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Arizona republican., 1902-09-29

Candidate Wilson just now is en- gagged in the task of firing the heart of labor" but the firing on the 4th of November will be done by the self respecting laboring men and business men all over the territory. The gin ral" will be fired into lasting obscurity.
Arizona republican., 1902-09-29

Phoenix and the Salt River valley to- day belong to that gentleman, soldier and scholar, Buffalo Bill-or, as his friends in Paris call him, Monsieur le Colonel Guillaume de Buff"
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
SMITH TO ANSWER
The General to Undergo a Court
martial.
MUST POSTPONE MS hONt.O COMING
Trial the Outcome Of orders From Sec
Rotary Root, and Based on orders
Given Major Waller To XIII and
Burn-Other News,

A M-nila. April %. dispatch says:
A conrt-martial has been ordered for
the trial OF Gen. Jacob II. Smith. who
was in command Of the United States
troops on the island OF Samar.
Generals Lloyd wheaton. Samuel $.
Sumner. James NJ. Bell and William
II. Bisbce and Colonies Chambers Nc
Kibben. William A. Rafferty,. William
Il. Dougherty, Alfred G.. Markley and
Jesse NJ. Lee compose the court. The
judge advocate is Major Harvey G.
C%arbaugh. Colonel Charles a. Wood
run will appear for the defense.
The charge brought against General
Smith Is conduct ~prejudiCial to good
order and discipline.
The United States army transport
Buford left here today for San Fran
cisco after having been detained In
quarantine for Ave days.
Gen. Jacob VI. Smith. who was in
command OF the forces In Samar at
the time Commander Major Waller of
the marine corps is said to have exe-
cuted natives Of hat island without
trial. was to have gone home on Blu
ford. but has disembarked here.
oTutTS nave Dten ItttINtt htIt iIOiIi
Washington to hold n court Of inquiry
into the general conduct of affairs I'm
Samar. General Smith asserts hat To
the best OF his belief the officers and
men Of his command In Samar had To
face insurmountable difficulties: that
the difficulties they encountered were
almost unbearable and that the treach-
cry of the natives of the island is un-
equalled in the history of warfare. He
says the American soldiers acted In
the circumstances with the greatest
forebearance shown In the war In the
Philippines.
Campaigning In Samar is not Q
pleasure trip. but a stern reality" sait
| General Smith. He also expressed his
doubt II the troops of any nation II
the world would or could have actet
in the circumstances in Samar AZ die
the Americans.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
KILL HOUSE BILL
Senate Passes Entirely New Chi.
nese Measure.
INV INCLUSION ACT LESS DRASTIC
Senator Hoar Alone I'm Opposit,o, IN
the Measure on Final vote-Not Far
Different From Present Law
Other General News.

The drastic Chinese exclusion bill,
originally framed by the senators and
representatives from the Pacific states,
met defeat in the senate Wednesday,
and In its place was substituted a
measure offered by Mr.. Plat OF Con-
necticut extending the provisions Of
uc present exclusion law and also ap-
plying that exclusion to all insular ter
ritory under the jurisdiction of the
United States.
The vote by which the substitute
took the place o. the original bill was.
yeas AZ to nays 33. Once the substi-
tuition had been made all senator's
Joined in its support, with the single
exception of Mr.. Hoar, the substitute
being passed &c to l.. The friends of
the substitute showed their strength
throughout the voting on amendments
that preceded final action and succeed
ed in preventing any material change
IN its features. Some minor condi-
lions were made. admitting Chinese
persons connected with national expo
sitions and providing for certificates
of identification of Chinese in our in
sular possessions. Otherwise. however,
the substitute was adopted substantial
ly in the form that Mr.. Plat presented
IL.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
MAY Be A MURDER
Aged Man Shot Dead on Farm
Near Alliance.
StvtRAl KtldHBORS UNDtR SUSPICION


An Alliance. Neb., dispatch says.
One of A yahnke's sons came hur-
riedly to town with the report that an
old man, Mike Sicrks. had been acct
dentally shot in the abdomen with n
shotgun and that q doctor was needed
at once. The suspicious of citizens were
aroused. and upon the death of MIR.
Sierks a %coronor's inquest was decided
upon. The decision of the jury was
that Michael Sierks came TO his death
by a gunshot wound in the abdomen
from a shotgun in the hands of Oliver
Olson. who shot with felonious intent.
The decision also duplicates A. Yahnke
and son as accessories before the fact.
Mr.. Sierks was a much respected old
gentleman and was at the home of
Oliver Olson, twelve miles northwest
of Alliance when the act was com
mitted. The Yahnkes are residents of
North Alliance. Facts in the case are
meager, but the circumstances are un-
favorable to the accused at best. The
three men are in custody, and n pre-
liminary will be held Monday before
Justice Butler.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
CLASH WITH TROOPS
A Mob In belgium Riddied by Rins
Fire,

The Brussels papers contain vivid
descriptions OF the riots which oc-
CURED at I.ouvain:
The mob which was returning from
the station after meeting the socialist
deputies from Brussels. divided into
two bands. one making for the resi-
dence of the president of the chamber.
NJ. Schollacrt, and the other for that
of the minister of the interior. NJ. De
Trooz. The first mentioned mob was
led by Il mar of gigantic stature, Hour
ishing u butcher knife, After breaking
through the ranks of one squad of the
civic guard, the mob found its way
blocked in a narrow lane by another
squad of the same organization.
An onicer wi the guard ran forward
and calling upon the mob to halt.
shouting that otherwise he would order
his men to fire "a volley upon them.
The rioters di%sregardcd this order.
The officer was about TO give the COM
mand to fire. when the gigantic leader
Of the rioters lcaped forward and seized
the officers throat with his big hands.
He pinned him against the wall and
leveled n pistol at his head. Another
officer yelled the order to fire and
plunged a bayonet into the giants
breast. The foremost of the rioters
grasped the bayonets of the guards
levelled rifles in their bare hands. The
volley rang out, In the narrow lane the
mob was riddled with bullets. Several
were killed. The remainder Of the
| rioters broke and fed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
FOREIGN FLASHES.

Former director OF posts Mt Havana.
Estes G. Rathbone, has been released
on bail.
King Edward held his third Ievee
Monday at st. James Palace. Ambas-
sadOr Choate and other members of
the American embassy were present.
Bubonic plague has appeared among
the smaller kangaroos in the geological
gardens at Sydney. New South Wales,
and the gardens have been closed to
the public.
The Austrian minister OF instruc-
ton, DR.. Won Hartel, has conferred the
great gold stats medal upon Walter
MacEwan, the American artist, for his
painting, THE Ghost Story"
As General MERCER, formerly French
minister of war. was leaving a political
meeting at La Ferte-Bernard. In the
department of Santhe. at which he had
presided. he was stoned and sustained
a wound In the head.
The Golden club, OF London, has
filed a protest against the imposition
OF corn duties. The manifesto sets
forth that such imposition would in
augurate a policy of protection and
undo the great work OF Peel and Glad
stone.
Cuba's president-elect, Senior Estra-
da Palma, has made several appoint
ments. General Fernando Figuereo
will be director of the Cuban postal
and telegraph services; Juan Rios
Rivera, chief of customs; Carlos Zal-
do. secretary of state, and Senior zero,
secretary OF instruction.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
BIG RIVER
steamer City OF rittsburg Burns and
sixty Souls Perish.

steamer City Of rIttsburg burns and
sixty Souls Perish.
One of the worst disasters In the
history of river navigation occurred
neal Ogden's Landing. neal Cairo. ILL.,,
Sunday. While almost all aboard were
asleep the steamer City of Pittsburg
was discovered on fire and In a few
moments was burned to the waters
edge. The loss of owe $4,000 on the
steamer does not Include the cargo.
both being a total loss. The latest
estimates are that there were 100 per-
sons aboard and that no more than half
O. them were saved. many of the latter
being burned or injured. As the reg
lister of the steamer was burned no list
can be given either of the victims or
of the survivors and in the confusion
1t has been impossible to get complete
lists. Captain Phillips admits that the
death list may reach sixty.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
Coneer Soon to Retire.

Minister Conger is to retire from his
present mission tn the Chinese court.
1t Is said. Visitors to the White house
intimate that President Roosevelt con-
templated the appointment of w. w.
Rockhill to the place. It was UNDER
stood at the time when Mr.. Conger
was in the United States that a change
was to be made which would prob
ably result in Mr.. Conger beinG sue
ceeded by Mr.. Rockhill. President
Roosevelt may not carry out this pro-
gram.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
THE NEWS CONDENSED

Late Te~Iegraphic Dispatches Reduced to
Readable Size.
Omaha secured the national editorial
convention to be held in 1903.
The three-year-old daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Melrose. Lincoln, Neb., fell
into a thirty-foot well. but was res
cued uninjured.
At Chicago Louis Toombs was found
guilty of the murder Of Annie Larson
and sentenced to hang. The crime
was committed on board the steamer
Peerless.
The painters and paperhangers Of
Des Moines, Ia, have returned to work
after a week of idleness. They won
their strike for an advance to IS cents
per hour.
An attempt of the tobacco combine
to secure control of the retail cigar
trade In Chicago may lead to a wal Of
determination, in which the finest Ha-
vana cigars will sell for the price OF a
cheroot.
Dial Colt Chambers. son OF the mis-
sionary, Rev. Mr.. Chambers. who is
| stationed at Adana. Asia Minor, fell
| to the bottom of a gorge In the Encei
| pass, near Eviannas, Switzerland, and
was killed.
In q quarrel over a baseball that was
said to have been thrown into his
| yard by neighbours children, Abe Slup-
sky, a st. Louis politician shot and
| fatally wounded Charles Pinckard. q
| saloon keeper.
A telegram received at the navy de-
| partment from Captain McCrea OF thu
| gunboat Machias, states that Bocas
del TorO fell into the hands OF the
liberals, and that no injury to Amer
| lean citizens or interests occurred.
Prof. Nicholas Murray Butler was
| Installed as president of Columbia uni
| yersNy, New York city, Saturday. Tho
| ceremonies were attended by the pres
ident of the United States, and the
| heads of the principal institutions OF
learning in the country.
Republican leaders figure that the
result Of the amendment to the Cuban
| reciprocity bill, adopted by the house
! on Friday of last week will mean, II 1t
| should pass the senate and president, a
| reduction of sos on refined sugar COM
| ing from Germany and other countries
giving bounties.
C. f. O'Brien, an aged farmer OF
Macon, Mo-, has been arrested charged
with having Intentionally poisoned
| herds of live stock owned by farmers
| against whom he held q grievance. 1t
is alleged he poured paris green into
wells, tanks and ponds, =
A New York dispatch says that j..
Pierpont Morgan, who is now abroad,
has practically completed a plan to
combine all the leading transatlantic
steamship lines. The companies to be
consolidated, II is understood, are the
American and Red Star lines, White
Star line, Dominion line, Atlantic
Transport line, and the Leyland line.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
FARMERS SAVED $4,000

Co-Opsrative Asso. at Solomon, Kan,
landed 234.53S Bushels Of Wheat
The Farmers Cooperative associa-
ion Of Solomon. Kan. has just closed
its first year and the report shows the
following amount of grain. etc, ham
died: Wheat, 234,53S bushels; oats,
$3.50 bushels; bran, l40,0 900 pounds;
shorts. $1,000 pounds; mill feed. $4,000
Wounds: binding Irvine, $4,000 pounds.
'the total business done was Sl6S.06l.
The saving to the farmers on wheat
alone was four cents a bushel or more,
amounting to $3.50. The association
ended the year with $4,216 undivided
profits on hand in addition to giving
the members better prices than they
would otherwise have received.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
Champions Cause Of WON On.

The civil service commission has
come out as a champion for the
rights Of women to employment, says
a Washington dispatch. Preference
is now generally given to men m
ployes in the government departments
and the commission. though powerless
to compel appointing officers to choose
women. has, through President Proc
tor, issued a strong circular letter to
the heads Of departments. calling at
tention to this unjust discrimination
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
BAD IRE AT DALLAS
Two Persons Fatally Hurt and Proper,,
Loss Very Great.

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Loss Very Great.
Two persons fatally injured, Fire
Chief Magcc Frustrated and q property
loss Of $370,000 is the result of sew
eral fires which occurred at Dallas,
Texas. Sunday. An alarm was turned
in from the Dorsey printing establish
mcnt, on lower Elm street, and In a
short time one OF the ncrCest Conna-
grations which has visited Dallas in
years was in progress. TO add to- the
troubles of the firemen, several other
alarms from different parts of the city
were turned In In quick succession.
Fireman VIII Spur a struck iu
the face with a brick and 1t is said IA
tally injured.
The young son Of Fire Chief Magee
was found on the floor of the engine
room at the central station with a
fractured skull.
The Dorsey Printing company's
plant was totally destroyed, the loss
being about 5000. 900. ,
While the Dorsey fire was /, pro-
gress a fire broke out on Lamar street.
near Collins. and twenty buildings
were destroyed.
Half Of them were ordinary business
houses and the remainder boarding
houses and dwellings.
The Griffith Lumber company is IN
OF the principal losers In that sec
tion of the city, where II is estimated
the losses will aggregate $3.50, 900. OF
which Griffith a. Go. sustain $4,000.
The loss Of the Heating Implement
Company ia heavy. hut not accurately
known.
About IA dozen of the smaller mer-
camille and manufacturing establish
ments were destroyed. the losses rang
ing from S., 1000 down.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
Cuban Constitution Published.

The Cuban constitution has been
published in the Havana Official Ga
zette, together with an order conven-
ing the new government. The order
declares that the constitutional on
vention. which vas dissolved by on
gress, will assemble in Havana May s
for the purpose Of examining creden-
tials and counting and rectifying the
electoral vote. The order provides that
May 20, the date upon which Senior
Estrada Palma is to be inaugurated
president, shall be a special holiday.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
Threatened Millions.

Thirty-one million dollars In silver
bullion in the assay office at 20 Wall
street, Nsyy York city, has been In
danger os icing melted by a fire which
burne in one of the Easements for
two hours. None by the employees
knew of the fire and they finally over
came II without assistance.
! Next door to the assay office Is the
sub-treasury, where the government
usually has from 800, 600, 900 to $500
sOO. 600 stored. In some way fire In the
silver melting room was communicated
"a n barrel of lard mixture
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
DON'T LIKE IT
New Charter Is Unsatisfactory to Grand
1sIapd CItIyens,

New Charter Is Unsatisfactory to Grand
island Citiyens.
There is expressed considerable dis
satisfaction with a number of the pro-
visions of the new charter governing
cities Of more than 5000 and less than
25. 1000 population. and at a recent meet
ing of the city council of Grand Island
the suggestion was made by Council
man w. +. Mclaughlin. that a commit
tee be appointed to confer with like
committees from the other cities of
the Grand Island class in the state as
to what changes would be desirable,
with the end in view to formulate a
new charter for passage by the next
Legislature. Mr.. Mclaughlin has con-
suited with a number of authorities
from some of the other cities and 1t
is quite likely that sucn n move would
meet with favor by all.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
Beers HOLD OUT

spuru Peace Terms Unless Cape Colony
Rebels arc Assured Amnesty.
A London, April 16 dispatch says:
The cabinet was hurriedly summoned
70 meet at the foreign Office this morn
ing. Politicians generally believe a
hitch has occurred IN the peace negoti-
atoms concerning the scope OF general
amnesty. The beers are DESTROYS of
full protection for Cape Colony rebels
and it is thought that the government
is opposed to this.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
GAME WARDEN'S EXPENSES

Figures showing the Receipts and Dis
b~ursements.
Sportsmen took much interest in the
statement made recently that the pro.
visions Of the new game law bring In
almost enough revenue to pay for the
fish and game commission. Chic,
Deputy Game Warden Simpkins hal
figured that the expense of running thu
commission from June |, 1901, to De-
cember 31st, the same year, was SAL
5S1.51. Fines and revenues Melted SAL
O39.55, so that the costs above reim|
bursements were s541.96. The chic
source of revenue was hunting and
fishing licenses which brought s 2 ,G9|
into the treasury. The next larges|
item was the non-residence huntinl
and fishing licenses, which Melted $40q
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
Jersey VIII he Its Home.

II IL stated that the new company
to control the Atlantic steamship lines.
just combined. will be incorporated In
New Jersey. with "A capital OF about
$50. 600 900, says the Journal Of Com
merce. The underwriting syndicate
al organized or the basis Of $780,
00O. 900 stock and $44 900, 900 In Az per
cent bonds. The syndicate is under
stood to be virtually the same a the
new one which fioated the United
States steel corporation.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
Forest Reserves for Nebraska.

News was received Tuesday at the
Nebraska state university that Presi-
dent Roosevelt has issued a prOclama-
ton setting aside $4,000 acres Of and
in Thomas county and 126, 900 acres in
Cherry county to form a forest re-
serve. This is something that the de-
partment of forestry at the univer-
sity has been working for for a long
time. Those interested in the state
along this particular line are much
pleased.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
CHINESE ARE UNEASY

Authorities Fear for safety Of Troops
Sent to Oppose Rebels.
Great anxiety Is felt at Canton,
China, because of the absence OF COM
munication with Marshal Su and Gen.
eral Ma. who are commanding the
imperial forces against the Kwangsi
rebels. 1t is feared the rebels have sur
rounded the imperial troops.
. A courier reports that over 1000 i'm
perials recently sent to dislodge rebels
in a village were ambushed in a defle
and were either killed or captured. The
yiceroy has sent to Pekin for reinforce
ments.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
To Try Longs Slnyers.

The trial OF the men and women
charged with the robbery and murder
of Noah Long, who was hurled from
the old Southern bridge in Argentine.
Kan, into the Icy waters of the Kaw
river on the night of January 20, will
begin in the district court at Kansas
City, Kan. soon. The first of the
cases to be tried will be that of Henry
Donahue. II will probably be followed
by the case of James Goff.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
Welcome for Miss stone.

Miss Ellen M. Stone. the missionar
was publicly welcomed home at Bosto
at a meeting In the Park Street churc'
arranged by the woman's board of 70
eign missions. An additional greetir
was rendered by the American boa,
through Its representative, Rev. J.. /
Barton. while DR.. Samuel B. CapJ
added a few words on behalf of ID
Congregationalist body. Letters wei
read from Governor Crane, Secreta(
OF State Hay and others.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
KANSAS o m ACQUITTED
Mrs. stanley Declared Not Got Guilty
of killing War Veteran.

The Jury in the case of Mrs. Marie
Stanley, eighteen years old. who has
been on trial at Ottawa, Kan. for the
past week charged with having killed
James B. Booth, IN aged war veteran
returned q verdict finding her not
guilty.
Booths body was found in a we'll
on January 10 last near the home OF
Mrs. Mary Mccoy. mother OF the de-
PENDANT, and blood stains were traced to-
the Mccoy house. Mrs. Stanley, her
mother and her sister. Bessie Brown
ing, were indicted on a charge Of muir
der In the first degree. the information
alleging that the three women had first
struck Booth with an axe and then
threw him into the well in such n
manner that he was MORALLY wounded
by the fall.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
MASSACRE

.Eurds Actrociousiy Butcher Three Hon
dred Christians.
Kurdish irregulars. commanded by
lbraham Pasha, recently endeavored to
drive away from D%iabekir, Kurdistan,
a band of rowing A%rmenians, but were
forced back upon Diabekir. Heavy fight
ing lasted some time. The Kurds, en-
ragged at their inability to repel the Ar
menians, turned upon the Christian
quarter of the town anu massacred 300
Christians. Many Turks and Kurds
were killed in the battle. Reinforce
ments kept the Armenians at bay.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
Three are Burned.

Mrs. Wallace T.. King and her two
children were burned to death at their
home in Wallin, a village fifteen miles
from Frankfort, Ky. The fire, which
started from some unknown cause, de-
stroyed n store and two houses. The
financial loss Is 5000.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
OF @1.dO.

Bert A. Strayer, a clerk for the Pa
cifc Express company. at Lincoln, was
held up near Thirteenth and r streets
by a white man and a negro. and re-
lieved of $40. After taking his watch
the highwaymen returned it with the
remark lit might tell tales" Mr..
Strayer at once reported the matter
to the police and they spent the night
in looking for the men. They have not
yet been found.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
A Freak OF Nature,

A freak of nature that has attracted
considerable attention was produced
at the stock farm of w. r. Bryson.
northeast of Adams. Neb. 1t is a calf
with two heads. II has two skulls,
four eyes, and really has two ears. but
the two inner ones seem to be Joined
II Is alive and hearty.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
Stabbed by SChOOlmate.

At Long Pine, Neb., Guy Given. the
oldest son Of John Given. was stabbed
in the back and spinal column by
Charlie Castle, son Of J. G. Castle.
hardware merchant. on their return
from school Tuesday evening. The
Given boy is lying at his home In q
critical condition. Castles son has not
been arrested yet. Both boys are I'm.
der fifteen years of age.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
SUSTAINS LOWER DECISION
Illinois Supreme Court Decides Against
Bucket Shops.

Illinois Supreme Court Decides Against
Bucket Shops.
fThe Illinois supreme court handed
Town over one hundred decisions, ad-
journing TO the June term. In the
bucket shop" a the supreme court
afiirms the decision of the appellate
court The case is that of the Central
Stock ard Grain exchange against the
Chicago board of trade and the Cleve-
land and Western Union Telegraph
companies. The central exchange Sc
cured an injunction in the Cook county
court restraining the board of trade
from cutting off its market quotations.
The appellate court reversed the lower
court. dissolving the injunction, and
the supreme court says the appellate
court was right and that the markets
Sought were to be used in the conduct
Of BUSINESS in violation Of the state law.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-04-25
Confesses to Being Deserter.

A stranger hung around the court
house at Tecumseh, Neb,, for several
hours Monday last and finally went
into the office of Sheriff w. ii. Cum
mings and announced that he was a
deserter from the United States army
end that he desired to surrender him
self to the law. lie gave his name as
Fred Bebrle and said he deserted COM
pany +, Twenty-eighth infantry. at
Fort Wright, Washington. The OFF,
GERS al Fort Crook, Omaha, were noti-
fed and the man is held In jail await
ing the action of these officers.