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Red Cloud Chief.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
KD CLOUD. - NHMtASKA
There Ib a sweeping movement on
loot to organize a broom trust.
Tho Btiltnn hnH again promised to
do Rood. It's n way tho sultan has.
Think nfl kindly ns you run of tho
morqultoen. They work whllo you
tlccp.
Germany Is beginning to think tho
auto Invasion worse than tho Ameri
can Invasion.
Lucky Ih tho Chinese diplomat who
comes to this country. It Is not only
mora sociable, but safer.
An tho late Horace Hlglow would
pay, tho underpinning of Venlco Is
purty consld'blo out of J'lnt.
Somo persons might think that ent
Ing fifty cnrB of green corn wnu about
us pleasant a way to die an any.
Prof. Schcnk will alwnys bo remem
bered na tho man who thought ho was
posted on the whims of tho stork.
A noiseless mosquito Is no Im
provement on tho other kind. It leaves
Ml in too much time for actual business.
How mnny loving wives will envy
Mrs. John It. Drexol her birthday gift
of a check for $200,000 from her hus
band. King Udward hns confounded the
soothsayers, and that's not a small
Job, even for a man who weighs 250
pounds.
Tho Chicago discovery that the color
yellow scares away mosquitoes won't
help women to whom yellow la not be
coming. Grand Duko Ilorls snys Chicago Is
big and ugly, but good-hearted. Tho
snmo thing may be said of John L.
Sullivan.
J. Plerpont Morgan, It Is said, re
fuses to "tip" hotel waiters. This
is another of tho advantages of being
all-powerful.
Tho work of amassing n fortuno of
$18,000,000 cost Mr. Schwab his
health, and It was not very hard
work either.
When last heard from tho crown
prince of Oermnny was beginning to
eat solids and cast shy glances nt
other girls again.
W. C. Mead refused a drink and
was shot by tho genial gentleman
who offered to trent him. This did
not happen In Texas.
Ah tho Chinese rebels are being ex
ecuted nt tho rate of 1,000 a day, It
is predicted that tho rebellion will not
last nioro than a year.
Tho world nt largo hnngs very llttlo
crnpo on ItB door for tho Bcorehobo
llst who parts company with llfo ut
an 80-nillcH nn hour gait.
Tho mnn who tied dynamite to his
sick dog and lost his house when the
nnlmul wugged his tail has by this
time learned that cruolty does not
pay.
There are f.00,000 Jews In Now
York, according to Tho Jewish
World. Thnt city enn now present a
pretty strong claim to being the Now
Jerusalem.
If tho "United Stntes mnil Is deter
mined to suppress lotteries, they
should suppress tho mall. Tho aver
ago man's mall Is a whole lot of lot
tery to him.
A Boston landlord who tried to col
fact his rent In kisses from a pretty
widow was fined $25. There aro somo
freakish landlords and peculiar wid
ows in lloston.
As a result of an automobile acci
dent Sir Thomns Upton received n
..hock. Hut it didn't trouble him. Ho
Ih used to shocks. He received a few
in the yncht races.
Mr. Schwab leaves Ills homo In n
private car, but Just now ho no doubt
would bo glad to trade places with
n man of sound norves going to a pic
nic behind a team of mules.
All other theories rognrdlng the
sulchlo of young Remington may bo
disregarded since tho fact becamo
known that his last act before tho
t-hootlng was an experience with a
telephone.
If tho crown prlnco of Slam has
read what tho newspapers havo been
saying about tho crown prlnco of Ger
many ho may think n second tlmo be
foro venturing Into tho American
glrl'B country.
A great many young women in Eng
land aro gaining social promlnonco by
being reported engaged to Lord Kitch
ener, but tho hero of thu South Afrl
can war appears to bo successfully
conducting his famous skirmish lino
tactics.
A Kentucky girl who has had l.r0
offers of mnrrlago has decided to re
main slnglo and devoto her llfo to mu
sic. When sho gets on tho stage, how
over, sho will probably ceaso to re
gard marriage as a thing to be much
dreaded.
LIFE IN DANGER
Presidont Roosevelt Escapes
Death by a Scratch
CARRIAGESTRUCK BY A CAR
Oa Met:er of the Turlj- Inttiititljr
Killed, Another U llnillr InJunil-
.. letldcnt'n Puce. !t lleml
Mnn Secret Nertlre Mnn
A Plttsfleld. Mnss., Sept. .1, dispatch
nays: Tho president of the United
States escaped a tragic death by only
a few feet In a collision brtween his
carriage and an electric car In this
city today, whllo one of bis most
trusted guards, Secret Service Agent
Wllllnm Craig, wax Instantly killed,
and David J. Pratt, of Dalton, who was
guiding thn horses nttnehed to the
vehicle, was seriously Injured. Presi
dent Itoosevelt hlmBeir was badly
shaken up, but received only a slight
facial bruise. Secretary Cortelyou,
who occupied a sent directly opposite
tho president In the landau, got a
minor wound In the back of the bend.
Governor Crane, who snt beside the
president, escaped practically without
a scratch.
The carriage was demolished and the
horse on tho side nearest the car was
killed. The crew and passengers of
tho car escaped Injury.
The president and party were driv
ing from this city to Lenox through
South street, one of the principal
thoroughfares of Plttseld. The street
wus lined with hundreds of people
when the catastrophe occurred.
When the Journey to Lenox begun
carriages fell In line Immediately be
hind the landau In which the president
rode with Secretary Cortelyou and
Governor Crane. Secret Service Agent
Craig, who throughout, the New Eng
land tour has been nlmoBt constantly
nt the president's elbow, was on the
driver's box beside Coachman Pratt.
The tracks of the Plttsfleld electric
street railway are laid In the center
of tho road nnd Just at the foot of
Howard hill the road bends a little nnd
teams are compelled to cross the street
railway tracks to the east side. The
railroad then continues at one sldo of
the street. Instead of In the center.
The trolley car approached this
crossing under a good head of speed,
with gong clnnglng, Just as the driver
of tho president's carriage turned his
horses to cross the tracks. Governor
Crane, who quickly perceived the dan
ger, rose to hlR feet and motioned to
the motormnn. The latter In grcnt ex
citement desperately tried to stop his
ear, but it was too late. It crashed
into the carriage ns a loud moan went
up from the frenzied onlookers who
thronged the rondslde.
Tho ear struck the wheel of the car
riago on the left side nnd ploughed
through to the front wheel of the
vehicle which received the full force
of tho blow.
The cnrrlage was upset and one
horse fell dead. The other horses at
tached to tho vehicle stalled to run
and drngged by them and pushed by
the force of the car, the wrecked car
riage was moved thhty or forty feet.
Agent Crnlg fell from his seat im
mediately In fiont of the car and It
passed completely over his body.
President Itoosevelt. Governor Crane
nnd Secretary Cortelyou were thrown
together In the bottom of their car
riage. Governor Crnnp was the tlrst to get
to his feet, escaping entirely unhurt.
He turned Immediately to the presi
dent, helped the latter to arlsu and
together they assisted Secretary Cor
telyou. Tho president's lip was cut and blood
wns flowing from the wound. His
clothing was much disarranged and he
wnB severely shaken up. Secretary
Cortelyou had a severe wound In the
back of his head, fiom which blood
was flowing freely.
Tho president nt once directed thnt
Crnlg's body bo cured for and sent
couriers ahead to prevent cheering and
to announce that he would go at once
to his train, which had been serrt
abend to Stoekbrldgo. The president
stopped for a few moments at the
Hotel Asplnwnll, where the party was
to havo lunched, and made a brief an
nouncement of the accident to the
people who were silently gathered orr
the steps. He then alighted from the
carriage and turned to the people and
said: "We have met with an accident.
Ono of the party, n faithful friend, has
been killed, and our driver undoubt
edly fatally Injured. Under the cir
cumstances It Is, of course, Impossible
for me to say more to you than that I
deeply appreciate your kindly greet
ing." An Oyster Hay. Sept 3, dlspntch
says: President Itoosevelt returned
home nt 8:30 tonight, but HHle the
worse for his thrilling experience this
morning. His right cheek Is swollen,
there Is n black limine under his right
eyn and his mouth Is slightly s'vollen,
Otherwise ho shows rro effects of the
accident. He will go south the latter
part of the week, according to tho
original schedulo and will bo accom
panied by Secretary Cortelyou, who,
while considerably shaken up, expects
that his Injuries will not Incapacitate
him from duty. Mr. Cortelyou's nose
la bndly bruised, there is u lump on
the back of Iris head rind bruises be
hind his left ear nnd orr his body.
John O'Brien, who has been a con
ductor for the Lake Erie & Western
railroad since 1S52, hns made his Intt
run. Ho employed n mathematician
to figure up his runs, and the state
ment rhows that since 1852 the vet
eran conductor has traveled 2,220,720
miles in the fifty years. In ull IiIb
traveling Conductor O'llrlen has never
met with an accident thnt has caused
him pcrsonnl Injury. He hns accumu
lated a fortune Irr Indianapolis real es
tnte, which yields him nn Incorno of
nearly $10,000 annually. He Uvea nt
Dubllu, Ind.
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GOOD ROADERS MEET
Nutloual AoRiicliitlon lloltln Contrition
nt Nt. I'iiiiI, .It Inn.
The national good roads convention
opened nt the stnte fair nt St. Paul,
Minn.. Tuesday. Tho meeting was
held In tho Institute building, pre
sided over by Col. A. W. Itlehnrdson,
government roads commissioner, nnd
among the streakers were Martin
Dodge nnd W. II. Moores, president of
the national good roads association.
Mr. iloore outlined the scope nnd
alms of the nntlomil association nnd
told of the gratifying progress the
movement was making all over the
United States. He emphasized the ne
cessity for Interesting farmers In tho
rouse by showing them how much good
roads rnrini to thorn.
Mr. Dodge's remarks were mainly
devoted to nnswerlng questions put by
farmers irr the nudlerue.
During the day tho government ex
perts continued their practical demon
stration In the building of some per
fect roads nbout the fair grounds.
The election of officers for the con
vention resulted Irr the choice of tho
following: President. Martin Dodge,
director of government burenn of pub
lic road Inquiry; vice president, H. W.
Hlchurdson, commissioner central divi
sion; secrrtnry, William II. Hong.
Among the honorary vice presidents
are: W. II. Moore, preslderrt national
good roads association; O. C. Gregg,
superintendent farmera' institute; Dr.
Cyrus Northrup, presidont of the Btnto
university.
JUDGE HORTON DEAD
Ht-Clilef Itirttlre nf Kiiiinuh IIi-h nt III
Home In Tupekit
Judge Albert II. Hortorr, ex-chlef
Justice of Kansas, died at his home In
Topckn, Kan., Tuesday evening after
a long Illness. Judge Hortorr was
taken 111 with pneumonlu eight months
ngo. He recovered, but the disease left
a pulmonnry affection. Two weeks ngo
he was brought homo from a nanl
torlum nt Kenosha, Wis.
Judge Morton was born In Orange
county. N. Y., In 1837, nnd came to
Knnsas In 1800. Ho served in the
state legislature and held several Ju
dicial offices. He was chief Justice
from 1877 to 1805, holding tho offleo
longer than any of his predecessors.
He was prominent In republican
politics nnd at one time came within
a few votes of defeating John J. In
galls for the United States senate.
Payer .Mows to I'lilriiRo
John Player, for years superinten
dent of machinery of the Santa Fo
shops In Topeka. Kan., nnd afterwards
consulting superintendent of motive
power, has moved his family to
Chicago arrd, it is understood, that he
Is now irr the employ of the Galena
Oil company. Mr. Player left Topckn
Juno 1 of thin year and went to
Franklin, Pa., nnd It was understood,
wns building a line icsldence there
with a view to remaining, being re
tained In nn advisory capacity by a
manufacturing Arm of that city, but
the plans evidently have changed, as
the report herein contained emnnutet'
from Chicago last week.
llloomliiKtoii, III., Huh Unit Itluc
At I o'clock Wednesday morning (Ire
broke out iir the south side of the pub
lic square, at IMoomlngton, 111., nnd
was not gotten under control tint!
nearly 2:30. The four-story drug
store of Klplcy & Strickland Is gone
nnd the large dry goods store of A.
Livingstone & Sons, adjoining, lost Its
entire stock, valued at $100,000. The
hardware store of Holdeir, Miner & Co.
Is nlso badly damaged and several
other stores will suffer from smoke
nnd water. Total loss Is estimated ut
about $200,000.
.Indue Dnrnnil Ciinuol Lite
Judge George II. Duranil. the demo
cratic nominee for governor of Michi
gan, who was stricken with paralysis
Tuesday evening, due to i ercbrnl em
bolism, is very low. His physician
paid Judge Durand might live forty
eight hours, but that his recovery was
all but impossible.
Judgo Durand has been In poor
health for two weeks, but It Is only
in the last twenty-four hours that
nlnrmlrrg symptoms have developed.
Teiii-herx Not SutUlieil
The Manila mnlls, which have Just
arrived In Washington, glvo evidence
of friction which may prove serious In
the end in tho workings of the educa
tional bureau In Manila.
It Is hard to tlrrd anything in thn
nature of tangible charges, but there
are gerreral expressions ot discontent
nmong the teachers with the system
under which they are operating which
mny cause some important changes li
the personnel irr a few months.
Xi-u Comet In the lli-iiti-ni
Dhector W. W. Campbell, ot the
Lick observntory, reports:
"A comet was discovered by Prof,
Per rlno in tho constellation of Perseus.
Us iHiBltlon was right ascension, three
hours and eighteen minutes nnd declin
ation thirty-four degrees and thirty
nine minutes.
"It is moving slow.ly northwest. It
Is of the ninth magnitude and Is there
fore not visible without a telescope.'
Two lloy Drowned
Walter ('. Eaton nnd George Ehr
hardt. two St. I-ouls, Mo., boys who
had gone on tb river for n ride, were
drowned by Urn overturning of their
boat. Their oodles have not been ro
covered. Four companions were res
cued. The boys belonged to the navul
reserves of St. Uiuls.
.HERE AND THERE
Sevrcity-flve hundred carpenters aro
on n strike nt Now York.
In n dispatch from Vienna tiie cor
respondent of the London Daily Mnil
gives mi unconllrmed rumor that the
Servians nt Agrnrn have retaliated and
massacred the Croatluus,
Tho emperor ami (impress at Posen
reviewed the troops following the pre
sentation of rrew colors to the regi
ments by the emperor. The pollen
nrraugonronts for keeping the ground
clear were somewhat strlugent.
CWfllfti C0UNTY1S IT
Gets First Place in County Col
lective Exhibits
AT THE NEBRASKA FAIR
The State Kipnultlnn of 1002 I'rotex to
lie m Mont Surirftiifiil One, unit Dein-
onatraten Thnt the I'lilr Ik (Irou-
Inc In 1'ouiilxrlty
The Nebraska state fair of 1D02
rnds today, Friday, September 5. It
has been remarkably successful from
every point of view. The attendance
for each day wan better than last year,
as the figures will show. The follow
ing shows the attendance for the first
four days:
1001. 11102.
Monday I.KIfi .'1 ,70ft
Tuesday ft,H7K 8.73(5
Wednesday 1(5,020 21.7
Thursday 18,tl)3 20,010
Cuming county mnde n winning In
the county collective exhibit of agri
cultural products nt the state fair.
The Judges announced their awards
Thursday and the people from that
county were proud nnd happy. They
will take away the cash prize of $300
for the best collection, scoring 1,3(52
out of a possible 1,(500 points. Well
ington county was second and Nomnha
county third. The board offers $2,000
In cash for the winners, thoho below
llrst having the money prorated
among them. The score by points Is
ns follows:
Cuming 1,3(52
Washington 1 ,312
Nemaha 1 ,30.1
Saline 1,223
Kearney 1.107
Franklin 1 ,12ft
Gage l.O'.iti
Dundy fiiifi
Antelope 088
York !)7ft
Hayes 005
Polk 884
Drown 820
Hitchcock 811
Howard 730
Scotts HlufT (502
Thomas 554
Frontier 5."2
The crowd thnt visited the fair
grounds during Thursday numbered
20,010 persons. This wns slightly less
than on the day previous. The paid
admissions, however. were griater than
on Thursday of a year ngo. The ad
mlKslons were made up as follows:
General admission, 11,022; Ilurllngton
tlcketB, 3.747; Elkhorn tickets, 370:
totnl paid admissions, 1(5.048; total
complimentary, 3,0152; total on the
grounds, 20,010. The amphitheatre
wns crowded to the extent of 3,7(57 per
sons. Treasurer Melntyre reported the
cash received by him during the day
to be $7,907.45. the earnings for the
day being $31ft.20 larger than Inst year
exclusive of railroad tickets. So far
during the fnlr the treasurer is $3.
67(5.70 ahead of lust year for the same
days In ensh earnings.
STATE CONVENTION
Xourmikii SnrtiillHM Mi-ctiuul I'lm-e. Mute
Ticket In The Plelil
The socialists held their Mate,
county and congressional conventions
September 2 In the Thurston Utiles
armory, Omaha, miming n full state
ticket, a partial ticket for Douglas
county nnd placing before the voters
of the Second congressional district a
candid,. 1 1' for congress. Like nil so
cialist conventions, thse were muss arrd
not delegate meetings. About 300
people were In attendance nt the state
convention, which wns the llr.st held,
but the number diminished after that
and at the county convention, the last
held, only about one third or these
were present.
The stnte convention named C.
Chrl8tinnsoii, of Plattsmoiith, for tho
national committeeman from Nebraska.
It then enrpowered tho state executive
committee to fill any vacancy which
might occur on the state ticket.
All the stnte nominations were mnde
unanimously nnd the only hitch dur
ing tho convention came when James
It. Burleigh wus named for attorney
general. Without making n personal
attack upon Mr. Ilurlelgh, a number of
the attendants took sharp exception to
placing a lawyer orr the ticket Irr any
capacity, .lanrrs Salmon of South
Omaha was foremost In denouncing
lawyers for public positions, maintain
ing that a farmer or a union labor man
should be named for the place. Several
speakers went to tho rescue or the
lawyer and Incidentally to the statutes
which they contended provided that
no one but nir attorrrey-at-law shall be
named for the position ot attorney
general.
Tho following state ticket was nom
inated: Governor. George Btglow. Lincoln;
Lieutenant Governor. A. I). Pugh, Fair
field; Secretary of State. J. P. Hoe,
Omaha; Auditor, Thomas Lipplncott,
Hlnlr; Attorney General, James It.
Burleigh, Lincoln; Commissioner of
Public Lands and Bnlldlngs, W. A.
Adams, Brook; Superintendent of Pub
lic Instruction, William Brittun,
Omaha.
enm-lx Dniiiiiced
The Dominion liner Manxman col
lided with the Norwegian steamer
George In Mersey river nt Liverpool,
September 5. No lives wero lost,
although the vessels were considerably
damaged.
Moron Still HoKtlle.
Mall advices from tho war depart
ment report progress of the policy of
conciliation adopted by Col. Haldwln
in Mlndnnao toward tho obdurate
savage Moros. Two sultans are hold
ing out. The sultan of Hacalog Is pro
fuse In his professions of amity nnd
asks for three months In which to win
his people over to accepting American
authority. This Is thought to be a
subterfuge. The sultnti of Mucin nnd
the datto of P.inunduejan say they
don't want to be frbtyls and that
tho best thing for the Americans to
do is to retire to the sea coust-
WRIGHT HAS A PLAN
CommlMloner of I.nbor Offer Solution
for Miner Strike.
The report or Carroll I). Wright, tho
commissioner of labor, on the anthra
cite coal strike, has been made public.
Commissioner Wright finds that
there Is no confidence existing bo
twocn the employes nnd their em
ployers. This, he believes, Is ono of
the chief causes of the difficulties be
tween the operator- nnd the miners
nnd says that It will bo reasonablo and
Just for the operators to encede at
once a nine-hour dny for a period of
six months aB an experiment.
He r.uggcats that there Bhould bo
organlcd a joint committee on con
ciliation composed of representatives
of the operators and of a new union
of anthracite employes, to which all
grievances should be referred for In
vestigation, nnd that their decision
should be final and binding upon all
parties and that there should be no
Interference with tho non-union men.
In ttre course of his report, Com
missioner Wright nayn that the facts
seem to show the officers of tho
minora union, with perhaps one or
two exceptions, believed that many of
the alleged wrongs endured by the
miners might be corrected by appeals
to tho employcis. Their attempt, how
ever, to secure 'conferences between
the representatives of the mine
workers nnd the nilrru operators proved
fruitless and the miners tdhomselves
decided that a strike Bhould be organ
ized. HORSE THIEF ESCAPES
N'erty Young Mnn of South Dukotit Doe
I'niiKiiitl Thing
A young desperado named John
Wilson gave the authorities of Mell
cite, S. D., and surrounding towns all
kinds of trouble thu other day.
Fit st ho stole a horse and buggy
from n farmer for whom he had been
woiklng. The farmer telephoned a
discriptlou of the thief to the sheriffs
of ndjolnlng counties. It afterwards
developed that Wilson drove to Vcrdon
whore he traded the stolen horse to
a (onstnble. receiving $7.50 in cash and
another horse.
He then went to the village hotel,
and while silting In the ofllcc tho
sheriff of Hrown county telephoned to
tin; landlord concerning Wilson, who
overheard the talk and without delay
mnde his escape. No trace of his has
since been found.
STUDENTS ATK. U.
Ilclli-tel Thnt Fifteen Hundred A V 111 be
Knrullcd
While eiimllment nt the University
of Kansas will not begin until next
week and tire fall term will not be
gin till Wednesday, Septenrber 10, the
town Is tilling up with students nnd
the university olllcers nre kept doubly
busy with preparations for the opening
of the school. There Is every Indica
tion that the enrollment work will bo
so large next week that It will be Im
possible to form classes nnd begin
school work before the week following.
It Is believed that there will be 1,500
students enrolled by the last of next
week.
Normal at liny, Knn.
The western branch of the state nor
mn! school nt Fort Hays. Kan., under
Prof. W. S. Picken, started Its fall term
September 2 Ith a good attendance of
siolni-s trom the counties of the west
ern half of thu state. The buildings,
apparatus and school furniture nre in
complete readiness; In fact, the furni
ture and apparatus are liner than In
tho parent school at Emporia. Tho
summer school was a surprising suc
cess, nearly a hundred scholars at
tending chapel exercises each morning.
Held for Murder
Mrs. Stella Gulnnne nnd n man who
refuses to glvo his name wero arrested
at Clianute, Kan., la connection with
the murder in that city on Thursday
night last of E. V. Dickey, a stockman
of Dewey, I. T who was killed for
bin money. Hall was fixed at $10,000,
which neither could give. Mrs. Guln
nne Is the wifo of William Gulnnne,
who was sent to the penitentiary from
Clianute over n year ago for grand
larceny.
(Iliicler Stteeim Vutli-y
News hns been received nt Vienna,
Austria, from TIllls. Trams-Caucasus,
Russia, of a landslide which occurred
August 17 In the vicinity of Mount
Kasbek, and which resulted In tho ins
truction of some twenty villages and
tho loss of nearly 700 lives. Seismic
disturbances seem to have stnrted a
glacier, which swept down n valley
and dlst toyed everything In Its path.
CoUlllllllloll ClIINt-H IIIM7H
Fire, which started at 5 o'clock
Thursday morning, threatened instruc
tion to the immense music hall on Elm
street, Cincinnati. The Odeon wns
completely burned out, whllo tho ly
ceum arrd college of music, which are
a part of It, were badly damaged. The
total loss Is estimated at $20,000. The
(lames are thought to have originated
Irr the scene room of tho lyceurn from
spontaneous combust lorr.
CnHt 'JO, OOO Liven
A parliamentary paper Issued at
London, levlewing the Hoer war.
shows that Englnnd employed 17,559
olllcers and 430,870 men in South
Africa from the beginning to the end
of the struggle, of this number 718
officers nnd 5,25(5 men were killed; 1,851
olllcers and 20,078 men wounded nnd
554 olllceis and 15,015 men died of
wounds and disease.
The National Association of Post
office Clerks in session nt Kansas City
considered pluns for having their
sulnry bill become a law ut tho next
session of congress. It was decided
that when two thousand members
Bhould signify their willingness to
tuko out policies, an Insurance depart
ment would be established.
It Is reported that Secretary of Agri
culture Wilson will, early In the year,
resign from the enlilnet to nceopt the
presidency of the Iowa agricultural
college at Ames, a llf entire at u
handsome salary.
SAVAdE BMD
Little Nebraska Town Loses
Business District
Are J
NEARLY ALL STORES GONE
Totnl l.o I'lnred nt 7A,O0O, With
Soma liiMlnuirr Wind Wnii mow
ing a (iule nnd Plnmen Wero
llHrd to Control
A Crelghton, Neb.. Sept. 5 special
says: The little town or Savage, on
the Great Northern railway, eighteen
miles southwest or Crelghton, was al
most completely wiped out by fire this
morning. The blno started rrom some
unknown cause In the ton! bin or the
Hradlcy Lumber company, about 1
oclock and spread rapidly.
n the south side or the street the
buildings burned were the Hradlcy
Lumber company, total loss; Hen
Honosteel's pool room and residence.
Insurance, $1,400; William Edy, bfcu-k-Bmlth
shop, insurance $(J00. The post
office was n total loss with tho excep
tion of a few books. On the north side.
George Farming's store, loss $800, no
Insurance; Clark's general Btore and
hotel, Insurance $1,500; live bams,
tluee Ice houses and a number or small
buildings.
There Is no telephone station nt Sav
age, and It Is very hard to get definite
particulars at this time, but it Is esti
mated that the total loss will reach
$75,000.
AdvlceB received at Sioux City frorrr,
the town of Savage say the wind wW
blowing a gale rrom the south and
fanned the flames to a furnace of lire
that swallowed everything. When the
O'Neill passenger went through this
morning all the buildings north of the
track were In ashes, the only struc
tures left being the Great Northern
depot and a grain elevator south or
the track. The population of the town
was about 200. The people wero driven
from their homes without wnmlng and
In almost every case were compelled
to abandon all to the flames. The
homeless have been cared for by neigh
boring towns.
The Edwards & Bradford Lumber
company, of Sioux City, lost a lumber
yard worth $7,000, Insured for $5,000.
Mr. Bradford today wired his agent at
Savage that ten carloads of lumber
were nlrendy on their way to the towrr,
and the yard will bo rest 'oil for the
rebuilding of the town at once.
MunIi- HhII Uurned
A Cincinnati dispatch says: The
Odeon, belonging to the music hall
asaoclatlon and under lease to tho col
lege or music, was destroyed by tire,
tho loss being $100,000. The south
wing of tho big music hall adjoining
the Odeon wub damaged to the extecV.
of $10,000.
Mnp for Wnr Department
Surveyor Hilton Is at work upon a
map for the Plattsmoiith Pontoon
Hridge company, giving nn outline of
the Missouri river for a distance or n
mile above the Burlington brldgo and
a hnlf mile below that structure.
Soundings hnvo also been taken at six
t-fferent places. This map Is to be
forwarded to the war department at
Washington.
Arthur MrKlhlney llcud
Arthur McElhlney, tho first telegra
pher In nioomlngton, III., nnd for forty
years mannger of the local office of the
Western Union, and later of the Postal
company, died Friday. He was one of
the most widely known operators Irr
the state.
MiicKny to lie Trenldcnt
Clarence H. Mnekay has sailed from
London for New York on tho Teutonic
to take up the duties or president of
the Commercial Cable company. Ho
said the management of the company
will be continued on present lines. v
(InHH Worker ltenuino
The Btalned glass workers who have
been on strike In five establishments
nt Philadelphia have returned to work,
tho question nt issue having been sat
isfactorily adjusted.
HERE AND THERE
Secretary Hoot Is on his way home
from Europe.
Iowa firemen are holding n stnte
tournament at Davenport.
J. E. Goodenow. prominent In Iowa
politics. Js dead at Maquokcta.
A hundred extra policemen havo
been subpoenal nt Springfield. III., to
eopo with woolen mill strikers.
Col. Frederick Mnrtln, who served
under General Hutler In tho civil war
and wns military mayor of Itichinond
after its surrender. Is dead at his homo
In Crnnfoid, N. J.
John Jennings, n prominent stock
mnn or South Dnkotn, was killed nenr
Hello Fourche, In a quarrel over a
poker game with a cowboy.
Jesso Walker, colored, was lynched
nt Hempstead, Tex., by a crowd ol
Bovcral hundred citizens Tor crlmlnal
assatilt upon a white woman.
James Tnylor and his wife com
mitted suicide nt Den Moines, la. Thoy
lert a note saying that on account oi
the trusts they could not get work.
Secretary Hester's annunl report waf
issued at New Orleans. He puts the
cotton crop or 1001-02 at 10.0SO.CSC
bales, an Increase or 207,258 over thai
or 11)00-01.
Complete returns or selections bj
electors or members or the Danish
landBthlng, bIiow large ministerial
gains, insuring the government's ma
jority in tho landsthliiiLnd the rati-
ficatlon of the treaty To? the cession
of the Danish West Indies to the
United States.
The International mining congresi
adopted resolutions declaring that "tlu
magnitudo and Importance of the min
ing Industry, which hns reached over a
billion dollars' annual product, calls
for tho establishment of u national de
partment of raining, tho chief officer
to bo a member of the president's cabinet."
