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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 10, 1906)
? tmmiiiMjmmjHiHummwimBii jijuimiiiJUuBJuuiiMJttM'iJitM'iJTrJwiimiiniiMi iji.uuaijjjMjiTMiw nuumiMiimji 15he CHIEF RED CLOUD, NEB. PUBLISHED EVERY FIUDAY. Entered in the I'OBtonico nt Kcd Cioud.Ncb , ng Second Class Mutter. PAUL C. PHARES. . Editor 300 HUNDRED DJIOWN captain mid officers of the Slrio en deavored In vain to retrain tin- peo pie. This wns not accomplished, for the vessel suddenly cither broke In hnlf or glided off the rocks nnd found ered In deep wntcr. The cnptaln pur posely sank with his ship. ITALIAN STEAMER WRECKED OFF HARMIGOS ISLAND. Of Eight Hundred Passengers on Board, About Five Hundred Are Rcccucd Brutal Panic on Board lll-Fatcd Vessel. Cartagena, Spain, Aug. C. Tho Italian steamship Slrio, from Genoa for South Amcricn, with 800 passen gers on board, was wrecked off Horml gos Island, which lies about two nnd n half miles to the eastward of Capo I'alos. Three hundred of tho en-lgiants, most of them Italinns and Spaniards, were drowned. The archbishop of San Pedro, Brazil, nlso was lost. Tho remainder of the passengers nnd the officers and crew of '.ho Sirlo i;ot nway In tho ship's boats or wore rescued by means of ropes thrown to them from tho shore. A nui.ibcr of fishermen who made attempts nt res cue wore drowned. Those rescued from the vessel fire now nt Capo Pa los In a pitiable condition, being without food or clothing. Tho captain of tho steamer attrib uted' tho wreck to his own Imprudence (ind committed suicide. Just before he killed himself the captain declared the steamer had C45 passengers on board and that tho crew numbered 127 men. The Sirlo hnd 570 passengers when leaving Genoa, but additional Spanish passengers were taken on Lonrd at Barcelona, where tho vessel touched a few hours before tho dis aster. Tho steamer was threading a diffi cult passage through the Hormlgas group, where tho Bajos Ilormlgas roof Ip a continunl menace" to navigation. Tho vespol began to settle rapidly im mediately after she struck, and a ter rible scene of confusion and panic en sued on board. Tho fishermen along the coast sought to render every as sistance In their power and sent out boats, which brought many survivors nshoro. Most of the officers and crew of the Sirlo nro among tho saved. The "survivors have gone into, camp on tho main square of tho town nt Cape Palos. Iloro harrowing scones nro enacted ns the stricken families, anxiously seek beloved members nmong tho rescued. A mother who lost her three children went insane. Tho doctor of tho Slrio gavo up his w'fo and child as lost, but thoy woro finally brought In by one of the res cuing boats, and tho seono as this family was reunited was most nffect Ing. One of tho boats sent out by the fishermen brought in twenty-four pas sengers. PANIC WORSE THAN SEA. Italian Emigrants Fight With Knives for Possession of Boats. London, Aug. li. The Madrid cor respondent of the Dally Telegraph de rcrlbcs the Sirlo disaster as one of the worst on record. The Italian emi grants, with knives in their hands and without regard for tho women or chil dren, rought with the greatest brutali ty for the possession of lifo buoy.s and boats. Mnny were killed or wounded, including several members of the crew who woro nttacked by emigrants. Eye witnesses glvo awful pictures of tho brutal panic on board. For hu'f nn hour tho emigrants were master of tho situation. They completely overcame the crew by sheer force ot numbers, nnd this In spite of the ef forts of the officers, who tried to savo the women and children first. Ono report oven states that a group of emigrants approached one of tho Ehlp's boats, which already was full and which was about to bo launched, nnd dislodged the people, killing scv oral with their knives. Just as they wero about to occuriy the boat them selves another body of armed emi grants came up and a fierce fight for .the possession of tho life boat fol lowed. Many of the survivors brought nshoro wero seriously wounded nnd a number had sustained fractured limbs. Somo of tho Injured subsequently died. JU is said that tho panic on board caused more loss of llfo than tho sea itself. The captain, in order to shorten tho route and gnin tlnio. proposed to pass ns close as possible to the dangerous rocky lodges surrounding tho Horml gas Islands. Without any warning, and while running at full speed, tho Sirlo crashed upon tho rocks with terrific force. A few minutes later 1he vessel tank beneath the waves. Tho passengers were in a state of horror and panic. Many fell and wero trampled to death. Dozens of men nnd women throw themselves Into the eeOj. In the midst of thls panic tho President Invites Millard. Omaha, Aug. 7. Senator Millard has Just received an invitation from Presi dent Roosevelt fo accompany tho pres idential party to Panama next Novem ber. It is tho intention of the presi dent nnd secretary of w,nr to make n personal Inspection of conditions on tho canal zone, In order better to de termine some vital points respecting engineering problems, and nlso to have a better understanding of the practical slJo of canal building. Senator Mil lard stated In nn interview that he had not yet signified his ncceptance of the Invltntlon, but would endenvor to reach a decision In tho matter within a short time. NEWS OE NEBRASKA. Fences Are Coming Down. Omaha, Aug. 1. Special District Attorney S. It. Rush has returned from Valentine, where ho had gone to Investigate the land fencing con ditions. He said: "We find the fences nro coming down just as rapidly a;i the cattlemen can find help to re movo them." Woman Attempts Suicide. Salem, Neb., Aug. 2. At the homo of her parents here, Mrs. Myrtle Grimes, aged twenty-two, the divorced wife of J. C. Grimes, shot herself in the left breast missing tho heart about an inch. Attending physician:! say she will likely recover. She re fuses to g'.vo a reason for tho act, and expresses a wish to die. Bigamy and Wife Desertion. Beaver City, Neb., Aug. 3. Walter DoGarmo, a man of good address, is in Jail bore on tho double charge nt bigamy nnd wife desertion, fhvoo weeks ago DeGarmo married Miss Luclla Thompson, a young lady of wealth and prominence. Within n week he deserted her. He was ni rosted, brought here, and In county court confessed he hnd nn undlvcrced wife at Carthago, 111. Margrave Dies From Injuries. Itulo, Neb., Aug. 2. W. A. Mar grave is dead. Mr. Margrave was about fifty-two years old and ono of tho wealthiest men in southeastern Nebraska. While returning from Pres ton, Neb., to his home Saturday Ma team became unmanageable and ran nawy. lie was dragged over the dashboard. The doubletree broke and a largo sliver was forced into his body. He Buffered luteuse pain until death relieved him. Ho leaves a wid ow and four children. Ho was an old settler and was appointed overseer o' tho Indian interests. Ho amassed a fortune of at least a million dollars. Lane Gets Burlington Letters. Greeley, Neb., Aug. 1. Every scrap of paper picked up after tho burnlnr. of tho two box cars is now supposedly In the hands of Assistant District At torney Lane. He, with L. C. Wheeler of the secret sorvice department, fin ished his Investigation. Ten addition al papers were received by the fed eral authorities from George Van Os doll, who lives three miles away from tho scene of the fire. Ho found a number of Burlington records last Sunday when he visited the place where tho firo occurred. Papers of various sorts have been received by Lane from four persons. STATE LEVY FIXED AT 7 MILLS. Assessed Valuation of Nebraska Is $8,000,000 Higher Than Last Year. Lincoln, Aug. 3. The state board of assessment voted down unanimously the plea of Assessor Miller of Lancas ter to raise the Douglas county assess ment and then voted down a motion made by Eaton to lower tho assess ment of Lancaster county merchan dise u per cent. The levy was fixed at 7 mills, di vided as follows: 4; mills stnte nnd 2i mills school levy. The total as sessed value of tho state is practi cally $313,703,000, an Increnso of over ?8,000,000 over last year. HEAVY GRAIN MOVEMENT. Low Rates, Which Go Out Aug. 10, Are the Impelling Power. Omaha, Aug. 1. Tho movement of wheat and other grain promises to bo enormous from Omaha and other Mis souri points during tho next ten daj'B. Aug. 10 all of tho linos from the Missouri river to the north, east and ) south rcstoro tho old rates on grain. i Until that dnto tho 8-cent rate on wheat and' tho 7-cent rate on corn will apply to Chicago. As a result, tho grain men nro making an extra effort to got their stuff. It Is estl- . matod that tho Omaha roads have or ders for between 5,000 and 8,000 freight cars. Now wheat Is coming In rapidly, t and the only thing that will retard the movement will ho frequent rains that will prevent farmers from threshing. PROHIBITIONISTS NAME TICKET. State Convention of Party Is Held at Lincoln, Neb. Lincoln, Aug. 1. Nebraska Prohi bitionists held an all-day state con vention at the Oliver theater, with an attendance of nearly 200 delegates. A state ticket was nominated, with the exception of United States sena tor, which nb passed over, with the understanding that the state commit tee would deslgnnte tho candidate. Following Is tho ticket: Governor, Professor II. T. Sutton, Bethany; Heutennnt governor, Hev. J. D. Forsytho, University Place; rail road commirsioners J. S. McCleary, Beatrice; I. A. Girard, Monroe; Sam uel Llchty, Falls City; secretary of state, J. M. Boll, York; auditor, V. C. Nlehol, Minden; treasurer, W. II. Maddux, Falls City; school superin tendent, Bert Wilson, Humboldt; at torney general, J. D. Graves, Peru. The platform reasserts adherence to the principles of no traffic In liquor, hut insists that the people havo the right to vote out tho saloon by stntes, counties or municipalities, and to thnt end declares for the enactment by the next legislature of a county option law. Declaration is made for the Initiative and referendum; elec tion of United States senators by di rect vote; for a law prohibiting rail road passes and the granting of re bates; for a reduction or freight rates and government ownership of rail roads, telegraphs and telephones. New Packing House Is Financed. ' Bcntrlce, Neb., Aug. C Definite In-' formation was received from New' York City announcing that tho com-1 pany which Is to build a $2o0,00r , packing plant In Beatrice had been or ganized and incorporated for $1,000,000. Tho company Is to absorb the Ameri can Dressed Beef company, an Inde pendent concern, nnd will establish several pneking plnnts In towns in the west nnd south. Mr. G. Sweeney of Kansas City, tho protnfiter of the com pany, is en route homo from Now Yorjc and will be ready to start work on the plant In Beatrice In a short time. Hamlin Safely Lodged in Jail. Grand Island, Neb., Aug. 0. Sheriff Punkel, accompanied by Albert Smith, a fellow employe of John Hamlin, and who was In tho party when Hamlin shot Miss Rachael Engel, returned from Dannobrog, bringing with them the would-be murderer of Miss Engel, nnd ho Is now safely lodged In jail. There is at present no uneasiness as to any nttempt at mob law, though during the last two days of the car nival, with Its big crowds, consider able talk was hoard along this line. Miss Engel is this morning reported to bo in practically the samo condi tion, tho paralysis continuing. Women as Weil as' IBen Are Marie miserable by Kidney and Bladder Trouble. Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, discouragesnudlessensnmbition; beauty, vigor aim ciiecrtul ness soon disappear when the kidneys are out of oMcr or dis eased. Kidney trouble has become so prevalent that it is not uncom mon for a child to be born afflicted with weak kidnevs. If the child uriuntcstoooftcu, if the urine scalds the flush, or if, when the child reaches an age when it should be able to control the tissage, it is yet afflicted with bed-wetting, depend upon it, thecatibcof the diffi culty is kidney trouble, and the first step" should be towards thw treatment of these importnntorgaiis. This unpleasant trouble is due to a diseased condition of the kidneys and bladder mid not to a habit as most people suppose. Women as well as men are made miser able with kidney and bladder trouble, and both need the same great reined v. The mild and the immediate effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized. It is sold by druggists, in fifty cent and one-dollar size bottles. You may have a sample bottle by mail free, also a pamphlet telliui; all about Swamn-Root. including many of the thousands of testi monial letters received from sufferers cured. In writing Dr. Kilmer & Co., r.inghnintoii, N. Y., be sure and mention this paper. Don't make any mistake, but remember the name, Swamp-Root, Dr. Kilmer's Swnmn-Koot, and the ad dress, Hiughamtou, N. Y., on every i bottle. ' noma of Swamp-Root. Jt Happy Home To have a happy home you should have children. They arc great happy-home makers. If a weak woman, you can be made strong enough to bear healthy chil dren, with little pain or dis- ' comfort to yoursclf,by taking WINE OF 1 S3 A Tonic for Women It will ease all your pain, reduce lniiammatioti, cure leucorrhea, (whites), falling womb, ovarian trotilla, distudcrcd menses, back ache, headache, etc., and make childrjith u ttural and easv. Try It. At all dealers in medicines, in st.oo Dottles. M di j :i f "DUE TO CARDUI is my baby girl, now two weeks old," writes .ln,. J. Priest, of Web ster City, Iowa. " She is a fine li.'.iltiiy babe and we are both doing nlcel. I am still taking Cardui, and would not be without it in the Ihiuw." 'A i&E$Ea2S23; iU' RAILROAD TO BRANCH OUT. OYSTERS in every style. Ca tering to parties and dances a specialty. Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes, Candy and Cigars. The Bon Ton W. S. BBNSE, Proprietor. m INSURANCE ngninst Fire, Lightning, Cy 1 clones and Windstorms, seo JNO. B. STANSER? ' agent for the Fnrmors Union Insur ance Co., Lincoln, Neb., the best in surance company inthe sSte. INFLAMMATORY KHEI'MATISM CURED IN 3 DAYS Morton L. Hill, of Lebanon. Iml.. cays; "Jly wife liml Iullnmmatorv Kheurantlxm In every muscle and Joint; tier mtt'crliiK wan terribli Ritd her body and fnce wero swollen almost bn- yontl recognition: had been In bed nix vreekn and had elcht jihyslclans, but received no benefit until kIio tried the MyMIc euro for Rheumatism. It khvo Immediate rellet nnti fcho was able to walk about in three duvs. i am mire it nnv.'ii her life." Sold by H. 'K. Grlco. DrugRist. Red Cloud. Harriman After More Business for the Union Pacific. Chicago, Aug. 0. Not content with having more or less of a corner on tho trafllc between the Missouri river ' and the middle and south Pacific coast, E. II. Ilnrrlmnn is now going to huild enough hrnnch lines in the interven ing territory to make the Union Pa- ( ciile an active competitor lor local Kansas nnd Nebraska will bo grid ironed with rails, and Harriman will enter Into nctlve competition with the Burlington, Northwestern, Rock Island, Missouri Pacific and St. Paul. Harriman intends to get his full share of the trafllc developed In this section. Ono of the first lines to he built will bo from Omaha to Lincoln, and the surveyors have finished their work nlready. From North Platte to Bridge port tho Union Pacific has started the construction of a 150-mlle line. An other line is being surveyed from Stromsburg, Neb., to Lincoln, which will be sixty miles long, and also a 100-mile line from Norfolk to Sioux City. FOODS, DRUGS AND DRINKS Nebraska Food Commissioner Is Pre paring a New Bill. Lincoln, Aug. 7. Foods, drugs and drinks, Including all cough drops, cough syrups, -headache tablets and mysterious powders dispensed In Ne braska, will bo pure and known for their contents in caso of tho passage and enforcement of the new pure food bill now being drafted by Food Com missioner 13. L. Redfern. The bill will bo presented to the next legislature Mr. Redfern will spend a large part of tho remaining summer in building up the measure. In its ossentinls it will closely follow the federal pure food law. This will mean Important changes In the pres ent law, which lacks force. Mr. Red fern cannot, under the present law, secure samples of foods and drugs, ox coptlng by favor of tho manufacturers, Tho new bill proposos compulsory sub mission of samples, giving tho two In spectors, whoso appointment the bill contemplates, power to buy any kind of food thoy choose for laboratory analysis. Tho now bill proposes Btrlct label regulation. Every food and drug is to bo carefully described In the label. A.B.HASE VNO For Twenty Years... Send for oar convincing booklet, "WHY." During all these years A. B. CHASE Pianos havo been acknowledged to be of tho very highest grade. Tho most critical and export musicians find them unsurpassed in Tone, Action and Durability Wo are district distributers of tho A. B. CHASE Pianos, and will gladly put you in touch with ono of our representatives, or mail you catalogues and special prices. OLNEY-GASTON MUSIC CO. St. Joseph, Mo. ! flllCCCJJMf tO T. J. WASHBURN. EftablUlied la 186S. 1 SAY. niSTFP! I j, . 7 .-- f. 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