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The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
Beers SOON TO DECIDE
Final Action on Peace Proposals to Be
Taken MAY Is.

Final Action on Peace Proposals to Tie
Taken May Is.
The general meeting of the Boer
leaders. at which a final decision on
the subject of the peace negotiations
Is expected. will take place at Veree-
niging, T%ransvaal, May Is. not May %,
as announced.
Boer meetings continue to he held.
chiefly in the TransvaaI, to receive the
leaders explanation of the British
terms. II is understood that the
heated discussions which have oc-
Cured have usually shown the ma
jority to be in favor OF peace. II is re-
ported that General De Wet has frank
ly declared the British terms to be
reasonable. and that IL Is advisable to
accept them. while General Delarey is
said to be ready to abide by the deci-
sion of the majority. The outlook for
peace therefore is promising.
II is officially asserted that subsc-
Qucnt to the deliberations Of the Boer
leaders at V%ereeniging tney will pro-
ceed to Pretoria and deliver to Lord
= tchencr their decision In regard to
the peace terms they are prepared to
accept.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
Farmer BADLY Nnngled.

William Kershaw, n well-to-do farm
er residing northwest of Sterling, Neb.,
met with quite a serious accident.
While going down hill m of the
young horses he was driving became
unmanageable and jumped over q
barbed wire fence along the road. The
carriage struck a post with such force
as to throw the driver over the dash
board at the heels of the team. which
by this time had become tangled in the
wire. Their jumping and pluuging
drew Mr.. Kershaw in the wire in such
a way that the muscles were nearly
torn from his right leg and the left
II was terribly cut up. He was taken
to his home and Drs. Truitt and Herl
man summoned.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
QUEENS CONDITION DANGEROUS
Ruler Of the Netherlands suffers From
Premature A~ccoucbment

Ruler Of the Netherlands suffers From
Premature Accouchment.
A dispatch from The Hague, May ;,
says: A bulletin issued at Castle Leo
this morning is as follows:
A has been feared, the Illness from
which Queen Wilhclmina is suffering
put an end. yesterday evening. to the
hopes for a happy event. the realiza-
ton whereof was expected in Septem-
ber next. All things considered. the
queens condition is satisfactory at
the present moment"
The confinement of the queen was
long and difficult and artificial means
were resortcd to.
The most critical time was reached
between 1890 and II p. m. and there
was no relaxation to the extreme sus-
pense of all present in the sick room
until the doctors, about midnight, were
able TO announce that the accouche-
ment was over
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
(ORR|GAN IS DEAD
Fatal Termination Of Arch
bishops Illness.
CHANGE FOR WORSE WAS SUDDEN
Follows Day Of satisfactory mprovcmcn
Alone, Save Trained Nurses. when
Collapse Camc-Ooeen wiihci-
nina In Danger

A Now York. May >. dispatch says:
Archbishop Corrigan died at ll:05
o'clock tonight.
The death of the archbishop came
as a great surprise and shock To those
in the arch-episcopal residence. IL
was more SO to the general public, for
the last bulletin OF the day was that
50 certain were the physicians of an
improvement in the condition of the
patient hat there would be no more
bulletins tonight. Up to 1890 there
was no evidence of ~collapse--in fact.
the archbishop at 1910 talked with
his secretary.
About IL o'clock, however. the
trained nurses who had charge at the
bedside noticed a change. Acting on
instructions, the physicians were tcle-
phoned for.
At the same time the archbishop's
two brothers were summoned to the
room, as well as a number Of priests.
It was quickly seen by the physicians
that the end was at hand. and lin less
than a quarter of an hour his grace
was dead. His last moments were
peaceful and without evidence of suf-
fering.
Besides the two brothers of the arch
bishop. there were present in the room
a dozen priests. among them Father
Layelle. rector Of the cathedral; the
Mexican bishop, the Rev. DR.. Starrantc,
Italian secretary to the archbishop, and
Father Curley, his English secretary.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
BROKERS co BUSTED

Representatives of webb Meyer syndi-
cate Caught In Macistrom.
Ofenbach & Moore. brokers for the
Webb-Meyer syndicate. Now York City,
Monday announced their suspension.
A few minutes later Henry Bros. & Co.,
who were involved in the syndicate.
also announced their suspension on the
stock exchange. This in turn was fol-
lowed by the suspension of the Lock-
wood, Hurd & Co.
DR.. Seward Webb arrived in town
and conferred with A. j.. Meyer. II. J..
Sprague and others. The stock market
opened weak.
All three firms were closely identified
with the so-called Webb-Meyer group
of stocks, and their failure has been
expected since the air bubble" blew
up on the End inst. The effect on the
stock exchange was transitory, having
been discounted, and in some quarters
welcomed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
QUEEN AGAIN IN DANGER
Doctors Hold Dat But slight Hopes for
wiiheiminn's Recovery.

wi,helmina's Recovery.
IL was announced from Castle Leo
at midnight Sunday that Queen Wilhel-
nina had been prematurcly confined at
q o'clock. Professor Rosenstein, DR..
Roessingh and the other doctors were
in attendance. The queen suffered in
tense agony.
At II o'clock Sunday evening the
condition of her majesty was described
as critical and small hope for her re-
COvcry as entertained.
Apart from the difficulties surround
ing the question Of the succession to
the throne of Holland the death OF
Queen Wilhelmina. if this should I'M
happily occur. would tend to convulse
the continent politically. Gays a Lon
don dispatch. In Germany especially
it is a matter of the deepest import.
The German press claims that Prince
Albrecht OF I~Iohenzoilcrn, the acting
regent of Brunswick. is among the
nearest in the Dutch succession. and
in all the European capitals nervous
apprehension exists that the absence
of a direct heir to the Dutch throne
might p~recipitate a struggle for the
possession of Holland. which, in Ber-
lin. is regarded as ~Gcrmany's natura'
right.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
smith Court Martial Ends.

The trial by court-martial of General
J. ii. Smith has ended, says a Manila
dispatch.
The findings of the court will be for
warded to Washington.
The general impression Is that he
will be acquitted. as it is no believed
that anything has been proved against
him contrary to general orders.
The closing add 'ess of Colonel Chas.
A. Woodruff for the defense drew tears
from his hearers. He dramatically
sketched General Smiths career and
declared he conducted a remarkable
and successful campaign in a manner
which reflected credit on his valor, hui
manity and kindness.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
SUGAR FACTORY IN KANSAS
Rocky Ford Company TO Experiment
This Scnson.


The beet sugar industry continues to
spread into Kansas. The farmers OF
Sedgwick county will probably expert
mcnt with II this summer with a view
to securing a beet sugar factory next
year.
The company which owns the fac
tory at Rocky Ford. Col, is anxious
to come into Kansas IL IL can secure u
large enough acreage of good beets in
any one locality to supply n factory.
II recently had a committee go from
Wichita to Rocky Ford to investigate
the industry there and that committee
is now working up the experiment
among the farmers of Sedgwick county.
They ask that not less than thirty
farmers shall plant at least a half acre
of bects each this summer to ascer-
tain If the crop can be p~roftably grown
in that locality. The beets must be
grown under the direction of an ex-
pert. After August 10 tests will be
made of the per cent of sugar In the
bcets. and IL they run 13 per cent the
company will he ready to contract to
build "a factory. 1t will pay 81 a ton
for beets which run Is per cent ugar.
ana q conservative estimate OF n Deet
crop Is fifteen tons per acre, II the per
cent of sugar is high enough the com-
pany will contract to build a factory
costing at least a half million dollars.
All II asks in return is that the farm
er8 shall contract to raise at least
5000 acres of beets a year.
If the project Is successful in Sedg-
wick county, 1t Is not at all unlikely
that the whole Arkansas valley will
in time be given largely to the pro-
duction of sugar. From 5000 to 10000
acres will supply a big factory. but
n man cannot raise many acres, so
that IL requires a comparatively dense
farming population in a sugar beet
country. Plenty of sunshine and a
sandy soil are two of the principal re-
quirCments of the sugar beet, and
these are abundant in southwestern
Kansas.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
Crushed In n sta impede.

An unfortunate accident to a deaf
and dumb boy, Isador Baccus, was di-
rectly responsible for the death of
eight girls and young women, the fatal
injury of three others II II serious
injury of more than two score of girls
employed in the cigar factory of Har-
burger, Holman & Co., a branch of the
American Tobacco company, located at
Tenth street and Washington avenue,
Philadelphia. When the employees saw
the accident they stampeded. and a
crush followed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
MAY BE FATALLY BURNED
Baby Abandoned to Its Fate by Older
Children.

Baby Abandoned To Its Fate by Older
Children.
The two-year-old daughter Of Grant
Yates was seriously. and it is thought
fatally, burned in "A fire started by
some little companions in the barn in
the rear of the family residence on
South Seventh street. Nebraska City.
Thursday afternoon. The children had
brought a pile of hay into the barn
and iguited It. The flames frightened
tnem and they ran away. leaving the
baby to its fate. Mrs. Yates ran to
the barn and rushed into the flames.
drawn by the screams of the little one.
She emerged with the child in her
arm. The baby was frightfully
burned about the head, arms and limbs
and though two doctors have Been
working on it for several hours it is
feared that the burns will prove fatal.
The mother received Il number OF
burns. though none are serious.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
Ashland To Have one saloon.

The new town officers of Ashland.
Neb.. took their seats Thursday, Jefr
Smith succeeding j. G, Railsback as
mayor, and q. l.. Scott succeeding JEFF
Smith a councilman in the Second
ward. Licenses were granted for one
saloon, one billiard hall and one bowl
Ing alley. The own is out of debt, and
has about $4,000 on hand.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
Wants share OF Estate

Deputy sheriffs have served papers
at White Plains, N. v, in a suit
brought by Mrs. Fannie Rayne Nc
Comb Hertzog against all the heirs OF
the millionaire, James Jennings Me-
Comb Of Dobbs Ferry, TO recover her
full share of the estate.
Mrs. Hertzog intends to test the va
lidity of the codicil of her fathers will,
which stipulated that II she married
Artist liertzog she must be content
with an annual income of about $4,000.
Mr.. McComb left an estate valued at
SO, 900, 900.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
FIRE ON TROOPS
.doros Entrench Themscirs5 and show
Fight.


A Manila. May 4. dispatch says:
General Davis. in command of the
American forces in the island of Min
danao. cables that his ultimatum has
not been answered. that his messenger
has not returned. and .hat the Amer
lean outposts were fired upon this
morning.
The troops advanced and shelled
Moro fort, but did not capture it until
the infantry reached the ditch. This
fort was strong and well defended by
800 men.
Fort Panda Fadto was then sur
rounded and heavily shelled.
Heavy firing continued as the dis
patch was sent.
General Davis also reports that Lieu
tenant Henry S. Wagner of the Four
teenth infantry has been seriously
wounded, that two other officers were
slightly wounded and That twenty en-
listed men were wounded.
This is the substance of a brief cable
message from the field.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09

A dead body. believed to he that vt
Henry Tienkcn of West Point, Neb.,
was taken from the Missouri river at
Omaha Sunday. 1t was found by boys
who were rowing, There was found on
the body a deposit slip for $240 IN the
First National bank of West Point and
a fine gold watch bearing the mark OF
a West Point dealer. The body is sup
posed to be that of the stranger who
jumped into the river Tuesday night
at midnight.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
Mrs. SofTeI Pleads Gullty,

Mrs. Kate Soifel, the wife of Warden
Soffel of the Allegheny county Jail,
who figured in the sensational escape
and recapture of the Biddle brothers
last January, was called into court at
Pittsburg, Pa, and entered a plea of
guilty to the charge of aiding and
abetting in the escape of prisoners.
She will be sentenced next Saturday.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
Wrecked by Natural Gas,

A building occupied by Fansler's
drug store, Rowan's grocery, John
Dilday's saloon, John Darnell's saloon,
and Hudson a. Otis restaurant, at Ma
rion, Ind. was demolished by natural
gas, injuring at least a score Of people.
A number are badly injured.
The building was entirely demolished
and the loss will be heavy. Escaping
natural gas is supposed to have caused
the explosion.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
Immigration Record Eroken.

The rush OF immigrants to the port
IF New York City, which has signalized
the first four months of the year reach
ed a climax the week ending tonight,
during which time 25,l20 immigrants
have been brought to this city from
the various European ports.
The total number Of immigrants ar
irving mere for the four months ending
April 80 was SITS. GOA, an excess of
more than 3 0,000 owe any previous
year for the same period.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
Makes Successful Trip.

Senior Augusta Severe, the Brazilian
%aeronaut. made a successful trial with
his airship, La PaiX, at the Vanguard
Aerostatic park. Paris. Sunday.
The balloon, held by a rope. assembled
forty meters. The motors were then
started. The balloon obeyed the i'm
pulse of us propellcrs, steering easily
and maintaining perfect equilibrium.
After maneuvering for a short time
Senior Severe returned the ailship to
its shed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
Hnrn md Horses Hurncl.

A barn owned by w, ID. Gould
burned, together with a span of horses
belonging to Rev. Mr., Moore, says a
Harrington, Ncb., dispatch. II is sup
posed that IA small hoy started the fire.
LOSS, $500, The Timely arrival OF the
fire company saved the city "a disas-
trous fire, as a high wind was blowing
at the time.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
GOES THROUGH MAIL POUCH
Railway Clerk Becomes Demcnted and
spends Money Rsckicssiy.

hallway Clerk Becomes Demcnted and
spends Money Recklcssiy.
w. l.. lehman, a railway maj clerk
on the Omaha-Brunswick division Of
the Wabash road, became demented
while on duty and rifled a registered
pouch. securing $1,000 in cash. When
he completed his run, which terminates
at Brunswick, Mo-. he began spending
ms money freely. The postmaster tele-
graphed the postofice authorities at
st. Louis who came to take charge of
lehman. They found about 5000 of
the money on his person. Before be-
ing arrested lehman sent n telegram
to division inspector at st. Louis say
ing he had riled the pouch, lin de-
fiance of law of mankind, and am now
at Brunswick distributing sl.051 in de-
fiancc Of law"
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
FARMER KILLS HIMSELF

Suicidal Mania Follows Release From
the Asylum.
George Forney, a farmer living near
the town of Chase. in Chase county.
committed suicide by hanging himself.
lie arose as usual and went to the
stable. ostensibly to do his morning
chores. Later his wife went out to the
barn to find him and discover his body
hanging in the stable. Forney has
been an inmate of the asylum, but
was supposed to be san upon release.
lie leaves a large family of small chill.
dren, besides a widow.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
Child Scalded tn Death,

A little child, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. C. II. Johnson, of Ashland, Neb..
was scalded in a dreadful manner The
little fodder reached n pot OF boiling
tea and pulled it over onto herself.
covering her head, shoulders and arm
with the tea. 1t vas so serious a burn
as to be almost hopeless and the little
one died after lingering for several
days. The father is employed in one
OF the bridge gangs on the Burlington.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
MOODY SUCCEEDS LONG
Takes Charge az the Navy Portfolio
Good VIII on Isuth side.

A Washington. May /, dispatch says:
Secretary Long closed his official ca
reer as the head OF the naval estab-
iishment yesterday. Affairs progressed
as usual. and the event was unmarked
save by the calling of many friends to
take official leave Of the retiring sec
rotary. Noticeable among the days
callers were Secretary Hay and Mr..
Moody, Secretary Longs successor.
Secretary Moody at once assumed the
duties Of secretary. Very few changes
will follow the change in the head of
the department.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
SWEAR OFF EATING MEAT
Labor U%nionists at Amsterdam y. Y,
to Abstain for - Month.

The Amsterdam, y. Y, central labor
union, composed of twenty-five subor-
dinate unions, with a total membership
of 5000. has adopted a resolution to
abstain for the next thirty days from
the use Of meat handled by the meat
trust.
Hundreds of retail meat dealers
throughout the country have begun the
organization of an independent pack
ing company. with "A capital stock OF
$1,000, 900. II Is proposed by the or
ganiZers to erect a modern packing
plant in Chicago. large enough to sup
ply all the beef pro ~ucts handled in
their trade. The promoters EXPECT to
interest between l55 1000 and 10000 re-
tailers in the project.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
Hank burglars ut W ,r,.

Burglars Sunday night shattered the
vault of the bank of Waco, Neb., with
dynamite. The safe was completely
wrecked, and blown open by the force
of the explosion. The robbers made
good their escape, but how much plum
der they obtained is unknown.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
MADE of silver taken from
the Spanish cruiser, Cristo-
bal Colon, destroyed in the
naval battle off Santiago DE
Cuba, July ., 1898"

The fineness Of the silver used was
not interferred with and the metal has
almost the hardness of steel. The
weight of the coins used was about
l,500 ounces and at the present price OF
silver represents q value of 5000. but
nearly six times that amount was re-
CURED to purchase the coin from the
government.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
DIVORCE BILL THROWN OUT
House OF Lords Refuse to Givo 1t Con-
alteration.

ss"hN' W sfohos sh''hfO "" ~ ~ W
sideration.
The divorce bill, introduced by Earl
Russell was thrown out in the house
of lords. The bill provided for divorce
on five grounds in addition to the
causes already valid in England. Lord
Russell remarked that he had, in the
past. personal reasons to consider the
divorce laws. He said the bill would
not increase immortality. but would
make happier homes, establish a great
er equality of the sexes and lessen
scandals.
The lord chancellor, Earl Halsbury,
speaking with consider BILE warmth,
characterized the bill as practically
abolishing the institution of marriage
and said il was an outrage that it
should have been introduced. He then
moved its rejection, which was carried.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09

TIL war department Sunday received
a cablegram from General Chaffee indi-
eating that the campaign against Sui
tan Bayan, n of the principal Moro
chiefs, had been completely successful.
The result was accomplished by a gal
liant assault on the principal Moro tort
and its capture after a number of the
leading Moros had been killed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
Loving Cup for Admiral Schiey

Admiral Schley was rendered a ban
quet at the Gayoso hotel at Memphis.
Tenn, Wednesday night. The dinner
was given by the Masons of Memphis.
The toast, Our Guest" was responded
10 by the admiral. A loving cup was
presented to Admiral Schley today by
Commodore Perry chapter. Daughters
of the American Revolution.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
~Cigarmakerks Strike,

Two hundred cigarmakers employed
by the Havana-American company at
Chicago struck rather than accept a re-
duction in pay. The reduction orddd
was from So to s. per thousand. ac-
cording to the grade of cigar manu-
featured.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
i44,ooo,oo EGGS

400, o Cases Have Been Placed In Cold
Storage at Kansas city.
A Kansas City, Mo. dispatch says:
The big packing houses have made
such inroads into the business of pack
ing and shipping eggs and poultry for
consumption in eastern markets that
the business of the small shippers in
this part of the west is threatened with
destruction, according to members OF
the produce dealers association Of Ok
lahoma and Kansas which met here to
consider the situation.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
Young wife Suicide.

Having quarreled with her husband,
ana RECEIVING little sympathy from her
father. Mrs, Ida Randolph, "A young
woman eighteen years Of age, and a
brids of but a few months. drowned
herself in the kaw river at M~arysville.
Kan. Married lite had proven a bitter
disappointment.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
BoyCott on Reef Counts.

That the consumption of beef has
fallen OF 311a per ccnt since the rise
In price began was admitted by lead
ing packers of Chicago Friday. The
percentage given averages the calcula-
tions of the packers seen. The market
held steady during the forenoon, chief
1y, II is said. because demand export
orders were being filled.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
Shot hx A~ssistnnt Hire Chief.

Jasper Murray, better known as Jas
per Cupp, was shot twice by Ed keelen,
assistant fire chief of the Galena, Kan.
fire department. Murray has been a
member OF the department for a num-
Der of years, but recently was expelled
from the company. 1t seems that he
held Keelen responsible for 1t, and
this led TO the shooting, Cupp was
not fatally hurt.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
To study Our Ship Yards.

Emperor William has ordered Direc-
tor Fritz, of the government shipyard
at Kiel, To proceed TO the United States
to study the methods Of the American
shipyards, particularly as regards la
bor-saying machinery.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
Want Henry In Reichstag.

At n general meeting of the Lubbock
branch OF the acknowledgements
party held at Lubbock, Germany, a pro-
posal was made and widely approved
that Prince Henry of Prussia should
be adopted, as a Joint candidate, al the
next election of members of the reich
stag by all the various parties repre-
senting the middle classes.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
UNIQUE GIFT FOR SCHLGY
silver Service Made From Coins Of tho
Christobai Colon.

NtlNtt SFtfi'' sf'' ''''
Christobai Colon.
Tho magnificent silver service made
from silver coins taken from the Span
ish cruiser CristoJal Colon, to be pre-
sented to Admiral Winfield scott
Schley by his friends in the state OF
Maryland and in Washington has been
completed and Is On exhibition in the
show windows of the manufacturers in
Baltimore, Md.
The service consists of one center
piece, one soup tureen and ladlC, four
vegetable dishes with covers. M
gravy bowl and ladle, one roas platter,
one game platter. one fish platter and
nineteen desert plates. Upon each
piece is engraved Admiral Schley's
initial in monogram and each bears
this inscription:
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09

While returning from an entertain
ment at a late hour O, II. Stevens, "A
Kansas City pawnbroker, his wife and
little daughter were held up by two
men and robbed of 5000 worth of
jewelry, The robbery occurred in front
OF the Stevens home. Mr.. Stevens vas
knocked down, but not seriously hurt.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
Eloals I'm Oklahoma,

Drenching rains have been falling
over eastern Oklahoma since early
morning, swelling rivers and creeks
higher than at any other time this sea-
son. The rains will immensely benefit
growing crops.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-09
PRESIDENT THANKS KING


Roosevelt sends Message to Victor Eman
uei. Italy's Sovereign.
United States Ambassador Meyer
Monday last was received in a special
audience by King Victor Emanuel, OF
Italy, who received the ambassador
most cordially. Meyer expressed to
the king President Roosevelts ac-
acknowledgement of the rulers courtesy
of pardoning the officers of the cruiser
Chicago, stating that this was renewed
proof of Italy's friendship for the Uni
ted States.