T t It-aH'Vi'J3. it UAirtr i ?ct WW Wiyfc M(;vp I'vrjV V T wif M imaHtivw t V yr i. '&& tte&KAkwy. .- .Ml -fc mttrWW nw w-umwi 3Li? I ". -... . v JL WliIL, A i : & W I Red Cloud Chief. PURL1SHED WEEKLY. ED CLOUD. NEIIUAHKA C Darn olil Nonh, ho should have killed the two mosquitoes ho had In llie ink. There Ik an epidemic of smallpox inioiiB tho llg ilckors of Smyrna, lioll your figs. That joimg man who took the prlc rh a hat trimmer might make a hyper critical husband. Col. A. llamld, It Is said, thinks he would he a happy man were It not for creditors and editors. Mny Goolct Is nt hint to he a duchess. After thin May will regard heaven as a mere annex. John I.. Hnlllvnn Htlll umpires base ball games oceaHlonnlly, and IiIh duel hIoiih go without uiiwIko dlHpute. If all men wore like Harry Lehr. everybody could understand why Miss Siisuii U. Anthony never got murrled. Tlif hopplckliig HoaHou has opened In central New York. What a Joy ous word, by tho way, "hopplckliig" hi In cabling that he In uh "lit as a fid die," Vice Conuul Magclsscn shows that he Ik also uh- vivacious as n iollii. Willi "IHg lllll" Devery on her .side, why should Fran CohIiiui con tinue to feci that life Iuih unlovely aspects? That threatening revolution In Pan ama continues to burn huge, ragged holes In tho pages of tho sensational newspapers. It begins to look aB though the only thing which might even hope to tako awny the Amerlca'a cup would bo a fleet of warships. It will never do to again apeak of Vesuvius a "sho" or "her" nftcr learning that it baa thrown tocktt a distance of COO feet. Announcement Ih made of a tour of thiH country by tho prince of Thtirn and Tnxla, but ho Isn't to collect any thing but information. It Is more thnn thirty-three years since Franco has had a revolution. If tho French don't take caro they'll be getting out of tho habit. Helrnt may bo trying to qualify as the now capital of tho Turkish em lire when the sultan has to pack his grip and move out of Europe. .Tho dancing professors arc In favor of groiler dignity. Hut It Isn't dignity that tho hidy thinks of when an awk ward man steps on her train. Union Henri do Rothschild bar been lined $2 In Paris for auto scorch ing. The. cable doesn't say how ho .succeeded In raising tho money. How delighted Whistler must have been to die If bo had prescient knowl edge that tho post mortem crop of Whistler stories would hold tint llko It has. Prof. Ijinglcy mny take n fearful lovengo upon the skeptics by sailing his airship ull alone some dark night and never letting anybody know about It. Hy beginning on tho oyster carl you may be able to enjoy a fow speci mens before tho scientific gentlemen bob ut with the annual scare about oyster bacilli. The Harry Lehr fashion of carrying a purse attached to the wrist Is rather slow of adoption In this town, where the police are alert lu searching for , freaks and lunatics. Even If tho powers should succeed In restoring peace to Macedonia prob ably the luckless Inhabitants of that region would not have tho slightest Vdoa what to do with it. Much sympathy Is felt for the pitch er on tho Pittsburg basebnll team who had been released because ho didn't como up to expectations, nnd who will thercfoio become a mere college pro fessor. Few of us realize how many Insane people there are walking tho streets untrntnmelod and unsuspected. For lnstniice, a Rochester man lecently eloped with u womnn and her seven teen children. The American golf players and tho American dancing masters arc to hold their annual meetings In St. Ixiuls In 1904. If tho management Is shrewd It will get theso two nssoclatlous hi tho bird cage on the same day. , A cable dispatch announces that Mile. GJena Lunjevlcs, tho youngest idster of tho lately assassinated Queen Draga of Servia, Is to lecture on tho causes of tho tragedy In tho music halls of Europe. This Is char acteristically Improper. In tho Now York city directory for 1.003 there arc over 3,000 Smiths and 1.G00 Browns, nnd 0,000 names havo ttto prefix "Mc." It looks as though tho Anglo-Saxon were following tho Hollander Into retirement bofore tho leslstlcsu advance of the Celt. COLLIDES WITH CAR Lincoln Traction Motor Kills Harold Whyman BOY'S LIFE CRUSHED OUT High Hrlinol Nluili-nt Oct Into n .lam nt Mrtrt liitofM-ctliin nml l.iian l,'in- (rol of III lltrytlp-ltriUli Whi Aci-lili'ntil--OllHT tw Motet llarland Whyman, tho slxtccn-ycnr-old son of Charles Whyman, general manager of the American Home Invest ment association of l.lmoln, Neb., was struck by a street car, while nt tho In tersection of O and Fourteenth Btrects. nt 2:i!0 o'clock Monday afternoon and fatally Injured, dying u few minutes later nt the city hospital, to which place ho was removed Immediately after the accident. Young Whyman was riding south on Fourteenth street nt a inther rapid into on a bicycle. As he approached tho in tersection n team Mopped for water nt tho drinking fountain. Whyman swerved to avoid the team and while his attention was thus attracted his wheel struck tho Hacks of the street car line. Car No. 212, With Arthur (lallup ns motormnn and William Ktilna, conduct or, was going east at the time. Tho car struck Whyman, tluowlng him to the pavement, and tho front wheels of tho truck passed over his head bcfoie tho motorman could tiling the car to a standstill. Hystundcrs Immediately rushed to tho scene of tho accident and removed young Whyman from beneath the wheelB. It was found that the skull had been fractured and brnlns 'and blood oozed from n ghastly wound on tho head, spattering tho wheels of the motor and the pavement for several feet nround. Life was not extinct and Whyman was hurried to the hospital, where ho died a few minutes later in the operating room. Young Whyman wns a high school studcnl, having attended tho school for three years, Charles Whyman, the futh cr of tho victim, who was In Stewart, Neb., on business, was notified. Mrs. Whymnn was, absent from home, but was notified of the accident nt the resi dence of friends In the I'otvln block, Just n block from the scene of the accident. ARMY DESERTIONS. tienernl MurArtliur IMicue Tlieni In 1IU Aiuiunl Iteport. General MoArthur, commanding the department of California In his an nual report, discusses at length the question of desertion, of which there were 1,344 cases In his department dur ing the past fiscal year. Ho confesses his inability to understand why so many men resort lo this means of sep arating from the service, adding: "As a matter of fact tho American Boldier is so well provided In respect of all his material necessities nnd his personal rights am so carefully safe guarded in respect of all mntters of discipline that n conclusion arises spontaneously In the minds of exper ienced Investigators to the effect that desertion, to a large extent. Is Incident al to humnii nature, inther than an expression of specific defects in a mil itary system, nnd ns such Is not within tho scope of ordinary methods of pun itive control. "In tho light of past experience nnd of present conditions It seems apparent that the United States, as a nation, must accept desertions as a necessary evil unless enlightened public opinion can be induced to realize that It Is not only lnlmlcnl as it nffects tho army as a separate organization, hut In remote consequences Is n menace to the sta bility of our Institutions, through the corrupting effect on the military Ideals of the population that must furnish tho Improvised troops, on which tho republic must always icly In time of war." Ultimatum to .steamer The dock nnd common council, com posed of all the labor unions that work on the New Orleans. La., wharves, delivered on ultimatum to the agents of the lyeylnnd nnd Head lines of steamships to the effect that If the sum of $202.50, which had been paid to sailors last week for the load ing of cotton during the 'longshore men's strike, was not handed over to tho screwmen every labor union on the river front would walk out nt thnt time. Tho ngents of the lines decided not to pay this sum unless tho screw men would remove the limit under which they now load only 120 bales of cotton, loose, per day. NEWS IN BRIEF Two hundred enses of yellow fever exist at Linares, Mexico. The St. Joseph Daily News and Even ing Press, have consolidated. Tho Frontier county. Nebraska, fair was held last week and was u success. Henry L. Oxnnrd will move his stock farm from Lexington, Ky to Napa valley, CM. Thomns Hardy, a traveling man for a Grlnncll, In., firm has mysteriously disappeared lioiu Hoise, Idaho. Farmers In tho vicinity of Fnlrbury are kicking. Tho chlckenthlef Industry Is too prosperous to suit them, William Ruitow. a farmer residing six miles east of Klk Creek, lost part of ono thumb In a feed giinder. Free delivery oC mall will bo estab lished at Fall bury December 1, with three cnrrlers and one substitute. The Ourny, Col., mlneis, uftor a hot nnd bitter light, have decided that the mill men should not strike for nu eight hour day. Three hundred nnd fifty inombers of tho Journeymen tailors' union struck at Clovcland to enforce lecognltlon of their union. AN IMPORTANT PURCHASE Clilric I'liltrrnitr Mrctiri'x Mor I.n4 mill lliillillncK One of the most extensive real es tate deals in tho history of Chicago has practically been completed for the University or Chicago. Tho transac tions Involve the purchase of the en tire south frontage of the Midway I'lolsunco between Cottage Grove and Madison avenues nt a total considera tion estimated at $1,000.(100 for the land and $150,000 for tho buildings. Tho news of tho extensive puichnsen confirms .the leports which have cir culated In university circles for some time thnt the largest medical school In the world Is to be established on the Midway. Hush medical college will form the nucleus of tho Institu tion and It will be supplemented by MtCormlck memorial Institute for in fectious diseases, extensive hospitals for which probably will be constructed on tho "cottage" plan, and possibly the Chicago polyclinic hospital. LONG RIDE FOR A TROOPER. Ohlnliiiniii In 1t Point L'otervil la Tlttrty-iiliifi liy. Trooper Dnvls of the Eighth United States cavalry baa reached West Point, being the Hist of a detachment of twelve troopers who started from Oklahoma tblity-nlne days agw on n test ride of 2,000 miles. Tho men were allowed to eat nnd sleep when they pleased, relays of horses being pro vided every thirty miles, tho object of the ride being to cover the distant in the shortest practicable time. Davis, being the lightest man of the party, led his comrniles nt tho start nnd thus had tho udvnntnge of get ting the pick of mounts nt the relay stntlons. Davis weighed lit" pounds when he started and now weighs 108 rounds. He wns very tired, but happy to think be had broken tho lectird for the dlstnnce. which is foity-flve days. Tho ride Is ono of several taken to test tho stamina of men und horses, made nt tho suggestion of General Young, the new chief of btaff. I'roliloinn Arc I'rcrpareil. The bonrd of odlcers composed of General C. C. C. Carr. Colonel K. H. It I.oughsborough, Sixth Infantry; Major Smith, S. Leach, corps of engineers; Mnjor W. II. Coffin. Held artillery; Sec ond Lieutenant F. W. Clark. Held artil lery, which convened at Ft. HUey, Tuesday to prepare problems to be exe cuted by the troops nt the maneuvers, has concluded Its labors and the olll cerB have returned to their stntlons. Tho townships to the north and south of the reservation, especially the lat ter, have been well covered by the board, which leads to the conclusion that several or the problems cover a considerable scope of ground nnd re quire more than one day In execution. Vower lo Work I'lauU. Governor Taft of the Philippines has cabled the war department details of the franchlso which Is to he granted for furnishing power for various entcr nrlses in Manila nnd elsewhere. He snys the commission has surveyed the territory embracing Hotocan raile, at Mnhlht, province of Marunn, and La mot nnd Cnllraya rivers, nearby, and that It has been dlscoveied that at leabt 10,000 horse-power may be de veloped trom these sources. The dis tance from Manila to tho point In question Ik fifty-five miles, and Gov ernor Tnft says Tew engineering tlllll cultlcR will be encountered. After Itiirlul Alftorlntloti. Charles H. Lullng. Knnsns superin tendent of Insurance, Is preparing to begin prosecutions against the burlnl associations of the Mate. He has or dered Otto Eckstein, county nttorney of Sedgwick county, to Institute criminal proceedings In the district court there again R. W. GUI. an untlei taker, who Is conducting a burial Insurance asso ciation. Mr. Lullng holds that these companies must come under the super vision of his department or cease doing business In the state. Erecting Temporary llrlilse. Work has begun on the temporary pile bride across the Kaw river at Manhattan, Kansas, to replace the ono washed away In the lecent flood, to bo used while the. permnnent btructure la building. On account or low wnter the ferry here has been unnblo to run. and todav It was moved to the Junction of tho illuo nnd the Kaw. Work on tho pile bridge will be rushed. If the river goes any lower It will be Imposslblr to run the ferry. lllg- Enrollment at K. 17. Despite tho tuition law the enroll ment at the university of Kansas shows an Increase over last year. Up to date, 1,140 havo enrolled in all the depart ments and last year the maximum en rollment wns only 1,009. Registrar Foster said that there was Hot n doubt in his mind that the enrollment thin year will reach ncurly l.a.iii. He said prospects wero excellent for 400 more students before tno yenr is over. Miinrhrtter Iliiyn it Home. The Duke of Manchester, who mar ried Helen, daughter of Eugene Zim merman of Cincinnati, has purthased for $315,000 Kylemoro castlo and es tate, comprising 13,000 acres, situated on IOtigh Kylemoro, Connemnra. The plnco formerly belonged to the late Mitchell Henry. M. P.. who built the castle, which Is one of tho noblest nnd most romnntlcally situated lesldenccs iu Ireland. Tremior Make a Iterant. A bulletin hns been potted nt the navy department to the elted that Heniy Ward Tieanor was the man be hind tho battleship Indiana's eight Inch gun that pur four successive shots through the bull's eye on the seventeen by twenty-one foot target nt the 1.400 and 1.C0O yards tango dining tho ie cent target prnetlce of that vessel. Treanor enlisted as a seaman M St. Paul, Minn.. In July. 1101 . nnd linn been a gun pointed sliue January 1 last. WANT FREEDOM Irish Pulse Quickened by Emmet Centennial. LAND BILL IS NOT ENOUGH Orator at Celebration lu Chicago Urge (irrater Kffortt In Ireland'! IU IihK, mill Dciim ntl Notion al Independence. At the First regiment armory, Chi .ago, Sunday night, u. huge meeting under the auspices of tho United Irish societies of Chicago adopted resolu tions declaring that no settlement of tho Irish question short of national In dependence will sntlsfy tho nsplratlons of the It fsli people. Tho occasion for tho gathering wns the one-hundredth anniversary of tho execution of Rob ert Kmmct nnd the resolutions were emphatic that no Ireland will satisfy men of Irish blood but the Ireland for which Km met died, Ireland a nation free and independent, liinklng her own laws, flontlng her own ling, shnplng her own fortunes, acknowledging nl leglnnce to no power outside tho llmltB with which nature has bounded the Island. The resolution adopted was as fol lows: "While we rrcognl.c In the land bill which has recently become law a sub stantial concession to the Just dc mnnds of tho Irish people, we do not regnid It ns cither a settlement or n compromlso of the Irish question. We urgo tho lenders of tho United Irish league to take up with vigor nnd In creased activity the movement to se cure legislative Independence, which wo hold to bo of greater Importnnco than the settlement of the land ques tion." Tho speakers nt the Tneetlng In cluded General Nelson A. Miles, Rabbi Hlrsch, Judge Marcus Knvanagb and Hon. John P. Plncrty. LIVE UP TO IDEALS. Prenldent 1'alma lle AUtIcb to Hll t'eople. Insurrection Condemned. A Santiago. Cuba, September 20, dis patch says: Speaking today at the vil lage of El Caney, close to the scene of of the battle between tho Americans and the Spaniards, President Pal ma urged the Cuban people to jealously guard the Ideals they had obtained by means of Intervention. The picsldentlal paity was enthusi astically received on their arrival at El Caney. The alcalde having remarked that the gathering was mostly com posed of veterans, President Pnlma as sured them ho wanted to pay the army as badly as anybody, because the pay ment was not only an act of justice, but wns necessary to the reconstruc tion of tho countsy. Nobody loved Cuban Independence more than him self, continued1 the president. The only way to sacrifice tho republic would be to bring about a civil war. lie belleveh there wns not one veteran in n thousand who would not prefer to maintain the honor of Cuba even to the extent of forfeiting his soldier's pay. The Cubans have accepted United States intervention as a means of end ing their troubles, wero under nn obli gation to follow those Ideals and prov themselves a peaceable pelple. Speaking of the uppeatance of tho band of Insurrectllnlsts near Santiago, President Palma condemned the hid den Instigators of the uprising. Tho alcalde declared that no ono within two leagues of El Cnney had Joined tho band. EXPERTS TO VISIT LINCOLN KhcIIiIi Kd ui-atom Will Iimpeet the State University. A Hoston word has been received re garding tho itinernry of English edu cational experts who arc to be brought to tho United States next month by Alfred Mosely, a millionaire merchant of London. They will arrive 1a New York about October 12 from Sotithanip tou and will visit all the technical schools-, colleges and universities and Investigate many of the best public school systems throughout the coun try. Among other places to be visited are tho Nebraska state university, the public schools at Omaha. Lincoln, Kansas City and St. Ixmls, Tulane uni versity, the Unlverelty of Texas, Colo- state university and others through the west, besides, of course, Harvard, Yale, Pennsylvania, Cornell and Chicago universities. Among tho noted educa tors Included' In tho party of thirty three are the Bishop of Coventry, Har ry Coward, president of tho national teacherB union; Professor Flnlay, Dublin unlverelty; Professor Prank Innd, Hlrmlnghnm university; Rev. A. W. .lepson, member of London school school board; Prof. Magnus MncLean of tho Glasgow technical collego; Prof. John Rhys of Oxford ; Professor Rip per, University college, Sheffield, and others. FOREIGN NEWS London It Is rumored that tho Earl of Hatsbury, the lord high chancellor, will resign owing to poor health, ant tliat Attorney General Flnlay will suc ceed' him. I?nberg, Austria A .newspaper here says- It is reported that the plans for the army mobilization at Galicla have been stolen from tho cavalry headquar ters at this place. Santiago, Chill Tho national festivi ties on the occasion of tho anniversary of tho Chilean declaration of indepen dence, September 18, 1810, passed oft quietly. There were tho usual cere monies nnd scenes of enthusiasm, Havre, France Van Fleet Saddler, described as an American tourist, while riding In an automobile down a steep htreet In tho town of Bllbece, lost control of his machine and collided with tho sldowalk. Saddler and his wife wero pitched out. Saddlor's knee wan broken nnd his face badly Injured, and Mrs. Saddler sustained somo contusions. PERSONAL FRIEND OF ASSISTANT General Robert Shaw Oliver, wlio suceeds Colonel William Cnroy San ger as assistant secretary of war. Is n resident of Albany who has a good war record and who for mnny years has been Intimately nnd prominently Identified with the National Guard of New York. He served in the civil war SAD END OF BRAVE SOLDIER Hero of Pekln Siege Commits Suicide at Chicago. After distinguishing himself in two wurs by nets of bruwry, George King, :;:i years old. took his life by cutting bis throat with a invor iu a Chicago saloon. Ho Is said to have become a wreck from drink. King .11(1 gallant service as an American solfller lu the Spanish war, nnd under the walls of Peklu In tho Uoxer uprising. He Is said to havo been a member of the first company lo scale the wall after Pekln had been cannonaded by the allied forces. There he received injuries thai made the amputation or one ut bis legs necohsnry. After being discharged from the ser vice King lifgnii drinking, and his health wns soon Impalied nml money lost. Hit. clothing was tattertd and soiled when he shambled across the falt-coveicd Hour lu the saloon where his companions were seated at tables drinking. Without noticing tho loungers iu the place bo walked to tho bar. "No, thanks, no more drinks for he," he snld. "I have di auk my htht drop. ' Then suddenly be drew .t rnor. Several tit the men stinted toward hltn, but botoro they could Interfere tho former soldier had drawn tho blade of the weapon across his throat. Instantly I here wns a panic in tho big room. Chnlrs and tables wero overturned In the excitement. Tho bartender Hummoue.l a policeman, who arrived to find King breathing his last. New Spanish Premier. Don Ralmundo Vlllnvanle, the new Spanish premier, was born oi modest country parents, who wero able to give their sou good education. He started his manhood as a village law yer and soon had a fine pi act Ice. Then iu was elected to parliament, where his energy ami eloquence gnlned him steady prominence. Ills marriage to tho rich and handsome merchloness of I'o .(), Rublo gave htm assured social status and he was shortly called to the cabinet. He was finance minister dur ing tho Spanish war with this count r. Perform Great Swimming Feat. Two Coney Island life guards. Ed ward Fuller and Philip Fay, last week swam the dlstnnco between the bat tery seawall and tho beach rront nt Coney Island, a teat which has not been attempted In more than ten years. Tho men finished close. Fuller winning by six ards, after smlmmlng with the tide live hours and fifty min utes. It was tho first completed race over tho course since Johnson, tho famous English swimmer and wrestler, made tho distance In six hours "und flvn minutes. Noted Priest Comes' West. Rev. Putrjck J. Murphy or New York has resigned from the Paullst onler. Hnvlng been lclensed from the obligations of tho Now York archdio cese, by permission of Father Deshon, superior of tho Paullst order, and Archbishop Farley, Father Murphy has utllllnted with tho Davenport, In., dioccso, ami lllshop Cosgrovo of thnt seo has appointed him professor of history In his diocesan theological seminary, -- PRESIDENT SECRETARY OF WAR ?- as a volunteer nnd was subsequently an officer In the regunlr nrmy In the cavalry and also In the Infantry branch. Gen. Oliver Is a wealthy Iron merchant of Albany nnd hns soveral other important business connection1-. Ho Is a personal friend of the Presi dent. JOKE ON CHAUNCEY DEPEW. Described Himself to Englishman Who Knew Him Well. Chnuncey Dcpew is not nbovo tell ing a story at his own expense. His latest or that kind Is or traveling on an English lallroad during his recent trip abroad with Mrs. Depew. In the sanu little compartment with them was a dull looking Rritishcr to whom Chnun cey told a story, saying as ho finished It: 'That Is the way that American fellow Dcpew tells it." The English man asked "What does this Depew look like?" "My dear," said the sena for. turning to his wife, "what does Depew look like?" "Very much such a looking man ns you are. 1 imagine" "Surely, madam," remarked tho Eng llshmaii with a gesture of -ad expos tulation, .von don't do your husband Justice ' Later tho senator discovered thai the Englishman knew him all tho time BHHBiMSIRHaBBHBrXBHHBnHHMaa GM PQBE3?r a QLMP COLORED POPULAR PREACHER. Negro Conducting Evangelistic Work in England. The pastor of the Ainyand Rapt 1st , chapel at Twickenham. England, Rev. Henry Smith, is a negro. lorn in tho Southern Mates, but educated In Eu rope, and well educated, speaking French fluently, nnd an accomplished singer- a lact or groat value to him in the evangelistic work ho has car ried on in England and the Channel Islands. He is a man of fine personal appearance, but shows his race. When he took charge or tho church a tew months ago a reception was given liliu at which not only the Raptlsts, but Anglicain. Presbytorlans, C'ongroga tlonaliMs and Methodlsih were iires. ent. ' r Will Stay In Germany. Prof. I'M ward W. Scripture, direct or or tho psychological laboratory at Yalo, will not return there with the now jeai, but will remain in Germanv. where lie Ik pursuing special ie-sc-arches In soveral branches or lan guage study, especially phonetics fol lowing lines ho had begun in his stu dent .vcars nt I.clpsle and Zurich and in his experimental work at Clark mil versii.v oi Worcester. Chnrlo.'i Hub bard .Indd fi- several yenis assistant In ep.iiieutnl psychology nt Yule is mentioned as his probable suo cessor. Earl Dudley Attends to Business. The Cnil or Dudley has been vice, l'oj ol Ireland Just a year. Durlutf thai time, savo tor a brief official visit to London, he has spent his wholn time iu Ireland and a good part or It In (raveling through tho country. Fow li an or tho Irish viceroys not oven excepting I ho lato Duko or Ahprcorn i.nd Ldi.I Londonderry. Irlshmou both have seen so much or Ireland whil.i In office as Lord Dudley has soon in u year. Gen. Clay's Manv Wills. Mve documents purporting to bo tho last will and testnrnent of Gen. Cnsslus M. Clay wore presented ror probate In the Mndlson county, K tucky. court. All or theso havo been, at .lrtn in tliuus, revoked hy (Jen. Uay. save tho last, In which ho mnkca Dora Hioclv und tho United States ot America ills l,or8, Tl,B w( ,t u thought will prove good legally. V r i fli 7 n r. r - . . . 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