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The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-06

An astrologer of Paris has cast a
horoscope for the new year that is de-
cidedly unpleasant. Among other
things. he says that during the year
there will be great immortality in Lon
don, the Viceroy -ofs India will abdi-
cate, the United States will have
grave quarrel with Russia and another
with Germany. a serious accident will
befall the Emperor of Japan, there will
be an attempt on the life of the En-
peror of China. volcanic shocks will
be felt in the Philippines, Turkey and
Chile; England win lose prestige and
her campaign in Thibet will fail; there
will be tremendous failures in Calcutta
and the Transvaal, and anarchist trou-
bles will occur in Spain. Everywhere
concluded this bird of i'll omen, there
will be crimes of passion, mysterious
deaths and strange phenomena" The
people of Paris are said to be talking
about the prophesy with bated breath.
-s-@-S--
Elijah III Dowie is not pleased
with the situation of his present Zion
City, on the shores of Lake Michigan.
1t is too cold there, and the deputy
sheriffs have been giving him too much
trouble. He is looking for site in
warmer climate and prefers an island.
A day or two ago he was reported to
be in New Orleans; en- route to Aran-
sas Pass, Tex, where he will look at
Matagorda Island with a view to pur-
chasing it and moving his settlement
there. The island has an area of about
10000 acres, and Dowie is said to have
been pleased with it as the site for an
eternal city,
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-01-01
Gen. wood WIN TAX. HI. Turn

To some Of the senators who have
particularly interested themselves in
the pending Wood nomination with an
eye especially to the protection of some
OF the veteran officers of the army, the
president has expressed himself very
plainly to the effect that these officers
have nothing to fear In the immediate
future. As 1t was pointed out to him
that there was considerable apprehen-
sion among the friends of these army
oficers lest upon the retirement oil
General Chaffee with the rank of lieu.
tenant general. the president might ap-
point Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood to be
lieutenant general, involving the
jumping" OF \ number of distin.
guished general Officers who never
would have q chance to attain the high
est rank by eason OF General Woods
iucumbency In the place for the fifteen
years. tho president has explicitly de-
elared that he has no such intention.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-01-01

himself. he jumped from
his van and alighted on his feet, but
was struck by a fragment of some.
his feet again, though suffering from
wounds in the head, hand an knee,
and saw a sight the like OF which he
had never seen before. With his keys
in his hand, he raj up and down the
line, hardly knowing what he was
doing. As soon as he began to get
his senses back, which had been pref.
ty well knocked out of him, he I'm.
locked all the doors of the carriages
that he came TO, though they were
already unlocked on one side. After
he had done all he could. he went and
sat down by the side of the line, for
he began to turn faint and dizzy.
While he sat there he saw a tall.
rather thin, elderly gentleman max
ing his way slowly towards him, who
limped a little as he walked. As this
latter came nearer he recognized him
as being the same individual who had
given him the tip, and told him to
keep anyone else from getting Into
the carriage.
Witness noticed that his face was
CHASTITY, and that he breathed like a
man who had been running a race,
but naturally put It down to the ter
rible shock and the fright caused by
the accident. As he came up to him.
he tthe guard spoke to him and
said, Glad to See you're safe, sir!
hope the other gent is the same?'
But he only stared at him in a queer,
dazed sort OF way, without making
any answer, and passed on down the
line.
At last, after some debate, the YER
dict agreed upon was:
"Wilfnl murder against some person
or persons unknown"
Ted Burritt and his friend the doc.
tor left the place together.
What will be your next step in
the matter?" asked the latter.
First, to take my fathers body
home-then to look for his MUIR
derer!"
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-01-01
MEXICO DOING SETTER


WIN be More carsfnl In N. Afsttsr o.
Afrsstiss AnsiisSss
! Complaints having reached the state
kpartment from many AodfreG during
&0Att6 few years that Amertsnsetti,
IN Iemrioyedi In vafious GapG1 atiss on
tke1failrosd OF Mexico sfreddeutly had
.bset arrested and q triS6hA9A IN nat
republic on the eharEes OF crime ana
negligence in railroad wrsckas hQmi<
cides. ETC., and held for long bbrfode
without trial. the United Sthtea an
bassador to Mexico was directed ~
Secretary Hay to examine into these
cases and bring the subject to the. 1t,
tention of the Mexican government,
with a view to ameliorating the CONF
ditions which appears to exist. A. 3
consequence of Mr.. Clayton's represen-
tatlons to the Mexican foreign once
an important circular letter has been
Issued by the Mexican department Of
justice and sent to the district and
.e!ifrHit- courts throughout the Ier.5sgic,
advising against the arrest and I'D.
prisonment Of such railway employees
except on a strong presumption OF
guilt and directing them in all cases to
expedite the judicial proceedings ~
rapidly as possible.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-01-01
TERRIBLE RAILROAD WRECK
SIXTY People Killed at Laurel Run. Penn,
sylvanls

sylvanls
While rushing at topmost speed
through the darkness along the bank
OF the ioughiogheny river, the east
bound DuQuense limited train on the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad dashed into
. pie Of lumber ut Laurel Run, Pa,
killing some sixty-three persons, and
inJuiinE more than thirty others.
$3.50 train dragged itself to pieces
before 1t toppred- o ' rGlJl&g several
COACHES almost into the icy waters of
the river.
Engineer William Thornley, was
making up time when he suddenly saw
. dark object on the track. He shut
on tteam, opened the sand valve, ap-
piled the air brakes and reversed the
engine. stacking the speed Of the train
90 suddenly that passengers and train
men were rolled from the seats In q
mass
Tho train, composed OF two baggage
cars. two day coaches, one sleeping cal
and q dining car. almost Immediately
struck the lumber pile. The train
Laughed along for a considerable dis.
tame. tearing the cars to pieces under
the revolving forces, passengers Jump
Ing, screaming. falling from the wreck
a. II dragged along. Suddenly the
locomotive swerved to the left and the
coaches plunged over the embankmen,
down to the edge OF the Yo%ughiogheny
river.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-01-01

arms, but had afways~heen remark
able for an unusual amount OF nerv-
BUSINESS. almost amounting to horror,
with regard to anything OF the kind, In
consequence of an accident, with a
trag!cal termination, which he had
once witnessed. DR.. jeremiah Cart
wright. recalled at this juncture, here
stated his firm conviction that the
wound had not been selfinficted,
which he proceeded to prove. to his
own satisfaction and the entire be-
wilderment of everybody else present,
by the aid of a great many p~olysylla.
bic expressions and a torrent OF pro-
fessional ~phraseology, which swept
everyone of their feet, but which. on
being filtered down for the benefit OF
the unlearned, merely amounted to
the following facts, viz. that the edges
of the wound. by which the bullet had
made it's entrance, were torn and
lacerated. as well as blackened and
burnt by the action of the gunpow-
der. that the skin in the vicinity OF
the wound vas blistered, the bleeding
slight, and chiefly from the orifce of
exit, and the two openings in the
scalp nearly opposite each other.
DIR. Cartwright. having brought his
evidence to O conclusion, now gave
place to another witness, and one in
whose power 1t might be to help to
unravel the mystery. This last was
the guard of the 4:30 train-an in
telligent looking man, who, with q
bandage round his head and N arm
In a sling. bore tokens Of the injuries
he had received In jumping from the
train while It was In motion.
On being questioned as to what he
knew Of the matter, he replied. with.
| out any hesitation, that he remem
beref the fourth carriage from the
enp"e,SSwell, and the passengers that
It lraskSS0ed in that particular com.
pei Comm.
lied fiRuresre that there was more
cor. a niger In that compart'
Ey<V yxfriage referred TOT"
S$ nd certain he was. There
y ~ 2pf them. He could swear
SAS Ntip him handsome to lock
n, ssxhat they might have the
carriage to themselves for the jour
ney?"
And did you lock them in, and are
quite sure that they were both to
gether In the carriage when the train
started?"
Certain sure he was. He see them
both together in the compartment AZ
the train passed him, Just before he
swung himself into his van"
Being asked whether there was any
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-01-01

thfns about either of them that helped
TO NJ dis attention upon them, he an
lswe&d that 'tbe taller and thinner OF
~ two--though they were both OF
tall and well-growed-seemed
uncommon pertickler about picking
out a carriage to his mind. He no.
ticed him looking into several before
he fixed upon that Identical compart-
ment; and when he had, he beckons
to him (the guard) and says. Look
here!' he says, me and my friend, we
don't want nobody else getting In
here. we want this here carriage to
ourselves till we get to London. Take
this he says. and don't you let no
body else In whatever So ! says All
right, sir and locks the door. and
thinks to myself, Anybody would
think as II was a couple of honey
instead of two elderly
gents"
Gould he identify the body Of the
gentleman who had been shot as the
companion of the other?"
He both could and would; except
that there had been a sort OF a smile
on his face then and he locked very
different now. In fact, he had struck
him tthe guard)-in spite OF the tip
which the other party gave him-as
being by far the %agreeabler and most
pleasant-spoken gentleman of the two;
and he had been most uncommon sor.
ny that he had, on recognizing the
body, because, you see, he had quite
made up lbs mind that he had es-
capped as we'll as the other one.
Being asked to explain himself, said
he didn't see much what there was
to explain. What he meant was that
he thought that II one gent got off
scot free. the other might have done
the same.
What did he mean by the other
having got OF scot free, and what
wasshis authority for speaking as he
Why. 1t was simple enough. Being
in the ear OF the train, he was con-
scious of nothing until he found him
self thrown violently on the floor.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-01-01
ro.tma.tsr. Mus, Max. Good.

The auditor for the %postoince depart
ment made an important ruling today
affecting a Nebraska ~postoffice. that all
~postmasters are responsible for every
dollar Of public money received at -
ONCE. This covers all shortages or en-
bezxlements by subordinates who may
have been employe. ough the opera
ton of the civil service law. In other
words, the postmaster is not permit
ted to employ his subordinates. yet
must stand responsible for their acts.
II will require an act Of congress to
reimburse Postmaster Grow of Omaha
for the $4,000 embezzled by Stamp
Clerk Olson.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-01-01
HIS RIGHTS IN THE CASE.
How an Assrieved Man Might Abolish
Cat Concerts.

A retired citizen in the southeast
section has been greatly annoyed by
the bowling on his own fence and
shed In the back yard OIL a big black
cat in the neighborhood. Not being
able to sleep, he called upon his at
torneys the other day to discuss with
him what could be done in the way
OF 'getting rid of the cats.
There the cat sits every night on
my fence" the sufferer explained,
"and he yowls and yowls and yowls.
Now, | don't want to get into any
trouble with my %neighbors. for | am,
a lover Of peace, but l would like u
know IL l am not justified in puttiuk
a stop to it?"
Certainly" replied the lawyer.
Il am well within my rights II
shoot the cat, then?" M
"Um, well, l would hardly like
say that" answered the lawyer. 1T
cat does not belong to you, as,I u
derstand the case?"
NO"
And the fence does?"
YES,
Well, then. l think | may SAT-
say that you have q perfect right
pull down the fence."-Washing
Times.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-01-01
Another Rockefeller CIT

II was announced ut the forty-ninth
convocation Of the university OF Chi
cage that donations amounting to ST.
5000 had been received from John
ID. Rockefeller, founder Of the univer-
sity. OF this amount 81. 500, 900 Is in
real estate. improved and unimproved
In the immediate vicinity Of the uni
versity. which vas formally trans
ferred by Mr.. Rockefeller. For cur
rent expenses Of the university during
the year beginning July 1. 1904, $245.-
900 was given; $55, 900 was donated for
the completion of the power plant and
improvement OF the grounds and $780,
900 is given by Mr.. Rockefeller for the
work Of excavation and exploration in
oriental lands.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-01-01
CHAPTER xi.--contInued.

sKnow me? or course he do@s,'
was the reply. Didn't I buy him Of
. drunkeh old Irish woman. and Aent
his btsken leg for him? And do No
.thfntsffs' going to forget that, though
ne Is Only a duck?9s-
They remained pacing up, and down
the garden paths until It a quite
dusk. stheA doctor persistentiy, con-
versing on Hheerful subjects, and re.
flfsiDg to allAw the conversation to
take . morbidSturn.
q At nine o'cloAk supper was served.
combating Of bAaled fowl and sau.
sages.
ayou'n take a1c& ana a wing and
a Bit OF the kreastI said, the hos
pltAbie' little man, as he piled his
Visitors plate 'syoa,ve got q trying
day before you Tomorrow
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-01-01
standard Oil Rranchsa.

The International Oil Company!5rf
Japan, which is a branch of the SIR,
dard OIL Company, has a large refre ry
at Navetsu, besides owning important
wells on the western provinces. Six.
weight native companies have been
forced 10 combine, SO that thee are
now two competing companies, neither
OF whom has %one'fourth the capital
OF the International company.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-01-01

Cotton raisers Of Texas are to hold
another boil weevil convention. The
boil weevils have held theirs and ex-
press q strong hope Of carrying the
state. 3
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-01-01
Typhoid IN pittsbsrs

Typhoid fever is rapidly i~ncreasiL-.
In P~lttsburg. Pa, and threatens to
take on the character Of an epidemic.
For the first twenty-five days In De-
cember there were 40 cases and dur
ing the last twenty-four hours nine
new cases were reported. This breaks
all previous records, The disease is
yirulent and q large proportion OF those
taking sick are dying.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-01-01
LAND FOR The LANpLEss
rert R.sa.l, n~sssrsasion TO ne ocsa.S
for lMomesteadIns

-. .ZH.aEfL.
Fort Randall f~sxsrvation TO Ne OpensA
for Misunderstanding
Congressman Kinkaid's bill to restore
TO iiomesteaderr on the Fort Randall
military reservation their homesteaa
rights will be read with interest by
every rssident Of Boyd county, Neb.'
Here jte1
Whereas those who made entry I'M
der and by virtue OF the homestead
laws OF the United states upon the
agricultufa1 lands OF the Eprt Randall
military reservation q the states OF
Nebraska and South Dakota. aban-
d0neh. AN such military reservation and
opened 70 sediment tyik11S govern
fasft q uch homeefeadefs were and are
lreQuired IN order to acquire title there
to ~ both comply with The homstead
Jaws OF the tinted stutss and 10 pay
the appsaissd value OF said lands to the
government: therefore, e
house Of Representatives OF the United
States OF America4 Ytongress assem-
'hled. that all persons who under
by virtue OF the homestead laws ana
other statutes OF the United States
have made entry and perfected title to
any Of the agricultural lands upon the
Fort Randall United States military
reservation. abandoned as such and
opened TO, settlement. affiliated In the
county OF lloyd. In the state OF Me-
braska.. and In the count n 3Gregory,
IL tise state Of South q and all
lerxUns who so made e1<IS upon any
OF said lands but have not perfected
Heir title therto and who may here
after perfect their title therefo, be. and
thAy arg hereby, given thu fright to
take another homestead under the laws
OF the United States and perfect title
thereto. as II. there homestead rights
had not been exercised upon any OF the
lands aforesaid. Provided, that COM
mutation under section twenty-thfse
Hundred and onc,of the revised statutes
or any amendment thereto, or any SIM
liar statute. shallxpot be permitted Of
IN entry made ~undeYthis act. Provided
further, that any person desiring to
make another entry under this act
shall make Afidavit, to Be transmitted
with the other fling papers now re-
-qpirod by Law, giving the description
of the tract formerly seutered. date and'
number OF entry. ard name OF the land
Office where made, or otlier suficieqt
data TO admit or readily Identifying
IL on the official records" :
Judge. Kipkeja91n0E&Sll &nvsssed,
30Ugs0{sAA Mas reason to beiiev6
FtnSE tthis bill VIII not encounter the
|sightsst opposition and may reason
asfysb he expected ~ pass congress In
due time,
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-01-01

The Chicago physician who de-
clares that we would be a healthier
people II we bathed with water less
frequently apparently forgets that we
are not all comic opera prima donnas
and can't afford to battle in milk.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-01-01

Prof. Langley wants the world to
understand that he hasn't been
crushed, either by his bad luck with
his aerodrome or by the newspapers.
Here's hoping that he'll ny--by proxy
this time.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-01-01
BY gaining round after round OF ap-
plauss the orator climbs the ladder Of
tame.


Anthony Comstock D~angereusiy III
Anthony Comstock. secretary Of the
Suppression Of Vice. Is seriously III al
his home In Summit. N. J. Two months
& he was thrown down stairs in
Bridgeport. Conn. while attempting to
arrest a ~ ysician who was charged
with circulating obscene literature,
Several ribs were broken and he was
badly bruised, but he attended to his
business until indications OF internal
injuries developed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-01-01

Ohio River IN Dangerous Condition
With the Ohio river frozen over and
great gorges at many places. the rise
Of nearly three feet threatens danger
for oil kinds OF craft. Several steamers
are icebound at Cincinnati and vicin-
ity. and II . thaw comes and . sudden
rise, great damage will be done.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-01-01
XIII.
Coming Home.

Early in the evening of the same
day DIR, jeremiah was bidding his new
friend goodbye" as he saw him of
from the station.
The train pulled slowly out of the
station, and the last view Ted had
OF the little man showed him stand
ing at the end OF the platform and
waving his spectacles after him. He
gave him a parting salute out OF the
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-01-01

United States Has
Wrong
loLps sEcEssloN
Frroetoso, MA Sps ofsAs xsw
10 TO IN. unItea A,ass. =
ps"s~s ~Tsrsassfy
Luis Carlos Rico. intimate

Luis Carlos Rico. minister OF
n affairs at B6gota. nas .cntled
Ersl Reyes at Washington AZ fol-
fTf the explanation which the Unitcd
Lafes government has gfveti to the
press is OF a diplomats character, an
lgwer clearly the following points
by the treaty. of 1886 the Cnk-kd
States did not acquire control Over
fnteroceanic transit but entered into
obligations bysswhich. for comp6nsa-
tory fayors r. guaranteed the neutfal-
fly, property and sovereignty Of the
isthmns, the sovereignty being indfvisi-
BILE,
/, III tke United states government
prevents the government OF Colombia
from subduins the rebels then II, ought
to submit them ~ Colombian suthor-
ity.
!, The. United States has never pro-
teot<d Colombia against foreign inya-
si0ns. Whenever that government has
fntcrfered 10 prevent the inter- aption
OF traihc It has been because OF the
rights granted or at Colombia,s re-
quest, Only In this instance has ~
interfered on It's own Initiative, with
the evident object of protecting the
secoesionists on the isthmus.
1T the guarantee Of neutrality were
to be looked upon as . privilege, II
would prevent the sovereign govern
niont from keeping order on the 18th
MUS, which Is aGainst the principles Of
AL governments.
ne protocols OF 1897 did not grant
anu AAAs rtS.Gx. 49, 49, Iy.ftLs 0A-A.-
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-01-01

II Is stated that John Wanamaker
began life without a dollar In his
pocket" There Is also ground for the
belief John began life without even
70 pocket.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-01-01

The irritated and exasperated Jap.
are now calling Russia "rokoku'
and one doesn't need to know Japan.
csc to see that 1t doesn't mean you
old darling"
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-01-01

The thoughtful Burlington Hawk
eye counsels its Sunday readers to
avoid pessimism In prayer" No mat
ter how d~own-hearted you may be,
don't give the Almighty any inkling
OF your real feelings.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-01-01

The Toronto World warns Uncle
Sam that In time Canada may think
seriously OF forcibly annexing terri.
tory stolen from her by the United
States. This is alarming.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-01-01

AS Maine editors and fishermen
always tell the truth. It Is an establish.
cd fact thai a cod caught of Kittery
Point had a six.pound fatiron in Its
midst.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-01-01

Marie Corelli has been awarded
damages of half a cent in her libel
suit against an English editor. As q
matter of simple fairness Marie ought
to use the money for advertising pur-
poses.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-01-01

Yhe world is overloaded with poo
pie who were just -goine@o do some
thing when somebody else got
ahead Of them. -e
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-01-01

II the Dowager Queen of Italy has
married an engineer she probably did
II ecaus she liked him aud not be-
cause he was the only fellow she
could get. Her fortune amounts to
several million dollars, and she might
even have had an English lord II she
had wanted M
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-01-01

~ TIA novellsts had any S(N0ifit
they would write o novel & which
tho heroine was named Abby Sprugss.
instead OF Violet Tremsine.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-01-01

Budd Doble says Lou Dillon will trot
In 1865 or less next season. II oliver
Wendell Holmes were still alive he
would probably say Budd Is talking
through his nose
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-01-01

The NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of the
ka 1,6%7.4sS.co0. and yet you
AonAlly hear a young man say
That heres only one girl In the world
for. him.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-01-01

In selscting cigars for your husband.
fair reader. remember that the better
the ciaar The better Il Will keep bugs
on the plants.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-01-01

Some men make enemies instead Of
friends because 1t Is less trouble.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-01-01

fenchman may pronounce sruti'
- Beirut, but you will never
get any Spnsldersble number Of Amert-
cans to do IT. j,
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-01-01

BY z. 4. Harris AutEor o. "Mine Own Familiar Friend" etc.
Coptrfeht, 1871, ~ OosssII PubIfsAfng Compoay.
q ep . - a ,AIsos. bystrskt q smtth.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-01-01

tnst]this bill Will not encounter the
slightest opposition and may reason
asfyshe expected ~ pass congress In
due time,
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-02-17

sor extended eulogy. Later shal'
ask the senate to set apart a day when
all his colleagues can join with me in
paying fitting tribute to his life. char
aeter and public services.
A pathetic incident attended the
.eading of the Hanna resolution in the
house of representatives.
z. l.. Lampson, the reading clerk.
formerly a speaker of the house of
representatives of the STATE of Ohio.
and at one time lieutenant governor
of the state, reported the resolution to
the house. His reading manifested at
once that he was affected by the pass
.ng away Of the distinguished citizen
from the state. II was only by a great
effort that he perfoi med the task.
When M. Lampson finished he sank
oack into his chair. His emotion
overcame him and he wept
The house was hushed In deep ST.
lence when the speaker in a soft tone
laid the resolutions before the house.
and ANNOUNCED their adoption. Some of
the members of the house were vssibly
affected, and it was with the eatest
manifestation of sorrow that the house
adjourned until tomorrow.