it
shows a vast amount Of painstaking
labor. the discerning eye Of a compe-
tent collector, and the p~leasurable oc-
cupation OF a gentleman farmer who
cared more for these matters than he
did for his estate. 1t is one of the rare
examples Of patience and take your
time I'm this bustling world Of fever
ish American life.
After Mr.. Binkley's death his rela-
tives, who had no appreciation of his
hobby, sold and scattered his large col
lection"
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-07
Suicide identified.

The identity Of a middle-aged richly
dressed woman who committed suicide
in Stockto,, C1i., has been established
by friends. She was Mrs, Hammond
Moore Of New York city, the widow of
Colonel Hammond Moore, an oTicer of
the Confederate army, who settled in
New York shortly after the civil war.
She came To San Francisco from Qua
temala last May in the course OF a tour
around the world, which she begun
three years ago. and which had just
been concluded.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-07
Herb Doctor Killed.

At Glenjean, Fayette county, West
Virginia, a mob went to the home of
Il. Williams, n colored herb doctor,
called him to the door and shot him to
death. He returned the fire, and Nose
Adams, colored, was found a short dis
lance away. shot through the stomach.
Williams was a recent arrival from
Tennessee and the negroes believed he
was u conjuror.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-07
The burglars Mistake.

Look nere," said the parglar, as
the man raised himself to a sitting
posture in the bed. what do you mean
by living in a room that invites visit
ors and yet affords them no reward!
Haven't you got any money hid out
somewhere?" NO" replied the man;
but I'm expecting some. | have sent
two poems to the Scrawl, four sketches
to the Scribe, and six "Say-aro
YOU a writer" II should say so!
Just let me read you my" The
burglar raised a warning hand. NO."
he said, my times limited. I've got
three more houses on my list, and IL
they pan out as bad as this one. |
won't have any breakfast. III read
your stuff when it's printed, | take
all the magazines. BY the by"
He paused, looked at his watch, and
asked: ANY more literary houses in
this district" None "All right
I'm off. Good night" Same to you.
Please close the window after you
Atlanta Constitution.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-07
! Desks Bought as Souvenirs
! Old Furnishings Of the House of Representatives
Z Disposed Of
OCOOOO:OOGOGGGOdDSSG

pose OF establishing a price. Fifty OF
these desks now adorn a study-room
In a young ladies' seminary, while
twenty-five were bought by souvenir
hunters. 1t Is evident that h auc-
tioneer missed his cue in not impress
ing the prospective purchasers with the
fact that many great men had formu-
lated the nations policies behind these
same desks, for he only received prices
ranging from S1.l0 to Sl.75 for each
desk. Clerk Browning holds that the
average price was $1.50.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-07
shoots His Assailant.

r. B. B~lankenship, a wealthy mer-
chant of Delmore, W. Va, n small lum-
station. shot and killed Robert Brown
ing, a lumber dealer. Blankenship's
plea is ~self-defense, as he claims that
Browning had already fired one shot at
him. The shooting occurred in the
private office of Blankenship, when n
dispute arose during the settlement OF
an account.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-07
burned To "a

In n fire near Wise Postofice In Mon.
ongahcla county, W, Va, Blanche, the
infant child of Thompson Glover, was
burned t. death, two other children
were pehaps fatally burned and Mr..
and Mrs. Glover were seriously in
jured while trying to escape from their
house.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-07
Four Spectators Killed.

Four persons were killed and one was
probably fatally injured as the result
of an explosion of gasoline in the bake
ry of George Carver of Boyertown, Pa.
At the time of the explosion a large
crowd of spectators were watching the
fire and many of them were caught I'M
der the falling wall.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-07
Escape with the Ransom.

The Sofia correspondent Of the Lon
don Times reports that during the ne
gotiations with the brigands for the
lease of Miss Stone, the captive mis-
sionary, the house in which the Ameri-
can party was lodged burned down,
but that the inmates escaped with the
ransom money.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-07
Goes Through TrcstIe.

Two dead and three badly injured is
the result of II train going through a
trestle ON the Gauley railroad near
Berry's Siding, w. Va. The engine
and several cars of the freight train
crashed through the trestle to the
ground several feet below.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-07
A startling tragedy, caused by love

A startling tragedy, caused by love
and jealousy, occurred ut Havana, Ill.
Mrs. Robinson McCool shot her lover,
Joseph Lewis, and her ten-year-old
daughter, and thenlturned the revolver
upon herself, dying Immediately. She
left a letter confessing her love for
Lewis and requesting that the three
bodies be taken to Peoria for burial,
where she had a burial lot, and that
her property, after paying funeral ex-
penses, be given her brother Richard,
saying that he was the only one who
had ever been kind to her. She hao
some insurance.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-07
Passenger aud Freight Collide.

An Illinois Central passenger train
at Alworth about six miles west of
Rockford, ILL.,, killing one nan and in.
turing two others. all trainmen.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-07
Fremont In Darkness.

Fremont, Neb., is minus a large por-
ton of its electric lights for the time
being, the armature at the municipal
power station having burned out. Only
the incandescent lamps of the city are
affected, as the electricity for the arc
lights is generated by another dy namo
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-07

d. O. Mills OF New York recently
presented to the Lick observatory In
California, a large rejecting telescope.
which will be sent to Chill to deter
mine the velocities OF the stars In tho
southern hemisphere.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-07
seuen bandits entered the pecos n

Seven bandits entered the Pecos Mer.
camille company's store at Fort Sum
ner, N. NJ, shot Beaubien dead, beat
Francisco Zarnora senseless, stole 5000
worth Of goods, robbed the postotics
and escaped.