M'COOK TRIBUNE.
V. At. KI JIM ELL , PnblUlinr.
HcCOOK , - : - - : - NEBRASKA
< NEBEASKA.
Methodists of Syracuse arc about to
build a church.
The house of Postmaster Hantz of
Humboldt was quite badly demoralized
by fire a few days ago.
A little daughter of H. K. Hinman
of Sidney stumbled while running
across the switch tracks and fractured
her leg.
Franklin county will have the larg
est yield of small grain It has had for
years. Great preparation Is being
made to handle It and farm hands
are being rapidly taken at double the
prices.
Men in thd section about Sidney
are so scarce that Is has been utterly
impossible for the Sidney Stone com
pany to get men or teams to load stone
on the cars from its quarry to fill the
orders. The ranchers on the Lodge
Pole creek are also finding It difficult
to get hands to harvest the immense
alfalfa crop.
Adjutant General Barry has sent
orders to the members of the Third
regiment band to report at Fort Oma
ha for muster. Robert Brown of Lin
coln is to be bandmaster , and sixteen
of the members come from Falls City
and other points in the state. Six are
already enlisted in the Third regi
ment as privates.
The program of the American fish
eries society which meets at Omana
July 2j and 22 , has just been issued. ,
W. L. May o the Nebraska fish com
mission Is president of the society.
Among the Important papers to be
presented is one by Dr. H. B. Ward
of the University of Nebraska , on
"Agricultural Experiment Stations
and Their Work. "
J. D. Brewer , an old resident of Co
lumbus , was stricken with apoplexy
and died in a very few minutes. He
was in his usual health and arose
about 5 o'clock and went to milk.
He was found by his son a few min
utes latey lying on his face , dead. He
was 50 years of age , was born in Ohio
and came to Nebraska in 1866. first
locating at Omaha , coming to Colum
bus in 1869 , and had ever since re
sided there.
A most dastardly attempt was made
to poison the family of J. W. Hill of
Beatrice. During the night someone
as yet unknown , visited Mr. Hill's
place and sprinkled paris green over
the ripening cherries upon the trees.
Some of the cherries were not iniured.
apparently , but the majority of the
fruit had enough of the poison upon
It to kill a person. Mr. Hill- has pla
carded the trees as a. precaution
.against the neighboring children eating
"
ing any of" tie fruit
Judge Munger had a wnolesale lot
of postofiice robbers to sentence in
the federal" court the other day , and
he made the sentences in some cases
BO heavy that it will prove a warning
to persons who are given to Interfer
ing with the government's propertv , . .
The first man sentenced was J. H.
Allen , who has served in the Sioux
Falls penitentiary before for the same
.offense jvnd who wa.g last sent there
under the name of Harris. Allen was
given , five years , the heaviest sen
tence ever imposed on a postofiice rob
ber In the Omaha district. Joe Ly-
man , who. together with Allen , broke
Into the Callaway .jcstoffice. was giv
en four years and six months.
Washington dispatch : Mr. Jenkins
Introduced a bill providing that all
T > erso5s who made homestead entry
of lands appearing on November 2 ,
1891 , by the records of the interior de
partment as forfeited Indian lande ,
and so treated by the interior depart
ment until a decision of the United
States supreme court , upon applica
tion and proof to the commissioner
of the general land' office , shall be en
titled to serin for the amount of
acres covered by their entries , and
which scrip may be used by the par
ties receiving it in lieu of homestead
applications in any of the land dis
tricts of the United States to the ex
tent of the residence so certified in
the said scrip.
Major Koerper. assisted toy Dra.
Pinto , Fitzsimmons and Irwin. has
commenced the physical examination
of the members of the Third1 regiment
who are stationed at Fort Omaha.
says the Omaha Bee , and It will be a
matter of enly a , few days till the men
who pass the examination will ' be
full-fledged soldiers in Uncle Sam's
army. Company C of Omaha was the
company whose members were exam
ined first and about 10 per cent of the
men were rejected. The members of
the other companies which are now at
the fort A. of Lincoln. G of Wake-
field and L of Indianola are anxious
to stand the examination and have it
decided' whether they will go to Ma
nila or stay at home.
The Omaha World-Herald says that
th'e Nebraska agricultural display ,
taken as a whole , is a very strong fea
ture in the agricultural hall of the
exposition. But the disconnected ar
rangement of space , whereby Nebras
ka counties are scattered all over
the building , detracts very materially
from the force of Nebraska's display
as a state. The Nebraska display
proper Is the pavilion presided over by
Superintendent Johnson , and Is locat
ed near th& center of agricultural hall.
This display Is neat , not extravagant
In architectural design or artistic fin
ish. and with Nebraska people gener
ally does not come upto the expecta
tion of agricultural display anticipat
ed from the $100,000 appropriation.
A young man "who gave his name
cs John Galvin was arrested in Ne
braska City upon the charge of rob
bing the houses of some farmers liv
ing in Wyoming precinct , Otoe county.
Pierre , the 10-year-old son son of
G. C. Alexander , a farmer residing
near Heminger Ford , -who was sup
posed to have wandered away from
home while herding cattle , was found
by his father a few rods from the
hou = e in a coyote's hole , into which
he had crawled and died. It Is prob
able that the boy crawled in the hole
ifter a young coyote and became fas-
iened , as it was necessary to dig him
out.
Nearly Four Times the Required
Amount Asked For ,
TOTAL REACHED $
$790,000,000 ,
Subscriptions in Amounts of S.100 and
Lcis , RdO.OOO.dOO - T\oo Syndicates
Made Propositions f r Any I'art or All
pf the JJondj Offered
WASIUNOTON , Jiily " Inq uirics a
the treasury department show that the
total proposals for t'se new govern
ment loan of S-'OO OOjOOO aggregate
9700,000,000. Of this amount th : e
have been received and absolutely ac
cepted :
Subscriptions , in amounts of S00 and
less , 810,000,000.
Subscriptions , in amounts over SGOO.
subject to future allotment , 5)0 , -
000,000.
A proposal for ; i round lot at a prem
ium of t per cent. § 100.000,000.
Two syndicate propositions for any
part or all or the bonds oll'eied00 ( -
000,000 each. S400.000.000
These .syndicate o"e"- > for bonds . ; t a
premium are not ir. tl'.e vrgolaiform ,
although they camJoiu entirely
responsible sources and no allot
ment will be made it. either case.
It is expected that heavy stibsariptions
will increase in number ' * ith the
beginning of the now month. Savi p.gs
bank deposits will probably be realized
to a considerable amount as the six
month interest period is July 1 , and
withdrawals now can be made by the
depositors without sacrificing any in
terest.
HIS AGENT HAS HEARD IT ,
4guinaldo Said to Iluve Formed a Re
public Under American Protection.
LONDON. July : ? . A representative
of General Aguinaldo , the leader of
the Philippine insurgents , who served
with him during the last insurrection
and who is now in London , is quoted
in an interview as saying that before
Aguinaldo left Hong Kong he prom-
ised Kear Admiral Dewey ( then com
modore ) not to enter Manila until the
arrival of the American troops.
Aguinaldo's representative adds tha t
he has just received a dispatch from
Cavite saying a republic has been pro
claimed there by Aguinaldo , under the
protection of the United States and
approved by Great Britain and Japan.
Continuing , the agent of the Philip
pine leader asserts that he has been to
ilerlin , where he saw the under secre
tary for the foreign office , who de
clared that all Germany wanted was
that the existing- import tariff would
not be altered by a republic in the
Philippine islands or. at least , that
preference should not be given to any
other nation.
TO CELEBRATE IN SANTIAGO ,
Secretary Altjcr Says Shaffer Will Untcr
the CSly Before .Monday.
WASHINGTON , July : . ' . "We will be in
Santiago before the Fourth of July , " '
said Secretary Alger this morning , as
he was 1t.vir'T the War department to
attend rabine ; , incet.in" ' .
"General Shafter is fully prepared
for the movement , he has undertaken
and the information he gives me con
vinces me that lie will reach Santiago
before the Spanish reinforcements
from Mtnziuillo can arrive there , " '
addc-d the secretary. He carried all
the dispatches , to the cabinet meeting
with him , howcvei , notwithstanding
the .substance of them had already
reached the White ho.ise by special
wire.
GERMANY DECLINED IT.
Spain Offered o Place Manili * Under a
Neutral Commander.
] { j-r.MN , July ' . ' . The following d's-
pnttih has been icceivcd from 1 long-
Kong : "According to trustworthy in
telligence from Manila , the Spanish
governor general had a few days ago ;
at his own request , a meeting with
Admiral DicdricliE. the commander of
the Germc.li nrva ! forces in the Far
East , in order to propose , in behalf of
the Spanish government , that Manila
should be handed into the provisional
charge 01 : i neutral commander. The
proposal was rejected "uy Admiral
Dicdridis hi view of the American
blockade.
CAMARA SAID TO HAVE SAILED ,
The ! Maili-iil Ucporl. Discredited hy the
American Kiuhusny in London.
MA : : : ID. Jvsly 2. According to a dis
patch received to-day at the Spanish
ministry of marine. Admiral Camara.
in command of the Spanish ileet re
cently at Port Said , Egypt , lias passed
through the Suez canal , apparently on
his way to the Philippines.
LONDON , July i. The officials of the
United States crabass- discredit the
Madrid dispatch saying Admiral Cam
ara has psi > sed through the Suez canal.
They- say he hatluot entered the canal
this morning.
Transports Not There
HONG KONG , July - ' . The Japanese
cruiser Matsushhna arrived here to
day from Manila , which port she left
on the afternoon of Monday , June 7.
She reports that the American trans
ports had not then arrived. The situ
ation was unchanged , the Spaniards
continuing to erect defenses and the
insurgents occupying 'positions within
about , 2,000 yards of thp city. Food is
growing1 scarcer. The Matsushima re
ports also that when she left Manila
harbor there were five Gcrn.r.n and
four British warships there.
CAMARA JRDERED OUT ,
Government Not Hies Him to
Le.tve Port Said at Once.
CAIRO , J-.ily 2. The following official
announcement was made yesterd ; r af
ternoon : "The Spanish ships at Port
Said began coaling from their own col
liers , which arrived from Spain. The
Egyptian government notified them
that 1 hey could not allow this , and
that it HI.ist stop forthwith , and that
they must also Jeave Port Said , as tin-
twenty-four hours' limit had been
rcatly exceeded. The Spaniards then
stated that i heir ships wanted repairs
and began discharging coal and other
material in order to repair. "
WASHINGTON , July . United States
Consular Agent Broaubent has just
made a master stroke , which he re
port : * to the department. While the
Spanish ships were seeking permission
of the Egyptian government to take
coal at Port Said , the consular officer
succeeded in quietly birying up sill of
the coal available at that port.
This amounted to 20,000 tons , and it
is in a good place to be shipped to
Lcwey ; to serve : : s a base of supplies
for Commodore Watson's Eastern
squadron when it enters the Mediter
ranean sea , or to coal any American
vessels that , may pass through the
Suez canal bound for the Asiatic sta
tion , if it should be permissible for
warships to taice on coal at Port Said.
The news that reached the department -
ment through the press reports that
Admiral Camara about to leave his
torpedo boat destroyers at Port Said
because they would be unable to
weather the monsoons that rage in the
Indian ocean at this season , is "believed
at the ua\y department to presage the
dissolution of the squadron and the
abandonment of the cruise to the Phil
ippines.
LORD SALISBURY'S SPEECH ,
It. Is Kcgardeil us a I'ronounvcnicnt in
Favor of the United States.
LONDON , July . Thoug-n on casual
reading the Marquis of Salisbury's
speech at the United Club seems to
have been an attempt to carry water
on both shoulders , the diplomatic body
here construes it as a pronouncement
of Great Britain's partiality. There is
no doubt the premier intended his re
! marks as a hint to the powers that
J Great Britain is in sympathy with the
United States , and the intimation to
that effect was called forth by Ger
many's alleged attitude in the question
of the Philippine islands. The declar
ation that the United States is ani
mated in the present war by an "ele
vated pliilanthi-opy" is the passage
upon which stress is laid.
POSTAGE STAMPS , WON'T GO ,
Cannot lie Used for Payment of War Tax
Unless Properly Imprinted.
WASHINGTON , July 2. In answer to
numerous inquiries on the subject , the
commissioner of internal revenue today -
j ! day stated that postage stamps could
not be r..scd in place of revvuuestamps
except such as had been hii ] > rlnlcd by
the government with the ! utter"J. .
R. " If the ordinary postage stamps
not so imprinted were used for internal
revenue purposes , the documents or
articles to which they were applied
would be regarded as unstamped , and
treated accordingly. Attention is also
called to the fact that imprinted
stamps cannot be used in payment of
post age.
SHIPPERSJflUSJ PAY IT ,
Kxpress Companies Decide They AVill Xot
Hear Their .Share of the War liimlcn.
NKW YOJK. July . For a number of
days the ollichils of the various ex
press companies with headquarters in
this city have boim discussing the ef
fect of the war revenue tax upon their
business. It is stated that the com
panies hare dc'-idcd that the payment
of the tax by them would take so large
a proportion of their entire net rev-
'
cnue that it would be impossible for
them to assume the burden. The
shipper will be required to pay the
tax. plus the express charges.
SPAIN PROTESTSTO CANADA ,
_
Says Pa asre of Itevenue Cutter Through
Locks Violate * Neutrality.
MoNTitn.u. . tjuebjc. July ' It is
stated here a demand has been for
warded to the British foreign office on
behalf of the Spanish government that
the Tinted States cruiser Gresham.
now in this port 011 its way to the At
lantic seaboard , be held here. The
Spanish government takes the ground
that the passage of the Uresham
through the St. Lawrence canals in
sections and the riveting of the two
sections together in this port consti
tute a breach of the neutrality laws.
Cargo Ciinnot He Saved.
| MADRID. July - . The governor gen-
j cral of Porto Rico cables that it will
be difficult to save the cargo of the
Spanish steamer Antonio Lopez , which
was run ashore at Salinas , near the
entrance of the harbor of San Juan de
Porto Rico , to escape the United States
auxiliary cruisers St. Paul and St.
Louis , which prevented her from land
ing a cargo of provisions and war ma
terial. He explains his inability to
save the steamer's cargo by the fact ,
as alleged , that an American cruiser is
continually firing upon the stranded
vessel.
A. A. Newman Drops Dead.
CI.AY CENTKR , Kan. , July 2. Hon.
A. A. Newman , representative from
this county , dropped dead in town at r
o'clock yesterday afternoon while
waiting for his team to be harnessed ,
preparatorj- going to his home in
the country.
Long Deadlock Ended.
LAMAR , Mo. . July S. The Demo
cratic senatorial convention met here
yesterday for the third time , and nom-
Inatcd Cornelius Roach , of Jasper .
county , on the 153r.th ballot. I
Observations From Mid-Air Taken
of Santiago Fortifications ,
TWO MEN IN THE BALLOON ,
C'omzuuiiJcti n Radius of Observation nf
from Twenty to Forty allies With
Powerful 'lelcecopes .Located the Land
and Xaial Force- , .
Nr.xv YOKK , . "July 2. A correspond
ent in Santiago de Cuba telegraphs to
the New York Journal that a balloon
? ent up from the American camp was
seen from Santiago Thursday. In the
balloon were two men , seemingly tak
ing observiitions of the Spanish forti
fications about Santiago.
WASHINGTON. July . * . tfJencral Miles
received a dispatch early this morning
from Shaftcr's headquarters , saying
that the big military balloon was now
high in the air and ivas giving oppor-
tunitj' for observation over a. great
sweep of country. A balloon a mile or
more in the air. commands a radius of
observation of from twenty to forty
miles with powerful telescopes.
This was the first actual use of bal
loons by the American army in the
.
present war and the commanding gen
eral set much store on the information
they would give as to the exact loca
tion of all the Spanish forces , their
points , of concentration , the defenses ,
the location of Cervera's warships in
the harbor and possibly the progress
of Spanish reinforcements.
Saw Shafter's Valloon.
MADRID , July . ? . The Imparcial pub
lishes a dispatch from Santiago saying
that the American's used a captive bal
loon yesterday in taking observations
of the fortifications of Santiago. Jr.
conclusion the dispatch says a firing
part } ' of Americans fell into an am
bush yesterday and that 'one of them
was killed and two others captured.
SHAFTER'S ' MORTARS ,
By a Plunging : Fire at a : ! 1-2 Mile
Cervera's Fleet Could He Destroyed.
AV.VSHINGTON , July ; . ' . Generrl Shaf-
tei1 has eight H-inch guns , with which ,
using armor piercing shells , he can de
stroy Cervcra's fleet. At a distance of
two and one-half miles , 4.000 yards , he
can destroy the Spanish squadron in
Santiago harbor , and the ships of
? paSn will not be able to fire an effect
ive shot in return. General Ludlow
says the ships' guns cannot be elevated
sufficiently to do serious damage.
There are two classes of 5-incli guns
in the United States artillery service.
The first is mark 1 , weighing (5,000 (
pounds , firing eighteen pounds of pow
der and a fifty-pound shot. The second
is mark . ' . ' . naval gtm. 7,000 pounds
weight , with sixty-pound armor pierc
ing shell , longest effective range 8,000
yards. This is the gun that Shafter is
supposed to be using to destroy the
works around Santiago. The shells
are charged with "jovite , " ' o'melin
ite. " as the French artillerists call the
newest explosive used in shell fire. Jt
was the discovery of M. Meliii , a chem
ist. It has tremendous bursting power ,
having , bulk for bulk , thi'cc times the
power of any similar explosive known
to science.
To witness the action of this melin
ite when used hi the reduction of
works caused the French minister of
war to s-jnd lw > engineers and ord
nance oHirers r.cross tin- Atlantic to
Shafter's army , to t > p present at the
siege of Havana and the capture of
Santiago. The iiring. it is supposed ,
began at . ; . . > f)0 ) yards , an excellent po
sition having been selected by General
Ludlow at that range. The fire , in
case the guns are now in use. is
plunging : that is , with an angle of
about -10 degrees. An attempt waste
to have been made to-day to
move the heavy mortars up the
heights , where live or six can be
put in position and used at a range
of six miles to destroy the main works
to the right , left and behind Santiago.
The mortars will send their shells over
hills fiOO or ,00 feet higher than the
mortars are. In fact , the shells will
have to soar over two lines of foothills
before they reach Santiago. 15ut they
can be trained to .surmount these
heights and drop a C.OO-pound shell ,
loaded with fifty pounds of jovite.cqual
to l. 0 pounds of dynamite , into a six-
acre square , seven miles away. This
is America's latest contribution to the
art of human destruction.
A PRIEST WENT WITH MERRITT
The General Thinks a Catholic Could In
fluence the Natives for America.
SAN FRANCISCO. July . The Rev.
Francis Hrooks Doherty , a well known
Paulist missionary , sailed on the New
port for Manila at the personal re
quest of Major General Merritt. He
speaks Spanish fluently. Father Do
herty hopes to be of service to the
United States by explaining away the
false impression which is said to pre
vail that the American soldiers will
destroy the natives' religion and loot
their places of worship.
A Soldier Attempts Suicide.
CAMP AI.GKR , Falls Church. Va. ,
July 2. Private Sayles. Third Missou
ri , "while temporarily demented last
evening , attempted suicide at the Second
end division hospital. Sayles' mental
condition is such that he will be sent
to Fort Myer.
Texas Cotton for SpiinlanU.
SHERMAN. Texas , July 2. The first
bale of cotton of this season's growth
has been ginned at Pearsa.ll , Frio
county. It was sold at auction to-day
at San Antonio and will be shipped to
President McKinley to be made into
gurcotton for the battleship Texas.
OUR RACE PROBLEM ,
nir. Till man Urges the Senate Not to Com
plicate It Argues Against Annexation.
WASHINGTON. July 2. Late yester
day afternoon the Senate cleared the
legislative decks for what may be the
final action upon the Hawaiian annex
ation resolutions. Through its action
the last of the appropriation bills that
have been pending in conference were
disposed of. and were laws before mid
night.
Jn denouncing- action of the con
ferees for striking out the free homes
provision of the Indian bill , Mr. Petti-
grew , silver Republican of South Da
kota , eliarged tin- Republican party
with being dominated by the "money
power" and with the election of Sena
tors by the corrupt use of monej * .
Mr. Hate , Democrat , of Tennessee ,
and Mr. Tillman , Democrat , of South
Carolina , discussed the race problem
from the standpoint of a Southern
man. The latter was eharacteristic-
allo vigorous in his remarks.
Discussing the race problem pre
sented , Mr. Tillman said :
"The Philippines arc already dense
ly populated with races for which we
have no affinity or liking. It is the
same with Porto llico and , in soma
degree , with Cuba. Uut we have
already one perplexing and har-
rassing- problem right ' here at
home , and that must give us
pause. 1 mean the negro question.
The wisest statesmanship is unable to
foresee the final result of the presence
in the same commonwealth of two dis-
sinet races , each possessing the same
rights under the law , but one of which
is superior to the other. If we are not
tc witness a blocking of the wheels of
progress and a condition of mon-
grelism , demoralixatisn and retro
gression such as is appalling to
ever } * lover of the Anglo-Saxon race ,
we must settle this question wise and
justlj * . It is impossible for me , famil
iar as I am with its perplexities and
dangers , not to call a halt and beg sen
ators to pause and take care what they
do.
' With S. 000.000 negroes already
among us. the adding of more colored
people present to a student of sociolog
ical and political questions a grave
problem , a solemn responsibility. Can
we afford to enter upon a scheme
of colonial expansion by conquest ,
with the inevitable result that we will
incorporate another million and a half
negroes , ten million mohrys. Nigritos ,
.Japanese and Chinese , to say nothing
of the hundreds of thousands of mon
grels of Spanish blood , imbued with
Spanish thought and octionV
"JJicycle Heart" a liar.
CHICAGO , July V. Dr. C. S. Station ,
who has charge of the examination of
recruits for the regular army in this
city , has caused a sensation among
medical men by declaring that an
habitual fast rider of bicycles , or a
' scorcher. " is unfit *
, physicallj . to
serve as a soldier in the army , because
ofbicycle heart , " caused by excessive
exercise in riding a wheel.
I'ccaase Her Son ICnlisted.
ST. LOCIS , Mo. , July . Mrs. Dora
Klein , a widow , aged G4 years , was
found dead in a well yesterday. Ever
since her boy volunteered and left
with the Missouri troops for the front
Mrs. Klein has been grieving. It is
believed that in a moment of tempo
rary aberation of mind caused by grief
over her absent son she committed sui-
ci de.
Carrying : Supplies to Cuba.
WASHINGTON , July : ' . Negotiations
still continue between the War depart
ment and the ship owners for the pur
chase of additional vessels for army
transportation service. The sum of
§ .V > 00,000 has been placed at the dis
posal of the commissary department
for supplying- army with beef and
food for the Cuban army and the re-
concentrados.
Lillian Kussell'it Answer.
TRKNTON. X. J. , July - . Lillian
Russell has filed an answer in the New
Jersey court of chancery denying that
she deserted her husband. John Chat-
terton. known on the stage as Signor
Perugini. She declares that her Jab-
sence from his home has been made
necessary by her professional engage
ments ; and she prays for the dismissal
of bib application for divorce.
Cabinet Crisis Postponed.
LONDON. July ' 1. The Madrid corre
spondent of the Standard says : After
a cabinet council of several hours du
ration yesterday ( Thursday ) , the min
isters decided to postpone the crisis
and to await the results at Santiago
and Manila. The Hying squadron
under Lieutenaut Commander Sobral
is intended to tigntl the approach of
the Americans.
An Kxtra Haggage Tax.
WASHINGTON , July ' - ' . The commis
sioner of internal revenue has decided
that railroad companies making a
charge for excess baggage of passen
gers shall be required to affix a 1-cent
stamp to bills of lading covering- such
excess , in the same manner as express
companies are required to stamp their
bills of lading.
For Kxtortini ; Money.
TOPBKA , Kan. , July " . ' . Fletchei
Helms , deputy sheriff of Shawnee
county , is now in jail here charged
with malfeasance in office and obtain
ing money under false pretenses.
Helms was caught in the act of extort
ing money from Vera Knowel , propri
etress of a disorderly house.
Newport a Treasure Ship.
SAN FRANCISCO. July ' - . The steam
er Newport , which has sailed with
General Mcrritt for the Philippines
carries from $1,000.000 to § 3,000,000 in
gold for the payment of our troops in
Manila and the purchase of supplies.
Tenting on We Battle Raid of Chickamauga -
mauga , but Anxious to Move ,
ARRIVAL OF NEW RECRUITS
The Health of the Camp Kxevllent and
the Men In Good Spirits Uriltliifir C'oit-
Ktuntly Coins on. With Klvalry JJe-
twceii KeglniflntH us to V.'hlch Shall
Heroine the Most Kfilclriit ,
Camp Thomas ( Ga. ) correpondcnc ?
of the Lincoln Journal : Recruits hav ?
been arriving all day and toaigli *
fifty-seven new men are sleeping for
the first time on the battle field of
ChickamaiiRa. They come from different
to t'-ie-
ferent towns with assignments
companies from their old homes. The
boys looked black and dusty , but are
husky fellows. Some of Iheru were
thrown out on the first call , but man
aged to slip through this tiins. The
boys brought the Information that
Lieutenant Perry was having Some
trouble in recruiting at North Piaite.
owing to the dissatisfaction expressed
by some of the boys of B company in
their letters. For the benefit of the
citizens of North Piatte whose pa
triotism has never been doubted it
may be well to say that the health of
the men is excellent , there being
only twelve men in the First division
hospital. These twelve come from six
regimeuts , aji average of two men
to the regiment. If this is a large
percentage then statistics tell an aw
ful story. The men are cheerful , well
clothed and anxious to become good
soldiers. If there is a man in Nebras
ka who expects to join the army and
find his tent carpeted with Brussels
carpet , his t ble covered with Delft ,
china filled with norterhouse steaks
cooked in mushrooms , frogs' legs , fried
chicken , preserves , pie. cake and ic *
cream , his clothes lined with silk and
his bed composed of down , made upon
a brass--bedstead he had better remain
at home. A soldier's life is one of self-
denial and the man who goes througn
it with little complaint is the one who
receives the apDreciation due him.
If the Nebraska boys want to come
here they will find nlenty of food and
clothing. They will have to wait up
on themselves. They will have to
work hard , to do work they have nev
er done before , but it will not kill
them. If the3 * are composed of the-
right kind of stuff , like the 1.000 men
already here , they will emerge from
their service better men physically ani
better equipped to face the battle of
life.
life.The
The boys who camu In today look
like men who are capable of subduing
themselves. They came in willing to-
work and anxious to march beside the
bovsvho are here. The boys who
arrived have been assigned to the Te-
cumseh. Schuyler. Grand Island and
Kearney companies.
Provost Sergeant Atwood of com
pany A and Teamster Westover of
company H had a narrow escape todav
while on their way to Crawfish
Springs ? fter water. The team of
four mules were turned off the filled
road suddenly to avoid tru wagon
ahead. Thp waron went over , tn
empty barrels rolling over the boys
Sergeant Atwood struck on his head
and the wagon was pulled over his
left leg. His face and leg were bruised
and scratched. The mules ran about
200 yards , dragcing the wagon behind
them. When the boys caught them
one of the mules v/as so bndly cut
up that he was useless so he was
turned loose to be killed later by the
provost nard. HP was an outlaw ,
and ornery animal , which wcu'd rath
er eat a set of harness than his oats
and hay. Fortunately the Second regi
ment had one mule to s are so thsr
Quartermaster Myers still has the
number for which he receipted.
A Quorum was not urcsent at the
court martial o Private Mnher yes
terday morning. Thepresident. . Major
Estey. announced that the court would
adjourn until Monday morning at 9
o'clock. Captain Fisher objected , say
ing the eight davs allowed his client
for trial were up. At no time had he
asked for a continuance and he was
ready now to try the case to the four
men present. The president , however ,
said Captains Dyer and Brandan were
not absent of their own volition , but
because they had been ordered away
on duty.
The decision of the iud e-advocato
giving Captain Fisher the right tenet
not was somewhat interesting. General
Grant or his adjutant. Cantain Drap-
rav. wrote on the reouest for the oe-
rision that Cantain Fisher had not
been ordered to act as counsel for
the defendant. The judre-advocato
made no comments , simply inscribing
that Captain Fisher had a right to
serve if he desired.
Captain George McK. Williamson of
the First corps was a wHeoiue caller
in the Nebraska camp this evening.
He shows by the large "U. S. V. " on
his collar that he is not ashamed of
the men with whom he serves so
willingly. When he reported to Gen
eral Brooke he was asked where he
wanted to co. "To the front , sir. " re
sponded Williamson. "Tlwit's ( he
way with all you boys. " said the gen
eral. "I need you here for a while. "
Loft for the Front.
The following named young men.
says a Bradshaw dispatch , having
passed the required examination fo.-
military service started for the front
this forning : R. G. Douglas. Allen
Stanfield and Harry Soiu'.ers. They
went from here to York where thev
will join Captain Holdcmau and the
other recruits from David City and
Waco. They will go from York over
the B. & M. via Denver 10 San Fran
cisco and from there to the Philip
pines. The boys go carrying with
them the best wishes and prayers of
our people for their preservation and
safe return to their homes ami lov
ed ones.
The people of Stantou have been
ordered to clean up their premises
or submit to naving it done ami the
cost added to their taxes.