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The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-01
KILLED BY DOGS.
Fearful Fate Of the Wife OF a
Wealthy Frenchman
DOGS WIRE MiDDENtD BY HUNGER


A New York dispatch says: A Paris
dispatch to the World says that Nine.
Edmond Sempis, who, before her mar
rlagc a year ago, was Miss Louise
Rutherford. Of Brooklyn, has been set
upon by two bunger-maddened Great
Dane dogs, which had been secured to
guard her husbands country house at
AnncCy lake, and so terribly injured
that she died two hours after the at
tack.
M. Scmpis Is "A prominent business
man in Paris. His home at Annccy
lake IL isolated. and. following a re-
cent attempt by burglars to nter the
place. he purchased two powerful
Great Danes as guards.
The dogs proved so ferocious that
they were confined in ar enclosure
during the daytime for the safety OF
the family. NJ. Sempis was advised to
starve them, so that was food was
given to them they would remember
kindly their benefactors. So they had
nothing to eat for two days.
Nine. Scmpis did not accompany her
husband and their guests who started
for n drive to Aix-les-Bains. She no.
ticcd the dogs while she was walking
in the yard, and. knowing that they
had been without food. determined to
feed them, as they were apparently
quiet. She ordered the cook to pre-
pare a bowl Of meat and carried II to
the kennel, the woman accompanying
her.
The instant Nine. Sempis entered the
big iron enclosure the Great Danes
leaped upon her like hungry tigers.
They bore her to the ground. and as
she vainly sought to defend herself
their teeth sank In her arms and
body. Her struggles apparently mad
dened h animals the more.
h coachman heard the screams of
Nine. Sempis and the cook. Nine.
Sempis begged the man to save her.
lie ran to the stable to got a pitch
fork. When he returned the Great
Danes had fearfully torn their victim.
The coachman fought the brutos into
a corner and kept them there until the
cook summoned neighbors, who ear
ried Nine. Sempis from the enclosure
in a dying condition.
A few minutes after NJ. Scmpis and
his guests returned she succumbed to
her injuries. after exchanging a few
words with her husband, who is near
Nv crazcd by the tragedy.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-01
GREET THE Beers
Leaders in War Made Much Of
at Capetown
TRtATfD TO Big DEMONSTRATION
Friends swarm Around Generals Botba
Delaray aud Dcwet-Latt Appears
Unexpectedly and Upsets Plans
Made for Ills Reception

A Capetown. July 2S. dispatch says:
General De Wet proved that he could
evade friends rs successfully as he did
enemies by arriving here unexpected
the elaborate plans prepared for his
reception. He strolled through the
streets. casually nodding to acquaint-
ances and occasionally to a former
opponent. Arrangements were quick
~ made by Afrikanders to entertain
the famous leader tonight at a semi
private dinner, tickets to which al
ready stand at five g%uineas (S2G.25J
premium.
turn was the scene Sunday. when
Generals Botha and Delarey attended
church. The building was packed,
mainly with women, and the service
was scarcely concluded when these
Capetown admirers stormcd the pew
in which the generals sat. With diff
ficulty they retreatcd to the vestry.
The congregation followed and Gen
erals Botha and Delarey were lifted to
the vestry table. The pastor of the
church warmly demonstrated. where
upon a number of those present seized
the generals and carried them to car
riages. where another demonstration
pnSIpd.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-01
CLASH At
Onion and Non-Union Miners Meet
In Bloody Conflict

A Pottsville. Pa. July 90 dispatch
says: Striking anthracite miners and
non-union men clashed at Shenan-
doah early this morning and two men
were shot and four were badly beaten.
Excitement. which has been entirely
absent from this district since the
strike was declared, now is at a fever
heat. Non-union men have been hired
to take the place of strikers in the
kohinoor colliery and while they were
on their way to work this morning
they were attacked. Shots were fired
from ambush and Daniel Landerhan,
foreman of the Kohinoor mine. fell.
His face and shoulders were tori by
a load of bucHshot and his recovery is
questioned. His companions fled and
were pursued by strike s~ympathizcrs.
some firing as they raj Albert an
dcrman fell from a flesh wound
and four others We're Overtaken
and beaten numerically. Additional
guards have been sent to the disturbed
district and strikers have also gone
into the locality for the purpose of
counseling peace.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-01
SENTENCE
President Zeiaya Of Nicaragua shows
Mercy to an American

"'''S ="
United States Consul Donaldson at
Managua. Nicaragua. cables the state
department as follows: las a cour-
tesy to the United States and through
sympathy for his mother, the presi-
dent will commute Russell Wilson's
death sentence"
Wilson is the young American doc
tor who accompanied the party OF fill
busters in an expedition against Mica
ragua and was captured and sentenced
to death. Senator Hanna interested
himself in the case.
Mrs. Wilson, the doctors mother, is
on her way to Nicaragua to plead for
her sons life.
Wilson would have probably been
executed by this time had the United
States not interfered. 1t is believed
Zelaya will finally pardon the young
man on his promise not to engage in
any further attempts of the kind
against Nicaragua.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-01
FARMER HANGS HIMSELF
Brief Illness Supposed to Have Unhni.
nnced His Mind

nnced Ills Mind
Frank Pribble. a young farmer who
lived three miles south of Odell. was
found dead on his place Monday norm
ing. He had hanged himself. He
was one of the wealthiest Bohemians
in the county, owning nearly 500 acres
Of land in the vicinity of his home.
No cause for the act is known unless
a brief Illness can be said to have
caused a temporary fit of insanity.
Mr.. Pribble left home at daybreak.
telling his wife that he would return
in two hours. but if he did not she
need not worry about him. He said
he was going to see a neighbor. He
did not return and a search at 10
o'clock revealed his body hanging to
a tree with a bullet hole in the head.
As no revolver was at first found, it
was believed to be a case of murder.
Later the revolver was discovered in
a field nearby. 1t is believed he shot
himself and the bullet failing to kill,
he walked some distance to a fence
and hanged himself to a tree. Blood
found on the tree showed that he was
bleeding when he adjusted the moose.
The bullet entered his head over the
right ear and passed downward, lodg-
ing under his chin On the left side.
Pribble had complained Of mental
trouble and had threatened to kill
himself. Recently he bought a re-
volver at Wymorc and hid it in his
barn. His family found it., but he
again got possession of the weapon
He drew $500 out of the bank at Odell.
telling the cashier that he wanted to
pay some debts. He took the money
home and gave it to his wife. He
owes no debts, and is quite wealthy.
He was forty-three years old and
leaves a wife and six children.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-01
NEBRASKA LEADS THE LIST
stockmen %! the state Topping MarIHt
at Kansas city

a Kansas City. Mo. special says:
Down about the Kansas City stock
yards they are beginning to wonder
what manner of men the stockmen OF
southern Nebraska are that they ac-
complish SO great things. For sew
eral weeks past attention has again
and again been drawn to the stath by
the achievements of shippers olNattle
and hogs on this market Ne
braskans have repeatedly commandedl
top prices for their consignments. 1t
may be some ingredient of the soil
along the banks of the Big Blue; it
may be some element in the atmo-
sphere of the Republican valley: IL
may be that the farmers along the
Nemaha have discovered some philoso-
piers stone that turns corn into beef.
whatever the reason topping the mar
ket by Nebraskans has become suf-
ficiently frequent to give the state a
wide advertisement among the patrons
OF this market.
The past week has witnessed two
notable sales of Nebraska cattle. On
Tuesday w. II. Bowman. of Beatrice.A
sold the largest bunch of beef steers
that ever brought So a hundred pounds
on this market. Within the past
month cattle have sold here as high
as $3.50. but they were exceptional ami
mails, carefully selected. and only a few
of them. Sales at So have been suf-
ficiently rare to attract attention. but
a sale of las head in one bunch. such
as was made by Mr.. Bowman, was an
event so unusual that 1t was the sub
iect of much comment among cattle
men. The nearest approach to it was
a bunch of los head that sold at the
same price July IL. Mr.. Bowman's
cattle averaged 1903 pounds. They
were branded Nebraskans. having been
bought last fall in the western part Of
the state. There wasn't a single Gull
in the bunch. and every animal was
well finished and tit for the fancy ex-
port trade.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-01
HERE mi THERE

Charles Willis, aged fifteen, and
Walter Hendricks. aged sixteen, fell
OF a raft of logs between Newburg
and ltockport and were drowned.
Major Charles B. Ewing, L. S. A..
arrived in Denver from his post at
fort Prcblc, Me, to make a search
tor his brother, l;phraim b. Ewing. a
wrll-known attorney Of Washington,
ID. C.. who Is supposed to be wander
ing about the country. The Ewings
are hrOtllcrs-in-law OF United States
senator +. NJ, Cockrcll. of Missouri.
The RI. Rev. DR.. James T.. Quigley,
bishop of Buffalo, who was named
with two others by the irrcmovable
rectors rs a candidate for the arch
bishops of Chicago, has stated that he
will not leave Buffalo. Il consider il
n great honor" said the bishop, but
do not consider myself a big enough
ma to NIL the archeipiscopal see and
II is my intertion To remain in Buf.
falo."
At a picnic al Haynes postofRcc, Ky,
John Dickinson shot and killed Roe
and Jack Dyer, two brothers. and one
OF the Dyers shot Dickinson three
times. lie Is no expected to live.
The furnaces in the American beet
sugar factory, at Grand Island. have
been rekindled and a force of men is
busy in the manufacture of sugar
from the syrups left over from former
campaigns. Ii is expected that the
fires will not be e%xtinguished before
February /. Day and night shifts ar,
employed, It is expected that thu
slicing OF beets will begin about tn,
10th OF September.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-01
STORM IN MICHIGAN
District Near Detroit swept by wind
aud Rain

A Detroit, Mich, July -. dispatch
says: During a storm tonight the
large Brown hoist. used To lift and
carry heavy plates used in ship build
ing was blown on the deck of the
Michigan Central car ferry transport
mt the Wyandotte ship yard, and is a
total wreck, while the upper works
of the car ferry are for the most part
smashed to kindling wood.
The damage is estimated at $4,000.
Other towns With. fifty miles Of De-
troit report considerable damage to
property. but no lives were lost.
The worst storm ever know in the
history OF Oxford, Mich. swept over
a strip OF country, reaching from
Thomas to Rochester, this afternoon.
A number OF houses were damaged.
The corn crop is leyellcd. while
wheat and oats are lying in a tangled
mass.
Orchards are stripped OF their fruit
and the losses to farmers will amount
to thousands Of dollars.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-01
~kentuckIans Battle

As a result of a picnic quarrel Sat
urday in Lewis county. Kentucky, an
other feud has been strated that prom
Uses dire consequences. John and
Hugh Dickerson and Jack and Roe
Dyer became involved in an alterca-
ton on the dancing platform and "A
fusilado of shots followed. Then the
smoke blew away Jack Dyer was dead
and Roe Dyer was in death agony
John Dickerson was shot through the
groin, probaly fatally, and Hugh was
the Dickerson premises, which are
t~wenty-four miles from a railroad IN
an almost ~impregnable country.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-01
score Are u

In a collision on the Brooklyn ele-
Waited at Hillary and Adams streets,
New York City, Tuesday morning, a
score of passengers were hurt, some
seriously. The accident was unique,
as the colliding trains We're bound in
opposite directions on parallel tracks,
and crashed together on account of
excessive lean at that particular point
OF trains inbound. Hitherto no trains
have met just there. The sides of
four car were ripped of and the
trucks derailed,
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-01
AN ARCH FOR SCHLEY
Admirai's Baltimore Friends to Com
memorate Naval Trinmphs

\ memorial arch is to be erected in
Baltimore, Md. in commemoration OF
the deeds of Admiral Winfield Scott
Schley. With this end in view. the
Schley triumphal arch association of
Baltimore has been incorporated by
DR.. Henry V. Walls. DR.. Melcher Elk
stromer. Charles l.. Burkhart, James
Gorrell and Henry G.. Broady.
II has no capital stock. As ex-
planned by n of the ~incorporators.
the plan is to raise by popular sub
scription a fund sufficient to pay for
a handsome arch lin recognition of
the services of Maryland's hero of the
Spanish war"
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-01
TO ABOLISH CHILD LABOR
American Federation OF Labor Nay Take
the Initiative.

the Initiative.
The executive council of the Amer
lean federation Of labor, in session at
San Francisco, has adopted a resolu-
ton supporting any legislation having
for Its purpose the abolition or child
labor in states where such laws do not
now exist.
In the matter OF the request for the
revocation OF the charter of the anal
gamated society of engineers. the
council decided to notify the latter
body that uless, by October |, il con-
cedcs full trade jurisdiction TO the
organizations named in the matter of
trades disputes. such as increase of
wages. threatened reductions or
changes of trade conditions or rules.
It's charter would be revoked.
The application for the revocation
OF the charter OF the national union
Of brewery workmen was laid over for
further consideration,
The application OF the order of rail
way clerks for a charter was unani-
mously granted.
The application of the solicitors OF
Insurance companies for a charter was
denied.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-01
THE FOREIGN NEWS

The new commercial treaty between
Great Britain and China was approved
at a conference held at the foreign
office in London II Is expected that
the government will now sanction the
conclusion of the treaty.
The Liverpool Post states yhat the
duke of Marlborough, W. married
Consuelo Vanderbilt, is about to be
appointed to an Office great in hocial
IL not political character. If not made
lord lieutenant of Ireland, he will get
the governor generalship of Australia.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-01
TRICKY CUBAN OFFICIAL
Charged with the Abduction of u Dam
gerous Personal Enemy

Perico Delgado. the well known Cu-
ban general. who commanded the
sharpshooters operatin in Havana
province during the war, Is under ar
rest at Havana. accused Of placing in
prison Antonio Acosta, a nephew OF
Col. Acosta. without a warrant. Del
gado is now an officer of the Cuban
mounted police. 1t is rumored that
young Acosta. who has been D~elgado's
private secretary. possessed damaging
secrets. Acosta mysteriously disap-
pearcd n few weeks ago.
A mass meeting. presided over by
Senior Marquee. was held at Santa
Lucia for the purpose Of denouncing
President Palma and his administra-
ton. The meeting failed in its pur-
pose. however, for only 400 turned out
and these failed to agree on a mode OF
procedure.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-01
Bow steal Ride Across Atlantic

Four boy ~stowaways arrived at New
York Monday on board the White
Star liner Civic from Liverpool. Their
ages range from nine to twelve. The
boys stole aboard at liverpoole, un-
laced the cover OF one Of the lie BOATS
and crawled in, replacing the cover.
on the fourth day they were Obliged
to show themselves on account OF
thirst. They will be returned on tue
same steamer.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-01
Lit (rum Dead

l. S. Crum. United States marshal
for Kansas. died at his home at Oswe-
go. Kan, July "a The disease from
which he died vas of the heart and
liver. Two weeks 4 Mr.. Crum was
seized with typhoid fever In Topeka
and a brought home by his wife.
It was stated that it was only a mild
attack and only Wednesday 1t was re-
ported that he was getting better. In
formation, therefore. of his death
Thursday vas "A great shock to his
friends.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-01
MnIher DieA From Grief

The last chapter in the domestic
tragedy of Mrs. Mary Meade. who
strangled to death her three children
saturday. was recorded Monday at
New York. when the mother died
from the effects of poison and poig-
nant grief in the Homeopathic nos
pital. At midnight she insisted on
knowing what had become OF her ut
tie ones and when told she shrleRed
despairingly and shortly after died. It
Is believed she killed her children
while under the influence or WOOD al
cohol and had no knowledge OF the
act.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-01
EleCtrIC Flashes

Bridgeport, Neb., will have an Epis-
copal church soon, as the contract fro
its construction was let Saturday.
While in a state OF intoxication
Mrs. Richard Meade, of rBooklyn. N.
Y. strangled two OF her children to
death. A third child was saved by the
father.
The body OF the late John w Mac
kay. who died in London, will no be
brought to the United States until
September. Mrs. Mackay's health for
bidding her earlier departure.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-01
BIG DEMAND FOR SALT
Kansas Mines WIN Break all Production
Records This Year

1.-THE Kansas salt fields and mines
will produce a quantity of salt this
year that will break all records" says
+. Il. Roth. of New York. Mr.. Roth
owns rock salt mines neal Lyons and
kanopolis, Kan.
"The production of salt in Kansas
will be greater than ever this year
because the packing houses are buying
more Kansas salt than Eve before.
There are two kinds of salt mines in
Kansas; the salt wells. where water
is evapooratcd and the rock salt beds,
where the salt rocks are blasted out
by a process similar to the II in
which coal Is mined At my mine near
Lyons the main shaft Is 100 feet deep.
After the rock salt Is hoisted to the
surface 1t Is crushed and graduated"
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-01
MAKE WAR ON GOATS
Ruthless Slaughter INDUCED In by Colo
RADIO Cattlrmen

Recently fourteen masked men APP
peared on the grazing ground of the
Angora range association in Pinon
mesa, where about 1000 goats were
ranging. Three herders who were in
charge of the goats were bound, while
the masked men slaughtered more
than GOO of the flock by shooting and
~stabbing them. The loss is estimated
at $4,000.
Mrs. NJ. b. Irving, manager of the
association, came to Colorado from
Chicago about two years ago, and is a
widow, thirty-eight years old. She
Is an ~authoress.
There are several other goat ranches
in the vicinity which have been
threatened by the cattlemen.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-01
Two are Killed

A north-bound passenger train on
the Chicago. Milwaukee 4 st. Paul
road ran into a box car standing on
the main track at Etter. eight miles
below Hastings, MINI. The engine
was derailed and Fireman Burns, who
lives at Red Wing. was killed. An
unknown tramp was also killed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-01
Another Ticket In Kansas

Kansas straight-out p%opulists are to
put "A full ticket in the field against the
recently named populistic-democratic
fusion ticket. 4 call for a mass con-
vcntion. TO meet in Topeka on August
u. was issued July % by J. II. La
throp and n. Robbins, Of Topeka. who
represent the s%traight-out element of
the populist party that nominated
Wharton Barker. of Philadelphia, two
years ago.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-01
Attacked by u Dog

Francis Weidman, "A twelye-year-old
girl, was playing in the yard of a
neighbour at Plattsmouth when she was
attacked by a vicious dog, The en-
ragged animal bit her three times and
would doubtless have continued the
attack had not help arrived. The girls
wounds received proper attention from
n physician and it il thought no Sc
yious results will follow. The dog
was killed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-01
Wound Dead In He'd

Edward l.. Samis. of Pawnec City,
ILL.,, was found dead in his bed Friday
morning by his wife. lie retired as
usual the previous night and at inter-
walls during the night his room was
visited and he was sleeping, lie was
nearly ~forty-eight years old and had
lived in Pawncc City many years.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-01
Suicides BODY Found

The body of Joseph Datel, who COM
mitted suicide by drowning at North
Bend. Neb.. three weeks ago, was
found Sunday last by Robert McClu-
han two miles east of that place. Mr.,
McCluhan IA riding n horse along
the bank of the river when he saw
the corpse a short distance from shore.
II was removed To town and later in
tered in a Saunders county cemetery.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-01
Kansas Fees for June

The auditor of state has reports OF
collections of $6.095.ll fees by the state
of Kansas for the month OF June and
the same have been turned into the
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-01
WILL CROWD LINCOLN PARK
Assembly Camp to Exceed r ormer
BOundrles

The bow must not always be kept
strung. They who labor most are
most worthy of rest and find in it the
fullest enjoyment. Nine days Of rest
and recreation may be had at the ap-
preaching Epworth assembly at the
least possible expense. ldleness Is not
rest. The mind Is ever active and
variety is the needed requisite. The
assembly program has "A richness of
variety and strength of personnel
which make II most attractive.
For the first time in the history of
the Epworth assembly the camp will
be so large as to require the shady
grounds on both the north and east
sides OF Salt creek. The continuance
of fine weather is sending cores of
orders from those who have been
somewhat fearful about the weather.
Mr.. lucian Marsh, who has regis
tered all tents. reports that the
grounds are in fine shape. by avoid
ing the extreme low spots over the
ground the park is in condition for
the assembly to open today. In many
towns parties are being organized for
the great camp. August 3 and Il will
see thousands of people coming TO
Lincoln, eager to occupy their tents
on the "old camp ground
Dakota Fields Injured
FIFTEEN thousand acres of grain were
laid fiat Tuesday night by a terrific
hail and wind storm that swept this
section of the country, says a Lari-
more, S. d., dispatch. The damage
will aggregate a large sum. So far no
person vas injured.
Charles w. Penrose, assistant pay
master in the navy, has been ordered
before a c~ourtmartial, charged with
carelessness in keeping his accounts.
He is now attached to the cruiser
Michigan, lying at Erie, Pa, to be re-
paired, and his trial will be held in
that city.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-09-23

Gorton's famous n1instrels will ap-
pear at Fishers opera house Saturday.
September a. This company Ia said
10 be the most elegantly costumed
minstrel organization travelling, The
FIRST part presents a most beautiful
combination OF colors. being draped
In solid wine.coiored plush, with old
gold trimmings, the effect being great.
iy heightened by the addition Of nu-
merous brilliantly colored electric
tights. which together with costumes Of
costly silks and satins, form picture
OF dazzling splendor. The company
possesses an excellent qulntette OF
trained yoeailsts who render the lat
est ballads and selections. The instru-
mental music and various high class
speclaities fully sustain the reputa-
ton OF Gorton's Ministries and there
In no doubt Of their being greeted
with crowded house. Seat sale opens
Friday morning at Griffin q Reeds.