15e CHIEF
RED CLOUD, NEB.
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY.
Entered in the PoBtofllcc at Ilcd Cloud, Neb,,
Second Clan Matter.
PAUL C. PHARES.
Editor
KUIN IN PATH OF FIRE
THREE THOUSAND PERSONS ARE
HOMELESS IN MICHIGAN.
8trlp Ninety-four Miles Long and
Thirty Miles Wide In Upper Penln
sula Burned Over Villages and
Farm Houses In Ashes. .
Milwaukee. Mav 21. A staff corrO'
upondcnt of tho Sentinel, who mado .
a lour oi mo ununui in wiu uihiui iiwu
Insula of Michigan, covered by the for
Bt fires in a special train, the first
train to go through the district since
tho catastrophe, telegraphs that the
flro appears to bo practically out In
all tho district. The fire raged for a
distance of sixty-four miles along tho
lines of the Escanaba and Lnke Su
perior railroad and for thirty miles
beyond Channlng, the western ter
mlnuB of tho road. It seems certain
now that 2,000 persons are homeless
In that district nnd that 1,000 are left
desolate at Qulnncsco. Tho Quin
neseo fire, however, was of a different
origin from tho Escanaba fire, having
started in a field where men were
pulling stumps nnd burning debris.
This lire spread Into tho city, wiped
out all the buildings except three
residences and tho paper mills.
Then tho flro Bpread Into the timber
and running north for forty miles,
finally Joined tho flames sweeping
east on tho Escanaba. It was also
learned that Woodlawn nnd Kingsley,
on tho Escanaba and' Lake Superior
line, arid Perkins, on tho Northwest
ern road, wcro destroyed. Tho strip
burned along the Escanaba and Lake
Superior road appears to be thirty
miles wldo and tho alarming nature
of the earlier reports of the fire seem
to bo thoroughly verified. Stories of
heroic battles against tho flames aro
numerous. Dozens of towns were
Gaved only by the most desperate bat
tlo with tho flames. Northland, a
town of 1,000 inhabitants, was three
times threatened. Tho fire was
chocked each time at a distance of
only ten yards from the houses on tho
outskirts. Ono man who carried the
coflln with tho corpse of his dead babe
thirty miles to Escanaba In his escape
from tho fire, went back on the spe
cial train and found his home gone,
but the picket fence surrounding tho
house untouched. Tho ashes of his
homo hnd been blown away by tho
galo and tho fence was the only evi
dence of human habitation. Tho rest
of the town had been swept away.
Tho town of Sopcrton suffered a
heavy loss. For a time Sopcrton nne"
Wabeno people were cut off. All that
saved the towns and people from com
pleto annihilation was a shifting of
the wind.
A remarkable feature of the flro Is
tho fact that nearly all the refugees
are not disheartened, but are deter
mined to return and begin over. They
have only tho clothes they wear, but
say this Is tho fortune of the frontiers
man, and that If their homes aro lost,
at least tho flro has cleared tho land
for thera and this much labor Is
saved.
, Rain Extinguishes Forest Fires.
Escanaba, Mich., May 22. Out of
the chaos resulting from tho wide
spread forest fires order Is gradually
being restored in the towns and Isolated
settlers aro all appearing to repair tho
damago done and all danger Ib now
over, because rain has extinguished
the last smoldering fires. Governor
Warner wired that If help waB needed
he could furnish It. While there aro
many who would welcome assistance,
thoEO who lost their homes aro spread
over such wldo territory that their
friends and nolghbors can take caro
of them and tho people at large will
not have to bo called upon.
Miners Rescued From Fire.
Pittsburg, May 22. Three hundred
miners, .ho were rescued from a flro
In tho Hazel Klrke mine No. 1, at
Washington, fifteen miles east of this
city, aro fighting tho flro to prevent
tho destruction of tho plant Tho flro
has already dono a damago of $25,000
and Is beyond control on the surface.
Tho flro started In an engine house,
which was Boon destroyed, with a
warehouse and tipple. The 300 min
ers In tho works wcro In Jeopardy for
a time, but all succeeded in escaping.
Two Killed by Mine Explosion.
Wilburton, I. T., May. 22. Whllo
digging coal to be used in running tho
pumps at tho Degnan & McConnel
mine No. 6 here, two pit bosses, Tom
Bornwell nnd James Dalloy, wero
killed by an explosion. The two men
wore alone In tho mine and It Is sup
posed they came In contact with gas,
which was ignited from, their lamps,
causing the explosion. Th6 inlno has
not been operated since the shutdown
April 1.
Kills Wife, Daughter and Self.
Woodcliff, N. J., May 22. John
Cole, an engineer, killed his daughter,
Maria, with an axe, attacked IiIb wifo
with the same weapon, striking her
In the head and probably fatally In
juring her and then killed himself by
Fhootlng. The tragedy followed tho
departure from Cole's house of a
young man to whom It is Bald tho
daughter was engaged.
Raid Loaded Dlcemakers.
Chicago, May 21. "Loaded" dico
and marked cards, with elaborate In
structions how to use them to cheat
In games of chanco were seized by the
police In three raids on makers of
gambling paraphernalia. In one place
a book of 300 pages revealed the big
and little secrets of how to "work tho
suckers."
BURTON TO G 0 TO JAIL
CONVICTION AFFIRMED IN ALL
POINTS BY SUPREME COURT.
Six Months Imprisonment for Kansas
Senator, Fine of $2,500 and Deprived
of Right to Hold Office Peckham,
Brewer and White DlGsent.
Washington, May 22. Tho supremo
court or the United States rendered a
decision In tho case of United States
Senator Ralph Burton from Kansas.
The decision was against Burton, af
firming tho decision of the United
States district court for the western
district of Missouri, by which Burton
was sentenced to six months Imprison
ment In the Jail of Iron county, Mis
souri, required to pay a flno of $2,500
and deprived of the right to hereafter
hold ofllce under the government.
Tho opinion was by Justice Harlan.
All of tho points mado In Burton's In
terest were overruled. Justices Brew
er, White and Peckham united in a
dissenting opinion, delivered by Jus
tice Brewer. Their opinion was based
on the theory that the United States
was not legally interested in the case
before tho Rlalto company by which
Burton was employed as counsel.
Senator Burton was prosecuted on
tho charge of violating section 1782 of
tho revised statutes, which prohibits
senators and representatives from re
ceiving compensation for services
rendered before any of tho govern
ment departments in any matter in
which the government may be Inter
ested. Ho was specifically charged
with accepting a fee of $500 per month
for five months, from the Rlalto Grain
and Securities company of St. Louis,
for services rendered that company In
an effort to prevent tho issuance of
an order by the postofllcc department
prohibiting the uso of tho malls by
tho company.
Senator Burton received the first
news of tho court's decision by tele
phono at his room In tho Raleigh ho
tel, where he Is stopping. To tho
newspaper men who called to see him
Senator Burton said: "I shall adhere
to my original policy of saying noth
ing until my caso is finally deter,
mined."
He would not say, In reply to a ques
tion, that ho Intended to take fur
ther legal steps, but from the fact that
he docs not regard his case as finally
decided, in view of tho sixty days
granted for a rehearing, It is Inferred
that he will do so.
DOHERTY REFUSES TO TESTIFY.
President of Denver Lighting Com
pany Committed to Jail.
Denver, May 22. Henry L. Doherty,
president of tho Denver GaB and Elec
tric company, appeared in District
Judge Frank J. Johnson's court and
was called upon to testify as to what
he knew regarding the matter of al
leged bogus tax receipts used in tho
election. On the advice of his attor
ney, Joel F Valle, he rofused to testi
fy and even refused to be sworn.
Judge Johnson informed Mr. Doher
ty thnt he would either have to testify
or be committed to Jail for his refusal.
After consulting with his attorney,
Mr. Doherty announced that ho would
not testify.
Judge Jrhnson ordered Mr. Doherty
committed to jail.
Soon after Mr. Doherty's commit
ment, on application of attorneys rep
resenting tho election commission, a
temporary order was iBsued by tho su
preme court restraining District Judge
Johnson front proceeding further with
his Investigation or the vote on tho
franchises at last week's election until
Monday next, when ho must show
cause why he should not be perma
nently restrained. Subsequently tho
Btipremo court ordered that Mr.
Doherty bo released' on IiIb own recog
nizance, pending tho hearing on tho
Injunction. Mr. Doherty was Immedi
ately given his liberty.
Cross Fall Imperils Many.
Pittsburg, May 21. Soveral hundred
peoplo narrowly escaped death or In
Jury when an immenso Malteso cross,
belnjj erected on tho top of a sixteen
story building for Illumination during
tho Knights Templar state couclave,
foil to Fifth avenue with a terrific
crash. The street was filled with tho
noon crowdB, but only one person was
Injured, and that slightly. The cross
was forty feet long. It was reduced
to a mass of Bplintcrs and broken
electric light globes.
Gaynor and Belmont Tilt.
Now York, May 22. At a dinner by
tho New York Civic Federation to
members of tho Investigating commit
tee of tho federation on municipal
ownership on tho ovo of their depart
ure for Europe, Supremo Court Justice
William J. Gaynor made an attack on
corporations, to which August Bel
mont, who was also a guest at the
dinner, mado a spirited rply.
Adulterants In Soda Pop.
Lincoln, May 19. Aniline dyo
enough to stain a piece of cloth bright
red, carbon 'dioxide and coal tar sac
charine were found by State Food
Commissioner Redfern to be the main
Ingredients of a bottle of "strawberry
pop." Tho drinking of a quantity of
It would be likely to cause serious re
sults. President Palma Inaugurated.
Hanava, May 21. President Palma
was inaugurated at noon in the pres
ence of the diplomatic corps In full
uniform, cabinet officers, senators, ,
congressmen judges and the repre
sentatives of commercial associations.
None of the liberal members of con
gress attended.
MAXON ELECTED COMMANDER.
Fremont Is Chosen as tho Next Place
of Meeting.
Lincoln, May 18. After an animated
contest John Maxon of Mlnden was
selected commander of the Grand
Army of tho Republic, and Fremont
was chosen as the next place of meet
ing. J. F. DIener of Syracuse was elected
senior vice commander and Jonathan
Edwards of Omaha was made Junior
vlco commander. Dr. W. H. Johnson
of Lincoln wns made medical director.
L. S. Sayles of Geneva was elected
chaplain.
Delegates to tho Women's Relief
Corps held an executive session.
Ladies of tho Grand Army of the Re
public also held a meeting. Feeling
between the two organizations is not
tho best and the Grand Army of tho
Republic Ladles claimed that tho
Women's Relief Corps persisted In ad
mitting women not the blood relatives
of soldiers.
ASSESSMENT IS COMPLETED.
Valuation of Railroads of Nebraska It
Now Fixed Up.
Lincoln, May 22. Tho assessment
of all railroads having trackage or
terminals In Nebraska was completed
by the state board of equalization. By
unanimous vote tho Burlington valua
tion was left at Its present figure, $37,
750 per mile. Material Increase was
favored by Governor Mickey and State
Treasurer Mortensen in the valuation
of the Union Pacific and Northwestern
systems. The governor asked Auditor
Searlo to take the chair in order thai
he might be free to second the motloi.
of Treasurer Mortensen, fixing the as
sessment of tho Union Pnclfic at
$70,000 per mile, instead of $00,012 pet
mile, as last year. The motion was
voted down, and a motion to leave the
assessment the same as that of the
year before passed by a vote of 3 to 2
Tho governor and state treasurer vot
ed to raise the Northwestern assess
ment $2,500 per mile. This was also
voted down and It remains at $32,500
per mile.
A BLOOD RED LAKE.
Peculiarity Manifested by a Sheet of
Water In Switzerland.
Lake Mornt, In Switzerland, has a
queer habit of turning red about two
or three times every ten years. It Is a
pretty lake, lfke most of the sheets of
water In that picturesque country, and
Its peculiar freak Is attributed to a dis
position to celebrate tho slaughter of
tho Burgundlans under Chnrles tho
Bold on June 21, 1470, but the French
say that It blushes for tho conduct of
the Swiss, who lu that battle gave tho
Burgundlans no quurtcr.
This phenomenon, of course, has its
legend. The old fishermen of the lake,
who catch enormous fish called sllurcs
that weigh between twenty-llvo and
forty kilograms, say when they sco tho
waters of the hike reddening that It Is
the blood of the Burgundlans. As n
matter of fact, some of tho bodies of
tho Burgundlans killed In the battlo
were thrown Into the lnko, whllo others
were tossed Into a grave filled with
quicklime. This historical recollection
angered tho Burguudlan soldiers of the
victorious armies of tho republic In
1798 bo much that they destroyed tho
monument raised In honor of their
compatriots who fell heroically la that
battle, and Henri Martin very justly
reproached thera for that pleco of van
dalism, It would hardly do to attribute tho
reddening of tho waters of the lake to
tho blood of tho soldiers of Charles tho
Bold. Tho coloring is due simply to
tho presence In largo quantities of little
aquatic plants called by naturalists Os
clllatorlti rubescens. The curious thing
nbout It Is that Lnko Morat is tho only
lnke In which this curious growth Is
' developed
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