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    Red Cloud Chief.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
BED CLOUD.
NEMtASU'A
A Arm nnmo sometimes
business Infirmity.
Indicates
It Is on his bonding knees that a ninn
finds baggy trouserB,
A spinster says marriage Isn't
Jiiuch of a failure- as marrying.
AS
A soft heart nnd n liard head mako
a combination that is hard to beat.
A llttlo girl never has too many dolls
nnd n woman novcr hau too many dol
lars. Marring football players, tho Inhab
itants of tlila country nro fairly well
civilized.
Tho man who doesn't rccognlzo tho
world's greatness nor his own little
ness is apt to bo a cynic.
Just about tho tlmo you begin to
think your cup of happiness Is going
to run over it springs a leak.
Tho mysterious origin of Cain's
wlfo Is tho only excuso somo men havo
for staying away from church.
A cyclist may rldo down hill with a
tireless air, but ho can't mako much
progress up hill with an nlrlcss tiro.
A girl should novcr throw away her
o!d Bllppers; they will coino In handy
at her wedding nnd much handler In
nfter ycam.
When a girl Is In lovo her thoughts
nro nbout equally divided between tho
last tlmo alio saw him nnd tho next
tlmo ho Is coming.
"I nm not such a vnln fool as to
think a general has more brains than
his neighbor hecauso his head a under
tho dreadful plume they havo stuck In
his hat." Thus wroto Charles Napier.
lUty years ago. Thus, in every action,
says tho United States admiral of to
day. A young man who was being In
itiated Into an cmitcrn college fra
ternity has been drowned during tho
preliminary foolishness of tho In
itiatory ceremonies. There nro limits
to all things, nnd tho Iron hand of tho
faculty of every college should descend
In n hurry upon secret societies con
ducted upon principles which so core
ly tempt a violent onslaught by tho
fool-killer.
Tho recent prcnontntlon of n Jeweled
sword to Admiral Dowey by tho pcoplo
of tho United States through their
"resident, nnd (ho dcj;rada.tlon from
.ho army, tho salno week, of u promi
nent oftlccr convicted of appropriating
government money, mark opposlto pos
slblltlcs In any profession. "I havo
had nearly all tho chiefs of Sclndo In
this room," Napier onco wroto from
India, "laying their gold-ecabbardcd
swords at my feet, which, If taken,
would mako n rich armory. Certnluly
I could havo got thirty thousands
pounds here, but my hnnds do not yet
want washing." Franco may havo dif
ferent Ideals; but it Is such officers as
Naplor and Dewey that England and
tho United States delight to honor.
Tho wnrden of tho Cook county hos
pital, Chicago, Is entitled to tho re
spect d0 to consistency when he re
fuses to glvo any account of tho public
monoys coming Into his hands. Ho
holds his position as a trust from poli
ticians and ho administers It accord
ingly. To tako tho public Into his
confidence as to whence the money
comes or whither It goes would bo
supererogatory. Tho county board evi
dently takes this view of tho mattor.
It accepts such buiub as tho warden
hands over to It, with the simple nota
tion that they como from tho hospital.
Anything llko exact account of tho
finances would bo Illogical when tho
nrrungoment tacitly excludes exact ac
count of tho larger and more precious
Items of tho trust.
When sclenco uses technical speech
tho uninitiated listen respectfully, but
nro conscious of an aching void In
their apprehension. An every day
comparison, howovcr, brings fact and
speculation within reach of tho aver
age man. Fossil remains described In
plain English can bo Been with tho
mind's cyo. A dinosaur, for example
could bo pictured In scientific terms
and but llttlo mora than a voguo sonso
of vastness would bo tho unlearned
hearer's portion. But when n scientist
says of a monstor dlscovorod by him,
that a round steak taken from
tho ham of tho animal would havo
been at least twelve feet In dlametor,
or moro than thlrty-flvo feet In clr
cumferenco, tho ordinary mcat-eatlng
individual has a doflnlto and suggestlvo
fact ready for use. Speculation as to
tho number of waiters and tho sUo of
tho tip, in caso prehistoric man had
ordered such a steak, is Inovltablo If
not Important.
In Germany electric plowing com
pares favorably vlth steam plowing as
regards expenses, 'lho cost of elec
tric plowing In heavy boII, with deep
cultivation, la from $11.25 to $14.25 por
acre, whllo steam plowing costB 121.25
per aero. Tho mechanism used on tho
royal farms In Prussia consists of a
motor -wagon containing a motor driv
ing tho winding drums, and tho motor
may also bo coupled to tho driving
wheels of tho wagon. to give it tho
proper advance nt the end of each
iverso of tho plow. Tho aoptu of tho
PRESS HIM (LOSELY
Americans Hot on Trail
Insurgent Chief,
of
MS EARLY CAPTURE QUITE PROBABLE
Affulnaldo' Secretary Is Taken nnd Ills
Army Nnrroiinitcit -American llegln
RelentlcM Iurult Tho Filipino
force In Wretched Hlatc.
A Manila, November 13 telegram
stales: General Young Is supposed to
havo reached Han Nicholas, about thir
ty miles cast of Dagupan, hut his wag
ons arc far behind. Colonel Hayes has
captured Aguinaldo'H secretary and
Major Coleman In In Carrnnglan with
an' escort of 170 bolo men, on his way
to tho province of Nueva, Vlsaya. The
win of General Lanerns and his family
arc prisoners. The general barely es
caped. The correspondent of tho Associated
press with General Young telegraphs
from Han Jose that Agulualdo did not
escape to the northeast. He nnd his
army, the correspondent ndds, arc sur
rounded. His last orders to the Filipi
no commander at Kan Jo.so urn; to
hold Han Jose and Carrnnglan at all
costs.
The recent encounters wore too one
sided to be called fights. The. Insur
gents arc mortally afraid of the Ameri
cans, however strong their position. -They
make but n brief and feeble re
sistance and run when the terrible
American yell r-iahos their cars,
whereupon tho Americans pursue them
nnd slay many.
Tho moral effect of the news thnt
00,000 troops are on their way hero has
been unquestionably great.
Tho insurgents nre suffering more
from disease than the Amorleans,owlng
to poor food, lack of medicine, and
filthy hospitals, with tho result that
there is great mortality among them.
A dispatch has been received from
General Otis confirmation of Monday's
news that Tnrlac had fallen ami that
Agulualdo had lied northward.
In conclusion he states: "Detach
ments scut north to San Nicholas, nnd
It is btilieved that Young has estab
lished communication with Whcaton's
troops last evening. Indications arc
that insurgents will not cscapo to
mountain capital ut Payonbong with
out great dlfliculty and loss, if at all."
A British naval oflleor, who has just
returned to London from tho Philip
pines, has been interviewed regarding
the situation there, of which ho takes
a somewhat pessimistic view. Ho
thinks that more river gunboats nre
needed, and that General Otis is trying
to run thu enmpaign too economically.
Ho pays a high tribute to tho "sur
prising Intelligence and confidence of
the American soldier."
CHARLESTON IS WRECKED
Cruller Goti on Itcot In Philippine
Water All On Hoard Saved.
Word comes from Manila this, Tues
day morning, that United States cruis
er Charleston, which had been patroll
ing tho northern coast of Luzon, was
wrecked on a reef of tho northwest
coast Tuesday, November 7. All on
board were saved. The Charleston has
been in Asiatic waters more thnn n
year. She was one of tho tlrst vessels
to be sent to Manila after the destruc
tion of tho Spanish llect by Admiral
Dewey, the navy department utilizing
iter for the purpose of sending ammu
nition and other supplies for tho
Asiatic station. Just previous to her
assignment to that duty she had under
gone on overhauling at tho Mnro Isl
and navyard, Sau Francisco, ami there
fore was In prime condition for her
duties.
STRUCK BY A LOCOMOTIVE
Street C.ir Hm.iilicd to Flece and a
Number Injured.
A Cleveland, O., November 14 special
Bays: A locomotive drawing a caboose
struck a street car on Detroit at tho
Lako Shore railroad- this evening, re
ducing it to kindling wood. Flvo par
bons wcro injured and that nearly
every ono in tlto car wai not killed
ontrlght Is marvelous. Tho iniured
arc: C. G. Burton, Mark Thompson,
Harry Morris, O, C. Scvobeck, Mrs. W.
E. Woofers. The car contained eight
persons, nnk tho locomotive, after
knocking it over, plowed through it
into bits. A train had just passed and
both tho street car conductor nnd tho
gatcman failed to see the locomotive
approaching on the other track.
HOBART IMPROVES RAPIDLY
Vice l'rcildeut' Condition Such A I to
Warrant llopc.
A Patterson, N. J., November 13 tele
gram says: Vice President Hobnrt
passed a favorable night nnd the Im
provement that has been observed for
several days continued today, Ho nto
solid food with relish nnd It promptly
assimilated. With hla me&lahc- took
milk and between meals wnn given
milk puuehes. This is a miukcd change
from his condition ten days ngo.
Dividend by Cloieil l)ani,
Tho comptroller of tho currency hivi
declared dividends in favor )f the crcil
nors 01 insolvent uauantu nanus ii
follows: Flvo per cent,, tho ClttanV
National bank of Grand Island, Nob.j
live per cent, tho Secoml National battle
of Ilockford, 111.
Convict Hans: JUuuelf,
Wiltor Mitchell, confined In the
Lcnvanworth, Kan., county Jail imdor
an indictment for murder, committed
sulcldo by bunging himself from tho
top,of his cell. Ho m.a.d.a. rp3 Oll Of
a part of n blanket.
PRAISE FOR GENERAL OTIS
Colonel Chllder of the Tcnneco ICprI
tnent Speak Out.
Colonel Chlldcrs of the Tenncssct
regiment, which has just arrived at
San Francisco from tiic Philippines
said:
"I have a very high regard for Gen
oral Otis and his ubillty as a, soldlci
and n statesman. He has held a most
dlfllcult position, and I think he hat
handled It well. Of course he could
havo slashed in and laid the islands In
wasto with fire and sword, but to dc
this without an effort first to show the
natives that tho United States wished
to givo them a fair, just and libera',
government would havo forever pre
vented amicable relations, and it would
havo become a question of extermina
tion and recolonization. Tho island
arc too far away for such a policy, even
if humanity and self-Interest did not
forbid." ,
WIFE WAS HELD A PRISONER
liMitne Iluvhand Confine Her for Thro
liny Without food.
In the grasp of her Insane husband,
Mrs. Bnlph llcif, of No '-'830 California
avenue, St. Louis, battled for her life.
When help finally came, Mrs. Relf wat
so weak that she could scarcely speak.
She had been kept a prisoner by her
husband in their third story flat for
three days. For two days of this time
slie was without food. When she at
tempted to leave her room her husband
would seize her and bring her back. A
tenant on the floor below, hearing the
disturbance, finally called on n passing
policemnn, who summoned help nnd
then hastened to tho woman's relief.
STRIKE MAY BE ORDERED
Textile Worker ut Fall Klvcr Will Aik
Tor Moro l'ny,
A Fall IUvcr, Mass., November 13
special says: A special meeting of the
textllo council was held today. The
following resolution was adopted unan
imously: "Wo demand of tho manufacturer
an increase of 10 per cent of wages on
present schedule for all operatives, the
same to go into effect on December 11,
and a reply is requested on or before
November a I. In tho event of refusal,
we recommend nil operatives not to re
turn to work December 11."
Secretary Whitehead said: "This ii
practically a recommendation to strike
December 11 If our demands aro re
fused." MAKE CLAIMS FOR BOUNTY
Washington Attorney Slnho Application
In llclmir or Dowoy mid Ilia Men.
On behalf of Admiral Dewey and bib
ofllcers and men Washington attorneys
htuc asked the court of claimi to flr-1
that tho amount of money due them it
33S2,809. Tl'.c decision of tho court
will establish a procedcut which will
affect tho amount of bounty to bo dis
tributed among tho ufllcerH nnd men
of tho North Atlantic fleet, which de
stroyed the bqundron of Admiral Ccr
vcra. If tho finding of the court is in
accordance with tho request tho ad
miral's share of tho bounty will be
010,104.
Tho Wrocknjro Tiled High.
A double-headed Pittsburg & Lake
Erie freight train of flfty-flvo loaded
cars, cashed into the caboose of another
train at McKce's Rocks, Pa., and piled
tho wreckage up high. Threo men
were in the caboose. One of them was
taken out dead. Another had ono foot
crushed and both legs broken, and a
third was so badly injured that he may
die. It is thought that another man,
probably u tramp, who was stealing n
rldo, was nso killed.
Holdlcrj Wcro l'olionod.
Fifty privates of company K, of tho
Forty-second volunteer infantry, nt
San Francisco, were tho victims of
ptomaine poisoning and eighteen of
them arc now in the general hospital
at tho presidio slowly recovering from
the effects of tholr sudden indisposi
tion. The pjlsoa is suppocd to have
been in the h,sh.
Helatlons nre Ktrnlncd.
An unusual feeling regarding lho re
lations of Uussla and Japan is spread
ing at Shanghai. There is no doubt
that Japan Is practically allied with
China, dcsplto tho degradation which
the empress dowager inflicted upon the
Chinese envoys to Japan on their re
cent return. This was merely a tacti
cal move with a view of appeasing
ltussia.
Treaty Must Ho Iteturned.
Tho United States minister at Santi
ago has informed tho stato depart
ment by cable that tho Chilean legisla
ture has ratified the treaty providing
for a renewal of the Chilean cjalms
commission. Unfortunately, however,
the Chilean government amended the
treaty at two points; but they will ro
qulro tho return of the treaty to the
United States benato for ratification.
Kollneux Identified.
The New York World publishes an
aflldavlt by Joseph Koch, manager of
tho Broadway private letter agency,
positively identifying ltolund 11. Mo
llncux ns tho man who engaged u let
ter box on December SI, 1808, under
the namo of II. Cornish.
Mexican right the Yaiiil.
From General Torres headquarters
at Torln and Guayinas comes a dis
patch conveying news of u two days'
fight between Mexican troops nnd tho
Ynquls. Tho Indians attacked tho
garrison In Fort Angostora, near Po
torn, and wcro repulsed. Tho troops
attacked the town of Vicam and routed
tho Indians wltt considerable loss to
tho lhtlor.
An trrlIIble Power,
No roceptaclo has ever been mado
with tuulcUnt strength to resist tUi
Bursting power ot Uqkw water.
MAYBEMEIKIfJOlffl
Ncbraskan Favored By Prcsi
dent for Civil Governor
TWO OTHERS ARE ALSO MENTIONED
The President lUpected to Make n Se
lection From Among General Loon
ard Wood, T.udloiT, nnd tho A-
Utant Secretary of War.
There has been a great tlsat of talk
fn Washington during tho past few
daj-s as to tho probability of the se
lection of Assistant Sccrctnry of War
Mclklejohn no civil governor for Cuba.
The president ut ono tirao seriously
considered the advisability of naming
for this place, General Wood, who, in
ltls capacity of governor of Santiago,
hasdono so much toward restoring
that city to something like European
clcnnllucss, but General Ludlow, who
has succeeded in antagonizing so many
Cubans nnd Spaniards in Havana and
his arbitrary ways and brutal disre
gard of the feelings of men whom ho
comes in contact, lias been making his
strong political play for the post him
self since his arrival there some dnys
ngo. (Jencral Ludlow leaves Wash
ington Wednesday, and announced
that he would win out as against Wood,
but those who are on pretty close
terms with the president declare that
his desire to appoint Secretary Mclkle
john is more than surface deep, and
that because of tho knowledgo the
assistant secretary has of Cuban af
fairs, combined with his diplomatic
amiability, he is moro than likely to
be selected for the post, provided he
will accept it upon Ids return to Wash
ington next week.
MAJOR LOGAN IS KILLED
Bon of John A. Logan Fall Whllo Gal
luntljr Loading a Charge.1
A private cablegram from Manila, re
ceived at Cleveland Wednesday morn
ing, !ayH that Major John A. Logan is
dead and his remains arc to bo brought
homo on the trnnsport sailing soon.
The following dispatch received from
General Otis, under data of Manila,
Tuesday, confirms tho report of thu
death of Major Logan;
"Whcaton rep.irts November 12 there
was an engagement near San Jacinto
between the Thirty-third volunteers
nnd 1,'JOO entrenched insurgents. Our
loss, Major Logan, by gallantly lead
ing battalion, and six enlisted men,
killed. Captain Green and eleven men
wcro wounded, mostly very slight. The
enemy was routed, leaving eighty-one
dead In tli3 trenches. His I033 is he
lloed to be 300.
In Old Kentucky.
The progress of tho contests In vr.rl
iun counties in Kentucky is tho point
about which interest in tho light for
governorship Is centered. Tho deter
mination of these disputes may swing
in cither direction the remit of the
face of tho returns ns they will be
made to tho state board of election
commissioners. These contests involve
over 4,000 votes in seven counties. The
stato board of election commissioners
will meet at Frankfort December 4.
lhiforc it the points that are involved
in these disputed ballots will ba ar
gued by the counsel of the state The
ofUcial count in Jefferson county is
progressing satisfactorily, with little
change in tho unofilclal figures. Thir-ty-flvo
cases of alleged violators of
election laws came up before Judge
Tonoy. Each of the prisoners were
bound over In tho sum of 3500.
Miner Ileturn to Work.
As a result of the conference held
between National President Mitchell,
State President Hunter nnd tho district
ofllcers of the Belleville district, united
mine workers of America and tho ope
rators of the coal mines in Ucllcvllle
district, a strike was prevented by tho
operators agreeing to furnish no moro
coal to tho Missouri, Kansas & Texas,
tho Iron Mountain, tho Mlsvjurl Pa
cific and tho St. Louis & San Francisco
railroads, pending the result of strikes
along the Hues of those rnilroads.
Heavy Advanco In llroam.
The broom manufacturers' associa
tion met at Chicago to tako steps for
protecting themselves against tho in
creased prices for broom corn. About
sixtv manufacturers, representing n
large proportion of the broomcorn out
put of tho country, nro attending the
meeting, which will probably last sev
eral days. It Is said the advanco on
brooms will bo from SI to S1.2ft per
dozen. '
Wne to bo Increaod.
The Chicago Burlington & Qulncy
and tho Chicago & Eastern Illinois
Railroad companies havo decided to
increase the wages of their engineers,
firemen alul switchmen. Tho action
on tho part of each company is volun
tary and is based on growth 01 earn
ings. This will mean from 83 to S10
moro per month to several hundred
employes.
Tho ono great drawback about loaf
ing is tho unsatisfactory compensation.
Ak HuIvueo Ofler.
A cablcc-ram from Admiral Wntson
confirms tho news of the wrecking of
tho Charleston. Tho condition of tho
wreck Is not lenown. Ho has asked
Hong Kong for salvage offers for tho
cruiser. Tho crew was safely landed
on Caralgulu island.
Unsafe to Travel on Pan.
Judge Colt, in tho United States
circuit court at Boston, decided that
an employe of a railroad, injured whllo
riding on a pass given him by n cor
poration, even if it was a part compen
sation for his scrvlcas, could not re
cover damages.
SMALL ARMY AT CAPE TOWN
Twelve Thotunnd ltrlton Arrhe, Half
or Which (Jo to Durban.
There is still a paucity of news from
the front In the Transvaal, and inter
est is centered in the nrrlval of rein
forcements. A dispatch -from Cnpc Town to the
London -vnr olllce announces the arri
val of tho troopship Armenian with
threo batteries of artillery and nn nm
munition column, nnd the troopship
Nubia, with the Scotts guards and half
n battalion of tho Northamptonshire
regiment. This brings the total num
ber of reinforcements to 1S,802, of
which nbout 0,000 are already on tho
way to Durban. The Armenian and
Nubia troops will probably also bo or
dered to proceed.
Nine troop.dilp3, carrying 11,000 men,
arrived at Cape. Town Tuesday.
General linden Powell's dashing sor
ties at Matching 'encouraged tho hopo
that tho British garrisons along the
western border arc nil able to hold out.
Cecil Rhodes is employing 8,000 men,
white and black, nt Klmberlcy, road
making, as n remedy for destitution.
According to a dispatch from Dcanr,
the Boers ut Klmberlcy huvo got
tli' exact range of the mines and are
constantly throwing shells at tho dyna
mite huts. Several of the latter have
been blown up nnd the damage dono
to the mines already amounts to sev
eral thousand pounds.
Among the stories from ltrussclls is
one that General Joubcrt and Sir
Gcorgo White havo been endeavoring
to negotiate for tho capitulation of
Ladysmith, but have failed to como to
terms.
CASE UP FOR FIFTH TIME
Courts of Kama Again Tucklo Hlllinon
Insurance.
Sensational evidence hns been ad
duced in the noted llillmon insuranco
case at Leavenworth, Kan,, in which
Mrs. Sallic E. Hillmon for tho fifth
time In twenty years Is suing an east
ern insuranco comany 'to recover on
policies held by her husbnnd, Jo'.m W.
Hillmon, who disappeared in 1370. Ar
thur Simmons, a Leavenworth cigar
manufacturer, swore 'positively that
Adolph Walters worked for him In
May, 18T0. This is two months after
the insurance companies ulh-go that
Walters was killed by Hillmon, near
Medicine Lodge, Kas. Simmons rec
ognized Walters by his photograph,
und showed his books to prove that
Walters had worked for him nt thnt
time. The main point of the insurance
company has been to prove that Hlll
inon, n man named Brown, and Levi
Baldwin were in u conspiracy, and that
they killed Walters to pass his body off
for Hillmon. The Insurance, with in
terest involved, now umouutsto nearly
5100,000.
Died of Heart I'ulluro.
Tho coroner was called Tuesday
morning to 23?." South Eighth street,
Lincoln, where It wait reported that a
man had been found dead. Investiga
tion showed that the deceased was
Van Buren Cuddy, aged about 4.1 years.
Tho coroner said that heart failure was
tho palpable cause of death and did
not think nn inquest was necessary.
The relatives and friends of the man
informed tho officer and also the po
lice, who were first called, that the
man had been subject to heart trouble,
aud that he himself had not regarded
death as being very far off ut nny
time. The remains were removed to
an undertaking establishment.
Released to Find n Fortune.
George Cooper, who, in 1S02, was
sentenced to ten years' imprisonment,
after a sensational t.ial, for having
killlcd his wife at Douglas, Isle of
Man, has just been released at London.
Ho finds himself the inheritor of a for
tune estimated at nearly 1,000,000
pounds, left him by his father and
father-in-law.
May Kxcludo Chlncie.
Tho Philippine commission is en
gaged with the problem of Chinese
in the Philippine Islands. It is
said that two of the members favor ap
plying tho Chinese exclusion net. Ad
miral Dewey Is said to bo favorable to
Chlucso admission. Considerable evi
dence bearing on the matter has been
collected.
Hit; DliuiiDiut Itobbery.
At Cleveland, O., strangers entered
tho jewelry store of Slgler Bros, nnd
while a couple engaged tho attention
of the proprietors their confederates
made away with a, tray of diamonds
valued at 5530,000. i'ho police have no
clue.
NEWS IN BRIEF
Charles Cross, aged seventeen, has
confessed to the murder of Mrs. Sarah
C. King at Stamford, Conn.
Colonel Henry Inmnn, author and
ex-plalnsman, and an nssociate of Buf
falo Bill, died in Topeka, aged sixty
two. An unknown mur. met a horrible
death at Kansas City. Ho jumped
from a passenger coach and his foot
caught in a frog. Wildly catching tho
handle-bars of tho next coach, his legs
were torn out at the hips and the body
fell limp to the ground.
Tho Belgian steamer Belglque, from
Antwerp to Alexandria, foundered off
tho Casquet rocks near the Island of
Aldernoy. Eighteen persons were
drowned.
A co-operative piano factory, tho
stock in which will bo owned by work
meu, will probably be tho result of tho
present lockout in Chicago of tho pixno
and organ workers.
Tho three bons of Mrs. Kate Orr of
Detour, Mich., uged eight, six nnd five
years, were burned to death in a lire
which originated in their home. The
mother was away at tho time.
HAY WARD VERY iL
Condition of Nebraska Senator
Fails to Improve.
IS OUTGROWTH Of HIS OLD ATTACK
A Comultntlon of Physicians Found Ad.
vlauble I'ronouncod n Very Mck
Man, Hut HI Case Not He carded
Honelei Alarming Itcnort.
A Nebraska City dispatch says the
coudltlon of Senator M. L. Haywnrd
whoso Illness dates back a number of
days, cannot be regarded as anything
less than serious. Senator Hnywnrd's
ailment first supposed to be but a slight
indisposition, has not yielded to treat
ment, nnd Tuesday a specialist of Oma
ha was summoned to consult with
local physicians. Dr. Bridges was
asked for an opinion ns to his patient's
condition, nnd replied that he was a
very sick man, but that he did not con
sider ills caso hopeless.
At tho Hayward home the members
of tho senator's family protest against
alarm reports being sent out, andnio
hopeful of early recovery. While his
present illness Is not nn exnet recur
rence of the stroke of apoplexy which
he suffered nt Hrownville last summer,
It is believed to be nn outgrowth of
thnt attack.
Kcpprts from the bedside shortly be
fore midnight Tuesday said the sena
tor was conscious, apparently resting,
and that his condition for the time be
ing need not bo regarded as extremely
critical.
Condition l'rccarlnus. '
Late Tuesday evening word was re
ceived at Omaha from Nebraska City
which indicates that Senator Hayward
is in a most precarious condition, and
that his death is to bo expected at any
time. A consultation of physicians
was held and at its close it was given
out that that the physicians could hold
out no hope whatever of the senator's
permanent recovery, and very little, if
nny, of even a temporary improvement
in his condition.
There is no regular session of the
legislature this winter, nnd in cimj ot
his death the governor will appoint a
successor. It is universally conceded
that in this event Governor Poynter
would name ex-Senator Allen.
THE STATE LAW DEFECTIVE
JudRO Scott STnkcs nn Intcrc.itliiK State
ment About UurRlarlci.
"No, sir, there is no law in Nebraska
making the breaking into n saloon or
a bank n burglary. It is n singular
thing, but it is so. I don't know why
tho statute was left so defective. I
supposo it was a mere oversight. A
man may brenk into a saloon or a ban!;,
but be convicted only for petit or grand
larceny."
This was tho holding of Judge Scott
nt Omaha Tuesday when n habeas cor
pus application was before him. It
was no new announcement, for the
judge had set tho precedent last Feb
ruary nt Papillon.
And It was a Sarpy county case be
fore him in Oranha. Attorney II. ',.
Wedgewood came up from Pa
pillion to say to the court that William
E. Hcaly was in jail unlawfully de
prived of his liberty, and asking that a
writ issue to Sheriff Startzer of Sarpy
county commanding hhn to produce the
prisoner in court. The writ was issued.
Healcy had been arrested for bur
glarizing the raloon of Frank Krctch
mark at Fort Crook, October 1. He
was bound over for burglary by County
Judge Howard of Sarpy. The writ
was asked mainly for tho reason indi
cated, that the prisoner was held fur
what under the 'State law Is not an
offense.
In speaking about the matter further
Judge Scott said that tho buildings
mentioned in tho statute defining bur
glury did not include cither banks or
saloons. Stores are mention, but tho
judge holds that u saloon is not a store,
slneo tho liquor business is under po
lice regulation and is therefore lu u
class distinctly to itself.
THE AUDITORIUM OPENING
Flrl Itosulnr Meeting Will Probably Ho
Htnto Ttnchcr.
Probably the first meeting in tho
Lincoln auditorium after the formal
opening will bo held by the state
teachers association, which will be in
session for n week beginning January
1. In February tho National creamery
buttermakers' association will hold Its
annual convention in the auditorium.
This will be the largest convention
ever held In the city, over 5,000 dele
gates being expected.
Plans for the formal opening have
not yet been perfected, but those in
charge will probably arrange for an
affair similar to the one held at tho
opening of the Kansas City auditorium,
but on u smaller scale.
Despondent over HI health, Charles
E. Sutton, a prominent lawyer of Gal
latin eountyi Montana, committed sui
cide by bhoctlng and hanging.
IlognrduV Funeral. ,
J. N. Bogurdus, tho stockman of Nc
Ugh, who vas asphyxiated at the Mid
land, hotl, Omaha, was burled at
Forest Ltwu. His mother and Charles
Fay, a frend of tho family, arrived in
Omaha Sunday and attended thujj
f unerul No Inquest was held.
Itifuiea the Czar n Foothold.
A sjvclal dispatch from Shanghai
says Ue difference botween Russia and
Japai1 have been .accentuated by Ja
pan' refusal to grant Uussla a foot
holdou tho sea front of Masampo bar
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