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The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-14
INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION
Second Report Covers Manufactures and
combinations

Second Report Covers Manufactures and
Combinations.
The second part of the report of the
industrial commission has been made.
1t covers manufactures and industrial
combinations and in it's recommended
tions quotes from its report TO congress
of 1900, in which IL then recommended,
among other things hat the larger
corporations-the ~so-called trusts
should be required to publish annually
u properly audited report, showing in
reasonable detail their assets and liza
bilities, with profit or loss; such report
and audit under oath to be subject to
government inspection.
Among the recommendations now
made are the following:
THAT district attorneys OF the Unit
ed States be authorized and directed to
institute proceedings for violations of
the federal antitrust laws.
THAT combinations and conspiracies,
In the form Of trusts, or otherwise, in
restraint of trade or production, which
be the c%oncensus of judicial opinion
aye unlawful, should be SO declared by
legislation uniform in all jurisdictions
and as to all persons, and such statutes
should be thoroughly enforced.
THAT stringent laws be enacted by
congress and the several state legisla-
lures, making both penal and criminal
the vicious practice eff discriminating
between customers, and cutting rates
of prices in one locality below those
which prevail generally, for the pur-
pose of destroying local competition.
THAT to prevent over.capitalization
the several state legislatures enact
laws similar to the misunderstanding
laws of Massachusetts,; also to provide
for state supervision Of a public SER
vice corporations with power to re-
commend or regulate rates for service
and to pass upon the public need, de-
STABILITY or exigency of any proposed
new service.
THAT an annual franchise tax be
imposed upon all state corporations en-
gagged in interstate commerce.
THAT there be created in the treas
ury department a permanent bureau,
the duties of which shall be to register
all state corporations engaged in inter
state or foreign commerce; to secure
from such corporations all reports
needed to enable the government to
levy a franchise tax with certainty and
justice, and to collect the same"
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-14
MYSTERIOUS MURDER.
D~ecomposed Remains of Nora Fuller
Found In Unoccupied House.

DeCOmpOsed Remains of Nora Fuller
Found In Unoccupicd House.
A mysterious murder resembling in
some of its features, the noted Durant
case, is now puzzling the police de-
partmept of San Francisco. The body
OF Nora Fuller, a sixteen-year-old girl,
who disappeared from her home Jan
uary II, was found lying naked on a
bed In the upstairs Darkroom Of an I'M
furnished house. The girl had been
dead for some time, as decomposition
had begun. There was nothing in the
house to indicate the means used to
take her life, but the posture of the
body and its condition, together with
the disorder Of the room, indicate that
the girl was murdered. An autopsy
disclosed that death was not due to
natural causes. The general theory is
that the girl was either strangled or
poisoned.
Nora Fuller left home January IL
and met q man known as John Bennett,
In response to an advertisement for a
girl to take care Of n baby. She met
the man at n restaurant, and thereafter
all knowledge of her was lost. On
January 8, the house in which the
body Of the girl was found, was rented
by a man giving the name as C. Is.
Hawkins. The general descriptions Of
Hawkins and Bennett tally and it is
thought that the two names were
aliases Of the same man. Both Ben
nett and Hawkins are each said to be
between thirty-fve and forty years old.
Bennett wore clerical clothes and
claimed to have studied for the minis
try. A possible motive for the murder
Is found in the suggestion that the
murderer either quarreled with the
girl or feared that his relations with
her were about to become public.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-14
INSTANTLY KILLED
Contents Of Loaded Shotgun En-.
ters Breast Of Brother.
WAS IN A HURRY TO SHOOT A RABBIT


News OF a second terrible accident
happening in Richarpson county, Neb.,
within a week, has been received, the
particulars being as follows: Emcr-
son, the thirteen-year-old son of Jo-
seph Helm, one Of the well known
farmers Of the county, in driving into
the barn after his return from town,
saw a rabbit and fastened into the
house to get the gun. In his haste to
load IL the weapon was discharged and
the entire load entered the breast of a
younger brother, killing him almost
instantly. The family is n of the
most popular in the county, and the
affair is the cause of sincere regret.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-14
Elevator Burns.

At half past one on the morning Of
Feb. 10, the Nye & Schneider elevator
was entirely destroyed by fire which
caught in some way that has not been
reported. Several thousand bushels
OF grain, mostly corn, were consumed.
The only property saved was a little
charred grain which the flames were
unable to get at in the bottom Of the
bins. The loss is said to be the sum
OF $4,000 fully covered by insurance.
The lumber yard owned by the Nye
4 Schneider concern at the same place
was not touched by the fire. The end
OF one corn crib, however, was burned
out and the grain it contained was
damaged. The company will take
steps Immediately to have the elevate +
replaced with a new building.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-14
Policeman Waited For Him,

A young man who gave his name to
the police as II. q. Sutton of New
Orleans, but who was subsequently
identified as Ray Sutton Garlick of Ia
coma, has been arrested in San Fran
cisco, on charges Of forgery and OBJ.
tanning goods by false pretenses. Rep.
r~epsenting himself as the nephew Of
william Alvord of the Bank of Califor-
mia, Garlick bought a gold watch and q
diamond ring from w. L. Vanderslice
& Co. and offered in payment a check
for 800 bearing Mr.. Alvord's sigma
ture. He had previously telephoned
the firm that he would call to make
some purchases and Mr.. Alvord, when
notified of the fact, pronounced the al
legged nephew a fraud. A policeman
vas therefore in watching and after
the check had been passed Garlick was
placed under arrest.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-14
voys Arrive.

William M. Redmond, NJ. p, and.
Joseph Devlin, the Irish ENJOYS, were
escorted from the steamer Cymric TO
the Hoffman house in New York by a
delegation of prominent members of
the various Irish societies. Mr.. Red
mond is enthusiastic over the rapid
growth of the United Irish league.
"When to assert their independence
the Irish finally unite" said he, sit
will be with such a force of arms as
they never have shown before. The
English now recognize the extent Of
our movement and Lord Salisbury
spoke truly when he said England
feared the Irish more than she did the
Beers. They talk of reducing our rep
resentation of eighty in the parliament
to sixty. II they do, the sixty remain
ing will make as much noise as the
eighty do now"
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-14
HALL A MILLION LOSS
Manufacturing Plants Burned at Spring.
field, q. .

Manufacturing Plants Burned at SPRING
field, q. .
The largest fire in the history OF
Springfield o., broke out in the Cham
pion chemical plant of the East street
shops, and in an hour and a half twelve
manufacturing plants were in total
ruins. The estimated loss is now
placed at $500, 600.
The fire started from the explosion
of some chemicals in the Champion
plant, situated in the southwest corner
Of the shops.
A company Of the national guards
were placed on duty to keep away the
dense crowds and marauders.
The shops were built in 1882 by Will
liam Whitley at a cost of $3.50, OOo. The
equipment of the shops cost about So
000, 900, but after the failure of Whitley
a few years later the shops were left
idle for nearly ten years, when they
we're sold at receivers sale and Senator
Fairbanks and other capitalists bought
them for $500, 900. In the last few years,
through the efforts of the board of
trade of Springfield and the CONNER
cial club fifteen concerns were placed
in the old shops and the machinery,
material and unfinished product Of the
concerns is a total loss. The insurance
is approximately $500, 900.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-14
WANTS AN INQUIRY
Sugar Magnate Oxnard Would Send an
Agent to Cuba.

Agent to Cuba.
The American Beet Sugar associa-
ton, by its president, Henry 4. Ok
nard, submitted to the house commit
tee on ways and means a petition urg-
ing that a committee be sent to Cuba
for the purpose of obtaining by actual
inquiry on the ground and by an exam
ination Of the accounts of the Cuban
sugar factories the facts in regard to
the Cuban sugar industry. The petit
ton declares that General Wood in his
letter to members of congress made an
error when he said the present selling
price of sugar is 1.6 cents in Cuba or
$3.50 per sack, placed along side of
ship, and it is asserted that the actual
selling price Of 90 degrees centrifugal
sugar I. o. b. Havana on January 80
vas and has since remained l.9lA cents
per pound or s6.73A per sack.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-14
ENGLAND'S WEAKNESS
DEPENDS ON OTHER NATIONS FOR
HER FOOD SUPPLY.
Possibility OF q blockade of tho Islands
Has Been Considered-Edibies Could
He H~usbandcd So as to Last Two
Years.

One great military weakness OF Eng
land-the reason why the maintenance
OF a preponderating sea power by her
Is a matter of vital importance-is her
absolute dependence upon the outside
world for her food supply. Her home
supply would fail at the end OF six
months; her beef supply would last
scarcely as long.
The possibility OF the British Isles
being blockaded by q combination Of
powerful hostile fleets has not been
overlooked by the authorities, and Cap
tain Stewart Murray has. after much
time and study, submitted a plan for
meeting the dearth Of food which
would. ensue upon such a contingency.
His plan for collecting and distributing
the food in case Of blockade is most
elaborate. The government, OF course,
would take charge OF everything edible
In the kingdom, and the people would
be as they were under Pharoah, when
the seven lean years came upon Egypt
and Joseph doled out the corn. Cap
tain Murray's rations for the males
over 10 years of age would consist OF
one pound OF brown bread and n
pound OF potatoes a day. Once a week
half a pound Of meat would be al
lowed, and three times a week the citi-
zen could draw half a pound Of oat-
meal, and three times a week half n
pound OF barley. This would make a
weekly allowance of seventeen pounds
OF food upon which life and liberty. IL
not happiness, could be maintained.
Females over 10 years Of age are to
receive half the male rations only. with
the exception that they will get an
equal quantity of meat and three-Quar-
ters OF a pound Of potatoes daily.
Children under 10 years Of age will re-
ceive, roughly, one-third the male ra-
lions. with a weekly allowance of e
quarter Of a pound of meat. Luxuries
in the form Of fish, milk, vegetables
other than potatoes. tea. coffee. ETC.,
could be purchased by any n having
money enough as long as the supply
lasted, but they would not be consid-
cred as necessary to support life.
BY Captain Murray's plan 1t is as
serted that the native food supply Of
Great Britain could be so h%usbanded
that it would last for two years. It
would be a pretty hungry and amaciat-
ed people that would survive at the end
Of the siege, but the British govern
ment believes that the thing could be
done. This plan has been worked out
in it's most minute details, and IL the
British Isles should be blockaded could
be put in operation at once. The cost
of maintaining this national food sup
ply for a period Of two years would
amount, it is calculated. to $40, 00O, 900.
New York Press.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-14
PATERSON HAS A BIG BLAZE
Ten Million Loss and q Thousand Fami-
lies Shelterless.

Ten Million Loss and q Thousand Fami-
lies Shelterless.
A great fire swept through Paterson,
N. j., and in its desolate wake are the
embers and ashes Of property valued in
preliminary estimates at $40, 900 200.
1t burned it's way through the BUSH
ness section of.the city and claimed as
its W a majority of the finer struc-
lures devoted to commercial, civic, ed
vocational and religious use, as well as
scores of houses. There was but q
small tribute of life and injury to the
cOnfiagration, but hundreds were left
homeless and thousands without en-
ployment. A relief movement for the
care of those unsheltered and unpro-
vided for has already been organized,
and Mayor John Hencliffe said that
Paterson would be able to care for his
WI without appealing to the charity
of other communities and states.
An estimate made from a general in
spection of the smoldering ruins placed
the number of dwelling and apartment
houses destroyed at 500 and the num-
Der of families left without shelter at
LOCO.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-14
NATIVES WANT TEXT BOOKS
Appeal to Nebraskans From the Island
of Guam.

OF Guam.
II. II. Hiatt, formerly Of Broken Bow,
Neb., is now superintendent Of educa-
ton for the Isle of Guam. He writes
to Hon. w. X. Fowler, superintendent
OF gublic instruction, that the children
OF the island are bright and anxious to
learn English, but says there is no
money with which to buy books and
asks Mr.. Fowler To send him a con-
signment of second hand text books.
The latter has a4ked Congressman Mer-
Ger to get free transportation on some
naval vessel for the books, which Mr..
Fowler believes he can induce the book
publishers to donate, as they have ton
Of secondhand books. Mr.. Mercer
made application to the navy depart
ment and was advised that il the rail.
roads would transport the books free
in all probability the secretary of war
would permit an army transport to
take the books over to Gaum free Of
cost. Thus it falls to Nebraskans to
promote a most worthy benevolent
enterprise.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-14
Riches In Clam Shells

Shell dealers on the upper Mississip-
pi estimate that the amount OF clam
shells taken out Of the river between
Prairie due Chen. Wis, and Red Wing.
Mimi, the past season was $500 tons,
which was valued at $103 200. Over
three-fourths of the product was
shipped to factories at Muscatine,
Iowa, and the East, for which freights
to the amount of $14,S00 were paid.
The shell product is, however, only
part OF the clam industry, and in addi-
ton to the above amounts at least
$4,000 was paid to the clam diggers
for pearls and %poroques. which makes
a total of over $270, 900 paid by the
pearl-button industry in obtaining the
raw material. The army of men and
boys employed in the factories In cut
ting these shells into buttons ready for
wear will probably treble the above
amount. The button business is fast
becoming one OF the leading industries
of the Mississippi valley. ,
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-14
BEGINS WARFARE
Revolutionary steamer Libertador En-
cages the Enemy.

cages the Enemy.
General Andrade, the former presi-
dent OF Venezuela, who reached the
island OF Curaco recently, embarked on
board the revolutionary steamer Liber-
todor.
Libertador some days q landed a
force OF insurgents on the Venezue-
Ian coast and they subsequently took
possession of the village of Cumarebo,
situated near La Vela de Curo. The
Venezuelan gunboat General Crespo,
which attempted to prevent the land
ing, was fired upon and badly damaged
by the Libertado. Crespo had it's pro-
pellor shaft broken.
The success of Libertador has caused
a sensation at Caracas, where great
commotion prevails. The news re-
ceived there from the interior of Vene-
zuela 10 not favorable t. the govern
ment. 1t is announced that the insur-
gents are very active, especially in the
vicinity of Barquisimento.
The revolution against President
Castro is gaining ground visibly.
1t is further asserted that Crespo
sank in the road instead OF Cumarebo.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-14
Says Wife Was I'm faithful.

In the case OF Fred Beck, charged
with the murder of his wife, Viola
Beck, in the Sangamon circuit court at
Springfield, H. the defendant was on
the witness stand and testified that his
wife had been unfaithful to him, and
claiming that he found his wife with
Otis Bell in a compromising position
when he entered his home the night of
the killing, and that his wife ran into
the next oom and took n knife from
her cloak pocket and threatened him,
%whcreupOn he drew his revolver and
fred, but did not know where the bull
let's struck. The case will go to the
Jury,
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-14
Scope Of Manual Training.

In the opinion Of an experienced
public-school principal, too much can
not be said to correct the impression
that the manual training in u public
schools is based on a desire to give the
boys a start at the trade Of the carpen-
ter or cabinetmaker. A recent writer
on the subject distinguishes a training
for a trade from the manual training
OF the schools in this way: Manual
training Of the hand means the learn
ing of a trade, while manual training
by the hand is distinctly educational"
Man differs from the lower animals in
that he uses his feet for locomotion
and his hands for other things. Imag-
inc the effect of eliminating the use of
the hands from our daily necessities!
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-14
Tho Oysr-Generous American.

A wall is going up all over the Orient
over the demoralizing effect Of the
American on the cost OF living. travel
and the necessities of life. Whatever
else may be said, the man from the
States must plead guilty to having
boosted" prices everywhere. Even
the 'rickshaw men Of Japan, the sam.
pan coolies of China and the cocheros
of Manila all evidence this. The prices
OF labor, food, clothes. and In fact, all
articles of merchandise, have advanced
tremendously in the last three or four
years for no other reason than that
the interested parties have discovered
t~hat-thanks to the Americans lavish
propensities-they can get present
prices. The American is q natural
"spender."
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-14
Woman Is Missing.

Mrs. Season., aged sixty-three years,
Nebraska City, is m~ysteriously miss
ing. She left home without saying
anything to any n and no trace Of
her has been found. She took her
clothing and it was thought she had
gone to her daughter in Hamilton
county, but a telegram from there says
she did not come that way. 1t Ia
thought the bloodhounds viii
find some trace of her. Last Monday
night she stopped at a friends, four
miles from her home, but after leSvins
there all trace of her is lost.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-14
Mayor on Trial.

The trial of Mayor Charles +. Shill-
ing of Decatur, ILL.,, under indictment
for malfeasance in Office, began Febru-
AIRY 10. The indictment was brought
about by n committee Of citizens who
alleged that the mayor knowingly per-
mitted violations of the law by gam
blers and saloon keepers, and is liable
to punishment under a state law. The
penalty is removal from office. Alum,
dred witnesses have been summoned.
Several days will be required to get a
iurv
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-14
Joseph Douglass Killed,

Joseph A. Douglass was killed at his
home in Lyndon, Kas., by falling from
a DAD Of cor Mr.. Douglass was the
witness in the historical Armstrong
murder trial in Illinois, when William
Armstrong vas cleared by Abraham
Lincoln. Douglass swore at the trial
that he saw young Armstrong strike
the fatal blow, saying that the moon
was very bright At the time. Mr.. Lin
coin then produced an old almanac as
his only witness, by which he proved
In question.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-14
Two Little Lives Lost.

Jennie and Elsie Berlinger, aged
eight and six years, respectively, chill
dren of DIR. II. Berllnger, were suffo-
Gated and died while a fire was in pro-
gress Mt their fathers residence in
New York City.
The children were in their room on
the top floor when the fire was discov-
cred and all efforts to reach them vas
unavailing as the fire had broken out
In a connecting Dol through which
it was necessary to pass before the
children could be reached.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-14
n MYTH.

State Senator Hobson, Of Montana,
who is largely interested in the sap
phire diggings in Fergus county, says
the story in circulation throughout
the east of the many diamonds being
found that state is a myth. The stone
that is creating all the furore is a
white sapphire, very hard, but of COM
paratively little worth. In veins ex-
tending for miles along the creek beds,
Hobson says, these white stones can
be found by the barrel.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-14
Awarded to Foster parent..

At the conclusion of the hearing in
the habeas corpus proceedings in the
Burkel-C rissmann ease at Plattsmouth,
Neb., Judge Douglass ordered that the
child be restore d to the foster parents.
The greater portion of the day was
consumed by the attorneys in arguing
law points for and against the legality
of the adoption papers. Tha court
room was crowded with interested
spectators. The child was adopted by
Mr.. and Mrs. Val Burkel several
months ago and recently forcibly taken
from them bv its mother. Mrs. Crissman
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-14
Dies on the Train.

Mr.. z. Briggs died on a Burlington
train while on the way from Lincoln
to Denver. Rev. l.. p. Ludden, at
whose home at Lincoln Mr.. Briggs
had spent the day, received n telegram
at midnight informing him of the
death. The body was taken from the
train at McCools. 1t will probably be
taken to West Point for burial. He
was a well known business man of that
place.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-14

Bishop Fowler has told the ministers
of the Methodist Episcopal Colored
Church to cut all the big words out of
their sermons. The bishops OF other
churches, not colored. would make nc
mistake In giving the same counsel.
Our colored brethren have by no means
a ~polysyllabic monopoly.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-14

It is the judgment of those best
qualified to speak on the subject that
now is the time to visit Washington.
Politically and socially, the nations
capital is rarely more brilliant and at
tractive than 1t is at present. Besides,
1t is the duty OF all those of our people
who can afford II to see their country's
capital at its best.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-14

II the reports of Prince Henry's good
sense are trustworthy the American
who attempts to "fawn at the feet Of
royalty" invites the encouragement of
a royal kick In the jaw.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-14

No sooner does the Kaiser prove that
he Is friendly to the United States than
he is called upon to demonstrate his
affection for England. Some Of the
Kaiser's orators keep him busy.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-14

With the Danish West Indies ours,
the territory controlled by the United
States will come within 100 miles Of
reaching half around the globe. Even
Benjamin Franklin didn't foresee that.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-14

There Is no assurance that America
is not absorbing the usual quota Of an
archists into its population every time
n shipload of immigrants reaches our
shores.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-14

Anarchists say that Prince Henry
never did a useful days work and that
they will ignore him when he visits
this country. But do the anarchists
want to monopolize the loafng?
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-14

Women In Germany cannot be said
to be dragging behind the times; they
want the family washing done by a
trust.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-14

1t is now said that the pope is tired,
not sick. Perhaps he has been read
ing the conflicting rumors regarding
his health.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-14

When an %impecunious friend strikes
you for ten dollars Of your surplus 1t is
less embarrassing to say ''Ikona,"
which is crocodile Zulu for IL have
none"
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-14

The picture the German newspapers
are using to represent Miss Roosevelt
might bring On wal were we not a
good-natured and long-suffering peo-
pie.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-14

AS a result of the earthquake at the
City OF Mexico, Gov. Mora and his
family have no home and are now liv-
Ing In a stable. Well, the Savior Of
mankind was borniin n
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-14

Capt. Clark. who commanded the
Oregon, and is to go to the coronation,
Is an expert chess player. He will be
all right in London unless King Ed
ward shall steer him into a game OF
baccarat.