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The Red Cloud chief., 1913-07-03
Gov. Dunno Signs Suffrage BIZ.

I Springfield, Ill.-The woman's suf.
frage bill has been signed by Cover
nor Dunno. The act gives women the
right to vote for all statutory officers
in the state, and also for presidential
electors.
The signing took place at 9:53 a. m,
and was made the occasion Of demon
stration by leaders Of the women's
cause. 1t is believed that the consti.
tutionality Of the bill will be attacked
by its opponents.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-07-03
inpersonatina Members Of CONGRESS.

Washington. ID. C.-Robert s. Low.
etts charge that men impersonating
members of congress have been max.
Ing demands on Wall street financiers.
has stirred congressional circles to the
depths. Lovett, chairman of the board
Of the Union Pacific railroad, made
such charge before the senate lobby
investigating committee saying that
men impersonating representatives
had claimed to he able TO grease the
wheels in Washington" for the Union
Pacific merger dissolution.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-07-03
Boston.-Ralph Goddard an instruc.

Boston.-Ralph Goddard, an instruc.
Tor at the University OF Nebraska.
and another man, student at the
university, were brought here by a
fishing vessel which picked them up
when Goddard's twenty-six foot sloop
Imp was sinking off Cape Cod We'd
nesday. The men sailed from Boston
Monday for New York. intending to
go TO Schnectady, n. v, for the sum
mer' While rounding the cape a
northeast gale swept away the matches
and the boat was sinking when sig.
nails of distress We're made out by the
fishermen.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-07-03
First "Euqenlc Weddlno."

Baltimore, Md.-What is believed
to be the first "eugenic wedding" in
Maryland took place here when Miss
Mary Buchana Albert was married o
Lennox Brkhead, Bride and groom
are representatives OF two of the most
prominent families in the state. The
guests at the wedding were assured
that the bride and groom had present
ed certificates OF good health from
their physicians to the Rev. DR.. Hugh
Birckhead, who performed the cere,
mony.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-07-03
To Aid In Finding Old Comrades.

Gettysburg, Pa.-By an arrange.
ment completed in the big veterans
camp 1t will be possible for the old
soldiers Of the north and south to find
each other at Gettysburg. The loca.
ton Of every command will be known
and small army Of boy scouts will
conduct the veterans othe tent where
their quest will be satisfied. Every
day sees old soldiers coming in, and
among the early arrivals was Lieuten-
ant w. II. Wright. who walked the en-
tire distance from Winchester. Va,
since June g. Many others are known
to be walking here for the celebration.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-07-03
OPPOSES BOSS RULE
NORRIS WILL RESUME FIGHT IN
SENATE.
THEY MUST WORK AS USUAL
President Declines to Make July 5 q
Holiday-Japanese Leaders Ap
preetate Friendship Of
Americans.

Washington. Norris Is ap-
parently going to resume In the senate
the fight he started in the house
against legislating by force. That was
the kind of warfare he waged against
the old Cannon regime, and it seems
that he regards the methods being
used by President Wilson in urging
currency legislation upon congress in
much the same spirit. He declared
that extreme boss rule had charac-
terized currency preliminaries thus
far. and that he was strongly opposed
to II.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-07-03

Grand Island, Neb.-Reports from
country districts show more serious
damage to crops by Wednesday nights
hail storm than first supposed. One
strip several miles long and about four
miles wide was badly pounded, wheat
and oats being almost destroyed. The
hailstones were as large as small hen
eggs and were driven by hard wind,
Sixty windows in the Soldiers home
nearly every window on the storm
side Of the Grand Island college and
twenty In the new High school all in
the northern part OF the city were
smashed
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-07-03

Denver, Colo.-The booming Of .
battery of twelve guns manipulated
by artillerymen from the Colorado
National guard and signaling the ar.
rival in the city Of President Theo.
dore Stempfel and his official party
from indianapolis. announced the for
NAL opening Of the thirty-frst Bundles
Turnfest, or Olympiad Of the North
American Gymnastic union, Presi-
dent Stempfel's party consisted Of
Franklin Bennegut. vice president;
Peter Scherer. secretary; Eugene
Mueller. assistant secretary, and Gus
tave Westing, treasurer, and ten mem.
bers OF the directorate, s.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-07-03
Grasshoppers Invade Oklahoma.

Guthrie, Okla.-Grasshoppers are
doing such damage in Central Okla
homa that delegation from Lincoln
county have gone to Oklahoma City to
petition the state board OF agriculture
to aid them in stopping the invasion OF
the Insects in Deep Fork valley. In
the vicinity OF Warwick and Wellson
the cototn crop has been DESTROYED
and the grasshoppers are attacking tn,
corn and alfalfa Damage Is reported
rom other localities.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-07-03
PROPERTY WEALTH INCREASES.
Assessment Returns Shows Gains In
Many Counties.


Lincoln. Neb.-Reports from nine.
teen counties which have reached the
state board Of equalization indicate
that the grand assessment roll Of the
state will be about $l75, 1000, ,OOO for this
year. IL that amount Is realized It
will register gain Of $11 ,6S6,O00 over
one year ago. or 2.5 per cent increase.
The nineteen counties which have sent
In their returns to the state board
represent a little over one-scventh OF
the entire valuation Of property in
Nebraska. Their combined wealth,
figured on the onc-fifth basis for tax.
alton. is almost $7O.OO0. 900, and this
is approximately s1.450,OO0 more than
they had year ago. All these coun.
ties without exception. have reported
higher total this year than last.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-07-03
MUST WORN As USUAL.
President Declines to Make July 5 a
Holiday.

Holday.
on-Halfmasted flags over
the government buildings were not
necessary to symbolic the gloom
which settled over the several thous-
and clerks and employees when they
learned that President Wilson had de-
clined to grant them full holiday on
July 8. Petitions had been filed with
the president setting forth that as
July 4 was holiday and the following
day. Saturday. inaugurated the Satur.
day half holiday summer schedule, it
would be appreciated II the chief
executive would make Saturday a com.
plete holiday, thereby giving the clerks
three full days in which to enjoy a
vacation. The presidents declination
was due to the fact that he did not
care TO establish precedent.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-07-03
Protest Flying stars and Bars.

The harmless and informal sugges-
tion made some time ago to fly the
stars and bars at one end Of the Ne
braska capitol building and the stars
and stripes at the other end during
the Gettysburg peace memorial cele-
bration early in July, has met with
the disapproval of one post Of the;
Grand Army Of the American Revolu-
ton. Resolutions opposing the ac-
tion have been received by the state
department from Mitchell veterans,
who say they are ready to fraternize
with their erring southern brethren
and will forgive them, but they do not
want to allow their flag to fly over
the state capitol as it will on the field
of Gettysburg, where the peace cere-
monials are to be held.
Adjutant General Hall has added an
other company to the national guard
by mastering in siXty-eight Broken
Bow men who want to undergo mill
tary training during the coming three
years.
Hc NouSHCI
which has been installed at the var
ious state institutions on recommends
tion of Governor Morehead and Ex.
pert Robinson, Is meeting with the
Endorsement Of Superintendent Ned
Abbott Of the Nebraska City school
for the blind.
Baron" Won Worner, a convict In
the penitentiary, out on parole to
Chaplain p. c. Johnson of Tecumseh
to give a musical entertainment 70 a
company OF Johnsons friends made
his escape and SO far no trace has
been had OF him.
DR. Griffith Of Lincoln has been sent
to Grand Island by Governor More.
head to temporarily fill the post OF
physician at the soldiers home. DR..
F. E, Gordon recently resigned the
place on account Of disagreements
with Commandant Zimmerer.
Blank petitions for the collection OF
names calling for an initiative on the
university removal question are being
sent out over the state by Chancellor
Avery. The work is progressing un.
der the direction Of the alumni asso-
citation.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-07-03

City Of Mexico.-An artillery salute
at daybreak and the hoisting of the
national flag over all public buildings
Saturday marked the anniversary Of
the taking Of the City OF Mexico by
the forces of Gen. Porfirio Diaz, June
2l, 1867. The fall of the capital to
the liberal troops under General Diaz
was fatal blow to the imperialists
and practically ended the long war
Of the French invasion. The anniver.
sary Is regularly observed as a holiday.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-07-03

St. Louis, Mo,-An hour after pray.
ers for rain had been ordered in the
churches OF Belleville. H.. a suburb
near here, a heavy rain storm broke
the two months drought through
out Missouri and southern Illinois. A
hail storm completely blanketed the
lawns Of Forest park with ice. while
streets here were flooded for several
hours. Lightning did considerable
damage to property.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-07-03

FL Paso, TeN--Fcderal artillery is
mounted on all the hills commanding
the approaches to Juarez. and extra
heavy guards are patrolling the sur.
rounding country in anticipation of the
threatened attack by Villas rebels.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-07-03

Riverside, Cal.-Anti-Japanese sen
ttment at Hemet. a small town near
here, was manifested when a party of
citizens met an apricot'picking crew
OF Japanese from this city and ordered
them to leave at once. The baggage
OF the Japanese was thrown aboard
the train after them. There is not a
Japanese In Hemet.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-07-03
New Commissioner a Nebraskan.

Washington, June 26,--Oliver p.
Newman who has been nominated by
President Wilson to be commission.
er OF the District of Columbia. was
born In Lincoln, Neb. The appoint.
ment Is for three years and the salary
Is $4,000 He was engaged in news.
paper work In Nebraska and Iowa for
several years.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-07-03
TO SEIZE AMERICAN PROPERTY
American Refugees viii Suffer Heavy
Financial Loss,

FTNdUCTdT COS4.
Douglas, Ariz.-Seizure Of all prop.
erty Of absentees suspected Of being
unfriendly to the constitutionalist
revolution will be made by Sonora off,
cials, according to statements made
by Americans who arrived here from
Mermosillo, the state capital. Com.
missioners have been appointed to
make the seizures in every town and
district Of the Mexican border states.
Millions Of dollars in city realty,
ranches and farms will be affected.
Former Diaz supporters. now refugees
in the United States. Europe and
southern Mexico. are interested heav.
lily in Sonora property.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-07-03
Joy Rides for Harvest Hands.

Pratt. Kas.-Twenty.one automobiles
and twelve teams were waiting at the
depot for harvest hands when train
arrived here. This county needs 200
more harvest hands. and but few are
coming.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-07-03
China vii, Send spe. al peIeoats.

Pekin.-A special delegate from the
Chinese republic is to be sent to the
United States to express the thanks
OF China to the American government
for its recognition Of the republican
administration.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-07-03
Drowned When Goat capsIzed,

Beatrice, Neb.-Alfred Jones and
his son, Harold, were drowned in the
Blue river a short distance above the
dam when their row boat capsized.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-07-03

Washington, d. C.-President vii.
son has sent the senate the nomna.
tion OF Richard l.. Metcalfe to be a
member Of the Isthmian canal com,
mission.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-07-03

The alfalfa in the upper Platte val.
ley was never in better condition than
at present as result OF the favorable
year and abundant rains.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-22
POINTS OF INTEREST.


Warner Bros. need Is boysEgood pay
see adv.
e. H. Dillon 8 Co.
11O5 Main street are displaying all
the newest styles in spring millinery
at prices at least one third less than
elsewhere.
Laundry.
If you are one of the persons who
are skepticaI regarding the point the
Crawford 1aundry's splendid family
washing service, who would like to get
rid of the muss and fuss of home
washings, who demands the best ex-
perience and brains can produce
give us one weeks trial. Wen wash
and sterilize all your clothes, iron the
most important pieces and send them
home wonderfully clean and white.
The cost is less than you can do it in
your own home. It's an experiment
worth trying, a money and labor saw
er. Phone 1920 for our wagon.
Madge-Isn't that a very small
hammock you're taking with you on
your vacation?
Marjorie-o. it will hold two at q
zsqueeze.-Judge.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-22

p 4 DEAD MAN. FEAR ANSWERED.
with a low growl like an animal at
bay he sprang at me, but at last my
sword arm was free. A mass of dark
ness seemed to detach itself from the
surrounding blackness, and then my
weapon pierced it swiftly and clean
~. MY wrist hardly felt the resist
Bnces There was low cry, half
amothered sob and then a dull thud
ut my feet
"Ho, guardr' cried, not too loudly
for fear of disturbing the princess,
yet my voice echoed In the silence.
The echo WAS the only answer.
waited for a few moments; then
sailed again and louder.
'tGuard, hoF guard!'
Again an echo, but this time other
sounds. Rwrying feet assembled the
stairs, there was glare Of toFchlight
at the end OF the Corridor, and two
soldiers came toward me- They were
not the men I had seen on guard.
There was another sound behind me.
A bolt was shot back, q door opened,
and Jasar stood s1lhouetted in light,
and behind him the princess.
'SWhat is tt?' said Jasar.
"a dead man, fear answered.
The torches Jared In the white face
of my enemy. 1t reused him.
"a better death than the other" he
groaned.
Jasar fell on his knees beside him
and raised him a little. The princess
stood at my side
'sWhat other death?' said Jasar.
ssHe said should be free Tiff I
| killed him.
'sWho said it7 Speak, man!''
sHe." And then came & sob.
The PROSTATE man shivered little,
his limbs twitched for q moment, and
| then with one sudden thrusting out of
| his legs he slipped from Jasar's arms
and lay stin.
L turned to look at the princess.
'eYou are hurt she said.
ga scratch-nothing,' I answered.
yet felt dizziness creeping over me.
"Do you know him?" she. asked
sharply, pointing to the dead man.
| mo-
Look"
turned almost mechanically, for
my legs seemed suddenly to have
grown too feeble to support me.
do you know him2''
''No; yet By heaven, yes It is
one of them!'
The dead man was one of the pris-
| oners Of war.
I opened my eyes and lay still as
one does when waking from a deep,
refreshing sleep. The sunlight fell
upon rich hangings, antique and Iuxu-
| rious furniture and rugs of brilliant
| coIors, very different lodging to my
| own.
Presently the curtain was drawn
back and Jasar entered.
awake, Sir Verran, at last? 1t has
been long sleep. Is the arm pain
fulg'
| GA Iittle''
seYou must keep quiet. It is a bad
wound, Sir VERBAL, but brave men
often carry ugly scars"
@Where am I?''
sIn the princess apartments, safer
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-22

STATE OFF CONfgECT1CU%s
DISTRICT OF BRIDGEPCyfEs -
PROBATE COUAx.
February 1GeR-1%.
Estate OF Charles H. ". ot0eEi1gs
late of LanRhorne, Pa lsaVllG 9IsaEl
in said District deceased.
The Court Of Probate 11g fsa ~
trict of Bridgeport, hath limited MAl
allowed six months from ts8@ Gmfr
hereof for Creditors of said EgtGts a.
exhibit their claims for @e4uamGGA
Recount. properiv attSated, vlten
said time, will be debarFen q FMeNg~
cry. All persons indebted 70 1m14 Nc
payment TO
ISABELLE W. STOCKING,
Administrators.
81 FTaNhingrCm Ave-.
b 21 - BFidGsDoEt, GcEEr
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-22

that-but he had the advantages OF me,
for he closed with me and could use
his dagger, while for q time my sword
was useless. He was conscious of his
advantage and struck at me again and
again in quick succession, striking
where he knew my armor would serve
me least, yet, fortunately for me, strtk-
Eng beside the mark.
1 gathered all my strength together
and, striking out with my left arm,
wrenched myself from his grasp.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-22

Beach Bros. have filled the Con-
necticut Company's order for spiles
and are now furnishing poles for the
So. New England Telephone company.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-22

sea I'll Farmer wand Adg Do . -
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-22
TRUMBULL

Mrs. Barbara Park is the possessor
of twenty-six healthy little chicks. One
setting of fifteen eggs produced thir-
teen chickens. Mrs. Parks considers
it an excellent result for this season
of the year.
The State Sunday School Associa-
ton will hold a conference for Sun
day School officers and teachers at
the Nichols Methodist church on
Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 26. The
churches invited to participate are
the Huntington and Trumbull Con-
gregational, Long Hill Methodist and
Epicopal and the. Methodist church of
Nichols.
Elmer j. Hawley, who in company
with his wife has recently returned
from a trip west, gives interesting &C
counts of their visits at various points
of interest. They have been away
since the middle of January and have
covered a distance of 10000 miles.
Mr.. and Mrs. David J. Booth of
Daniels Farms attended the meeting
of Huntington Grange last night.
Through the efforts of the lecturer,
Miss Ethel Reardsley. the Grange had
the opportunity to listen to an excel
lent program given by the Young
Mems Christian Association of Shell
ton.
Ernest s. Ward is working for
Howard H. Wheeler on a timber job
in Stepney. Mr.. Ward commutes
daily from his home here.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-06-28
MINISTER USES a GUN.
Fires Twice at Chas. a. W. Rohrer
in Boonsboro.

Hagcrstown. Md, June 2S-Rev.
Ezra Wyland a mute, was given a
hearing this afternoon before Justice
George w. Slower, in Boonsboro, on
,he charge of shooting Charles A. W.
Rohrer, neighbor, with shot gun,
.nd wounding him in the leg, as
result, of controversy over the linc
between their lands and the use OF
y small stream at Ealile's Mills. He
was held in 81 900 bail for the action
of the grand jury.
Mr.. Wyand and Rohrer, it is stated,
have been at odds for some time
and matters came 10 a climax when
Rohrer went 20 the home OF "yand
Yesterday. Mr.. Wyand is alleged to
have stepped inside the house and
getting a gun, ordered Rohrer to
leave the premises. Rohrer refus'
ed to leave, and the preacher, 1t Is
charged, fired both loads in his d.
rection.
Mr.. Wyand claims that he fired the
first shot over Rohrer's head and the
second time at a pailing fence tt
scare Rohrer away. He says TIT
shooting was in self-defense. wy
and is totally deaf, but he can tall
little. He is in bad health.
Rohrer's statement differs from
that told by Mr.. Wyand. He said NJ
went to the stream near Wyands
home and met the preacher. A dis
cussion arose and the latter, n
charges, used unbecoming languas
and getting his gun, fired poln
blank at him.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-06-28
MANY KILLED BY
THE HEAT WAVE
Torrid Conditions Prevail
Over a Large Area Of
The West.
100 DEGREES BY NIGHT.
Hundreds Of Prostrations - Crops
Damaged by Suns Fierce Rays
Duluth Coolest Place in West.

Chicago, June 2S.-With the entire
region stretching from Chicago to
the Rockies engaged in a terrific
heat wave that has cost 81 lives and
over 200 prostrations, exclusive of a
heavy death toll in Ohio, Indiana,
and states to the eaSt,the government
weather bureau today issued special
heat bulletins predicting possible
temperatures in excess of 100 before
night.
The high temperatures combined
with the broad one of affected ter
ritory and the official prediction that
the heat wave will not be broken for
at least forty eight hours, produced
a situation not duplicated in the
West and middle West in many years.
Crop damage has been cone in all
sections of the west. Spectators on
the board of trade took cognizance of
the weather situation today to bull all
grain futures.
Chcagoans awoke today to find the
city baked by bljstering southwest
wind and the mercury climbing fast
toward the 100 mark predicted by
Forecaster Cox. The record mark
Yesterday was 9G.4 but at no time
during the night did the thermometer
register less than 8G.
Many families spent the night IN
the parks. Business men returning
to their work today found the loop
district a veritable furnace. The
health authorities were swamped
with demands for ice, and reports OF
illness among the infant population.
Nine deaths were reported here to-
dav, one at st. Paul, and one at
Minneapolis. st. Louis and Tucson
reported temperature records OF ~.
Duluth was the coolest spot in the
west with temperature of G2.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-06-28
MINER AWARDED s37.5oo.
He Lost Both Eyes And an Arm il
an Explosion.

New York, June 2S.-What Is saio
10 be the largest verdict ever given
in personal injury case IN the Uni
ted States Circuit Court was handed
Gcwn before Judge Chatheld' IN
Brooklyn. yesterday, when StaniSiaus
Yensavage, miner, was a"araeu
$4,000 for injuries sustained WINE
in the employ of +he Lehigh Va'tey
Coal Company at Shenandoah "a.
On June 10, 1911. Yensavage was
working as helper in the company
mincs. While carrying percussion
caps his oil lamp ignited one. An eA
plosion followed, causing the loss OF
both eyes. right arm and all but the
index finger and thumb Of his lei
hard. Ee was in the hospital five
months. He sued FOR $4,000. The
jury was out for three minutes.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-06-28

81 POSITIONS FILLED.
Named After Five Days Session
Ten Division Superintendents Go
Over Until August.

Richmond, Va, June 2S.-After
session lasting five days, Tbs State
Board Of Education announced las.
right the election of thirty-seven di-
vision superintendent for the public
schools of Virginia. For four days
the board sat in public, hearing from
the candidates and sitting various
charges. Yesterday was spent in exc
sutive session in the Governors Of
flee.
Il. was announced afterWa.d ds that
the elections had been harmonious,
and while not by unanimous vote in
ever case, members of the board
generally believed that the bes. inter
cst> of the schools had been served.
Ten contested cases were passed by
lh:il the next meeting of the board
on August is, in order to allow the
members time to examine certain en-
dorsements and to inquire more close
ly into local conditions In the case
o. Bristol city the election was pass
ed by for the present, the law provid-
ing for The appointment Of one of the
local school trustees to serve until
certain local conditions can be ad-
juSted.
George w Via, superintendent of
schools Of Patrick county, against
whom charges affecting. his moral
character and his methods of con-
Quoting The schools were introduced
was reelected. Mr. Via denied all
of the charge, and in some instances
was able to introduce affidavfts ex-
planning what were regarded by the
either side as suspicious circumstan-
ces. With directly conflicting evil
dcnce and many Indications Of local
prejudice, his recollection by The board
is taken as complete vindication.
E. Franch, superintendert OF schools
of Dickinson county, against whom
certain charges were brought, which
were later proved to be forgerIes, was
also reelected The Nansemond
County case, about which there was
some controversy, was among those
passed by until August -. Some Of
the Northern Neck counties were
passed by. not because of any lack of
available candidates. but because the
State Board is considering the ar
r?rgcment of the divisions. grouping
the counties more compac'ly.