The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-02
THE NEWS ABBREVIATED
a General and succin,t Summary of Re-
cent Happenings.

rent happenings,
4 good rain fell in the southern part
Of Kansas Sunday.
The town of HCrkimcr. Kan. was
nearly destroyed 10y fire.
Champ Clark was rcnominatcd for
congress in the Ninth district conv,n.
ton, without opposition.
Martin Lynch. arrested at Cleveland
for wife murder. hanged himself in his
cell rather than face trial.
The United Copper company has alb
sorbed the llein2o properties in Mon
tana.
Five hundred thousand dollars worth
of property was destroyed by fire at
Glen Falls, n. y.
BENJAMIN Lindsay. Of Pierce. Ncb., is
asking the city for "a franchise to light
the city with gas.
The new Christian church at Har-
ward, Neb., erected at n cost of $4,000,
was dedicated Sunday last.
1t is intimated in Berlin that the
German government will % arrange
for the laying of a new cable to Amer
lea.
1t is stated in official circles in Lon.
don that William Waldorf Astor will
be created Baron ClivCden of Taplow
in May.
Fire destroyed n row of frame houses
on the south side of Furnas street, Re
publican City, N,b., ontailing "A loss OF
$4,000.
The anniversary Of General Grants
birthday was iittingly observed Satur-
day in New York by the members Of
the Grant Memorial association.
The ball team of the University OF
Nebraska defeated that of the Uni
versity of Minnesota last Saturday, the
score being 4 to 3.
At Atwood. Kan. dispatch says
ranchmcn and settlers are arming
themselves. and trouble is feared over
land in Rawlins and adjoining counties.
+. +. Gay, cashier of the state bank
of WILDER, had his left collar bone
broken by a fall while running to get
in out of q storm.
Senator Dietrich has nominated
Frank NJ. Rathbone for reappointment
as register of the McCook, Neb., land
Office.
Bishop James Conaty, rector Of the
Catholic university of America, denies
the published report hat he contem-
plates resigning the rectorship.
Prospects of peace In South Africa
improve. 1t is learned that the Bocr
leaders are among the burghers, con-
sulting their wishes.
rbo b,mn ~ lam nnpticto NInprbnm
near Winnipeg, Manitoba, was de-
stroyed by fire and his four girls and
one boy persisted in the flames.
William A. Day, assistant to Attor-
ney General Knox, and special counsel
to the interstate commerce commits
sion, will assist District Attorney
Bcthea ut Chicago in the prosecution
against the beef trust.
Congressman Robinson has secured
the passage of the bill granting to the
Omaha Northern Railway company ex-
that road across the Omaha and Win
nebago reservations in Nebraska.
The sixteenth annual convention OF
the t~hcosophical society Of America Is
in session at Indianapolis. The So
ciety took favorable action toward
uniting the American, English, Ger
man and Scandinavian branches of the
osophical believers.
Miss Naomi Schaerr, a German girl
aged twenty, who works in Fremont as
n domestic, was assaulted by two
young men while on her way to visit
her mother. She was knocked down,
but her scream frightened the assail-
ants and they fed.
The bank at Hallam burned Friday
OF last week, being set on fire by the
blaze from an adjoining building which
was burning. The insurance is suf-
ticient to cover the loss. Gerhart Rip
pen is president Of the bank and John
J. Meyer is cashier. All books and
records were saved, being in the vault.
Drs. Everett arc making a wonderful
success with the Sulpho-Sallne Bath
Co.'S interests of Lincoln. IL is now
one of the foremost sanitoriums in the
west. Notwithstanding the vast i'm
provements in additions made last
year, inadequacy is experienced many
times on account OF room. Patients
from all sections are here receiving
treatment and the cures average SO rs
per cent A most remarkable record.