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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (March 21, 1890)
-wwfWfl!W-4'ftW!&rt' kiM'' pi 1 ji - I. Ill j I .- - &)mBJJBtii;Mliwii'w'tiiii1ii. Br if i"' 'N-w1" JT 1 wt i jinMMUtiiew t 'ni'lur-ViwwmnywwmwE'.a THE RED CLOUD CHIEF. A, (B. HOtlMIII, PufcMBhar. BID CLOUD, ... v NEBRASKA. OURRINTOOMMINT. A comumT astlsfsctory test of the mw Ira alarm apparatus la the Whit House baa torn Made. "' A BRloeked lamp aloaslde the corpse M a workaiM aamed Morris explains the last eelllery explosion la Wales. Haionr rLStanuey will leave Cairo emthatath for Nine, where he will re xaala a weak" aad tbea proceed la Bras Mia. A atu. Ixlag tha aalary of the District caariJalftaatfltMt.aar jraav has beea favorably reported by the Judiciary Coat Thb Ofhea divorce ease will probably aot batried aaUl fall m farther Mao ha beea asked for by Mr. Paraell to secure videaoe. m ; Prtncr Bismarck It tali tVtm Arm In hIslRteatlda of, swtlrlBg. Ha says: "I have done my" work aad waat rest aad tacreaH "nr ' c js.j8t TMi retaakslBg tndebtodaaaj of Ires aad 8teyaer, la ooaasntloa, with Claoia Raw, UaaUlteeeV Day tea, affairs, la to ba compromised at Ira easts oa tha dol lar. 1 ' K' ' Ttnc wagaa of tha steamship ffremea aeaat Liverpool hava, keen ad la .shlillags a.anoath, aad all trouble ao far as tkeae pea are ooaoeraed -over. " ' r Bamnr bL. Btarlry will arrive la Loadoa April M, aad oa May S be will deliver a lecture at Albert flail. Kaila Pasha baa accepted tbe Invitation io via It Loadoa. Brcausr William Dudley, aired eight een, eon of a minister at Eau Claire, Wis., waa lata at school and tho oUm was deprived of a half holiday, soveral of the boys gave him a terrible drubblnf. Information baa reached Detroit of the existence nes Potto, Osceola Coun ty, of one of the most Infamous stock ade dons that ever disgraced Mlchlgsa. Thirteen girls are hold in alavoryby eao Jim Murrin. The sessions of the International la bor conference will be held In tho large hall of Prince Bismarck's College, where tha congress of 1878 was held. Baron won Berlepsofa, Prustlsa Minister of Commerce, wil open tha proceedings. Thk Porelga Corporations bill passed both bouses of the Maryland Legisla ture aad awaits the, signature of tbe Governor to become a law. It imponea a tax ranging from, one to two per cent, oa the gross receipts of all corporations outside of Maryland, doing business la estate. " TaseeeBtspeedsaoe between Germany aad Great Britain relative to the scope of the international labor conference has been made public. In his letters on the subject Lord. Salisbury, the IlrltUh Prime Minister, declined to fsvor any aekeme looking to a legal restriction of tha hours ot labor. In tbe British Ilouso oLCommons Sir James Ferguson, Under Foreign Secre tary, responding to a question as to the position of the Bearing sen negotiations, deeMaed to say any thing anttl ha should ha able to eetnmualeata to tha House awek laformetloa as Might be imparted without detriment Thb Whltusy msuston at New York was thrown opsa for" the Irst time in tsar years aa tha 11th, had amy guests ween Medea tel afternoon tea. Asslstlag Mrs. Whitney to receive were: "Mrs. Orover Clevolsad. Miss Wlathrop, Miss Amy Band, Miss. Plorsace Kip, tha Misses Hewitt aad Miss Pallia Hargeotta. An oflslal trial of the dynamite guas of the cruiser, Vesuvius hu been made. Tha cruiser was towed to a point la tbe Delaware river Bear Marqulhook. The test waa aa thefts of ranges, fasa aad, distances. Woods bombs loaded with gaapawder were used and tha test is reported to have been eminently sat isfactory. It is slated ia Berlin that In tha course of an interview between Prince Msmsrck and Dr, Windthorst the Chan cellor asked the Clerical leader to support the floveratnent Isu tho Reichstag. The Government w proparlag for Intro duction In the Rolcliatag proposals for tnanclal support to the Military Depart ment whlck will be. startling la their magnitude and scope Tarn Frankfort lottery la making a arrest aflark to nrnnt iK Knniiii Leaislatura from uuttinv in nmi in it operations. It ls,charged that IU agents have been attempting to bribe legis lators. lloa.'Eraa 'Settle, of Oweaton, aaya that ha waa offered mosey as a ro taiaer, eateaalbly for hta services as at torney, bntfreaily ia the nature of a Wis. laellmla tbe legislature agaiast tha lottery Is growing strong. Tm Supra ma Court of New York kaa decided that pool selling oa races wss legalised by the aot of the Legislature ! IHIThe daatsioa was la a case wkareaavaa sued' a raelag aaseemUoa mi nwvr wimigea a pool ticket galing and ordered a aew taial. A A mi has beea eeasamawtsaV A la saortod. by whleh Keokuk. leva, will afnafSetkaaek a MAai l. a a m mm tmuxpriMH aoo: maraet Chicago aad tha Missouri river. have beea purchased sad coa- do for tha erection of sheds, odlnr'bulldiBM ka n k. smamry awpuaaioM so put the laatltu Bmsaadlaess ia emna fo koo kM W'i JaJEi . . . . . ""' """ lV,mi- " uor"H lately of the raswta saaaa araet, wm be prnslismt sd tha eaMStmav. which will t wBn. & aha Kaakuk Amour stock yards. Mi sMvea to aisausa taa aom tot fraaMtthatjit waa gam at. Tha lovrMtonrt granted the mo mnei hat tha oonawttl hmmJ twu NEWS OF THE WOOL ale B? Talagraph Mi Ma. 0M! la the lensts ea tee tvth 8nater Hear, from the Commute on ITIvIImm aa4 Ktse Host, ms4e a report on the Chandler Call discussion ordering evrtal'j rrmarks atrleh. en from tho CoagraMlonsI Reeer4 sn the Bfeatltutlon of the report of tha oSklsl repertor. aenster Stsndfont offers't a revelation Isstmttlng the Plnsnee Com mntee to Isqulra whst ttlltf for the went sgrleultnrsl eprrtslon may as tarslthed by the Government and ear tleularly as to tbe pronsltlea to fnr nlah loses by the tiovernmeat to tbe penple. ferred. Reaoluiloss by tenater rtiitnh oslllag for a atateient aa to the esuso of wlthhoMIng patents for Isnda with. In ths limits of tbe Union rselie la! .grant were adopted. The Perslgn Meet Inept, tlon bill wss then ronaldered for onae lime, when the Educational bill was further d tenet td nntll adjourn, meat. .. .In tha llouee after routine builnrae ths Senate bill wss psaeed (with verbal amendments) to prevent Ih introduction of outsxlons dl'eases from one Mate to an other. Hills were paaeed authorlalng the eonstraetloa of a number of brMnea. TM reeolatloa to appoint a commute to go to Arksaesa sad report on the contei ted alee, tlon esse of Clayton again! Breckinridge wss amended as the reaaset of Mr. Brechin ridge ao aa to enlarge tno Inquiry end make tha laveetlsatlon thorough, and then adopt rd. The Oklahoma bill wss then considered until adjournment vAfTBB the traasaetlea of nalmportsnt Toutlne trailnesa In the haneU on tha llth Heaator MltaimH enVrrd a Hnt raselntlos proposing a Constitutional smegdmeat for ths eteetlos of Vailed Stttee Senator by the paoplaA rasoUtlea wss sdepted atklag for InrorsMtlen ss to the aaihorlitag el lot-' series by tbr-Oreek Ifstlea htlht Indian Territory. Tbe Mentation for the exclusion from the mtsoed tbe seateaee Mtanatstsd byaenalerOaU In bis lata dtseuaeteawKh MnatorOhaadtereemeapaad oooasloaoda lengthy dstata Whleh st tlmss grew warm When a vote wss reached ne quorate wss present and tho matter went over. Adjourned ....The Hoee sussed a number of Mile for puMIe tralldlaie.amoag them tor bnlldlag maim, ., rnrnoni, nenw, ana BpriBgnold, If a. Mr Knloo (Teas) moved to discharge the Pensloss Committee from i Awmeon. amn. ina runner contiaeratton ot a resolution ogered ay him for an Inveatlgstlon Into re. east mating of penalona and ths reason for the removal of Corporal Tanner, ss ths com mittee bad failed to mabs say report ' After explanations from the committee he with drew the resolution. Mr. Raber . Y.)re ported the bill for the admission of Wyem ing sad siked Its Immediate c ocslderstlon. After aome debate the House weal lute Committee -of ths Whole snd ths bill was discussed until adjournment Tan Senate on tho Mb concurred In the House amendments to Hie resolution for ths Investigation of Immigration matter. On of tha amendments extends tha Invest), gatlon to lb purchase of American Indue, trlea by foreign capital. Tha Senat-t thru adopted there solution expunging from the Record the laterpolallona msda by Senator Call In tha report of bis lata debate with Senator Chandler. A resolution to provide for the chooslsgof a President (pro tern.) of the Senate was then adopted, snd tha Kduesllonsl bill further discussed until ad journment..,. Among the bills passed In the House was one to extend the time of pay. went te nurehMore of land from the Omahn tribe ot Indiana In Nebraska. I he lloua then In Committee of the Whole eon aide red thepklshoms bill, tha main que-tlon of dls eneeion being ss to whst system of State laws should bs temporarily extended over the Territory. A motion Anally prevailed that section I.IIS, revised statute, (U. B) ahall be la force In the Territory until aftrr the adjournment of tho Brut aesslon of the Uglilttlv Assembly. I'enUIng eoasldura tlon ths Houao adje'irasd. Tna renstB on tha 1Mb pasted several more public buildings bills. Aflaracolloquy between Benatore Kustls snd Hoar on tha "Southern queetlon" the Rduratlonsl bill waa again laid before the Senate and Senator Rlalr explained It further. Then Senators gol Into a heatijd debate on the negro ques. lion, wbloh continued until adjournment. . . . During tha morning hour tn thn House Mr. l'erklna (Kan.), onbehiltef tho Committee on Indian Affair, called up and tha House passed the bill extending for three year the lime within whloh tha I)alon A Ouachita Valley Railroad Company may conatruot Its road through tha Indian Tirrliory. The House then eouasldend the Oklahoma bill tn Committee of the Whole. On motion of Mr. Taranay (Mo.) an amendment waa adopt. ed provldng tors land-onto In ffoMan's Und. When tbs commute roes ths bill Mated, syce 1st, nays t The bill eelab llsbea seven count Irs. The county Mate are to be at Oulbrle. Oklahoma City, Norman, Lisbon or Klngflsher, Reaver, Stillwater and one mora to b died by the secretary of Ike Interior. The Vublle Land Strip Is declared to be public land aad open lo etttlomeat un der tba kotuaatead laws snd boas Bd set tlers aad occupants sre given a prsfersae right. Arras the disposition of a number of bills, loilonlyln their character, Ih Senate on Ih Mth resumed consideration of tbe Kdu eatlonsl bill and Heaator Teller apobe at length In favor ot It Tbe bill went over aad Senator Call gave not Ira of bla Intention to move for a uiodldeatlon of the mite aa to executive sections. Resolution were la. traduced by Senator Cullom relating to the death of Representative T-wnahend, of Illinois, and niter spproprlita add re tees tha Senate adjourned until Monday ...In Ih House Mr Verklns (Kan.) elated that an erro neons Impression had gone out tnat accord ing to tha pruvlelona ot the Ohlabouia till the Cherokee Outlet had been declared open In teHlement under Itm homestead lawaj IfaJM IhN klwiHlatHM. ..I ,k. ft.llk k. n. V www. .iiiufi.ivii.i)iiiii uiii, hid uqvru koe Outlet was it t open lo settlement The statement should have been that tho Public l.ind B rip had been opened lo ertltemwat The Chcrokco Outlet, ho aald, watembraced within the llmlta of tho new Territory, but waa n I open to tetltmuenl under the home cieadlMW The lloua then considered pr. vale bills until adjournment rKRNONAL AMU iHIUTICAU Ex-Coniiiucmmax TAUtdtKR died st Washington on tho llth from tho effect ot Klncald'a bullet Thk Massachusetts House baa passed tho bill forbidding the sale ot oleomar garine as butter. 1 It Is stated that tha Russiaa Govern ment will attempt ia April to lift two English steamers which were suak off llalaklava durlag the Crimean war. It is believed that la oaa of tha vessels hi a chest containing ga,M, uovwwoa Francis, of Missouri, appointed un V. Stenhena. of vine, State Treasurer, la place ot Ed T. Nolaad, resigned. Tim editor of La Tordo. ot Havana. has beea throws iato prisoa for criteria- ing toe opanisn aamtaistrattoa aad pre ferring annexation to the United States. KRV. ML CXABUta P. ThWINS, of Mlaaeapolts, Mlaa., has been formally viwtv vaam.-vtiev i Hi naaas UBl' varsity st Lawreaea. To Jury trying Sarah Althaa Hill. Terry tor contempt of tho United States Court disagreed. MAJOM-UKXKRAt. Sir Howar C Km'KINstoxb, comptroller aad treasurer of the Duke ot Coaaaugkt'a household, waa washed overboard from tha ateasaer TangarW aear Teaeriffa reoeaUy aad drowned, Conndkrarlr uneasiaess was report ed at Washington ot a possible rapture with Great Drltala over tba Ishery die-putea. Tm vrlfa 9t Taay Hart, the act, died reeeatly In Kooaevelt Hospital, NewYark, Hafatafaaame was Gertie Graavilbs, Hat husaaad Is In aa lasaaa asyluss. Tm HriMsh Gavarameat, in reply to a question by a member of Parliament, atateathat It has ao power to approach the Busman Government on behalf of tbe tHberiaa exllea. PajtsiitRRT IlAHMAONsnil party visited Charlestoa, 8. C, on the 14th. Dr. ORAars V. Thwinu baa declined tbaChsaoellorshlpof tba University of KsBsas teadered bla by the Hoard of Regents. MlaCRLLABfBJOm EnwAao Harrison aad Noah Loder, wboleaala dry goods merchants of New York City, have asslgaed with $400,000 liabilities aad aomlasl assets la excess of liabilities. Br an explosion of dynsmlto on the Brooklyn sqtieduot nesr Bookvllle Cen ter, I I., two men were blown to pieces aad two others badly hurt Thr sale of the Burllagton A North ern, It Is thought, will havo n qulotlng effect on tha rate troubles. Four of the party who lynched Olson at Whltehsll Wia, October 34 Isst hsvo been found guilty; among thorn Olson's wlfo, who urged the lynching and pro- tiocki rnirvanmonis lor taa moo. Tub Klo Grande railway recently had S0 snow shdvelers at work onenlna tha snow blockade across tha Ssn Jusn rnntatCiimbtaa, oRf'the east slda at . m. -. the Uvtdd.vTha'Maw prsa raported alx tyMtahaltytha top; at tha telegraph poles aad for miles or esch side It was from twenty-iva to forty-Rvo foot deep. Aw epidemic resembling iafluensa is creating hsvoo in India. Br an ordinance at San Pranolsoo all Chinamen residents are required to move their residences end plsoes of business within sixty dsys to certain sections of tha southern psrt of tho city. Theyntimtjorap.ooa. TWKNTr tboussad men employed ss englneors In Northcant Englsnd havo orgsnlsod a strlko for shorter hours. In tho Lower Rio Grande country In Tnxsa cattlo sro suffering for water. A TRHHtnt.K landslide occurred In a cut on tho Wont Virginia Central rail road, forty miles west of Cumberland, Md., on tho 14th. A work train waa wrecked and throo men wero killed and four Injured, mostly Italians Tltr. rlvor reached tho hlghent point known at Momphln, Tonn., on the 14th. BirsiNKHS failures (Dun's report) fur tho no von days endod Msrcli i:i num tiered SS'J, coinpannl with 'MO the previ ous week and Ml tho corresponding week of last year, Skcrrtanv Winimim ha received slot tor frpm Secretary Blaine, aaklng for an sd(llrlonsl appropriation of BsiA.OOO to meat the expenses ot tho international marine conference, held In Washington laat autumn. Tho original appropria tion was 9.30,000. . Tiir L. Baurlo woodonwsro fsctory, Potowskoy. Mich., wss destroyed by fire tho other day, causing 1100,000 lost. I Two men wero burnal to death ro contly while anleep In tho workmen's building near tho now 'bridge st Johns town. 1'a. NKriiRTARV Wisdom has executed n1!1 for trlftl lease with the North American Commer cial Company, of New York snd Ssn Francisco, for tho taking of fur seals on tho islsnds of St Psttl snd St Georgo, Alsska, for a period of twenty year from Msy 1 noxt Tiir stesmshlp Georgo II. Chance, of Astoria, Ore., with a crow of fifteen men has not been heard from for a month and la reported lost Giirat dsmsgo to whost In Central and Southern Illinois by tho recent cold snsp Is reported to the State Bosrd of Agriculture. ADDITIONAL DtaWATCaam. A switch nesr Andover.tX, was spiked by Bilscrcaata the other night to wreak a fast passenger trala. Fortuastely a alow freight preceded the express and itruok the switch. Little damage waa doae. Two boya waat under tbe ice whlla akaUng at St Paul, Mlaa., oa tbe 16th. Tiihkr fishermen were lost oa tha lake near Chicago tbe other Bight Thar mus have beea oapslssd or per. lamed with oold or br lea noe. Thb three desperadoes who escaped from the Klo Grande County (Col.) Jail recently were overtaken In the moun tains snd oa resisting arrest were killed. Ci.rahin(i house returns for the week endod March IA showed an average In crease of 0.1 compared with tho corre sponding week of isst year. In Now vorx tno increase was 9.1. Bv a landslide on tho west aldn of tv arren a hill at Troy. N. Y. recently. ' two dwellings wero demolished snd I throe pontons killed and aoveral Injured. I lit Ewnsiv wh aoi in touion on tn Ifttlt. The House listened to oulo-iea on the Into William I). Kelloy, of Ponn sylvanls. Two workmen wero torn to pieces snd soveral other persons wero badly In jured by n boiler explosion at the north west colliery nesr Csrbondale, Pa. Br the burning of Kobcrt William Livingston's fsrm bouse near Quebec, Can., the other night two children per r-A MSPATVH waa laealvad at Baltimore. Md., oa the lath that the Uatted States steamship Dispatch was ashore at Cedar rotate. Secretary Tracy aad warty ara-Ba-a " vw..- ..' -. ware oa board bouad for Newark. Thb late revolt la Afghaalstaa ended la a cossftete victory for the Aateer, ,rtJWW'"" at the captured leadara, ' ' SacRtTARTJ PRoctaR has Issued aa ar deraragcjBjrrtBf tha haadsiuarteraat tha departmeat of Ua Missouri froas Laav aaworth, Ksa., to tit Louis, Me. Thb New York Star aaya that WUllam llaat, the dletlagwUhed sculptor, is in sane, lie bad a waaderiag around tha'eouatry, hat waa taally fouad by hi trieads. i Thk aew Preach Cabinet Is: lraat deat ot tha Couacil aad Mlalster at War M. Da Vreyeiaett MlaUter at Porelga Affairs, M. Arlbol; Mlalster at tha laterior, M. Coastaas; MlaUter at Piaaaee, M. Kou vler; Mlalster of Justice, M. Palliates) Mlalster l Osmaseree. M. Roshe; Mlalster at Pablio lasteiheitea, M. Bourgeois: Minister ot Agricultura, at . ..Ti. lii, t i.wii u-..o Mi'tluyot; Mlalaterof Martae, M. Uarart) Minister ot Colonlas, M. Eneaio. ? NEB HA8KA STATE MEW&. At an early hoar oa the morning ot tba 16th Caaducter Grant Norton and Brakemaa Canady Miller were Instantly killed la a rear end collision between two freight trains on tho Burlington at Missouri rlvor road two miles west ot Hsrvsrd. Both wore oxtrss and the conductor and hrakeman were asleep in tho caboose of tlm first train when tha accident occurred. Eighteen cars were wrecked. A iKH.ti attempt wss made tho other night by the prisoners In tho county Jsll at Nebraska City to gain their liberty. Dan Lawrenct, one of tbe Erlsonnrs, succeeded In digging out of Is coll Into the corridor and had knocked off the looks on nil the other cells when be was detected by the deputy sheriff la time to prevent a geaersl delivery. Bon Biirwstkr, a switchman, while making a coupling at Grand Island the other night was caught between the engine snd car and hla loft leg waa terribly mangled. Tho attending phy alcian stated that the limb would have to be amputated Just shove the knee. J. J. Tmiman, late poatmsster at Geneva, la found to bo short in his ae counts with tho Government about 03,000. Truman was sppolntod pout jWisstor In 1HM, being st that time en gaged in tbe real estate and inaumaoa buslnens. but about three months aco .C?7. ..' . .. . . . . .". ' It waa discovered that ho was short with Javersl parties for whom he had aold aad aad also with several of his In flasurance companies, and hla bondsmen Becoming alarmed, requosted him to re sign, which he did about twomoaths ago. Ills shortage to other parties will amount to several thoussnd dollars. Fiikmont will vote st tho city election Bpon the proposition to issue bonds in the sum of f 15,000 for tha purchase of aa electric light pleat for lighting the Streets. Nam Bkborhon and Georgo Oaoaraon Wero recently out hunting nesr YVsyno with a muixlo-losdlng shotgun. Tho ramrod got stuck In tho gun and both took hold to pull It out Tho gun was discharged and Bcrgeaon's hand wss shot off, while Oncanton waa shot In tho hesd snd will prbshly die. Tub coroner's Jury In tho case ot Charles A. Sherman, whoso dead body wan found In a hay ntack near Oak, brought In n vordlutcharglng Chorion A. Stevens with firing the fatal nhot Sher man lived at Carlton, and aeveral weeks ago left home with Stevens to go to Colorado. Stevens is thought to have shot htm on tho first day out and te havo driven tho team to Colorado. The sheriff went to Colorado after Stevens. NiiKM.KMiKiMir.ii, who was arrested at Nebraska City charged with being one of tho murderer of tho aged Jonos couple nesr Mouth Omaha, has made n eonfeiwlon In which ho ststed that tho jiaan Ed. Neal and another Bian commit Ta, " v . " m u?, , , IW) J? 8 J'"5; nJ """pel- i biijji ! aa aiiar miH ui aa ynt aviTt quiet Shelleabcrgcr, after making the confewlon snd at another Interview, de nied Its truth. Ho was held without Ohiowa la cursed with a gang of'bood- turns. Their lstent set was to hresk all tho windows In the Baptist Church and destroy other valuable property. Tiikiir are 17A pupils In tho Indian school at Genoa, 103 boys nnd Ti girls. The boslth record of thin hcIioo! Is far above that of any other Indian school In tho country, the death-rate being only five per cent In tho past six years. D.vniki. Doihik, residing near Waco, lost his house and all Its contents by Are tho othor night ss tho result of a de fective flue. Tiir farmers of Dundy County will pat in a larger acreage ot wheat oats aad barley this year than ever before. A Statr aportmen'a tournament, un der tho ausploes ot tho Graud Islsnd Gun Club, will be held in that city on May BO, Jl, M aad 'Jit. The Eastera aad Western State assoclstlons have con solidated and will meet at Grand Islsnd on May IV. Thla tournament will be oonductod aa a claaslfloatton affair, thus giving amateur shooters as good a show aa professlonsls. F. Fikmacy, who lives nesr Sugsr Loaf but to, la Sioux County, recently exhibited soma gold nugget that he bad picked up In kla locality whloh had boon tested and pronounced to be of ex cellent quality. A movrmrnt la on foot at Columbus to tap the Ioup river and build a csnsl which will empty into the Plstte river east ot the city. The scheme la aald to have the backing of heavy Eastern ranltallsta. John A. Wai.tkrs, as gnsrdlsn for a number of soldiers' orphans In IVnnsyl- vanta. madn nroof on twenty-sown quarter sections of Isnd at Broken Bow recently. O. Dkikintuom, living about a mile from Gothenburg, shot and Instantly killed ErnestG. Edholm about one o'clock tho othor morning. Tho two men wero st Borgvtrom'a house snd had been drink ing. Bergstrom saya the shooting wsa accidental. Edholm hss a brother liv ing In Dearer. Both men wore promi nent isava-uaa Thaybh attended the last monthly camp Are of the Grand Army Mjat at Lexington aad delivered an ad rv - . Crass. TBe meeting was a grest succoas aad the opera house was crowded, atsay helag turned away. Thb commissioners ot Burt County have takaa) steps to aeeura taa payment of taxes aa t head at catVe whleh the prapriatora at 4 large taedlag raach failed to'piasie.a rsturn est tha last spring assesimeat PRXatoxs reeeatly graated Nebraska veterans: Origlaal lavallds, Joseph G. Bnylea, Seward; William A. Coster, Wal worth, lucres, Joslah Koae, Aasler, Robert M. Myron. Omaha; Thomas J. Ktrk. Reynolds; lleary a MoCart Pal ecyra: Joha Jones. Ckadroa. Rslssue, Kageaetdar, Paraam. A. hV Guru, a raachmaa living aear Chappell, while reeeatly crossing Lodge Pole creek broke through the ice aad was drowned. Ills body was recovered after aa hour's sesroh. He Waves wife aad alx children. R. V. Havacir, a general merchant Jf ulr T.V ""'tSL1 with aaaate ot Mas STRIPPING THE STRIP. I Hxit Orderad By Praaident Har- liaocu Belated Indltldeal Coot Inn la Arrte Tavalry Ordered In Ik He) Na TrM Tkeeght Uheljr. . mm WAamjroTojf, March 17. The PresU icnt hss Isaued tha following proclama tion. To Whom It May Concern! The lends known ae thu Cbaroke atrip are not open to settlement, lb bill sending In Congre and Intended to provkt a civil government for the eonniry bnown a Okla homa doe not provide for opealhg lb Cherokee stilp or Outlet to settlement nnd hat not at yet received the vol t the two houtct of Congre or the spprovst of tbs fretlilnnt v Tlierntrtneeof aettler npoa IkeceUpds la unlawful, and all psreoas are.barstiy warned eg I at t entering tbree. WheS theae land absH bs tarns open te settlement, prompt public notice will be given of thai fact bat la the meantlmn It Is my duty to owkMeiaM poroses therefrom, and thaw who eats? nalawrally will ealy Involve Ibemtelvca, la uaprasHtbl troSMs sa they will be rmmedl tely removed , bbmahir lusaiiaa. Kxecutiv Mention. Man It It, less. U Adjutant-General Kolton telegraphed General Morrltt at Fort reaveawalas. K(i.:n ua tmM II in- i with prudence, as heretofore, to aal the proclamation by the Presldeat tlve to Intruders upon tha Strip lands. Tha order is aeat by tlon of tho Secretary of War. 'J The President hss appointed ator Cameron, of vt iseonsln, a of the Commission to negotiate for the cession to the United States ot tha Char okeo and othor Indlsa lands Ir the) la dlan Territory, vice General Laataa Talrchild, roslgned. This aapahttavBRt fills tho only vaoaacy la tha Osaimla- ston. iH Tho members of the Commission will arrlvo In Washington within a few days to receive Instructions from tbe Sacra tsry of ihe Interior, after whleh negotl stlons with the aiorukoes will balm modlstely resumed. J. B. Mayes, Chief of tho Cherokee Nation, Is In tho city, havlng'come acre for the purpoo of protesting against tho Government taking tho Cherokee Strip. Tho new of tho occupation of tho Strip by the Isomers has angered him. and ho said ho hoped tho boomers would bo at once ousted. Mir.lTAIIV MOVRURNTS. Fort Lkavkxwohth, Kan., March IT. General Morrltt has directed tho com manding officers of tho pots at Forts Supply snd Iteno in tho Indlsa Terri tory to send, with tho losst praatksblo dolsy, two troops ot csvalry froaf their respective ponta to tho Cherokee ttrip and drive out all trespasser. TIioho nro nil tho movements that hsva been ordered from thla department Tho four troop represent a strength of 240 men and can reach the points In tho Ntrlp within two days. The Supply cavalry can roach there before that time by forced march. Thla will likely be done. Tho only action taken by the Depart montCommsnder waa to notify the com manding otllror of tlm pone, nsmed to hold their cavalry In readlnea for an emergency. Thl precaution was taken prior to the, receipt of orders from tho War Department Ileportn that tho troops nt this post aro under marching orders nro not correct No such orders have been Issued and no such move Is contcmplsted by these troops. nnoMKHA I.RAVINH. Arkansas City, Kan., March IT. The situation yesterday waa virtually un changed, savo that colonials worn con tinually leaving the Strip and looking for other quarters. Reports from Caldwell and nunae well state that there baa been no ex citement at either pi aoo during tbe day beyond the advent ot n few belated settlers who bad not heard tba news aad wore still looking for the promised lend. None of them sppesred to be greatly encouraged by the outlook. The only break In the monotony here waa tho advont of Lieutenant Charles Dodge, Jr., ot General Merrltt's ataff, sent front Fort Leavenworth to ascer tain tho exact condition of affairs. Speaking ot the situation Dodge said: "I sm convinced reports have greatly exsggcrstod the number of boomers snd would not place them aboto 1,300. I am also convinced them aro large numbers of these who will como out voluntarily when they lesrn the conditions, hut a few will stay until ordered out by the military. You msy state with authority thst should troop be called out they will not bo located st any border towns, but somen hero In the southern psrt of the Strip, where theyean make effective patrol. Ill not the purpoto of the de partment to sld In ttoomlng sny of these border towns or to give countenance to the reports thst such is their plsa at action." May f my With the rasters. pHitAttKU'HtA, March la The court ot common pleas hss refused te grant the Philadelphia National tosgne Club sn Injunction to restrain William Hall man from playing with the Philadelphia Players' League Club. The Philadelphia National Lcagee Club claimed that under the "rearrve rule" tha elub had an option on Hallmaa a cervices for tha season of IsM. rtrk lei e MIMIntry Atchison, Kaa., March la. The mlllaery stock'of Mrs. C; May waa totally destroyed by Ira last Bight Leas, ft 4, at; Insurance, an, Ortgiaef the Ira aakaowa. Nrw VnBMt. kUrrk IA WVIt WW. George Tuttle was llllastratlagaaah domraal oparatloa ea a subject before a number of students la tha dlscectlBf room ed 'Roosevelt Hospital Wcdaee day morning he accidentally ran the aeedle Iato his right head. He bathed and cauterised the weaad. bat bleed poisoalag set In aad bow tha doctor la la danger of lealag his arm. Dr., Tuttle is oaa ot the best kttewn ah dovatnat epetotor smeeg tha eurgeaaa ot this country. Should It be srncssij to resort to amputetloa to save blc life it will practically put sa end to hla career. A QfttiAT RUSH. AMI Bell. i Abcanxas Cm, ' Km., March 1.1.- Wkea the report eaata la Thursdsy evening that the House of Represent tlve kad pas4 tha Oklahoma bill and declared the Cherokee Outlet te ha opea for settlement the city went wild with Joy, and a geaersl Jollification waa Immediately Instituted by the cltlient and boomers who have, beea congregate hero waiting for tho glad tidings. It was not long, however, before tha celebration changed into a common do sire to proceed at once to tha Strip aad aesrch for locations aad claims. As this Idea spread the boossers began to pack ap their belongings, aad by midnight the whole towa was or tha atove, get ting ready for a mad Javnsaetv As tba work proceeded a paakf laaJRaared te strike tha boomers, aad'tRtlfrsUoa began before daylight Aa tha crowd begsB to move a regular stampede oc curred, snd wagons, buggies, horsemen and footmen went helter skelter across the country as fast as possible, as If they were afraid the claims would all be taken before they could get there. 'All day long a steady stresm'potred) over tho border and br-alghtfsll tba city wss almost depopulated, Bad not . leas tesaAIMiMpte had gpsy ?t tha Cherokee frla tha rash. Some car ried taata, aosna had houses aa wheels sad seme had portabra aoaad loaded ap on whgoaa, which waat u a gallop acroc the prairie to thsVekamto whleh hava bed stoked out for some tltaa waltfagforthtsdsy. Ia the rush across a small bridge the arowd became so great that tha structure gave way aad tha passera were precipitated into tba stream, caus lag tha breaking of throe legs aad the killing of ahorse. AU. A MMTARR. v" Washington, March lit One of thoaa unfortaaato errors of trsaamlaaioa oc curred yesterdsy la tha report of tha Hoasa, wherein Mr. Perkins waa made to say that the Cherokee Outlet wsa open to settlement by the provisions of the Oklshoma bill which passed the House. This error had boon followed with such grave consequences sll along tho border that Mr. Perkins felt called upon to rlse.ln tho House yesterdsy in ex planation snd correction. Tho Ntrlp la not declared pablio land In tho bill, but No-Msn's-Lsnd laj and this Is whst csusod tha error. POSSIBLE HOSTILITIES. Grate Rnnere Coaev.mli In Flahertee Dlepate With (treat Britain. Washington, March 15. Considerable ancBSlncas exists la a ssbdued way slaow it is whispered about confidentially that troublo la Imminent at the Department of State ovor tho flahertee question) which, salens accommadatod, is likely to precipitate hostilities with GresR BrltalB. It -la said that the renrcaeatatlvea o. tha iwa Government nro lnhsrmontoua- over tho fisheries Issue nnd mutters bear the appearance of a rapture between the high contracting parties. It Is not divulged, however, upon what partteu lar proposition thodlasgreementsexlst but It is believed thst within three or four dsys matters will culminate one way or the other with the chances favor ing a rupture. It will be remembered thst some weeks since Forsker, of Ohio, msdo the statement thst he hod been called upon last fall by tho War Department author ities to ad vise them aa to how many men he could throw into Canada upon a sud doa' crisis but tbe War .Office people ax plained that thla' waa ealy a aueatkw rotating to tha general operatloaa of tha Rtlltla aad had ao reference what ever to any threatened or Impending trouble with Great Britaia. It la aew beteved.tht,Uevejar Foe akera statement waa axtrexaaly sgnlfl cant although he may aoi have realised It aad thst tha explanatloa made by the War Departmeat was only a ruse to cover the real purpose of the Inquiry. This opinion la strengthened by the feet that tha War Departmeat authoritiea were furious aad deamseed Voraker for "gtviajr: toe thlag away." THAOEDV AT PLRASANT MILL.' A Cwastekla StsAtod-aeteia mg Ml Ac Pijubant Hii4, Ma, March IS. Con stable A. D. Prater wns mortally wound od yesterdsy by E. 11 Ntonsker. who la turn took the knife aad plunged It into his own heart This Is the case: Ston aker was a msn of dissolute hshlte nnd kad several time beea arrested by Prater '"for drnakeaneas. Yesterdsy they met Prater was drunk and angry wordapascrd between them, owing to former arrests, which ksd nettled hton aker considerably. Words only in crossed the tied blood sad Stonaker's knife was soon la use aad had wounded the .officer. Supposing thai be had killed htm, he immediately 'sMakaem hlBtaslt to the heart aad died.' Prater U still alive, entlt la tolievesVh ea aetllve. .til J MrRRRAreus, Mlaa Marsh la. Tha Indians at Crow Creek agoacy, tt A, are raising serious ohjaetieaa to the quanU ty at ratieae tested to them each weak. Aa maay of thaat are well eaeagk civ ilised to ha self-supperttaf tha ladlaa ageat has gvadaally redaesd taa rations furnished taea la eraer to atebe thesa hava mora depeadeaea upea themselves tor tbetr dally bread. Tbera waa quite a aertaas dletoraaaea when laateaa were aSfMra. Catbo, III, Marsh It-TV high water te sahsldlaffaadtha risa eeaalag from abeva wlU pet SMtariaUy check the fall here, Tttertsata te'hftaakenW ua leas very high. wtR ttof siettS .tae of water here. The Ohio being so high will eaaaa backwater la the Mlaallei. aad this water will nil ran out tereegfc tee swwsneej ev mianaeM tea Berth are all raaali taeasath ea tha Illii Moattodi Ohte. tXhm I1U twvea Cebdcn aad Mshaada has detoyedl tralaa ea thst read, but they ex- iii w save every Utag geieg by saeaeavtssMsae; ccssaa a wna sweat 3aeSe!toBTesB A Vatralaai snkksleentBt ke. sH x - - - - A ' 1