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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 26, 1902)
r i--i - , '- NICHOLAS FISH, PROMINENT NEW YORK BANKER., KILLED IN DRUNKEN BRAWL IN NEW YORK Nicholas Fish of tho famous New inil; family, bunker, father of Hamil ton Fish, the tough rider, hero of tho Spanish war. ami a btothor-ln-law of Mm. Stuyvosant Fish, tho Now Yorlc soclet loader. wa so hiutally at tacked in ,' public drinking place In West Thirty-fourth sheet, Now York, Sept. lti. that hu wns picked up un conscious on tho sidewalk In front of tho placo and tal.on to tho Roosevelt hospital. Thoro ho died. Tho killing of tho famous banker by Thomas Hhnkoy, private detective, pool room hanger-on and Chinatown guide. In a quarrol ovor a woman, was as evil an episode as Now Yoik bus known for years. Mr. Fish was killed by n blow bo savage that It niptured a blood ves sel In his brain. Ills skull was not fractured by his tall, as was at II rat Hiippoved. t Sharkey. th slayer. Is a slant In fclo and strength. Ho was drunk and ng'iy when ho entered Khrhardt's sa loon and discovered tho frail old bunk or drinking with Mrs. Llbby Phillips and .Mrs. Nolllu Casey. c:e-rO.M'CvK' J o 0 4 0 w j. v ypllk Wtj I J WNDsMkfl 1 1 i i v -v -yrwmmi m-Zm. ms s s 1 1 1 Mr, m I --4-.;..:..t.:-..4.t.:-..j.4 They had been drinking together a long time three hours, according to tho waiter who served thorn when Sharkey camn in, and, probably at tho invitation of Mrs. Phllllpa, at whoso house ho had spont the previous night, oat at tho table with them. It was over Mrs. Phillips tho quarrol started and tho death blow was struck. Sharkey says ho had been drunk for a week, and that he does not remem ber exactly what happened, except ithat Mr. Fish objected to him and Anally Jolted him with his elbow and MURPHY IN CROKER'S SHOES. Head Triumvir of Tammany to Suc ceed to Leadership. Chnrles F. Murphy, head of tho Tam many triumvirate, who has been se lected by the present rulers to Bticcoed Richard Croker as leader of tho or ganization, wns formerly dock com missioner. Politicians predict that in tho event of success at the primaries tho Croker faction In the wigwam, will unite on '.Murphy as the former boss' succes 'sor. 1 Tho Carroll men, however, sueer at Mho Murphy boom. William Doverr' success al the prl- Charles F. Murphy, marics, his friends utum, makes him tho logical Icador or Tammany, and ho will fight for tho honor. Latest Oriental Fad. , Another oriontnl fail has bloomed forth, largely, It Is believed, as a re Isult gl tho rolgnlng fondness for tho klira dressing gown or wrapper. 'Th 'O'hlneso or Japaneso gown re quires shoes to match, and thoro Is 'qulto a domand for tho straw slippers which Chinese wear. They nro with (out heels or bank and a novlco needs pructico before being able to keep Ithem on tho foot, especially In going hp or down stnlra. Tho odd foot cov rerlng harmonies well with tho 'klnionn. -Trie VICTIM. HlS'WtFErAND SIST ERIN'-LAWA CAo.A..J.,,.,t,,AfliJ.j. .ttr,.;.( :. that ho responded with a blow. He said: "If Mr. Fish had not been drinking and I had been sober there would not have been any trouble, and Mr. Fish would be alive and I out of the Tombs. "I don't believe It was a hard blow, and do not think ho would have fallen had ho been sober." Though tho police say Mr. Fish had no previous acquaintance with the women, another story prevails In the neighborhood of tho tragedy. Thero it is said ho was frequently In Mrs. VARIED TYPES OF WOMEN. Interesting and Picturesque Are Those of Eastern Europe. Tho most Interesting and pictur esque girls In the world are the Rus sians, declares a Parisian writer. They are ready to die foe tin Ideu. The Russian girl nihilist is not afraid to be sent tn Siberia or to be im prisoned in a tower, or to be hanged by the neck for her Ideas. Sho Is always ready to translate her ideas Into acts. Roumanian grrls are ex quisite. Thoy havo all the attractions without tho vlcos, of tholr ancestors of ancient Rome. Tho girls of the other Danublnn states do not yet count for much, as they are not edu cated. Bulgarian maids are, however, making progress because of many American teachers In Sofia and else where throughout tho principality. Increase of Live Stock in Ireland. Some very suggestive tables show ing tho changos which havo taken place In Irish farming during the past half century are given In tho statis tics recently published by the Depart ment of Agriculture. According to theso returns thero was In Ireland last year a population of 219 persons to each 1,000 acres of land, as against a population of 315 to every 1,000 acres In 1851. With this diminution of 30.5 per cent In the population In fifty years, thero has been an increase in the number of cattle in the coun try from 143 to 230 per 1,000 acres, while tho number of sheep in the country has gone up from 102 to 215 per 1,000 acres, in the same period. Power of Shells. In 1870 an ordinary shell when It burst broko Into nlnotoen to thirty pieces. To-day It hursts Into 240. Shrapnel, fipn In 1870 scattered only thlrty-soven death-dealing missiles. Now It scatters 340. A bomb weigh ing about 70 lb. thirty years ago would havo burst into forty-two frag ments. To-day, when It la charged with peroxlleno, It breaks up Into 1,200 pieces, each or which Is hurled with much greater velocity than tho larger lumps which were scattered by a gunpowder oxplosion. VMKMM(ViSnKr A MnTtoYrir; . : ' --r.-.wnmu 9tmMM,J "" I VggX V.. v ! - i - :'vv - '. Phillips' company, and that he knew Mrs. Casey well. There was n third woman In tho oaso whom tho police speak of as Mrs. Pickle and who Is said to live In Har lem. It Is said that Mrs. Pickle Is a sister of Mrs. Casey and that the meeting between Mr. Fish and Mrs. Phillips wns for tho purpose of Intro ducing the banker to her. Sharkey Is now In Jail In default of 110.000 bonds charged with homicide. The two women were relelased on $500 ball each. They figure on the police blotter only as witnesses. Mrs. Fish Is totally prostrated. She has been under tho care of a physician over since she was brought almost in sensible from Roosevelt hospital. After the gruesome formalities of the coroner tho dead man was taken to his home in Irving place. The funeral services were held from St. Mark's church, tho Ilev. Dr. Batten officiating. PASSING OF "BOSS" SHEPHERD. Once Political Ruler of Capital City, He Had a Checkered Career. Local politics of tho capital of tho United States city onco were ruled by Alexander R. Shepherd, who died re cently In Mexico. It was when tho District of Columbia had tho terri torial form of government and he was governor. He made many improve ments in the city's appearance, and while charged with corruption and refused confirmation by tho scnato when President Grant appointed him commissioner upon the change from territorial to district government, he later was hailed as the founder or Washington as it is to-day and praised for IiIh work. IPs admirers claim that to him Is Alexander R. 8hepherd. duo tho architectural beauty of tho capital city, ao it stands to-day, and tha claim is not disputed. A Lady Cabby. , In the New Zealand town of Nol son woman has been asserting her rights in qulto a now direction. A local lady recently secured a cab and horse and onterod Into compe tition with tho Jchua of the town, who at once took alarm and protest ed thnt sho had no Jlconso. This dif ficulty was quickly overcome, and' the lady "cabby" cntorod tho lists on equal terms In that respect. Now, with her smart turn-out sho Is secur ing all tho fares she can find time to drive, i (jR-T mil KEARTIIANDBOUDOIIU A FEW TOPICS OF DISTINCTLY FEMININE INTEREST. Smart and Useful Dress of Woolen Blouse Suits for the Little Girl The Proper Way to Pack Flow ers. No Extra Welnht. There's a tendency toward light weight wool fabrics for autumn yes, oven for winter gowns. Pialso bo! women aio tiled of dragging honvy cloth around well what use? nono at all since tho lighter weights aro just as wiu in and so arc suitable for cold weather wear. The weight of a fabric Is often duo to u concealed mixture with cotton or to stuffs iihod In tho tlyo. It Is cum hersniiio and not ueaily as warm as a lUhtci weight material that Is all wool. Soft white wool goods nro conspicu ous In tocent exhibitions, as well as bright and moio subdued i olors. Deep greens and blues, violets and laxonders, ginyn and browns all aro s'town In Invlshi.oys and with a cer tain tint In each taut Is dollciously now. Isn't It a bit odd that every jear tho old colois tome back to us con spicuously now? To tho end of time, likely, they will bo tho same still, always with an unusual freshness of hue not ccn in any predecessors. Smart and Useful. 'Vc siuait yet useful dress depleted Is made of a sott gray twilled woolen mntcilal and tho simple coat bodice can be worn over a blouse or with a fiout of laeo and muslin. The skirt Is simple and of a convenient walking length, while tho coat can bo wont open to Miow tho blouse of ft out be neath, or buttoned up In double-breast- cil fashion. For traveling or for wear on one of tho dull days wo meet with so often now, thero Is nothing so con venient ns a dress of this kind, which Is at once soft and warm and yet by no means heavy. Woolen materials of different sorts aro Indeed very fash tollable, ns womankind has found out that they crush and soil less easily A Useful Gown. than muslin, and arc rcnlly so light In tcxtuio that thoy nro almost, if not quite, ns cool as tho more diaphanous tabrlcs. Wanted, Sunshiny Women. Some of us like to complain of tho world and tho spot we aro destined to occupy In It. Things aro not Just ns wo want thorn nor ns wo reel they should lie ror us. Rut wo overlook the ract that the particular spot In this world which wo aro given to occupy is, and will be, precisely what wo choose to make It, says Woman's Lire. Whether wo do right or wrong, wheth er wo aro happy or otherwise, depends very largely, ir not entirely, on our selves. Wo havo nil experienced tho reeling or brightness which a sunshiny wom an brings with her whorover sho goes. Sho may havo Just as many worries to race, Just as many nnxletlcB to bear, but Kho overcomes them largely by n bright and sunny disposition. Wo aro not all cnpablo of laughing in tho face of trouble or adversity, but wo can nt least make an attempt, nnl oven If tho laugh lacks the ring ot hoaitlnesn, It Is Infinitely bettor thar tho ft own or sigh. For the Little Girl. mouse suits nro nlways boeomlna. to little gills and innko tho best of all flocks for school and kuocknhnul wear. This stylish model In suited tc sorgo, tlannol nnd similar wool fabrics and to both linen and cotton ot tlio sturdier soita. but as shown Is of hluq sorgo with bauds of blnck In aid and gold buttons. The quantity of material roqulroil for the medium size 18 years) Is 44 yards 27 Inches wldo, It'i yards 44 inches wldo, or 2"h yaids 52 Inchoj wide. To Pack Flowers. It Is ti mistake to use cardboard boxes In packing (lowers to bo sent by mall. Always use a tin bov, lin ing It with a shoot of damp moss and above this a shoot of florist's paper, or tissue paper if tho other Is not at hand, taking oaro that it ills into tho coiners and around tho sides. Tho flowers should bo placed In, low after row, until thoio is a layer of ilowori fitting Into tho other all over the bot tom or the box. Never crowd nor put ono layer on tho top or another, Tho rowB must bo as close together ns possible; tho fiowur heads or each row should bo on tho stems or the row immediately picccding it, so that when tho box Is finished only flowers are to bo seen nnd no stems. Fashions In Collars. Tlio cape collars so conspicuous Just now call into servlco all the fine, short-haired furs. Krmlne will bo fash ionable, purtly as a medium of black and white combinations. It is toady In capes, capo collars, long cloaks, em pire senrrs, stoics, mulTs nnd trim mingB. Chinchilla, soul and bnby Iamb aro standard, nnd beaver and otter will gain now favor. The flat stole, In ono form or another, is tlio most fash ionable of tho small fur pieces. It Is wider and longer than In recent sea sons. Loosely fitting bloiiBo coats, with long basquen or skirts, are made in flexible fur nnd nro ornamented with touches of embroidery nnd lace on bolt, collar and cuffs. More looso box coats of fur will bo seen than in tho last fow winters and all tho flow ing, exnggointcd Hues or tho summer coats aro to he lcpealed in fur for those wlio can afford such costly gar ments. ,. pj,,-, ' Breezy Frills. """ Shaped rufllos finish elbow sleeves. Laco Is much threaded with ribbon. Picture gowns should accompany picture tints. Pompadour taffetas aro made into adorable little dross rigs. Veils and trimmings nro still worn dangling nt tho back of hats. Volvot hat bindings nro often over an inch deep on the outside. Even ti gathered rufllo Is prettier If It bo shaped flared that Is. Many largo hats droop both bnck and front, but more In tho back. Quito tho most popular are tho eo-llcnnc-liko weaves In wool and Bilk. Klbow sleeves may bo finished out with tho revived white undorsloove. A lot of very pale cream-pink roses makes lovoly a white sheperdess hat, Some muslins and organdies aro often as sheer as moussollno or chif ron. There's a certain chic in tho pic-turo-hut binding or black or corded volvot. people m EVENTS GREAT MINE OWNER DEAD. Wlnfleld Scott Stratton Passes Away After a Brief Illness. Wlnfleld H. Mtintton, tho millionaire mining man, died at Colorado Spring, Colo., Sept. II. Wlnfleld Scott Stratton wns horn In Jonvcon county, lud., In 1813, and wont to Colorado when hu was 24 yenis old. His first nnd groatest slilko was tho Independence mine, in tho center of tho present Crlpplo (Jieok field. It niiulo him many tlmo) n mllllonnlic, nnd wns ultimately Bold by him to an English syndicate for $11,1)110.0011. Stratton was nn eccentric character in many reh.ects, nnd hnd ills own Ideas about using his money. Whllo Indulging In tho freaks a rich man can afford ho did not like tho Idoa of having Idle surplus on his hands, so ho inadu many Investments In Colo rado real estnto, nnd many of tho best cornels In Crlpplo Creole and Colorado Springs belong to Stratton. Personnlly Stratton wns of Blmplo tnstos and habits, with n maiked dis like for notoriety and publicity. His charitable deeds havo boon many, anil most of them have been marked by. good Judgment. Ho redeemed tho Ta bor properties for tho widow of Sena tor Tnbor In gratltudo for kludnoss shown him when ho wns poor, nnd all who displayed unselfish goodness to ward him in Ills days of poverty have had no occnslon to regret it. No one knows what his fortituo Is. Hot Corner for Such as These. In that land of shadows whoro mon. are Biipposed to repent tho wrong deeds done in this life some obscure corner will doubtless bo reserved for those who havo boon worso than sin ners In that thoy wero blundorer Thero u-lll meet Ihi trnllnv tnnn - t did not notice, the boy who let door or tho elevntor open, tho who rocked tho boat and tlio In nil who did not know it was Doubtless, too, this will bo ono most unhappy groups among the n. t. tudes. INVENTION OF AN ACTRESS. Miss Gertrude Arden Expects Fortune from a Railroad Device. Ono or the young women who poses In tho front line or the choniB In "Foxy Grandpa" Is of a mechanical turn of mind, and sho has made uso of her in vcntlve powers to make and havo pat ented a lock bolt to hold the plates ott railway rails. The bolt locks tho nut so It cannot slip. A patent has been applied for, nnd tha "show girl," Miss fiortrudn Arden, hopes to make a for tune with her Invention. Sho Is a widely traveled nnd well-read woman, and has been prominent In Southern society. At ono tlmo sho owned au orange grovo In Florida, but ono win' tor, threo or four yeais ago, a fro3t, Bwopt her trees away, and sho turned to the stage ns a means of livelihood. Prior to this change of occupation, Miss Arden had encircled the globe. War Statistics. According to tho calculations ot tho Hospital, an English medical Journal, 5,770 oillccrB and men wore killed In action In tho South African war, and 2,010 died of wounds which they received. Tho deaths rrom dls ease amounted to 13,272. In action ono officer was killed to every 10.15 men, and ono officer was wounded to every 11.34 men. Rut or thoso who died rrom disease only ono in every 38.5 men was an officer. The number or Invalids sent homo during tho war was about 70,000, and or those moro than 0,000 died or loft tho service. Tlio vast majority, of course, wero restored to health. To piovo that tlio wnr uflor nil was not a big one, tho Hospital quotes tho figures of tho battle of Ornvelotto, in which tho victorious Hermans had. 32S olllccrs and -1,!)00 mon kilted aud uearly 13,000 wouuded. 0 I & BSv BSSSSSsV A fl vCBSSSfl r hs4sbbbh PbsV ISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSt ' H SSSVHIiSSSP. t' ij ssssl LgsJHHf, to AW M0wm WS .j mas GEBTPUEE ADDErTI m ttraWVw f l 1 fSgammsBL