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i J f f fi r ' I u f 1 n '.I ' ', t l f f I' Red Cloud Chief. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. isi:n cloud. NEBRASKA Tho nntlfat doctor lWcs on tbo fat of tbo land. Some pcoplo nro equally as dlsngroo blo ob tho truth. Tho might of Ignorance often dis counts that of the truth. A barber says n man's whiskers nro always cut down In 1Mb youth. A truo lovo knot Is said to bo the lop-knot of n woman's happiness. Hope Is ft bubble tho unsuccessful man blows and blows until It bursts. Tho dh'orco Judge playB Into tho hands of tho second-hand furnlturo dealer. "Everything comes to tho man who waits," but It's different with some women. If money could only Induco people to bo good, what a Jolly world this would be. Somo women's lovo Is limited to tho llzo of n man's pocketbook and her ability to handle tho contents. The upward tendency of tho price of beef makes It easy to bellovo that tho cow actually did Jump over tho moon. Scientists say tho food of tho fu ture may bo In tho form of capsules. This Is concentration followed by ex pansion. A brilliant and boautlful Chicago tculptress has married a portrait painter. This Is certainly an affair of art and heart. From the way things aro now trend ing it looks as If tho noxt big combina tion to embark In business would bo ft trust of nritl-trusterB. Franco now has tho Dcroulcdo ex amination on tho tapis. Perhaps alio will havo two or throe political trials next year and uso the exposition as a supplementary amusement. "Never pardon n public sorvant who Is dishonest," said Gov. Roosevelt tho other day, "Just bocauso he Is of your own party, or because ho gets appro priations for your district." With thoso words ho hit tho mark as surely as did any of his rough riders with their bullets on San Juan hill, and It van a more Important mark even than theirs. A dispatch from India says that tho British government has concluded ne gotiations for taking possession of Dclngoa bay November 1. This, If cor rect, will bo a severe blow to tho Transvaal, which will then bo shut oft from an outlet by land or sea. If tho purchaso has been mado Portugal Is likely to havo exacted n high prico for tho seaport. At ono tlmo it was of fered to tho UrltlHh for $05,000, but with characteristic stubbornness, ex pecting to get It for nothing, they took tho caso to arbitration, when it was promptly awarded to Portugal by Mar shal MacMahon, president of Franco. Tho family is tho foundation of tho state, and In studying tho equities of public burden bearing, governments havo not lost eight of tho bachelors. Tho nddltlon of 25 per cent to their as sessed valuation by tho grand duchy of Hesse Is Imitated in effect, It seems, by tho tax law In Kansas, n citizen thcro who supports only himself being rated nt tho common valuation anil ?20'J more. Tho bachelor's liberty is mado part of his taxable property. Such an ordlnanco may not always "encourago matrimony," as tho Hesso law con templates, but tho legislators probably meant to tax bachelors, not so much for n privllego as for shunning a privi lege. It Is reported from Portland, Ore., that packers of salmon on tho coast nro declining to accept further ordors, and a majority of them will not bo able to fill contracts nlready taken; some, It Is declared, will fall short from 23 to 35 por cent. Tho pack of salmon on tho Columbia river so far this sea son Is about 195,000 cases, tho smallest pack on tho river In twenty years. Last year nt tho sanio dato tho num ber of cases packed was slightly in ex cess of 205,000. On tho Frazor river the total pack to dato Is not, accord ing to conservative estimates, moro than 75,000 cases, against 245,000 cases last year. On tho Puget sound tho packers may bo successful In reaching tho output of last year. Last year'B pack aggregated 450,000 cases, it Is estimated that the pack at Rivers' in let will bo from 25 to 30 per cent less than last season. Tho Skccnti river pack will, however, bo abovo tho aver ago. Tho estimated pack for 1899 on all points on tbo coast, Including Alas ka, Is, In round numbers, 2,000,000 cases. . Slnco tho opening of tho frco cm-' ployment bureaus In Chicago, 9,050 per sons havo applied for employment nnd 0,058 peoplo havo called for labor of various kinds. These figures show that tho bureaus fill a want and aro making u,succesB of the new law. Adelina Pattl, Baroness Ccderstrom, cays that sho will not como to Ameri ca thlB year. This Is cruel of tho peor lesa songstress, whoso "farowell tours' used to be recognized and highly ap preciated annual features of tho oncr Htic concert stg9. I'rouc of Her llattil Ilojm. M'COOK, Nob., Oct. 9. A spontane ous nnd enthusiastic ovation was ac corded tho prlzo-wlnnlng Nebraska brigade band of this city upon their arrival hero. As tho train pulled In from Denver, whero they won first prlzo In tho great carnival band con test, cannon roared, whlslcs sounded, horns wero blown and n brilliant pyrotechnic display welcomed them. Tho cceno was most Inspiring and warmed tho cockles of every heart for tho home-coming heroes. Headed by tho McCook drum corps, members of tho city council and citizens who had gone to Akron, Colo., to meet them, tho band marched to tho opera house, .whero a brief word of welcome was delivered, with n brief response, 'iho band acknowledged tho reception with a selection or two of their best music. From tho opera houso tho band nnd Invited guests repaired to tho Commercial hotel, whero a ban quet was spread for about 100 persona. It was ono of tho proudest occasions In McCook municipal history. Slate Hoard Take n Hand. OMAHA, Neb., Oct. 9. Acting In tho capacity of tho Stato Hoard of Health, Dr. J. E. Summor3, Jr., has filed a complaint in county court, charging that A. Oillctt and M. E. about pretending to heal tho sick, and that In doing so they nro pursuing n courso thut Is in direct violation of law. Tho allegation Is mado that nclthor of tho men charged with vio lating the laws of the stato is learned In tho medical profession. It Is also charged that neither possesses cer tificates from any medical collego and that thoro is nothing to Indlcato that olthor can hoal or euro the sick. Dr. Summers alleges that Glllett protends to bo a magnetic hcnlor and that tho other lays no claima to pos sessing nny healing power. It Is charged that tho two mon pretended to euro ono John Alstrand of his Ills. Warrants havo been Issued and tho offenders will bo brought Into court as Boon as found. Severe Fire nt 'trail;. STRANG;, Neb., Oct. 9. Tho cry of flro was given hero tho other night It started in tho rear of tho wngoD shop of Jacob Stein & Son, and spread to six other buildings as follows: The wagon building, occupied by Dr. Clark and tho Reporter, insured; contents removed. Frashor and Sheridan Ba loon, total loss of $11,200, Insured for $700; Stein's wagon shop, total loss of $1,000, no Insurance; Dunkor's har ness shop, ovory thing removed; Nlc olls barber shop, and tho postofQco, In which latter placo tho contents wero saved. Mrs. C. C Wright's mil linery was damagou and by horolc ef forts the drug storo was saved by tho amplication of salt. Sorrowing la liny Cattle. OSCEOLA. Neb., Oct. 9. At this season of tho year thore Is usually an Increase In the mortgago Indebtedness of tho county on account of tho large number of cattlo that aro bought and shipped la to feed on tho surplus corn and the last month Is not an excep tion, as shown by tho records. Thcro woro sixteen farm mortgages filed, amounting to $20,708.85;- tnirty-ono released, amounting to $33,627.50; city mortgages filed, $2,350; city mort gages rolooscd, $3,800; chattel mort gages filed, $65,808.20; chattol mort gages filed, $65,808.20; chattol mort gages released, $17,381.65; making an lucrnascd Indebtedness of $34,057.90. Engine Cruhr Into Cnhooie. NEBKASKA CITY, Neb., Oct 9. An accident, which was fortunato not serious or fatal, occurred In tho Mis souri Pacific yards at this point. A freight train wns standing on tho main lino while tho ongluo was taking water at the tnnk, when tho passenger train coming north crashed Into tho cnbooso, crushing In tho end of It and mashing tho front of tho passonger onglnc. Fortunately tho passenger train was- not undor full speed and thcro wns no ono In the cnbooso. Tho blnmo was with tho freight trnln crew, no they had no llagman out Soldier liny Demi. FAIRRURY, Neb., Oct. 9. Bert M. Alkln died nt Klrksvillo, Mo., nnd wn3 burled here. Ho wiih n member of Company D of this place, nnd Is the fourth member of tho company that has Huccumbcd to dtscaso contracted by tho uso of bad water and poor food nt Chlcknmaugn liiHt summer. Ho graduated from tho Fnlrbury high school in 1897 nnd wns an exemplary and good business man. Wolvis Italdlng Ctilrkcn Yitrri. WIN8IDB, Nob., Oct. 9. Wolves are numerous and very daring in tho country surrounding Wlnsldo. They roam about In bands of live and six and ntack poultry with Impunity, even catching chlcKons before tho very eyes of thoir owners nnd In Bplto of attempts to drive them off. In ono lnstanco tho wolves 6tolo 300 chickens from ono farm. Death Cone to Kchantrc. COLUMDUS, Neb., Oct. 9. Fred Schnntrc, who had his back broken by accidentally falling from his wa gon, died nt St. Mary's hospital after living five days with tho lower part of his body In n plaster caBt Evory muscle below tho heart was complete ly pnralyzcd and his recovery waB re garded na nlmost lniposslblo from tho first Drove Off the Drldgo, OSCEOLA, Neb., Oct. 9. Myrtlo, tho daughter of Mr. nnd Mrs. N. Mnckln, mot with n sovero nccldont that tuny ennso her to keep to her room for somo time. Tho night was very dark nnd In driving homo she wna compelled to cross n brldgo that hnd no railing or protection nnd not being nblo to seo tho wny tho horso went too nonr tho sldo, upsottlng tho buggy and throwing Miss Myrtlo to the" ground, resulting In the breaking of her loft arm Just at tho wrist nnd otherwise injuring the young lad.y. The NrhrAka Vlnnrern. OMAHA, Neb., Oct. 10. Tho terri torial pioneers had a pleasant two days' reunion on the exposition grounds. The exercises the second day wero particularly pleasing. General Thayer mado an Improfslvo address and his reminiscences of the old days gave great plcasuro to his hearers. Speeches were nlso mado by Hon. James Woolwortb, Rev. Luther J. Kuhns, Judge Wakeley, Dr. Link, 11. T. Clarko, 1J. E. R. Kennedy, Thomas 8wlft, MaJ. D. H. Wheeler, John Go3s, Dr. Gcorgo L. Miller nnd Isaac Hns call. Governor. Furnas presided. Throughout the entire session thcro wns not an uninteresting moment and tho meeting was pronounced by all of tho pioneers to be ono of tho mo3t enjoyable in tho history of the so ciety. Cut In Tiro by a Train. PLATTSMOUTH, Neb.. Oct 10. A switchman found the body of au un known man on tho track a short dls tnnco north of the Burlington depot. Near by was found the head, which had been severed at tho neck. Thcro was a deep wound In tho forehead about two Inches long and on tho bncii of tho head, cither of which would have caused death. His hair was cut short; ho in noout twenty-five years of ago and woro a blue-black coat and vest, a pair of blue overalls, well worn, a good suit of underwear, a pair of heavy socks and shoes and a black stiff hnt comparatively new. 'there wero no papers to identify tho man. Ilrldgc Give Way Under Engine. NEBRASKA CITY, Neb., Oct 10. John Neu wus crossing a brldgo dirt miles northwest of Wyoming station with a traction cngtno and threshing outfit, when tho brldgo gave way, let ting nil Into tho creek bolow. mu was caught under tho engine, his leg was crushed and ho was Injured in ternally. It is doubtful if ho can ro cover. Tho brldgo was In Otoe coun ty. Leonard St John and brother started for a phyolclnn, but their team ran away, both men wero thrown from tho wagon and badly injured. Young Man Bud II U Life CALLAWAY, Neb., Oct 10. Charles Madcrs, twenty-one years old, commit ted suicide by shooting himself with a revolver. Young Madcrs, who Is quite well known In Callaway and vicinity, has been paying attentions to a young woman named Wilson, and is said to havo boon greatly infatuated. Tho ro gard was r.ot reciprocated, It Is sup posed, and despondency over this fact Is the only known cause prompting tho act Madcrs' parents live in Iowa, his relatives hero bolng two married sis ters. u Diphtheria SUM Ilnglng. CREIOHTON, Neb., Oct 10. Diph theria Is still raging In tho vicinity of Walnut Grove. Mr. Frederick who wao so low with it at the tlmo of tho last report, has slnco died, making thrco In that ono family who have died, and it Is reported that Mrs. Frederick and tho other two children of tho family aro now qulto low. Ono moro school haB been closed to pro vent Its spread. ThlB is tho fourth school now closed in that vicinity. Again Rent to the Aijrlarn. COLUMBUS, Neb., Oct 10. Thoo doro Krcsha has again been taken to the Btato asylum at Norfolk. Tho caso is ono that has attracted wide atten tion on account of tho peculiar char whlch Krcsha la afflicted; his being well known throughout Plntto coun ty and tho fact that tho dorangcmeiV. Iiub heretofore oafflcd tho best medi cal treatment nnd Krcsha hns twlco nlready been discharged from the asy ura and as many times reinstated. Cropi Tnrnlni Ont Well. OSCEOLA, Neb., Oct 10. A corre spondent has been Interviewing tho farmers to find out how the crops nro turning out from thoso who have threshed and ho has yet to find one farmer who was grumbling. They aro better satisfied with tho yield nnd tho quality thnn ever before. Wheat will avorago twenty bushels to tho acre, corn sixty, oats sixty, potatoes 200, flax twenty. In fact every crop rained Is above par. Want Nliouti Drought Hack, BEATRICE, Neb., uct 10. P. B. Sprnguc, n Beatrice druggist, hnd a warrant sworn out In Justice Inmnn's court for tho nrrcst of a man named O. E. Shoutz, charging him with ob taining money under falGo pretenses In the amount of $70. It Is charged n few days ago Shoutz was in tho city nnd represented that ho was a travel ing salesman for Armour & Co. Slnco his departure Mr. Spraguo found out differently. Acquitted of Murder Charge. ALBION, Nob., Oct 10. Tho Jury returned a verdict acquitting Mlchnol Tearnoy and Charley Conroy of tho murdor of Charles Jones. Tho trial lasted sovoral days. ReadorB will ro call tho circumstances connected with tho stabbing of Jones at Petersburg sovoral monthB ago. Self-defense waa tho plea of the defendants. Workman In Well Injured. TECUMSBH, Nob., Oct. 10 As work men woro lowering material "to tho bot tom of a well on tho farm of Michael Wert, Fred Krouso was badly injured. Krouso was working In n well nnd a pleco of onk plnnk nbout three feet long fell out of tho bucket nnd struck him on tho hend. A laceration thrco Inches in length was sustained. Null I'onetmte tho root. FAIRMONT, Nob., Oct. 10. Floyd Carl, n young man of Fairmont, mot with a painful nccldont hero, Ho stepped on a nail nnd It ran through tho solo of his shoo and through his foot. Ho wns unnblo to get it out until his wlfo cot tho clnwhammer and drew It. Ho Buffered badly through the night. Aged Muii Adjudged Inmitie. TECl'MSEH, Neb.. Oct. 10. An old man named Daniel Williams, who has until recently lesldcd on a farm near here, hQ3 been adjudged Insnno, nnd Is now in tho keeping of the sheriff. THE NEWS IN BRIEF. Thursday, October 10, will be ob served as Thanksgiving day In tho Dominion of Canada. Enlistments for the ten new regi ments havo reached a total of 13,516. -no Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth regi ments are now complete. Cnrds have been Issued for tho mar riage of Miss Viola Dictrick and Mc Klnloy Duncnn, a nophew of tho pres ident, on October 18 at Youngstown, O. President McKinley will attend. Tho Western Window Glas3 Job bers' association held n conference nnd decided to make 10 per cent ad vance In prices. Delegates wero pres ent from nearly nil of tho states of tho Mississippi valley. Tho Kentucky Distillers and Ware house compnny has mado a completo list of Its distillers and tho whisky that is to bo made at each of them during tho coming distilling season. Tho total number of gallons to be mado Is 9,000,000. Tho zinc mines of Missouri and Kansas are again to shut down. Tho zinc miners' association so de creed nt its meotiug. Tho shut-down will bo general nnd will continue un til further notice. This courso wns adopted as a means of forcing tho zinc smelters to pay schedule prices for all of the oro produced in tho dis trict Republicans of Massachusetts nomi nated tho following ticket: Governor, W. Murray Crane, Dalton; lieutenant governor, John L. Bates, Boston; sec rotary of state, William M. Olln, Bos ton; attorney general, H. M. Knowl ton, New Bedford; auditor, John W. Kimball, Fltchburg; treasurer and re ceiver .general, Edward S. Bradford, Springfield. Tho Immense lumber yards of tho Wheolcr and Dusenberry company, lo cated at Endeavor, Forest county, Pa., wore completely destroyed by Are. Over six million feet of lumber were destroyed, together with three houscB, entailing a total loss of about $500, 000. Insurance on the lumber, $25, 000. It Is believed the fire was of In cendiary origin. Two men arrested In Montana In July last charged with robbing the United States postofllco at Big Pincy, Wyo In August, 1898, and believed to bo tho Roberts brothers, pleaded not guilty In the federal court. Tho court assigned M. J. Barry and R. W. Breckons to defend them, who gavo notlco they would apply for a writ of habeas corpus Octobor 14. Tho Lutheran general council decid ed to send missionaries to Porto Rico, who will found congregations, build churches and advance the work of the denomination In every way possible. Rev. !!. F. Richards of Zancsvllle, 0., and B. F. Hankey of Pennsylvania, were delegated to mako the first tour If Inspection of Porto Rico and will lcavo for there as soon as possible In the federal court at Cheyenno Edward Alworth pleaded guilty to un lawfully detaining mall matter while postmaster at Clearmont, Wyo.,,ln No vember, 1898. This was a registered lettor containing tho commission of E. W. Huson to succeed Alworth. Al worth said tho letter was not detain ed with criminal Intent and was sent enced to ten days confinement In tho county Jail. General Manager Dickinson of the Union Pacific railroad has agreed with the boards of adjustment of tho Broth crboods of Locomotlvo Firemen and Engineers to a postponement for thirty days of further negotiations looking toward tho settlement of the difficulties between the road and thoso organizations. Tho continuance was granted nt the request of Mr. Dickin son and tho members of tho boards will return to tho city thirty days later. Brigadier General A. W. Greeley, honorary vice president of tho Inter national geographical congress, ac companied by Major II. T. Allen, mlll itary attache of the United States em bassy In Borlln, osconded at Potsdam In a military kite balloon, tho Inven tion of Porclval SlegBfeld. Emporor William granted General Greeley a special permit to mako the ascent General Greoley has purchased a sim ilar balloon for tho United States gov ernment. The Chinese colony In San Frnncls co Is considerably excited over the fact that large placards containing a revolutionary proclamation havo been posted In Chinatown. Tho docu ment is an appeal In behalf of the de posed emperor, Kwang Hsu, and a call for nld to dethrone tho downger em press. It is signed by Knng Yu Wei, ono of tho emperors confidential ad visers and closest frionds. Ho Is at present In tho revolutionary head quarters in Victoria, B. C. Tho forty-ninth annual report of tho Burlington railroad has just been submitted to the stockholders by tho board of directors. It covers tho year ending Juno 30, 1899, nnd Its every statement is reason for congratula tion to tho management Ono notlco nblo feature is n decrcaso in tho earn ings of the freight department over tho previous year in the sum of $1,272,69S, but this is more thnn offset by nn In crease In passenger earnings amount ing to $1,315,976. Computing revonuo received from all sources tho gross earnings reached tho enormous sum of $43,333,424, an lncreaso over the previous year of more than $500,000, and this fact palliates somewhat tho decrease in tho freight business. Senator Hnnnn donlcd with charac teristic emphasis tho report that he will resign tho chairmanship of tho national republican committee. He said: "I cannot imngino what haa given rUo to such a report, unless it Is my physical condition, rumors of which hnvo been exaggerated.' Tho Storllng cyclo works of Ke nosha, Wis., hnvo been transferred to the Amorlcnn Bicycle company. Con sideration, $50,000. An Incondlnry flro destroyed C.400 feet of snow sheds between Cisco nnd Emlgrnnt Gnp, Cnl. Tho Iocs is $50,. 000. Trains nro expected to mov6 soon, Sergeant John B. Crow, compnny M, First Infantry, Is dead ai Havana from pleurisy. Tho First Baptist church of San Francisco was destroyed by flro. It was tho oldest church In the city. Loss, $50,000. Ono flremnn was seriously In jured ard thieo othors slightly. WILL LEAD TOE ARMY President of Transvaal Anxious to fight Against English. READY TO 00 TO THE FRONT Chafei at Kefiunl of III Council to Al low Hlm to Do So War I'repiratlon of Doth Government Contltuo and Omtlook I Not l'romlttng. LONDON, Oct. 6. Nothing import Ant has developed in the Transvaal situation slnco morning. The Dally Telegraph's story of this morning an nouncing that the Boers had Invaded Ngtnl and selzetj Lalpnk, now seems without foundation. The government boa received no such reports, although a movement on the part of the Boar's would naturally cause little surprise. Tho British position In Natal was considerably strengthened today by the arrival of Indian transport with about 600 Infantry, cavalry and artil lery, all of which will probably bo sent to tho front by trnln, and with their arrival at Glcncovo and Ladysmlth to morrow or Saturday the British ad vanced camps anu lines of' communica tion will bo practically safe-guarded against a dash across tho frontier by the Boers. Tho military nuthoriticB apparently no longer fear the massing of tho Boers along tho border and In fact it has been provldea that tho Boers shall not make a sudden rush Into the coun try. The Natal people are pleased with this, because they argue the tension of waiting will toll severely on tho Boers' discipline, and, moreover, will soon exhaust what little forage there Is near the border nnd bo compelled to fall back on their base, because, In view of tho defective commissariat, tbey are unwilling to advance into Na tal leaving behind them a foragoless veldt. Advices from Aldershot convey tho Interesting information that General Sir Rcdvers Duller, who Is to assume tho chief command of the British forces In South Africa Is opposed to a largo number of war correspondents with his forees and wlshea to limit tbo correspondents to twelve from tho leading British, Indian and colonial fsencles and newspapers, including in 3Is numbor the foreign correspond ents. A dispatch from Perth, capital of West Australia, announces that tho government of the colony has decided to dispatch a West Australian contin gent to the cape. General Sir Rcdvers Buller arrived at Balmoral castle tonight as the guest of Queen Victoria, to bid her majosty farewell on his departure for South Africa. Rt Hon. Sir George Trevelyn, peaking at Halifax, Yorkshire, said he believed Mr. Chamberlain had made a terrible mistake In rejecting President Kruger's offer of a five years' franchise but thought war might yet bo avoided If a modlator should be sent to the cape. Advices from Capetown received last Bight assert that J. H. Hoffmelr, the Africander, and tho chief Justice havo expressed the opinion that the Impe rial government acted In tho Interest of peace in domnnding the suppression of the Transvaal agency In Brussels and tho recall of Dr. Leyds. Sir Al fred Milner, the British high commis sioner, has already reported In this sense toMr. Chamberlain. Activity Is being shown at Wool wich and provision Is being made to ship supplies. SITUATION ON FRONTIER. Excitement at l'uver Heat and Conflict Set m ut Hand. LONDON, Oct C. The Dally Chron icle's correspondent at Capetown, tel egraphing under dato of Tuesday, say 3: For tho first time In months, J. II. Hoffmolr, tho Afrikander leader In Capo Colony, nnd Sir Alfrod Mllncr, British high commission for South Af rica nnd governor of Capo Colony, met today In conference. An unconfirmed report Is In circulation that Mr. Hoit molr has been ontrustcd wiu an Im perial commission to Pretoria. 'mo Dally Mall's correspondent at Lovrcnzo Marquez reports that H. M. 6. Pbllomcn has gono to Durban, for tho purposo of landing 100 mon and a gun. Commenting cdltorlnuy on tho foregoing dispatch the Dally Mall says It considers tho action reported Indi cates great danger. "Tho ndmirnlity," eays tho Dnlly Mall, "would not count onnnco eucn a measuro except in cir cumstances of unusual urgency," nnd It thinks It possiolo other British war ships aro converging on tho sceuo of action. Mlnneaotani Start Home. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Oct. 6.TTho Minnesota volunteers started for homo today. Tho soldlora wore given nn ovntlon at tho ferry depot boforo their doparturo. The men will bo given .a twenty-four hours' stay In Portland and will then rcsumo their eastward Journey ovor tho line of tho Northern Pacific. Tho South Dakota volunteers wero mustered out today and paid off. They will leave for their homes on Sunday, traveling ovor tho Southorn Paclflo to Portland, thenco oast on tho Northorn Pacific. Tho death of Cor poral Wayno D. Larraboo of tho South Dakota regiment from smallpox cost a gloom over tho musterlng-out cere mony today. Krueger Appoint O'Delrne. NEW YORK, Occt. 0. General James R. O'Belrno mado tho announce ment today that ho had been appoint ed commissioner extraordinary In tho United 8tates for tho Transvaal by President Krugcr. Tho appointment waB mado two days ago by n telegram to Dr. Kosman, Presldont Kruger's personal friend, now In this country. A portion of tho cablegram was privato and was not given out Gonoral O'Belrno wa3 provost mar shal under President Lincoln. Ho was oncce commissioner of Immigration CX-SrNATOn ArtM-AN DEAD. Xoted Iotran I'nno Aunr, Succumbing to Complication of I.uug DUeiutm, DES MOINES, la., Oct. 6. Tho death of ex-United States Senator James Harlan occurred at his home in Mount Pleasant, la., at 9:35 tliU morning. Tho end wns not unexpect ed, a collapse having taken place last Sunday. Tho Immcdlato cauoo of death was congestion of tho lungs, complicated with liver trouble. Over exertion in attending tho sessions of tho Iowa Methodist conference last week, aggravated his maladies and caused prostration. His t'lughter, tho wlfo of Hon. Robert T. Lincoln of Chicago, was summoned from New York city and was present at tho bedstdo. Others prosent wero: James Whltford and Mr. and Mrs. Crawford nnd son. No arrangements hnvo been mado for the funeral, but it will probably bo held In Iowa Wcslcyan university chapel, in Mount Pleasant, on Sunday after noon. James Hurlan was born in Clarko county, III., August 25, 1S20. He grad uated at Indiana Ashbury university In 1845 and becamo superintendent of public instruction of Iowa In 1817; wan presldont of Iowa Wcsleyan uni versity at Mount Pleasant In 1853. Ho was United States sonator from 1855 to 1865; wa3 sccrcetary of the inter ior In Lincoln's second cabinet, 18G5 66, and was again United States sen ator from Iowa from 1866 to 1873. In 1882 Mr. Harlan was appointed chief Justlco of tho court of commis sioners of Alabama claims, whlchc r ) sitlon he held four years. In 1893 ho was called from retirement to act as temporary chairman of tho republi can stato convention and as such of ficer mado a speech which had a tre mendous influenco In checking tho threatened bolt of prohibition for practical local option. Ho was a can didate for th'i republican nomination for governor in 1895, but his ago was against him. Ho also served as n momber of tho Iowa Soldlors' and Sailers' monument commission tnd was prominent in tho councils of tbo Methodist church. Senator Harlan's wlfo died In 1881. Sho was a remarkablo woman and dur ing the civil war did much to allovlato tho Bufferings of tho Union soldiers, having an unlimited pass from Secre tary Stanton to go where sho pleased. PETiTION TO M'KINLEY. Many Fromlnent Signature lryn Say He Will Not Sign It. NEW YORK, Oct 0. Several hundred signatures wero added today to tho pe tition to President McKinley to offer himself as modlator between England nnd the two South African republics. Tho petition waB signed by Judges of tho supremo court, governors of state, presiding ofUcers of stato legislatures, senators, members of congress, eml nont ecclesiastical divines, presidents of colleges and other citizens whose standing Is of tho highest W. J. Bryan declined to sign tho pe tition, though he indorsed the sugges tion that tho government should uso Its lnfluonco to prevent war. Mr. Bry an tolegraphed tho World tonight: "I do not deslro to Join In the peti tion on this or any other subject Our refusal to recognize tho right of tho Filipinos to Bolf-governmont will cm harass ub it wo express sympathy wltti thoso In other lands who aro strug gling to follow tho doctrines set forth in the Declaration of Independence." Ex-VIco President Stevenson, cx Scnntor John i.. Henderson, Senator Grosvenor and W. B. Hornblowor all lndorso tho petition to President Mc Kinley. The World received a dispatch from the secretary to President Krugor stat ing that Gonoral James O'Belrno of New York has been appointed by tho Transvaal republic as commissioner to tho United States to furthor Boer Inter ests In Amorlca. General O'Belrno haa nlready accepted tho task. Tho secre tary of tho Orange Freo State cables tho World acknowledging gratefully Amcr.can sympathy. Tho archbishop of Canterbury cablos tnnt It Is clear "Englishmen feel strongly tho outland ers aro Ill-treated and It Is our duty to protect them." Cardinal Boguo of Ireland cables: "I nm most anxious for pence." Archbishop Croko of Ire land cables: "Avert war by all hon orablo moans." Tho nrchblshop of York cables: "I do not feel myself qualified to express an opinion whether mediation by the United States would bo generally acceptablo In England." AVIuilo Hum OfT With u Man. SAM FRANCISCO, Cnl., Oct. 6. Ac corning to ofllcors or tho whntor Bel uga, Oscar Huschenbctt, a sailor in tho Actlc, on August 2G, 1893. was caught in a ropo attached to a harpoon that had been fixed In tho sldo of a whale, and ho wa3 drawn lllco a cannon ball over tho boat's stern and out Into tho wnter. In passing out of tho boat tho body of tho man hurled Itself against Mato Nlklto nnd ono of tho crow, knocking tho seaman overboard and throwing Nlklto to mo bottom of tho boat Tho mate scrambled up and slashed tho ropo In two with his knife. After a chaso tho whalo was again lanced and Huschenbott'B body recov ered. Wreckod Seamen 1M cited Dp. SANTA MONICA, Cal., Oct 6. Captain Bowcn of tho ship Arctic Sticam, from Hamburg, reports that on August 11, while off Statcn Island, near tho Straits of Magellan, ho saw tho British rhlp Glftord rescuo five mombora of tho crow of tho British steamer Tekoa, which had boon wrecked on Statcn Island sovoral days boforo. Tho mon wero oxhausted and sufforing from sovero frost bites. Tho Kokoa was bound from Now Zoalond to London with a numbor of passen gers and a cargo of refrigerated boef. Tho rescued men know nothing of tho fato of tho passengers or othora on tho stoamor. D1ot a Dank Snfe. FORT DODOE, la., Oct O.-At an early hour this morning tho bank at Rlppoy, la., wns robbed of $1,700. Tho snfe is a total wreck. Tbo robbcra have been traced as far as Grand Junction, going north. They had rubber heels on their shoos and were driving a ono-horso buggy. wtVkij$Mffl; ,-& "SKi-'Sl HMUIU'IPW- '-1 i MM "&