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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 17, 1912)
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Ten of tho nineteen convicts, who, led by tho notorious Jim Dalton, member of tho Whitney gang of bank robbers, escaped through a broken fenco In tho penitentiary yard 'Saturday afternoon, aro still at large, and tho possibility of their re-capture- Is remote, slnco they are bo Jlevcd to havo gained tho hills north of town beforo nightfall. Tho town Is being patrolled by armed citizens and men and women Bit In their homes with weapons closo at hand listening for Intruders. RISING HAS SUDDEN ENDING. Revolt In Honduras Comes to Traglo Conclusion. "Washington. An uprising against tho Honduran government, started by participants In tho Nlcaraguan revolt, camo to a sudden end beforo tho ex pedition got out of Nicaragua. Tho refugees, 200 In number, under Josq Rafael OBorJo, woro overtaken by Nlc araguan government troops at Somo tlllo ns they approached tho Honduran border. Forty woro killed; many oth ers, Including tho leaders, wero wounded. All gave up their arms and the entire movement was speedily dispersed. , Five Periston Fire. i Now Yofk. A Bpcctacular fire, caused by an explosion on an oil laden Bteamer, threatened tho water front of Bayonne, N. J., destroying sov eral piers and a numbor of barges Burning oil was scattered in all direc tions when tho explosion occurrdd,' and in a Bhort timo a largo area of shipping was aflame. Thrco men, a carpenter on tho Bteamer Dunholmo, and two laborers on a pier, had per ished, whllo a number of other men wero roportcd jnlsslng. Tight Dresses Caused It. New York. Tho Jackson-"Mnck Man ufacturing company, ono of tho largest makers of silk petticoats In Now York, Jhas gono Into bankruptcy. Tho fail ure Is tho culmination of a widespread (complaint among manufacturers that (the cIobo fitting dresses now worn by .women havo so reduced tho demand for petticoats as to mako them a glut Ion the market. Drops Dead on Street. (Weeping Water, Nob. William II. Tool, father of ProfoBsor Raymond J. Pool, of the state university, dropped dead while conversing with a friend on the etrcot horo. In falling ho struck his head on the cement side walk, resulting In a cerebral hem-' orrhago, and It Is not known whether bo died from this cause or from heart disease. Mr. Pool was sixty years of age. D. A. R. to Meet at Lincoln. Lincoln. Extensive preparations aro oelng made by tho local chapters of tho Daughters of tho American Revolution; for the entortalnment of tho state con ference which meets hero October 22-24. Run Down bv Train. Collego View, Neb. Tho badly mangled body of Ella Harper, daugh ter of L. P. Harper of Lincoln, was' found Saturday morning lying upon tho Rock jsland tracks a quarter or a. mllo directly cast of the episcopal res-' Idenco of BlBhop Tlhcn on Capitol hill. Miss Harper had been under treatment for mental trouble for a' long timo, and had latterly boon nnj inmato of n local sanitarium. Sho. disappeared Friday evening, and it was somo time during tho night that' sho was run down by a passing train. ' - i Excludes Saloon Keepers. Los Angeles, Cal. Tho California grand lodgo of Masons has adopted a resolution excluding from membership any ono engaged in tho saloon busi ness. Slsseten, S. D. The dead body of Charles Grovor, 12 years old, drowned in gasoliuo, has been found at tho bot-j torn of a bugo tank of gasoline. The', lad had climbed up on tho tank, which, was on a car consigned to the Stand ard Oil agency, and, looking in, was overcome wKIi the fumes and fell. ' wMmMuumw '. , GENERAL VICTORIOUS MONTENEGRINS FOL LOW UP ADVANTAGE. MESSENGER FOILS BANDITS Montenegrins Capture Turkish Fort Express Messenger Fights Off Four Train Robbers. Podgorltza. Tho battle following tho capture by tho Montenegrin forces 'of tho Turkish position on Detchttch mountain and the fort on Schlpchtnck 'hill, dominating tho town of Tushi, continued Friday. Tho fighting Is gen 'oral nlong tho wholo cxtcntof tho ;Turco-Montonegrln frontier. General Martlnovltz, with tho southern army, is operating with success against tho 'strong Turkish fortress of Taru Itoch, which dominates Scutari from tho south. At noon tho Montenegrins cap tured tho Turkish fort Ilogomc, near ,Tushl. Tho hospitals here aro over (flowing with wounded men brought In tfrom tho battlefield. King Nicholas visited tho hospital and kissed upon (thoIr foreheads tho dead and badly wounded men. Afterwards ho ad addressed tho wounded In tones of deep emotion, saying ho thanked all of his bravo troops in thn namo of tho KING OF MONTENEGRO King Nicholas of Montenegro was elected by the Balkan coalition to start the hostilities against the Turks and declared war on the ground that! the Porte would not settle the boun dary dispute between the'twe coun tries, fatherland. I'rlnco 'Mlrko, second son of King Nicholas, personally carried several wounded men Into tho Iiob pltal. Tho bccucs In Podgorltza are heartrending. Puts Up Good Fight. Fort Smith, Ark. Four masked men held up and attempted to rob tho north bound Kansas City Southern pasenger train No. 2, near Potter, Ark., about 1:30 a. m. Friday. As n re sult, ono of tho robbers is supposed to have been fatally shot by Express Messenger Burgett of Kansas City, and 'Burgctt was bo badly beaten by the wounded bandlt'B companions that ho is reported to bo dying. Jules Lumbard Dead. Chicago. Jules Lumbard, a famous singer of civil war days, Ib dead hero in his eighty-eighth year. He has been 111 for several months and to a considerable degreo dependent upon tho klndnesB of friends, though he had n pension of S45 a month allowed him by tho Pennsylvania Railroad company. President Lincoln and Gen eral Grant wero among thoso who praised Lumbard's work as a singer of patriotic songs. Ames, la. A now strain of silver corn, yielding at least eighty bushels of corn to tho aero, and which reaches maturity far In advance of other varlo ties grown In northern Iowa, has been produced by Ames experimentalists. Constantinople. Tho sultan went to Top Kapu palaco to pray ovor tho relics of tho prophet treasured there ifor tho success of tho Ottoman arms. Washington. A flat charge of pack ages, whatever their contents and .whatever tho distance of transporta tion, was advocated by James L. iCowlcs, secretary of tho Postal' Prog ress leaguo, before tho Interstate com jmerco commission. '.Mr. Cowlcs said ,tho American Express compauy nt presont was carrying parcols from Eu rope up to cloven pounds weight at a flat rato of 27 cents to auy part of tho United States. Ho bolloved that such orvlco could bo glon to tho people of this country at a profit to tho car rloro. Frightened to Death by Snake, Scottsbluff, Nob. Tho sight or a hugo snako colled and, as sho be lieved, ready to spring upon her, so frightened Mary Khntz, n Gorman girl, tfiat she died. Tho young woman was assisting with work In tho beet flolds near hor mother's homo when sho camo upon tho reptllo. Avoca, la. Tho Avoca Canning com pany's, factory wob burned Wednes day Bight,. It is supposed to havo been struck by lightning. Loss, 160,000. FIGHTING vc, '.. pa ANNUAL FALL "3 " " " ifStfn,,va Avr imposed Upon the Chinese MONTENEGRO CLAIMS TO HAVE WON INITIAL BATTLE. Customs Weigher Sells Bogus Opium -Chicago Observes Fire Preven tion Day Odd Fellows at Lincoln. I.ondon. Montenegro claims the first victory in tho Balkan war by tho capture of tho strong Turkish position on Detchttch mountain, whose com mander surrendered with tho bulk of his force Montenegrins also crossed tho frontier near Bcrena, and, accord ing to tho Turkish account, havo been repulsed. Tho situation meanwhile Is as pu7llng ns before. No declaration of war has been Issued by the other nltled Balkan states, and Micro Ih no nowa yet of their ministers hnvlng left Constantinople. It cannot there fore bo definitely said whether Monte negro has acted Independently, with tho motlvo of, forcing a conflict so ns to render tho powers' cfflrts to pre sen e peaco nugatory or In accordance with a strategic plnn arranged by the Balkan coalition. Observes Fire Protection Day. Chicago, III. Tho Fort Dearborn massacre, October 9, 1S12; Perry's vic tory on Lake Eric, of tho samo date, and the Chicago fire, which started October 9. 1871, were commemorated here Wednesday by public ceremonies and in 'addition the mayor and Gov ernor Dencen set tho day aside as "lire prevention day" and exercises of an educational linturo in guarding ngalnst flro woro held in the public schools. Tho anniversary of the great fire was commemorated In all tho schools and public oUIccb of tho city. Customs Weigher Sold Them Axle Grease for Opium. San Francisco. William II. Hoburg. assistant weigher of customs of the port of Snn Francisco, who waB trapped by customs officials In the act of receiving $1,000 from a Chineso in payment for fifty opium tins filled with axle grease, has confessed that ho had beon regularly engaged In filling five tncl opium tins with axlo grease and selling them to Chinese as contraband Girls Jump from Burning Building- opium. Chicago. Girls Jumped from sec ond story windows, and more than 300 young women, boys and men fled in a panic from the plant, of the Haggard & Mnrcusson company, bed spring manufacturers on the south side, when flro attacked the building. Tho fire spread rapidly, filling halls and stair ways with smoke. A number of wo-' men had narrow escapes from suffo cation. Tho police believe, however, that all got out. Dcs Moines, la. Woman suffragists of Iowa havo gone on record hero in favor of a mother's pension law for the state. They adopted a resolution by which their association Is pledged to work for that cause. Other resolu tions fav tho petitioning of the next legislature for a vote on the suffrage question and opposo tho affiliation 'of tho association with any political party. Havana, Thursday bolng tho forty second nnnlversary of tho beginning of tho ten ears' war (1868-1878) for Cuban Independence, tho day was ob served as a genernl holiday. Business In Havana was largely suspended and all public and many prlvato buildings wero decorated In honor of tho occa slon. On tho wholo, however, tho celebration was not nttended with nB much enthusiasm as usual, owing piobably to tho present disturbed con dition of tho country nnd tho uncer tainty over tho rosult of tho approach ing presidential election. Omaha. N6b. Eighty stalwart Creoles, too Impatient to wait for otders to talto up arms against tho Turks, loft Omaha Wednesday oven lug for Now York to embark for Grccco. Fivo hundred subjects of King Georgo In Omaha stand ready to go, and will leavo on tho flrst train after word is received from Embassa dor Klfka7oglau at Washington. Aberdeen, S. 1). J. F. Scott, a har vest hand living at Whltmoro. Oklaj, struck by tho Bryan spoclal Wednes day, will probabjy die. DEMONSTRATION HARVESTS WILL BE BUMPER FOR THE COUNTRY OVER. Will Surrender Under Conditions Opens War Against Turkey Striking Miners Go to Work. Washington. Never beforo havo the great cereal crops of the United States been so bountiful as those of this year. Records of production for almost every cereal havo been sur passed, In some Instances by mil-' lions of bushels. The October crop report of tho department of agricul ture shows that spring wheat, oats, barley, ryo and hay all havo exceeded tho beet record productions, while the crops of corn and potatoes, from present indications, also will bo tho greatest ever harvested. Opens War on Turkey. Podgorltza, Montenegro. Tho Mou tenegrin army opened war against Turkey Wednesday morning by at-, tacking a strong Turkish position op posite Podgorltza. Prince Peter, tho joungest son of King Nicholas, ilred tho first shot. This was tho signal, for firing all along the line, and an ar tillery duel ensued. Within twenty-ono minutes live Turkish guns were si lenced and tho Turks retreated from their first position on Mount Plan lnltza. By noon the Turks had evac uated tho mountain. READY TO ACCEPT AMNESTY. Rebel Chief In Mexico Will Surrender Under Conditions. Cananea, Mexico. Miguel Encisco, a rebel chief leading thirty men, reni- nants of his former command, has' sent word here that ho, wishes to Bur render and accept amnesty. The Btato government offers amnesty If tho men will go to their homes and their chiefs be banished temporarily to tho United States. Striking Miners Go to Work. Bingham, Utah. After three weeks' tie-up of all the copper companies In Bingham, the Utah Consolidated Min ing company's whlstlo broke the long, silence Wednesday and forty former employes responded to the call. Sixty striking miners, headed by organizers of the western federation of miners, were on hand to intercept thoso going back to work, but deputy sheriffs swooped down on them and in the meleo one of tho organizers was felled to the ground and blB followers were driven away. No shooting occurred In Bingham. Lincoln. The flfty-flffh annual see-, sion of the grand lodgo of the Odd Fellows of Nebraska will convene in Lincoln October 15 for a session of, two days. The grand lodge of the, Rcbekah state assembly will meet in regular session October 16. Tuesday, October 15, the regular session of the grand encampment of the Independent' Order of Odd Fellows will open. A public welcome and reception will be held by Lincoln Rcbekah lodges at representative hall in tho ptato cap! tol building. There aro 25,000 Odd Fellows in Nebraska and 10,000 mem bers of the Rebekahs, the auxiliary order. $200,000 Mysteriously Dlsappeara. New York. Postoffico .authorities of tho United States and Cuba are en gaged In a hunt for a registered mall packago containing $200,000 which is said to havo disappeared mysteriously between Havana nnd New York last week. Tho money was consigned to ono of tho big downtown banks hero. New Orleans. A well developed caseiof yellow fover was takon from tho British steamer Chaucer when tho vcasel arrived nt quarantino "station, at tho mouth of tho Mississippi river, To Protect Housekeepers. Chicago, 111. An ordinance protect ing tho housowifo ngalnst poultry, eggs, butter, fish and other products that havo been kept fn cold storago over-long, awaits tho slgnaturo of Mayor Harrison, It fixes tho limit of time for keeping eggs and poultry in storage at ten months, twelve months for butter and six months for fish. A fino of 1200 for each violation Is pro vided. Every article must be tagged or stamped to show when it entered the storage house, MwAiMhlAtf $rjMk$fe te& tf. $&&& f tf H.jivto!te UHl&F NEWS OF NEBRASKA Hogs are dying by hundreds around Auburn, and there seems llttlo hopo for relief. Tho City National bank of York bas increased its capital stock by tho sum of $50,000. Claus Mutnm of Dloomflcld, 60 years of age, died In a Chicago hospital fol lowing an operation for cancer. Twenty-six greyhounds from Ne braska have been entered in the coursing meet nt St. Joseph, Mo. York will again havo Sunday dcllv ory of malls, Postmaster .Shlcek claiming the public demands it. Alliance wants a new courthouse and will probably hold a special elec tion to raiso $75,000 to build one. A big touring car, belonging to Dr. Coppersmith of Omaha, exploded whllo climbing a steep hill near AbIi land. German day at Lincoln was a grand success, thousands of visitors being attracted to the city to witness tho paradc.8. William Sell a farmer near Lincoln, got caught In nn ensilago cu'tcr and had his arm torn off before, tho engino coul'i bo stopped. JoRn R. Dowty, a former member of tho legislature, eighty-three years old, was killed by tho Missouri Pacific fast train nt Straussvllle. Farmers of Gago county havo been hard hit during tho past two months. Tho horso disease Is practically stamped out and now hog cholera has broken out. Tho horse show at Auburn had to bo postponed for ono week because of tho rain. Over fifty entries had been mado for premiums before the rains set in. There have been no new caseB of tho horse disease reported around Garrison for several days, but hog cholera. Is fast cleaning out a largo number of herds. According to word received by Mrs. Paul Clark of tho Woman's Progres sive league at Lincoln, Miss Jano Ad daniH will be in that place the even ing or October 23. Dr. Schmcla'a automobile struck a dog in tho main street of Hooper nnd was overturned. Tho machine was bodly damaged, but Dr. Schmela escaped without Injury. Jules Lumbard, formerly of Omaha, whoso remarkable singing of "Tho Battlo Hymn of tho Republic," sent thousands of men and boys into tho union army during tho civil war, is dead at Chicago. Honry Collett, who apparently went suddenly Insane nt Thayer and who was taken to York for safo keeping, woke up uftcr a healthy sleep in his right mind. Ho cannot account for his temporary abcratlon. Superintendent Fisher has an announced that the Aurora schools will be closed from November 6 to 9 so thnt the teachers may attend tho state meeting in Omaha. All of tho teachers of Aurora will attend. F. D. Hcnld, former professor at the, university stato farm, has been ap pointed to the position or pathologist In tho Pennsylvania chestnut treo blight commission, which is connected with the University of Pennsylvania. E. II. Splccr, formerly cashier of tho Sheldon National bank, Tuesday pleaded guilty beforo Federal Judgo Munger, at Lincoln, to a charge of em bezzlement and was sentenced to servo five years In the federal prison at Leavenworth, Kas. Tho A. O. U. W. of Nebraska Is planning a general celebration of tho forty-fourth anniversary of its found ing on October 27. The order, which has now over 38,000 members, is plan ning to Increase the number to 40,000 by the time that tho grand lodgo meets next May at Hastings. The annual state convention of the young people societies, to bo held In Kearney on October 24 to 27, prom ises to be the most successful of the state's meets. More than 700 dele gates have given promise to be on hand, at least two delegates repre senting each county in the state. Assurance has reached tho county board that the now bridge across the .Platto river south of Fremont will be gotten under way at once. The bridge has been out slnco the flood in March, but farmers have been ablo to cross'by means of a ford. Peter Smith, who resides near Ar lington, brought to that place a num ber of pipe-shaped gourds. Mr. Smith eays he makes a business of raising gourds which an eastern firm con verts into pipes sold as "Callbash pipes" for a high prico, under repre sentation that they are "Imported from Africa." Firo destroyed Frank Werner's big barn near Tecumseh, together with three horses, wagons, harness, and fifteen tonB of hay. Georgo Johnson of Dorchester sold his 160-acro farm, lying two miles north of town, to Jona Steckloyof Mllford for $175 por aero. This Is tho record price for land In that locality. Mrs. Susannah Parrlsh, aged 102 years and two months, died nt tho homo of hor son, Harvey Parrlsh, in Seward, Saturday. She wbb In full possession of hor faculties up to tho time of her death and her last illness was brief. Mrs.' Mat Honsloy of Konosaw was seriously and possibly fatally injured when an automobllo driven by her husband ran off a bridgo ovor a dry crook bed n mllo north of Doniphan. Arrangements aro being mado for tho cntortainmont of about 1,500 Odd Fellows and Rebekahs who aro expect ed to attend the annual sessions of tho grand lodgo at Lincoln next weok. The warm weather of the past week was a boon to tho farmers who aro harvesting their potato crop. It is estimated the crop In Box Butto 'county will reach half a million I susneis. SHARP PAINS IN THE BACK Point to Hidden Kldaey TrevMe. Have yon a lame back, ach ing day and night? Do yon feel a sharp pain after bending over? When the kid neys seem sore and the action irregular, use Doan's Kidney Pills, which have cured thousands. A Texas fBcav ""7 Wfw J. It. Le, 411 W. Walnut St, Cleburne. Tex, : "For four yeira I endurro tnlitry from gravel. Morphine vu my only relief. 1 had terrible pain In my buck nnd It oi hard for mn to pan tho kidney accretion!. Doan'a Kidney Fllla cured mr and iltico I took them I have been well." Cat Doan'a at Any Drug Stora, Me a Bos DOAN'S KtiYLr FOSTER'MILDURN CO., Buffalo. New York W. N. U., LINCOLN, NO. 42-1912. SHE COULD ANSWER FOR HIM $ Little Comfort for Candidate In Rea son Assigned by Wife for Her Being Confident Mr. WIUlaniB, ono of fivo candidates for the ofllco of sheriff In ono of tho northern counties of Wisconsin, was making a house-to-house canvass of a rural district, soliciting votes. Com ing to tho house of Farmer Thompson, ho was met at the door by the good housewife, and tho following dialogue ensued: "Ib Mr. Thompson at homo?" "No; ho has gono to town." "I am very sorry, as I would have liked to talk to him." "Is there anything I can toll htm for you?" "My name is Williams, candidate for sheriff, and I wanted to exact a prom ise from him to vote for me at the coming election." "Oh, that will bo all right. I know ho will promise, for ho has already promised four other candidates the same thing." Norman E. Mack's Na tional Monthly. Protected Both Ways. Two conservative ladies or old fashioned notions wero traveling in tho west nnd, becoming Interested in a young girl on the train, finally asked why sho was making so long a Jour ney alouo. They wero greatly shock ed at her blltho explanation: ."Well, you see, my mother and step father live at ono end of the Journey, and my father and stepmother live at tho other. They send mo to each other twice a year, bo thero isn't a bit of danger with four parents all on tho lookout!" Call to Arms. "Bang!" went tho rifles at tho ma neuvers. "Oo-oo," screamed tho pretty girl a nice, decorous, surprised llttlo scream. Sho stepped backward into the surprised arms of a young man. "Oh," said sho, blushing, "I was fright ened by the rifles. I beg your par don." "Not at all," said tho young man. "Let's go over and watch the artil lery." Serious One. "What waB the last operation that famous surgeon performed?" "He cut his wife out of his will." If you r what you like others may not like It "GOOD STUFF." A Confirmed Coffee Drinker Takes to Postum. A housewife was recently surprised when cook served Postum Instead of coffee. She says: "For the last five or six years I bava been troubled with nervousness. In digestion and heart trouble. I couldn't get any benefit from the doctor's med icine so finally ho ordered me to stop drinking coffee, which I did. "I drank hot water whllo taking the doctor's medicine, with some Improve ment, then went back to coffee with tho same old troublo as before. "A new servant girl old mo about Postum said her folks used it and -liked It In place of coffee. We got a package but I told her I did not be lieve -my husband would like It, as be was a great coffee drinker. "To my Burprlso be called for m, third cup, said it was 'good stuff' and wanted to know what It was. We have used Postum ever since and both feel better than we have In years. "My husband used to havo bad spells with his stomach and would be elck three or four days, during which time ho could not eat or drink any thing. But since he gavo up coffee and took to Postum, bo has had no more troublo, and wo now fully be ltovo It waB all caused by coffee. "I havo not bad any return of my former troubles slnco drinking Pos tum, and feel better and can do more work than in tho last ten years. Wo tell everyone about It somo say they trlod it and did not llko it. I tell them it makes all tho differenco as to how It's mado. It should bo mado accord ing to directions then It Is delicious." Namo given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Micb. Read the book, "The Road to Wellville," In pkgs. "There's a reason." Kter read the above letter? A awW one nppenra (rum time) to time. Titer are Krnulnr. true, and full of feuauua latercat. Adv. v-ifcj- 4