The Red Cloud chief., 1910-12-01

Lincoln. Nebr. Is a candidate for
the meeting OF the next commercial
congress.
Ralph Johnstonc was instantly killed
when his aeroplane went wrong at
Denver and plunged 500 feet to
earth.
Six persons were killed and twenty
six injured in n wreck at Kalamazoo,
Mich.
The Illinois state tax commission
has fixed the rate OF state taxes Tor
next year at 80 cents on each 800 OF
assessed property valuation.
National banks Of the country must
soon make a showing Of their condi-
ton.
Memphis, Tenn. has Il population
of 13l,105 according to the statistics
OF the thirteenth census.
Demand for tariff revision will be
made to the coming session of CON
gress by the knights of labor.
Governor.elect John A. Dix spent
s4,372.30 in aid of his campaign, ac-
cording to statement of election eX-
penses filed with the secretary of
state.
Twenty years in San Quentin prison
was the sentence imposed in San
Francisco upon DR.. Robert Thompson.
convicted of murder in the second de.
gree.
Prof. w. r. St Claire. one of the
best known educators OF the middle
west and Iormer principal of a high
school in Louisville, Ky, committed
suicide.
Oda lIubbcll. farmer near Bar
nard, Mo-. and his wife and two chill
dren, were shot and killed at their
home by an unknown person who set
fire to their house to conceal the
crime
Following a mental collapse brought
on from overstudy. William Mitchell,
10 years old. of South Dakota, a can.
didatc for entrance to the West Point
Military academy, died in hospital
at Baltimore
Exports out Of this country in Oc-
tober were larger than in any pre-
vious month in the history OF the
United States while imports were
about $i,000,000 less than IN the same
month last year.
Senator Il. =. Gore, of Oklahoma, in
an Interview, said that at the coming
session of congress the dcomcrats
should revise the wooden schedule
and also the tariffs on wood pulp,
and print paper.
As the result Of letter to the
Navy department, which is regarded
by officials as insubordinate in tone.
Major III. c. Davis who is in COM
mand of the marine guard at Guam,
has been ordered home.
Lugano and Como. r.. T. Stotes-
bury's crack pair of roadsters, which
took the blue ribbon at the Horse
Show in New York, were sold to Wal.
ter Winans for $4,000. This is
record price for a horse show trans.
action.
The federal governments title to
the property in dispute in the case of
Oberlin NJ. Carter, former captain i'm
the United States army. the out
growth of the Savannah river and har.
Dor improvement frauds, was confirm
ed by the United States circuit court
of appeals in New York.
Isaac and Manning Phillips. mem.
bers of the firm Of |. & NJ. Phillips,
importers, at New York, were arrest
ed, charged with having defrauded
the government out of duty on wooden
wearing apparel imported from
France by means OF false consular in
voices.
The opening gun in fight of retail
hardware dealers of Pennsylvania and
neighboring states for the elimination
of jobbers and catalog houses was
fired in Pittsburg at meeting of hard
ware merchants. The object is to
combat and 10 cent stores and simi.
lar establishments.
The new state militia advisory
board in its first meeting at Fort
Dodge, la, endorsed Omaha as the
next meeting place of the National
Guard association. The board also
voted In favor of sending two Iowa
regiments to Omaha next year to par
ticipate with the Nebraska National
Guard in the Ak.Sar-Ben exhibition.
The New York state department of
health is seeking the cooperation of
various railroades operating in the
state in abolishing the common drink
ing cup from trains and railroad sta
tions.
Personal.
British naval men gave their Ameri.