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    T A Brave
.
By Robert Louis Stevenson.
CHAPTER IX. ( Continued. )
And with that he was gone among
the thicket. I made a fire , for I had
no fear of the Italians , who had even
spared all the little possessions left In
my encampment ; and , broken as she
was by the excitement and the hideous
catastrophe of the evening , I managed
to bring her back to some composure of
mind and strength of body.
Day had already come , when a sharp
"HIat ? " sounded from the thicket. I
started from the ground , but the voice
of Northmour was heard adding , jn the
most tranquil tones : "Come 'here ,
Cassllls , and alone ; I want to show you
something. "
I consulted Clara with my eyes , and.
receiving her tacit permission , left her
u'.one and clambered out of the den.
At some distance off I saw Northmour
leaning against an alder , and , a ; soon
as he perceived me , he begin walking
seaward. I had almost overtaken him
as he reached the outskirts of the
wood.
"Look. " said he , pausing.
A couple of stops more brought me
out of the foliage. The light of the
E Y
morning lay cold and clear over that
.veil-known scene. The pavilion was
but a blackened wreck.
Close by the islet a schooner yacht
lay to , and a well-manned boat was
pulling vigorously for the shore.
"The Red Earl ! " I cried. "The Red
Earl twelve hours too late ! "
"Feel In your pocket , Frank. Are
you armed ? " asked Northmour.
I obeyed him , and I think I must
have become deadly pale. My revolver
had been taken from me.
"You see I have you In my power , "
lie continued. "I disarmed you last
night while you were nursing Clara ;
but this morning hero take your
pistol. No thanks ! " he cried , holding
up his hand. "I do not like them ;
that Is the only way you can annoy
me now. "
He began to walk backward across
the links to meet the boat , and I fol
lowed a step or two behind. lu front
of the pavilion I paused to see where
Mr. Huddlestone had fallen ; but there
wag no sign of him , nor so much as a
trace of blood.
"Graden Floe , " said Norlhraour.
He continued to advance till we bad
come to the head of the beach.
"No farther , please , " said he.
" 'Would you like to take her to Graden
House ? "
"Thank you , " replied T ; "I shall try
to get her to the minister's at Gra
den Wester. "
far The prow of the boat here grated on
V the beach , and a sailor jumped ashore
; with a line in his hand.
"Wait a minute , lads ! " cried North
mour ; and then lower and to my pri
vate ear : "You had better say nothing
of this to her , " he added.
"On the contrary ! " I broke out , "she
shall know everything that I can tell. "
"You do not understand , " he re
turned , with an air of great dignity.
" 'It will be nothing to her ; she ex
pects it of me. Good-bye ! " he added ,
with a nod.
I offered him my hand.
"Excuse me , " said he. "It's small , 1
know ; but I can't push things quite so
far as that. I don't wish any sentimen
tal business , to sit by your hearth a
white-haired wanderer , and all that.
Quito the contrary : I hops to God I
shall never again clap eyes on either
one of you. "
"Well , God bless you , Northmour ! "
I said heartily.
"Ch , yes , " he returned.
\ He walked down the beach , and the
man who was ashore gave him an arm
on board , and then shoved off and
leaped into the bows himself. North
mour took the tiller.
They were not yet half way to the
Red Earl , and I was still waCching
their progress when the sun rose out
of the sea.
One word more and my story is done.
Years after Northmour was killed
fighting under the colors of Garibaldi
for lb.3 liberation of Tyron.
THE END.
Carrie
The Telegraph Girl
XXX
A ROMANCE OF THE CHEROKEE STRIP.
XXX
By Captain Jack Crawford
"THS POET SCOOT. "
I had not met Carrie Rankin. I did
r.ot know if she was long or short ,
blonde or brunette , sweet sixteen or
crabbled forty , plump as a mountain
< iuall or thin and angular as a Kansas
fsmale suffragist ; yet we had become
the best of friends , and daily chatted
with each other on terms of marked
sociability. I confess that , as the days
sped by and I listened to her witty
expressions and bright conversation , I
found'myself falling in love with her ,
yet I had not the leaat tangible idea
of her personal appearance , and knew
not whether her voice was eoft and
musical , or pitched in a high key that
v/as harsh and disagreeable to the ear.
I knew she was good-natured and pos
sessed of a keen sense of humor , for
she would laugh heartily at my re
marks , and respond with the most brll-
llant repartee when my humorous darts
were leveled at herself.
This may all seem enigmatical to the
reader , but will assume an aspect of
entire plausibility in the light of the
fact that she and I were telegraph op
erators at widely-separated stations on
a western railway. She knew as little
of the young man with whom she dai
ly chatted as 1 did cf herself. We had
each drawn an ideal picture of the per
sonal appearance of the other , and in
our frequent conversations over the
wire , each had in mind a face and fig
ure to whom the remarks were ad
dressed. I had pictured her as a
bright-eyed , laughing , jolly little crea
ture , with golden curls and silvery
voice. I often wondered what sort of
a mortal picture she had drawn of my
self.
self.Red
Red Rock , where I was located , was
a station on the Santa Fe railway , in
the Cherokeen strip of Oklahoma , be
fore that now famous stretch of land
was purchased by the government from
the Indians and thrown open for set
tlement. The population of the town
( ? ) consisted cf a burly section fore
man , of Milesian extraction ; his wife ,
a red-faced , red-armed woman , who
had no aspirations outside the limits
of her not over-clean kitchen ; four
section laborers , and myself , the agent
and operator for the railway company.
The country was , at the time of which
I write , a wild one. Inhabited only by
Indians , a few cattlemen who leased
grazing lauds from the aboriginal own
ers , the cowboys who looked after the
scattered herds , and roving bands of
desperadoes under the leadership of the
Dal ton brothers , the most famous of
whom , Bill Daltcn , was punctured by a
well-directed bullst from the rifle of a
deputy United States marshal but a
few days ago , and who died with pistol
in hand cursing the shot which had
laid him lew.
Miss Rankin was my predecessor in
the position of agent and operator at
Red Reck. She learnt the art of tel
egraphy In the train dispatcher's office
at Arkansas City , where her widowed
mother resided , and when competent
to assume charge of a small station ,
had asked for and been given a posi
tion at Red Rock. She tired , of a
while , of the lonely monotony of that
obscure station , and asked to be sent
to one less isolated from mankind ; and
when one day the operator at Ed-
raond , further clown the line , reported
that his fingers had been "pinched"
while endeavoring to couple two cars
together , and that he must hasten to
Arkansas City for surgical attention ,
the Red "Rock agent was telegraphed
instructions to lock up her depot , leave
the key la the care of the section fore
man , and proceed on a train then al
most due to Edmond , and assume
charge until the injured agent should
return. I was at the time an "extra
operator" on a Kansas division , and
on the afternoon of the day on which
Miss Rankin left Red Rock , I found
myself sitting in her recently vacated
chair for an indefinite stay at the lone
ly station.
My first train report had scarce an
nounced my presence to the operators
up and down the line , ere Edmond
called me up. She expressed regret
that she had been denied the privi
lege of extending to me a personal wel
come to my new home , said she hoped
I would find the station a pleasant one ,
and asked me if I would not kindly
collect a number of feminine trifles
which she had overlooked in packing
her trunk , and then send them down
to her. She would be ever so much
obliged , and should an opportunity pre
sent itself , would certainly reciprocate
my kindness. That was my first
"meeting" with a lacly who was soon
destined to play a heroic part in a
thrilling adventure in which I was a
prominent figure.
Little by little Miss Rank-in and my
self became acquainted over the wire.
We were scon holding daily conversa
tions , then semi-tlaily , and then cur
chats became so frequent that at times
jealous operators at other stations
would break in on our conversation
with hints that some one was "mash
ed" on some one else , and that we had
belter give the suffering wire a rest
and do our spooning by mail. To these
uugentlemanly interruptions we paid
but little attention , but continued our
long-distance intercourse I , as I be
fore remarked , falling more hopelessly
in love with my new friend as the days
sped by , and often wondering if a recl-
prccatory feeling was net growing in
warmth at the other end of the wire.
I was a young man cf but 20 , very
susceptible to female charms , and as
I was then denied even a look at a
pretty face , aside from fleeting glimps
es of female passengers on passing
trains , I came to regard Miss Rankin
as "my test girl , " and her personal
telegraphic signal , "Cr , " became the
sweetest.sound my instrument clicked
into my ears.
Modesty , coupled with a fear of be
ing "guyed , " had prevented me from
questioning the train men regarding
the personal appearance of my Inamor
ata , but one day when I had orders
to hold a north-bound freight until a
belated south-bound passenger had ar
rived , and the freight conductor , Tom
Armstrong , came into my office and sat
down for a chat , I determined to sound
him and learn a little something of the
idol of my dreams.
"What sort of a looking girl is that
now holding down Edmond station ? " I
asked.
He looked at me a moment in a
half-mischievous muu-
half-quizzical , -
ner , and replied :
"Say , Fred , I've heard some cf the
boys en the line say you was dead gone
on that piece , and I have an idea she
Is on your trail , too , for she made me
toll her all about you while my train
was lying there this morning waiting
for No. 7. Did you never see her ? "
"No , I never had tire pleasure ol
meeting Miss Ran ! < 5n. "
"Miss Rankin ? You mean Mrs. Ran-
kin. "
"Mean wha-a-a-at ? "
"Mrs. Rankiu. 1 thought you knew
she was a widow with two kids at her
mother's , up in Arkansas City. I guess
she's square enough sort cf woman ,
but when you see her , old man , I've
an idea you won't want a second look.
She's no spring chicken ! Forty if
she's a day , and she doesn't need a
better protector than that face of hers.
And temper ! Gee-whiz ! My hind-
brakeman asked her the other day if
that face didn't pain her , and she
grabbed up a coupling-pin and let it go
at him. He'd have been a dead brakey
if he hadn t been a good dodger. He
never sticks his head out of the ca
boose window now while we are at that
statlou , for she's got it in for him. "
The passenger whistled , and he hast
ened to his train to pull out as soon
as the track was clear.
How cruelly my idol was shattered.
After the trains had gone , I sat as if
dazed ; in fact , I was so absorbed in
digesting the startling information I
had gleaned from Armstrong that I
neglected to report their departure , and
the "jacking-up" I received from the
train-dispatcher for my inattention to
duty served to still further increase the
ill temper into which the conductor's
story had thrown me. The snappy
clicks cf the instruments had scarcely
ceased to convey to my ears the mer
ited reproof , concluding with the ster
eotyped chestnut which dispatchers al
ways crack in such cases , "Don't let it
occur again , " ere I heard a call from
Edmond. Heretofore I had fairly
sprung to the table to respond to that
call , but now I felt no desire to enter
a conversation with the ogre who pre
sided at the key at that distant station.
It was with no gentle tcuch that I an
swered her call.
"Say , Sd" ( my personal signal ) , "it's
too bad , but u shld 'tend to biz. Ha !
ha ! ha ! Was u sleep or reading letr
fai ur girl ? "
Thus came her consolatory message
in the abbreviated conversational style
of the telegrapher , and it served to
fan the flames of my anger into a fierce
heat. Had it been the nice little mai
den cf my dreams who had slung such
chaff at me over the wires I would
have smiled and thought it real cute ,
but that fright ! Bah !
"I dt no as it interests u wt I was
doing. I'm 2 busy to talk nw. "
I snapped the words off with spite
ful .sharpness and closed my key with
a thump that almost sprung the cir
cuit breaker.
"Well u needn't bite my nose off coz
Dr ( the dispatcher ) turned you over.
Call mo up when u get in gd humor.
I've something to sa to u. "
My gentlemanly instincts sharply re
proved me for treating her in such an
ungentlemanly manner. Had she ever
led me to believe she was young and
handsome ? Was she to be blamed be
cause she was a widow , wore a carica
ture in lieu of a face and was the
mother of two children , no doubt as
ugly as herself ? I felt a tinge of
shame for having spoken so crossly to
her. and with softer touch of the key
replied :
"I beg pardon , madam. I've got bad
hedake today , and feel cross as bear.
Forgot I was talking to lady. Wt u
want to sa to me ? "
"O , I'm real sorry ur not well , for
I've been 'ticipating pleasant visit with
u. The agent here is on No. 5. and I'm
ordered to Ark. City , and I thought if
twould be greeable to u I'd go up on
freight trn and stop over t'r for pass
enger ts eveng. I want to c the old
statn again. "
( To be continued. )
The Kevolutlonsiry Tories.
James K. Hosmer in the Atlantic : If
George III. and his ministers were em
barrassed by opposition at home , says
James K. Hosrner In the July Atlantic ,
the American patriots were no less em
barrassed. An energetic minority , it
has been said , brought to pass the revolution
elution , which proceeding , especially
from New England , was carried
through in spite of a majority in the
colonies a majority in great part quite
apathetic , but to some extent actively
resisting. The emigration of forces ,
when the day was at last won , was rel
atively as great as that of the Huguenots
nets from France after the revocation
or the Edict of Nantes. The total num
ber is estimated to have been at least
one hundred thousand. In this multi
tude were comprised only such , with
their families , as had been active for-
the king. The indifferent , who had
lent no helping hand to the patriots ,
must have been a multitude much
larger ; these remained behind , inertly
submitting to the new order of things
as they had swayed inertly this way
or that , following the power and direc
tion of the blast of war.
Ready with the Text.
From the Boston Transcript : The
Maid What" are you doing with the Bi
ble , Freddy ? Freddy Picking out a
text for today's sermon. When I come
home from church I always have to
tell pa what the text was. The Maid
But how can you know the text until
you hear it ? Freddy Any text will do.
Pa won't know the difference. The
Maid But your grandmother Is going
with you. Freddy But grandma will
be fast asleep long before they get to
the text.
A Kansas and a Missouri Regiment
Will Go to Porto Rico ,
BROOKE LEAVES CHICKAMAUGA
Tim Sixth Army Corps to IJn Organized
Immediately Under the Command of
Major General Jnme.4 II. Wilson To
Consist of OG.OOO Second Call Men.
CiiiciCAMAUGA. .luly 25. General
Urooke and staff left this afternoon
on a special train for Newport News ,
whence they go to Porto Kico. The
train was made up of a private car
occupied by General Urooke , Uvo Pull
man sleepers and two baggage coaches.
It will go over the Queen & Crescent
routa by way of Lexington , Ky. , and
Richmond , Vi. The departure of
General Urooke loaves Major General
Wade in command of Camp Thomas.
At 'in early hour to-day the reserve
hospital corps , reserve ambulance
corps , the signal corps , Troop II , Sixth
United States cavalry and Company I'1 ,
Eighth United States infantry , left on
special trains for Newport News. The
several commands marched five miles
to llossville , where they were loaded
ou special trains. To-morrow morn
ing four light batteries of artillery ,
A 6f Illinois , IJ of Pennsylvania , A of
Missouri , and the Twenty-seventh In
diana will leave for Newport News
The whole of the Firsst corps , with the
exception of two brigades of the First
division which arc now on the way ,
will leave next week for Porto llico.
The regiments are as follows : Twen
ty-first Kansas , Second Missouri , Fifth
Illinois , Third Wisconsin , First Ken
tucky , Sixteenth Pennsylvania. Second
Wisconsin , Third Kentucky , Thirty-
first Michigan , One Hundred and Six
tieth Indiana , First Georgia , Sixth
Ohio , One Hundred and Fifty-eighth
Indiana , First West Virginia , Second
Ohio , First Pennsylvania , Fourteenth
Minnesota. First South Carolina , Fifth
Pennsylvania. Eighth Massachusetts ,
Twelfth New York. Ninth Pennsylva
nia and First New Hampshire.
It is announced here that immedi
ately after the several corps have left
Chickamauga park ths organization of
the Sixth corps , to be commanded by
Major General James H. Wilson , will
be begun and completed. The corps
will consist of twenty-seven regiments
from the .second call for volunteers ,
numbering in all 30.1)00. )
WASHINGTON' , July 25. Major Gen
eral CoppSnger , commanding the
troops at Tampa , has telegraphed Sec
retary Algcr that the Eleventh and
Nineteenth regiments , regular infan
try. Troop JJ of the Second cavalry and
Light batteries M and Cof the Seventh
artillery arc embarking to-day for
Porto Kico. These trcops. General Cop-
pingcr states , totally exhaust the ca
pacity of the ships now at Tampa.
General Grant's brigade received
orders to-day to immediately follow
General Ilaiue's brigade to Porto Kico.
Orders were sent yesterday by the sec
retary of war to General Graham ,
commanding the troops at Camp Alger ,
to send troops under his command to
Newport News for transportation to
I'orto Rico.
Commissary General Egan is rapidly
making his arrangements for sending
supplies to the Porto KScan army. The
transport ship Massachusetts will sail
in a few days from Newport News with
a large amount of provisions. The ves
sel will go directly to Porto Uico.
General Egan. has received a cable
gram from Colonel Weston at Santiago
in regard to the commissary supplies.
This is the dispatch in full : ' 'The
Mississippi came in yesterday. The
beef is delightful. We issued to our
troops and hospitals C" ,000 pounds.
About 33,000 pounds is the daily
average consumption. We have light
ered it ashore. Ships holding our
stuff should not draw over fourteen
feet of water. Stuff should not be on
ships with troops aboard where their
rations arc mixed with ours , causing
loss to its. Our losses from this source
are large. Full rations are issued
and fresh brea-'l to two divisions. All
will have freoh bread in a few days.
Smith writes rnc concerning a lot of
bacon and hard bread , parts of 7.10,000
rations bacon and 500,01)0 ) hard bread
sent by your orders for Cubans. Wes-
toii. Chief Commissary. " '
MORE TROqP3FOR MANILA ,
Another Transport With Two Uattalions
and a Signal Corp ? Detach men ! Sails.
SAX FHAXCISCO. July 25. The trans
port steamer Kio Janeiro , bearing
two battalions of South Dakota
volunteers , recruits for the Utan
light artillery and a detachment
of the signal corps sailed to-day for
Manila. The vessel was accorded the
same ovation that has been given to
the other troops that have sailed for
the Philippines. The expedition is
under the command of Ilrigadier Gen
eral H. G. Otis.
A Kansas Soltller Die * nt CSiIckainauga.
CIIICICAMAUGA PARK , Ga. , July " . " > .
Charles Ellison , Company 15 , Twcnty-
first Kansas , son of the sheriff of Ham
ilton county , Kan. , die I at Leiter hos
pital yesterday of typhoid fever.
Xio ! Kni3JS Accounts Mixed.
SAN FRAXCISCO , July 2V Lieuten
ant Colonel Uarnett of the Pennsylva
nia recruits , Captain Perry and Lieu
tenant Milesan have been detailed as a
board of survey to straighten out the
badly tangle ! accounts of Quartermas
ter Lieutenant L. C. tmith , Twentieth
Kansas , resigned.
Champagne for the AVounilod.
NKW Yo K , July 21. A firm of wine
makers at Rheims , France , has offered
the United States government 1,200
bottles of champagne for the sick and
wounded soldiers.
QUEEN LIL HAS A FEW CLAIMS.
To Ask for n Million Acres of Crown
I iiiidt and tie liack Kontals.
SAX FKAXCISCO , July 25. It is re
ported among the intimate friends of
Liliuokalani , former qussu of the Ha
waiian islands , that when she reaches
Honolulu she will issue a statement or
manifesto to the people. As soon as
she has informed her people of the re
sult of her mission , she will publicly
protest against the transfer of the
islands , aud will present her claim for
the crown lands , confiscated by the re
public , which consist of nearly one
million acres which yic-ld a yearly
rental of more than 8100,000. It is
said she will also present hcrclaimfor
between 5300,000 and $ KU,0)0 collected
as rentals by the republic. American
lawyers , it is said have b en engaged
to handle the case against the United
States government.
WAR BETWEEN THE STATES ,
Wh t tl p K\-Confcderites "Would Sub
stitute toe "tha ICclielllon. "
ATLANTA , Ga. , July L'5. The city
wa.'j decorated with endless miles of
bunting for Hi3 Confederate parade
yesterday. Mrs. Stonewall Jackson.
Miss Winnie D.ivis. Mrs. John H. Gor
don and Mrs. Crabbclle Currie , presi
dent of the Daughters of the Confed
eracy occupied carriages , as did also
General and Mrs. Longstimoet , General
and Mrs. Hooker and General Wade
.Hamptou.
! General Gordon , at the auditorium ,
introduced Miss Winnie Davisthe vet
erans giving her an ovation. A reso
lution was passed to substitute for
"the war of the rebellion. " the expres
sion , ' 'th.5 civil war between the
states. ' ' Charleston , S. C. , was select
ed as the place for the encampment
next July.
TEXAS POPULISTS DESERTED ,
The Ittiildle-af-tliu-Koiiil Convention AVill
rrolmlil.v I5u Abandoned.
CINCINNATI , July 25. The national
convention of the Populist party.called
to assemble in Cincinnati September
5 , is off and the gathering of middle-
of-the-road and alliliatcd
- - Pop
ulists will nut gel beyond a call.
Several states had held conventions
and selected delegates. Maine had
chosen five leading Populists as dele
gates. Other states had responded to
the Omaha call Kven Georgia had
broken away from Chairmin M. C. llut-
ler. Hut Texas would not. and this
broke the backbone of the straight
Populist movement.
LITTLE WILL NOT BE OUSTED ,
The Hoard lo Examine Into the Officer's
Health Said to lie Dropped.
CA.MI * MKP.KITT , San Francisco , July
25. Lieutenant Colonel Little of the
Kansas regiment , into whose physical
| condition a board of medical survey
i has been asked to examine by the col-
i onel and chief surgeon of his regiment ,
said yesterday that he had been in
formed by Brigadier General King
that on account of his obvious good
health the matter would bt : dropped
and no board appointed.
A TUGBOAT BLOCKADE ,
Although Ironclad * IVill lie Kelioved ,
Cuba's Guard Will Ba M.ulo Stronger.
JACKSONVILLE , Fla. , July 2. > . The
government is dispatching a large fleet
of tugboats and other small craft , car
rying a few rapid-lire guns , to Cuban
waters with the evident intention of
relieving the big cruisers now that
there is no Spanish fleet there. With
this Heel of tugs and .scows a strict
patrol can bo established around the
island , thus entirely shutting off all
food supplies for Havana.
Missouri Potatoes for Cuha.
ST. Loiris , Mo. , July 25. A St. Louis
! commission house yesterday received a
j telegraph order from the assistant
! quartermaster general at Chickamauga
for fifteen carloads of potatoes to be
shipped immediately to Tampa. Fla. ,
i and thence by transport to Santiago.
{ The firm hired a number of extra
! drays , canvassed the city for potatoes ,
and last night had the fifteen cars
loaded and ready for shipment.
To Weed Out the First Corp * .
CIIICKAMAVGA. July 25. All over the
First corps are a number of men who
I cannot endure the hardships of war.
i These men are to be discharged .it
I once. An examining board from each
' of the United States division hospitals
will at once ba appointed to examine
I and inquire into the health of the men.
j This work will not d.jlay the departure
i of the corps for I'orto Kico.
No Sponsor for Rooievelt.
NKW YOUK , July 25. No one can be
found who will stand sponsor for Col
onel Theodore Koosevelt's candidacy
for governor. No one will admit that
he has authority from Colonel Koose
valt to promulgate his candidacy , and
there is no organized movement appar
ently to advance his candidacy , but a
candidate ho is. and a popular one.
Galveston's S20O.OOO Hotel Fire.
GAI.VKSTOX , Tex. . July 25. The
P.tjach hotel located on the Gulf front ,
: i summer and winter resort house ,
was burned at 5 o'clock this morning.
The cause is said to have been a de
fective electric wire. The loss is esti
mated at from 200,00 ! ) to S250.000. The
building was owned by W. E. Hughes
of Dallas.
Is'cw I'oll IJooki Tor Soldicr.4.
Toi'EKA , Kan. , July 25. It would
cost S30.000 to print the tally sheets
and ballots for the 4,500 Kansas sol
diers who are absent from the state
this fall.
TO BRING THE TROOPS NORTH ,
Surgeons Think Slmftor'rt Army Should Bo
Glvou a Vacation.
SANTIAGO w : CUJA , July 20. Gen
eral Shaftcr has opened a cable otlice.
hero and is in communication with
Washington regarding the disposition
of the Fifth army corps , which con
sists , of those troops which came with
him from Tampa , and the reinforce
ments from the four transports which
have since been unloaded. Except the
Thirty-third and part of the Thirty-
fourth Michigan , none of the latter
has been in action , but all are camped
in the same place.
So far as health considerations go.
General MeKibben seems to have held
the opinion that the Fifth corps could
join the Porto Kico expedition under
General Miles as soon as Santiago
should fall. This was the evident in
tention when the army of invasion
left the United States , but the condi
tion of the men now , according to the
physicians and commanding officers , la
such that the entire corps should re
turn north at once. General Miles has
cabled that he does not want and will
not need a single man among them ,
and he believes that after their hard
campaign they should ba given a rest
of at least two or three weeks.
The doctors say the men should be
sent into camp in the mountains of
North Carolina or Western Maine for
a month. Washington agrees to this
and will do everything possible , the
cable dispatch to-day says , to carry
the army away from here. I5ut there-
is a lack of transports. In addition to
the I'orto Kico troops , which will re
quire forty steamers for their convey
ance , the authorities here are still
counting upon having to convey tha
22,000 Spanish prisoners to Cadiz. It
appears from here that our government
cannot get sufficient vessels and this
fact holds the Fifth corps hero , doing
nothing. The men r.re anxious to get
away.
The cavalry division has been sent
into the mountains at its own request
to see if it cannot get into shape to join
General Miles. If no fever develops ,
the men may go to Porto Kico.
The Twenty-fourth infantry is act
ing as guards and nurses at the hos
pital at .Juragtm. More nurses ara
needed. The colored troops will prob
ably remain here to attend the sick
and hold Santiago.
General Shaftyr has cabled to Wash
ington that it is imperatively neces
sary that he should have more im-
nnmes sent to him quickly , and the ;
probability is that a corps will leava
within the next ten days.
All our men are now camped upon
the lighting line , whera they have
'been fur two weeks , except General
Wheeler's men , who have been sent
into the hills.
General Wheeler is still ill , but ho
resists the pleas of his friends to re-
tvrn to the United States.
WASHINGTON ; July 22. Secretary
Alger said to-day that the troops
which were in the engagement. * .it
Santiago would not be sent to Porto
Kico. They will remain in Cuba until
yellow fever has been entirely stamped
out. General Miles did not think it
advisable to take any troops to Porto
Kico that were liable to have con
tracted fever , and in this conclusion
the department concurred.
End of Sedalla'j Hogs-Shirk Incident.
SEDAMA , Mo. , July 22. William n.
Hogg , who was horsewhipped by W.
S. Shirk , jr. , Tuesday , far paying at
tentions to his sister , was married to
Miss Maude Shirk at the Cumberland
Presbyterian church this morning , the
Kev. Mr. Logan officiating. The
couple left a half hour later for Kan
sas City. Neither Judge Shirk or hia
son attended the marriage.
A British Stcnmer Takon.
KST WEST , Fla. , July 22. The Brit
ish steamer Newfoundland , loaded
with food supplies , was captured by
the Mayflower on Tuesday off Cien-
fuegos , into which harbor she was
heading. Two blank shots across he-
bow brought her to and the Mayflower
put a prize crow ou board of her and
sent iier to Charleston. S. C.
Blanco in a I'rcas As
MADRID , July 22. An otlicial dis
patch from Captain General lilanco
announces that the greatest enthus
iasm prevails in Havana , and that tha
feeling in favor of resisting the "Yan
kee" is universal. It further asserts
that the commanders of the voluntec r
forces , at a conference under the pres
idency of General Arolas , military
governor of Havana , resolved to "ex
haust their resources and die rather
than surrender. "
LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE
Omaha , Chicago anil New Vork fllarket
Quotutloiis.
OMAHA.
Huttcr Creamery separator. . . tt a ! . " >
Butter -Choi , e fanry country. 10 a 11SH
ERRS Fresh , per do/ . ' a SH
Spring Chicken -Per pound . 11 a 12
Lemons -Per box . * " " si 6 on
Oranges IVrbo\ . 2 . ,0 a 2 7"
Honey Choice , per pound . It a l.
Onions I'er bushel . 75 a > 5
ISeans Handplrkrd navy . 1 > a 1 )
Potatows IVr bushel , new . 30 a 55
May- Upland per ton . 4 " > 0 a G OJ
SOUTH OMAHA STOCK JIAKKCT
Uozs-Cholce light . 3H ) a 3 W
Hogs Heavy weights . 3 * > a 'i ft.
P.eef steers . ' ' ' & a 5 ! . " >
Hulls . 2 00 a 3 , ; :
J-tass . 3 S ( ) a 4.0
Calves . CO a 5 25
Western feeder * . 3 W a 4 1' )
Cows . 2 25 a 4 11
Heifer ; . 3 75 a 4 ti
Stocxers anil feeders . 3 i > a I M
Sheep -Muttons . 300 a 4 40
Steep -Native mixed . 33) a 4 00
CHICAGO.
WheatXo. . " 5 spring . 75 a 76
Corn Per bushel . 3-1 a 3- { ' {
OaU-I'er bn-.hel . 23 a Ztv ,
Warier-No. 2 . : a U
Kye No. 2 . 47 a IS
Timothy seed , per bu . 2 . > 0 a 2 55
I'orlc tVn-wt . 'J SJ a 9 - 7
I.urd Per ! lX > jiotiiuU . 5 5i a - " > > 7
faille Prime feeding cuttle. . . 5 GO si1 { . " >
I'attle Native beef steers . 4 CO a 4 V5
1 IocsMixed. . . . . , . 3 fit ) a 3 si
. 4 75 0 10
ne'-u t llppod LimlH a
Siiti' ' ) -prinsl.amb- ; . 550 a 0 40
SEW YOUK MARKET.
WheatNo. . 2. rert winter . S2 a s' : * {
Corn -No. 2 . : a i 4o
ont No. - . - " * - V
I . , r'1) . c\ ) a ! ) 75
Lurd- . 5 00 a 5 3)
KANSAS CITY.
Wheat No. 2 spring . 73 a 74
Corn No. 2 . 'M . \ - \
O'lts N > . 2 . 2i ! a y \
Calf * Mixed . 3 ) a T "M
HOJH Mlx-d . : : a 4 <
Shaep S.oc .crs and feeders. . . 3 15 a 4 < >