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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 18, 1905)
& When You Buy SPOONS to to to to m to to to m to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to buy the best if you want to practice real economy; there is no article of silver ware so expensive in the end as depart mental, hardware, or "general store" spoons. We carry nothing but the very best Sterling Silver and Silver-plated ware; stock such as is found only in a first class jewelry store, and yet our prices are low, quality considered. We are not satisfied to make a big. per cent on a single sale, but want the volume of busi ness and advertising that comes from selling good goods cheap. Nothing more appropriate? for Wedding and Birthday Presents to iNEWHOUSE II.1 US to JEWELERS AND OPTICIANS. to H. J. CLARK, City Dray and F. W. STUDISDAKKK, PROP. Goods Delivered to any part of the city. Charges as low as the Lowest CITY AGENTS FOR ADAUS EXPRESS CO. TELEPHONES, Residence iSS WE WILL DO YOUR HAULING Call Phone 75 on f'2. HOLLISTER ft ROSS. Heavy DrayM a Specialty H. B. ASHBR, VETERINARIAN Of tho Kansas City Veter inary CoIIok'O OIHco at E. Johnston's, tho Brick Barn. ALL CALLS PROMPTLY ATONDED Telephone 82. RED CLOUD, - - NEB. At Blno Hill llrst Tuesday in each month. to to to to to to to to to to to to to it) to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to BROTHERS,! UC L AY AL separator It has boon rightly said that tho cow was tho mortguuo llftor of Nebraska, hut you can't umko it so without tho aid of tho DB LAVAL CREAM SEPARATOR. It is absolutely ho only uuiuhino on tho market which will separate cold milk and got all tho cream. Thero is a No 1 giiuruu autec that this mauhino will do all wo say Washing is to ho considered, and with tho patent washer which is furnisho I with with them makes it tho easiest machine cleaned. Can't he excelled for easy run ning. If you aro thin iuj; of buying a cream sepaiator, come in. Wo can plcaso both in machine and price If you haro not got the money to sparo now, wo can still plcaso you Separators, repairs, rub. her rings and tho best separator oil for salo by Manager of Red Cloud Station of tho BEATRICE CREAMERY CO. Express Line. Office 119 Do You Eat Meat? When you aro Imugry and want soiuothig nice- in the meat Hue, drop into my markot. Wo have tho nicest kind of Home-made Sausages and meats, fish, and gumo in season. Wo think, and almost know, that we can pleaso you. Give us a trial. Koon Bros., Successors to ROBINSON BURDEN. KEWS OE NEBRASKA.- Dlco From Cold on Prairie. Callaway, Neb., Feb. 14. C. W. Gray, el.,hty years old, living alouo on bis ranch, was frozen to death on) Hie prairie while trying to reach the house of a neighbor. Dorsey Released From Prleon. Sioux Falls, S. D., Feb. 15. Frank A. Horsey, former cashier of a bank at l'cnca. Nob., was released from the federal prison hero, having com pleted a six years' sentence. Pawnee City Has Big Fire. Pawnee City, Neb., Feb. 15. Fire destroyed tho Bogle Bros.' depart ment store. Loss, $.30,000. The fire men suffered intensely from tho cold, in several instances fingers, hands and feet being frozen. Judge Crawford Is Dead. West Point, Neb. Feb. 11. Hon. James C. Crawford, former Judge of the district court of Nebraska and one of tho most prominent and strik ing figures In the history of Cuming county, died of ailments incident to oM age, at tho family residence In tills city, nged seventy-six years. Blaze at Norfolk. Norfolk. Neb., 14. iViro after mid night in buildlngB owned by the Krug brewery and occupied as a retitaurant and saloon, menaced Norfolk's busi ness district. Harry Watt and John MIchaelson, firemen, wero slightly hurt. The fire was brought under con trol after six hours. Loss, $10,000. Ex-Governor Boles Critically III. Des Moines, Feb. 15. Ex-Governor Horace Boles is lying critically 111 at a hotel in Hot Springs, Ark., where he went for his health some weeks ngo. From his general condition be fore his departure his relatives at Waterloo fear he will not recover. His family has been called to his bed side. Burlington Ralls Spread. Grand Island, Neb., Feb. 14. Bur lington passenger train No. 41 was wrecked half way between Ravenna and St. Michael. It is stated here that the train ran along the ties sev eral train lengths. None of the cars tipped over and no 0110 was Injured. A crew has been sent to the scene to get tho train on the track. The spreading of the rails was tho cause. Meeting Knocked Out by Storm. Kearney. Neb., Fob. 15. President B. D. Hayward of the state confer ence of charities and corrections an nounced that it had been found neces sary to postpone for the present the annual conference which was to novo been held In this city this week. This step was taken on account of the extremely severe weather and the delay and uncertainty In the train service. Government Right First. Lincoln, Feb. 15. After a long hearing in the office of Governor Mickey, the state board of Irrigation sustained tho contention of the fed eral government to priority of water rights in western Nebraska. A unani mous ruling accordingly was made lor the government as against a private Irrigation corporation, represented at the hearing by H. G. Leavltt. presi dent of tho Beet Sugar compauy of Ames. Mr. Leavltt retains tho right of appeal to the courts. Experiments Are Almost Fatal. Papilllon, Neb.. Feb. 14.--Durlngnn .experiment conducted by H. P. Boer line with a gasoline engine in his store, several of the onlookers were overcome by gas escaping through the exhaust. Tho young son of E. E. Poc-y was the first victim. Com- plilng of being sleepy, he fell over t uact.nscious, and white hurrying to j hi assistance those in tho room dis covered the unsteadiness of them selves and that navigation was nearly impossible, it was some time after the engine was shut off that the men recovered. Some were very sick for a short time, but no serious results have followed. McGreevy Shortage Grows. O'Neill, Neb., Feb. 14. The citizens of tho O'Neill school district in mass meeting passed a lesnlutlon to noi ac cept the proposition offered by their ex-treasurer, Bernard McGreevy, and passed another resolution calling on the board to collect the amounts found due tho district in any man ner found to be available. The spe cial committee appointed to examine thp accounts of the ex-treasurer found tho amount duo to be $4,300, instead of $2,711, as reported by McGreevy. Secretary Smith reported that he found where McGreevy had taken credit twice In several cases for the same warrants. The cancelled war rants cannot be found. SNOW BLOCKS THE TRACKS. Burlington's Coast Train Stalls and Returns to Lincoln. Lincoln Feb 13 Weather condi tions were Improved In southeastern Nebraska, the snowfall ceasing and 1 the wind dying down. Thy tempera ture, however, continues low, the highest for the day being 11 below zero and the lowest 16 below. Train service Is still demoralized No at tempt has yet been made to raov any kir.tl of freight, and mall trains on branch lines of ai! systems entering Lincoln aro abandoned. Through trains on main lines are from five to twenty hours late. The Pacific const through express on the Burlington, which left hero six hours late, was stalled at Waco, fifty niHes west, and later backed into Lincoln. CALLZEMSKYZEABOE CZAR ENDORSES PLAN FOR PEO PLE'S ASSEMBLY. Apprehension of Further Trouble at , St. Petersburg Allayed Joint Com mission to Investigate Causes of Discontent Among Workmen. St. Petersburg, Feb. 13. The news that Emperor Nicholas has endorsed me scnemc ior tne revival 01 me zemBky zeabor, or ancient land par liament, which tho old emperors con voked In times of stress, has spread through the city and created Intense satisfaction among the libera classes. The newspapers are filled with ar ticles descriptive of this ancient Rus sian Institution. Indlcatlnc that word had gone forth that the government ' had decided to listen to the voice of I representatives of the people. Nat- urally there Is some skepticism as to whether the government intends frankly to take the step, but tho gen eral verdict Is that 'if tho emperor has succeeded in shaking off rcac- tionary influences and now proceeds in good faith to summon the zemsky zeabor, ho will rally to his support the moderate liberals and perhaps arouse n wave of genuine enthusiasm In tho country. Liberals aro con vinced that a meeting of such a con servative body must be followed by reforms. The anticipated renewal of trouble among the workmen was not realized. Neither strikers nor students made the slightest attempt to demonstrate and throughout the day the city pre sented a normal appearance. The em peror's creation of a Joint commission of masters and workmen, chosen by themselves, to Investigate the causes of discontent among laborers, has made an exceedingly good Impression, being considered definite evidence of the government's purpose to compel some of the rapacious masters who have paid starvation wages to do jus tice to their employes. At the Mall theater a scene was created by cries of "Down with tho autocracy" and personal abuse of the emperor. The demonstrators wero ejected from the theater. The police continue to make arrests. Situation in Poland Is Acute. Warsaw, Feb. 13. Private tele grams received from Dombrova say that all the factories there are closed. Thirty thousand wagonloads of ore are standing on the railway tracks and the entire freight traffic of the Vis tula line must be suspended unless the wagons are removed. The coal supply is the most urgent question In Warsaw since the Sosnovlce strike be gan. Governor General Tchertkoft received a telegram from Emperor Nicholas permitting him to import coal free or duty from Silesia for a fortnight, and orders wore immediate ly dispatched to Sileslan mines. A telephone message received from Lodz says all Is quiet there, but man ufacturers are convinced thnt the strikers have no Intention to return to work today. Japs Will Know No Neutrals. Toklo. Feb. 15. In discussing a re port that colliers had refused to ac company the second Russian Pacific squadron on Its way north, a mem bcr of the Japanese naval staff said: "Our commanders will fire upon and sink any colliers found In company with the Russian warships, regard less of nationality." HOCH MAY BE "JAKE" HOFFMAN. Police Inclined to Believe He Was Janitor of the Holmes Building. Chicago. Feb. 15. The police put more faith in a theory that Johann Hoch Is Identical with "Jake" Hoff man, janitor of the flat building owned by the wholesale murderer. H. II. Holmes, in 1893. There are persons who now positively identify Hoch as Hoffman. Police Inspector Shlppy obtained the names of several others who knew Hoffman and who will be asked to say whether Hoffman and Hoch are one. Hitherto doubt has been cast upon the assertions that Hoch and Hoff man were Identical because of a be lief that Hoch did not arrive In this country until 1895. Seemingly, how ever, Iloch's own statement Is all the police have for this. They have to the contrary the statement of a furnl ture dealer here who declares he sold Hoch furniture In 1S9MS92. Ladrones Hard Pressed by Troops. Manila. Feb. 13. The band of la- drones which attacked the town or San Francisco de la Malabon Jan. 24 and captured the wife and two chil dren of former Governor Trias Is be ing hard pressed by a troop of cavalry, under Major F. W. Sibley. T-y have released Mrs. Trias and her tw children, whom they wero holding for ransom. Mobile Is Burning. Mobile, Ala., Feb. 13. Fire, whlck broke out In the Battle house at mid night, has already destroyed that building and is now threatening much other property. The loss already hat reached moro than $1,000,000. The Battle house was one of the largest hotels in the south. TRADE REVIEW FOR THE WEEK. Cprlrg Jobbing Begins to Expand and All Factories Are Busy, New York, Feb 11. Bradatreef says: Spring jobbing has at last be gun to expand and reports of improve ment come from the west, northwest and far west, this despite severe win ter weather, which, In the case of tho south, operated to check the develop ment noted last week. Dry goods, shoes, groceries, hardware, milllnersr a-d lumber at wholesale have ail soli beiier of late.-and certainly in larger volume than at this date a year ago. which latter period, however, saw somewhat of a halt occurring. Industry remains as active as here tofore and the Iron trade confirms the best reports heretofore made In sta tistics, showing production and con sumption the heaviest ever recorded. Collections are still a subject of com plaint, apparently feeling tho cfTcct of weather conditions, dulling retail dis tribution, which In a few lines, how ever, such as shoes, rubbers ani heavy wear goods, has been favored by the Inclement weather. Money la still phenomenally easy and a tempo rary check to the heavy outgo of gol Is noted. Some benefits from climatic conditions are noted, likewise some drawbacks. Anthracite coal demand has been stimulated at the east an prices are very firm. The west has taken more freely of bituminous grades, which aro reported In rather better supply there. The labor situa tion Is on the whole favorable, but tho perennial unrest in the New York building trades is again manifest:!: Itself, with great possibilities for fut ure trouble. The general undertone Is still one of undiminished confidence In a larger trade when the winter grip is finally broken and milder weather arrives. Reports to Brad street's Indicate & gain of 6 per cent In the gross receipts of railroad over the same month last year. Failures for the week number 207. STANDARD OIL STRIKES BACK. Nine Hundred Men Out of Work Be cause of Adverse Legislation. Independence, Kan., Feb. 11. Tha Standard Oil company has curtailed Its output in the Kansas field, laying off 900 men Indefinitely. Tho action Is said to be tho result of antagonistic measures passed recently by the Kau Bas legislature. Chanute, Kan., Feb. 11. Tho Prai rie Oil and Gas company, the Kansas name for tho Standard Oil company, posted a notice that It would pur chase no more Kansas oil. The Kan sas City refinery Is to get its supply from the territory field and the Neo dosha refinery Is to shut down. AK the gangers have been laid off. All the plants at Chanute will shut dowm Indefinitely. Hundreds or men wllTv be thrown out of work, but the opor4- ators wi'.l take care of them. Th operators say that they will put stilt moro energy Into the fight for stato legislation as a result or the shut down. Harmon to Investigate Santa Fe. Washington, Feb 10. Attorncr General Moody has appointed Judson Harmon or Cincinnati, who was at torney general during the second ad ministration of President Cleveland, and Frederick Judson. a prominent lawyer of St. Louis, to investigate tho alleged action of the Atchison,. Topoka and Santa Fo railroad id granting rebates to tho Colorado Fuel and Iron company. This employment is with the view or taking legal pro ceedings against the company If the Investigation seems to justify. Caucus Brings No Change. Jefferson City, Mo.. Feb. 11. Asth. vote on the twentieth ballot of tho joint session of the legislature to select n successor to Senator Cock rell proceeded tho expectation that thero would be a break In tho Nled rlnghaus forces as a result of the caucus faded, and the only changoY was In the recipient of Representa tive Walmsley's complimentary vote, which he cast for Stnto Senator G. R. Curry. Adjournment was takes until Monday. Belgian Coal Strike Collapsing. Brussels, Feb. lo.-Tho coal strike shows signs of collapsing, the resump "on of work becoming more general n different districts. The minister or Industries received a deputation of socialists from the colliery districts, asking that the government Intervene to securo tho men Increased jgejf and lesser hours. The minister dl cllned to Interfere. s .. ,"y -, - sssrrr' 2sr. "; .iwr-.- " "wmiU wwj Mmi -! wn zsr zijgyiBsag