The Red Cloud chief., 1911-12-07

| The republican state committee o.
West Virginia has decided in favor OF
a statewide primary, with the state as
unit, for 1912.
Colorado state troops may have to
be called out to settle labor troubles
In the coal camps where strikes have
been on for some time.
The state of Oaxaca has formally
declared that 1t does not recognize
the central government of Mexico
and threatens to secede.
Several persons we're killed in VIC.
lent rioting at Lisbon, the result OF a
meeting of protest against the expul.
sion Of two Chinese doctors.
Mrs. John l.. Griffiths. wife Of the
American consul general in London,
gave reception to the Society of
American Women in London.
The passengers of the stranded
steamer Prinz Joachim were landed
at Port Antonio by the Ward vigi.
lancia which picked them up.
Fire starting In pool room at
jamestown. Kan, destroyed forty Of
the business houses Of that place and
caused loss Of over 100000.
A plea for permanent and universal
peace was the theme at a pan.Amer.
ican mass at st. Patrick's Catholic
church in Washington Thursday.
George Lockwood. Bert Franklin
and Cap" White are under arrest at
Los Angeles. charged with bribery in
connection with the Mcnamara case.
The paralysis which has overtaken
James Whitcomb Riley has made it
almost impossible to use pen and
1t Is hardly possible he will ever write
again.
Dispatches from Hankow say the
imperialists captured Han Yang after
prolonged and desperate fighting. The
rebels suffered severely and fed in
confusion.
A tremendous sea which swept the
decks Of the Fabre line steamship
Santa Ana, caused the death OF four
seamen and the serious injury of
three others.
Aviator Fowler. in sight OF Fort
Worth. Tex, was forced to descend in
the midst of a drove Of steers. when
his engine broke down in midair. He
was uninjured.
Two thousand elk. which for weeks
soldiers and scouts have been en-
deavoring to keep within Yellowstone
park, stampeded and scores have been
killed by hunters.
Joe Anchor, a rancher, his wife and
four children are believed to have per-
ished and many summer homes de.
stroyed in a forest fire in T0pango
canyon. California.
Mark Lowther. a Burlington juno
ton newspaper man, dropped dead in
the pulpit at the city mission at St.
Joseph, Mo-. just as he had finished
an address Thursday night.
The German cruiser Berlin and the
gunboat Eber have been recalled from
Agadlr, in Morocco. where they have
been stationed since the departure Of
the gunboat Panther last July.
Twenty Chinese who were attempt.
ing to land at Monterey. Cal, from
the steamer Kamrat. together with
several OF the ships officers, were
captured by immigration officials.
An eleven-car train, known as the
Western Governors Special. departed
from st. Paul. Minn., Monday night
for twenty-day trip to twenty.one
cities of the east and middle west.
Much anxiety Is felt for the safety
of passengers aboard the Canadian
steamer Teese. which sent out dis
tress call Wednesday after striking
rock on the Vancouver island coast.
What was apparently an internal
machine" sent through the mails to
Governor John X. Tener. of Penn.
sylvania. proved to be harmless
device. of pasteboard, wire and saw.
dust.
The North American publishes an
authoritative statement" relterating
Mr.. Roosevelts declaration that he
will not be q candidate in 1912; nor
will he lend his aid to any prospec.
tive candidate.
several city officials Of Milwaukee,
Wis. is asked for in charges sub
mitted to the council for malfeasance
In office in connection with the tax
fund OF that city.
A resolution commencing the hero.
ism Of Ernest Weekly. the Nebraska
boy who lost his life In the rescue Of
a young lady from the wheels Of
train at Chicago. was included in the
coroner's verdict of accidental death.
While chasing an automobile In
which a newly married couple were
attempting to escape them. Julia Gal.
win and Mary Gaffey were killed and
two other persons injured when their
pursuing car skidded and turned tur.
tie at Boston.
Yuan, Chinese premier. is again
master of the situation at Peking. and