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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (July 27, 1900)
hiui iiiiWWNWyiHha,1 "l',t . -. -.. tV9 ltf .l . -JtAJIHWIHIiW tut t. jA mftMasHMK . i l ,- , JPTT-W T !. -, . ' ."T . ft. w&tlKIK0HHMMMNtNN& t) w I "" ' ..? A CHECKERED CAREER A CENTRAL FIGURE OP OEVEN BIQ STRIKES. L'liarle II. Fox Wns Mown Up Heveral Tlmra, Went All Through the Clere ln (I anil HI. I.onl Djnatnltlnir, and beeui to Thrlro on Eiolteiuent. Tho great street car strike nt St. Louis mado conspicuous no more strik ing personality than that of Charles H. Fox, one of the men who stuck to his car through It all and was blown up once by dynamite because of his ad herence to the company's side of tho dispute. Fox has been through no less than seven memorable strikes, and may be aptly termed a professional "anti-striker," for he has Invariably been opposed to the men who were out. In the course of his career Fox has been employed in various capacities, and probnbly takes the palm aB a poly glot workman. Ho has served as mili tiaman, telegraph operator, locomotive engineer, detective, motorman and con ductor through successive labor wars, and In addition he has worked ns printer and painter. Tho othor day after he had been blown up In St. Louis he told tho story of his check ered life as an employe. "I waB a militiaman the first time I wa3 ever called upon to do strike duty a sergeant In Company F, Ninth Pennsylvania," he said. "That was back In the early 90's, when the Home stead strike was on, I got shot at a number of times, but did not have CHARLES H. FOX. any very thrilling experience there. I became a telegraph operator at Lopez, on the Lehigh Valley road, and soon nfterwnrd a strike was called all down the line. Nearly all the operators ex cept myself went out. There aro sev eral big saw mills at Lopez, Pa., and the company did n lot of hauling for them. There were very few engineers, and the company was In n hole. I had had some experience with n locomotive and took charge of one. The strikers made nil sorts of threats, but they did n't do much except to blow us up ev ery now and thon. Ono night some body put soap in tho boiler. An old engineor got hold of the engine, and waa starting out to switch cars. I was In the cab with him. All nt once the boiler let go. It blow Into a thousand pieces and pitched me nnd the en gineer out. but neither of us got a cratch. "I stayed, with the Lehigh for some tlmo, and then went back to my home near Wllkesbarre. I was still a mili tiaman, and soon there was a strike at Lattlmer and we were ordered there. We had a pretty easy time. Strikers got us Interested by bombarding us now and then, but they never really did much damage. "You have heard about tho battlo between tho strikers nnd the deputies thero, I suppose. You remember, a crowd came In to help tho strikers. Tho shorlff with deputies went to order them back. Our regiment was In camp when tho colonel heard of the pros pective meeting between tho strikers and tho deputies. He ordered us out In a hurry, and wo went on tho double quick. Just ns wo got within sight of tho two forces tho firing began. Wo hurried up, but It was all over by tho time we got there. "I did some detective work for awhile, and then, last August, I went to Cleveland, when tho strike thero wns at Its height. I first did detective work and then took n place as motor man. Part of my run wns on the Broadway division. It took us through n thickly settled part of town where before tho strike nlno children hnd been killed by cars In olght days. Tho people wero much angored at the com pany, and when It was given out that the non-union men were Inexperienced and that more deaths wero certain to occur, tho populace turned on us. It was llko running through a hailstorm where tho hallstonna wero bricks, rocks nnd scrap Iron. I was lucky, for tho few licks I got did not amount te much. "In this strike they had some dyna miters who knew their business. They used big charges, and pretty often. After' nwhllo the company and tho street car men got partially together. bo I went back to my homo at Kings ton, Pa, I hadn't been thero long when I got n message from tho Lacka wanna railroad, to report for special duty at Buffalo, Thero wan n strike on that road. I went nnd began work un- t der Chief O'ICcefo. I worked tUro mi- , in u monin ngo, wnen i got n mossaga to come hore. I couldn't come nt once, I as there was some trouble that had to be fretted out at Buffalo. After I had finished that work I came on here and went to work as a motorman. "Things have been pretty easy In St Louis. Of course I was 'blown up' once, but what did It amount to? 1 got a small cut on tho back of my left, hand, and that Is all. Nobody elso got even that much. "Of course the man who takes tht company's side In a strike Is In dan ger, and he has to bo very wide awake, Hut that Is something 1 have been do ing since I was 12 years old. When 1 was 12 I went to work In a country printing ofllce and served a full ap prenticeship. I learned to set typo and all that sort of thing. But I didn't llko the business. Painting struck my fancy, and I took it up. ' 1 Joined the union and worked at tho trade foi some time. Then a little deal -came up between tho mnster painter of ni union and myself. I did not think I was treated right and gave him mj enrd. I haven't worked nt palntlna since. I took up tclographlng next und mado pietty good progress. I got o Job on the Lackawanna, meantime be coming n member of the mllltla nnd a sergeant of my company. I got mar ried, but my wife died a few yean later, when our dnughter was qulU t child. "I haven't cot through nil then strikes without hnvlng 'scrapi. 1 have had my share of them, you cat bet. And It was such a big share thai I would feel pretty easy If I had a dollar for each of them. Hut there aro things for mo to learn yet, aud one of them Is to see thnt my hand Isn't where It can bo humped against n mo tor controller tho next tlmo my car I' blown up." HOLY WAR IN ILLINOIS TOWN. Anil-Saloon Fight In (llranl Dividing Famlllei anil Making Oilier Trouble. An anti-saloon fight at Olrard, 111., li dividing fnmlllea nnd has precipitated a "holy war," with two evangelist! leading the hosts. In tho spring elec tions the church people managed tc elect an antl-llcenso ticket, having a majority of two in tho council. When the night for tho vote on the question of granting the saloon licenses arrived one of the antl-llcenso aldormen wai called from tho city, leaving but oni majority for tho "dry" side. W. 0 Horton, to tho astonishment of over) one, voted in favor of license. Tin wife of one of the aldermen who hat voted against the saloon left him be cause he would not resign from thi council, after they had failed to keei the saloons out. She has since resided with her father. The ministers of tin town secured two evangelists, and s series of revivals have been held. Th alderman has been boycotted and hai sold out his business at a great loss Several damage suits will be Instituted Countri 1'uwned Ileal lljr Legal transactions connected with tho winding up of tho affairs of the late Countess of Castlgllone has dis closed the curious fact that tho famous beauty of the Second Empire, who, af ter tho fall of Napoleon III., shut hor self up In an entresol of tho Place Ven dome, where the light of day was nev er allowed to enter, and which Bho nev er left until her death, hud, during these years of retirement commenced and carried on nn extensive business with the Mont do Pieto of govommont pawnshop administration of Franco. Jewelry of nil kinds to tho value of 5,480 have been pawned, nnd among the articles are gifts now of historic Interest, presented to the Countess by Pope Plo Nono and the Emperor Na poleon III. Tho ndmlnlstrator of the estato has now petitioned for a Judicial order, empowering him to redeem the Jewels on behalf of tho heirs, as It li probable that the valuables will fetch a higher price If sold privately than II they are allowed to be put under tha hommer at tho Mont do Pleto, while, on the other hand, if they nro left in pledge, the expenses In Interest on tin loan, which are considerable, amount ing to 400 a year, will continue to run. DmiKcrouK to Cull u .Mun a lloer. It Is expensive to call a man a IJoei in Great Urltnin nowadays. Tho other day a young Irish girl painted "I am a Uoer" upon a gate belonging to a nurseryman at Wick, near Llttlehnmp ton. Her reason was thnt tho nursery man did not hang out a flag In cele bration of tho relief of Mafeklng, but thlB means of expressing her displeas ure cost her 3 lis 6d In court. The chairman of tho bench said that he would not be called a Boer for 100 adding that tho defendant's conduct might have led to the prosecutor be ing lynched In tho presont stato u public feeling. Cured III Until!. A young theologicnl student whe supplied the pulpit In a Vermont vil lage ono summer, had a habit of em phasizing pronouns which his Instruc tor In elocution had endeavored In vain to correct. Tho Involuntary smiles of his rural congregation ono Sunday, however, worked the chango for which his friends nnd professors had longed. He was reading the thirteenth chapter of First Kings, and on coming to tha twenty-seventh verse, ho said distinct ly: "And he spake to his sons, saying Saddle mo tho ass. Aud they saddled aim." Hlg Wonron, llljj Nam-, One of tho biggest women In thi world Hvch In Greece, nt a little vlllngi near Corinth. Her name Is Vnsslllkl f'nllinudJ! flic Is twenty-two years old, nnd her height Is six feet seven and one-half !nchc3. JULIA HOLMES SMITH. w. Dr. Julia Holmes Smith, who wns re cently nominated for trustee of the Illinois State university. Is one of the best known women In Chicago. For many yenrs she has been a lender among women, nnd has been particularly prominent In club work of various kinds. Dr. Smith was born In Georgia und was twico married, her first husband being Waldo Abbott, the only son of J. S. C. Abbott, tho his torian. Hor medical education was ob tained In the Boston Institute, nnd she has done much for the advancement of the science, particularly nmong women. Many organizations owe their success to her Intelligent and enrncst effort!, says the Chlcngo Times-Herald. She was president of the Political Equal ity League, and was for three years president of the Woman's Club. She Prevented a Panic. . That peaco has Its victories as woll as war and that not nil heroes win their laurels with the sword has been more than once demonstrated by a modest young man named Frank Con lin, whose whistling saved C.U00 lives at Coney Island n few nlghtB ngo, says the New York Evening World. Frank Conllu Is neither very old nor very big, but he has proved that he has strenuous and quick-witted qualities. That the young mnn Is really modest Is proved by the fact that while thous ands me today showering adulation on FRANK CONLIN. his head for his gallantry n few nights ago nnd are raising a purso for him, It all seems Incomprehensible to him. He falls to realize how his simple en deavors at preventing the stampede of a frightened multltudo In Inky dark ness should call forth so much prnlse. All this happened at the fistic con test between Terry McGovern nnd Tommy White nt the SenBldc Sporting club. Tho preliminary bout had Just concluded when the great electric lights, flickered, then went out, leaving Its great arena In darkness. A hush fell on tho crowd. Every one expected the lamps would soon relight, and there was lit t lo excitement. But as the seconds passed and there was no sign of the expected Illumination fear and a sense of Impending disaster spread fear over all. Murmuis of dread were heard on every side. A thousand oxcltod spectators struck matches In nn effort to find tho exit. A panic wbb near. 'From a dark cor ner of the big auditorium came tho notes of a popular air whistled by an adept. There were a thousand persons In that assembly who nt onco recog nized that whlstlo. They had heard those some shrill but pleasant notes nt all of tho big sporting events ?vr held Wt7wwmm7mamssi&mL .& 5St E)m Mm c&Tnni vrvrc$Mry?vrv') j was also tho organizer and the firs president of tho Woman's Medical As soclatlon, and Is nt present tho sec rotnry of ono of the burenus of thi American Institute of Homeopathy Other organizations of which sho Is member and In which she hns dono ex cellent work nro tho Association foi tho Advnnccmemnt of Women, Acad amy of Physicians and Surgeons' and the Illinois Homeopathic Association She Is a director of the Illinois Tiulnlng School for Nurses. Dr. Smith has con tributed many valuable articles to pe riodicals, among the bait known being the series in "Common Sense in the Nursery." These wero printed In tbe New York Ledgor somo years ago nnd havo since been put Into book form Sho hns been a resident of Chlcugr since 1876. N noar Now York. Thoy heard nnC paused In their search for tho exits It was an old tunc thnt Conlln struck up, but it carried with it confidence. II was soothing nnd saving. Instantly thousands on tho point of Joining In a mnd rush for tho doors wero stayed. "On tho Banks of tho Wabash Far Away," echoed through tho great hall. Tho crisis was passed. A stampod had been averted. When Conlln fin ished ho wna greeted with rounds of ap plnuse. Loud demands enmo for un encore. There wns nbsoluto quiet ns ho rounded out tho melody, "There's a Light In tho Window." Tho crowd was insatiate, and song nftcr song wus demnnded and given with a will in tuneful succession until tho ropertolro included the "Blue nnd tho Gray," tho "Moth nnd tho Flame," "II Trovatore," tho Intermezzo from "Cavallerla Rus ticana,' and Just as tho light ngain gleamed forth overhead und McGovern mado his appearance the whistler was warbling the "Wearing of tho Green," to which tho great throng was beating a heel and too tattoo. Even Champion McGovern hlmsolf gracefully acknowledged that tho ap plause which broke looso at this point wiib not for him alono nnd ho bowed first to tho throng and then in tho di rection or Whistler Conlln. After tho battlo Conlln received the congratulntlons of many who realized tho merit of his prompt and quick-witted preventative of a panic. Itiiil (or I-miillem. Ono of tho last bills which passed Congress opens to Hettlement tho Ki owa, Comanche, and Apacho Indian reservation In southeastern Oklahomu. The government Is to pay tho Indians, 12,000,000, one-fourth In cosh, the other three-fourths to remain in tho Trensury drawing C por cent Interest. Tho number of ncrcs open to settlers will bo over 1,600,000, which will glvo spnee for about 10,000 farms of 160 acres each, though not all tho lund Is of value for farming purposes. Tho opening of this reservation Is another Htep toward Inducing the Creoks.Chor okees, Sominoles.ChoctawB nnd Chlck asaws to tako up lands In severalty. When this Is dona tho old Indian Ter ritory can be united to Oklahoma and becomo a prosperous state. Will Ilollil In WnNlilucton. In the French Chamber of Deputies the government hns Just introduced n' credit of 1,310,000 francs to erect an embassy building at Washington. Thq construction nnd furnishing uro esti mated to cost about 915,000 francs, and tho purchase of tho ground about 400, 000 francs. Deinind for Old Unrig-?. At tho opening of overy presidential campaign thero is always a big domantf for collection of campaign badges, atnto nnd nntlonal, used in tho campaigns of tho past. A MURDER MYSTERY. TWO ARRESTS MADE THRliE YEARS AFTER In Connection with the llmlnl Killing of Money Lender Iteeil nmt IIU HUter nt North AtUmt, Mm. UUlorjr of the Crluiis After a lapse of almost thrco years a Rtrenuous effort Is being made to solvo tho mystery of the brutal killing of Henry F. Iteed nnd his slstor, Blnucho M. Heed, who wero found murdered In their homo In North Adams, Mass., on August 7, 1897. Two arrests hao been mndo and tho canes of tho prisoners nro Alexander Grunt and David King, both of Clarksburg, will soon come up for a hearing. Tho murder of tho Hoods was it most cold-blooded affair and tho mo tives for It, so far uh the public Is concerned, aro still unknown. Heed cnnio to that plnco nearly thir ty years ngo, and engaged In the musi cal Instrument business, In which ho mado considerable money. Eight years beforo his tragic end ho bought u hoiiRo on a lnno leading off Hidden street, near tho center of the city. Here ho conducted n regular pawnbroker's business. Ho would advanto monoy on nny kind of an nitlelo brought to him, und after n tlmo ho began taking up mortgages In tho country districts. Ho was close and exacting, nnd it.it urally his business mado hint enemies. His sister, who kept house for him, hnd his characteristics. With both gold wiih their god. Their lives were centered In their biiHlncss, for the Hisler could mnkn its sharp n dual as her brother aud was equally Interested hi tho conduct of affairs, Their homo was n regular curio shop, whoreln was stored n vast variety of articles, and It was always open. Peo ple cnlled tholr at all hours of the day mi night and Heed was over wilting HENRY F. REED. to make n dicker with anyone, black or white, sober or drunk, provided ho could get tho best of tho doal. Owing to the frequency with which ncoplo cnlled at tho Reed place at un seemly hours, tho neighbors paid but littlo attention to such visitors. And thus when shortly nfter midnight on August 0, 1897, Mrs. David Falrllold, n neighbor, saw a man seated In it bug gy driving up tho lnno from tho Reed place sho paid but littlo attention to It at tho tlmo. The buggy wns follow ed at a abort dlstunco by it man on foot. Soon nfterwnrd other peoplo saw a buggy, In which wore seated two mon driving off lit tho direction of Clarksburg. This Incident has a greater signifi cants on tho forenoon of August 7, when It wna discovered that Reed and his sister had been murdored. At 11 o'clock on that day Hiram Tenney, who had somo business to trnnsnet with Hoed, called at tho houso, but 'could get no response to his ropoatcd knocking. Ho notified David Fair field, who lived nearby, and together thoy entered tho Reed house, Lying on a bed In a room downstairs they found tho body of Heed. Tho head had been pounded almost to a Jelly und In tho mouth was n gag of coarse cloth. Nearby was a wooden mnllot with .which tho murder had been accom plished. After tho police had been notified a further search was mado of tho houso and on tho landing upstairs wns tho body of Miss Heed. Sho had been shot Jour times. Three of tho bullets hav ng tnken effect In her head, and tho (fourth In her shoulder. She hud ovl jllently been aroused by the noise mado In killing her brother nnd was about ,maklng her way down stairs when tho murderer was upon her. Tho bullets iwero fired nt such close ran go that hor (face was burned with tho powdor. Im mediately after the commission of tho crime tho stato pollco wore called In to help unrnvel tho caso. Every mun who had tho slightest dealings with tho murdered man was examined but practically no light was thrown upon tho mysterious murder. An aggre gate reward of $1,500 was offered for information In the matter, but It boro no fruit. Tho latest work on tho caso has been done by Detective Dunham of tho stato police, who camo thoro at tho Instiga tion of tho nttornoy gonoral. Lawyer Mark E. Couch has ulso given tho caso much uttontlon over since tho commission of tho crlmo, nnd some tlmo ago enlisted tho support of At tornoy General Kuowlton, For a long tlmo past tho prisonors, Grant and King, havo been closely wntchod, nnd their nrrest was not much of a surprise Tho stato clnlms to havo a strong caso against thorn nnd between twonty-flvo nnd thirty witnesses will bo cnlled on behalf of tho peoplo when tho case comes up. Aloxunder King nnd David Grant aro tint Ives of Scot land. Tho latter camo lo Newport, It. iaa. BBBBBBBBBHBiPVs ' l"" aanT-"" I clovon years ngo nnd thero mot, King, who hnd boon In this country six years. Both became Insepnrablo com panions nnd tour years ago thoy lo cated In North Adams. Grant purchas ed h farm at Clarksburg from Rood for $1,300 nnd on this there was n mort gage for $1,2G0. Grant wna to pay for tho property In small Bums, At tha tlmo of tho murder Grant, who was a baker by trndo, was employed In it shop and King, who mado his noma with Grant, was employed In tho Ar nold print works. Thoy drove togeth er to tho city ovory morning nnd Grant stabled his horso In Heed's bnrn. At tho tlmo of tho murder tho print woiks wero running until 10 p. m., so that Grant, who quit work at 4 P. m., nnd thon drovo to hla farm, usually returned nt a Into hour to con vey King home. On the ovonlng pre ceding tho discovery of tho murder Grunt snys that he did not return to North Adams for King; thnt tho latter walked homo and thnt ha (Grant) did not lenvo his house after supper, so that ho could not have committed tho murder. Tho stalo, howevor, claltna to havo ninny witnesses who will swear that they saw both King and Grant In tho city Into thnt night. Tho stato will also show that tho object of tho cilmo wns robbery, ns Grant, tho prosecution will claim, was uwaro that Heed had money In his hmmo. There Is ono thing that tho friends of Grant adduce In his favor. Tho mortgage on tho property ho had purchased from Heed wan not recorded and nothing was known of It until Orant, unaskod, Htepped forward and gave Information about It. CONTADINI EXCITED. (Ilrl Unlit t'onterae with Ainrltlon of Virgin. A trivial event In the little vlllngo of Allce-Hollecolo, near Acqul, In south-eastern Piedmont, hnH recently been the cause of great excitement among the contndtnl of tho district. Tho fourteoii-ycar-old daughter of a poor widow was nont by her mother to gather clover on n vlneynrd slopo. Tho girl Boon returned with a pale face und tho now that while sho was gathering tho clover tho Virgin np-" poared to her nnd klsBed hor lightly on tho mouth llko a breath of wlnd Tho peasnnts at onco believed tho girl? and from thnt moment tho littlo vll- lage haw been besieged by thousands of blind, crippled and consumptive people. At an early hour overy morn ing tho young girl goes to tho vlne ynrd and, apparently In a state of un consctoun ecstasy, holds converse with tho Madonna, whose wishes nnd com mands hIip then announces In a quiet voice to tho kneeling throngB around her. A smnll chupol Is now being built where the first appearance la said to have occurred. Somo of tho peas ants who dareil to doubt tno trutn of tho girls' stntement. huvo been mal treated, whllo tholr houses wero de stroyed and thon razed to tho ground. The excitement among the country people grows moro and more; only a few nights ngo nearly 12,000 people passed tho night on tho IiIUb round the village, and their singing could be heurd for miles. Tho prosaic prefect lain ordorod a battalion of Infantry to proceed to tho sceno of tho reported nppnrtlon. Ex. Chliirie Knt Frlrneeil Dojf. At n grand dinner tho Chlneso be gin with sweetmeats and conclude with soup. They sit sometimes at tablo for five or six hours, with a midway Interval or recess, during which bowls aro brought 1n nnd the members of tho party wbbIi their hands and heads In hot water. Frlc nseed dog Is a favorite dish, a special breed of poodles being raised for eat ing purposes. Stowed rat Is another delicacy, and tho Chinese aro also fond of eggs when they have passed, the point where even the cold storage man could call them fresh. Sharks' flus, bird nostB, peacocks' livers, green ginger, cocks' combs, nnd fowls' hearts and brain aro dishes wjjlch might bo found on tho menu of a high-class Chlneso banquet. Dinner to a Clilciieo (llrl. Paris Cable Now York Journal: Tho Muhnruja of Kapurthdla gavo n dinner at tho Elyseo Palaco Hotel In honor of Daisy Inciter und her sister, it was onn of tho most sumptuous affairs ever given In Paris. Tho tablo deco rations wero of the rarest flowers nnd tho menu contnlned tho choicest dishes tho chef could devise. Tho dinner wus given In return for cour tesies shown to the Maharaja in In dia by Iord and Lady Curson. Both Kupurthula nnd his companion, an other Indian Prince, wore innumer able decorations, nnd their blazing Jewels mado a gorgeous appearance. Tho Mnharnja Is reported, to have flvo wives with him visiting the exhibi tion. lllver Give Up Iteml. The bodies of eleven colored long shoremen were the other day recovered from the Elizabeth river, nenr Norfolk, Va., by ill edging. Tho bodies wore of men who were thrown overboard and drowned whon tho Merchants' and Miners' passenger stoamer Essox.bound for Providence, crashed Into an Old Do minion Steamship company's bargo nnd sank It. Nlnety-threo men are known to have been aboard the barge, nnd It Is now bellovod that others wero aboard whoso presence wero not then known of, Detroit Jnurnul Ilurned Out. Flro tho othor day gutted the build-' Ing occupied by the Detroit (Mich.) Journal and destroyed tho mechanical, business and editorial outfit of tho pa per, with the exception of tho prosses, which sustained only water damage. Tho total loss Is placed at about $75,-000, "fl L ni4 H.("1 WfHifll- f-' tr9jj l-HilWt I fin in' ' im i .aU u S mmmwm sr&"nwttm ft",-BWI