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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 13, 1905)
H t I f. r I1 f' " tfWQ fiTT NiniT?ATrA .AiJrJlYQ VI1 llijJJtlUlVa. Poisoned Meat Proves Fatal. Sewnrd, Neb., Oct. C MIbb Madga hVork, daughter of ex-County Clorll 'AVork, died from ptomaine polsoninfl ifrom eating canned meats. She was n diospltul nurse and a woman highly arespectod. Henry H. Shedd Dead. Ahhland, Neb., Oct. 7. Henry II. iBhodd, former Bpcaker of tho Nebras ka houBc, lieutenant governor for four .-years and one of the prominent men politically of eastern Nebraska, died lucre lafit night. Governor Releases Bailey. Lincoln, Oct. 10. Acting on the ad- vice of tho trial Judgo, Lee Kstolle, riovornor Mickey commuted the three 3-ear sentence of Jolin Uniley for snatching a lady's purso at Omaha. The man pleaded guilty In the ex- jiectatlon of receiving a light sen- ence, but. wob sent up for robbery. 'Governor Mickey Is taking a personal interest in the man and will counsel with him before he stnrts for tho home of his mother at Audubon, In. Uailey declares that be was innocent. Omaha Woman Shoots Assailant. Omaha. Oct. 10. After being struck three times In her bed at an early liour Monday morning by an Intruder, who attempted to steal a lot of Jew elry. Mrs 1211a Hale of 2UIM North Nineteenth street pursued her assail ant with a revolver and fired five -.shots', one of which It is believed found lodgment in tho body of tho stranger. Detectives followed two trails of blood in tho early morning rain. One of the trails was lost in a weed patch In an empty lot north of .the- Halo home. Waiting for Close of Investigation. Lincoln, Oct. 7. Auditor Searle, who Is the head of the state Insurance de partment, stated that he will take no action with reference to the three big New York Insurance companies until 4he legislative investigation Is com pleted, when he will determine wheth er or or not they can be permitted to do business In the state with the pres ent official personnel, subject as It is to grave charges. He has no desire -to act hastily and will give the matter thorough consideration at what he .deems tho proper time. Crabtree Issues Statement. Peru, Neb., Oct. 9. Retiring Treas urer J. V. Crabtree of the Nationnl 1-Mucationnl association has made the -following statement: "I see no rea son why the arrest of Superintendent Dougherty should cause alarm in na tional educational circles. The sys tem of keeping accounts nnd of hand ling the funds of the association is so jierfect that it would seem impossible for any one member of the bonrd of trustees to divert any of the funds of -the association. Superintendent 'Dougherty has simply been a member tof the hoard of trustees. He was president of the association at one time, but tho president has nothing whatever to do in the mntter of in vesting association funds." Krauses Will Appeal Case. TDmaha, Oct. 9. The Krausc broth ers, cattlemen from Sheridan county, recently sentenced to pay a fine of '$1,300 and costs amounting to about :f 1,200 for Illegal fencing of the public lands, have determined to carry tho -case on nppeal to the United States circuit court of appeals on a writ of error. Application for the writ will lie made early during the coming "week. The basis or the alleged error -will be the Impeachment of the testl- -mony of the Osborns. the introduction of the Sylvester killing case as preju dicing tho Jury against the defendants, Krause brothers, which resulted In '-the Jury finding ngalnst them, and H hat the court erred In denying tho -motion for a now trial; that the of. fense was a statutory and not a crim inal offense. TRAGEDY IN DEATH CHAMBER. -John Budenek Shoots, Sister, Brother and Brother-ln-Law at Hastings. Hastings, Neb., Oct. 9. Over tho dead body of his mother John Dud- nek shot his sister, his brother and Ills brothor-in-lnw. Miss Frances lludenek, aged twenty-two, was shot Jn the right hand: Jacob Budenek, caged fifty-two, shot above the right ye; Peter Smeall, shot through the Jett leg, through the abdomen, in tho 2eft thigh and through the left shoul der. The latter two are in a dying condition. The shooting occurred in death chamber at the homo of Mr. and Mrs. Poter Smeall, 1350 west Sec end street, where Mrs. Budenek died Saturday night, and was the culmina tion of a family quarrel that had ex isted for years. Mrs. Budenek wna -wtaylng at, the home of her daughter, 3Irs. Peter Smeall, and because of tho family trouble her son John wns not permitted to see her during her ill ness. When John heard of his moth er's death, he determined to view the '.reninlns at any cost. Shortly nftor midnight he secured entrance Into tho ;Smeall homo through the kitchen. Making his way to the death chamber 4io entered and found the entire fain lly surrounding tho corpse, wntchlng ), nilornlfnp nronnrn Mm rnmnltiK. Advancing to tho corpse, John placed his hands on the lifeless body and said: "This Is my mother." His sis ter, Frances, snld something to him In Polish, whereupon ho struck her. Then ho drew a revolver and shot at his sister over tho dead body of his mother. Beforo ho could be overpow ered ho had shot his sister, his bro til er and his brother-in-law. John Bud cnek 1b in Jail. Typhoid Fever at Lincoln Asylum. Lincoln, Oct. 10. Tho oxlstcnco of a typhoid fover epidemic at the Lin coln hospital for the insane was dis closed through an appeal of Suporln dent Oreeno to the stato board of pub lic lands and buildings for relief. There are eighteen cases. Tho board authorized the superintendent to tako whatever steps are necessary to copo with the evil and isolate tho patients affected. AdditlonnI nurses nnd physi cians will be employed. The causo of the epidemic has not been assigned yet. Bonncum Begins Suit of Ouster. Lincoln, Oct. 10. Hlshop Honacum begnn a now stilt of ouster against Father Murphy of Seward In the dis trict court of Seward county. In Ills petition the bishop prays for an in junction ngalnst Father Murphy to re strain him from interfering with any of the prieBtB whom the bishop may send to tako charge of tho parish property. He asserts that the title to the property rightfully rests In the bishop and that tho decree of excom munication against tho priest lias been reviewed by the higher authorities of the church at Home nnd by them ap proved. BLOW TO CATALOGUE HOUSES. Postoffice Department Knocks Out Number Mail Delivery. Omaha, Oct. 5. Another battle has been won by tho retail grocers In their fight against the catalogue houses. An order of the postofllcc department giv ing postmasters permission to deliver mail to rural free delivery boxes when addressed to them by number only, has been suspended. Tho order In question was Issued Aug. 7. Before the month was over the retail merchants and their friends learned that lotters and circulars, hundreds and thousands of them, were pouring Into the farmers of the west from catalogue houses in Chicago and other large cities. They were ad dressed by the number of the route and the box. A trade paper of St. Louis called the attention of the trade press to the matter. Trade papers all over the country took up the matter and as a result of their efforts and the protests of numerous grocers' associations, tho order has been suspended, that part at least which permits delivery of mall by number only. Tho part of the or der which permits the postmasters to furnish lists of numbers on rural free delivery routes still stands. PAT CROWE IN OMAHA JAIL. Notorious Fugitive Declines to Discuss Cudahy Affair. Omaha, Oct. 10. Pat Crowe is In the Omaha city jail. The train on which ho was brought in was over three hours late. Over C.000 people were at the depot to get a glimpse of him and a large squad of police had a busy time keeping an avenue open for the pnssage of the party to the wait ing patrol wagon. The crowd cheered good naturedly and Crowe seemed somewhat surprised at the demonstra tion and the size of the throng. At Grand Island, where there was also a big gathering, Crowe sized up the crowd and remarked to Detective Dunn: "This would be a good place to pick the Jury." At the police station Crowe was looked as follows: "Name, Pat Crowe. Charge, shooting at with in tent to wound or kill. AddresB, Oma ha. Arresting officers, Captain Dunn and Detective Heltfeld." Among other questions asked a pris oner when he is booked is his occupa tion. To this Crowo answered: "Dodging you fellows for tho past five years. You've kept me pretty busy." Crowe was placed in cell No. 1, where ho asked that a aupper might he sent in to him, as he had eaten nothing yet. An extra guard was kept In tho cell room nil night. Crowe declined to discuss the Cud ahy affnlr at present, but said that the truth would come out at his trial. Chief Donahue said that Crowo would be treated as any other prison er. Tho chief makes an emphatic an nouncement that curious visitors who want to get a glimpse of Crowe will not be admitted to see him In the city Jail. Kveryone except his attorney and relatives will be excluded. THE TEXAN RANGERS. I-Mi-M l-'lKht AVItli Indian In Wltleh HevolverM Were Uhc1. John Coffee Hays was reared on a .'arm lu Wilson county, Tenn., being born there Iu 1S17. At tho age of Mghteen ho migrated to Texas, where, during the struggle of that Mexican province for Independence, he served - ! wUh tl,t," ! the military cam- pnlgn conducted by fJenernl Sam Hous ton, being noted for his bravery and strategy. After the termination of that conflict Hays was placed In command of the small regular force that was shortly afterward organized and be came known to fame as the Texan rangers. Many were the desperata fights In which he was engaged with the fierce Coinnnches and border In- illmiM. nnd Innumerable wen- the nnrll which he encountered. He was tho first to supply an armed force with Colt's revolvers for use in battle. The Indian mode of wnrfnro In those early days waH to draw their enemy':! fire and then sweep down upon them like n whirlwind, plying their bows and using their long spears with deadly ef fect. So cautious were they In this re spect that they soon distinguished tho double barreled gun when It was brought Into use nnd only approached when they were sure that such weap ons had been emptied. On the first oc casion when Hays and his rangers, armed with the revolvers, met a band on the warpath they allowed their fire to bo liberally drawn, and then the In dians charged with exultant cries, but when the revolver was brought Into play at close quarters the panic that ensued was absolute and the destruc tion of tho Indians complete. Hays was colonel of the First Texan regi ment, the nucleus of which was formed of veteran rangers. ' I CEMETERY VAULTS. The ItitlMliiK of Them In k. lrofcH nIoii In Itxelf. The vault was the size of the usual cemetery vault one small room, roof ed, floored and wnlled with granite, an ordinary vault and yet the undertaker said it had cost $i.",0()0. "But there Is no carving on It." ob jected the man who thought of buying a lot. "It Is as plain as a pipestem, and all the stone it contains could be bought for $10,000 or less." "True, true," said the undertaker. And he pointed to another vault that might have been tho first one's twin. "That only cost .$15,000," he said, "a saving of $10,000, but the broker wlia bought it got abominably stuck. "Tho cheap vault, you see, was built, as a house Is, by an architect and an ordtnnry builder. It looks good. It will last for centuries. But, by Jove, It leaks like n sieve! After every storm It Is flooded, and two of the cemetery attendants have to charge up a day'H time against the owner for cleaning it out. "Vault building is a profession in It self. To make for a vault a water proof roof of enormous granite Rlnbs is an art that only the vault builder under stands. When the ordinary builder, uo matter how proficient he may be, un dertakes tills task he fails lamentably. The vault leaks. After every storm Its floor Is flooded. "Therefore, if ever you Invest In a vault let a specialist erect It for you. lie will charge you a good many thou sands extra, but he will give you n good, satisfactory Job." New York Herald. Docile Diiekn of the Chlneae. In China tho duck Is much esteemed ns an article of diet, and what may be called duck farms are common on most of the rivers. The birds are taught to hunt for their food, and the renrlng of them costs little. They are kept lu boats with a platform or deck extend ing outward on each side. These boats are taken to the shallow, marshy parts by the banks of the streams, and tho ducks are then driven ashore to enjoy themselves iu the mud fiats. So well are the birds trained that at a given signal they cease eating and follow their leader back Into the boat, where they lie during the night. Ducks pro served by being salted are a favorite food with the well to do. Indlnu IleniedlcH. The Indian pharmacopoeia comprised tboroughwort, spurge and Indian hemp, used as emetics; the bark of the horso chestnut and butternut, used as cathar tics. They were also acquainted with many poisons, most of which were used on their weapons. For asthma they employed tobacco and sassafras, for coughs slippery elm, for dropsy tho wild gooseberry, for wounds powdered puff bnlls. They treated bolla with on ion poultices. Chicago Live Stock. Chicago, Oct. 10. Cattle Ilet-oIptH, It. 000; nlow; nto-Urrn nnd feeder, J'.VJ.Vjj.'t.OO; cowh mul cniitHTH, $l.U3ii4.00; built, .fU.OO fiCLBS; helferx, $'-.00H.M: oiiItch, Sl.7.73 7.75. HiiKH-JleielptH, JO,000; Be lower; uhlpphiK nnd nclected, S..-HVan."-!4; mixed nnd heavy parking, ?4..V(7u.:i7Vi: light, $5.(10.V0; pigs and rough, f.H.'JOCaiV.U. Sheep HeeclptN .'10,000; xtrnng to lOe high er; Hheep, ?L'..'iOi(r).M); lamb, $4.00fU7.UO. Kansas City Live Stock. Kaunas City, Oet. lO.-fattle-Heeelptu, 1.P0O; steady; choice beef Hteors, ?.".00ft 6.00; western steers, $2.7."(?j4..iO; stoekers nnd feeders, $,,Wrt4.i.,.'i; eows, S1.ti.Yci:i.'.5; helfern, $!.50$v!.75; culven, fJ.riOtUO.lW. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine i Tablets. Seven Minion boxes sold In past 1 2 months. ThlS Signature, BABES IN THE WOOD. A Seventeenth Century Inrliletit In the State of .llnlue. In 1070 James Adams of York be came affronted with one of his neigh bors, Henry Simpson, and determined to avenge himself upon two of Simp son's children, whose ages were six uml "" 'wlrfl- Iu a solitary place m ... .. . ... four or five miles from the dwelling houses of die inhabitants he built of logs beside a ledge of perpendicular rocks a pen or pound several feet high, with walls inclined inward from bot tom to top. After he had built this ho decoyed the children Into tho woods under a pretense of searching for birds' nests and caused them to enter within the pound, where he left them confined to perish. Tho place has since been called the Devil's Invention. The children were soon missed, and the alarmed Inhabitants searched for them more than forty-eight hours. The boys, when aware of their wretched situation, made various attempts to get out, and at length, by digging away with their hands the surface of the earth underneath one of the bottom logs, effected their escape. They wan dered iu the woods three days, being at last attracted to the seashore by the nolso of the surf, where they were found. The depraved criminal was con demned to have thirty stripes well laid on, to pay the father of the children ."5, the treasurer 10, besides fees and charges of the prison, and remain a close prisoner during the court's pleas ure or till further order. The same month he recognized before two of the Judges, "conditioned to send him, with in twenty-one days, out of the Jurisdic tion." GENTLEMEN OF ENGLAND. How Their C'IiiIiiih Were KMdiltllnlictl In the Middle Awn. A curious meeting was held In Lyons on Jan. -1, 1091). The royal commis sioners solemnly sat In council to de cide the question If lawyers and doc tors could be regarded as gentlemen. It proved too hard a problem for the wise heads, and the doctors and law yers themselves were summoned to prove their right to gentility. The mat ter was settled to tho satisfaction of the professional parties. In the middle ages of England her alds went through the counties to ex amine into the claims of landholders to be called gentlemen. There Is in ex istence an Interesting list of the dis qualified, and one reads today the shame of a certain Thomas Bobbins who failed to establish the title and was writ among tho Ignoble. Charles Anscote, a representative of one of the oldest families, is registered as "en titled to be styled a gentleman, al though worth not more than o00." Brooke, an old writer, lias given tho world his opinion of what constitutes a gentleman, and his definition has never been excelled: "The chnracter, or, rather, quality, of a gentleman does not In any degree de pend on fashion or mode or state or opinion; neither does It change with customs, climates or ages. But, as the spirit of God alone can Inspire It, so It Is that quality of heart which Is the same yesterday, today and forever." Ilounen In Ceylon. The natives of the Interior of Ceylon finish walls and roof with a paste of slaked lime, gluten and alum, which glazes and Is so durable that specimens three ceuturles old are now to be seen. In Sumatra the native women braid a coarse cloth of palm leaves for the edge and top of the roof. Many of the old Buddhist temples In India and Cey lon had roofs made out of cut stone blocks, hewed timber and split bamboo poles. Uneven planks cut from the old and dead palm trees, seldom from living young trees are much used lu tho Celebes nnd Philippines. Shark skins form the roofs for fishermen In the Andaman Islands. Ilnatllnff the Clerjcy. A western newspnpor man ouce con nected with a Journal In Denver was one day in conversation with his chief when a clerical looking gentleman en tered tho otllce. vbvbt)l(UiiAiiU(vU4itliUitivbviibAvbviikvitUkiktwiAk(M(Ml SAY, niSTER! Do you know that it will pay YOU, as woll as US, to buy your BuildinR Ma terial and Coal at our yards? Not only that our prices average lower, or at lotiBt as low, as those of our competit ors, but because wo tako ospeoiul care of and protect nil can be classed ns REGULAR CUSTOMERS. PL ATT & Coal. e- To Cure a Cold in One Day "Sir," snld he gravely, "I Intend next Sunday to preach a sermon upon football, and It has occurred to me that an enterprising paper like yours would be pleased to have my manuscript. I have no doubt that any number of your readers would be glad to read It and" "All right, all right," Interrupted the busy editor, "but you'll have to hustle It along. Get it in early early, mind! Our sporting page Is the first to close." Harper's Weekly. The Salt In the Orrnn. If the ocean did not have salt It would freeze somewhat more readily than it does now, but there would bo no very marked dltl'erence. The ocean Is prevented from freezing not so much by its salt as by Its size and by Its commotion. On account of Its size large portions of it extend into warm climates at all seasons, and by reason of Its great deptJi It Is a vast store house of heat. Its currents distribute much warm water among the cold. St. Nicholas. Wenlth of Worcln. "He talks very Interestingly," said one girl. "Yes," replied the other, "but In all tho stories I ever read the man who used lovely language was always poor ami struggling. It doesn't seem a good sign to me." Washington Star. An AiiKi-l Once. "Does it create a furore in your fam ily when you go home late?" asked Bjones of his friend De Smith. "No; It creates a fury," wns the sug gestive answer. Chicago Itecord-ller-ald. AN IRISH TYPE. The Plnvltl, Well Horn Girl of the Uttle Green InIc. "The Irishwomen never worry," said a woman who has mixed much In the upper circles of the little green isle; "therefore they preset ve their youth better tliau the women of any other na tion. A peculiar type of personality has been left iu Ireland. England and America have drained off the progress ive and hustling England from the upper classes, America from the lower. Those who are left are of a placid, contented type, from whom the rest lessness of present day civilization seems far removed. The dullness of tho life led by the average well born Irish girl would be pathetic If It were not that she seems to thrive so well on It Year after year she follows tho same monotonous round, meeting the same people at tenuis In summer or hockey matches In winter. If her home is in a hunting district, uo matter at how low an ebb the family finances may be, they will manage to give her a good mount, but for the girls who do not limit the long, wet winter, with few neighbors nnd few books, passes almost as drearily as in a mediaeval castle." New York Tribune. St. Flnerc. There Is a pretty bit of history in the name of that vehicle, the fiacre. St. Fiacre was an Irishman of noble birth, who went over to France in the sev enth century and lived as a hermit In a forest near Menus. Ills popularity became very great in the France of Inter centuries. When Sauvnge started public hackney coaches in Paris lu 1(540 he found the most convenient center for them to be an inn In the Hue St. Martin, named Hotel St. Fiacro and adorned with an image of the saint; hence "fiacre." Xovr, Then. "Do you mean to say this child fell from the third story and lnuded on her feetV" "Yes," replied the pollcemnn. "I was an eyewitness." "That settles it!" replied the neigh bor. "I always said her mother was a cat." Detroit Free Press. Ilia Million. Old Mortality was freshening up tho illegible Inscriptions on the ancient tombstones. "I merely wish to show," he explain ed to the curious bystanders, "that there is nothing essentially new In modern fiction." Chicago Tribune. t fr. tr tr Ct r t r fr 6-. r 6 t-(- FREES CO. Lumber. (f- 2. Cures Grip In Two Days. tfj& on every frmn box, 25c ?M.xr lAMtjfe-atnv impauj !"." i "a:"'" TXgTS!gsrrTarfrwwn--nl