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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 12, 1912)
Pfily,yTiB.gfei I - ' The Chief C, D. HALE, Publisher RED CLOUD NEBRASKA PRESS HINT WILL NOT ACT WITHOUT AU. THORITY OF CONORE89. BECOMING SERIOUS MENACE Stock Insurance Companies Get Alarmed Farm Work In Kansas Impeded Treasury Will Aid Money Stringency. Washington. Intervention In Mexi co nntl tho possibility of President Tnft calling u special session of con gress to dcternilno whether American troops should bo sent acrotm tho lino uro being widely discussed here by public men and diplomatic circles. It is known that tho government has been prcsEcd on many sides to tako such a step nnd various accounts of what Influences wero being brought to bear nud tho objects sought to bo accompli nli ed arc related among thoso Interested In both sides of tho ques tion. Stock Insurance Companies Alarmed. Lincoln. That tho epidemic which is prevalent In tho Btato at tho pres ent timo and has resulted in tho death of over two thousand head of horses, will becomo an overwhelming plague among tho animals of Nebraska unless it Is soon checked, Is tho opinion of P. K. Lynch, president of tho Farmers -Mutual Insurance company. Tho vari ous companies that Insuro tho stock of tho farmers aro beginning to be come alarmed at tho magnitude of tho ravages of tho mysterious disease, and putting forth every effort to discover the source of tho contagion. LACK OF HORSES 8TOP8 WORK. Many Farms Without Animals Be cause of Malady. Topcka, Kas. Farm work 1b going undono in western Kansas for lack of horses killed by tho plague. Crops re main untouched and fall plowing Is weeks behind. On many farms all tho horses have died. Until tho experts ascertain positively n remedy for tho disease, 'farmers aro unwilling to pur chase moro horses which they fear will moot the same fate. G. A. R. at Los Angeles. Los Angeles. Within tho next few day b over 10,000 members of tho Grand Army of tho Republic and lit) affiliated organizations will gather here for tho nnnual encampment of tho a. A. R., which will bo held Sep tember 0 to 11 Inclusive. Tho afnil atcd bodies which will also hold na tional conventions hero duing tho on campment week lucludo tho Women's Itclicf corps, Indies of tho G. A. It., Daughters of Veterans, National As sociation of Army Nurscsrof tho Civil War, and tho National Association of Union ox-Prisoners of War. To Relieve Money Shortage. Washington. Tho annual money stringency, duo to tho movement of crops, emphasized by a decrease of 91.000,000 Saturday in tho legal re servo In tho Now York clearing Iioubo statement,- will bo relieved by tho United StatcB treasury if, In tho Judg ment of Secretary MacVeagh, condi tions warrant such roller. Tho secre tary's plan Is to deposit government P cash In banks to the extent of $25,- 00,000, If that sum should be re quired. ays Lumber Company Responsible. Portland, Ore. C. W. Eberlln, for mer land commissioner of the South ern Pacific, 'testifying in the Southern Pacific land forfeiture hearing, blamed the Booth-Kelly Lumber company for the Harrlman order of 1903, withdraw ing 2,300,000 acres of tho Oregon & California railroad grant lands from entry or sale. State Fair Sets Record. Lincoln. Nebraska's 1912 state fair fiet a new attendance record, tho total for the week being 160,964, more than twice tho number that attended tho state fair In 1909, and four thousand, more than attended tho fair tho record-breaking year of 1911. No Peace In 8!ght. Rome A somi-oftlclal statement has been iBBUcd denouncing as absolutely unfounded various newspaper reports that an agreement had been reached respecting tho conclusion of pcaco be tween Italy and Turkey. Serves Long Prison Term. Boston, Mass. Jesso Pomcroy, probably tho most notorloua of Ufa prisoners in tho United States, has rounded out his thirty-sixth year of solitary confinement in tho Btato prison at Charleston. A Human Tool Chest. Chicago. When physicians operated upou John Mnrtlner at tho county hos pital to learn what has caused "tor rlblo pains in his stomach, they found nineteen pocket knives, seventeen nails, live kniro blades, a dozen Bcrews and a silver dollar. For eighteen years Martlncr, who has been known to Chlcagoans as tho human tool chest, swallowed tho articles on wagers. "Eating knives and all that Btuff never hurt mo," said Mnrtlner, before tho operation, "but sometimes I'd get terrible pains In my stomach." iS.U'i-1 1$ I,1 v i DIG BY THE SCORE STRANGE DISEASE CARRYING OFF MANY HORSES IN STATE. TO INVADE U, S, TERRITORY Mexicans Prepare to Raid New Terri tory Transmit Disease to Man Straus Nominated for Governor. Lincoln. Stato Veterinarian A. Boa trom has returned from Iloldroge, jwhero ho Investigated tho ravages of the terrible deadly disease that is Spreading through western states. Ho jvvas downcast on his return, for ho had heard of 500 deaths among horses In 'Phelps county or near tho borders of that county. "It takes tho good horses as well as tho poorer clasB of nnlmnls," said Mr. Uoatrom. "Accord ing to my reports tho disease now ex ,'lsto In tho Fouthern part of the state Srom McCook to Falrbury and from Co timbtiB to Mcrna In tho northwestern jnart of tho stato. I huvo heard reports of 2,000 cases In Nebraska." To Invade U. 8. Territory. El Paso. Tex. In view of tho criti cal condition nt.llachlta, General Stco ver has dispatched nn additional troop of tho Third cavalry for duty at that .point. A portion of tho signal corps DR. R. E. D00LITTLE Dr. Doollttle has succeeded Dr. Har vey Wiley as chief pure food expert of; the United States government. In the (agricultural departments also will bo sent so as to assist tho cavalry in locating tho Invading Mexi cans. Additional Information is to tho '.effect that 109 rebels aro encamped only a half milo from the line, with .avowed intentions of making another 'raid into tho United States. TRANSMITS AILMENT TO MAN. Further Menace Feared In Kansas Horse Disease. Topeka, Kas. Tho report that a (man at Jctmore, Kas., attending jhorses afflicted with tho dtseaso that has caused the deaths of thousands of horses in Kansas during tho last few .weeks, has been taken 111 with all tho symptoms of spinal meningitis, caused .6. J. Crumblno, secretary of tho Kan as board of health, to hurry there for a moro critical Investigation. 8traus for Governor of New York. Syracuse, N. Y. Oscar 8. StrauB, former secretary of commcrco and 'labor In the cabinet of President Roosevelt, was unanimously acclaimed the nomlneo for governor of the pro gressive party by a stampede Friday afternoon. Mr. StrauB' nomination came about under circumstances that "wore not only unexpected, but dra matic. New Church at Kearney. Kearney, Nob. Dr. William Oosch ger, chancellor 'of Cotncr university, was tho principal speaker at tho lay ing of the corner stono of tho First .Christian church at Kearney Tuesday night. Tho pastor, Dr. E. M. Johnson, und Dr. A. O. Thomas of tho Kear ney stato normal also addressed the largo audlcnco. Tho church building will cost $25,000. It Is finished with pressed brick, with stucco work, nnd tho indirect lighting system Is to bo installed. Holdrege, Neb. One-half of tho business portion of tho town of Funk, .seven miles cast of hero, was con sumed by an early morning flro. The jtown haa no flro protection nnd chem ical npparatUB rushed to tho sccno from this city was of service In con lining tho flro to certain limits. Coughed Up. Plattsmouth, Nob. Harry, tho six-year-old Bon of J. J. Lohncs, residing n fow miles west of Plattsmouth, who llvo weeks ago drow a grain of corn iuto his windpipe which wedged In hla right lung, has finally coughed' tho grain up. Row In the Family. Hartford, Conn. Because his son, Edward, a Yale graduato and lawyer, tdoclarcd himself a bull moose, State Sonator E. ii Pond, a dycd-la-thc-wool Taft man, has disowned him. ST'i'-'liiSlW W V,"'HBSSS1 I "t " i$ i &- vSBBBBbY t tJ i'! ?Uuxx ttyfcft'J 1 tisBBBBBSBBBI Hi "- .lBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBl 'JEW BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBbI 3r'!aBBHBBBBsH WILLIE'S FLOG MICHIGAN PRISONERS KOUNTZE BROS. GRANTED USE OF ' PLATTE RIVER. Normal Conditions at Jackson Prison ''Burning Plague-Stricken Horses In Kansas Drops Dead at Reunion. Lincoln, Neb. Kountzo Dros. of New York and Omaha hava been granted a right to use 2,000 cubic feet per second from tho Platto river for power purposes. Tho water Is to bo takeu out of the river near Schuyler and returned to tho river through Elk crock near Fremont. Tho grant wan mado on tho application of D. C. Pat terson, filed in 190S. L. D. Richards of Fremont, ono of tho original power canal promoters, says money 1b at hand for tho development of tho enter prise and $4,000,000 will be Bpent on tho work right away. Resort to Flogging. Jackson, .Mich. For the lirst timo In Its history, flogging has been resort ed to at tho Michigan state prison hero. Nino of tho ringleaders in the prison mutiny were given from ten to twelve lushes each, and it Is under stood ull who took a prominent part In tho rioting will bo meted out sim ilar punishment. Tho number of laRhe3 given each was In accordance with a report of physicians as to how much tho prisoners could stnnd. Ev erything oNierwiBe Is gradually assum ing normal conditions at tho prison, although the troops are still on duty. THOUSANDS OF HORSE8 DEAD. Disease Stricken Animals Are Being Burned In Kansas. Topcka, Kas. The skies of western Kansas glow at night with the funeral (Ires of plague-stricken horses. This la the report of travelers who passed through twenty-six counties to which tho disease has now spread. "Four thousand horses, representing a valuo of nearly halt a million dol lars, havo died In these counties," cald J. II. Mercer, state llvo stock san itary commissioner. "If tho dlscaso contlnuos to spread at the present rate, It Is but a matter of a fow days until the whole of Kansas Is Included in Its ravages and there Is nothing to Insuro it staying within tho state Milwaukee, Wis. Whllo recalling tho deeds of the Twenty-fourth Wis consin volunteers In the Atlanta cam paign, Lientenant General Arthur MacArthur, U. S. A., retired, dropped dead following nn apoplectic stroke at tho last rounlon of tho regiment, known as the "Chamber of Commerce regiment," In tho university building hero Thursday. Cowboys Anxious to Get Busy. Douglas, Ariz. Equipped with 120 rifles and 60,000 rounds of ammuni tion, an organized body of cowboys is prepared to movo at a moment's notice Into Sonora, where Americans are said to bo gravely Imperiled. Captured by Rebels. Marfa, Tev. OJlnnga was captured by rebolB Tuesday without llrlng a shot. Tho federal forces commanded by General Sanchez fled to tho hills ami n small garrison left behind failed to light. Saloonkeeper Attempts 8ulclde. Omaha. Hans Nindol, a well known East Omaha saloonkeeper nnd deputy gamo warden, attempted suicide Sat urday night by shooting himself through tho head with a revolver. De spondency Is given bb tho cuuso of tho rash act. Corporal Punishment Restored, Jackson, Mich. By a resolution ,of tho Jackson prison board of control, passed when tho bonrd met to discuss tho recent rlota at tho prison, corporal nunlehmont wna reatnruil In tho nrl.nn ?jI', DftEAM WEDNESDAY'S ATTENDANCE AT STATE FAIR NEAR 60.000. State Fair Makes a Record Breaker Iowa Progressives Name Ticket Lone Bandit Loots Train In South. Lincoln. Attcndanco records at thi Btato fair wero shattered Wednesduj when 59,170 admissions were reg lstcred at tho gates. Tho best previ ous day's record wus 5C.SS7, made on Wednesday of last year. The record breaking met with the fair officials' expectations, it having been predicted early in tho day that tho old total would bo exceeded before tho final fig ures had been computed. Tho total admissions up to Wednesday are 111, S33, as compared .with 1 17,507 total ndmlsblona up to Wednesday night of last year. Iowa Progressives Nominate Ticket. Des Moines. la. With John L. Ste vens of Boone as their nomlneo. for governor, the progressives In conven tion here put a third party ticket In tho field after overcoming opposition to the plan, by a vote of nearly five to one. Judge StovenB of the reception committee to meet Colonel Roosevelt was named by acclamation Just as tho Roosevelt party was entering the coliseum. ' LONE BANDIT LOOTS TRAIN. Held Up Express Near New Orleans, and Is Captured. Now Orleans, La. A lono bandit held up tho northbound express of tho Louisville & Nashville railroad at 8:30 o'clock Wednesday night near Mich aeud, twelve miles from here, looted the mail car, robbed the passengers In tho Ave Pullmans and a club car, nnd then, just as he was about to leave the. tender, was struck on tho head with a brass torch by Engineer Baer and cap-' tured. Will Supply Pine Cones. Deadwood, S. D. On account of the shortage in other forests of yellow pine cone, tho Black Hills national forest will this year supply practically the wholb country with seeds. Forest Supervisor Kelletcr has just given pub lic notice that he will buy all the pine cones that can bo gathered in tho bills and the task of getting them Is likely to -prove a profitable one, as the gov ernment pays 40 cents per bushel, and diligent Individuals can reap a good harvest in ton days' time. 8mall Returns for the Venture. Osage City, Kas. A masked man boarded a Missouri Pacific passenger train hero early Thursday, held up the conductor, tho auditor, six men In the smoker and after obtaining $20 for his pains, Jumped from tho train when it stopped at a water tank and escapee1 Into a cornfield. Seattle, Wash. Tho first women students ever sent by tho Chinese gov ernment to tho United States to re colvo university educations nro -Miss Y. T. Law and MIsa F. Y. Liu, who ar rived on tho steamer Minnesota. Trav eling with thoso young ladles aro twenty-seven young men who will enter universities in tho eastern states. With few excoptlonB tho Btu dontu aro graduates of tho Canton Christian collcgo and were selected after competitive examinations. Chicago. For the second timo with In five months Chicago women have failed to gain approval for tho equal suffrage movement from malo citizens. The second failure has been regis tered In the attempt to gain 100,000 signers to a petition that a proposition granting cquul suffrage under tho pub lic policy act bo submitted, tho potl tton falling 3,000 short. Washington. Tho Amorlcan Red Cross society hos Just allowed $1,000 for tho .purchase of food supplies for the suffering dcodIb in Nlcarauuo. ,.i,.jl'jrt'A ''SVJhHt t HKIEF NfcWS OF NEBRASKA Superior now hua free city mall de livery. Tho grocers' picnic nt Hastings was attended by over 3,000 people. Tho crop season of 1912 nt Alno worth had 22.30 lnchcB of rain. Brakcman (. L. Ryun was crushed to death between cars whllo making a coupling nt Meadow Grove. There havo been moro applications for Bpaco at tho Geneva fair than In uny previous year In Its history. An order bringing about a general Incrcuso In rural postal carriers' snl nrlcs haB been received nt tho Lincoln postofllco. Flro of unknown origin destroyed tho building and most or tho stock of tho Bcnnetson Furniture company at Grand Island. More than 300 people who had re sided In C'olfux county over twenty five ycara wero at tho old settlers' picnic at Howells. Tpcumseh Is facing a water famlno. The now well Ib not giving tho sup ply that wnB expected. The city will havo to dig moro wells. The board of cducntlon haB pro moted Prof. Earl Lantz, a Kearney boy, by rlectlng him to the position of principal of tho city schools. Tho decorations caught flro when n Hash light picture was taken of floral hall at tho Stanton county fair, and the exhibits were a total loss. The Masonic tr-mplo nt Havclock Is nearlng completion and will bo ready for occupancy about October 1. Tho building will cost about $15,000. Garrett Stock Is at a hospital in Fremont suffering from a severe case of blood poisoning resulting from scratches from raspberry thorns. A farmers' elevator company has been formed at Croston, nnd tho old Trans-Mississippi Grain company prop erty bought by tho now corporation. Arthur, tho alxteen-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ixmls Johnson of Wy more, was drowned In Indian creek, two miles west of that place, while bathing with companions. Twenty-six carloads of Scrlbncr citi zens headed by the Dodge band mado a run to Dodge county towns through the mud for the purpose of advertis ing tho Scribner stock show. Paul Wltulskl was probably fatally hurt in a runaway near Beatrice. He was thrown against the slcklo bar of a mowing machine and was terribly cut about the head nnd neck. It. H. Starker, who haB been phys ical director for tho York Young Men's Christian association, has accepted a like position with tho Young Men's Christian association of Muscatine, Iowa. Continued dry. windy weather has been very bad on tho late corn and that which has not been well tended around Oxford. Fall plowing has bpen delayed because the ground Is too dry to permit plowing. E. M. .Tonkins, of Kcnesaw, 91 years old. a veteran who saw Abraham Lin coln nominated in 1800 for tho presi dency of tho United States, nttended tho unveiling exercises of tho new $30,000 monument nt Lincoln. Bccauso automobile boosting trado trips havo grown common and of lit tles value on that nccount, tho Fre mont commercial club has decided to havo no more of them. Instead, tho club will get up partlcB who will visit tho stock shows and county fairs at surrounding towns. Two small boys, 'sons respectively of Mr. nnd Mrs. Bort Bllven and Charles Schuman, both of South Sioux City, by mistake consumed a portion of washing powder under tho impres sion that tho stuff was sugar. Both children wero seized with convulsions, but are now said to bo out'of danger. After serving twenty-Blx years as a member of the paid Lincoln fire de partment, Engineer Frederick S. Stretton was retired at midnight Sat urday on a pension. No fireman in Lincoln 1b better known than Fred Stretton, for In season nnd out he has been at every Important fire for over a quarter of a century. The apple crop of Richardson, Otoe, Nemaha, Johnson and Pawnee coun ties 1b going to be the heaviest In years. The 'high wind and dashing rain of Saturday afternoon did some damage to partly constructed tents and stands at tho state fair grounds, but no seri ous damage to permanent structures or to exhibits. Colonel J. W. Flanders of Lyons has discovered a remedy for hog cholera and a preventive for the samo which he. proposes to sell .to the gonoral gov ernment for $75,000 so It can be dis tributed freo to tho people. A little son of N. P. Trout nt Lyons ran a stick with which' he was playing Into his mouth, inflicting a bad wound. Tho board of trustees of tho Frank lin academy has elected Benjamin H. Groves of SuperJir to bo assistant irlnclpnl. He Is a graduate of tho Nebraska unlvorslty and Is a tcachei of experience Tho gas tank for the largo soda fountain of the Crcston pharmacy blow up while Mr. Ewlng, tho owner of tho" Btoro, nnd tho fountain attendant, Wal ter Davis, wero recharging the tank from n supply tank. Tho explosion was heard all over town. Miss Beulah Rndcr, formerly ath letic Instructor In tho Peru normal, ha' been elected principal of tho Jan sen schools. Falrbury is experimenting with oil ing some of the streets in tho business district, U3lng the coal tar refuse from the gas plant, which seems to mako a satisfactory material for laying 'tho dust. Tho Fremont postofflce, which has been on a semi-open basis for a year past, will bo closed up tight and not a' single piece of Incoming mall will be distributed by orders from tho de partment, 'ftVb liflsJ Jtjj -,.( ,)i.. HAS MONET IN BhNK GOSSIP FROM STATE CAPITAL Items of Interest Gathered from Re. liable Sources and Presented In Condensed Form to Our Readers. Two hundred and eleven banks In 167 towns of tho state held Btato money on deposit at tho close of busi ness August 31, according to tho stato treasurer's report. The total represented .in all of tho bunks was $674,178.48, of which the Stock Yards National bank of South Omaha held $07,463.67. Tho City National of Omaha Is next with $40,000, while the First National bank of Lincoln Is third with deposltB aggregating $23,014. The National Bait): of Commerce of Lincoln stands fourth in the list wltb icpoBits'umountlng to $22,423. Wanted to Be Sent Home. Tho question as to whether or not a blind and needy old man should bo furnished transportation to another city or state, when no assurance is given that ho will be cared for upon his arrival, again confronted tho of ficers of the charity organization when John Kent called to secure enough money to land him in Kansas City. Secretary Provey was unwilling to grant the demand until after he had received word from Kansas City thnt tho man would be cared for. Kent waited around tho office for a few divs, and then, becoming impatient, left on his own accord. He expressed himself ns satisfied with tho treatment accorded him during hla stay, but was .Indignant that tho society would not send him home. Auto Fees Go to County. An apparent conflict In tho statutes of Nebraska, wherein ono section pro vides that registration fees for auto mobiles shall bo paid to the county treasurer in the county where the auto owner lives, nnd another provides that payment shnll bo mado to the secre tary of stato In case of transfer of ownership, hns boon ruled upon by Attorney General Martin. He holds that the fees must be paid to the county treasurer and that In case of transfer of ownership tho owner must present tho county treasurer's receipt to the secretary of stato and the latter will register the mnchlno without pay. Receive Maine Relic. Adjutant Genera' Pholps of tho nn Jlonal guard has received a powder tank, about threo feet long and nine inches in diameter, which was on the battleship Maine nnd which, until that vessel was raised from Havana har bor recently, has been Immersed In Cuban waters slnco 189S. The relic was sent from the navy yards near tho national capital and will bo presented to the lrvil camp of tho Spanish-American war veterans. Glanders In Nebraska. Cases of glanders havo already born discovered at Wr.lthlll and nt Cody in this stnte. A preliminary investiga tion hns been mado by the stato vet crinarian'B department nnd steps have been taken to cllmlnnto nil traces of the disease. In other parts of the state where cases have been reported In the past year, tho disease appears to have been successfully stamped out ns no new cases have been reported. Want Live 8tock 8anltary Board. Stockmen of the state and others Interested in the growth and develop ment of the stockraislng Industry are starting nn agitation looking to the creation of a livestock sanitary board or some such body to have charge on behalf of the state of the fight against, diseases which are causing losses to .the extent of hundreds of thousands of dollars each year. State Laboratory Robbed. Laboratory thieves made their ap pearance in Lincoln Tuesday, when ty a clever scheme tbey managed to got away with something like $260 worth of platinum from the pure food commission laboratory at the state house. The loss was not discovered until Thursday by Chemist Redfern of tho department. Norfolk, now has a population of 7,368, according to ah estimate based on a new city ejtlrcctory Just Issued. Tho board of regents of tho state university have decided to draft a letter to the Omaha Steel Structural company, denying the charges pre ferred by the company against Presi dent C. S. Allen of tho board, and stating tho full board's attitude on tho matter and the results of the Investi gation. Somo timo ago the Omaha Arm filed with the board a petition in which stafcmonta wero made reflect ing on the official integrity of 'resi dent Allen. The controversy grew out of tho lotting of tho contracts for tho collcgo of law building. Ask for Homestead Information. Scores of letters asking for In formation as to homestead land to bo obtained In this stni have been com ing In to tho labor commissioner's of fice for tho past soveral days. Most of tho lottors aro from out of tho Btnte, although somo of tho requests come from tho larger dittos of Ne braska, Labor Commissioner Guye is now in Chicago from which place ho will leavo in a few days with a train load of homeseekers who will look over the stato In nn effort to find suit able land for settlement rM p if f