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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1907)
. , . w: 1 '? '"""' r f i. .MU..a . r AikAaM SS,WWr'Mim. " .irVI-J fc Wlp - T- - '' ?! i ? m ft ,1 '? tj M 'u 56e CHIEF Red Cloud - - Nebraska ' PUBLISH UD KV13KY FRIDAY. Bntorcd In lliu roHtofllre hi il rh.iul. n stirond Ulihw vt itl t'-r cli Grohcie Nbwiiouhk Manager D LIVES LOST AND UNTOLD DAM AGE TO PROPERTY. RIVERS OUT OF THEIR BANK3 Bridge Which Is Being Erected Over Susquehanna River at Mlfflinvllle Collapscn, Rcoulthig in Death of Seven Men and Injury of a Score. Philadelphia, Dec. 11. Ioa or llfo ntnl grout duinugo to property Is re ported from central and custom points In the state by Hoods, caused by tlio heavy rain. of the past few days. The Delaware, Susquehanna and Schttyl kill rivers are rising rapidly and stuuil streams throughout the coal regions have houi ovorllowlng their banks, flooding mines, causing cuvo-lns and , doing great damage to property. High water caused the collapse of a new bridge In course of erection over the wi'Hl branch of tlie Susquehanna ' river at Millllnvlllo, and resulted In thu death of seven men and the Injury of nearly a score of others, two perhaps fatally. Forty men were at work on the tiaveler on the middle span of the structure when It collapsed. They were all thrown Into the swollen river. The dead are: A. W. Kalis of Sol in's Greno, Charles Creitzor of Selin's drove, Adam Nuss of Selln's drove, Adam Tritt or Deaver Valley, liwiu UpdegralT of Georgetown, Millard Dow man of MlflllnvUlo, (leorge D. Faux. Fatally injured: William Hoyer of Now York, back broken; Hay Sher wood of Noshoppon, spine Injured and Bkull punctured. Tlio collapse of the bridge was caused by the rapid rise in tlio riser. Tlio water rose during the day at the rate of almost one foot an hour and debris can led down the stream by tlio Hood struck the lalse work of the bridge and caused it to collapse. The second span of the bridge was weak ened, and W. was' this span that fell with the big traveller. The bodies of four of those killed were found float ing on the surtace of the water, en tangled In the bent and twisted gird ers and iron work, but the others have. not been found. Many of the men were caught In the rapid water and carried a mile or more down the river j before they were rescued. I The Lackawanna river Is overflowed nt Scranton and damage has been wrought in the valley from C'arbondale to Old Forge. Fishing creek, in Co lumbia county, oertlowed its banks mid fifteen bridges belonging to the Pennsylvania Lumber company at .laniieson City weie washed away, to gether with several hundred thousand feet of lumber. The works of the Union Tanning company are Hooded and the town of Itenton is in danger of being washed away. In the lower anthracite region, Paxinos Is cut olY from surrounding town;-' by the Hood and at Gilborton half a dozen collieries suspended oper ations. The Little Lehigh, at Allen town, overflowed its banks and a num ber of mills and luetorios were closeu down. MORE BODIES ARE RECOVERED Total of 150 Removed from Shafts at Monongah, W. Va. MonoiiKali. Va.. Dee. II. The scene of America's greatest mine ea tastiophc lias lost its fascination for Hie Idlers, who have surged about tho pit enirnncts of mines Nos. t; and' S of the Fairmont Coal company, from the moment the awful explosion of last Friday occurred. This crowd had been dwindling ever since rain Mailed until there only remained tho forces employed in rescue work, the newspaper workers and the inconsol able near relatives of victims, who re mained faithful in their igil during Hie downpour nil night and all day, mid are still shivering and enduring excruciating physical discomforts In the wet. snow that has succeeded tho rain. One hundred and fifty bodies' have been brought to tho surface, while many more have been located. James Dalzell Brown in Jail. Snn Francisco. Dec. !1. .lames Dal roll Drown, general manager of the suspended California Safe Deposit and Trust company, who was arrested on the charge of onihezzlonient, was un able to obtain a homl for $".',iion and occupies a cell In the female ward of the city prison. David F. Walker, pres blent of the institution, arrived here In custody of a police olllcer from Kanta liarbiira. A bond of $7.",)00 had already been secured for hlni and be was given his liberty. 1 PASSENBERSJIN A PANIC JMeamer Providence Collides With Crowded East River Ferryboat. Now York, Dec. 11. Tlio Fall Itiyor lino steamer Providence wua in col lision with, and hut nurrowly escaped sinking, a crowded Hast river ferry boat.' Tho Litter craft lost a portion of her superstructure and her passen gers wire thrown into a panic, during which, It Is lepotted, a man and wom an Jumped overboard and were drown ed. The Providence's prow struck the ferryboat a glancing blow on the star board, and the boats hung together long enough to permit many of its passengers to pass from the ferry's upper deck to the steamer. Others wore taken off by tuqs, while some re mained on board. Doth boats drifted down the river until aided by tugs,, the lerryboat crippled by the accident I and the steamer temporarily unable to get her head. The latter finally re turned to her dock and the ferryboat was helped to u slip. The Providence was not greatly damaged. Following the accident charges of cowardice and brutality were made against ti5.' men passengers of the feiryboat. When the latter craft reached a slip she still had seventy-live women and chil dren aboard, while, witu few excep tions, the men passengers had es caped to other boats. HAWLEToUTUMEs'iiTs CASE Chief Counsel for State in Pcttibonc Trial Makes Statement to Jury. Dolso, Ida., Dec. 11. Charging that CJeorge A. Pettlbone, the defendant at bar, Is thti most guilty of all those charged with causing the death of ox-Governor Frank Steunenberg, James IL-Hawley outlined the state's case. Little effort at oratory was made by the chief prosecutor, but he plainly told the jury what it Is pro posed to prove. For two hours he spoke of what he termed the most gigantic conspiiucy In the annals of crime, always keeping in the fore giound the jv.rt "which it is alleged Pettlbone look ill It. The taking of evidence began at the afternoon ses sion and before court adjourned for the day tlio state had established the corpus delicti, clearing the way for Harry Orchard, who will lake the wit ness stand and for the second time tell to :i jury his story of blood. Or chard was brought from the penitcn tiaiy to this city ami spent the night in tho olllce of James IF. Hawley. Senator Dor.ih, who arrived from Washington, conducted tho examina tion of state witnesses. TWO NIGHT RIDERS DIE Succumb to Wounds Received During Hopkinsville Raid. Maytield. Ky., Dec. 1 L Two al leged night ilders. Will Cray and Kd Cook, died as the result ot wounds ie eel veil during the visit of the l.'o night riders to Hopkinsville, Saturday. Doth are young men and reside near Wei Ionia. After receiving the wounds, the men were taken quietly to their homes by others In the night riders' order, and the tart that they were fatally wound ed was kept quiet and did not rome out until their deaths. It Is believed that s"veral other members were wounded at the Hopkinsville assault. COURT LETS OFF SPEYER Through Insanity Plea Man Who Cut Own Child's Throat Will Go Free. Jefferson City. Mo., Dec. II. For the third lime the .Missouri supremo court i excised and remanded the case of John M. Speyer of Kansas Speyer City, (onvicted of the murder of his foil r-y ear-old son some years ago. The supreme court holds the defendant was insane when the act was commit-j ted. He will now probably go free . j The child was killed by Speyer by j cutting its throat following Spexer's, arrest on a charge of assaulting a little girl, and bad it not been for tho prompt intertorencc of olllcers. speyer would have taken his own life. Kroonland Towed Back Into Port, Southampton, Dvc. II. The lied Stat line steamer Kroonland, from Antwerp Dec. 7 for New York, which hioke her shaft off Sicily Islands on Sunday hiht, was towed to tills port. The accident lo the Kroonland oc curred during a gale, just as the pas sengers were turning In for the night. The vessel suddenly quivered, took several plunges that threw almost everybody aboard off their feet and then slowed down. Policeman Kills Stranger. Montgomery. Ala.. Dec. 11. A stranger walked Into a crowded down town cafe ami began shooting. Did; Caltas, a hat tender, was shot in tlio face. A policeman immediately closed In upon the stranger, who llred at his assailant. ii.t the policeman, not being hurt, shot ami killed the stt anger. The identltv of the man Is not known. Socialist Now a Regent. Lincoln, Dec, 1 1 . At a meeting of the hoard ol legonts of the state uni versity, V. C. Kodgers of Waterloo, a Socialist, was sworn in aB regent to servo until Jan. 6. Ho received more than 30,000 votes at tho last election, being the only candidate for tho short vacancy. Earthquake at St. Louis. St. Louis, Dec. 11. A slight eorth quake shock, which rattled windows in the downtown section, was felt here last night at 10:32 o'clock. Tho movement seemed to be from south to nortb. Bubonic Plague at 'Frisco. Washington, Dec. 11. The next re port of tho public health and matiiic hospital sen Ice will contain tho of ficial statement by Surgeon Hobdv that bubonic plague Infection "Is si ill generally distributed In San Franc's co, but the percentage is very much lower than was at flrst reported." General Alexander Hamilton Dead. Turn (own, N. Y Dec. 11. Major General Alexander Hamilton, grand son of Alexnnder Hamilton, secretary of the treasury under George Wash ington, died at Ills home here, at the age of ninety-two years. Sousa Has Fully Recovered. Ciilcngo. Dec. 11. John Philip fcousa has fully recovered from an at- ark of ptomaine poisoning, from which ho has been past ten days. He tk trolt. suffering for tho left Chicago for 1 WILL LOOK OVER SITUATION AT MINING CAMP. NEAR CRISIS IN LABOR FIGHT Five Hundred Men Will Be Imported j for the Reopening of the Mines Ex pect Desertions from the Union. Martial Law Not Yet Declared. San Francisco, Doc. 11. General Funston .-aid he would leave today with two or three staff officers for Goldfleld for the purpose of looking over the situation, lie wished it made plain that he was not going there to take command of the troops or in any way to supersede Colonel Reynolds. Neither Is it his intention to order ad ditional troops to the mining regit. u. General Funston expects to spend only two or three dajs in Goldtirld. Goldfleld, New, Dec. 11. It is be lieved here that President Roosevelt is responsible for the decision of Gen eral Funston to come to Goldllold, the intention is to take the con- C.KNKUAl. FI'NSTON. duct of alfu is out of the hands of Ciovernor Sparks and the Ksmeralda county oillclals and that martial law will be declined In C.ohltleld immedi ately upon the arrival of General Funston. Doubtless the request for this dras tic action 1 Hie president came from the mine operatois hero, who are fear ful of the consequences when the at tempt to reopen the mines is made, but apparently are determined to car ry out their intention to resume oper ations tomorrow. The universal impression is that martial law will not be declared until after the arrival of Geneial Funston. but that preparations will he made at ' once for the work which will have to lie performed by t loops as soon as such action is taken. Doubtless a search of the camp will be made for weapons and ammunition alleged to be hidden by some of the desperate eleineiu among the miners ami the districts where the miners live will be ptitrolcd by soldiers night ami day. The miners" association still assert that their Intention to reopen the mines tomoriow will be carried out and that enough, men have already been secured to carry on the attempt, although it Is admitted that tho num ber of men who have already signed tho new agreement Is small, and their hope lies in the supposition that after a few of the more fearless ones have gone back, many others will follow. It Is definitely known, that at least' I that COO men have "been secured In the mining camps of California, principal ly In Calavnros county, through the agency of the Thlel detective bureau, and nro being held In readiness to come to Goldllold In two days' notice. NO MERCY GIVEN TRIBESMEN Must Accept Terms of Surrender or French Will Proceed Against Them. Parin, Dec. 11. Tho terms of sur rendu proposed by General Llautoy to the Denis N'assen tribesmen, who have been engaged In an insurrectionary movement in Algeria and who recently Kent In emissaries asking for pardon, follow the lines of the terms proposed for the submission of the warring Moorish tribes at Casablanca, namely, the surrender of their arms, the de livery of hostages and the payment ol an Indemnity. Unless these terms nro accepted unconditionally General Liautey will assume the offensive to day. Police Charged With Robbery. Muskogee, Okla., Dec: 11. Chief of Police John A. Suggs and Night Po liceman Lewis Woods of Fort Gibson nre under arrest, charged with robbing the postoffieo at Fort Gibson on the night of Nov. 122, obtaining $100 in cash. The arrest was made by Mayor Hand Lee after an Investigation of tho crime. The two prisoners were bound over to the grand jury onch un der a bond' or $1,000. Call for Live Stock Convention. Detner, Dee. 11. Thu call for the eleventh annual convention of the American National Live Slock associa tion, to be held in this city. Jan. 21 and 22, VMS, has been issued. Minnesota Joins Fleet. Norfolk. Va., Dec. 11. The battle ship .Minnesota, tho last of the iron clads expected, arrived at the Hamp ton Roads lendozvoiis. His Order. "Pop." a-keil the waiter's Utile boy "what does 'apple pie order' ineanV" "Huh." exclaimed the waiter, "thai sound like a P.oton man's break fast." Philadelphia Press. Exactly. "I can tell you." a!tl lie. "how much water runs over Niagara -falls t" quart." "How im.ch':" asked she. "Two pints." 1 KING OSCAR IS DEAD I AGED SWEDISH MONARCH PASSES AWAY AT STOCKHOLM. Crown Prince Takes Oath of Allegiance Under Title of Gustav V Whole Country Is Bowed With Grief. Sketch of His Career. Stockholm. Dec. '..Oscar II, king ! of Sweden, is dead. The death of the enerabie iiionaich occurred in the royal apartment of the palace, where, surrounded by the members ot his i family, including the aged queen, j Sophie, and the Mown prince, Oscar Gustav, and high ministers of state, the inevitable end bad been awaited, wliile outside the palace gieat ciowds stood with bowed heads and teailul eyen long after the announcement came of the death of their well loved sovereign. Tlio whole country is Lowed with grief, for King Oscar was something more than a ruler of his ii cipb . and had udcarcd himself lo thm a an intimate and pc isonal lij.iil. When the llag on the palace MMMWMMM - KING OSCAR AND Qt'KJCN SOPIHK. ' was dipped to half-mast there was a muaii of anguish from the assembled multitude ami many of them cried "Our dear old king is dead." The succession lo the throne of Sweden now passes to Oscar Gustav Adolphe, duke of Vorland, the oldest ;,on of the late king. At a meeting of the council of state the new king took the oath of allegiance under tho title of Gustav V, and adopted tho motto: "With the. people for the fatherland." Aftei taking tlio oath, King Gustav appeared on the balcony of the palaco and was acclaimed by an lmuiuiibu thiong. Thu body of the dead king will Ua Kemps Balsam WIU stop any cotijh tha! can be slopped toy any medicine and cure coujfFis that cannot be cured by any otber medicine. It Is always the best coufih cure. You cannot alford to take chances on any other kind. HEMP'S BALSAM cures coughs, colds, bronchitis, grip, asthma and consump tion in lirst slants. It does not contain alco hol, opium, morphine, or any other narcotic, poison ous or harmful drunj Wh.it n SotiSor Can Secure In mtvp&mfc lift m a a m M 1G0 AcrenGrnln-CrowSnc Lnd PKEE. 20 to 40 B-.if licit Wheat lo'lhc Acre. 0 to 50 Uutheli Onts lo the Acre. 31' to CO Buahelc Barley to thu Acrfc. Timber for Toncinc nnj Bulldinj:! FREE. Good Law with Low Taxation. Sl:ndid K&ilrcad Facilities and Low Ratet . School unci Churches Convunient. Sutiif&ctoiy Mnrltottfornll Productions. Com! Climate r.ntl Perfect Health. Clinttcecfor P.-ofitnhle Investments. .Some of tliotchoiccU Rrniti-producinsltin't In Saskatchewan nnl Albortamay r.ov.'ticacfi'.iri-il in the so most licaUhCu! and nrospcrojs scctii.tvi under tlio Revised gfomestead Regulations by which entry may boniiido by proxy (on cci'al conditions), bv the fatlu-r, mother. son.d.uiKlito brother or sister of Intending homesteader. Kntrv fee In each case Is SUVH). Porwainphlcr. "Last Hest Wet," particulars as to raic., route', best tltii'; to uo and where to locate, apply to W. V. HKN'N'KTT S01 New York Liu- Ilhhr.. unarm. Neb. Can.idlun Government Agent embalm' d unlay and at Queen j.n phle's i'ti t the f uncial has be u fixed for Die earliest dale possible ami with the simplest ceremony. It w.ia King Oscar's wi-h that there be no national mourning. The lii.-t hours of the expiring i monarch wore passed in unconscious- ness ami up to the end lm gave n; " f 'ognizlng those uum hi.n. Tin (iic''ii was grief stricken because he could not bid her latewll. CHICAGO GETS G. O. P. MEETING. National Republican Convention Will Be Held There June 16. Washington, !) '.). -f.'hlc ago. .Juno 10. Tin lormei is tli plate and li a )attr tb time at which the Repub lican na'i'inal contention lor l!)0S will be held Moth points w ie decided by the tlcpiihliran national committee ir; rcmteieii ;a the Shuiclililll bedel til this city. Secretary Hears of IVlother's Death. On Hoard Steamer Pieslduit Giant, in ICuglish channel, Dee. 10. Tin nit-sage announcing the death of Pec lelarj Tail's mother was recehed. The s.e.rttary was aioused and th message communicated to him. II was giently affected. Thu secietary had hoped to reach Auk'iIcu before hi? iiiothei patsed away. Winter Wheat Below Average. Washington, Dec. in --Winter wheat is l.'.i pt i tent less than tho aiea sow'n in the lull ot I'.mii;, equivalent to a dc c tease ol .'j!ii'.,iio!1 acies and a total aetoage of :!l.oi,!),(Mji). The conditio: of winter win at on Dec ember 1 waa 5)1 1, as compaicd with Jil.l on Do- emljei 1, PJOtJ, and a ton-year aver age or !KJ 0. i Panama Issue Cut in Half. Washington. Dec 7. The secretary of the treasury has accepted bids for the Panama canal bonds to th-t amount, of $L'.".,ii(iii,iioO. The avorag.i ' price of all the bids accepted is lOIl. The allotments of bonds will lie eon- 1 fined to the small subscriptions fioiu ( ; lu.ooo down to $1!0. Funeral of Clara Bloodgood. i New York, Dec. 7 -Tho body of Clara Dlooilgood. tins actress wh committed suicide in a hotel in Haiti tiioio, was brought to this city. Fit- i in i'hl .set vices wei held at noon nt St George's Kplscopal church. Th interment, was made privately. Fort Pitt National Suspends. Pittsburg. Dec. 7. The Fort Pitt National bank of this city failed to open for business, a notice on the door announcing that "the hank wa- closed by older of the comptroller of the currency." Gas Plant Wrecked. White Pigeon. Mich., Dee. 10. Th White Pigeon Cariioulte and Gas plant was wrecked by an explosion. Sev erul persons were Injured and evory window In town was cracked. The shock was felt tor twelve miles. Nothing except It be n battle lost eua bo linlf so melancholy ns a buttlu won. -Wellington. tr. ;HJf Wik 7 V.J jM -- wm ,,kw!w$,Vi ..'m? MtKatimiom(MmmiaaAk ' JWj(.li'..ljVWJfr:l s :' ' " '-t- ' "--vf-i 2 zm fdwft3gggggg
