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The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-23
THE KANSAS e
Nebraska's Insurance Department Will
Go Hunting for wildcats"

Deputy Auditor Pierce of the insur-
ance department intends to begin a
crusade OF the unauthorized fire insur-
ance companies doing business in Me-
braska. This will be lone In conjunc-
ton with the insurance departments of
several states which have agreed to run
all unauthorized companies out of the
business. To that end Mr.. Pierce is
very DESTROYS that circulars received
by agents and others from unauthor-
lied companies be sent to him. that he
may warn those acting as agents for
the companies of the penalty for SO do
Ing, and also warn the public that
such companies are wholly irresponsi-
BILE and that 1t Is impossible under the
Nebraska laws for policy holders to
recover from them.
This interstate agreement was the
result of the meeting of the insurance
commissioners at Baltimore some time
ago. when the wild cat" companies,
the consideration OF a fraternal bill to
be presented to the legislatures of the
various states, and the bringing up OF
the forms of reports of the companies
to a uniformity, were the principal
questions discussed. Mr.. Pierce had
received a list Of the companies Of Wis
consin that are doing business without
authority from the state and he Is in
vestigating now to see IL any of them
are doing business here. The COM
panies S the mails to carry on the
business and thus are less liable to de-
lection. Their scheme usually is to or
ganize In a state In which they do bus
mess. and then push out to other states
by use Of the mails.
The commissioners convention
passed a resolution asking congress to
shut of the use of the mails to these
companies, but until this is done the
commissioners will endeavor to shut
them off by publicity.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-23
RULING OF ATTY. GENERAL
There viii be No Call for constitutional
Convention.

Considerable worry and talk has been
INDUCED in lately as to whether the
call for a constitutional convention au-
thorized by the last legislature in q
joint resolution and vetoed by the gov
ernor, would be included on the official
ballot. In an opinion filed last year
by Attorney General Prout the sigma
ture Of the governor or his veto to a
proposed constitutional amendment is
considered void. Therefore IL the Sec
rotary Of state holds the opinion final,
the call will be included on the ballot.
But 1t will not be included this time.
Not till the next legislative election
will the question be voted upon. Even
then the constitutional convention is
not a sure thing" because after 1t is
voted upon the legislature will canvass
the vote, then If 1t has carried. will
come the call for the convention. or
course the conventions work will have
to be ratified by the voters before the
constitution will be changed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-23
DoWlE'S NEW ~YORKTRlUMPH
The self-Estecmsd Healer and Leader
Lands In Full force.

Five thousand persons were turned
away from Madison Square Garden,
New York, after all the seats in the
building had been filled with q great
crowd curious to see John Alexander
Dowie. on his first appearance before a
New York audience. Fully $4,000 per-
sons were in the garden at half past 2
o'clock when the services began with
the professional, in which the Zion
white robed choir, to the number of
about 600, and the capped and gowned
ordained officers of the Chistian Cath
Ollie church in Zion took part.
The procession assembled to the plat
form where the choir took position be-
hind the pulpit and the officers occu-
pied places at the sides. When those
on the platform had taken their places,
DR.. Dowie assembled the platform ac-
companied by several overseers.
The service of prayer opened with
the invocation by DR.. Dowie followed
by the singing Of q hymn, during
which the crowd continued to pour
into the garden. This was followed
by the recital of the creed and COM
mandments and the reading of scrip
ture. during which hundreds of per-
sons started to leave the hall. causing
much confusion. The exodus con-
tinued in spite OF repeated orders to
close the doors, until nearly q third
Of the audience had departed. many
OF the vacant seats being filed with
the waiting crowd outside. After or
der had been somewhat restored DR..
Dowie said: IF this is New York and
this is a typical New York congrega-
ton | am in the face of a new expert
ence. think that some people who
came in must have thought this was
a Buffalo Bill show. | wonder il the
congregations OF the churches here
enter and leave as they please. l
reckon we have learned something and
Will be prepared hereafter. There will
be no more going out the front door.
III any have remained outside let them
in. 1t seems a shame they should not
have the seats the Buffalo Bill persons
have left"
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-23

MEN WHO HANDLE MONEY
State Bankers Association of Nebraska
Feminist the bankrupt Law.


Feminist the Bankrupt Law.
The state bankers association closed
a most successful session in Lincoln
with a banquet at the Lincoln hotel.
The two days convention was we'll
attended and much information was
CLEANED.
One of the chief actions OF the ses-
sion was the passage of a resolution
asking the congressman and senators
OF Nebraska to favor a bill repeating
the present bankruptcy law. 1t was
agreed that the bin has served its pur-
pose and that 1t is against the welfare
of the business interests OF the state
for 1t to continue longer in force.
j. T. Trenery Of Pawnee City was
elected president of the association
and T.. F. Folda Of Schuyler was made
vice president. BY a change in the
constitution the executive council will
In the future consist of fifteen mem
bers, three from Omaha, two from Lin
coin and one each from each of the
eight groups Of bankers with one mem
Der at large. The terms of five will
expire each year. The ones to be re-
lieved this year will be determined
by lot. The executive council will ap-
point minor officers of the associa-
ton. including secretary and treas
urer.
The association responded to an ap-
peal asking for a contribution to the
j. Sterling Morton memorial fund by
the passage of a resolution declaring 1t
to be the sense Of the meeting that
each banker Of the state give not less
than 81 to this cause. The sun of $13,-
700 has been raised, the sum necessary
being SIS, 600.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-23
AN IMPORTANT RULING.
The Supreme Court Hands Down De-
cision on Special Acts.


One of the most important decisions
rendered by the supreme court Of Kan
sas in a good while, in the opinion OF
tho court itself. Is that Of William
Rambo against Joe Larabee and others
for a writ Of mandamus. The effect
OF the decision will be to make void
a large number of special acts of the
legislature which are drawn in a gem
eral form, but are special in their ap-
plication.
For instance, when special legisla-
ton is wanted for Kansas City, Kan,
the bills are drawn to apply to "cities
of the first class having a population
Of more than sc. coo inhabitants" This
is general in it's form. but it applies
to only one city, and as its workings
are not uniform throughout the state
the court declares that it is void.
There are a large number of cases
of this character on the statute books,
and there are portions of the new city
charter act for cities of the first class
which are framed in the same way to
apply to Kansas City only. Just how
~far-reaching the decision will be can
not be told at present, as in some in
stances the court will have to decide
whether a law operates uniformly
throughout the state.
1t Is certain, however. that the de-
cision will knock out considerable of
this class Of legislation and it will re-
strict the legislature in the future.
For this reason the members of the
supreme court attach great Importance
to the decision.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-23
Honor to a Great General

At the unwilling of the General
Sherman statue at Washington M Of
the largest flags ever bought by the
government was drcped about 1t. The
stripes OF the huge banner covered the
heroic figure OF the warrior and his
steed. A number of novel features at
tended the unwilling. Two hundred
armless or legless veterans. dressed in
the blue they wore In the COS had seats
of honor on either side OF the monu-
ment typifying the right and left fanKs
of Sherman's great army. The four
great army societies, the Tennessee.
Cumberland, Ohio and Potomac. each
prepared q magnificent floral tribute.
Hundreds of veterans participated In
the exercises.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-23

This is a great fall for duck shooting
In Kansas. The fight never has been
so great since the early days Of the
state. Sportsmen are Strengthening
them by the thousands. The cause, no
doubt, Is the large water surface left
by the unusual floods this year. There
are ponds in the valleys and or the
prairies in places where water
has been known to stand before. These
ponds are shallow and therefore make
good feeding ground for ducks, and
they settle upon them by the thou
sands. At Raymond. in Barton Il
ty. one day recently. three Strong City
men killed 500, and in the Cheyenne
bottom, In the same county. three To-
peka politicians killed q thousand.
Some men kill wantonly, leaving many
dead ducks on the water.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-23
0 ON THE SUN.
New and Very Important Solar Discov.
cries Made

New and Very Important Solar Discov.
cries Made
The United States naval observatory
has made observations of the extraor-
binary group of solar spots now visible
on the sun, the largest group discov-
cred in the last decade. The observa-
lions are under the direction OF George
III. Peters. who has made the follow
ing statement:
The enormous group was observed
with a photo-heliograph. The indivi-
dual spots comprising the group have
become less numerous, some Of the
smaller spots having consolidated with
others. The group consists Of about
nine spots in all and shows indications
Of condensing into two principal spots
or groups somewhat separated. The
total length of the disturbed region was
172, 900 miles, with a width Of about
5000 miles. the aggregate length of
the principal spots being 1873, 900 miles.
The group was easily seen by the naked
eye at the naval observatory by sew
eral OF the astronomers and ought to
be q conspicuous object for several
days yet. A brilliant r was OBJ
served, a bright glow in the heavens
near the northern horizon while in
tense streams shot up toward the re-
NTH. These conspicuous aurorae often
accompany the appearance Of large
sunspots. The magnetic conditions Of
the earth are affected, producing con-
siderable disturbance OF the magnetic
needle"
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-23
DIES IN A CHURCH..
a Young Lady Attending the University,
Lincoln, DIes In Chnrch.

Lincoln, Dies In Church..
During the confessional hour at the
close OF the mission services at the st.
Iheresa pro-cathedral, Lincoln, Pansy
ballard OF Wilbur, aged Is years, a stu
dent OF the state university, drank a
quantity or carbolic acid, walked quiet
~ into the confessional and Upon her
Knees before Father Boarman told what
she mad done and then collapsed. The
dying girl was assisted into the sacris-
ty adjoining the confessional, where
she breathed heavily for a moment
and then died without regaining con-
seriousness. Though the poison had bad
~ burned her lips and mouth and
tongue not a groan escaped her and
she gave no evidence that she suffered
pain.
The reason for her act, assigned by
her friends, was due to her melancholy
disposition, the direct result of having
been ~hypnoti2ed four years ago by a
travelling hypnotist during a perform
ance at Wilbur. Since that time her
friends said she had changed from a
hafpy, cheerful girl to one of a moody
ana unhappy disposition. They told
also that 1t was her desire to attend
the convent here and that IL was her
lalhers wish that she become a stu
deht OF the university. When she first
eahe 10 Lincoln at the beginning of
we scnool year she did attend the
convent FOR a short time and then at
ner lathers request entered the uni
,ersity, Her father formerly operated
q nahK at Wilbur and the family Is
.lehly esteemed. The body was sent
to her home for burial.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-23
ALMOST A BILLION
The State Of Kansas Tips a Top
Notch in Wealth.
MILLIONS IN STATE BANKS
To he Accurate, the Deposits In state
and Private Institutions Amounts
to " oety million Dollars.

Since the state bank department was
established in 1891 the number of state
and private banks in Kansas has in
creased from Ala to more than $40. In
1896 the number diminished to 31S.
The first statement from TIE banks
showed a deposit Of more thas Is mil
Hin dollars. The deposits in the state
end private banks are more than As
million dollars today, and about the
same amoun of money is on deposit
In the national banks of the state.
Tho following table shows the de-
posits In the state and private banks
since the bank department was organ
ICED. and the number of such banks in
the state, on the dates Of the calls for
reports by the bank department:
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-23
TRUSTED EMPLOYEE FALLS
A Decoy Letter serves To Catch onsHot
Upcie SANS Thieves.

W. ~
]. Leslie Diefendorf, n Of the old
employees of the Lincoln p~ostoffice, was
arrested upon the charge Of having
riAed the mails. He was captured by
means of o decoy letter containing
marked money, ard when caught the
money was found or her person.
~Inspector Sinclair Of the postal SER
vice has been in Lincoln several days
working to ascertain the secret of the
frequent disappearance of money from
the mails. and the arrest OF Diefendorf
WAS the result. D~iefendorf has always
beer considered above suspicion, and
the local authorities were disposed to
suspect anyone alse aroun the es-
adjustment but him.
A marked So bill a enclosed in O
letter an dstarted through the Office.
Just as It was calculated that the mis-
sive was due to have passed through
lis hands the officers were upon him
and when he was searched the marked
bill was found in his possession.
He was at once lodged in the city
iail and after preliminary trial was
bound over to the grand jury.
piefendorf's home is at 1921 South
T~wenty-ninth street, Lincoln. where he
owns his own home and his family
comprising his wife and five children.
live. He has recently been buying
more property. He is about forty years
of age. has been employed about the
p~ostofice for nine years. and is one
Of the oldest clerks, being widely
known in the city.
The local postal authorities say that
losses of none In transit through the
mails have been occurring Of late with
annoying frequency. 1t vas impossible
to learn, however the aggregate
amount of such losses.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-23
Quote tho Immortal Shakespeare

DR.. Oliver Fisher OF Sloan. Ia. has
Just married his fifth wife, Margaret
v. Wilcox, who until about a month
ago Travelled for a drug company of
New York. Her headquarters were Co
lumbus, Neb. DR.. Fishers other wives
In order were: Ida Fisher, mo rela-
tion." married at Smithland. Ia; Mary
Chech." married at Iowa City, la.
Mary Branch Williams. married at
Lucky Valley. Ia; Laura Richmond,
married at Sioux City, la.
DR.. Fisher lived at Chadron and
Crawford two years about 1S8S-90.
With wife No, 3 he practiced in Oma-
ha one year. The last wedding &C.
CURED ct Council Bluffs.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-23
A Hard Way to End Life.

After an unsuccessful attempt to kill
himself. w. A. Atwood, aged so years,
a blacksmith from Everest, Kan. COM
mitted suicide in Kansas City, Mo-. in
q sensation manner. First he leaped
from the Fifth street viaduct to the
railway yards, fifty feet below. AL
though badly injured, he was able to
walk away unassisted and before any
one could reach the spot. Atwood.
kneeling beside q passing train, placed
his head upon the track under the
wheels. He was decapitated. He was
respondent over domestic troubles.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-23
seems Both Have Becp A. =,

Percy q. Garretson, a graduate OF
the Lake Mohegan military school
IKE MS wife, Ffdelia L. Garretson. So
claliy prominent, of New York, is
SUING her for an absolute divorce,
naming three correspondents. Mrs
Garretson In turn is suing her husband
Tor an absolute divorce, naming an
equal number of correspondents.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-23
The Children Must GO to school.

Five thousand cniiuren OF school age
are not attending the city schools of
Topeka, Kas.. according to the truant
officers. The truancy law requires all
children between the ages of eight and
fifteen years to be sent to schools. A
list of the missing children was placed
In the hands Of the officer and the pa
rents of the children who play
"hookey" will be fined a small sum,
according to the laws provisions.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-23
VIII Have to Have a Guide.

All future equipment turned over to
the railroads by the Pullman company
will be so improved in character that
the travelling public will find itself in
strange surroundings. The improve
ments decided upon are Of such
a character that the entire service Of
the Pullman company on the principal
railroads OF the country will have UNI
dergone a complete transformation.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-23
A Little Like One Tn Nebraska.

Attorney General Crow instituted
suit at Nevada, Mo-, asking Judgment
for $11,500 against r, b. Speed, ex-
coal oil inspector of st. Louis, which
amount plaintiff asserts was collected
during Speeds term and withheld by
him In violation of the act passed by
the legislature In 1899, defining the
compensation OF oil inspectors.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-23
In Error As to Steel Contr.,.

Harland & Wolf, the well known
shlpouilding firm. Belfast, Germany,
nave issued a denial to the statement
made by the London Daily Telegraph
that they had signed a contract to take
all the iron and steel they require from
the United States Steel corporation.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-23
with the Aid and Conseu. of Congress.

With the Aid and Consent of Congress
At . meeting OF the commission ap-
pointed by the river improvement con-
gress to secure the aid Of the congress
Of the United States In preventing flu
ture overfiows of Kansas and Missouri
rivers. It was decided to apply to the
secretary of war for the appointment
of q board of engineers to examine In
70 the existing conditions at Kansas
City, Mo-, and to prepare a plan to pre-
vent foods in the future. The appeal
70 the secretary Of war is to be placed
IN the hands of the United States SEN
ators and congressman from Kansas
ana Missouri.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-23

One Of the concluding acts of the
, .nlon veteran legion at Dayton, O., was
,re accepting OF a resolution bitterly
iiosestihg against and denouncing the
l,ah OF placing a statue OF General
nopert r. Lee, The resolutions assert
mat such an act would be am insult
70 'he mo soldiers now living andAo
the memory of soldiers dead,
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-23
Will Bring q warshIp u.r.

A cablegram from Minister Hardy at
Madrid. announces that Spain will send
a warship to New Orleans in connec-
ton with the Louisiana Purchase ex.
position.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-23

~ 'ne near future the telegraphic
DOCK signal system will be- Installed
on the entire system of the Illinois
central 1t is estimated that the cost
OF the Improvement will reach ST.
900. 900. w" ie"en w.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-23
Rather An Oily Promoter.

II. ii. Adkins, @ prominent oil pro-
Queer and promoter, Of Lima, Ohio, has
been indicted on a charge of having
embezzled $lO,0 900 from stockholders of
the Union Oil and Gas company.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-23

g Lost HIS JOB Becauso OF Neglect.
President Roosevelt. upon the recon-
mendation of the attorney general, has
removed Marshal Fred A. Field Of the
district of Vermont, for dereliction OF
duty of permitting the escape at Provi-
dence. r. l., Of three Cinnamon entrust.
ed to him for deportation.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-23
ON HENOLOCY.
One Of Most Profitable Investments
Tn tho UnItsd States.

IN tne thitbu bNhttss
Prof. J. Il. Orr. of Beaver. Pa, sec
rotary OF the American Poultry asso-
clifton, has given out some interesting
statistics upon the profit earning capa-
bilities of the American hen. An aver
age hen should produce 240 eggs a
year. Her food for the year will cost
80 cents. The eggs will sell for 2
cents each, bringing $3.50.
II costs from AZ to GO cents n year to
feed n farm hen, where they are al
lowed TO run at large. Many farmers
who raise poultry pay nothing what
ever for food, but give chickens the
waste from their granary and table. A
very important part Of the laying hens
diet is water. Two-thirds of the egg
Is water, the other one-third consisting
OF solid foods. Here many small poul-
try raisers make a mistake by not pro-
yiding a suitable supply Of clear water.
Professor Orr has prepared what he
calls the yearly bill of fare for hens.
The amounts named are for forty-five
hens and are supposed to keep them for
one year:
300 pounds OF corn .............$1.87
GOO pounds of oats ............ 600
400 pounds OF wheat .......... 400
300 pounds of kaifir corn or sor-
ghum ........... ;.......... 1877
400 pounds OF bran ............ 800
400 pounds of clover ........... 800
300 pounds OF beef scrau, meat
meal. dried blood ............ 800
400 pounds grit and fine gravel. 200
300 pounds oyster shell ......... 2.25
200 pounds Of cut bone ......... 400
The total is $500 pounds. at a total
cost of $36. an average Of eighty
pounds of feed per hen. at a cost OF
80 cents.
The first year Is the most profitable
age for hens. Two pens Of Leghorns
averaged IT'S eggs per fowl during the
first year, the second year the same
fowls averaged 1921. and during the
third 116R. The per cent of profit was
1888 the first year. 11S the second and
07k the third.
The result of the experiment is
against the popular belief that hens
should be fed grain In gravel and made
to scratch for 1t. One pen with all grain
fed in a box averaged 147h eggs per
low per year for three years. Another
pen having grain fed in straw averaged
1872 eggs. II vas found that hens with
out exercise consumed Is much food
as those with It.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-23

Big Round Sum Taxed for Bicycles.
h French government collected =
100000 francs Isl .4OO, OOO) in taxes on
bicycles last year, according to a re-
port Just published.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-23

IA Pope Appoints Secretary.
III pope OF Rome has appointed
Monsignor Merry DEB Val papal secre-
tary of state.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-02-06

Night Alarm

Worse than an alarm Of FIRE at night
is the hrassy cough of Group. which
sounds like the chiidren's death knell
and it means death unless something is
done quickly. Foley's Honey and Tar
never fails to give instant relief and
quickly cures the worst forms Of Group.
Mrs. r. L. cordier, Of Mannington, KY,
nf'ees. MY three year old girl had q
severe fsse Of Group; the doctor said she
could Pet live. Igot bottle Of Foley's
ipHsy snd Tar; the first dose gave quick
y e and svtd her LIFE" Refuse sub
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