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The Red Cloud chief., 1904-02-12
city Can Hold CORPORATION, Good.

While a public service corporation
is negligent and careless in adopting
necessary precautions to protect citi-
zens from injuries on exposed con-
struction work of the said company,
and an injured person secures a judg-
ment against the city for injuries sus-
tanned or such construction work. the
city may sue on the indemnity bond
given TO 1t by the corporation. The
supreme court so decides in the case
of the Omaha Gas company. Com
p%lainant fell in an open trench belong
ing to the gas company, in n of the
streets of South Omaha. He recovered
from the city and later sued the ON
pany on its bond. The lower court
decided in favor Of the city and the
gas company appealed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-02-12
FRUIT GROWERS TO UNITE
Kansas Fruit Growers Sec Necessity for
Immediate Organization

Kansas Fruit Growers Sec Necessity for
Immediate Organization
A call has been issued fore meet
ing of ho%rticulurists at Wichita. Kan,
when 10 is proposed TO organize the Ar
kansas Valley Fruit Growers associa-
ton. Frank Yaw, a fruit grower. Is
mt the head of the movement. Tho
principal object of the organization Will
be the promotion OF fruit growing and
the enforcement Of laws relating to the
protection of trees and shrubbery. Es-
p~ecially will attention to transplanting
diseased plants, as 1t Is contended that
this statute generally is disregarded.
Arkansas valley folk contend. and
they are backed by Superintendent
Schell Of the Kansas horticultural ex-
hibit at the worlds fair, that that por-
lion OF the state is rapidly taking the
lead over the old fruit growing districts
both as to the quantity and quality OF
fruit produced. and for this reason IL is
urged that organization is necessary for
the good of the business generally.
Most OF the apples for the Kansas ex-
hibit came from Sedgwick, Cowley and
neighboring counties, the late freeze
killing the buds in northern counties.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-02-12
stea mshlp Dakota Lau nched.

The steamer Dakota, for the Great
Northern Steamship company was suc-
cessfully launched from the yards of
OF the Eastern Shipbuilding company.
at Groton. Conn. amid a din OF salutes
from whistles OF vessels. locomotives
and factories. and the cheers OF fully
5000 spectators. Miss Mary Fleming
ton, OF Glendale, N. D., was sponsor.
and as the great craft began to slip
away from the christening stand she
broke a bottle Of champagne on the
Prov, saying Il christen thee Dakota"
In the christening stand were Gov
ernor Chamberlain. President james ].
Hill. for the Northern Pacific Steam
ship company. and many members OF
the board of trade of Minneapolis and
st. Paul, with ladies'.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-02-12
street Cars for Lawrence

Lawrence is to have another trial at
securing IN electric street railway sys-
TEN. Mr.. +. A. Sharpe. the represen-
tative Of Chicago capitalists. has filed
an application with the city council
for a franchise for the furnishing of
light. heat and power for the citizens
Of Lawrence. This meanH the CONSOLE
panSes as well as the control OF the
power from the dam. The application
came as a surprise to the citizens of
Lawrence. There have been engineers
here looking over the dam and a man
has been here for some time securing
options on the right of way for a street
a line, but nothing definite was
known of the plans until the filing of
the application for the franchise.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-02-12
N. N. G.'S WANT A RANGE
DE ,Ire to Compete for Honors with 9th
er militia Companies.


Nebraska rife clubs will be asked by
Adjutant General Culver to assist In
the selection of rife ranges for summer
practice of the Nebraska national guard
and to cooperate with the guard In
target practice. Word has been re-
ceived from the war department that
civilian rife clubs will be permitted
representation at the national tourna-
ment to be held in New Jersey next
summer. A large number of individual
and team prizes will be offered for the
citizen shooters.
The national guard of the state will
send a team of twelve expert rifiemen
to the tournament. to compete with like
teams from military organizations OF
other states. The team will be chosen
from among the most expert shots Of
the entire guard. to be selected after q
series OF trials. Each company OF both
regiments will hold separate target
practice. then the best shots among
these will meet in a battalion practice.
and the leaders in this in a regimental
shoot. In this way only the best
marksmen will be picked and they will
be given abundant opportunity for
practice that they may fittingly repre-
sent the state among the crack shots of
the United States. The grand tOurna-
ment will be participated in by both
national guard and regular army and q
team prize of 81 900 has been offered for
the highest scores.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-02-12
FREE SEEDS CONTINUE.
Mr.. shepard from Texas Unable to Re.
corm the seed Habit.


Mr.. Sheppard, one Of the youngest
members of the house. made a deter
mined and persistent effort to bring
about a reform in the matter of the
distribution OF seeds by the govern
ment. He contended that the present
system Is bad. Mr.. Sheppard's first
10Y was to have struck from the ag-
ricultural appropriation biz certain
sections providing the machinery for
the distribution OF the seeds authorized
to be purchased under the bill. In
this he was successful. his point OF
order being sustained by the chair. but
by an overwhelming vote the house
promptly added the sections 10 the bill
by way Of amendment. Only three
members voted in opposition to the
restoration. Mr.. S%heppard's further
effort was to secure an amendment to
the restored sections which would pro-
vide for the purchase of rare and IN
tried seeds. but despite his earnest
appeal for this amendment. IL failed
and the bill was left just as the COM
mittee brought 1t into the house SO far
as seeds for free distribution were con-
cerned.
This vas the only item in the bill
that aroused serious discussion and
with a few minor amendments it was
passed by the house without division.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-02-12
TO HANDLE BIG CROWDS.
Railroads of st. Louis Prcpn ring to
Handle 3 .OO People nm Uour.

Railroads of st. Louis Preparing to
Handle 30, 900 People an Hour.
The railroads at st. Louis are per-
fecting a shuttle train service between
union station and the worlds fair
ground that will handle approximate
ly 10000 people an hour in each direc-
ton. Two tracks in union station and
ut the worlds fair grounds will be
set aside for the exclusive use Of thu,
traffic.
The trains will consist of ten cars,
each car with a seating capacity of
one hundred passengers. BY running
on a 1850 foot block system. the trains
will be enabled TO run one minute
apart with safety.
In addition to this shuttle train ser
vice through passenger traffic will be
handled via the worlds fair grounds,
stopping at the worlds fair passenger
station and then IN to union station.
This service will accommodate lO,0OC
people an hour.
In addition to this service, there will
be five double track street car lines
from the city to the worlds fair
grounds. each of which can handle
5000 people an hour. A conservative
estimate Of the minimum number Of
passengers that may be handled from,
the city to the worlds fair grounds Is
10000 al hour.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-02-12
1904 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE.
Comprises Eleven Games with Northern,
Eastern and Western Clubs.

Nebraska's football schedule for 1904
Is complete. Manager Buckner re-
ceived a message from Manager Spang-
Ter Of tn Heawkeyes setting November
s. and Lincoln az the place for the
next contest between Nebraska and
Iowa. All other dates had practically
been settled before. Next years
schedule will be as follows:
Sept. 17-LincOln High School at
Lincoln.
Sept. 24-Grand Island college at
Lincoln.
Oct. f-Grinnell college at Lincoln.
Oct. s. Colorado university at Dem
YER.
Oct. 15-Creighton college at Omaha,
or Ames college at Lincoln.
Oct. 22-knoX college at Lincoln.
Oct. 29-Minnesota university at
Minneapolis.
Nov. 5-lowa university at Lincoln.
Nov. 19-Bellevue college at Lincoln.
No. 24-lllinois university at Lin
coin.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-02-12
BALTINORFF|RFOUT
One Hundred and Forty Acre Of
Business District Burned
LOSS is HARD TO ESTIMATE
Despite the Pact that water supply Wa.
Uniinitcd and Large Number 81
F,rcmen Working. Burned Out
S1OO.OOO.MO

Estimated loss .......... 800. O00. 900
Acres burned over ........ 40
City blocks fire swept ...... n
Buildings burned ........... $500
Fire Chief Horton ordered nine OF
the eighteen Baltimore fire companies
to their houses and gave permission to
the Chester and Altoona companies to
return home. The Now York detach-
uent will return to the metropolis.
baltimore is staggering under fire
loss which no one has the tcmerity to
put in figures. although insurance men
think II will surely be over SiG0. O0O, coo.
The important commercial district H.
blackebed ruins. laid bare by a con
dasration which ragged without a mo-
snentary check.
The flames are under control. The
lire ragged twenty eight hours. In spite
OF almost superhuman efforts rut forth
By the best lighting forces which more
than half a dozen cities were able to
muster.
The burned district IL within the ter.
ritory bounded on the west by Liberty
street, on the north by Lexington
street. on the east by Jones Falls and
on tho south by the basin. Within this
district were the big structures on
Fayette, Gay. Lombard. Charles. Bal
derSon. Ellicott. Hollingsworth and
Oheapside streets. Passing northeast
along the basin. the following large
docks were destroyed:
McClure's. Patterson's Smiths.
Frederick, Long and Union. Small
tho~roughfares which do not extend as
far north as Lexington street and
which were in the path of the flames.
are Commercial, rFedericks and Mil
streets.
The district thus swept by the fire
comprised seventy-fve blocks and
0early $500 buildings.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-02-12
ArgO starch Works to Resume.

For some time past repairs have been
made at the Argo starch works in Ne
braska City. The force has been
doubled so as to complete the con
templated changes, when the plant will
be opened with a big force and run
full time to fill the orders that are
being received. This will give en-
ployment to some four hundred men,
boys and women. This company be-
longs to the trust. and 1t Is said that
1t will be the only plant west of the
Missouri river that they will operate
during the coming year. There will
he two other plants operated by the
trust, one being in Indianapolis and the
other at Oswego. N. Y.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-02-12
MIR. Bryan's Protege Golne Home.

Yamashita Y%aschuro, a Japanese stu
dent at the University Of Nebraska. Is
to return to Japan during the summer.
He will graduate and get q masters de-
gree at the mir-winter commencement
Of the university and soon thereafter
go to st. Louis. where he spends con-
siderable time at the exposition. Yam
ashita Yaschuro is the prOtege Of w.
j. Bryan. with whom he has resired
since coming to the university. In an
ticipation of his departure from Lincoln
Yamashita has addressed a letter to
the faculty and students in which he
expresses his intention OF devoting his
life to a study OF the politics of his
own country to assist in the betterment
of the condition OF his people.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-02-12
81. Louis Gets the Loan

The urgent deficiency bill was laid
before the senate. the provision for
the ST. Louis exposition loan being un-
der immediate discussion. and Mr.. Pat
terson (Col') took up the present phase
OF the question, making a special
reply TO Mr., Foraker. Mr.. Patterson
avn concluded, the question " sus-
tanning Mr. Bailey's point OF ordA was
placed hetore the senate. There was no
ron call but there was an overwhelm-
ing response OF noes" aud the chair
announced the point as lost.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-02-12
State ProhibItiOnist Call.

w. Burt Clark, state chairman Of
the prohibition party, has sent out the
following call:
ITO County Chairmen and Members
of the State Central Committee Of the
Prohibition Party: You are hereby
called to meet at the Lincoln hotel.
Lincoln, Neb., February I, 1904, for
the purpose Of fixing the time and
place of holding the next state prohi-
Dition convention, and for the purpose
Of transacting such other business as
shall properly come before the meet
ing. Sessions at II a. m. and 1870
D. m. w. BURT CLARK,
State Chairman"
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-02-12
Japan's Demands Moderate.

The London Times asserts that the
Japanese demands were of a modera-
ton that will astonish the world when
they are disclosed, Japan did not ever
ask Russia to promise to move a single
soldier from Manchuria. or to renounce
a single right in Manchuria.
The London Daily Graphic. dealing
with this same subject. asserts that the
original draft of the treaty submitted
to Russia was drawn up by Baron Ko-
mura in consultation with Baron d,
Rosen.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-02-12
Date Is

The meeting Of the Farmers Ma,
tional Cooperative association. which
was to have been held in Omaha June
IA. will be held March /, and all per-
sons interested in cooperation are be-
ing invited to attend the meeting.
The change in the date Is because
June is such a busy month with the
farmers that many Of them would be-
unable to attend the meeting on the
original date. The meeting in Omaha
is being held for the purpose of con-
solidating the various cooperative
movements and organizing the Ameri-
can Farmers exchange and to inaug-
urate measures deemed necessary to
secure better price for farm products.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-02-12
Gold Rricked for RlO.OOn

Jacob II. Allen, of Wellington, Kan.
who paid $4,000 for a gold brick icon.
per and brass) a few days ago in Witch,
ita, received a letter telling him tina
his brick was worth IS and to guar
1t carefully and not try to take ad,
vantage OF the next man he found ir
distress. The letter was mailed at Ii
Junta, Colo. The letter also said tina,
the writer would enjoy spending tn,
money, and would probably write hin
again from some foreign shore or cal
on him some time, as he would no
know him II he did,
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-02-12
ASSESSMENT LAW STANDS
Supreme Court Hands Down Importan
Decision ON Special Assessments

Supreme Court Hands Down Importan
Dscision on Special assessments
"A levy of special assessment of
taxes for benefits received by reason
at q public improvement, is not in
validated because the city council, sit
ding az a board of equalization under
the provisions of section 1872. chapter
la. Compiled Statutes. 1893, after
nesting In pursuance Of n regularly
published notice and organizing for
the purpose Of e.dali2ing such specia.
assessment. correcting errors. etc. take
. recess before the expiration OF the
time mentioned In the notice and pre-
scribed by statute, provided the city
clerk or some member of the board
shall be present to receive complaints,
application. ETC., and give informa-
ton; and providing no final action is
taken except by n majority OF the
members Of such board in open SEES
sion"
"A finding by the board of equaliza-
ton that all real estate on which spe-
cial assessments are levied are especial
ly benefited and shall be assessed for
the full cost OF construction OF such
sewers, according to the foot frontage
Is not 80 fatally defective as to the
requirements of a finding of uniformity
as to inyalidate the special assess.
ment and render 1t subject to collat'
eral attack"
The above is the substance of the
opinion by Chief Justice Holcomb, II
the case OF Davis c. John against w
]. Cornell, appeal from Douglas coun
V. The case IL one In regard to tn,
assessment Of special taxes for publ
improvements and as such Is import
ant,
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-02-12
New Postmasters aud Mail Routes.

Representative Hinshaw has recon-
mended the appointment Of Harvey
Davis as postmaster at Ruby, Seward
county, Neb., vice II. l.. Sunderman, re-
signed.
William II. Cronk has been appoint
ed postmaster at Alta, Valley county,
In tNe place Of b. Jones, who has re-
signed.
The following appointments have
been made In the rural carrier service
for Nebraska, to begin March 1:
Lexington, Route No. 3.-Edward
J. Duryee. carrier; Julia Duryee, sub
stitute.
Clay Center-Route No. John w.
French, carrier: William Il. French,
substitute.
Pilger-Route No. 1.-Sydney W.
Morton, carrier; Henry Church, SUBJ
stitute.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-02-12
A Mining Town Tragedy.

A bloody tragedy was enacted in the
little mining town of Coal Creek,
Tenn, as the result Of which four lives
were snuffed out and three persons
wounded. one perhaps fatally. The
clash was the elimination of the trou-
bile between union and n%on-union
labor.
Three of the dead men were killed by
guards employed by the Coal Creek
company. while the fourth victim. a
deputy sheriff. was killed by a guard
he had gone to arrest.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-02-12
,Isador Raynor In Senator,

In the Maryland legislature lsador
Raynor, of Baltimore, was nominated
by the democratic caucus, receiving the
unanimous vote OF the democratic ma
jority and was elected United States
senator to succeed Louis e. McComas.
The republican minority voted unani-
mously for McComas. MI. Raynor
achieved an international reputation as
the leading counsel for Admiral Schley
during the naval court inquiry.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-02-12
Radium Deposits In Colorado.

Proof that radium is deposited in Col
orado in the shape and in quantity ID
make II Of use commercially has been
secured through experiments conduct
ed by Justine Gaynes, a Denver chem
list, and DR.. w. ID. Engle. professor
Of chemistry at Denver university. The
experiments have progressed so far
that a photograph was taken with RAJ
dunn rays.
The ore from which radium was OBJ
tanned came from Paradox Valley.
Montrose county. It is known as car
notite, and was named in honor Of the
late President Carnot Of France. From
ten pounds OF %carnotite 1000 OF .
grain Of radium was secured.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-02-12
Coldest In History.

The ssverest cold recorded on st.
Johns island for thirty years was re-
corded when the thermometer
registered 81 degrees below zero at
many points in the interior. A num-
Der of harbors are frozen, the railroad
is blocked and all traffic is suspended.
Renewed high tides have caused Sc
we're damage to fishing property along
the seaboard. The winter in Newfound-
land is the severest known in half a
century,
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-02-12
Died In U Rag HeAp.

With deposits in local banks esti-
mated at s25, 900. Nelson Parton, a rag
picker. was burned to death in Lyon,
Mass. His body was found lying In a
heap Of rags that he had collected and
which had served as his bed for many
years.
Parton narrowly escaped lynchins
when President Lincoln was killed be,
:ause he expressed joy over the as
sassination. Citizens got a rope ant
were about to hang him when he con
cluded 10 make a public retraction. ii,
had lived the life of a ~recluse fol
years.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-02-12
Fast Hounds at Garden city

Joe Holmes and Arthur Crow, of
Garden City, Kansas, give a record
made by their hounds this week which
VIII be hard to beat. Three hounds be-
longing to the former caught three
coyotes within twenty minutes, and
caught six ~jackrabbits out of seven. A
hound OF Arthur's recently caught
end killed a coyote In seven minutes.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-02-12
Fourth District Convention Cali.

The congressional committee OF the
Fourth congressional district of Ne
braska held a session in the rooms Of
the republican state committee at Lin
coin n promulgated a call for the
convention at York on March %. This
Is the first congressional convention
for which a date has been fixed, though
1t is the intention in nearly every dis
trict In the state to hold the conven.
ton before the state convention which
has been called for May IS.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-02-12
south Ahead $500. ooo.o 900

Cotton brokers estimate that the
south Is 5000. 0O0, 900 richer as a result
Of Daniel j. Sully's recent campaign.
1t is said the bull pools profits up to
date have amounted to 1875 per cent,
hut on how much money invested. or
how many bales OF cotton bought and
sold cannot be learned. Some of Sully's
friends estimate that he has made a
clear profit of from SO, O00. 900 to So
000, 900 in his latest campaign.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-02-12
Not Opposed To Women Choirs.

Archbishop Farley of New York
sailed on the Prinz Adalbert for Rome.
He denied that he intended to repre-
sent to the pope that the Punishment
of women from church choirs, in ac-
cordance with a recent edict Of the pom
tiff, would work great hardship in this
country
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-02-12
A MiAAouri Story.

The Importance of the Missouri hen
demonstrated at Fayette, Mo-,
when T. j. Hall, a farmer, hauled to
town a load OF baled hay, and on that
hay he carried a basket of eggs. The
hay and eggs were sold at the market
price and the eggs only lacked two
cents of bringing as much as the hay.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-02-12
VIM. Hram~ oil Powell Dead.

William Bramwell Powell, an author
and pioneer in advancing the modern
system OF public school education, New
York. is dead at HIS home I'm Mount
Vernon, that state. He began in career
as a teacher In Illinois. and served as
superintendent OF schools at Washing
ton, ID. c., for fifteen years.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-02-12
President Speaks at @. A. X. Banqus

President Roosevelt, Gen. John C.
Black, commander-in-chief Of the G.
A. r.; Secretary Tai, Gen. Nelson A.
Miles ant other we'll known officials
We're guests OF honor at the banquet
IN washington to the department Of
the Patomac Of the Grand Army of
the Republic. Patriotic addresses
were made by the president and Gem
eral Black.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-02-12
Taken To Hastings for safety.

Frank Barker. Of Rivertsn, who is
accused Of numbering his brother Dan
lei and wife, whose mutilated bodies
were found in a COW shed on the farm
where they had lived, was taken TO
Hastings for safe keeping. This
morning he was removed by the sher-
In. who said he intended to take him
TO Red lCoud. The sherif expressed
himself as being apprehensive Of mob
violence.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-02-12
Injunction Against ScsIper..

Judge %Parlange. In the federal court
OF New Orleans, La. issued an injunc-
tion against the ticket scalpers to pre-
vent their cutting rates during Mardi
Gras.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-02-12

Might isn't right; but 1t Is seldom
left.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-04-30
TOXIC REPORTS DIS.
ASTER TO FRANKFORT

Toxic. April Sc p m.-seventy.
three japanese were Kilied or drown.
ed az toe resu., OF the stalking OF the
Japanese transport hnshiu Maru
which waa torpodoed by tho Russian
cruiser Roaaia az mlun.ght OF Monday
last Tho kinshIu marL parto1 from the
convoy Oh torpedo boats 90 a fog Mon.
day and AZ 1850 met the Rusaian
foot sno was ordorca 20 stop ana
tho RosHia steamed alongside. A
sarching party was sent on board
and discovered two companies OF sol.
iiers on oOard below which was re-.
ported 70 the Rossia he latter diu.
charged a torpedo when btrucE the
kinshiu Maru amldshlps and broke
her IN two. while the transport wa
sinking the soldiers on board rushed
on tho deck and nrod volloya from
their rifles Into the Rossia and &c the
vessel sank several soldiers shielded
Three boats which foated free from
The wreckago we're the means % saw.
Ing furty.flvo soldiers and nine mem.
bera ~ the crew. the survivors sue.
ceeding ia getting ashore and we're
conveyed by steamer 20 Genaah %.
day
Later reports from Oensan con.
corning the hlnglnE Of the Kinshlu
Maru by the Russian cruiser Roaala
Indicate that the solditu who killed
themselves 40 the vessel went down.
or we're drowned, reused % surren-
dor 20 the Russians, choosing death ia
preference omcial reports agrea in
placing the number Of casualties a
aovonty'throo. Il ln not knoWn hers
how many the Russians took On lizard
or rescued after sho was sinking. n
10 possible there we're more survivors.
az one OF the vessels boats n utin
missing