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The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-04
Killed by q Hear.

The body of Martin Won Schlosser.
formerly an officer in the German army
and for many years a resident Of Port
Angeles. has been found on the range
south of Hot Springs, Wash, near the
body of a dead bear. The baron I'M
doubtedly had been killed by the bear
while hunting.
News OF the fact was brought to Port
Angeles by c. Bovine. a ranger On
his body were found receipts from
banks in Portland. Ore, Chicago. and
New York for more than 500, 900.
A letter found on the body directed
that Judge Hatch should administer his
affairs. Baron yon Schlosser only re-
Gently had taken out naturalization pa
pers.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-04
TWO POSTAL CLERKS SHOT
Negro Desperate In Alaba ma Tries t"
Hold Tn u Ttain.

Reports received by the officials OF
the Alabama Great Southern railroad,
at Birmingham, Ala, tell of the shoot
ing of two postal clerks on a north
bound train neal Meridian. Miss. IL was
mart of the plot TO rob the train. The
shooting was done by Jim Paris. a
negro, who boarded the train In the
Meridian yards as 1t was pulling out.
Before IT was under good Roadway
Paris entered the postal a and opened
fire on Clerks J. +. Stockton and A. j.
Bass. killing Stockton instantly and
wounding Bass In the arm. The negro
then seized a package OF registered let
ters and jumped of. In leaving the
train he fell and had one leg crushed
under the wheels. but managed to drag
himself three miles. Bloodhounds were
secured at Meridian, the train having
backed to the place. Their scent led
to the capture OF Paris. Several reg
istered letters were found in his pock-
cts. He was taken to Jail at Meridian.
The railroad officials say three or four
negroes were involved in the plot to
rob the train. though only one or
them appears to have entered the
postal car.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-04
Narrow Escape from Death.

w. x. Guild. a banker and leading
citizen of Bern, a small town across
the line from Humboldt. Neb.. in Kan
sas, came very near burning to death
at a result of being covered with burn
ing gasoline from a lamp in the Pres
bytcrian church. The lamp was not
working right and he thoughtlessly
loosened a cap which permitted the
fluid to be forced out by the pressure.
Fortunately assistance arrived and the
burns were confined to his arms and
chest. His recovery is a matter of
doubt.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-04
Porto KIcNn Trade IncreascA.

Commerce between the United States
and Porto Rico during the calendar
year 1908, amounted in round terms
to 500, 000. 900. In 1897. the year prior
to the annexation, il amounted to $4,-
162, 9l2, the total for the year just
ended being thus more than five times
as great as in 1897. This statement OF
the commerce passing between the
United States and Porto Rico is pre-
pared by the department of commerce
and labor. through its bureau of sta
~tistics, and gives the details of the
movements, by principal articles, in
both directions. both of domestic and
foreign products. 1t also shows the
commerce of Porto Rico with other
countries. which amounted to over
$4,000, 900. thus making the total trade
of the island more than S2S, 000, 900 in
the year just ended.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-04
RUSSIANS RETIRE
Fifteen Japanese Warships Fur.
iously Attack Port Arthur.
RUSSIA SUFFERED MOST
ON. Russian Vessel and Torpedo Boat
sunk aud Others BADLY Crippled
.J.ps Bound to Captur. Fort.

A dispatch to the London Daily Tele'
g,aph from Yin Kow says:
"Fifteen japanese warship3 furious
w hombarded Port Arthur. The Rus
sian cruisers Novik. Asltold and Bayan
accompanied by four torpedo boats
steamed out to meet the attack. They
were. however, forced to retire.
The Askold was in a sinking on
dition. The Novik was badly damaged
and a torpedo boat was sum The
Russian battlcship Rctvizan " again
d3 mayed.
"Thc japanese withdrew in / I'd or
der"
General Stoessel commander of the
garrison al Port Arthur. has isued a
general order directing the attention
of the troops and inhabitants to the
fact that the Japanese intend to land
and seize the fortress. The general
declares the Japanese consider the
seizure Of Port Arthur to be a question
Of national honor. and from their OBJ
stinate attacks and commandments Of
the fortress aud bays, he al only
conclude that the enemy will make
every effort to capture the fortress.
falling which the japanese will destroy
the railroad and withdraw.
Orders have been issued by Japan to
reduce Port Arthur at any cost.
China is regarded by Russia as q
secret ally of Japan.
Russia has granted the request of
United States officers TO accompany
her army.
Through fear of siege. non-combat-
ants have been ordered to Port
Dainy.
The first shots of the war on land
were exchanged at Ping Yang. A small
detachment of Russian infantry evil
IDENTIFY scouts, appeared to the north
ward Of Ping Yang. The Japanese
outpost opened fire from a range of
LOO meters and the Russians retired.
The Tw%enty-ninth Japanese infantry,
occupying the Ping Yang river. mid
way between Seoul and the lalu river,
met a body of Russian cavalry and
drove them back.
II is estimated that $4,000 japanese
troops have landed at Chemulpo. The
transports now are not escorted by
wal vessels.
The Japanese sailors who manned
the merchant vessels sunk at Port Ar
thur, on landing at Kimo. shaved their
heads as a mark of the disgrace they
feel al the failure of the project. The
crew Of the Jinsen Maru wrote their
anne on the foremost flag which re-
manned above water when the ship
went down.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-04
More "Discriminating'' Rates.

has begun an investigation OF the bus
mess methods of the Illinois Central,
Louisville & Nashville, Mobile & Ohio.
and the South Railway companies re-
garding switching charges on grain
shipped from elevators in East st.
Louis to interstate destinations These
roads have been made respondents in
the proceeding and required to file full
and specific answers on or before
March 10 next. The investigation is
the result OF complaints alleging unrea.
sonable and discriminating rates.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-04
What Lancaster Pays For.

City Treasurer Fox and ~Bookkeeper
Bowen figure that the annual amount
of interest paid on Iincoln's general
bonded debt. not including paving
bonds and special obligations, is $780,
72l. so. This amounts to S4,22G,79 per
month, $971.32 per week. $13S,96 per
day, s5.79 for every hour of the day
and .O9G5 cents per minute. While the
city sleeps for ten hours the interest
bill amounts to $3.50; while the busy
man Is eating a ten-minute MONDAY
lunch the interest bill grows to So l-2
cents; while the people rest on the
Sabbath $l3S.96 is added O their NUM-
cipal debt.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-04
No Damages on . Free Pass.

The question as to whether a passen-
ger on a railroad train, riding on a
free pass, who loses his life on account
of an act OF carelessness on the part
of the railroad company, stands on
the same footing as that passenger who
pays his fare. has been decided by the
United States supreme court against
the free passenger. The case in which
the opinion was rendered was that of
Northern Pacific Railway company vs.
Louise II. Adams and Frank II. Adams,
heirs of Jay II. Adams, an attorney at
law at Spokane. Wash, who was killed
in 1898.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-04
lithuanian Canal Commissioners.

The president sent the senate the
following nominations:
Chairman of the isthmian canal
commission-Major General George W.
Davis, United States army, retired,
District of Columbia; William II. Burr,
New York; benjamin NJ. Harrod,
Louisiana; Carl Ewald Grunsky, Cal
ifornia: Frank y. Hecker. Michigan.
Navy Commander-I.ieut. Command
er William G. Cutler.
Agent of the Kiowa Indian agency.
Oklahoma Lieut.. Jas. +. Randlett, U.
S. army. retired. California.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-04
baltimore Newspaper Enterprise.

The Baltimore News. whose Office
and plant were completely destroyed
in the great fire of February Z. is be-
ing published in Baltimore from it's
own plant. Its twelve issues since the
fire were printed by the Washington
Post. 1t. has established in the old
McShane foundry a complete plant, in
Guiding three q%uadruple presses and
twenty-one linotype machines. with
boilers, engines and motors to run
them. The American will use the
News plant temporarily. The Sun is
being printed in Washington. and the
Herald in Philadelphia until they can
get new plants set up in Baltimore.
which they are doing with all possible
expedition.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-04
Unjust Taxation Ia Kansas,

In Saline county, Kan, the state
board OF equalization increased the as
sessed valuation s 1856, O25 over the
mount returned by the township as
SCISSORS The total amount paid by
Saline county for all purposes this
year Is $217,46l.27, as against s2O7.-
97s.7l last year. The state tax paid by
saline county this year is S37. POS. an
increase OF $ll $3.50 over last year. Yet
me railroads actually pay sS26.94 less
mis- year than last In Saline county.
according to Mr.. Nations own figures.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-04
sharkey whipped by Munros

Jack Munroe outfought Tom Sharkey
In their siX-round bout at the Second
regiment armory, Philadelphia. Mum
roe stepped from the ring without a
mark which both of Sharkey's eyes
were badly swollen from vicious right
and left swings of the Butte miner. In
only one round, the first. did Sharkey
have any advantage Owe Munroe. AZ
ter this the battle was almost wholly
In Munroe's favor.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-04
IDewey's Prize Money.

James G. Payne. auditor of he dis
trict supreme court at Washington. ID.
C., has filed his report on the amount
n value of the prize property in the
case or Admiral Dewey against the Don
Juan de Austria and other vessels can.
tured and sunk in Manila bay. May /
1899. The auditor, to whom the oues.
'ion was referred by the court, reports
that the allowances of property sub.
jet 10 the share Of the libellant rs
prizes aggregates $S29,733
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-04
SulCtdeS Get No Insuranca-

In the district court at Seward the
case OF Louisa Lang ct al. VS.. ROYAL
Highlander's lodge was decided in favor
ol the defendant. The action was insti-
tuted by the plaintiffs to recover 81
ooo. the amount of a policy of life in
surance Issued by the lodge upon the
lie OF the late A. ID. LANCE. The de-
ceased committed suicide a couple of
years ago. owing to some domestic
trouble. The bylaws of the order pro-
vide that a policy should be void in
Ease death resulted from suicide. The
plaintiffs contended that the suicide
clause was not legally passed but the
court took a contrary view and in
structed the jury to find for the de-
PENDANT.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-04
Omaha's P0stomcc Acceptca

omaha's federal building has been
turned over to the United States gov
eminent completed within the contract
time. Superintendent of Construction
murdoch formally accepted the building
from the contractors. Charles w. Gin
dele d Co. of Chicago. c. II. Rioch,
general manager of the company. came
10 Omaha, and with Mr.. Murdoch. made
an inspection of the building. At the
conclusion of the examination Mr.. Muir
lock pronounced the work satisfaction,
II complete and certified that the
contract had been fulfilled.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-04
"a TITLES ARE GOOD.
A Supreme Court Decision Important to
Nebrasksps


Justice Day has handed down the
opinion Of the supreme court of the
United States affirming the judgment
of the supreme court of Nebraska, In
the case OF Alvin 2. Leigh, against
Henry s. Green, involving the tax
sales OF property. The court held that
the owner of a tax lien may foreclose
the lien upon notice by publication.
which shall bring in anybody and
everybody intended and that in the
exercise Of the taxing power the state
may delegate that right and authority
as was done in this case, to the pur-
chaser at the AK sale and such proceed
ure is not violative of the rights guar
by the fourteenth amendment
of the constitution.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-04

The authorities at Fort Riley, Kas..
have received an official notice from
washington, stating that in selecting
sites for the maneuvers that are to be
held annually, 1t was the purpose of
the department to have the maneuvers
next fall in the Atlantic and Pacific di-
visions, and in the fall of 1905 at Fort
Riley, kas,, and West Point, Ky.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-04
Farmers. Elevator ut Nelson.

The meeting of the farmers of Nell
son, Neb., and vicinity took place in
the court rooms for the purpose OF
building a farmers elevator, and was
largely attended. The organization
was formed. capitalized at $4,000 and a
committee of eight appointed to solicit
subscriptions for stock, each share Of
which represents SIS, no stakeholder
being allowed to hold more than four
shares.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-04
An sIs.ooo,ooo Treason. Found.

Advices from La Paz. Bolivia, an
nounce that the traditional reasure of
the incas has been discovered at Chal-
lacatta, cables the New York Herald
correspondent at Lima, Peru. Ii is
said to amount to SIS, 900 900, The dis
coyerers are of various n%ationalities,
and are quarreiing over the treasure,
although n legal contract exists be-
tween them as to the division. The au-
thorlties have interterred in the mat
ter.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-04
RATE MAR IN s
Buffalo Grain Men Will Endeavor to Get
Another Cut Rate.

The Buffalo Express prints an inter-
view with a traffic official OF n Of the
trunk lines in which he predicts that
the grain rate war now in progress be-
tween Buffalo-New York lines and the
Pennsylvania will become a general
rate war within six weeks. Pennsyl-
vania officials say they will continue to
cut until they establish the differential
in favor of Philadelphia. The New
York Central will meet every cut which
works against the port OF New York
and the other Buffalo-New York lines
will follow as a matter of self-protec-
ton.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-04
Horace Hurt Guest OF ,Japa,.

Horace G.. Burt, former president Of
the Union Pacific railroad and Mrs.
Burt were passengers on the Korea.
seized by the Japanese at Nagasaki.
The Korea had passed Honolulu. the
last cable station, when the war broke
ont, and Mr.. Burt-could not be notified
OF h opening of hostilities. His
friends in Omaha have had no worl
from him since he sailed from San
Francisco February 2. The cargo of
beef carried by the Korea was packed
Dand shipped from South Omaha.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-04
FOUR U GUILTY.
The Postomce Conspirators Get Two to
Four Yea RS Sentences.


Guilty as indicted was the verdict
announced by Carl Peterson, the fore
man of the jury in the famous post
Office conspiracy trial in Washington,
d. C., stating at the same time that
this was the verdict as to all four
defendants, August w. Machen, late
general superintendent of the rural
free delivery lewiston, Geo. +. Lorenz
Of Toledo. Ohio. and Samuel A., and
Diller b. Groff. of Washington.
Justice Pritchard sentenced Machen.
Diller b. Croft and Lorenz each to two
years imprisonment in the peniten-
tiary and to pay a fine of $4,000 each.
The court decided to make the several
counts In the indictment constitute one
offense. The case of Samuel A. Groff
was not decided. The beginning of
their penitentiary sentences is to date
from the time of their arrival at the
~penitentiary. All three defendants
have given notice of appeal and have
furnished bonds in the sum of $40, 900
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-04

Contrary TO the alarming rumors
circulating in regard to the health OF
Paul Kruger. of Mentonc. France. for
mer president of the Transvaal. DIR.
Huysmann, his physician, says that
not for some years has the health of
Mr.. Kruger been as good as ii is at
present.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-04
Confessed To stealing MIa.OOO.

Theron II. Brown, of Richmond, Va,
who has been under arrest for some
time in Chicago. confessed to the po-
lice that he had embezzled $4,000 from
an insurance company. Over 5000 OF
the amount taken has been recovered.
Brown will be returned to Virginia.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-04

Even the inquisitors never thought
OF the exquisite torture of giving a
woman a lot OF money and claiming
her in front of a shop window So sho
couldn't go in and spend il.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-04

I'VE wants to be considered a giant
in debate"
Yes answered the other. that's
why he insists or using stilted Ian
guage for understood thoughts"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-01-21
prof. kennedY,s lecture.

Prof. ]. w. Kennedy, Of the State
Agricultural college at Anaes, will
lecture in the opera house Wednes.
day afternoon at 1880 O'clock on
Economical Feeding Of Live stock.
After the lecture he viii criticIsc
draft and road horses at waithall's
feed barn, corner of Al avenue and
Second street. The gentleman is
one OF the best stock judges in the
United States, and for three years IN
succession has trained the champion
judging teams for the international
Stock Show in Chicago Each team
was composed of FIVE boys who had
been coached by Mr.. Kennedy, ana
they took the honors for Iowa. three
years In succession, by showing bet.
ter judgment than any other teams In
the contest. The institute was very
fortunate In securing his services.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-01-21
ROSE HILL.

L. Jensen, left Tuesday night fOy
Clarence Mo-, on business.
Mrs. Winget who has been staying
at the late T.. O.. Tanner home. res
turned Tuesday from q visit ia Keo.s
kuk countya
Ray Roberts, wife and Miss Agnes.
of Oskaloosa, visited at the John
Gable home on Sunday.
~Mrs. Roy Rowland is visiting her
mother Mrs. .. w. Doak, this week.
We are entirely cut OF from every
where this, Wednesday, morning.
All telephone lines are crippled BY
the heavy sleet.
Tom Conner Post, q. Al, r., viii
have q meeting next Saturday night,
Jan. 30, at their hall. Business os
Importance to attend to. A full at
tendance IL requested. BY the com
mander, Phil Grace.
Elmer Douglas who has been WORK.
ing in Wright county, lows, for the
last two years, has come home for b
visit.
The ice Is making the shade trees
pop over town this morning; dannag
leg some Of them badly.
The telephone line connecting Wits
Rose Hill, east on che Bell line, 10
broken here in town by limbs falling
off OF trees.
Last Saturday our three rural mail
carriers handled over one Thousand
PIECES Of mail on their three routes.s
Charles Mckinley and family Oh
Oskaloosa visited last week at the 1. y
O. Roberts home In Rose Bill
Jan. 90. Massey
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-01-21
SNAKE HIDE SHOES.
Foot Wear Made From the Skin Of
An Anaconda.


A pair of freak shoes" seen in the
south window of the Brewer-New-
brand shoe house on South Market
street is attracting much notice.
The uppers of the shoes are made of
the skin of an anaconda, serpent of
the python type of South America.
A. B. Reeves, a colored man, is the
owner Of the shoes. The tanned skin
Of the snake, about IL feet long, was
sent to him from Montevideo, Uru-
quay, some time ago and ne thought
it would be fine thing to have the
leather made into a. pair of shoes.
Mr. Reeves accordingly took the skin
to the Brewer-Newbrand store and
had them send it to Walker & Whit
man, a well known shoe factory of
Campello, Massachusetts, and there
made into the pair of "kicks" now to
be seen in the Brewer-Newbrand
store.
Mr.. Reeves resides in Richmond,
Mo-. where he has a grocery store
He has been visiting in Oskaloosa
several weeks. He says that the
skin was sent to him by Mr.. Miller,
friend of his, VINO is travelling in
the south He will have the shoes
exhibited at the worlds fair in st.
Louis during the season. Reeves has
had a number of offers for the shoes,
one as high as twenty dollars, but he
viii not part with them for any price.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-01-21
NEED OF NEW BRIDGE.
The Town Of Harvey Has Use For
An Improvement.

Bussey Press: The problem now
on The blackboard for solution is a
new steel bridge across the Des
Moines river at Harvey. 1t has be.
come a necessity. They tell story
that several farmers who live on the
Island" had large herds of hogs that
were ready for the market in the
early spring The waters were SO
high they could not cross them over
aud the distance round so great that
it would make the hogs poor to walk
it and so they kept them all summer
in sight of the station, but could not
reach it, Another fact gives the
situation Just as it IS: Elmer Fosh-
Ier's daughter Blanche teaches the
school on the Island She was taken
suddenly i'll Thursday ana telephoned
home fer her father to come for her.
He could see the school house when
he left home. but by the time he
drove over the Tracy bridge and got
to her and got her back home, he had
gone rwenty-two miles.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-01-21


district delegates are CHOSEN by their
districts. Thus one faction might
carry a majority Of the district dele
gates, but might lose all four dele
gates at large. il fight were made.
A number have been mentioned as
candidates for places on the delega-
ton at large, among them being Sen
ator Allison Governor Cummins, Mr.,
Blythe, Secretary Shaw, George ID.
Perkins Robert G. Cousins, Congress-
man Lacey, LATE Young and George
E. Roberts.
Compromise has been the rule in
Iowa politics for the last two years.
1t began with the legislature Of 1902
and has continued to date. Then 1t
consisted of an agreement to make no
contest against the election of w. L.
Eaton as speaker of the house. Eaton
was lined with the Cummins faction.
Compromises on tickets in the next
two state conventions were effected
A compromise as to platform was eff
fscted in the convention of 1903. "A
compromise on the speakership for
the house of representative now in
session was effected. And all Of these
compromises gained something for
the administration. being concessions
on the part of the stand pat'people.
In the last house organization the
stand pat element got nothing.
Compromise was said by the appar.
emily dormant faction to be CALLING,
and no man who lived in stand
pat" county even was given any pub.
lie Office if it could be avoided. This
left several sore spots.
When j. w. Blythe came forward 1t
was circulated that he was a candi-
date for delegate at large. The rum
or grew to make it appear that he
was spelling for a fight against
Roosevelt for the control of the Iowa
delegation. Then came the uttetr-
ance Of the governor, declaring that
dead people only are "stand patters,"
which set the anti-administration peo-
pie on edge again.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-01-21
,souTA Hall CLUB.
Penn College Students Enjoy Banquet
at Hotel lacey.

Penn college students TO the arnn-
Der of about thirty-five banquetted as
the Hotel Lacey Monday evening az
$3.50 o'clock The company were the
members OF the South Halt Club
Some one of the members at the Cub
table one Cay referred to the Club
dinners as banquets and the suggcsf
ton of a real for sure" banquet was
given and acted upon, The feast as
the Hotel Lacey was the result.
The tables were not spread until ar
ter the usual evening meal. Then
preparations were commenced for the
college festivities The tables wero
prettily decorated and the OCCASION
was made all that could be desired
The menu was quite elaborate and
was gotten up In the best form possi.s
Bile. Landlord Callahan gave PER-
sonal direction to the details OF tho
affair and the students had placed Bb-
fore them such dinner as mIghts
have pleased a king. The service
was excellent and everything In con.
nection with the affair moved along
smoothly and In perfect order.
The post prandial part OF the ban
quet was lively and entertaining,and
it was eleven o'clock before the CROWD
of college young folks left the hotel.
III. M. Diller served as toastmasters
and the after dinner program was as
| follows:
Address by Toastmaster II. M Dill
Ter.
Solo-ILeslie Boyle.
Toast Hash Singing" Mile Hook
EFT.
| Toast Enthusiastically. Elmer
lLewis
olo-Burton Hadley.
| Toast--"C ramming," Oscar Coffin.
Solo-Leslie Boyle.
Toast "The Hotel Lacey Mis-
Ethel Smith.