M'COOK T1UBUNE.
F. Til. KIMSIBCX , Publisher.
McCOOK , NEBRASKA
BRIEF TELEGRAMS.
Chicago is to have a theater to be
"Known as "The Illinois. "
"Buffalo Bill" says Roberts should
be given his scat In congress.
Bonds purchased under Secretary
Gage's offer now aggregate $18,981,650.
The annual Ice blockade of the
northern coast of Newfoundland has
begun.
The Rothschilds have purchased the
Alamcden quicksilver mines near San
Jose , Cal.
The "Wisconsin Central officials say
there will be no change In the Chicago
terminals.
Eastern capital Is seeking to con
solidate the rice milling industry of
Louisiana.
The Champion Copper company is anew
now concern at Houghton , Mich. , cap
ital stock ? 2,500,000.
The Virginia joint democratic cau
cus has nominated Thomas Martin to
succeed himself as United States sen
ator.
AVithln the next fortnight trans-At-
lanic steamers will be in danger of
colliding with bergs crossing their
route.
Ferdinand W. Peck declines reelection
tion as President of the National Bus
iness league , owing to the approaching
Paris fair.
By a vote of 2.5 to 14 , the Willing-
ham bill , which provides ror the anni
hilation of the whisky traffic in Geor
gia , was defeated in the senate.
Representative Berry , of Kentucky ,
said that he would use every effort
to secure early consideration of his
joint resolution giving the thanks ot
congress to Rear Admiral Schley.
The Moses C. Wetmore Anti-Trust
Tobacco company has been organized
in St. Louis with a capital stock of
$1.250,000. The plant will begin oper
ations about the middle of next month.
The cruiser uetro.c has sailed from
Carthagena for Colon , where she will
await orders from the navy depart
ment , the revolutionary movement in
Colombia being regarded as at an end.
The claim is made that the banking
business of Detroit suffers from over
capitalization and as a result an effort
is being made to consolidate , making
one bank $2,000,000 and surplus $400-
000.
Senator MacCumber of North Da
kota introduced bills providing for a
commission to investigate trade rela
tions with China and Japan , with a
view of extending commerce in these
countries.
At Easton , Fla. , T. D. Tanner , one
of the best known members of the Im
proved Order of Red men , in the Unit
ed States , was sentenceu to serve sixty
days in jail for enioezzling funds from
a local tribe.
W. J. Bryan , who passed through
Galveston en troute to Austin , was
asked if he would be a candidate for
the vacant senatorship seat in Ne
braska , and emphatically replied :
"No , I will not. "
Mr. Macrum has broken his long
silence , and , in a cable message re
ceived at the state department , dated
Pretoria , he announces that he will
sail on the 18th inst. via Naples for
the United States.
Colonel James Graham and William
P. Cunneen , two prominent politicians
of St. Mary's , Kansas , drank from a
bottle containing a disinfectant , be
lieving it to be whisky , and both are
seriously ill and may die.
Lieutenant Slacke of Tennessee on
landing in New York from Manila ,
made the startling announcement ,
"The Philippine soldiers fight like
hell. " It is understood that the lieu
tenant has been under a galling fire.
Surgeon General Wyman , of the
hospital service , in view of the offi
cially reported prevalence of the plague
in Santos , Barzil , and Orporto , Portu
gal , and the local conditions at those
ports , has issued regulations to pre
vent its introduction into the United
States.
Speaker Henderson's gavel is quite
3 curiosity. The head is of rosewood
from Mantejo's flagship and the han
dle of native osage grown in Polk
county , Iowa. It is decorated by an
eagle's beak bearing a scroll inscribed
"E Pluribus Unum. " On the upper
ferrule are doves and a garland , on
the lower pictures of the United States
ships Iowa and Des Moines. Iowa's
arms and Mr. Henderson's monogram
are on the side of the head.
When Captain E. F. Glenn , Twenty-
fourth infantry , was shown the Seat :
tle dispatch expressing fear for the
safety of Lieutenant Herron , Eighth
cavalry , in Alaska , he said : "I have
not the least anxiety as to the lieuten
ant's safety ; he unquestionably is at
Fort Gibbon , at the mouth of the Tan-
ana river , which was his objective
point. Nothing can be heard from him
until ice fonns in the Yukon , when
ne will come out by way of SKaguay. "
No provision was made in the act
providing for the taking of the twelfth
census , for the traveling expenses in
curred by supervisors of districts in
selecting , conferring and otherwise
dealing with the enumerators under
their charges. Many of these super
visors will have as many as seven
or eight enumerators under them ,
while their districts cover as many
counties as there are enumerators. To
make these necessary disbursements
from their fixed pay , would be unjust
and unreasonable to the supervisors.
For this reason the census officials
will ask congress to amend the act
by providing a special appropriation
to defray the expenses so incurred.
The governor of New Mexico in his
annual report estimates the popula
tion of the territory at 260,500 and
says that this year's record will ex
ceed almost all former years in the
revenue derived from produce , sheep :
and cattle. The report renews the plea :
for statehood.
A jury has been secured at Marshall ,
Mich. , to try Mrs. Rudolph Sanderson
on the charge of poisoning her hus
band with pounded glass.
The New York stock exchange committee -
mittee on listing has admitted to the
unlisted department § 1,125,000 of pre
ferred and $1,275,000 common stock ,
of the American Linseed Oil company , i
Brltinh Military Authorities Prepare to
Send Big Army to the Gape.
GARRISON DUTY FOR THE MILITIA
Roberta Supersede * Huller and Will Have
Kltchlner for Chlcf-of-Staff KiiBllsh
1'o.ir European Intervention Afraid
That ICnssia. Germany and Franco
May Intercept Transports.
LONDON , Doc. 18. ( New York
World Cablegram. Shortly before
midnight the following was posted in
the war office :
"As the campaign is in its initial
stages , in the opinion of her majesty's
government , is likely to require the
presence and attention of General Sir
Redvers Buller elsewhere , it has been
decided to send Lord Roberts as com-
mander-in-chief in South Africa with
Lord Kitchener as chief of staff. "
The war office has issued the follow
ing announcement :
"Acting upon the advice of the mili
tary authorities , her majesty's govern
ment has approved the following meas
ure :
"All the remaining portions of the
army reserve , including section D , are
culled out. The seventh division ,
which is being mobilized will proceed
to South Africa without delay.
"Nine battalions of militia , in addi
tion to two battalions which have al
ready volunteered service at Malta ,
and one for service in the Channel
islands , will be allowed to volunteer
for service outside of the United King
dom and an equivalent < iumbef of
militia battalions will be embodied
for service at home.
A strong force of volunteers , select
ed from the Yeomanry regiment , will
be formed for service in South Africa.
Arrangements are being made and
will shortly be announced for the em
ployment in South Africa of a strong
contingent of carefully selected vol
unteers. The patriotic offers which
are being received from the colonies
will , so far as possible , be accepted.
Preference will be given to offers of
mounted contingents.
Lieutenant the Hon. F. H. S. Rob
erts , the son of Lord Roberts , who
was wounded in the Dattie at Tugela
river , is dead.
General Buller has appointed a com
mission , the Natal government Ga
zette announces , to Inquire into the
losses of the people of the colony re
suiting from the Boer invasion.
Reconstruction of the cabinet is
eagerly discussed in political circles ,
it being deemed imperative that its
old or useless members , Goschen , hap-
lin and Cross , be sacrificed. Salisbury
himself , opressed by public and pri
vate cares and shaken in health , is de-
flared to be anxious to retire , but it is
represented to him that his disappear
ance would inevitably cause a total
collapse of the administration.
A campaign is being made against
Chancellor of the Exchequer Beach
on the ground of his alleged refusal
to provide adequate funds for trans
port at an earlier stage of the war.
It is also suggested that Chamberlain's
retirement may be forced by party
pressure.
RADICAL ADVANCE IN RATES.
Thousands of Articles of Excry Day Con
sumption Will Itn Affected.
CHICAGO , Dec. IS. The Chronicle
tomorrow will say :
One of the most radical and general
advances ever made in freight rates
will go into effect on all the railroads
east and west of Chicago January 1.
Thousands of articles of everyday con
sumption will be affected and the in
crease will average 25 and 40 per cent.
Hie contemplated action of the rail
road officers has aroused the shipping
interests of the country and vigorous
protests are being made against the
sweeping rise.
The shippers say that if the carry
ing charges are increased to the ex
tent announced , by the railroads it
svill have the effect of increasing retail
prices in every line of trade.
Sugar , soap , coffee , coal and farm
implements are a few of the articles
to be affected. Of these , as well as on
liundreds of other articles , the increase
will run from 20 to 40 per cent. The
rate on coal , for example , west of Chi-
ago will be pushed up 25 cents on the
ton. Rates on cattle will be advanced
25 cents per 100 pounds and hogs and
sheep will go up from 25 to 40 cents
ind dressed meats to 40 cents per 100
pounds. Hay is another article that
ivlll feel the advance. The advance on
liay will be ? 1,10 per ton.
Operations Near Ladysmiih.
LONDON , Dec. 18. ( New York
World Cablegram ) . World advices
from Frere Camp , under date of De
cember 13 , state :
Naval guns made excellent practice
Dn the enemy's positions and en
trenchments beyond Colenso. The
Boers did not respond. It is reported
that White sent out from Ladysmith
ixnd shelled the enemy in the rear.
Firing stopped at 10 o'clock. It is re
ported that the Boers have again va
cated their position at Colenso. A
general forward movement 13 hourly
expected. The reported disablement
another gun at Ladysmith causes
sitisfaction.
Murckln ? Still Safe.
LONDON. Dec. 18. Lieutenant Gen
eral Sir Charles Warren , commanding
he Fifth division of the First army
orps , has arrived at Capetown. It is
inderstood that he will proceed to Port
Elizabeth.
No further news has been received
regarding the battle at the Tugela riv-
jr. The latest account shows that the
retirement of the British troops was
jxecuted with the greatest coolness
inder a heavy Boer artillery fire on
fuesday. Mafeking was safe on Decem
ber 16.
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LIEUTENANT BRUMBY IS DEAD.
Dewcj's Trusted Amlsttint at IJattlo of
Manilla Dion In Washington.
WASHINGTON , Dec. 18. Lieuten
ant Thomas M. Brumby , flag lieuten
ant to Adimra Dewey during the Ma
nila campaign , who has ben ill with
typhoid fever for several weeks , died
at Garfield hospital shortly after G
o'clock this evening.
The death of Lieutenant Brumby ,
while not unexpected , was a great
shock to Admiral Dewey.The relations
of the two men for several years past
have been very intimate , and a strong
friendship had grown up between
them. Lieutenant Brumby went out
to the Asiatic station with the admir
al , and had been there with him until
they both returned to the United
States several months ago.
In his capacity of flag lieutenant
to the admiral Lieutenant Brumby was
thrown with his chief much of the
time and acted as his personal repre
sentative in many matters of detail
delegated to him by the commanding
officer. He was regarded by Admiral
Dewey as a bright , energetic and cap
able assistant , while the devotion of
the latter to the admiral was some
thing marvelous. The burden of his
thought during the latter days of his
illness , when his mind was wrecked
with delirium , seemed to be regarding
his work for the admiral.
The lieutenant's present illness
dated from about November 27 , the
first symptoms being nothing more
than a cold , which , however , failed
to yield to treatment and soon after
ward he went to Garfield hospital ,
where he died. Admiral Dewey was
unremitting in his attentions to him
until his condition became precarious ,
and visitors were not allowed to see
him.
him.Some
Some days ago , Mrs. Wihnward of
Marietta , Ga. , a sister , was summoned ,
and Thursday she was joined by her
husband , both remaining with the
lieutenant until he died.
The lieutenant's aged mother is
still living in Marietta , Ga. The fa
ther , who is dead , was a colonel of
the Fourteenth Georgia regiment in
the Confederate army. Lieutenant
Brumby was 44 years of age and un
married.
AGUINALDO IS STILL AT LARGE
Keport that Itebel Leader Left
niaiiiton Saturday.
MANILA , Dec. 18. The following
dispatch , dated December 15 , has been
received from a correspondent of the
Associated Press at Laoag , province of
North Ilocos :
Natives at Manitong , province of
North Ilocos , report that Aguinaldo ,
in disguise and accompanied by sev
eral of his generals , left Manitong last
Saturday with 500 men. going in the
direction of Salsona , from which point
he intended to proceed to Cabugaon ,
province of Cagayan.
An insurgent major , claiming to be
in command of 150 Filipinos , wtio have
been guarding twenty-three American
prisoners at Cabugaon , surrendered.
WHOLE COUNTRY IN REBELLION.
All Northern Cape Colony Aroused
Against Uritlsh Invaders.
STERKSTROOM , Dec. IS. As a re
sult of the British reverse the whole
country northward is in rebellion. The
natives there , as well as those in Bas-
utoland , are said to be much disturbed
and losing heart respecting the
strength of tne British.
Rockefeller Gives S1O.OOO.
NEW YORK , Dec. IS.Booker T.
Washington has received a letter from
John D. Rockefeller , who offers § 10,000
to the Tuskegee normal and industrial
institute at Tuskegee , Ala. Half of
this amount is to be use-l in meeting
last year's deficit , caused by the erec
tion of necessary buildings and other
improvements. The remaining $5,000
is to be USGU toward the present year's
current expenses.
Makes a Darius' Escape.
SIOUX CITY , la. , Dec. IS. J. H.
Morton , wanted here for forgery , made
a daring escape from Sheriff Davenport
of Sioux City at Farley , la. , yesterday ,
while being brought here. Morton
jumped out of the window of the toilet
room while the train was under way.
He was in his shirt sleeves and had on
a skull cap. The country is being
scoured by oflicers. Morton Avas
caught in Boston.
Denounces Christmas Celebrations.
CHICAGO , Dec. 18. In Sinai temple
today Rev. Dr. Emil G. Hirsch , the
most prominent Jewish clergyman in
Chicago , denounced the celebration of
Christmas day by the Jews as a day
of rejoicing. He declared that every
Jew remembering history and knowing
that the dajr is one of persecution of
his people in Europe should observe
the day not in gladness , but in sorrow
Decrease in State Convicts.
ALBANY , N. Y. , Dec. 18. According
to the annual statistic reports filed
with the state prison commission the
total nmber of prisoner's confined in
the prisons , penitentiaries , reforma
tories , houses of refuge and country
jails of the state is steadily on the de
crease and especially is this fact no
ticeable in the penitentiaries.
Ex-Congressman Pidcook Dead. ,
XEW YORK , Dec. IS. Former Con
gressnian James Nelson Pidcock , foi (
twenty years a democratic leader in ,
New Jersey , died at his home in White
1
House , N. J. , of paralysis. He was
stricken unconscious immediately
and although doctors were summoned ,
he did not regain consciousness.
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All Appeal to the Oucen.
LONDON , Dec. IS. Dr. Parker in
the city temple last night made an ap
peal to the queen to stop the war. He
said : "The cabinet could probablj
do nothing. Parliament could not dc
anything. Divided political partie-
are not likely to unite in council , bu'
the most revered and the most re
nowned woman in the world could dc
it and she alone. In her official ca
pacity nothing could be done , but as
a woman , a mother and a widow , thf
queen of England could stop this raos1
hideous and terrible war. i :
English General Kegrets Eeporting a
Serious Eeverse at Tngela River.
BOERS CAPTURE TEN OF HIS GUNS.
Itrltlsh Are Only Able to Fare Tire of
Their Arlllffry Pieces Enriny Kilt
2ieurly All the Horses Connauiu
Hangers Suffer Heavy I.OUHVH lu I.ead-
Injj the Attack Col. Itrooko Wounded.
LONDON , Dec. 16. The war office
received a dispatch announcing thar.
General Duller has met with a serious
reverse , losing eleven guns.
General Buller was attempting to
cross the Tugela river. Finding it im
possible to cit'ec-t his object he ordered
a. retirement in order to avoid greater
losses. He left eleven guns behind.
The following is the text of General
Buller's dispatch announcing his reverse -
verse :
"CHEVELBY CAMP , Dec. 15. C:20 :
p m. I regret to report a serious re
verse. I moved in full strength from
our camp near Cheveley at 4 this a
m. There are two fordable places
in the Tugela river and it was my in
tention to force a passage though one
of them. They are about two miles
apart.
"My intention Avas to force one or
the other with one brigade , supported
by a central brigade. General Hart
was to attend the left drift , General
Hilyard the right road and General
Lyttleton was to take the center and
to support either. Early in the day
I saw that General Hart would not be
able to force a passage and I directed
him to withdraw. He had , however , at
tacked with great gallantry and his
leading battalion , the Connaught Rang
ers , I fear , suffered a great deal. Col.
I. G. Brooke was seriously wounded.
"I then ordered General Hilyard to
advance , which he did , and his leading
regiment , the East Surrey , occupied Co
lt nso station and the houses near the
bridge. At that moment I heard that
the whole artillery I had sent to sup
port the attack the Fourteenth and
Sixty-sixth field batteries and six naval
12-pounder quick-firers , under Colonel
Long had advanced close to the river ,
in Long's desire to be within effective
range. It proved to be full of the ene
my , who suddenly opened a galling fire
at close range , killing all their horses
and the gunners were compelled to
stand to their guns. Some of the wagon
teams got shelter for troops in a donga
and desperate efforts were being made
to bring out the field guns. The fire
however , was too severe and only two
were saved by Captain Schofield and
some drivers whose names I will fur
nish.
"Another most gallant attempt , with
three teams was made by an officer
whose name I will obtain. Of the
eighteen horses thirteen were killed
and as several drivers were wounded
I would not allow another attempt , as
it seemed that they would be a shell
mark , sacrificing life to a gallant at
tempt to force the passage. Unsupport
ed by artillery , directed the troops to
withdraw , which they did in good or
der.
"Throughout the day a considerable
force of the enemy was pressing on
my right flank , but was kept back by
mounted men under Lord Dundonald
and part of General Barton's brigade.
The day was intensely not and most
trying for the troops , whose conduct
as excellent. We have abandoned ten
guns and lost by shell fire one. The
losses in General Hart's brigade are , I
believe , heavy , although the proportion
of severely wounded I hope is not
large. The Fourteenth and Sixty-
sixth field batteries also suffered severe - .
vere losses. We have retired to our
camp at Cheveley. BULLER. "
BRITAIN LOSING HER GRIP
Dominion in South Africa Seems to Be
Shaken to Its Foundation.
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LONDON , Dec. 16. ( New York
World Cablegram. ) British dominion A
in South Africa has been shaken to
its foundation.
I hear that Sir Alfred Milner , Brit
ish high commissioner in South Africa ,
and governor of Cape Colony , demands
the assent of the imperial government
to the proclamation of martial law
throughout Cape Colony.
Lord Salisbury is unwilling to grant
the request , save as the very last re
sort , as such a dangerous confession
of gravity of the British position would
be offering a positive inducement to
England's enemies to take advantage "
of its extremity. v
Sir Alfred Milner reports that Dutch
disaffection has now reached a point
where ordinary law is useless to stem
it. He wants the power not only of
summary arrest without warrant of
suspected persons and the right to de
tain them without trial , but also tne
power to suppress the Dutch newspa
pers throughout the colony which in
sist upon publishing accounts of Brit
ish reverses and criticisms of the war.
Rigorous as is the censo-ship of dis :
patches to England , it is liberal com
pared with the wholesale suppression
cf unfavoraole tidings by the British
authorities in Cape Colony. Tha
Rhodes papers concur in this poHcy ,
but the Dutch give stories that filter
through from the front , though they >
often , have had to rely more than once
for news from English papers three
weeks old. n
Milner is declared to be in a state of
hysferia over the awful miscarriage of e ; _
hi5 policy and the ruinous price Eng
land is paying for following his advice. °
He sees none but mem'oers of his staff.
The government of Cap" Colony is
largely run by Sir Fores-iier Walker , tl
commander in chief cf the Cape.
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Made thief Clerk. ,
WASHINGTON. Dec. 1G. John Bivp
ens of the District of Columbia has
been appointed chief clerk of the in
ternal revenue bureau , treasury -de
partment. Mr. Bivens has been confi
dential clerk to the commissioners of t <
internal revenue during the last twen
ty years and his present appointment t (
was made because cf his special fitness
for the .
ness position. r (
CASUALTIES Of BRITISH TROOPS
The I.o < t'i lit MiiK THrontrlu Placed tit
Kljht Hundred : itid ' 1'hlrty-Tuo.
LONDON , Dec. 15. A revised list of
the total casualties to the British
troops at Magersfontein places the
number at 832.
The wni ofllce has received a mes
sage stating there were (550 casualties
among the non-commisdsoned oflicers
and men of the Highland brigade at
Magersfontein.
The brigade lost ten oflicers killed ,
thirty-eight wounded and four missing.
The war ofllce has received from
General Gatacre the following list of
casualties furnished by a correspond
ent , who was permitted to visit the
Boer camp with the chaplains , and Is
believed to be reliable : Stcond Royal
Irish , ten killed , thirty-two wounded ;
First East Lancaslnrcs , one wounded ;
Second Northumberlands , twelve kill
ed , twenty-seven wounded. All the
above wounded arc prisoners.
An official report gives the total
number of killed , wounded and miss
ing of all arms in the engagement on
Sunday and Monday north of Modder
river as 817.
There were fifteen oflicers killed and
four wounded , and in addition five are
missing and one is known to have
been made prisoner.
ANTICIPATES JANUARY INTEREST.
Will Ie Jald on I'reiuntation of Ilondt
at tiu ! Treasury.
WASHINGTON , Dec. 15. Secretary
Gage today announced that he would
anticipate the interest due on January
1 , 1900 , on registered and coupon 4
per cent consols of 1907 , without re
bate. Checks to the number of 26,563
will be mailed tomorrow to holders of
the registered bonds and interest on
the coupons will be paid on the pre
sentation of the bonds. The amount
o" the former is1,386,505 and the lat
ter $671,381 , making a total of $5,057-
886 , less the interest on bonds recently
purchased and less the interest already
anticipated by the secretary's offer of
October 10 , to pay interest due at any
time during the present fiscal year ,
with a rebate of about 2.4 per cent.
Applications for interest to become due
under the offer of October 10 must be
made before January - .
ENOUGH FOR AN ARMY.
Large Onantity of Military .Stores round
at Santiago.
SANTIAGO DE CUBA , Dec. 15.
For some months it has been suspected
that large quantities of military stores
were in the possession of Cubans at
some point in the interior. Yesterday
the mayor of Tunis , a small town in
the district of Holguin , voluntarily
disclosed the location and surrendered
three effective field guns , 10,000 rifles
and a large amount of ammunition to
the Americans. The guns had been
stored in an obscure place , in a rough
country , under palm leaf blinds. It
would have been almost impossible to
find them unless their whereabouts
had been voluntarily revealed. The
Holguin district is one of the wildest
in the island and has been regarded
for a possible uprising.
A 1S-J.5OO.OOO Hook.
WASHINGTON , Dec. I. , . In a spe
cial report to the secretary of war
General F. C. Ainsworth shows that
the sum of $2,610,000 has been expend
ed to date in the compilation and
printing of the official records of the
union and confederate armies , \\hich
work was commenced in 1874. The
expenditures on this account during
the last fiscal year were $71,351 , eav-
ing a balance on hand of $22,729 , near
ly all of which is covered by outstand
ing obligations.
Court-Martial for a Captain.
CHEYENNE , Wyo. , Dec. 15. Can-
tain Beard , company A , Second regi
ment , W. N. G. , has been relieved of
his command at Evanston and ordered
to appear before a court martial. The
charge is that he loaned rifles and
ammunition to Sheriff Ward and his
deputies for use during the riots of the
striking coal miners at Diamondville
and without authority. Cnptain Beard
was mustered into the service of the
state guard only a few months ago.
lovrnn Jailed at lioston.
BOSTON , Mass. , Dec. 15. James IT.
Morton of Sioux City , Iowa , who has
been followed by Sheriff Davenport of
Sioux City to Chicago , New York and
Montreal , was arresjted in this city
today as a fugitive from justice. Mor
ton is 35 years of age and is charged
with forging orders on the First Na
tional bank of Sioux City. When con
fronted by Sheriff Davenport he said
tie was glad the hunt was off and he
svould return to Iowa without extradi
tion.
No Galapagos Islands Information.
WASHINGTON , Dec. 15. Respond
ing to a resolution of inquiry , the pres
ident today sent to the senate a state
ment by the secretary of state con
cerning the possible sale of the Galapagos
pages islands. The secretary says in
his statement that the department of
state "has no recent information as
o a proposed sale of the Galapagos is
lands by the republic of Ecuador to 1
Jreat Britain or any European power. " 1I
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Will > ot Redeem Checks.
WASHINGTON , Dec. lo. Commis-
iioner Wilson of the internal revenue '
ureau has decided that he will not 1
edeem at the beginning of the new
ear imprinted checks , because they h
nay be printed or engraved in the date J ;
ine the figures " 1809" or " 1S9- . " Holds
rs cf these checks will , to exhaust
heir supply , write in the figures " 1900" '
tr stand the loss.
Ttvo .More Division * to Go.
;
LONDON. Dec. 15. The war office ;
his eveinng mads this announcement : )
"The Sixth division has been mobil-
-.ed and four battalions of this divi-
ion will have been embarked by Sun-
iay. The government has also ap- '
roved of the immediate mobilization
jf the Seventh division. "
Qaet-n Victoria Pros'riteil.
XEW" YORK , Dec. 15. A dispatch
o the Herald from London , says :
It is stated by a person -n a position
o know that the queen's mental anx-
ety gives the gravest a rm tc the
oval household.
FROM G ! OTIS
MacArthur Holds as Prisoner Mabini , the
Pounder of the Pilipino Government.
AGUINALDO IS HIDING IN DISGUISE.
llodygnard PractIcnily Destroyed and It
Commander Kllle d ItvleiiMt-n Many
Spanltth PrUoncrn Agnlnaldo'it IJody-
tiua rd DlBpcrscd.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 14. General
Otis had sonic stirring news to report
today from Manila , his advices goint ;
to show that the insurgents are , a *
he predicted a few days ago , at the end
of their resources from a militarv
point of view and are melting away
be-fore the rapid advance of the Amer
ican troopa at all points. His cable
grams were as follows :
"MANILA , Dec. 13. Fifty men or
the navy and fifty men of the army ,
transported by the navy , took Laoag
rn the 10th inst. General Young , with
staff , followed next day. lie rcportb
Ilowse with Pennsylvania battalion
of the Thirty-fourth infantry , passed
north to Pidding , east to Laoag.
Marsh's battalion of the Thirty-fourth
was at Cayan , province of Lepanto.
on the 7th inst. The Third cavalry
was along the coast and in the moun
tains pursuing the enemy. Young
states his extreme northern force
passed over mountains , driving th -
insurgents umU-r General Tine , who
\\as badly wounded , killing fifty and
wounding many. He made large cap
tures of rifles and property with all
insurgent transportation and released
all the Spanish prisoners in that sec
tion , to the number of about 2,000.
Our casualities are two wounded.
Our troops are still pursuing the
remnant of Tino's command.
"March's battalion of the Thirty-
third reports from Cayan , Lepanto
province , on the 7th inst. that he has
destroyed Aguinaldo's bodyguard ,
killed General Gregorio Pilar , received
the surrender of General Concept-ion
and killed and wounded fifty-two in
surgents ; released 575 Spanish pris
oners , including 150 friars , and cap
tured considerable property. His loss
was two killed and nine wounded.
"My information is that Aguinaldo
has disguised his individuality , aband
oned his troops and is hiding In the
province of Benguet. "
W. V. ALLEN AGAIN SENATOR.
Gov. roynter Appoints Him to Till
Place Vacated liy If ay ward' * Death.
LINCOLN , Neb. , Dec. 14. Ex-Sena
tor W. V. Allen has been appointed
senator from Nebraska to fill the va
cancy caused by the death of Senator
Hay ward.
Senator Allen arrived yesterday
morning in response to a telegram
from Governor Poynter requesting his
presence in the city. He went direct
to the state house , arriving there
about 11:30. lie was taken at once into
the private office of Governor Poynter
and notified that he would be appoint
ed to fill the vacancy. The appoint
ment was announced at 12 o'clock.
Senator Allen said that he did not
care to talk of the course he would
pursue in the senate. "Of course I
shall continue my affiliation with the
party as heretofore. I go to Wash
ington under different circumstances
than existed before ; things were in a
chaotic state then. I shall be on
hand before the currency bill is
passed. I hope to arrange matters at
my home so that I can leave for Wash
ington Friday , but may possibly have
to delay leaving a day or so later. "
Senator Allen received his commis
sion from oGvernor Poynter at 3
o'clock. The ceremony was simple and
unattended by a demonstration of any
kind. Following this formality , which
vas witnessed by only Private Secre-
taiy Jewell , Senator .mien visited the
different state officials and received
congratulations.
The commission was made out in
duplicate , one copy to be filed in
Washington and the other to be re
tained by the senator. The commis
sion presented Senator Allen read as
follows :
STATE OF NEBRASKA ,
Executive Chamber.
This is to certify that on the 13th
day of December , eighteen hundred
and ninety-nine
WILLIAM V. ALLEN
was duly appointed by me as a sena
tor from the state of Nebraska to rep
resent said state in tne senate of the
United States to fill vacancy caused
by the death of Hon. Monroe L. Hayward -
ward , said appointment to be in full
force until his successor is elected by
the legislature of the state of Ne
braska.
Done at Lincoln this 13th day o :
December , A. D. 1899.
Py the governor ,
WILLIAM A. POYNTER.
W. F. PORTER , Secretary of State.
DINSMORE ilELD EOR MURDER.
KEARNEY , Xeb. , Dec. 14. The pre
liminary examination of Frank L.
Dinsmore was held before E. Frank
Brown , county judge.
Very few were in attendance , as Jt
\vas not generally known that he would
be brought from Xorth Platte until
Thursday morning for trial.
The complaint was read charging
liim with deliberately , premeditative-
ly and feloniously shooting and in
stantly killing Fred Laue at Odessa
an the night of December 4.Dins -
niore pleaded "Xot guilty" and waived
further examination.
Xo complaint was filed in reference
o the murder of Mrs. Dinsmore , as
he state is waiting for the report
f the chemist who is analyzing the
tomach , liver and tongue taken from
ler. Mrs. Lau is held under $10,000
jond for her appearance as a witness
'or the state in the district court.
Dinsmore will remain in the county
ail until his trial in the January
erm of the district court. At t he-
preliminary examination he mainlined -
lined his characteristic indifference
md calm demeanor.
Every man of character makes un-
vritten laws that others have to live
ip to.
