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    Red Cloud Chief.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
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FIRE AT FAIRMONT
Big Businoss Building and Stock
Destroyed.
TOTAL LOSS OF 525,000 NTAILID
Th Merctmnl I'ltrlly I'rolccUd by In-
uranro A Murrain County Farmer
MnU m Violent lUath Other
Nawi of Important Nature.
Fire broke out last TliurBdnj' In the
Hansom b'ock, lit Fairmont totally,
dcHtroylriff the building and most of
thednitf stock of (). E. Miller A. Ck).,'
the hardware store of It. (). Hall, and
(lamnglnfr the stock of Mrs. M. L.'.
(Jarcynnd W. h. StIleB, Mr Oarey, .!.
V. Horner, dentist, and I). F. N. Ash-'
y occupied the upper story, the for
mer as a dwelling and the latter two
as ofilct'R. They lost everything. The.
total lo&s will reach 82.',(KK), 913,000 on
building, which was I bsu red for S5,0OO.'
R. G: Hall, 95,000; InsuUu'ce, fOOO;,
Mr. Oarey, insurance 9500 Jlorney, 91,;
000, Insured; Miller &, Co., 94,500, in-'
sured, Dr. Ash by only carried abouti
9500. Mr. Stiles has ample insurance!
to cover his lossf Two buildings north
of the brick block were torn down by
the falling'walla. '
THROWN 'UNDER WHEELS
Farmer In llaffalo t'onntjr Meet Violent
, Death.
Partlculnra have been received re
garding the sudden death of Henry,
Hoflf, a farmer living four and & half
miles nortHWst of I'leasantOn, Neb.
Mr. Huff had been 'to town with a load.
of hogs. It eeeius he had driven to
the pasture on his return home and,
hud got out to close the gate, first
throwing the brake on the hind wheels
and neglecting to throw it off was
thrown from the wagon aftor going
some distance uud was caught by the
hind wheels and dragged to death.
Mr. HofT was about tlfty years old and
leaves a wife and adopted daughter.
Axed Couple Dlei Together.
The funeral of Samuel Overcash and
wife was held at Crete, Neb. They
were both very old and had expressed
the desire to die at the same time and
their wish was fulfilled, lloth died
the surne day from the Infirmities of,
age ond were burled in the same grave
and coflln. They were the father and
mother of 8. F. Overcash of Crete, one
of the founders of the Crete Democrat.
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Mft-htnlnK NUrU Fire.
During a thunder storm at Western,
Neb., lightning struck Ralph liousull'a
barn and it burned tothe ground with
its contents, three tons of hay, over
fonr hundred bushels of grain, a
I'Hfflfy. three sets of harness, and
three or four valuable horses. There
was no insurance. The loss is esti
mated at 91,200.
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Ntrut'k by Nnownllile.
A terrible accident is just reported
to have occurred on the Colorado .t
Northwestern rond near ltoulder, Col.
Two big engines attached to a pas
senger train coming from Ward to
lloulder were struck by a Urge snow
slide and hurried into tho chasm bc
low. Four trainmen were killed.
Foremen Soli Nltaatlons.
A strike was begun at the factory of
the Hood Rubber company at East
Watertown, Mass. Home of the em
ployes say that nearly 1,000 went out.
There was no trouble. The strike is
over grievances, chief of which is the
alleged practice of foremen lu selling
situations, mostly to Armenians.
IHicover lied nf Iron.
A new manganese iron ore field has
been found south of Little (irand,
Utah, on the Rio Grande Western.
The report is that E. T. Wolverton, a
veteran prrospector. while searching
for copper stumbled upon an extinct
crater from which hod overflowed vast
quantities of manganese iron.
Child Fall on Thenn.
The fourtcen-nionths-ohl child of
(leorge Rice, living southwest of Hil
dreth, Neb., fell with its face on the
open points of a pair of scissors. The
blades penetrated the brain, between
the eyes, killing the child instantly.
The accident occurred while the moth
er was at work ut thu sewing machino
llaron Fava Officially Retired.
King Victor Emmanuel has 6igiicd
the royal decrees placing llaron Fava,
late Italian ambassador to the United
States, on the retired list ntid ap
pointing Marquis Carbonara dt Mulas
plul his successor at Washington.
NEWS IN BRIEF
The slx-year.old son of Hurt Hrady
of Itelmont, Nob., fell from a horse and
fractured a leg.
J. K. Lamsley of Lowell, O., drowned
himself in the waters of the Muskin
gnm river near .anesvllle. It is re
ported he was short in his accounts.
The five largest stationery engine
manufacturing companies in the Unit
ed States are to be consolidated into
one big combine with a capital of 925,
000,000. Andrew Miller, a rich farmer living
near Minerva, O., was shot from be
hind while climbing the stairs to the
hayloft in his burn. Ills ussallant is
unknown.
At Chicago Charles Sweeney, local
agent for the Worth tobacco company
of Lexington, Ky., killed" his wife and
then took his own life. The couple
had been separated for some time.
ENGINES CRASH TOGETHER
llead-Knd Collision on the Florence
Cripple Creek Road.
A head-end collision between a pas
senger train and a light engine oc
curred ou the Florence St Cripple Creek
road near Florence, Col. Six persons
were injured. They are:
Hugh Conway, fireman on passenger,
left foot crushed.
James' McLaren, engineer bn passcn-
gcr, severely cut about ncad, neck and
bhouldors.
Engineer Mason, cut about face.
John llrown, conductor of passenger
train, back badly wrenched.
F. W. Terry, Denver, chest crushed.
Charles L. Spraguci, newspaper man,
Atlanta, On., nose broken and cut
about head.
The accident occurred on a sharp
curve. A light engine was coming
from Cripple Creek and was trying to
make tho siding at Oro 'Junction. Iloth
engines were entirely demolished.
FAVORS A NEW ROAD.
Omaha (Jlvet Kneouragement to I'ropoted
F.mporla Air I.lne.
At a mnss meeting af the citizens of
Omaha, Neb., the proposition of the
KaniM Southern o'ffldiala for'an Omaha
Emporia Air Line was accepted. The
promoters made the desired concessions
that the name Omaha be nlnopd flrat In
the title of the road, and that the
anops and headquarters be located in
Omaho, In return It is advised bv tin.
citizens to vote 9250,000 in bonds to be
delivered when tho rood is completed.
William Allen White and other speak
ers Pointed OUt thnt in pnnnirtlnir nlth
the Santa Fe and MUsouri, Kansas &
J.exas at htnporia a new gateway to
the gulf would be opened.
HEAVY SNOW IN KENTUCKY
Follow! Rain of Two Dnyt and Con.
sequent FreiheU.
A Mlddlesboro, Ky., dispatch says:
A heavy snow storm visited eastern
Kentucky on the mth. Two .!..
licavyrain preceded the snow storm
nnu Drought on freshets in Towell's
valley which rendered twenty families
homeless in that section. Tho mri.
crop probably will be killed.
WANT PRESIDENT TO COME
Dubuque Urand Army Kncampment Ki
tend Invitation.
The committee on invitation and
Senator Alllhnn nml fiiud... 11 1--
- "I'vuinji ueuuer
Bon have asked President McKinley
to visit the Orond Army of the Republio
encamnment thu ii ,). i 1
At is believed he will accept.!
TORNADO STRIKES HAMLET
Several Homei Dematlihed and One Man
Fatally Injured.
The hamlet of lili.,.iv., 1.-1.
atruck by a tornado and several houses
were demolished. Jahn Peters was
fatallvinjared.andVilUamook seri-ously-tiurl.
Peters' house was com
plctuly demolished.
Fuuther Talk of I'eaee.
London Sun. confirming i,u
The
report that the peace negotiations be
tween Lord Kitchener and the Roer
general have been renewed, suggests
that something is likely to be effected
during Sir Alfred Milner's absence.
The paper also says that the govern
ment Is divided as to who will flU sir
Alfred's place. Hotha is again actlne
as a go-between.
Concede! All Demand!.
The Chicago'Orcat Western railroad
baa conceded all the demands made
by the international machinists' asso
ciation, thus ending the possibility of
a strike. The demands included a 0
hour day, a minimum wage scale of 29
cent an hour and several concessions
in connection with apprentice regula
tions. Under the old system the min
imum scale varies from 20 to 27 cents.
One Grievance Removed.
At & meeting of the Irish cattle trad
ers association in Dublin the secre
tary annqunccd that he had ascertain
ed on good authority that the war of
fice had decided that in future, troops
stationed in Ireland should be supplied
with Irish meat only, instead of for
eign, thus removing a substantial Irish
grlevauce.
Coal Company Iluys Ijknd.
The deal by which the Empire Coal
Mining company comes into possession
of 80,000 acres of coal land in Belmont
county, O., was consummated at Wheel
ing, W. V. The aggregate Bum paid
is given as 91,250,000.
Killing Follow! old Feud.
Owen Hrodley, a prominent trainer
and owner of famous race horses, was
shot and killed by William Nicholas
at Lexington, Ky. Roth are of prom
inent families. The cause was an old
fued.
Killed In m Snowsllde.
At Telluride, Cal., & snowslido car
ried away the bunk and boarding
house of the Alta mine. Richard
Prendergast, the cook, lost his life.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
John Pruyn of Grand Rapids, Mich,,
who lost 940,000 in the Nllcs bank
failure has become insane.
David II. Creech, a Jackson, Mich,,
capitalist, aged seventy years, shot his
wife on the street, firing four bullets
into her head, neck and mouth. Mrs.
Creech was forty years old and was
married to Creech about twelve years
ugo. Previously she had been his
housekeeper. They had lived unhap
pily. The Bhooting waB the result of
divorce secured by Mrs. Creech.
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Mildred
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K Y THE
CHAPTER VliL (Continued.)
Just then the door opened and Mil
dred entered. She came In swiftly,
and advanced so rapidly toward the
chlmncy-plece that, until she was with
in a foot of him, she was not aware of
his presence there, and acknowledged
her surprise by n sudden start and ex
lamatlon of alarm.
"I beg your pardon," he said; "I did
not mean to frighten you."
Even (in he spoke a wild determina
tion to know the worst from her own
lips without loss of time seized upon
him.
"I camo for n book," explained Mil
dred, hurriedly. "Ah, here It Is! In
confusion I hardly remembered whero
I had left It."
"Can you spare mo n few minutes?"
asked Denzll, without giving himself
liberty to think further.
"Certainly," answered Mildred, in a
tono of marked surprise. "Out do you
not think that another time would be
more convenient? You Bee" glancing
at tho clock "how late It Is? Tho
ball will commence In less than half
an hour, and we shall not be ready."
"I will not detain you long," he said
two or three minutes at the furthest.
Indeed, a few words will comprise all
that I have to say. You must have
seen" desperately "you must know
for yourself "
"Stay," cried Mildred, faintly "do
not go -on! You have said enough
believe me '
"It Is too late now to stop me," In
terrupted Denxll, pnBslonately. "I
must go on and tell you tho one
thought that occupies me day and
night. Reject me despise me, If you
will, only hear me."
To this, although he waited as If In
expectation, she made no answer. Per
hups, had she then once more forbid
den him, he might forever have held
his peace. But she kept complete
alienee.
They formed a curious picture,
stondlng there In the old-fashioned
dresses they had not had time to re
move; Denzll in white satin hreeches
and rich ruffles and carefully-powdered
hair, Miss Trovnnlon as "La Valllere."
with her trailing embroidered satin
robe, her fair hnlr oIbo thinly pow
dered, and her soft white arms half
bared.
Encouraged by her speechlessness,
Denzll spoke again
"I love yon." he said, simply. "I am
only telling you what yon have known
all along am I not? And yet, even to
myself, whon put Into language, It
seems qulto different tho words sound
so poor and cold. Is it altogether hope
less, Mildred? Is there any chance
for me?"
She had moved a few steps backward
as he began speaking, and now stood
supporting herself by one hand, resting
on the tnhle. Sho had lowered her eycH
and fixed them on the ground, and ap
peared calm enough though he made
no response to his Inst appeal,
"Olve me my answer," ho said.
"You should not have gone on," sho
observed nt length, her tono ,low but
nngry. "I forbade you to do so. It
was unfair to compel me to listen
whon you knew I wished neither to
hear nor to understand. "
"Give me my answer." he said ngaln.
"Whnt answer can I give?" she
asked, with n slight Impatient move
ment of the hand near him. "Better
would It be to nsk for none. I warned
you before. Be satisfied now, and leave
me."
"Give me my answer," he said for
the third time, sternly. "I will take it
from your own lips now."
"Then, as you will havo It," she
rrled, losing all moderation, "take
from my own lips 'No.' "
There waB a long pause. Denzll'B
tnro wnft us whltf as death. Miss Tr.--
ranlon's scarcely less so; while the
hand thnt lay upon the table appeared
bloodless from the Intensity with
which she leaned upon it.
"Do you say that because my father
earned his money by trade?" asked
Denzll, slowly.
"It cannot matter now," she an
swered, roldly.
"Yea, It does," he went on, excitedly;
"and I believe, from my heart, thnt
that Is the reason. I believe that, lov
ing you as 1 do, 1 could In time havo
mado you return my love hnd not your
wretched pride stepped In to prevent
It. Or enn It he true what I hnvo
heard said that you would at any risk,
willingly sell yourself to gain a tlUe?
If I could bring myself to think tnat
of you If that were possible Tell
mo, Mildred Is It the truth?"
"I do not understand you," said Mil
dred, haughtily. "I will listen to no
more of your questioning, sir. Let me
puss."
"It Is true, then!" he exclaimed, pas-
slonatoly, seizing her hand to detain
her. "You do not deny It! And you
will sacrifice yourself to obtain pos
session of n mere position? I Imagined
you Incapable of such a thing; but see
how mistaken wo all are tn tho Idols
we Bet up! I am thankful I was dis
illusioned In time, I am glad yes,
glad you have refused me; a'a wom
an who could so barter away her heart
Is not worthy to he the wife of any
honest man."
Mildred was trembling with anger.
"That will do." she said. "You need
not say another word. It you were to
think forever, you could never Bay
Anything worse than that "
Indignantly she drew away her fin-
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gera from his clasp as she spoke, and
with the action a small turquols brace
let fell to the ground. Involuntarily
Denzll Rtoopcd to pick it up, and, aa
sho held out her hand to repossess her
self of It, he slipped It round her arm
and fastened It thero once more. Then,
a reckless feeling coming over him,
and the small white hand he loved
with such hopeless fondness being ho
well within his reach, he bent his head,
and pressed a tender, despairing, lin
gering kiss upon It, after which he
almost flung It from him and walked
away.
Whnt a snd, final farewell It seemed
to him! As for Mildred, she made no
further sign, but left the room as
noiselessly as she had entered It.
In the hall she encountered Mabel,
radiant and white-robed, who said:
"Whut not yet dressod. Mildred 7"
And Mildred answered, "I shall
bo down presently," qulto calmly, and
then went on to her room.
But, when the door woa closed, and
securely fastened, an awful sense of
desolation fell upon her. For the first
time In her llfo sho felt what It wai to
be alone. What had she done? What
was It she had thrown away forevor
and ever? She sunk upon her knees
by her bed, and, burying her head in
the clothes, cried as If her heart would
break.
e e e e
When Mildred came downstairs, the
ball was at its height. Denzll was
there, as rnlm ns ever, and apparently
in excellent spirits, at the end of the
room, conversing with her mother and
old Blount. He was laughing, but his
mirth was not overstrained, neither
was his manner In any wise different
from what It usually was; and, In
deed, only one Intimately acquainted
with him would have noticed a certain
bright gleam and glitter In hlB eyes
which betokened fevcrlshness. Ho did
not look toward the door, or In any
way falter In his conversation when
Mildred entered. Lady Caroline saw
her, however.
"Ah, there is Mildred nt last!" she
snld. "Whnt n time tho child hns
taken to dress; and how white she
looks! I hope she has not been over
exciting herself."
"Tableaux are about the moRt fa
tiguing things I know," said Donzll,
quietly, looking, not where Mildred
stood, while Bomebody was inscribing
his name upon her card, but straight
Into Iatly Caroline's eyes.
"So they are," returned her ladyship
to Denzll, In all good faith; "and Mil
dred Is not too strong. Now that I see
Mildred," she went on a little later,
"I bpgan to wonder where Mabel can
be. I have not noticed her amongst
the dancers since first she came in."
Here she elevated her glasses to take
nn anxious maternal survey of the
room. Mabel was nowhere tn Hlght.
"Where can sho have gone to?" ex
claimed her mother; and Just at that
moment her glance fell on the cur
tains thnt draped the window at the
lower end of the aparatment. They
wore slightly parted, and through tho
opening could be seen the balcony be
yond, and on the balcony a glimpso of
a white dress.
"That must be Mabel," decided her
ladyship Impatiently. "How extreme
ly foolish of her thus to expose her
self In a thin light dress to tho win
tery air! Who is with her?"
"My nephew, I fancy," said old
Blount.
"Mubel Is behaving most Imprudent
ly," observed Lady Caroline with as
much austerity In her tone as sho was
capable of. "She will have half tho
county tnlklng of her presently; and
thero Is old Lady Atherlelgh at this
very Instant with her spectacles on,
peering in their direction. Mr. Younge,
will you go and tell Mabel that I want
to speak to her directly."
"My dear Iidy Caroline," returned
Denzll, "It goes to my heart to refuse
you anything, even the smallest trifle;
but Just consider what you have asked
mo to do. Were I to Interfere as you
wish me, I should call down bo many
secret bad wishes and Indignant looks
upon my head that I have no doubt In
the world the consequences would be
Intnl."
He laughed pleasantly as he spoke;
but old Blount, who had been listening,
did not laugh at nil, keeping prema
turely grave.
"My denr mndam." he said, "why In
terfere at all? The lad Is a good lad
nnd n handsome lad, and will come In
for all I have when I am gone. Let
them alone."
So Mabel and Roy were let alone to
follow their own devices, and conse
quently enjoyed their evening to the
utmost.
Miss Sylverton, having danced seven
times consecutively with Charles Tre
vanlon, was feeling perfectly content
ed and at peace with herself and all
the rest of tho world: while Mildred,
pale and beautiful, with a disturbed
heart and restless mind, danced and
laughed half the night with Lord Lyn
don only to return to her room, when
tho ball had terminated, dissatisfied,
weary aud unsettled.
CHAPTER IX.
A week later, and the Youngcs, hav
ing bidden their adieus, had gone on
their way homeward to the North
all except Denzll, who had consented,
at the urgent request of Charles and
Hddle Trevanlon, to remain four day
longer, in consideration of a hunt de
clared to be coming off within thnt
period at somo particularly affected
"meat."
It had come off, and It was now In
deed Dentil's last night at King's Ab
bott for somo time to come. Ho had
been shooting steadily all the morning,
with the rigorous intention of warding
off all cares and vexations that might
arise to harass and disturb his mind;
but as tho night drew on, and tho hour
of departure appronched more closely,
his self-imposed sternness gave way,
and he began painfully to understand
how bitterly ho should miss tho sight
of the cold, exquisite face of Mildred
Trevanlon during tho two months
that must elapse beforo ho could avail
himself of the pressing Invitation he
had received from Sir George and Lady
Caroline, to come and stay with them
again as soon as ever Christmas should
bo over their heads.
"So you are really about to leave us
to-morrow?" said Frances Sylverton.
"I can scarcoly bring mysolf to believe
It, You have made yourself so com
pletely one of us that I do not know
how we arq to got on until we see you
again."
"Is that from your heart?" asked
Denxll, lightly, but with an under
stratum of extreme earnestness. "When
I Am far away I shall llko to believe
it was." Then, changing his tone to
one somewhat lower, ho added, "For
myself f CAnnot bearo think.- of this
time to-morrow evening; all will be
so changed, so different."
"And so you have actually made up
your mind to go by the early train, Mr.
Younge?" called, out Miss Doverlll.
from an opposite sofa.
"Yes," answered Denzll; "I must
start early, whether I like It or not, a
I have particular business to transact
in London to-morrow, and havo let it
run to the very last day."
"Well, the best of such decisions Is,"
went on Miss Deverlll, "one gets over
one's last speeches and adleuB the night
before, and so enn commence the jour
ney In the morning free and unfet
tered." "I should call that the worst of It,
not tho best," said Miss Sylverton,
softly. "I could not bear to leave a
house with no one ready to bid me
'good-by,' or to wish me a pleasant
Journey."
"There are two sides to every ques
tion," answered Denzll, somewhafsad
ly. "Taking Miss Deverlll's view of
the matter, you see you escape bidding
final adieus, that might perhaps In
many cases wring the heart."
"But still, as final farewells must be
said one time or the other, I think I
should prefer them at the vory last mo
ment," said Frances. "Confess now,
that you would always like somo one to
give you your breakfast, and say a
kindly word to 'you before starting."
"Well, yes, I confess I should like
it," responded Denzll; "but, when one
chooses to get up at such An uncon
scionable hour as half-past six, one
must suffer the attendant penalties."
"I will give you your breakfast to
morrow morning, Mr. Younge, if you
wish it," broke in Mildred's voice, calm
and sweet.
Denzll started an expression of In
tense doubting astonishment passed
over his face. Ho raised his eyes, and
gazed steadfastly nt her.
Mildred herself appeared perfectly
unmoved, hor features being as com
posed as though no such unexpected
words had fallen from her lips. Her
fingers steadily unpicked the stitch
that had somehow gone wrong In her
woolwork, and did not even tremble in
tho act.
Denzll tried hard to find somo suit
able words in which to clothe his ap
preciation of her unwonted graclous
ness, and to beg that, for his sake, sho
would not put herself to such An incon
venience but in vain; his brain
seemed in confusion, and he could only
mutter "Thank you" In a hurried, un
natural manner, quite foreign to bis
usual courteous self.
(To be continued.)
E ATI NO AND BODILY HEALTH.
Two French Medical Investigators Be
lieve We Eat to Die.
Doubt as to whether we eat to Hvo
or eat to die has been dispelled by cer
tain French medical Investigators, who
have proved to their own satisfaction
that we eat to die. One of these scien
tists recently read a paper before the
Academy of Medicine, In which he ad
vanced tho theory that appendicitis In
often the result of Intestinal poisoning
caused by influenza. Another investi
gator in discussing tho same subject
declared that tho disease is cauBed by
worms or other parasites that aro
swallowed with raw fruits and vege
tables and In impure water. Two oth
er French Investigators have discov
ered by test that rabbits which have
been compelled to fast for a week ara
proof against tho attacks of bacilli In
jected Into their systems, while ra)blt
thst hAve received their regular ratlonB
quickly succumb to dlsuaso. This Is
probably explained by the theory that
the digestive agents of the body whon
not employed In the assimilation of
nourishment from food will bo In fight
ing trim for the task of "doing up"
any microbes that may enter their
bailiwicks. Prophylactic action In lino
with this theory would destroy the
business of the butchers, grocers and
bakers durlug times of epldemlr, but
It would also destroy tho tasters In the
course of time, and thus prove the
converse of the dictum that wo eat
to die, There is no doubt as to the ill
effects of over-eating; nni opinion is
goneral that humanity is inclined to
eat too much. Tho investigations of
the French scientists have neither re
moved doubt as to the real cause of
appendicitis nor made It clear that
humanity cab escape the omnipresent
microbe by habitual fasting, Milwau
kee Wisconsin.
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