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The Red Cloud chief., 1904-07-29
GREAT EPWoRTH MEETING
Cannot be Drowned Ont this Year
Streets Made aud Walks Laid,

Cannot be Drowned Ont this Year
Streets Made aud walks Laid,
Preparations for the Epworth as
sembly at Lincoln are going merrily
on. The assembly will begin August 8
and will last nine days. Special care
Is being taken in forming the camp
this year that the visiting Epworth
leaguers may not be drowned out by
the rains, unless the weather is UNI
usual in its severity.
Five and ten-foot walks are being
placed around the sides Of the big au-
ditorium at Epworth Lake park. and
numerous cinder walks in all other
parts Of the city of tents are being
made. The streets are being graded
and guttered that the water may be
conveyed off as rapidly as it falls.
Doctors, lawyers. ministers, bank
ers, merchants and farmers and per-
sons from almost every trade or pro-
fession OF life have enrolled for the
outing and for the excellent program
OF entertainments to be given.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-07-29
ACOUSTIC THEDAY'
Arrangements to Notify Judge
Parker Of Nomination.
SIMPLICITY OF CEREMONY
Democratic Nominee VIII Not Talk nj
Leagtb, but Acceptance Letter
to Contain His Views. q

Judge Parker has fixed August 10 as
the date for the ceremonies at Rose
bount, N. Y, notifying him Of his
nomination by the democratic na-
tional convention rs candidate for the
presidency.
Judge Parker reached his decision
concerning the date In a long consulta-
ton with William +. Sheehan, and a
telegram was at once sent Champ
Clark Of Missouri, chairman Of the
committee named by the democratic
convention to notify the nominee for
president.
Representative Clark Is expected to
call a meeting Of his committee, prob
ably to be held in New York. and he
may also go to Rosebount to talk over
the arrangements with Judge Parker,
although no plan for such a conference
has yet been made.
The program for the ceremonies at
Rosemount on August 10 will follow
presidents laid down for similar
events. 1t is known that Judge Parker
Is particularly impressed with the sim
plicity Of the ceremonies which took
place on the occasion Of President
lincoln's second nomination for vice
president. The speeches both times
were marked because OF their brevity.
When President Cleveland was noti-
ned In 1888 he made a long speech, and
the ceremonies were far more formal
than any other which have been
brought to the attention OF those who
are arranging details Of the Rose
bount ceremonies. 1t is the plan at
Rosebount to have the notification fol-
low closely the form of the earlier
ceremonies. 1t is not expected that
Judge Parker will talk at length, nor
that he will discuss intimately any of
the campaign Issues, but will leave
this to the letter Of acceptance which
will be issued later.
Senator Davis has at last made n
decision In regard to his notification.
1t will be held at White Sulphur
Springs, Grecnbrier county. West vir-
gina. either the first or second week
OF August. One OF Senator Davis
close friends says that the senator will
stump his native state during the cam
paign with other speakers Of national
prominence.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-07-29
Kinkaid RtII Not Satisfactory

In an interview In regard to the taxi
ing up Of Nebraska land under the
Kinkaid act. Senator Dietrich ex-
pressed himself Is follows: II am
satisfied from information I have re-
ceived from a great many sources that
the Kinkaid bill, increasing the home
stead right in the western part of this
state to go acres, is not a satisfactory
solution of the problem, for the reason
that the size of the homestead pro-
vided for is not sufficiently large to
justify settlers In entering upon the
land. except in a very few places.
While the bill will be OF some benefit
I confidently believe that something
more must be done"
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-07-29
WESTERN LEAGUE.
STATE INHERITANCE LAW
Pisttsmouth Judge Declares tho Same
C0nstItutiOnaI

"s"'~
Constitutional
In the administration of the Barton
w. Hammer estate. pending in probate
court at P%lattsmouth. Neb.. an inter-
esting question has been brought up
by the attorney for the heirs. involv-
ing the constitutionality Of the Me-
braska inheritance tax law. Harmer's
estate is valued at $165, 900. The heirs,
in support of their application to have
the tax against the estate set aside.
bring up the contention that the in
heritanee tax law passed In 1901 was
repealed by the legislature of 1909
when the new revenue law was enact
ed which %purported to cover the en-
TIRE system of revenue for the state.
nut ala not mention the Inheritance
tax Judge Travis, after hearing the
arguments, held that the law was con-
sututional and that the state of Ne
braska should receive its Just propor-
tion or the Harmer estate. The in
heritance tax In this case amounts TO
sl'ooo' IL Is probable that an appeaI
10 the supreme court will be taken,
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-07-29
A WONDERFUL INVENTION
An Indiana Woman Inventa Home-Mrak-
Ing Gas Machine.

An Indiana Woman Invents Home-Mak-
Ing Gas Machine.
Carl A. Fisch. a young man Of South
Bend, Ind, is in possession of an in
vention which will re~volutionize the
making of gas. The invention. which
Is from the brain Of a young woman.
Will be manufactured by an indepen-
dent gas company which has been
formed, with a capital of SEQ, 900.
The machine manufactures pure
odorless gas, equally good for light
Ing, cooking and heating purposes, at
a cost OF less than 81 cents a thousand.
Each house, fiat or a number of houses
may have an Independent gas plant.
With this system farmers can light
and heat their houses and also light
their residences Just as well as their
city brethren. The machines are be-
ing manufactured and tested and If
every feature promised is realized, for
which the indications are most favor
able, the scheme will be a success and
the machines will be sold more rapidly
than they can be manufactured.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-07-29
Bu,ton's Case In Supreme Court

Justice Brewer of the United States
supreme court has granted a writ Of
error to the United States district
court for the eastern district Of Mis-
souri, in the case of the Senator Joseph
r. Burton, convicted In st. Luois Of
accepting a fee for services before the
p~ostoffice department while a member
OF the United States senate. The case
will be reviewed by the United States
supreme court probably in the fall.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-07-29
GET TRAMP HICHWAYMEN
They Beat and Rob q Country Boy "a
Broken Bow.

Alexander Schultz, a German boy
aged 10 years, was beaten and robbed
OF SGT by two hoboes while sleeping in
a box car neal the rBoken Bow depot.
Schultz went to town from Meyers
ranch. where he had worked, intending
to take a train for South Dakota. He
missed the train and while waiting
made the acquaintance of two hoboes
calling themselves Cheyenne Charlie'
and Minnesota Kid" They said they
would go west with him on a later
train. The men loafed about town all
day. Near evening Schultz climbed in
to a car to sleep. He was awakened
by the toughs trying to beat him in
ance, but they threatened to shoot.
which kept him quiet. The footpads
sensible. He attempted to call assist
took everything except an old watch
and then started west along the track.
They were arrested at Merna.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-07-29
FOLK IS
Missouri Democrats Nominate Doodle
Convlcter for Governor.

Missouri Democrats Nominate Doodle
Convlcter for Governor.
After an all night session. the demo-
cratic state convention of Missouri
unanimously nominated Joseph w.
Folk, district attorney for st. Louis.
for governor and adopted a platform
which promises a vigorous, unrelent-
ing crusade against corruption and
Doodle in Missouri in the event Of
democratic supremacy at the polls.
Just as the day was breaking the con-
vention adjourned. There was no
doubt about the nomination from the
beginning of the first session of the
convention.
The report Of the committee on reso-
l%utions, after affirming and ratifying
the platform adopted by the demo-
cratic national convention at st.
Louis. July 8. 1904. declares in favor
Of the initiative and referendum, the
state primary, protection alike OF capt.
tai and labor, sanctity Of the ballot.
good roads, home rule of police. and
urged the strict enforcement Of the
constitutional provision and statutory
enactment prohibiting the acceptance
by public officials Of free railroad
transportation. United States Senator
Francis NJ. Cockrell was heartily en-
dorsed for reelection.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-07-29
Burnipr Alfalfa Fields,

Farmers in the north part of Phil
lips county, Kansas. have adopted a
new method Of clearing their alfalfa
fields Of trash. Much Of the first cut
ting of alfalfa could not be removed
from the fields on account of the rains
and was left in windrows and punches
through which the plant grew very
quickly, tying the old firmly to the
ground. This Is removed by burning
which the farmers state does little in
Jury to the growing plant.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-07-29
Half Mile Record Rrok.,

IN an official speed trial at Denver,
Jim FERRY, a Denver horse. broke the
worlds trotting record for a half mile
to road wagon over a half mile track
making the distance in 1:O2&. He
was driven by j. A. Burnett, presi-
dent OF the Gentleman's Driving club
OF that city. No apparatus, such as
wind shields, was used. The previous
record OF l:O3M was held by Cresceus.
ntil Cresceus made his record. Jim
Ferry held the record at l:0G1a.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-07-29
Inspecting Nebraska-G rown Tr ees.

A party Of gentlemen representing
the United States bureau of forestry
have been in Nebraska City the re-
Gently inspecting and measuring the
growth Of the natural and planted
timber in that vicinity. The party
consists OF Messrs. Percy. Godding.
Warner and White of Washington, d.
c., and is under direction of Professor
Miller Of the Nebraska state univer-
sity. The gentlemen secured much in
teresting data from Arbor Lodge,
where trees from different parts Of the
United States are growing. The party
left for Auburn, driving the entire dis
lance and inspecting the groves Of
treea en- route.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-07-29
BUY SOME MORE N
State Board Corraiis $4,000 Of Massa-
chusetts Product.

State Board Corralis $4,000 Of Massa-
chusetts Product.
The state board OF educational lands
and funds has purchased an additional
$4,000 Of Massachusetts state bonds
as an investment for the permanent
school funds. The purchase was made
at an adjourned session Of the board
and was to replace s74, 900 Of Wash
ington county r%efunding bonds pur-
chased at the last session, but which
the broker was unable to deliver. As
the $4,000 certified check guarantee
ing delivery had not been deposited by
the brokers who sold the Washington
county bonds, there was no way for
the board to insist on their delivery
successfully.
The members, however, are not
growing, as the Massachusetts bonds,
which were purchased to draw the
state 3k per cent, are considered a
much better investment by fnanciers.
The other securities purchased by the
board at the former meeting will be
delivered and this will relieve the cash
funds of the permanent funds sufH-
GENTLY to do away with the necessity
OF any more purchases during the
summer, as there are enough state
warrants in sight to keep the funds
well invested until the fall collections
begin to come in.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-07-29
MORE MILITARY DEsPoT,sM
Portland Miners Must Join "~Citissnse
AllIance" Union or Quilt.

sshOts vbN GIItE0n2s
Alliance" Union or Quit. :
The Portland mine at Victor, Colo,
Is closed again in consequence of the
action of the military authorities. The
mine was giving employment to about
800 men. Squads of soldiers arrested
forty Of these, including the entire
mechanical force at the three working
shafts.
This comprised engineers, fremen,
master mechanics and skilled men in
other departments. The men thus
summarily removed from their labors
are accused of no crime, the only ac-
cusation being that they refused to sac
riice their membership in the western
federation of miners and take out mine
owners association working cards. Six
OF the forty men arrested were declared
to be "all right" by the military board
and were released. Twelve others were
released on their own recognizance.
Each OF the remaining twenty-five.
when questioned, admitted that he had
intended to quit work on the Portland.
but denied knowledge Of the others
plans. It is alleged that the union men
working in the mechanical department
were to walk out in a body. There are
said to have been about one hundred
union miners still at work in the Port
land who have not taken out mine
owners association cards and they will
be required to secure such cards or
leave the district.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-07-29
THE AM WIN
yaio and Harvard Fake international
DANES In England.

yaio and Harvard TAKE international
DANES In England.
Yale and Harvard we're the victors
In the international games held at the
Queens club, West Kensington, Eng
land. They defeated oxford and Cam
bridge in six out OF nine events be-
fore an immense crowd. which never
lost interest, even In such tedious con-
tests as hammer throwing. A mast
was placed on one side Of the field,
from which flew American and British
flags as the victory went from one side
to the other. It finally floated the
stars and stripes as an Official notifca-
ton OF the success OF the blue and
crimson.
The weather suited the Americans
splendidly, being intensely warm and
the clouds covering the heavens occa-
sionally letting fall a light sprinkle of
rain.
w. A. Shick of Harvard won the
100-yard dash in 94-5; Barclay Of
Cambridge second.
II. W. Gregson of Cambridge won
the one-mile dash in 4 minutes, 2 is
seconds: c. c. Hamilton of oxford
second.
G. +. Victor of Yale won the high
jump. 6 feet / inch; d. e. Leader Of
Cambridge second.
Holding Of oxford won the half-mile
dash in ! minute Sc 1-5 seconds; Young
Of Harvard second.
Shevlin OF Yale won the hammer
throw, $50 feet liz inches, with Glass
OF Yale second.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-07-29
CAUGHT ON BARRED WIRE
How an Atchison Man Landed Two Big
Catfish.

Charley Marlatt, a farmer near the
old poor farm at Atchison, Kan,
went fishing in Walnut creek. While
he was pulling out sun perch he heard
a great %splashing a hundred yards
above where a barbed wire fence
crosses the creek. Thinking some one
vas drowning, he rushed to the spot
and saw two big catfish struggling in
the coils of barbed wire. The high
water had broken the strands OF wire
and the loose wires were holding the
fish as firmly as IL they were hooked.
Marlatt waded in and captured the
fish. and Is he walked home with his
heavy load he created a sensation.
One OF the fish weighed 10 pounds and
the other weighed 1917 pounds.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-07-29
End of House Torn Out.

The residence Of Martin HENSON,
nine miles northwest of North Bend,
Neb., was struck by lightning. The
whole west end of the house was torn
out, but fortunately none of the men,
beers of the family were seriously in
jured. Millard Siders and Hayes Hav-
erfield, two North Bend decorators,
who have been staying with the Helm
son family, were covered with debris,
but were unhurt except a slight burn
on the cheek OF one of them.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-07-29
Postmaster IL Called Do,,,

secretary Haywood of the western
RECREATION OF miners, Denver, forward
Cd a telegram to President Roosevelt
stating that Postmaster F. NJ. Reardop
OF Victor. Colo, is one of the members
OF the committee which he says is re.
sponsible for deporting miners from
the Cripple Creek district and asking
that steps be taken to prevent federal
ofhceholders from taking part in such
demonstrations.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-07-29
Samuel Gompers Mako. Statement.

President Samuel Gompers of the
American Federation OF Labor makes
this statement: "The packers" he said,
reduced wages of the common labor
ers from 20 to IS cents last year, to
which the men consented. The men
nave realized that there has been no
fall In the price OF beef as the result
or that reduction, but, on the contrary,
there has been an increase in the gen.
eral cost of living, The men are only
asking a restoration OF their e
That is the whole sum and substance
OF the strike"
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-07-29
Fremont to Have Chauta N

Fremont will have a chautauqua as
sembly this year. The date has been
liked from Monday, August /, to We'd
nesday. August 10. 1t will be held in
Irving park, where a large tent will be
put up for the program.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-07-29
A special to the ST. Pau, Disnatcb

A special to the St. Paul Dispatch
from Helena, Mont, says:
The Flathead forest reservation 10
the scene of a fierce forest fire. SIM
posed to have started from sparks
from a locomotive. Railroad en-
ployes and forest rangers in large
numbers are %endeavoring to check its
progress. A large area has been
burned over. Three other fires are re.
ported raging in the vicinity of Kali
spell on state and railroad lands. Man
hundreds OF acres have been burned
over.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-07-29

Ex-senator Vest Is in a serious con-
dition at his home at Sweet Springs,
Mo. He appears to be growing weaker
each day, and his vitality is very low.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-08-22
SOUTHWEST ENTHUSIASTIC FOR
THE GOLDEN CEREAL.
HAVE GREAT CELEBRATIONS
Much Honor Bestowed Upon the
Prairie Monarch-Myths, Legends
and Solid Facts Attest the lmpor-
lance of This cereaI-How II is
Making a Metropolis in Missouri.

Kansas City, August 1.-THE en-
thusiasm of the people of Kansas, Mis-
souri,, and Oklahoma for king corn
is contagious. 1t is easy TO under
stand. Corn has paid their mortgages,
fed their cattle and horses, has even
kept them warm in times of coal
famine This years crop, upon which
the work of the harvesters is begin
ming. may not equal the records of
one or two years past, for the rains and
cold weather of the early spring kept
the farmers back in their planting, but
outside of the river valleys a fair
yield will be gathered, every bushel of
which. needless to say. will be utilized.
The picturesque element in corn pro-
duction has come to appeal powerfully
10 western imagination. Corn is not
only king. but a benign and bountiful
monarch. The poetry of the prairies is
epitomised in the Kansas cornfield. At
the sight of it even the hard-headed
farmer is apt to become sentimental.
There is even growing up in this re-
gion of the west an amazing apotheosis
of the poular cereal. The celebrations
i'm honor of king corn which are becom-
ing common are somewhat like the old
world festivities in honor of the jocund
grape. a new sort of bacchanalia, suited
to the temperament of a staid Anglo
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-08-22

find that two years out OF three his
crops were spoiled by the hot winds
which blister the soil in such a way
that all Indian corn is parched on the
stalk. For a time it looked as if at
tempts to raise grain beyond a certain
line would have to be abandoned and
that a vast region which had already
been taken up by settlers must revert
to stock raising. But all that has been
changed, partly by the vogue of alfalfa
grass which will grow almost any
where, and equally so by the introduc-
ton of Kaffir corn. The alfalfa, as all
the world knows, is a valuable crop
for stock feeding while the Kaffir corn
which was introduced into this country
late in the eighties from Africa where
it had already attracted attention as a
grain that successfully resists drought,
serves various useful purposes. 1t
has been known to mature a crop OF
from 40 to so bushels an acre right
side by side with Indian corn that was
totally killed by the drought 1t has
already come to play a very import
ant part in the fortune and economy OF
the west.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-08-22
WHEN THEY GET READY.

When should a girl marry? Cover.
nor Warfield of Maryland thinks not be-
fore she is twenty-six, and he bases
this age on the fact that his wife was
twenty-six when she blessed him with
her presence. A certain DR.. Smith re.
CARDS eighteen as a good age, and
Dorothy Dix sends a long screed to the
Sabbath press giving various sugges-
tions. Meanwhile the person most vi.
tally interested makes her arrange
ments TO accord with her oppOrtun-
tiles, and we incline to the opinion that
from now on to the end of the chapter
the girl will marry just when she is
satisfied that she cannot afford to
throw away the golden chance. Girls
are very much alike in this respect; so
are parents.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-08-22

Moros build their huts on the high
lands. as they represent that portion
of the tribe living in the hills east
of Lake TanaO.
The houses Of the Samal MOrOs are
built on the water and the inhabitants
live almost entirely ON or i'm the water.
They spend much OF their time fish
ing and swimming. The village oil
this tribe is located on the shore Of
Arrow Head lake in Forest park and
here at any time Of day Moro boys
NAV be seen racing in their small
yintas. or canoes. which are built out
az the trunks of trees and which they
handle with the greatest dexterity
No matter IL the boat Capsizes, or fills
with water and sinks. these water
AI0ros are quite as much at home Ia
the water as the duck and have no
clothes to burden them-lucky people
They never have TO wOrry about a
slow tailor OF laundry wagon that
never comes.
The A3orOs can not be surpassed
ether Con rowing or swimming by any
tribe here. While racing in THEN
viutas the Moro crews strike the
water with their paddles with great
precision and regularity. BY the time
the Moro youth is six years old he
can swim with great ease. and several
Moro boys Of about this age are TO be
seen almost constantly throughout the
day ca Arrow Head lake. Here they
spend their time diving for pennies
and uickles. II affords the public
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-08-22

bored long before the present Ocolove,
now a man of 40, was born. That the
father of the present landlord was a
kindly. generous man, is the testimony
of the Madison Russians TO whom his
memory is held dear, and the son af-
fectionately is classed as a chip Of the
old block. Mr.. Ocolove's father was a
patriotic Pole and participated in one
of the many instructions of his coun-
trymen against Russian rule, but at
last became a loyal subject of the
car. The son inherited a large estate,
which includes several thousand acres
of wood and farm lands, not far from
the German border. and also the viii
lage of Rimiay, and reigns over his
peasaatry with benevolent consider
alton. Hersh Svede has ever worked
with the soil and in the fruit gardens,
and during the later years of his ac-
tivity he served in the position of a
foreman. Now, with his companion of
so years. and cOnsoled by his Jewish
faith, he passes his days at ease. The
photograph herewith but lately has
come from the Wonderful old couple to
their Wisconsin kin so far, far away.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-08-22
VAN HISE
GEOLOGlZING
IN CANADA

Fort Francis, Ont, Aug. 1S.-A party
CT United States and Canadian geolo-
gists has arrived from Tower, Mimi.
They form a joint commission to IN
vestigate the geological map covering
formations on both sides of the line
and bearing the same names and col
orings. DR.. Robert Bell, director
OF the Canadian geological survey, OF
iowa. is in charge of the party.
Among other members are Prof. c. r.
Van Hise, president of the university
OF Wisconsin, Prof. A. C. Lane, state
geologist of Michigan, and Prof. A. E.
Seaman of the Michigan school of
mines