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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 12, 1902)
p.!,.,.. -yw..- r f?, : i it I P I 1 ! I A HOTEL HORROR Fourteen People Lose Life in Chi cago Hostelry. MANY GUESTS SUFFOCATED tUh I. He,, rfor AJ Con( tM(i Thw-.v,,,,,,,, I'topU tuh far tHy nil rn Nqnrrjrrt la .Narrow liMlnnji. A Chicago, December 4, dispatch aya: Fourteen persons were suffcated In a fire nt CnVlm-k this monilnB at the Llnrtiln hotel In Madison street and await Identification at the morgues. The victims arc believed to havo been visitors attendliiB the live stoeit show. Ten of thn Injured guests of the hotel ace nt u hospital suffering from Injuries received by Jumping from win dows. The Injured: H. C. Hamilton, stock intoer. Leba non. Ind. W. J. Thomas, ninll clerk on St. Paul railway. A. S. HaliiPR. Fairmont, Ind. J. n. Mayer. Burlington. In. Mrs. J. Sheppnrd and beven-yenr-old eon, Fred, Davenport. In, William Hnrgraves, Davenport, la. Kdward Kber, night clerk. Is beliiK detained by the police peudlni; an In vestigation. None of the Injured la seriously hint. Mrs. Shepportl leaped from a third-story window to the roof of an adjoining restaurant. The origin of the flnnics la not yet known, hut It Ih supposed n guest left a gas Jet open and the escaping llluml nnnt wns Ignited from a stove. The hotel was heated by steam and stoves were patronized chiefly by far mers. The. hotel occupies the second, third and fourth floors above the nrown & Co.'s jewelry store. When the guests were aroused b ycrles of fire they stampeded to the narrow hall way that afforded the only means of evlt. The passage was blocked by struggling men. who fought each other with desperation. No headway was made by the flames and the panic stricken crowd soon quiet and depart ed from the building in scanty attire. At noon the search of the building had been finished. No more bodies were found, the total number of dead remaining at fourteen. The police nnd building departments are making a rigid Investigation as the building was practically without fire escapes and had hallways so narrow that two men could hardly pass abreast. SUCCEEDED BY DAUGHTER. .Slxti'i'ii-Yritr-Olil Ilrrtlm Krupii Tuki'S llrr Tiither'H l'lurf. A tiny sprig of a girl, only fifteen years old, Is the possessor of fifteen million dollars, and has the absolute control of 150,000 men, says a Berlin dispatch of December 1. She. Is Bertha Krupp, daughter of Frederick Alfred Krupp. the great gnnmaker. who died last week. Under his will tho girl Inherits about hnir of his vast estate, conservatively esti mated at not less than $1hO,0(IO.000. The gun factory at Kssen and the subsi diary plants, employing 150,000 work men, also go to her. Barbain, a younger sister, will also havo a royal fortune. Krupp numbered kings and emper ors among his Intlmntes and It Is said that his yearly income was more than $10,000,000. In his will he bequeathed $750,000 for the benellt of ills employes and now bis widow ban given $250,000 for tho Improvement of Kssen. This was done at the suggestion of the daughter, Berthn. Until she arrives at maturity, tho girl's enormous estate will be managed by her mother and a committee of ad ministrators. MINISTER BUCK DEAD. Illc Suilili-iily U'lilln on a Hunting Trip 'inr Tnkln. Tho Japanese minister called at the Mate department In haste Thursdny to communicate to Secretary Hay n cablegram he had received from tho minister of foreign affairs nt Toklo, dated today, stating that while Mr. Buck, tho United States minister to Japan, was on a hunting trip this morning he was taken suddenly ill unci expired. Mull Acnit 5ctH I'ortiiiif. A ball of lire fourteen by sixteen Inches in diameter shot across tho Bky at New Olbany. Ind.. leaving a trail of fire sixteen feet long. Those who saw it say that tho ball, which was evident ly a meteor, must have fallen Into the river or struck tho earth Just opposite this city. Hh direction was from northwest to southeast and during Its flight It illuminated tho sky for miles nround. llrolirn-Nt'ck Victim Cclrliraten. I.nwrenro Glldcrsleeve. who broke his neck a year ago, celebrated tho first anniversary of the accident by start ing on n tour of New England, says a telegram from Huntington, Ind. Gil dersleevo received tho Injury In n foot ball game and has been under surgical care ever since. Ho now wnlkB with difficulty, and Is much bent, but tho frncturo hat mended and he is appa rently at fljng as ever. jlil Mine In Street. Gold was found In tho main street nf Harrison Gulch, a mining camp of norao size In Western 8hasta, tho other day. The find, which was a rich one, was made on land that Is In litigation, tho Midas Mining company claiming It above prior locators. Largo nuggets were taken out, and thcro has been great excitement In the place ever blnce. The army death list cabled from Manila totals thirty-ono soldiers, In cluding ten deaths from Asiatic cho lera and eight from dysentery. CONGRESSIONAL CHAT. Frorvrdlnc of Nnllmmt IIoiud il -air Urrrnilmr 4, Boon after tho senate met Thursday Mr. Boicrldgc had read resolutions of the convention comjKiscd of delegates from Oklahoma and Indian Territory favoring th admission of both terri tories as ono stale nnd opponlaK tin house omnibus bill. On motion of Mr. Stc.wn.rt. Nevada, a concurrent resolution waa adopted calling on the president for tho papets In tho "Plus Funde" cnae. recently de cided at The llHguo. Senator Halo bus Introduced a bill fixing the age for admission to the naval academy betweon tho agea of seventeen and twenty years. Tho pres ent limit In fifteen l( twenty-ono yeuis. Senator Cullom. chairman of the suti- nto committee on foreign relations, says he In going to press consideration of tho reciprocity treaties, especially tho French agreement. Ho does not know when time can be obtained for calling up the treaty, but thinks the senate should vote ono way or tho other. Senator Quailcs of Wisconsin has In troduced a bill for the repeal of the desert land law bill and the law au thorizing tho entry to timber and stone lands under tho placer mining lawB and also n piovlslnn for the homestead law permitting the commutation of home stead entries. Senator Quarles said the Intention of tho 1)111 Is to preserve the public lands for actual settlers and to that end he desired to havo all luws for the opening of the public lands ox cept tho homestead law repealed. Tho scnato committee on military affairs met Thursday for the purpose of taking tip the bill for the re-organ-Izntion of the mllltla and listened to tho representatives In support of the measure by Secretary Hoot and uen eral Carter. When the hearing of Secretary Boot was concluded the committee decided to report the bill as It passed thu house without amendment. A Washington, D. C. dispatch of De cember 4. says: Tho house committee on appropriations has agreed upon tho pension appropriation bill. It appro priates $137.817.1.00. which Is $5,:170 more than for the current yenr. Representative Cooper of Wisconsin has introduced a bill to promote tho efficiency of tho Philippine constab ulary. It piovldes that ofllcers of the army may be detailed for service as chiefs and assistant chiefs of tho Phil ippine constabulary, tho olllcer serv ing ns chief to have the rank nnd pay of n brigadier general and tho assist ant that of colonel. Senator I.odgo has 'offered a similar bill In the senate. Representative William Alden Smith of Michigan presented tho following resolution In the 1hhi.sc: "Whereas. Information has been ro celved by the government of tho re cent killing of William A. Fitzgerald, nn American citizen, at the city of Gnutcmnln. In the republic of (juutomu la, ut tho hands or Godfrey Hunter, Jr., son of the American minister, and .Inmcs O. Bailey, secretary of tho le gation, anil whereas, the United States luw taken ofliclnl cognizance of this unfortunnto affair, "Resolved. Tnat the secretary of stale be, and Is hereby requested, If not In computable with tho Interest of the public service, to inform the house of representatives of tho circumstances which lesulted In tho death of William A. Fitzgerald, an American citizen, In the city of Oautotnala, together with such reports and correspondence us are of record In tho state department bear ing upon this subject; also whether any extradition treaty Is In force and effect between tho government of the United States and the government of Cinutemula and whether the doctrine of extra tcrrltorality would apply to the offenders who may be members of the family and household of the United States minister, rendering them amendnble to American jurisdiction with prosecution and trial by United Stutes courts." Semi Mother In .lull. On complaint of her own children, Mrs. Mnry Zeleka, forty years old, liv ing In New York City, was sent to the workhouse for six months by Magis trate teller, charged with hlhlluuj drunkenness. Ciipliiln Klein Klllrcl HlniM-lf Captain Kdward K. Klein, aged sixty one, retired capitalist and veteran olll cer of tho loyal legion, committed sui cide by shooting at his homo in West Minister Place, St. Louis. Ho was a victim of melancholy. Ohio' lllsht llnlir I. HIT Ohio's eight-hour labor lnw as ap plied to publle work has been declared to bo unconstitutional by tho state su premo court. THE NEWS IN BRIEF. Perlz Pulgar has been arrested at Orenz, Spain, bearing a polguard. Ho is nn Argentine anarchist and came to Spain to murden tho kind. Pulgar is believed to bo Insane. Charles R. Barton, a well known news papor man, Is dead at San Ber nardino, Cal., of consumption. In structions rearding tho disposition of the body nro being awaited from his family In Indiana. Over tho grave of Rear Admiral Sloat In Greenwood cemetery, New York, a committee of tho California society sprinkled earth from boneath tho flag staff of tho old custom house nt Monterey, whero Sloat holhted tho American flag when ho took posses sion of California in 1SKJ. This was done at the request of the Sloat Mon ument association of California. Tho news that Minister Concha has been relieved of his appointment haH raised hopos hero that tho Panama canal negotiations will take u moro favorable turn. It is reported that more nmplo Instructions will be cabled from Bogota. Tho majority groups In the German Reichstag have determined to pass tho tariff bill beforo Christmas. Accord ing to tho present program they will try to pass the second reading on De cember 6, and pass the third reading next week. Wednesday's session of the Reichstag was consumed In hearing the formal verbal reports of the mem bers of the tariff committee. WHERE MONEY IS Troasuror Stumer Namos State Depositories AND THE AMOUNT IN EACH Ptimiicial Klalrmeal for HlrHiilinii F.nit- la? Not-mlir till, line, I'nalalui Siunmrl Miimlng lllpnal- lion nt I'miil Otlir Nrni Tho tlnaticlal statement of State Treasuier Steufer. for the blennluni ending November 20, P.I02, Hied with Governor Savage, contain summnrlcB showing the disposition or Hinds dur ing his tm m and a list or thedeposltory banks and the amounts In each at the close or the flstal year. November 2!). The following shows (he receipts nnd disbursements: Balance Dee. i, it)oo....$ f.i:..ois.:ii R e c e I p t s, Dec. I. 111(10 0,712.551,71 -$7,357,570.(15 Dlsbuuements to Nov. 20. Dec. 1, UiOO, li'"2 0.!I25.:'.H.C7 $ 1:12.255.38 Following Is tin1 list of the state de positories and the amount deposited In each November 2!t. 1002: Union Null. Bank. Omaha U. S Natl. Bunk, Omalia.. . .$ IS.27S.02 .. :to,05ii.!i:t . . 25,070.15 0.428. Id .. I.S7J2MU . . 10,.lll.0!) City Nil. Bank. Lincoln.... Puckeis Natl. So. Oinnhu.. First Natl. Lincoln Saunders Co. Null. Wnliuu.. Adams County, Hastings.. German Nail.. Hastings.... Battle Ctoek. Valley First Natl.. Alliance 0,1 II. IH 8,858. :s:i 10,000.00 1.224.1!) First Natl. York 5.247 Noitolk Nail.. Norfolk 10,000.00 Broken Bow Stale, Uiciken Bow CHIens'. Mi Cook Union Stute. 1 lament City Natl.. York State, Cuitis 0.000.00 8,:io:t.i2 7. 1 4!). 55 :!,! 12.28 4,:m5.5:i Fanners' and Merchant:!' Stromsburg 5,215.77 Omnlm Natl.. Omaha .".il.ilS7.1 Merchants' Natl., Omaha... :il.t02.!l!l Columbia. Natl.. Lincoln... :s,00.75 Bank or Rnzllln Mills. ' Ba.llle Mills ...t 1,500.00 First Natl.. Omaha ::il,(!87.1!l Fhst Natl., lloldi'oge l.il.H'.U!) First State. St. Paul 1,500.00 Flist Natl.. Wayne 10,000.00 Pierce County. Pierce 7.000.00 Bank or Orleans. Oilcan.?. .. li.000.00 Grand Island Banking Co., Grand Island 10,(100. Oil First Nail.. I.oomls 5.000.00 Valentino Slate. Valentine.. 7.500.00 Bany or Syiai'iiso. Syracuse. 5,000.00 Commercial Natl.. Omaha.. lM.710.iM Citizens' Natl., St. Paul... 10,000.00 Newport Stute. Newport .'1,000.00 Bank of Commerce, Lincoln 111,818.01 Total $120,1104. 01! The following shows the resources from which rceclpts for the general fund weic derived: Balance, Dee. 1. liioo $ l!l.5!ll.li; Stall' tnuit collected l,7i)7.O22.0O Fees 1114,002.00 Triinsfeiied funds 20,011. Ill U. S. aid to soldiers' homes i;o,0i;7.85 Deposit interest 20,710.01 Oil inspei tors tees 1, 140. 00 Transfer from slnk'g fund 07,782.81 Plaits Co. compromise 8,000.00 Third dividend fiom Capi tal National bank 4,727.27 School land notices 1,002.1!) Comptroller of thn eurron- cy for First Natl.. Alma 1)25.00 Alts, .loues' boaicl Inmates. 577.00 Sale of fish 21)1.70 Sale of Imp'v'm't school l'ds 250.00 Miscellaneous Items 25(!.(;o Total $2,18S,!)2i;.S2 Principal general fund wnrionts paid $l.!)5!),lp;5.01l Interest general fund war rants paid 145,055.13 ?2,105.:i20. Balance on hand. Nov. 2!).$ 81l.C0ii.cn Following are the unexpended bal ances of the eunent funds November 29. 1002: General $ Sn.OOO.CO Temporary school 241,717.11 Temporary university 41, HI). HO Hospital for Insane 1,2i!0.(iti State library 4.741. 115 University cash I8.i;i(i.2() Normal library 5,071.10 Normal Interest 2,018.00 Penitentiary special labor.. 2,(!:i0.15 Penitentiary land 4,088.00 Agr. nnd Meeh. Arts 115.000. CI U. S. Experiment station.. 1,7:10.80 Inheritance tax 01.711 Total $120,001,011 Following am the total Investments of the cdmntlonnl trust fund: Permnnent school $5 072,2.15.70 Agr. college endowment.. 224,002.11 Normal endowment 50,000.00 Total .$5,150,978.00 Letter HrliiK Ciiml I'rlre A letter or George Washington, writ ten October 20, 17W, to his iriond Pat rick Henry, governor of Virginia, was sold ut a collector's sale at Boston by nut Hon for $850 to a New York man acting as an agent. The letter Is given in full in Sparks' life or Washington and Is or some length. Its subject mat ter relutcs to a grant ol money by tho Virginia legislature to Washington In reward Tor bin services in tho revolu tion, and his refusal or the same. Town ilcirnril I'p Tho llttlo town of Wnid, S. D.. was nearly wiped out by fire. Loss ubout $20,000. Prlnclpnl losers, John Caveny, merchant, $7,000; Blycker'H machine shop, $4,000. Hill Arlnt NntelilK A bill bus been Introduced In tho house by Representative Jenkins, by request, making newspapers or other periodicals unmallnblo which contain any pictures of suicides or details re lating to Bulcldes beyond n simple statement of death by suicide, and Im posing a penalty. ,J V" friends by PLEAD FOR TIME 8luckinii Will I'l'tltlon Cnni:rc to D lar i'ritrlur Hiictii I'cnrct A meeting of the icpresontatlvc slock men In the vicinity of Alliance, Neb., was recently held and a commit tee wa appointed to ptvparo a petition to cnngtcdi and asking tho president that a commission bo sent to learn hu real i jndltlonu In legnrd to fencing ', government land. The committee u polulctl will arrange for u thorough presentation of the mutter to each utcH'kmnn In western NohroBka, nnd the petition vtlll show Hie address, town, range and number of cattle owned by each signer. At tho meeting hold It was agreed that the Immediate! duly of each stock man was to support Senator Millard In the pioKci'Utlou of the land-leasing bill Introduced by him and to notify him that he has tho Indorsement of all stockmen In western Nebraska It his efl'oits In their behalf. LOSES A FOOT Mcultlir Mini, luriurr MrrU Willi S rlini .liliiit Howard .1. Chnpmuii. u wealthy stock farmer living about nl miles south east of Table Rock. Neb., was the un fortunate victim of a railroad accident in the city yards, whb h cost him his lelt foot, lie had Just received a car load or cattle I'loni (be western uingo and in going :u ro.is the sidetrack to see them he i raw led under the bump ers ol a cur. not seeing any engine at tached, as the train was starting and was caught and his left fool was cut on" Jusl above (he ankle. It was neces sary to amputate the leg half aj between the ankle and knee. FINDS VALUABLE RELIC i: II. 1ll;i'l, limn IiUcomth III TlllM'ltH V V mIiiii nt "NiliriKkii I'lilliiilliim" 5. K Blackmail or the Nebraska State Historical society 1ms Just le turnecl from Topcku, Kan., wluuo he read a paper before1 the Kansas tttuto Historical society. Mr. Blackman round a bound volume of "The Ne braska Palladium." the llrst paper pub lished In Nebraska, dating from July, 1S5I. This llnd adds a few more copies of this early paper to the number now known to exist Volume 1, No. 1, Is In the lot Jut found. At piesent thero are nine numbers missing out of tho possible thirty-seven. Of a few num beis there aie three copies, and of some others there aie two copies In existence. It Is hoped to securo the missing miiiitii'i's In time. EXPORTS ARE HALTED di I lli nIiImmth Unit I'litll the llseui U Stumped Out No reply has been received ns yet to the cable sent to tho British gov ernment, by the ucllng consul at Bos ton expressing the desire of steamship men and cattle shippers that Its quar antine against the shipment of cattle from New lOnglaiid be modlllcd so us to penult shipments fiom Poillaud of western nnd Canadian uulmuls. Meanwhile llio New IJnglana export cattle; trade Is ut a standstill, though some Information from Washington says that tho British authorities have requested u statement with regard to the foot and mouth dlueaso, nnd a re port as to the wisdom or nllowlng cat He to bi loaded at Portland. TURN THE HOSE ON Ani:ry ritlreiiH nf Wnulii'i-iin, III,, 'I nice l.iuv In On n IliimU Unable to find the mayor of their town, and with no circuit court Jury available, tho elti'.oun of Wuukegan, III,, took matters Into their own hands nnd with the aim of a llro plug and u lino of hose routed a gang of street railway laborers who were trying to lay a track on ono or their streets. The track wait being placed by tho Chicago & Milwaukee Kloctrlo corn puny, which Tor some reason Is not populur with the people or Waukegau. When the laborers started to lay the track a call was made on I ho mayor to have him put a stop to the work. The mayor could not bo found. An injunc tion was then sought, but no Jury was In the city and then the citizens rushed for the hose. The hose was tho last resort. .rreit Hotel I'riiiirletnr Ficd A. Smith, proprietor of tho Lincoln hotel In which fourteen men were smothered to death, nnd Night Clerk K. C. Weber were nrrnlgued in police court at Chicago on tho charge of being accessories to manslaughter before the fact. They were arrested at the instigation of Coroner Traeger and Chief of 1'olliu O'Neill, but fur nlshed bull and wine released. I'lreiil lllne Hill The residence of Tommy McClure. at Blue Hill. Neb., wan totally destroyed by lire. Tho local tire department was on hand promptly but as tho houso was outside llio water district they could not do anything. The origin of the fire la not certainly known, but Is supposed lo have been tho work of uu Incendiary. No Insuiance was car rind. t'oiii nil riitliin I'linili Preparatory to an aggressive cam palgn against the ladronts In tho Rl.al province ol Lu.on. Governor Tnft has established zones of concentration. The hind will bo tllltd dtlrlng the day and the people retire wltliln the .ones at night. A strong force or con stabulary will be iiBfd against the bam dlts. The Omaha central labor union, an orisuiilzullon composed or representa tives or various labor unions In Oinuha, havo unanimously voted to boycot all boarding houses where Union Pncinu strike breakers stay, and also to boy cot all meat markets, coal yards and various other business houses which sell meat, coal or other goods to sucl boarding houses. Saloons nre In the jlst of business houses mentioned In the resolution. Those who sturted tho movement hopu to see It icsult In a walking out of rooks and waiters In boarding, houses where strike breaker! lodge. . iW.i., pft4tv.v HI J ll 1 HOIHlillL' tlinin Hiii Plilnf I soudlng thorn the Clilot' BILL EOR PUBLICITY House Favorably Reports a Meas ure Against Trusts IS A MOVE FOR REFORM Ilimliirmi nf Cimiiiiereliit I'niitliliinllinift VI ii I lie I, Ikr m (trim llooU - l'rnt t'niMiut IIiiti- HeereU From the I'ntillr - Hill t'riitlnliiiiii A Washington dispatch says: Tho Ruh-fouimlllco or the house judiciary committee to which was referred anti trust bills has repoited favorably to the rull committee on Mr. Llttle.fleld's bill providing for giving publicity to the affairs ol commercial combinations with ceilaln amendments. Acting Chairman Jenkins of Hie Judlclniy conimlllee appointed n hiiIi comniltlce consisting of Representative l.lttlelleld or Maine, Represeutntlvo Overstrecl tr Indiana. Itcprosontatlvo Powets or MaHeachusl'ttK, Representa tive DoArniond or Missouri and Repre sentative Clayton of Alabama, to which all null-trust bills, including the publi city bill, havo been leforml. The publicity bill ns amended pro vides that every eotporntlon, Joint slock company or similar organization engaged In luter-stato or foreign com merce nnd every such corporation which shall hereafter bo organized shall tile with the Inter-Rtato coinineiee commission on or before September each year a letiirn, stating among oth er things, Its name, date or organiza tion, where utitl when organized and II' couKolliluted, the names or thn con stituent companies and the huiuo In formation I'ouceriilug them. It the coiiceiuK have been recii-gunlecl the original corporation or corporations is to be Hlalea with Information concern lug Ihcm. It Is also provided Hint the amount of authorized capital stock, shares Into which divided, par value, whether com mon or preferred nuil distinction be tween each, amount Issued and out standing, amount paid In -how r.tneli If any, paid In cash, and bow much, It any. In propqerty, and ir paid in prop el ty, a description and cush uinvket value or the piopeily ut tho I line Jt was received In payment shall bo stated. Tho indebtedness, Itn nature and for what purpose Incurred Is to bo given, also a statement or tho ussclH nt their present cash market value, giving the elements upon which tho market vnluo Is based. It Is also required that tho total earnings and Income, operating ex penses. Interest, luxes, permanent Im prlveinents, net earnings, dividends declared, with rate and date during the ytur preceding the llrst or tho pre ceding July, salaries of olllclals and wnges ol' employes bo disclosed. It Is provided further thai tho treas urer or other olllcer ol" concerns af fected by the bill having the requisite knowledge shall answer on oath all luqulics Hint may be mudo In writing under tho direction ol' the intei-sliite commerce commission, iclntlve to Its lluanclal condition, of Its capital stock. Such answer Is nut. to be used us evi dence ngulnst tho person making It, ex cept in prosecution under the pio posed act. A tax of 1 per cent tier annum Is Imposed on so much ol' the capital stock outstanding which Is not fully paid In easli or other piopeily at Its fill cush market vulue, and provision Is made for colli ding the lux. Any concern contemplated In this bill falling to make the a (urn ns re quited under this bill, ami any con cern tailing to pay a tax Imposed is to be lestraincd on the still of the United Stntes horn engaging in inter state or foreign commerce. It Ih made the duty or the attorney general at (he request or the liiter-Htnto commerce nicoinmlsslon lo enforce I ho provisions or the proposed net, nnd suit may be In ought In any illstilct court or the United Stales ut the election of the attorney getieiul whcie an offending concern has a place of business. Provision Is made that the Inter-stnlo commerce commission shall prepare and publish a statement showing a list of corporation)! and disclosing their condition. The bill does not ap ply to any concetti the nmounl of cup Ital stock of which does not exceed $500,000. LIKE A MUSHROOM OUIiiliiitnii Ciirnllnlil SiirliiL' Into u Tnun In n Miclit I-iiglo City wati cornfields and raw praltle December I. It Is now a town of 2.000 Inhabitants, with u complete municipal organization, a bank in op eration, a daily newspaper established, u hotel, Tour restaurants, seven sa loons, at least a score or mercantile establishments and no end or gambling houses. The lot drawing began at daylight December 5. ldieli boomer paid In $25, which entitled him to n twonty-llvo foot biislnonu lot or a fifty-foot resi dence lot, tho selection to bo by lot tery. As soon us tho choice idles were drawn tho bidding for thorn became lively, nnd several suits wore made nt from $500 to $1,000 each. Ragle City is to bo a division point on the 'Frisco Hue. tMilrkttn'n Ailtviitiiro The employes of tho B. & M. coach Shop at Pluttsmouth, Neb,, found a live chicken yesterday, which, If It could talk, would doubtless tell a very Interesting story. It, was found snugly perched on the trucks of a conch which had Just been brought In. How the fowl got there Is u matter of conjec ture, but somo believe that It was near the tracks when a rapidly moving tralrr camo ulong and the suction pulled it upon the trucks of the car. Both of Its legs were frozen, efoWfhercnants. REMARKABLE TRIBUTE I'nlil tn Mm .Me mnry of Hi-Spe' 'llinninn llriiikott Itol A Washington. Dee. 8, dispatch says: The house today paid a remarkable tribute lo tho momory or cx-Sncakor ThomiiH B, Reed. 'His death had cre ated n profound Impression nnd thero was n universal desire among tho mem bers that tho Iiiiii.ii! show a signal mark of respect tohls memory. For thohoiiso to take action on the death of n for mer member hud only throe prece dents In Its history, uumcly, on tho occasions of the death of Hcnton, Blnlneanil Alexander Stephens, when the house adopted lenolittlonB and ad journed out. or rospert to their memories. It was decided to follow Ihcie precedents In the case of Mr. Reed. The chaplain at tho opening of tho itesslon paid a feeling rofcrenco to tho drulh of tho ex-speaker. No buslnesii was transacted beyond tho formal rend ing of two messages from tho presi dent anil an ariangetnent to postpono tho special order of tho day the Lon don dock bill until Tuesday. Mr. Sherman of New York, then amid deep silence nriwo and In a few reeling remarks offered the following resolution: "Resolved thai Hie following minutes bo spread upon the record of tho houso of representatives: "The lion. Tliomiiri Braekett Reed died In Washington, December 7, 1002. For twenty-two years he hail been a member of the Iioubo; for six yearn Its speaker His services term inated with the Flfty-llfth congress. Within this chamber the secne of bin lire's great activities were laid. Hero he rendered service to his country which placed him In the front ranks of American statesmanship. Hero ho exhlblled characteristics which cam polled respect and won admiration. Forceful ability, Intrinsic, worth, strength of character, brought him popular fame and congressional icaci cishlp. In him depth and breadth of Intellect, with a rull nnd well-rounded development had produced a giant who towered above his lellows and Im pressed them with his power and wis dom. "A distinguish! statesman, a loy patriot, a cultured scholar and Incisive writer, un unnintehed debater, n mas ter or logic wit mid satire, the most ramoiiB of the world's parliamentari ans, the great and representative citi zen has gone Into history. "Resolved. That In honor of the dis tinguished dead tho houso now ad journ." When the reading or the resoiunoim li'id been concluded Spcakor Hentler smi asked If thcio was objection to tl.elr piesent consideration. The sllonco rvinniuid unbroken. The resolutions Ujhv then imanlmoimly adopted and nc- Iririllnulv lit 12:15 o'clock II. ni., tllO .speaker declared the houuo adjourned iVtil ol' res Ren!. sped to me memory i .WOMEN PERFORM RITES i m .Stcfiiii Amoni: il,,t filiienil Nn A i eroiuony nnii" rvlrr m f iinncn I i a,,rH " tleivlcca was porrormcu ni uohuiiim cemetery. Chicago, when tho, body of a woman was laid to rest by a party or her women friendn. A woman said thir prayer, a woman spoke tho worda of" enlogv over the body am! consigned", "dum'to dust" at the open grave. Only on ! man stood In tho throng or mourn ers. Ho wits tho son of tho woman lu the casket, but he look no part in tho simple rites. It wan the funeral or Mis. Rllzajano Oliver Monnhati. dead ut ninety years or uge. daughter or Capt. Joseph Oliver or the continen tal army In tho revolutionary war. Following her Inst wish, sho wan burled by her fellow members or the datightein of the revolution. STRIKE RICH ORE Selntcil Itiiek Itnpnrtmt l Aiy Over Ml, 0(10 PnrTmi A Cheyenne. Wyo.. December 7. dis patch says: One or the richest ntrlkcs over made In southeast Wyoming Is iciportcd from tho Silver Glance mine, lu the Hurtvlllo district, whero n three foot lode has been opened up which assays ?I.'J28.C0 to tho ton In gold. The ore from which returns were received was selected rode, but It Is said the vein matter Is very rich, containing In addition to the gold about 15 per cent copper unci some Bllver: TIiIb mine with a group ot four others. Is owned by the Sunrise Copper Mining com puny. (imiiiiiIhhIiiii Will Iliqnlr Ti,, iMi.truiiiiii commission bus ' or dered u hearing to bu held in Washing ton December 10 In tho matter of tho proposed ndvances In freight rates from the Missouri river to New York. An order ban been Issued requesting the nttontluneo at that time or tho chief trulllo olllclals or other representatives, qualified to give Information of tho toads concerned, aa well as tho rea sons and necessity for the advances. Treaty I'roitrnwlnir Dr. Herman, the Colombian charge, called ul thu stale department to dls ,.,., iim lironoscd canal treaty wlttt Secretary Hay. Tho negotiations are said to be In excellent shape with tho only open Issues relating to tho , exact amount of annuity to bo paid U1 o amount or thu capital payment. It Is hoped that a treaty will be signed next week. rinlcllrm Unclur (lunrd The disorderly churucter of some of tho discharged Boldlera who aro going homo on the transport Logan has led Generul Davis to order n company ot Infautry aboard to act as a .special guard, says a Manila dispatch. Tho company will accompany tho transport to San Francisco, and then return, '."ho ligan sails on December 15 and car ries tho remainder of tho men dlH charucd under the reduction order. -,;,,'( f j v f1 f I i X h Q f v 7' ih Yf. W M ft l,i . l V . ;Jft u hf Wf r i j"'il r' . . 1 'M : It; ' JK.Jk if