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The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-10
Antics Of Machinery.

1.-The Queerest thing about machin-
cry said an old railroad man, lis that
different machines, all built on exactly
the same lines. with every part of tho
same size and of the same material.
possess a distinct individuality. Take
locomotives, for instance. A railroad
will build a batch Of engines, say, 20, Of
a certain class. All Of them will be of
the same dimensions, the same details
In every particular, and yet every n
will behave in a different tanner.
There will be rs much difference be-
tween them as between 20 men. Some
will steam we'll, others not. One will
be cranky In a certain particular. and
a second in still another. One will be
stiff, rigid; another loose-jointed. And
then, Just like members OF the human
family, some will be remarkably I'M
lucky, through no fault Of their own.
while their mates go through life with
aut a scratch"
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-10
OFFICER
Wyoming Sheriff Killed by Out
laws.
DfSPtRAD0fS ROB THE DEAD BODY
Freight Collision IN Georgia -Kansa
Farmer shoots u Woman entuck-
Ian Assassinated brakeman
Dies OF Injuries.
fSptRADofS ROB THE DEAD BODY

A posse of mounted and and we'll
armed men left Casper. Wyo., to cap.
turc or kill the -four outlaws hat muir.
dered Sheriff William Kicker of Ma
troma county, at Garfield park. The
remains of the dead officer are being
taken to his home at Casper. lie vas
past middle agc and one of the old
timers,a as well as one of the best known
citiz ems in Central Wyoming.
The names Of the outlaws are: Clar-
ence Woodward. aged twenty-five:
Charles Woodward, aged thirty; +. :.
Foote, aged twcnty-four; jeff Frank
lin, agek thirty-four.
They were confined in the county
Jail awaiting trial for cattle stealing.
With the assistance of friends On the
outside the four men sawed their way
out of Jail. Once on the outside, they
were given horses and made their es-
cape to- the ranch of the Woodward
Bros. at Garfield Park S~ixty-tivc miles
west of Casper, and not far from the
notorious Holc-in-the-W Wall country.
Sheriff Kicker and two deputies took
up the trail and reached the Woodward
place. The outlaws were located in
the barn, and as Sheriff Kicker ad-
vanced and ordered them To surrender
they opened fire. The officer fell NOR
tally wounded and for twenty minutes
the battle waged ficrcely, the two dep
uties taking refuge behind some rock.
At the end of that time Sheriff Kicker
called out that he was dying and asked
to be moved from the range OF the fly
ing bullets.
The outlaws refused to grant q truce
and continued firing every time a
deputy showed his head. As the horses
OF the officers had been s.ampeded at
the first fire, n deputy was compelled
to walk back to a ranch and secure a
horse, upon which he went to Casper
and organized another posse.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-10
ONE RESCUED ALIVE
Accident In a Michigan Mine in
Which Many Lives are Lost.
TONS OF ORE fAll UPON THE MEN
Bold Work Of Bank Robbers at East
Sc. Louis-sioux city Man Suicides
Grand Island Has n Small Blaze
Other Interesting News.

The most distressing accident that
has occurred in this country for years
took lplacc at the Negaunee. Mich,
mine, by which thirteen to seventeen
miners are thought to have lost thei r
lives. The accident was the result of
"A cavern at the bottom Of the old shaft
and had 1t occurred half an hour soon
er'150 men would have been killed.
A survivor tells the story: 1--WE
were sitting around the pump at the
bottom Of the shaft, when, without
warning, thousands of tons of ore came
down. | remembered nothing more
until | heard the sound of picks and
shovels in the hands of rescuers and
their shouts. ! was in total dark ness
and my feelings cannot be described.
what seemed ages to me were but
minutes. When rescuers found me |
was se~venty-fivc feet from the place
where ! was sitting. and found myself
in a drift. How | got there is n mys-
terry, but can only be accounted for by
the conclusion of the wind"
The Negaunee mine is one of the
most unlucky properties in the Lake
Superior district. Much trouble has
resulted from sinking and drifting
from surplus water and quick sand.
1t was at this mine that 81, 200, 900
was recently expended to sink a shaft
to the ledge.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-10

One would not imagine offhand that
Ice could possibly be instrumental in
accomplishing the distribution OF
plants. yet a French scientist has re-
Gently called attention to the fact that
icebergs are frequently useful In this
way. Navigators of polar seas often
encounter bergs carrying enormous
masses of debris. with more or less
soil, in which plants are growing.
Eventually the Ice mass runs aground
upon the shore of some distant land,
there depositing the plants, which
may find themselves so situated as to
be enabled to reproduce their species.
The case of volcanoes as plant dis
tributors is eve more remarkable,
though one must regard as very ex-
ceptional such instances as that noted
at Port Elizabeth. South Africa, in
1887, where large quantities of vol
canic pumice were observed floating
pumice were found various small ami
mails unfamiliar to that part Of the
world, and there was also a sort Of
c%ocoanut. The nut was planted, and
in due time produced a palm strange
to the African coast. 1t was decided
eruption of Krakatoa. In the Straits
Of Sunda. which was in its way the
most remarkable volcanic cataclysm of
modern times.-Philadelphia Evening
Post.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-10
Quick Action Pre,eu,s a Wreck.

Swanton, Md, was the scene of an
attempted holdup on the baltimore &
Ohio. The operator, NJ. j. Sarsfield,
says that five men came into his office
and offered him candy. Suddenly he
was knocked insensible by them with
a padded club. The men turned a
switch, running the train into a derail.
ing switch. The quick application of
air prevented the train from being
ditched. The armed express officers on
the train made such a demonstration
that the e fled into the mountains.
Shots were exchanged and an armed
posse is reported TO be in pursuit of
the bandits.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-10
TO ExPEl
Chinese Making Preparations for War on
n Large Scale.

Charles +. Grammon, superintendent
of colportcurs for the American Bible
society in northern China, writes the
society concerning the present situa-
ton in the Chinese empire as follows:
while at Shanghai I observed that
the Chinese government was openly
violating the provisions of the proto-
col. The great empire would shake
off European domination. Thousands
of boatloads of small arms and ammu.
milton were passing weekly up the
Yang Use Kiang and the ~arsenals were
being enlarged and worked day and
night. goes of explosives were be-
ing received and the dowager empress
had ssucd instructions to recruit the
army and also to inform her as to the
fighting strength of each division and
the time required to concentrate the
forces Mt a given point. There were
and are many unpromising features
which weighed heavily upon the minds
of those interested.
IL must believe that the end Is not
yet and that within ten years, and
possibly within five, a war will ensue
the like - which the world has never
known. For centuries China has been
making repeated attempts to cxpel the
foreigner, each time profiting by past
experience, each time with more power
and success, each time better equipped
and better planned. 1t is now pre-
pairing AS never before, buying vast
quantities of superior weapons, and
recognizing its armies on a correct
basis. Therefore, the next attempt
will be in force and terrible in execu-
ton. II will result in "A universal up
heaval and the final ACKNOWLEDGMENT of
this empire at n terrible cost.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-10
Unable to survive shock.

Leonard Ferguson, the Elkhorn
brakeman who lost his right leg in an
accident at Arlington died. His con-
dition was very serions and he became
gradually weaked until the end. The
funeral will he held at the First Chris
tian church. Rev. Frank Emerson
James will have charge Of the service
at the church, and the ceremonies at
the grave will be conducted by the To-
cal lodge of the brotherhood of rail
way trainmen, OF which Ferguson was
"A member. The deceased carried sew
eral thousand dollars insurance, which
will GO TO his relatives.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-10
shoots Woman Fatally.

Near Shawnee, Kas., a village ten
miles west Of Kansas City, Carl Fish
ner' IA farmer, shot and probably fatal
ly wounded Mrs. Mary l.. Wallace in
the presence of her husband, j.. II.
Wallace and their two small children.
The Wailaces were travelling overland
in n covered wagon from Rich Hin 10
Custer county, Nebraska. They had
camped near Fishner's farm and he had
accused them of stealing corn from his
cribs. The shot that struck Mrs. Wal.
lace was intended for her husband,
Fishner escaped, but was arrested.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-10
Cracksman Get $4,000.

Six masked men entered the Nation
al Stock Yards bank, north of East st.
Lonis, ILL.,, and after capturing and
gagg, ing the two night watchmen and
fireman ut the steam plant and blow
ing open the vaults with dynamite, Sc
cured 81, 1000 in coin and currency, with
which they decamped. For nine hours
from : o'clock until 4 a. m. they were
at work on the vaults without being
interfered with. The entire East st.
Louis police force, aided by st. Louis
police, are guarding all the of
escape. but AS yet have obtained no
clue OF the whereabouts Of the robbers,
who, 1t is believed, escaped on horse
back. 3,
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-10
Fashions in Asha0tt.

The Ashantls, says an English paper,
have become most regular attendants
At the English church, and church,
soers have become quite used to the
ludicrous spectacle they afford.
King Prempeh Is. particularly partial
to European dress. and appears at
church in a frock coat, q tall hat, and
patent leather boots. The queen
mother, however, still keeps to her ma
tive costume, which consists Of a cloak
Of a pretty shade Of pale blue spangled
with silver. The cloak is worn In much
the same way as the Roman toga.
The other Ashantis nearly all wear
European dress on Sundays, though
some OF them appear In colors, bright
yellow crimson and green appearing to
be their favurite shades.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-10
PRIZE MONEY.
Secretary Long Explains Relative Claims
of Sa mpson and SchleY.

of sampson and Schiey.
Secretary Long has written a letter
defending the navy department against
what is declared To be u%nfriendly criti-
cism in connection with the distribu-
ton of prize money and bounty.
The secretary declares that the criti-
cism that the secretary has discrimin-
atcd in favor of Admiral Sampson and
against Admiral Schlcy in the distri-
button of yrize money and bounty is
unjust. because the department has no
control over the matter, the money be-
ing distributed from the treasury and
all questions " law and fact relative
to prize and bounty having been de-
tcrmined by the courts.
The secretary calls attention to the
laws covering prize and bounty as they
existed in the beginning of the Spanish
war, and says that, though advised by
the attorney general that it might
make n distribution, the navy depart
mcnt preferred to place the matter in
in the court Of claims, and so far from
displaying favoritism, adopted the
most effective means in its power TO
secure a just determination by courts
of law Of the rights of all concerned.
Touching the claim of Admiral Samp-
son for bounty at Santiago, the secre-
tary says the distribution was made
under a decree of the court of claims,
which he cites. and from which no APP
peal was taken. He further points
that under the prize law the command
er-in-chicf of the fleet is entitled to
his ''one-twentieth' of bounty by vir-
tue of his position as commandcr-in-
chief whether he is personally present
during the engagement or not. Says
the secretary:
"As commandcr-in.chief Admiral
Sampson would, therefore. under the
law have been entitled to his share of
the bounty for the destruction of the
Spanish ships at Santiago il he had
been on the north shore Of Cuba at
the time. This was the law, for which
the navy department was in no wise
responsible"
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-10
AGREEMENT TO ARBlTRATE
Penalties Attached In % Wage Dispute ut
New York.

One Of the most original experiments
in the settlement of wage disputes be-
tween capital and labor will be made
in Brooklyn by an arbitration COM
mittec of five men. II either party re-
fuses to abide by the committees de-
cision it will lose $40, 600, already put
up as q forfeit. The firm that is hav-
ing the dispute with it's employees is
Wichart Il Gardiner. shoe manufacture
crs, in east New York. In one de-
partment seventy men and women are
affected by a newly patented method
Of making lasts, aud the employees de-
mand an increase of 1 cent n pair. This
the firm has refused and both sides
have fallen back on ar unique arrange
ment. Under the agreement the work.
ingmen were. To name two members Of
IN arbitration committee, the firm to
name two others, and these four to Sc
lect the fifth, Both sides made heavy
deposits, agreeing to forfeit the same
in event of q failure to submit TO the
arbitration.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-10
Wreck Of u Soldier Train.

A Rock Island special bearing 300
recruits bound for the Philippines from
Columbus barracks, Ohio, was partially
wrecked AT Chicago.
The passengers were merely jolted,
although a tourist car, containing ff.
ty soldiers, lost its rear truck and was
dragged half a block before the engine
stopped. The a was badly damaged.
A sleeper occupied by eight officers
and the wife of one of them was thrown
to an adjacent track, but maintained
its upright position. After several
hours delay the train was remadc and
the journey continued.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-10
TROOPS FROM CUBA.
Gradual Withdrawal Of Forces Now on
the Island.

W Abhuuus
Acting in accordance with n recon-
made from General Wood,
military governor OF Cuba. Secretary
Root, has directed that the Third
squadron of the Eighth cavalry, com
prising the entire garrison Mt Puerto
Principe. be brought to the United
States at the first favorable opportuni-
ty. 1t is admitted that this is practi-
cally the beginning of the general
withdrawal Of United States troops in
Cuba, preparatory to the transfer of
control of affairs to the civil govern
ment to be installed during the coming
summer. So far us known there will
be no further Withdrawals OF troops,
however, until final arrangements are
made or the formal transfer of the
government to the newly elected Off
Gals of Cuba.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-10

The condition OF affairs in Liberal
circles in England seems to have i'm.
proved very sensibly since Lord Rose.
bery's Chesterfield speech: There are
indications now that the factions
may be brought together under the
noble Lords leadership on some kind
OF a platform having to do with the
Boer a Public sentiment in Eng.
land, while almost unanimously In
favor OF prosecuting the war to the
bitter end, Is now supposed to have
undergone some change. M~ultltudes
OF Englishmen are eager for a cessa.
tion Of hostilities. and there is some
possibility In the opinion Of good
judges, that a reorganized Liberal
party may be formed around this cen.
trail idea.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-10
c o TRIAL OF RUSSELL
Mao Once Convicted Of Murder Has An.
other Chance,

'N S''fssNO
The trial of Charles Russell of Sioux
county for the alleged murder of A. L..
~Stadenmier in June, 1900. was begun at
Chadron January 9, Judge Westover on
the bench. Russell was tried about
fifteen months ago and sentenced TO
ninety-nine years in the state peniten-
tiary, which sentence he has been serv-
ing until n short time ago, when he
was brought to this county on a change
of venue, n new trial having been
granted by the supreme court.
The crime with which Russell is
charged is one Of the most dastardly
ever committed in this section Of the
cattle country. Stadenmier's horse
was found running loose by a neigh
Dor, Ed Rasher, and a search being
made the man was found lying dead on
the range. with fourteen bullet holes
in him. The peculiar mold of the bull
let's and the track of a horse with a
broken hoof are things which will
figure largely in the evidence.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-10
PERVERTED.
No Trace Of Mental Disease Found in
CzOlgosz.


Czolgosz.
An exhaustive report on the trial,
execution, autopsy and mental status
of Czolgosz, the assassin of President
Mckinley, is given in the New York
Medical Journal. The report embodies
the result Of much careful investiga-
ton by DR.. Carlos Macdonald and Ed
ward A. Spitzka,
The question which these investiga-
tors set themselves to answer was:
When Czolgosz shot the president did
he know the nature and quality of the
act he was doing and that the act was
wrong? This was from a legal stand
point. From the standpoint of medical
science the question that framed itself
was: Was Czolgosz at the time he
committed the act a victim Of mental
disease or mental unsoundners?
The reply to these questions, which
cmbodies the entire history of. the case
from the trial of the criminal to his
execution and the disposal of his re-
mains, takes up nearly twelve pages,
and, Invested of all tcchnicalities, is to
the effect that Czolgosz was sane and
responsible under the law and punish
able for the offense, although every
thing in his history, according to the
medical experts, pointed to the exist
enc in him of the social disease, an
archy, of which he was Il victim.
DIR. Macdonald concludes his report
with the declaration thai Czolgosz
when he assassinated President McMin-
ley was in all respects q sane nan
both legally and medically-aDd fully
responsible for his act.
Mr.. Spitzka, who made the autopsy,
concludes his report as follows:
There has been found absolutely no
condition of a ny OF the visccra that
could have been al the bottom of any
mental arrangement. Taking all in
all, the verdict must be socially dis
cascd and perverted, but not mentally
diseased"
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-10

The official test of the new govern
inent dock at New Orleans was made
in the presence of the board of exam
iners. The battleship Illinois entered
and was successfully docked. The III
inois was drawing twenty-four feet of
water when she entered. The battle
ship has a displacement of 1855 tons.
The docks nominal lifting capacity is
$4,000 tons, but 1t can, II necessary,
lift $4,000 tons. The time consumed
In lifting her was one hour and fifty
seven minutes. The contract time is
two hours and forty minutes.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-10
SUNDAY IN OLD VIRGINIA.
rbe Day Was Observed rs Strictly ms In
New England.

~
There is an idea prevalent that the
strict observance of the Sabbath was
almost wholly confined to the North.
Nothing could be more erroneous.
Ihe Blue Laws of Connecticut, sur
viving as a proverb for hardness. have
impressed the popular mind and fxed
an idea which was, however, not abb
solutely accurate. AS severe as those
enactments were. they were scarcely
more rigorous, whenever the obsery-
ance or Sunday was concerned. than
those under which the colony of Vir-
gina was established and developed.
Attendance on divine service was az
strictly enforced, and abstinence from
all secular employment as rigidly en-
Joined. 1t was a church-going time.
Religion engrosscd the energies of tho
people. Participation in worship was
the law and whoever failed i'm IL was
a lawbreaker and was dealt with ac-
cordingly. Later on-that is. prior TO
the Revolution-there came q certain
laxness-the reflex of the taut-strung
bow-when the fox-hunting. cock
nghting parson was indicted into the
livings; but, as the causes were tenn
porary. the main cause being the no.
ltical appointment by an absentee
Metropolitan, so the effect was not
permanent.
1t was out Of these conditions that
Hanover p%resbytery sprang. under the
Influence of Patrick Henry's model, the
eloquent "Parson Davies" later the
president OF Princeton college. Indeed.
while some of the English parsons who
have made the time notorious. were
dicing, and drinking, and fighting, the
laity were standing staunchly for the
Old customs. and were making the
saddling upon them of such miscreants
one OF the charges in their indictment
against the government "at home"
They withstood innovation. They kept
the faith. They build churches which
still stand to-day as memorials Of their
piety and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES "An
Old Virginia Sunday by Thomas Mel
son Page in S~cribner's.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-10
COLLISION AT SEA
One Vessel sinks and the Other Disap-
pears In the Gloom.

pears In the Gloom.
The collision at sea between the
steamship Walla Walla and an un-
known sailing vessel resulted in the
sinking of the steamship and the prob
able loss Of at least twenty lives. The
Walla Walla, owned by the Pacific
Coast Steamship company, sailed from
San Francisco January l for Puget
Sound ports. She carried thirty-six
tirst-class passengers. twenty-eight
second class and a crew of eighty men.
When Oft Cape Mendocino. on the Cali
fornia coast, an iron bark, believed to
be French, doomed up in the haze and
crashed into the Walla Walla's bow.
Then the sailing vessel slid off into
the darkness and was seen no more.
All the passengers and crew of the
Walla, except the few ON watch. were
asleep, but were aroused by the crash.
The Storage quarters were in the bow
and II is believed that some of the
steerage passengers aud crew were
crushed to death. A big hole was
made in the steamers bow and she
sank in thirty-five minutes. The Off
GERS and crew maintained strict dis
cipline and boats and life RATS were
lowered.
Advices say that the list of dead and
missing in the laundering of the steam
err Walla Walla has reached forty-on
OF these eight are known to have died.
The remaining thirty-threc are prob.
ably adrift on the ocean in two life
boats and a raft.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-10
Kills False Lady Love.

Henry Clements, aged nineteen, shot
and instantly killed Mrs. Edward Davis
at her home in Knox, Ind. Clements
then turned the weapon upon him
self and sent u bullet crashing into his
W brain. producing a fatal wound,
though Clements still lives. jealousy
is responsible for the tragedy. Clements
and Mrs. Davis were engaged to be
married, but a week ago his sweet
heart married Davis. The shooting
occurred in the presence of Mrs. Davis
husband and her mother. Clements
called her outside the house and after
a short conversation fired the fatal
shots.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-10
Dies OF seif-Inaicted Injuries.

David Is. Nutting OF Sioux City, Ia,
who cut his throat and stabbed hims
self and set fire to his bed AT the Par
ker hotel in Minneapolis, Mimi, died
at the city hospital. Dependency is
supposed to have been the reason for
the act. About our months ago he
came from Sioux City. lie is survived
by a daughter of fourteen, who lives
with relatives Mt Woodville, N. II.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-10
Hooded Assassination.

Pleas Hall was shot aud Mt his home
five miles fron Franklin, Ky, while
sitting around his heart hstone with
his wife and four children. He was
fired upon through a window. The
distressed wife and children placed the
lifeless body on n bed and remained
alone with it throughout the night be-
ing afraid to venture out to give an
alarm. There is no clue to the perp
traitor of the deed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-10

When the Salvation Army gets hold
OF a drifting brother or sister It calls
them by these names. and mea It,
end hustles around to get them a job.
binions will differ about the pleasure
vf being drummed into paradise. but
" this bis-hearted. intrepid organiza-
Non isn't doing a great share of
Christ's work the world has strangely
misread the Masters teachings.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-10

These are prosperous times "down
In Maine" the farmers and truck gar
deners Of that state being enabled by
the shortage in the West to command
practically their W prices for all
products.