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M'COOK TEIBUNE ,
V. 61. KIMMELL , Publisher.
WcCOOK , NEBRASKA
NEBRASKA.
Some cases of smallpox are reported
nt Peru.
Mcascls have taken possession of
Farnnm.
MetSodists of Freraont arc planning
lor a new church.
Fairmont reports over ono hundred
cases of measels.
Wysioro has had to enlarge Its
school facilities.
Fairmont Presbyterians have dedi
cated a new church.
The county commissioners of York
county -have bought a poor farm.
Wymore authorities .have reduced
Ihe number of wards from three to
two.
two.Arthur
Arthur Connors , living near "North
Platte , lost sixty head of hogs within
a week from cholera.
E. A. Gary has been appointed court
reporter for the Thirteenth judicial
district to succeed C. F. Scharmann.
August Kissinger of Glenvllle had a
horse and buggy stolen from his barn.
An employe disappeared at the same
time.
The daily receipts of the Heniingford
creamery averaged 12,207 pounds ,
which gives the local stockholders 12
pcr cent dividend.
The insanity commission of Dodge
county found Mrs. John Mintldn , of the
Maple Creek neighborhood , a fit sub
ject for -the asylum.
Victoria Lynch of Sidney , an Incor
rigible maiden of sixteen summers , was
taken to the Geneva Reform school by
Sheriff King last week.
Both the Table Rock brick yards
have suspended making for the season.
During this season 5,000,000 brisk have
been made and shipped from Table
Rock.
The board of trustees of Syracuse
have offered a reward of ? 500 to any
one who would find a case of smallpox
In town , or show that there had been
one thie year.
John Krause , who killed N. L. Syl
vester during a quarrel over some hay
land , was acquitted by the jury at
Rushville. The defendant made a'plea
of self defense.
George Bassett , the 14-year-old sou
of Thomas Bassett nt Fairmont was
thrown in a wrestling match with a
schoolmate and had his right shoulder
bvokcn in the socket joint.
The department of agriculture has
notified the postofilce at Fairmont that
It has been placed on the list of emer
gency stations and will hereafter re
ceive telegraphic warning of all sud
den changes In the weather.
Joe Turecek , a Bohemian farmer liv
ing northwest of Butte , w..is thrown
from his wagon In a runaway and in
stantly killed. He was on his way
home from Butte , vhere he had been
attending a meeting of his lodge.
John Pounder , a prominent farmer
of the vicinity of Wood River , while
unloading a load of oats at the sheep
ranch of Edward Oswald , was stricken
with apoplexy and died in a few min
utes. He was about 70 years of age
and an old resident of the county.
Several cases of blackleg -have ap
peared among the cattle on one cf the
ranches ia Cherry county. Prompt
measures have been taken to prevent
the spread of the disease , and It is not
thought any cattle will be afflicted out-
eide of the herd where it originated.
For some time "V7. H. Austin of
Franklin county has been missing
stock from his feed yard and has been ,
unable to locate it until last week ,
when he found fresh tracks leading to
and from his yards. As it , snowed the
ni'ght before and several of Austin's
hogs were taken after the snow bad
fallen , the thief was easily tracked
about fifteen miles north of-Franklin
where the hogs were found at the
Laux farm. Papers were issued for
E. H. Laux and a constable went to
make the arrest.
Osceola dispatch : The board of vil
lage trustees haa just passed an ordi
nance for Osceola taxing every Insur
ance company represented In the town
the sum of ? 5 , and it is surmised that
It will drive every old line company
out of the town , or else they will have
to have a rerating of the village so as
to contrive some way to get the money
back if they have to pay the tax. For
a long time Osceola property has not
been as cheap as now and it is thought
the reason was that so many mutual ,
insurance companies have started up ,
but there are some companies that ,
have paid more on losses than they
have ever taken out of the village as
premiums.
Beatrice friends and relatives of
the boys at Manila are considerably
worried and still more angered over
the fact that some of the mail from
there has been tampered with on ship
board. In the last mail from there
only thirteen letters were received , al
though considerable time has elapsed
since the receipt of mail previous.
Four of the thirteen letters came late
nnd were tied In a separate bundle , at
tached to which was a note from the
postmaster at San Francisco addres
sed to the postmaster hare , requesting
him to secure and return to him the
four envelopes , as they bore evidences
of having been tampered with. One
addressed to Erastus Cooke's parents
showed that it had been opened and
re-sealed. It contained no money , but
enclosed was a silk handkerchief ,
which , to the touch , appeared Hko
monev. This disclosure has caused
soaio little uneasiness , an many who
did not receive any mail fear their
letters have been rifled and tossed
overboard.
The private effects of Joe Grothe ,
t7ho was killed at Santiago , were
shinned from his reImeit at Jefferson
baSe , Mo. , to West Point , where
they arrived last week. It Is expected
that at some future tlmo the Ipvera-
mcnt will ship the body of Joa Grotko
home in Ise-
from Cuba to his former
braska
Teu-rear-old Hannah KIrby , living
near Battle Creek forged her mrtharfc
name to three orders and obteinad a
small amount of money on cn. When
heard the forgery had been discovered
8ne
away and hid tea
covered she ran
ntrawstack , remaining out over night
cold.
from
and almost perishing
ie
Strategic Points Will Rapidly Be
Occupied by Navy Department ,
SIGNIFICANT ORDERS ISSUED ,
The Political Geography of the Pacific
Ocean to IIo Maintained Absolutely aa
It In nt the Present TIme Against
Accession of Territory by Europe.
WASHINGTON , Dec. 24. The import
ance of American interests in the Pa
cific ocean has received significant rec
ognition from the Navy Department in
the issue of orders to carry out plans
which have been carefully matured in
the last few weeks with a view to
maintaining absolutely the political
geography of that vast ocean as it ex
ists at the present time , and to prevent
any further accessions of territory by
European powers in the tracks of
American commerce or along the lines
of communication between the United
States and its most dis taut possessions.
Perhaps the official action of great
est importance related to the dispatch
of the auxiliary cruiser Yosemite about
January 1 from Norfolk to the La-
drone islands , via the Suez canal. She-
will bo lield at Guam as station ship ,
and whil'c there will be constantly pre
pared to protect the island of Guam
ngainst any unfriendly incursion. The
islands commands the Caroline archipelago
pelage , being within a few hundred
miles of the extreme islets of that
group.
Another important order provides
for loading the collier Abarcnda at
Norfolk with the best quality of Pocahontas -
cahontas coal and for the departure of
that vessel about January 1 for Samoa
via the Straits cf Magellan , a. voyage
of over 10,000 nautical miles. The
Abarenda will lie in the harbor
of Pago-Pago , which is owned
by the United States , doing duty
p.3 a station ship , until the ar
rival there : next spring of the
contractors'and material for tha coal
ing establishment to bo erected by this
government at a cost of 8100,000. The
Abarcnda will be armed and fully able
to give a good account of herself if the
serenity of the Sanioan group is too
severely strained by German inter
ference.
Before the end of .January , with the
Iowa , Oregon and supply ships at Hon
olulu , the Hawaiian islands will bo-
corne a strong base of naval strength
and in conjunction with the effective
forces at Manila and San Francisco
will effectually command the entire
Pacific ocean.
MEXICO PAYS FOR A MURDER ,
Heirs "Will Kecclvo 85,000 Indemnity for
Hoppo'i } Eillins by a Karalc.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 24. The State
department has just received
through United States Minis
ter Clayton , from the Mexican
government , a draft for $5,030 , to be
paid to the heirs or Henry Hoppa , a
native of New Orleans. Hoppe had
been worling in Mexico and , while
traveling in tha mountains of
Oaxaca , ho was irsarduro.l by one
of the Mexican rurale , or native con
stabulary , who Jii-c rotainc-1 to protect
the travelers. At the same time ,
aa Englishman , McSwecncy , was
killed in precisely the sains fash
ion , and as the state of Oaxaca
paid the British government § 5,000
on account of hSsjleath , it was obliged
to yield to our representations in be
half of the American citizen , and make
a similar allowance to the heirs or
Hoppe. The rurale who committed
the deed was punished.
SUNNY SLOPE FARM SOLD ,
A Hereford Breeder Buys the Cross
riaco for 840,000.
EMPORIA , Kan. , Dae. 24. The Sunny
Slope Hereford breeding farm was
sold to-day to C. A. Stannard of
Hope , Kan. , for 840,030 , $ .1,000 in
cash and the balance in periodical
payments during eighteen months
The receiver for the Cross estate and
the receiver for the defunct First
National will deposit ths proceeds in
a joint fund iu the ISmpo'ria National
and a friendly litigation for its dis
position will follow.
Stannard , who bought Sunny Slops
farm , owns the Sunrise Hereford farm
at Hope , whcro ha has 300
Hereford cattle. There are 200
Hercfords on Sunny Slops and the
two farms will be consolidated at Emporia -
poria under the name of Sunny Slope.
It will bo the largest Hereford brood
ing establishment in the world.
Nearly 8700,000 ThU Year for Mission ? .
BOSTON , Dec. 21. The annual report
of the American Board of Foreign
Missions , made public to-day , shows
the following receipts : Gifts , S2.r 2- ,
4SR ; legacies , 5157,729 ; gifts for school
funds , 87,312 ; gifts for Microncsian
navy , 52.97(5 ( ; gifts for young mission
ary fund , § 3,017 ; gifts for debt of Sep
tember 1 , 1897 , 525,902 ; gifts for mis
sion work for women , § 186,000 ; income
of funds , SG.2D3. Total receipts , 5G71-
Sampson Homo for a TVoddlnp.
NEW YORK , Dec. 34. The United
States cruiser Now York , from Havana ,
has arrived here. Admiral Sampson ia
on board with Mrs. Sampson. To news
paper mon who boarded the New York
at quarantine Admiral Sampson said
ho had come homo to attend his daugh
' 4 at Glon-
ter's wedding , January ,
ridgc , N. J. .
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-NEW YORK , Dee. 24. A dispatch
from Valparaiso says the Oregon and
Iowa sailed Wednesday. The people
rave the American vessels a cordial
reception. The United States minis
ter visited the battleships.
COL , ROOSEVELT'S REPORT ,
War Department Makes Public thoRough
Rough Rider's Report
WASHINGTON , Dae. 24. The War De
partment yesterday made public two
reports of Colonel Roosevelt , on the
fights of the First United States vol
unteer cavalry ( rough riders ) in front
of Santiago. One is addressed to Col
onel Wood , commanding , and the other
! is to Brigadier General Wood , after
Colonel Roosevelt took command of
the regiment. The War Department
has hitherto refused to make these re
ports public.
The second and more important re
port , after describing the operations
and battles of his command up to the
time of the first truce , July 3 , says :
"For the next seven days , until the
10th , we lay in our line wliile the truce
continued. We had continually to work
at additional bomb-proofs , and at the
trenches , and as we had no proper
supply of food , and utterly inadequate
medical facilities , the men suffered a
good deal. The oflicers chipped to
gether , purchase : } beans , tomatoes and
sugar for the men , so that they might
have some relief from the bacon and
hardtack. With a great deal of diffi
culty , we got them coffee. As for the
sick and wounded , they suffered so in
the hospitals when sent to the rear
for lack of food and attention that we
found it best to keep them at the front
and give them such care as our own
doctors could.
"On the 10th , the truce was at an
end and the bombardment reopened.
As far as-our lines were concerned , it
was , on the Spanish part , very feeble.
We suffered no losses and speedily got
the fire from their trenches in our
front completely itnder. On the llth ,
we were moved throe-quarters of a
mile to the right , the truce again
being on. ' Nothing happened here , ex
cept we continued to watch and do our
best to get the men , especially the
sick , properly fed , and having
no transportation and being" able to
get hardly any through the regular
channels , we used anything we could
flnd , captured Spanish cavalry horses ,
abandoned mules , which had been
shot , but which our men took and
cured , diminutive , skinny ponies , pur
chased from the Cubans , etc. By this
means and by the exertions of the
officers we were able , from time to
time , to get supplies of beans , sugar
tomatoes and even oatmeal , while
from the Red Cross people we got our
invaluable load of rice , cornmeal , etc. ,
all of this being of the utmost consequence
quence , not only for tha sick , but for
the nominally well , as the lack of
proper food was telling terribly on
the men. It was utterly impossible
to get them clothes and shoes , those
they had being in many cases literally
dropping to pieces.
Tuition Free Hereafter.
COLUMBIA , Mo. , Dec. 24. Tuition
will bo free in all departments of' the
University of Missouri , except ths de
partments of lav ' and medicine. The
first year's coursa in the medical de
partment will be frea , but tuition will
ba charged for the second and third
years of the medical course and for
both years in the law department.
This will be the result of a resolution
passed by the board of curators at
their somi-annu.il meeting yesterday ,
and will take effect September 1. 18991
Gives G15OOOO for Science.
ON , Dec. 24. Lord Iveag-h ( Ed
ward Cecil Guinness ) , has presented
the Jcnncr institute with the sum of
51,230,000 for scientific research in bac
teriology and other forms of biology.
The Jcnncr institute includes most of
the leaders in medicine and its allied
sciences in Great Britain. Lord Iveagh
also proposes to expend SI,250,000 upon
the improvement of the unsanitary
Bull alley area , in the heart of Dublin ,
V ' 1U Stay In the Arm } ' . .
SAVANNAH , G.i. , Dec. 24. Colonel J.
R. Campbell of tha Ninth Illinois regi
ment , and who represents the Twen
tieth Illinois district in Congress , an
nounced to-day that he is going to
Cuba with his regiment , regardless to
what Congress may do in reference to
his right to retain his seat in the
House and at the same time hold his
commission in the arinv.
ITnrmor .Tumr9 Into u 'Veil.
HAMILTON , Mo. , Dec. 24. J. R. Hill ,
a farmer who lives two miles north
west of here , committed suicide by
jumping into a well at his home. Mr.
Hill was 40 years old and well re
spected. No cause for the act. Ho
leaves a wife and three children.
Thtcl'd Wife Is Divorced.
ST. Louis , Mo. , Dec. 2j The wife oC
( lustavus II. Thisl , president of the
Thiel detective agency , was grautcd a
divorce nnd § . ' ! ,093 a year alimony by
Judge Wood. The diverse was granted
on the grounds of desertion and fail
ure to support.
I'npcr 3Tonoy Ulcn Out.
Doe. 24. According to a
dispatch to the Times from Santiago
do Chili , the reorganization of the
Chilian cabinet , iiudcr Scnor Carlos
Walker Martinez , entirely eliminates
the party which advocates a paper
currency.
TVlfo aitmleror Giro * nimtotf Up.
SAN FBANCISCO , Dec. 24. Isidor
Lorber , a dry goods clerk , surrendered
himself to the police yesterday stating
that the Now York authorities wanted
him oh a charge of having murdered
his young wife in New York on Octo
ber 22.
England Orders More Warship * .
LONDON , Dec. 24. The British ad
miralty , it is reported , has just placed
orders for four warships with ship
builders on the Clyde.
DYING ON TRANSPORTS.
Filthy Troop Ship ? Packed With laving
nnd Dead Together Zio.-vra Havana.
NEW YORK , DJC. 24. A dispatch de
scribing the embarkation of Spanish
troops from Havana says : The men
were scarcely able , after a quick march
through the town , to hold their places
in the boats taking them to the traus >
ports and several fainted from sheci
exhaustion on the way. As for the sick ,
their condition was beyond descrip
tion. Suffering from all kinds of dis
eases , principally fevers and horrible
skin complaints , many died before they
were lodged on beard the fearfully
crowded transports.
The Cheribou was crowded from
truck to keelson , having more than
2,000 men aboard , COO of whom were
sick. These were crowded in cots on
the lower deck , surrounded by filth
of all descriptions and a stench un
bearable. They had been only ten
hours aboard , but eight had died and
their bodies awaited burial when the
ship got to sea. Uncarcd for , living
and dead lay together , their bodies
touching , in some cases a dead man's
stiffened arm resting on the shoulder
of a still suffering comrade.
Three doctors and several hospital
corps will go with the ship , but there
is a total absence of medicines and
supplies. One doctor estimated that
30 per cent would die on the voyage.
NAMED FOR BOYLE ,
ICuusaa Railroad Meastiro to Ho Known
us the Boyle Bill.
TOPEKA , Kan. , Dec. 24. The rail
road bill to be introduced by the Pop
ulists will be officially known as the
Boyle bill. This was agreed upon last
night by the Populist joint caucus
committee. The bill was named in
honor of Attorney General Boyle be-
caxise he is drawing it up , assisted by
Judge Allen and the caucus committee.
The program , as outlined , is for the
committee to introduce the railroad
bill not later than Monday afternoon ,
when it will bo read the first time. On
Tuesday it is to be read the second
time , and on Wednesday read the third
time and placed upon its final passage.
The committee on rules is to report
Saturday morning. That report will
contain a clause making it optional
with a majority whether a bill shall
shall go through the committee of the
whole. The plan on the railroad bill
is not to allow it to g-o lo the commit
tee of the whole , where debate cannot
bo cut off , but to put it on third read
ing , subject to amendment and debate ,
and then limit debate to five minutes
for each member.
A SWEEPING INJUNCTION ,
dsro Woolen of St. Joseph Restrains
Union Plumber ) .
ST. JOSEPH , Mo. . Dee. 2 * . Another
turn was takan in the fight of the
Journeymen Plumbers' union and non
union employes yesterday whan Judge
Woodscn granted an injunction re
straining the union men from interfer
ing with P. L. Bristol or his employes.
The order is the most sweeping one of
the kind ever issued from the circuit
court. It restrains the defendants and
their associates , confederates , agents
and servants from interfering iu any
manner with the plaintiff or his em
ployes or with any person desiring to
enter his employ. They arc also re
strained from attempting to induce
any man to quit his employ and from
congregating , picketing and loitering
about his premises or any place where
his men may be at work.
"SPORTS" OFF FOR HAVANA ,
Corbett , Ma torson , Earp and Others
Turn to the Cuban Capital.
HAVANA , Dec. 24. On tha heels of
the announcement that Jim Corbett
will open a saloon hero comes the
news that Bat JIastcrsoii , Wyatt Earp ,
of Tombstone , Ariz. ; "Doc" Holliday ,
Ed Sascy , "the kid" of Skaguay ,
Alaska , and ' "Doc" Brown of Spokane
are coming to Havana to engage iu
various enterpriser.
Judging from appearances the early
history of the Western towns of Amer
ica will bo repeated in Havana. Gam
bling houses will bo opened every
where. It is poor building in tha
business district which has not bids
on it for a location for an American
bar. There seems to bj the idea among
the sporting fraternity that Havana
will bo made another Monta Carlo , to
cnclura through the reconstruction
pariod at least.
a'llle , the 5Iu.ilcl.in , De.nl.
NEW YOHK. Dec. 2-1 A cable dis
patch from Wiesbaden , Germany , an
nounces the death of Sebastian Bach
Mills , a pianist and composer , aged
GO years. His father was a musician
and ho showed that ho had inherited
his talent at a very early age , for he
appeared as an infant prodigy nnd ;
played before Queen Victoria by'
special command when ho was only J
7 years old. Ho received his musical j
education at the Laipsic conservatory
and came to this country in 1359. His
appearance at concerts , as well as his
compositions , gained him wide repu
tation.
To Sell Old Fort Supply.
WoomvAnn , Okla. , Dec , IX Major
N. F. Jcnks of the Interior department
is surveying and dividing tiio aband
oned military reservation of Fort Sup
ply , fifteen miles north of hero. Tha
reservation contains ever 40,000 acres
and will bo sold at 81.2.S an acre in
bulk , or thrown open to settlement
under the United States hqmostead
laws. The fort reserve proper will be
platted into a townsitc and sold , with
the improvements , which cost the
government 5 50,000. J
He Is Mentioned for the Embassy
at St , Petersburg ,
PRESIDENT CONSIDERING HIM
The St. Loots Man as a Probable Suc
cessor to Hitchcock A Few Years of
Official Life Abroad Would IIo Quito
Accoptabla to Hint.
WASHINGTON , DJC. 34. The Presi
dent now has at his disposal two first
class missions Great Britain and Rus
sia paying annual salaries of 817,500
each , and one second class Spain
paying S ) 2,000.
There is authority for the statement
that Mr. Bliss' retirement will have no
effect upon the determination of the
President to appoint Joaaph H. Choato
ambassador to England , but nobody
seems to know who will succeed Mr.
Hitchcock as ambassador to Russia.
One name has been mentioned , how
ever , and there is good reason to be
lieve that it is now under con
sideration by the President. This is
the name of Richard C. 'Kerens of
St. Louis. It is stated by one
of his friends to-day that for various
reasons , Kerens would like to go
abroad for a few years and that ho
would prefer to go as an ambassador
rather than as a private citizen. Mr.
Kerens has great influcnca with Presi
dent McKinley and it is possible that
his appointment as the successor of
his friend , Mr. Hitchcock , may yet be
announced.
HAVANA DUNGEONS
ATany Vrlsoaen * Fute Will Do CnlrnoTrn
Until America Takes Formal Control.
NEW YCKK , Dec. 24. A dispatch to
the New York World from Havana says :
Cabanas and Morro ara being prepared
for delivery to the Americans. Every
article capable cf being moved has
been destroyed or packed in huge
cases for transportation to Spain. The
destiny of the thousands of prisoners
in these places is unknown. Friends
and relatives of missing men await
anxiously to ascertain whether they
still linger in dungeons or have gone
the way of thousands of others in the
laurel ditch.
The 'Spanish government is exceed
ingly anxious not to leave behind a
traca showing the gross irregularity
with which trials have been conducted ,
or the exact number of victims who
have gone to their doom there.
TO MAKE CANAL NEUTRAL
XcgotlatSon * for an BagUih Treaty Icr-
mittins the Waterway ! xpcctcl Soon.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 21. It is said
tiiat Ambassador Pauncefotc expects
instructions from London soon to enter
upon ncgoiation with Secretary Hay
for the abrogation of the CSayton-Bul-
wcr treaty and tli3 preparation of anew
the ncuti-al-
now treaty gtiaraanteeing -
ity of the Niearaafuan canal.
The change of the attitude of the
British government from its old posi
tion of insisting upon having a voice
iu the construction of the proposed
canal is the result of representations
made to Lord Salisbury by Henry
White , charge d'affaires or this gov
ernment in London.
BECHEL ACQUITTED AT OMAHA
rsro * of JCmbezzilnj ; S1. 0OCO Against
the Ex-Auditor Dl3iussd by a Jury.
OMAHA , Deo. 21. The jury has re
turned a. verdict of not guilty in the
case of W. LBechcl , ex-auditor of
the Pacific Express company ,
charged with embezzlement. Mr.
Bechel was auditor for the com
pany eighteen years. His succesor ,
Erastus Young , claimed there was a
shortage of 5130,000. The clerks ,
thought the money had gene for lobbying -
bying iu the Nebraska legislature. |
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READY FOR THE FILIPINOS ,
Tronblo Soamrd Certain anil Thrco
Keslmcnts VTero Concentrated.
MANILA , Dec. 24. The native troops
encamped in the suburbs arc again
causing anxiety. Tha attitude of
an insurgent detachment at !
the Panduchau bridge Wednes
day was such that the California. Idaho
and Washington regiments were con
centrated in light marching order , at
short notice , but trouble was avoided.
I.r\vt < m -SuicKU .
CHICAGO , Doc. 24. The body of Miss
D smonia Lawton , who with her
brother anil sisters cama to Chicago
cage from Kansas City a few
weeks a o , was found in her room
to-day. She had taken chloroform and
had apparently buen dead for two
days. Miss Lawton was supposed to
be visiting friends in Evanston. Jhe J
had been suffering recently from ill
health.
A FlafT for the M.i1. ta Schonlhouic.
MANILA , Dec. 24. The first Amer
ican flag was raised over the
Malate schooihoiS3 yesterday. It
was sent by the Universit3' of
Pennsylvania. The honor of raising
the flag was accorded lo Father Mc-
Kinnon o ? California in iccognition of
Ills services in reopening the schools.
Spain to Tay Coupon * on Cnban Bonds.
MADUID , Dec. 24. The minister of
the colonies , Senor Giron , announces
bhat the payment coupons of the Cuban
mortgage bonds have been issued.
FLAG ORDERED LOWERED.
Major Harrison \Vna Too Hasty In KaU-
Ins It To Food tuo Hungry.
HAVANA , Dec. 4. Major Eussell
marshal , who on
Harrison , the provost
Tuesday raised the stars and stripea
over Fort Atarea without orders and
in contravention of the promise of the
United States evacuation commission
ers that no Amarican flags should be
raised in Havana or its suburbs until
January 1 , was yesterday formally
reprimanded by Major General Lee ,
who was instructed to lower the flag.
Lieutenant Leo reported a few hours
later to headquarters that tha flag had
been lowered.
Nevertheless , at the hour of filing
this dispatch (4:30 ( p. m. ) . it is still fly
ing on a tall stafE over the famous
fort , plainly visible from the harbor
and city.
Major General Lee , having received
a cable dispatch f com Secretary Alger
saying that the secretary of war
understood that there were thousands
of persons starving in Havana and di
recting him to feed them "without de
lay , " immediately ordered Lieutenant
Colonel Wood to distribute rations and
to make systematic efforts to feed the
helpless , carefully avoiding waste.
There are hundreds in Havana to-day
who , though not actually starving , arc
in a deplorable state of weakness and
disease , the effects of the cruel recon-
centration policy. They need hospital
treatment , which is not always avail
able. Much of the wretchedness is
due to the neglected condition of the
tenements. Every day or so tha relief
distributors come upon dead bodies
terribly emaciated.
Kefjro Soliltor Slain.
MACOX , Ga. , Dec. 24. Private Tur
ner , of the Sixth Virginia regiment ,
was shot and almost instantly killed
by O. A. Thrower , a street car conduc
tor , yesterday afternoon. Turner , very
drunk , boarded Thrower's car and used
vile language in the presence of ladies.
Thrower pulled him out of the carte
to the rear platform. While Thrower
was assisting a lady off the car the
negro kicked him several times and
applied more vile epithets. Turner
went back on the trailer , but soon re-
turncd and , with a knife in his hand ,
swore he would cut Thrower's head
off. As he stepped on the platform
Thrower fired , the bullet striking the
negro in the mouth. He died in fifteen - .
teen mintes.
Sliot 3.7 a Boy.
CHICAGO , Dec. 24. Thomas Crosby ,
the IC-ycar-old son of Margaret Cros
by , a wealthy widow living in Edge-
water , a suburb of Chicago , shot and
killed Deputy Sheriff Frank Xye while
Nye was attempting to serve a writ of
restitution. The writ was based on a
mortgage for S-0,000 which had been
foreclosed on the Crosby homestead.
The officer was warned by the boy not
to attempt to enter the house , but dis
regarded the threat and attempted to
tear oat a window. The boy's mother
and grandmother were in an upper
room at tha time. The boy said he had
been instructed to shoot any one whs
attempted to enter the house.
to Claim 3Ioaoy.
CHICAGO , Doc. 24 John L. Bates ,
who nineteen years ago escaped from
the Auamosa , Iowa , penitentiary ,
where ho was serving a three year
term for burglary , was arrested hero
yesterday and will bo taken back
to Iowa to complete his sentence.
Sinc his escape. Bates has served a
term in the Cluster , 111. , penitentiary ,
anil two years in JolSct , and was under
arrest in Chicago for several months
under suspicion of having been impli
cated in a murder. Bates is said to ba
heir to 532,000 left him by his father
in 1S92 , bus fear of arrest has prevent *
ed him from claiming the money.
Xnval Authorities Dismayed.
WASHINGTONDM. . 24. The naval
authorities have learned to their dis
may that it is not possible for one of
our big battleships , like the Oregon or
Massachusetts , to get out of New
York harbor during extra low water
such as prevailed when the latter bat
tle ship struck on Diamond reef a
short thuc ago. Of course , these con
ditions are not normal in the harbor ,
but they may occur on any low tide
with the wind in the right quarter , so
the mutter will be brought at once to
the attention of congress , with a view
to securing the removal of the upner
part of Diamond reef.
New Rubber Combination.
Nmv YOKK , Dec. 24. A new combi
nation of some of the leading rubber
firms in the United States is now in
process of formation and is expected
to be completed in about a week. It
is understood the organization will
have a capital of 30,000,000 , S15.000-
000 to be preferred stock and the other
315,000,000 to be common stock.
PntrlotHm Cott Him Dear.
CHILI.ICOTHS , Ohio , Dae 24. John
\V. Kellcy , a veteran of the civil war ,
iias received notice from the pension
bureau that his pension of 515 pcr
month , issued for general disability , "
: iad been stopped because ho did ser v
ce in the war with Spain. Kelley
Jirst offered to enter the service as a
soldier , but was rejected on account of
Usability , and then
secured a place 03
mule driver.
A Svrortl for Sohlcy.
rini.ADKU-xiiA , Dec. S-k Rear Ad
miral Schley was last night the re
cipient of a Imndsomo and costly
sword , scabbard and bolt , presented to
him in behalf of the people of this city
and other cities in Pennsylvania , New
Jersey and Delaware , who contributed/
to a fund established for the purpoafe ,
The sword , scabbard nnd bolt repre
sent a cost of 54,200. The blad < yls of
line Damascus steel , appropriately
engraved , and the hilt is elaborately
decorated with diamonds auU other
precious stones.