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VOLUME XIV , VALENTINE , NEBRASKA , MAY 11 , 1899. NUMBER 16 ,
A BIO DEAL IN STEEL
CARNEGIE SELLS OUT TO CO
PARTNERS.
'Consideration Is Said to Be Over
$ loOOOOOOO New Company Will
Retain the Name of the Present
-Concern Output to Be Increased.
Carnegie Has Sold Out.
The entire interest of Andrew Carnegie
in the Carnegie Steel Company has been
purchased by his co-partners in the busi
ness , with II. C. Frick at their head. The
exact figures which represent the purchase
price could not be learned. It is said ,
however , that the price is over $150,000,000 ,
and entirely satisfactory to Carnegie. It
is understood that one of the stipulations
of the sale is that the new company shall
retain the name of the present concern.
The new company includes not only all
the Carnegie steel plants , but also
the II. C. Frick Coke Company ,
with its 40,000 acres of coke land
in the Connellsville district ; Oliver Mining
Company , with its large ore interests in
the Lake Superior district ; Pittsburg ,
Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad ; Union
Railroad , which connects at Homestead
Tvith all the trunk lines east and Avest , and
all the interests in several hundred miles
of gas land. It is intended to increase the
output of all the various departments of
the joint company so that the present
famine in the .stei'l market may be relieved
-and the continued export demand supplied.
TURK BESTED BY CARKEEK.
Hali Adali Failed to Throw Him
Three Times in Ninety Minutes.
Hali Adali , the Turkish wrestler , met
defeat at Milwaukee at the bands of
Jicx'rkeek ) , ex-champion of the world.
'According ' to agreement the Turk was to
throw his man three times , wrestling a
"bout each of catch-as-catch-can , Graeco-
Eonian and Cornish styles , in ninety min
utes. The Turk won the catch-as-catch-
can bout in 32r < minutes on a half Nelson
(
'hold , and the Graeco-Roman in 34 minutes
with a similar hold. He took considerable
time to rest after the first bout , and when
time was called for the Cornish contest the
"Sultan's Lion' ' did not make Ins appear
ance , the referee awarding the match to
< ! arkeek.
SENSATIONAL FINDINGS.
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. E. Elder at Dulutn Adjudged
to Have Stolen $ OOOOO. .
Judge Cant af Duluth led sensational
findings in the suit of Hie assignee for the
American Loan and Trust Company , an
insolvent Duluth financial concern , against
, Geo. E. Elder , its former vice president
and general manager. Judgment is or
dered against him for $15(5,000 ( , which amount
he is found to have defrauded the company
out of in various ways. The findings ac
cuse him of taking large sums of money
and replacing them with worthless notes ,
of purchasing of himself worthless col
lateral and loaning himself and bis friends
and business associates money without se
curity.
WILL FIGHT IN DENVER.
Colorado Clubs Offer for Big Battle
Is Accepted.
Manager Otto C. Floto of the Colorado
Athletic Association of Denver has received
a telegram from Brady and Julian , rep
resenting Jeffries and Fitzsimmons , ac
cepting his offer of a $25,000 purse and
agreeing to fight in Denver. The other de
tails of the agreement were not made pub
lic , but it was announced that artiqles of
agreement bad been mailed to Denver.
Manager Floto states that work will be
begun at once on an amphitheater capable
of seating 15,000 people. The date of the
meeting has not been given out.
Canal Across Cape Cod.
The committee on harbors of the Mass
achusetts Legislature has agreed to report
to the Senate a bill to incorporate Alexan
der Dow and associates with power to con
struct a ship canal across Cape Cod , be
tween Barnstable and Buzzard's Bay. The
amount involved is $6,000,000. The new
company will utilize a section of about a
anile and a third of the canal which has
already been constructed and it is estimated
that the remaining six miles can be finished
in two years.
To Transfer Mail at Honolulu.
J. M. Johnson , chief clerk of the railway
mail service at Los Angeles , has been de
tailed to go to Honolulu to take charge of
the transfer of mails at that post for the
Philippines , Australia , New Zealand and
Hie Orient. By this arrangement the dis
patch of mail matter from San Francisco
-will be expedited by three days.
Sickness Delays Transports.
The health officers of San Francisco have
-ordered a further detention of the trans
ports in quarantine for sixteen days on ac
count of the development of smallpox
among the passengers. This will render
very indefinite the date of the departure of
additional troops to the Philippines.
Double Chicago Tragedy.
Hugo Warden , a Chicago grocer , shot
his wife three times at their home and then
turned the weapon upon himself with fatal
effect. Mrs. Warden's recovery is doubt-
' ful. Jealousy is said to have caused the
trouble.
To Be Paymaster in the Navy.
The President has decided to appoint
Albert S. Kenny Paymaster General of the
INavy , to succeed Edwin Stuart retired
May G. Kenny , is now general store
keeper in New York city.
MME. CESPEDES' SALON.
Cuban Woman Who Wields Great
Influence in Cuban Affairs.
The future of Cuba will probably be
largely influenced by a woman Mme.
Cespedes whose salon is visited by the
best known men , not only of Havana , but
of the entire island. Gen. Maximo Gomez
is a constant visitor and a welcome guest
of this woman , and dines with her from
three to five times a week. Mme. Cespedes
is the widow of the first president of Cuba
in the ten years' war , and decisions reached
at her solon are far more effective than any
decree passed by the recently defunct Cu
ban Assembly. Men of standing who are
devoted to the principle of Cuban national
independence are welcomed to the salon
and assist in its councils.
It is believed by persons who are in a
position to know that a full understanding
has been reached between Mme. Cespedes.
and Gen. Gomez regarding Cuba's future
and the first real president and of the pro
posed republic , for all of the former presi
dents have had oflice without power. At
one time Gen. Gomez was seriously con
sidered for the presidency , but after the
action of the assembly in assailing his
course it was considered that his candidacy
would probably meet with strong opposi
tion. As the result of conversations at
Mine. Cespedes' salon it is asserted that
the first president of Cuba shall be Carlos
Cespedes , son of the war president.
RUSH TO THE UTE LAND.
A Thousand People Seek to Secure
Part of the -Reserve.
Many persons who had been holding
places in line at the land oflice at Durango ,
Colo. , changed their mind Thursday and
joined the rush for locations on the Ute
lands , which were opened for settlement at
noon by proclamation of the President. It
is estimated that 1,000 persons sought to
secure land. There was no central start
ing point and men were scattered along
the Colorado and New Mexico lir. ° s for
forty miles , awaiting the hour. From Durango
range hundreds of well mounted and well
armed men began pushing to the front at
.daylight.
OOM PAUL IS DEFIANT.
President of the Transvaal Declines
to Meet Britain's Demands.
President Krueger of the Transvaal Re
public , lias replied to the demand of the
British Government for the cancellation of
the dynamite concession , declaring the
concession is not a breach of the London
convention ; contends that the Republic is
entitled to use its judgment as to what is
best for it ; says the cancellation will be a
breach of faith with the parties to the con
cession.
EATING MULES AND DOGS.
Two Hundred Fortune Hunters Arc
Facing Starvation.
Mail Carrier Brinal made a perilous trip
from the Stickine River to Victoria , B. C. ,
to urge the Government to send immediate
relief to over two hundred men who are
facing starvation on the Ashcroft trail.
Mules and dogs had been their sole diet for
weeks before he left.
Arrest of a Big Embezzler.
Olin M. Wellborn , ex-collector of in
ternal revenue in San Francisco , was ar
rested by United States Marshal Shine at
the Presidio , where he was enlisted under
the name of O. II. Bedhell. Wellborn em
bezzled thousands of dollars from the
Government and made his escape about a
year ago. He was under $40,000 bonds to
appear for trial , but jumped bis bonds. It
was thought he went to Mexico.
Croker and Heed.
A Southampton dispatch , in noting the
arrival of the New York , says : Croker's
health is much improved. Croker kept to
himself almost exclusively and discussed
political matters with no one. The late
Speaker Reed is in excellent health. He
had great luck at poker on the voyage ,
cleaning everybody out.
Gift of Americans.
Mrs. Brooke , wife of the Governor Gen
eral of Cuba , presented to the Orphanage
la Beneficienca $1,000 , representing contri
butions by friends in the United States ,
among them President McKinley , Secre
tary of State Hay and W. K. Yanderbilt ,
each of whom subscribed $100 to the fund.
LJOW Rates for Old Soldiers.
A committee of the trunk lines of the
Central Passenger Association held a joint
meeting in Chicago to consider Grand
Army rates. The principal question under
debate was whether the usual differentials
should apply in connection with this bus
iness.
Spain to Claim Slice of China.
Spain is collecting evidence in Hong
Kong with a view of claiming a con
cession of land in China as indemnity from
the Chinese Government for permitting
the steamer Abbey to leave Canton last
August with arms for the Philippines.
Negro Hanged for Another's Death
Bill Embree , a negro , was hanged at
Thompson , Ga. , Thursday for the murder
of Ellis Martin , another negro , about a
year ago. Embree fled and was finally
captured in Augusta , Ga. No one knew
the motive for the killing.
Young Hose Goes to Philadelphia
John Hose , aged 19 , son of Sam Ilose ,
who was burned at the stake m Newnan ,
Ga. , ten days ago , has gone to Philadel
phia. He asserts his father's innocence of
either murder or assault.
Chilian War Vessel Wrecked.
The Chilian Government has received an
announcement of the wreck of a Chilian
naval vessel in the Straits of Magellan.
No details of the catastrophe are at hand.
A TRUCE IN SAMOA.
Mataafa Withdraws from the Area
Prescribed by Kautz.
The following advices from Apia , Samoa ,
to April 27 have been received : Admiral
Kautz and Capt. Stuart of the British
cruiser Tauranga , wrote to Mataafa , order
ing him to withdraw his forces outside of a
strip ten miles long and six miles broad.
Mataafa replied defiantly. Kautz and
Stuart thereupon sent an ultimatum to
Mataafa , threatening to compel the with
drawal of his forces. In support of this
ultimatum Gaunt's brigade was * strenth-
ened , a heavy gun landed at Mulinuu , and
war rockets gotten in readiness. Being
informed of these preparations , Mataafa
made a prompt reply , agreeing to withdraw
immediately , which he did. Gaunt's brig
ade is now patrolling the prescribed area.
The New Zealand Government steamer
Tutanckai arrived at Apia with dispatches
announcing the request of the international
peace commissioners that the inhabitants
peacefully await their arrival from San
Francisco. A meeting of the three consuls ,
in vew of this message , was held , but was
without result , the German consul dissent
ing from the proposition of the other two.
MAY BE EXTRA SESSION.
Prominent Congressmen Thinks Mc
Kinley Will Convene Congress.
There is a growing belief among prom
inent members of Congress that the Pres
ident will call Congress to meet in extra
ordinary session this fall , probably early in
October. The questions which will come
before the next Congress for settlement ,
including as they do everything growing
out of our possessions acquired as a result
of the war with Spain and general legisla
tion including that relating to currency ,
the Nicaragua Canal , merchant marine ,
etc. , are of sucli great importance that the
President is inclined to regard it as advis
able that Congress meet earlier than the
regular session in December in order to get
the AVork under way.
Dedicated Georgia Heroes.
A handsome monument erected by the
State of Georgia to commemorate the
deeds of Georgians on the field of Chicka-
magua , was dedicated May 5. Gen. H. V.
Boynton , chairman of the Chickamauga-
Chattanooga Military Park Commission ,
Gov. Candler and other distinguished
Georgians participated in the exercises.
The First Warrant Delivered.
The first of the four treasury warrants
of $5,000,000 each to pay the Spanish
indemnity was delivered in New York ,
May 5 , to the National City Bank. It is
expected that next week two more will bo
delivered , and the final $5,000,000 will fol
low later.
Standard Oil Dividends.
The Standard Oil trustees have declared
the regular quarterly dividend of $3 per
share , and an extra dividend of $9 per
share , payable June 15 , 1899. The stock-
went up 12 points to 498 on the announce
ment. This is the highest price ever
reached.
Fruit Packers Combine.
The California Packers' Association has
been incorporated with a capital stock of
$2,500,000. It is composed of some of the
largest fruit packing interests in the State ,
tand its object will be to control and regu
late the prices of canned fruits.
Mules Going to Manila.
The steamer Leelanaw sailed from San
Francisco for Manila Thursday with 230
government mules. It also carried seventy
soldiers under command of Lieutenant
Kipp Bard of the Fourth artillery.
American Missionary Killed.
The Rev. Dr. Samuel II. Kellogg , an
American Presbyterian missionary , was
killed by falling over a precipice while
cycling in the Himalayan Mountains a few
days ago.
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Chicago Cattle , common to prime ,
$3.00 to $5.75 ; hogs , shipping grades ,
$3.00 to $4.00 ; sheep , fair to choice , $3.00
to $5.25 ; wheat , No. 2 red , Tie to 72c ;
corn , No. 2 , 33c to 35c ; oats , No. 2 , 2Gc
to 27c ; rye , No. 2 , 5Se to GOc ; butter ,
choice creamery , 15c to 17c ; eggs , fresh ,
lie to 12c ; potatoes , choice , 40c to 55c
per bushel.
Indianapolis Cattle , shipping , $3.00 to
$5.50 ; hogs , choice light , $2.75 to $4.00 ;
sheep , common to choice , $2.50 to $4.75 ;
wheat , No. 2 red , 71c to 72c ; corn , No. 2
white , 35c to 37c ; oats , No. white , 30c
to 32c.
St. Louis Cattle , $3.50 to $5.75 ; hogs ,
$3.00 to $4.00 ; sheep , $3.00 to $5.25 ;
wheat , No. 2 , 77c to 78c ; corn , No. 2
yellow , 35c to 3Ge ; oats , No. 2 , 28c to 30c ;
rye , No. 2 , 5Gc to 58c.
Cincinnati Cattle , $2.50 to $5.50 ; hogs ,
$3.00 to $4.00 ; sheep , $2.50 to $5.00 ;
wheat , No. 2 , 72c to 74c ; corn , No. 2
mixed , 3Gc to 37c ; oats , No. 2 mixed , 2Sc
to 30c ; rye , No. 2 , G2c to G3c.
Detroit Cattle , $2.50 to $5.50 ; hogs ,
$3.00 to $4.00 ; sheep , $2.50 to $4.75 ;
wheat , No. 2 , 73c to 74c ; corn , No. 2
vellow , 34c to 3Ge ; oats , No. 2 white , 32c
to 33c ; rye , Glc to ( c.
Toledo Wheat , No. 2 mixed , 75c to
7Gc ; corn. No. 2 mixed , 34c to 3Gc ; oats ,
No. 2 white , 2Sc to 2c ! ) ; rye. No. 2 , 57c
lo 5Jc ) ; clover seed , new , $3.70 to $3.80.
Milwaukee Wheat , No. 2 spring , 71c
lo 73c ; corn. No. 3 , 33c to 34c ; oats , No.
I white , 2Sc to 31 c ; rye , No. 1 , 59c to GOc ;
' arley. No. 2 , 44c to 45c ; pork , mess ,
? tr.7f to $ ! ) .25.
Knffalo Cattle , good shipping steers ,
$ . ' { .00 to $ (5.00 ( ; hogs , common to choice ,
3.25 to $4.25 ; sheep , fair to choice weth
ers , $3.50 to $5.25 ; lambs , common to
extra , $4.50 to $ (5.25. (
New York Cattle , $3.25 to $5.75 ; hogs ,
53.00 to $4.50 ; sheep. $3.00 to $5.75 ;
wheat. No. 2 red , 81c to 82c ; corn , No.
2 , 42c fo 44c ; oats. No. 2 , 32c to 33c ;
butter , creamery , 15c to 18c ; eggs , West
ern. 12c to 14c.
STATE OF NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON
DENSED FORM.
A. Bronze , Cannon that Frowned
from Morro Castle , Santiago de
Cuba , to Grace a Public Park at
the Nebraska Metropolis.
Bronze Cannon for Omaha.
A bronze cannon surrendered by the
Spanish at Santiago , has been secured for
a public park in Omaha by Congressman
Mercer. The Omaha Park Board asked
for five cannon , which was considered by
the War Department a most unheard of
request in view of the number of cannon
surrendered , and for a time was inclined
to entirely refuse to consider the request
of the park commissioners of Omaha to
have placed in one of the parks of the Gate
City a cannon once owned by Spain.
Mercer , however , discounted the request
and stated that he would be satis
fied with one cannon. The park board
must pay the freight on the cannon
from Washington to Omaha and guarantee
its security , as it goes to the metropolis of
Nebraska in the nature of a loan. The
Navy Department , which has direct charge
of cannon surrendered in the Spanish war ,
desires to be assured that freight charges
will be paid and with this done the city of
Omaha will receive one of the bronze guns
that for years frowned from Morro ( ' Me.
RETURN OF NEBRASKA BOYS
First Not Liikely to Be Mustered
Out Before August 15.
In response to a telegram of inquiry
made to Assistant Secretary of War
Meiklejohn as to the time that the First
Nebraska is to start for home , a replj- was
received from him stating that "I have to
advise you that the regiment will sail from
Manila between the 25th prox. and June
10. "
Thus , allowing for thirty-five days for
sailing , five days for quarantine at San
Francisco and thirty days in camp pend
ing the final arrangements for mustering
out , makes it probable that the First Ne
braska will be out of the army about the
middle of August.
Power Plant for Creighton.
Frank Schneider and son , A. r.
Schneider , under the corporate name of
the Creighton Electric Light and Power
Company , are only waiting a permit from
the State to begin work on a mammoth
pond , which will , wfien completed , furnish
sufficient power to give Creighton a first-
class electric light system and furnish
power for any other purpose the company
may see fuV'to put it to. It will take about
three months to complete the pond and it
alone will cost not less than $3,000. By
this means the electric lights now in use
will be greatly improved and the company
can furnish all the new ones which are
now or may be needed in the future , a
thing which they were not able heretofore
to do on account of lack of power.
Killed by I ightiling.
During a recent severe rainstorm Chris
Wagner and his son , Albert , living eight
miles northwest of Randolph were struck
by lightning. The young man was in
stantly killed , as was also one of the horses
he was driving. Mr. Wagner's arm was
severely burned , but at this writing he is
in a fair way to recover. The father and
son were plowing in the field when the
storm struck them.
Refuses Doctor a License.
The secretaries of the State Board of
Health have refused to grant Dr. Oren
O'Neill of Chicago a license to practice in
this State , on the grounds that he has been
guilty of unprofessional conduct. Dr.
O'Neill is an eye and ear specialist and is
at present advertising extensively in Chi
cago. The secretaries call advertising by
physicians unprofessional conduct.
Invite President to Omaha.
Senator Thurston and Representative
Mercer , and W. A. Ilulin of Omaha , called
called iipon the President the other day
and invited him to visit the Greater Amer
ican Exposition at Omaha between July 1
and Sept. 1. The President said if he
could arrange to stop at Omaha on his
western trip this summer it would give
him pleasure to do so.
Verdict of Acquittal.
In the case of the State against Adam
and Henry Miller at Hastings charged
with assault with intent to kill upon John
Munch on the 15th of last March , the
jury concluded that there was doubt
enough to warrant an acquittal and so
ordered.
Gets a Job in Cuba.
Hon. D. A. Harris of Unadilla has ac
cepted a position in the United States cus
toms service in Cuba and will leave for
Havana to take up his duties as soon as
his commission arrives. His salary is $2-
700 per annum.
An Alternate Delegate.
Gov. Poynter has appointed Frank L.
Loomis of Edholm , as an alternate dele
gate to the Trans-Mississippi Commercial
Congress that is to convene in Wichita ,
Kan. , the latter part of the present month.
Nebraska Man Hanged in Texas.
A special from Dallas. Tex. , says : .John
Little was hanged at Greenville , Hunt
County , for the murder of George Stone-
sipher , whom he robbed. Little came to
Texas from Nebraska four years ago.
Heavy Land Purchase.
Otto Baumann , vice president of the
West Point National Bank , has purchased
of Franz Maurer 560 acres of farm land in
one body seven miles east of the city , pay
ing therefor the sum of $10,800.
Fined for Abandoning a Horse.
Charles Smolinsky was taken before
Justice Bullock at St. Edward and fined $5
and costs for abandoning a horse on April
20. The horse was old and poor.
Incubator Company at Work.
The Sure-Hatch Incubator Company has
commenced the erection of a factory at
Clay Center. Men are putting down a well
to supply the plant with watert
BONDSMEN ARE HELD LIABLE
Sureties for Ex-Oil Inspector Hilton
Must Stand Shortage.
The Supreme Court has handed down an
opinion in the case of the bondsmen of ex-
Oil Inspector L. F. Hilton against the
State of Nebraska , in which the plain
tiffs sought to be released from liabil
ity on the bond , judgment having been
rendered against them in a lower court ,
The judgment , which was for $5,622.50 ,
is reversed and the case remanded
with direction to the District Court
to render judgment on the ver
dict and to certify therein that Hilton is
the principal and that the plaintiffs in er
ror are sureties on the bond. The action
against Hilton and his bondsmen was
instituted to recover $3,622.56 , which he is
said to have received for inspecting gasoline.
The defendent contended that the in
spection of gasoline was not an official
act and that for that reason the
oil inspector should not bo held liable
for the amount. Xo part of the amount
named was accounted for by Mr. Hilton
when he retired from oflice. The Supreme
Court holds that when the inspector of oils
examines gasoline and places upon the
cask in which it is contained the statutory
brand of condemnation he performs an
official act and that the fees received by
him for the services are officially received.
The bondsmen in the case are Richard
Blaco , W. C. Walton , E. A. Stewart and
John M. McKeen. According to the de
cision of the court they are liable for the
amount of the shortage.
BAD STORM AT COLUMBUS.
AVind Wrecks a New $25OOO High
School liuilding.
Over an inch of rain fell at Columbus
May 2 , accompanied by a very high wind.
Trees , fences and signs were destroyed in
various places throughout town and at the
new high school building , just completed
and accepted at a cost of $25.000 , the entire
brick wall of the south gable was blown
in , several tons of brick and mortar crash
ing through the ceiling and falling on the
second floor. This floor was also Hooded
with water , causing much damage to the
ceiling and walls. The damage will
amount to $2,000. At the Knollin sheep
ranch , just at the north edge of town , much
damage was done. All sheds and cribs
were leveled to the ground , some of them
being torn up. Reports are coming in from
the country of other damage. The streets
were turned into rivers and the bottoms
were flooded with water.
ENTHUSIASTIC PHILATELIST.
Lyons Boy Has One of the Most Ex
pensive Stamp Collections.
The collection of stamps by the young
sters of Lyons has become quite a business
among themselves. Buying and .selling to
each other is the general ordt-r of things.
The other day while CA. . Darling was
absent from his real Cotute office for a
moment one little fellow near at hand spied
a warranty deed lyinu upon the desk with
$16.50 war revenue stamps upon , it , and a
draft for $7,01)0 , which he took to an out
building near by and removed the stamps
for his collection and threw the papers
away. Parts of tiie deed have been found ,
but the draft is lost.
AVork Off Confederate Bills.
Richard Neary and George Kenworthy ,
two farmer boys living near North Platte ,
rounded up a Syrian peddler and pur
chased some of bis wares , giving in return
Confederate money. They were arrested
and brought before the County Judge and
lined $20 and costs each. The fines were
paid and the boys liberated.
No State Fair This Year.
The Board of Managers of the State fair
held a meeting at Lincoln. The subject of
discussion being the holding of a state fai.v
in connection with theexposition at Omaha ,
The final decision was that no fair would
be held this year , and a resolution to this
effect was adopted.
Nebraska Short Notes.
From Keya Paha County conies the re
port of heavy losses of spring calves.
Holdredge has raised the price on saloons
to $1,500 , of which $300 is an occupation
tax.
tax.A
A bunch of 10,000 sheep has been shipped
to Tnedford to feed on the range in that
section.
A Maynard man named George Merkle
took a dose of corrosive sublimate by mis
take. He died next day.
A company of infantry is being formed
at Alliance which will be offered for enlist
ment for service in the Philippines.
, A Furnas County man had a scheme to
build an electric road from Wilsonville to
Oxford until he found out that it would
cost $350,000 for the equipment and build
ing material , cost of construction not in
cluded then he quit.
.John Patterson of Loup County was
riding in a buggy last Sunday with a self-
acting rcvoherin his hip pocket. It went
off and the ball entered his hip and passed
down bis leg almost to bis knee and the
doctor had to cut it out.
A petition has been in circulation in
Beaver City asking the Burlington and
Missouri to provide a passenger train
service for the patrons of the St. Francis
branch. Like petitions have been signed
in all the towns along the line.
A Mr. Hart of Fairmont sent for the
doctor to set a broken leg for his three-
year-old child. On examination the doc
tor found a large darning needle run into
the thigh its full length. The parents of
the child had felt the needle , and thought
it a piece of splintered bone.
The entire loss of the peach crop in Ne-
inaha County is a seitled thing , but the
prospect for plums , apples , cherries and
berries is good.
Will Smith of St. Paul killed a large
wildcat near Adam Greenwault's farm.
Together with two or three other young
men he was bunting along the river when
the animal was discovered. It was killed
by the second shot fired from a shotgun
while running from the party.
The Missouri Pacific Crete branch mixed
train was wrecked three miles east of
Douglass by the giving way of a bridge.
Two cars loaded with hogs were com
pletely demolished and about fifteen hogs
were killed.
NOW A WAE TO DEATH
FAILURE OF ALL NEGOTIATIONS
FOR PEACE ,
The Filipino Proposition for a Three
Months' Armistice Abruptly Reject
ed by Otis Rebels Were Workincr for
Time Fichtlnjr Renewed with Vicor.
The negotiations for peace in the Philip
pines failed. The Filipino envoys in con
ference with. Gen. Otis made practically
the same old proposi
tion. They also asked -
ed for a three
months' armistice ,
covering the entire
archipelago. Gen.
Otis abruptly refused
the request and the
conference terminat
ed.
ed.The
The feeling in Ma
nna mat peace womu
GEX. LAWTO.V.
the Filipino overtures was rapidly dis
pelled. The Filipinos are strengthening
their lines wherever possible. This 'and
the persistency with which Aguinaldo and
Luna have sent in the same proposition for
an armistice leads to the belief that the
Filipino leaders have been simply working ;
for time in which to collect their forces
and to permit their soldiers to recover
from the state of demoralization in which ,
the repeated victories of the Americans
had thrown them. The offensive opera
tions begun by Gens. Lawton and ITale
shows that Gen. Otis shares this belief.
The news from Manila regarding the
failure of peace negotiations came as a
Surprise to the War Department. The
campaign will be pursued with the utmost
vigor , and it is not likely that the rainy
season will offer any perceptible check to
the aggressive movements of the Ameri
cans , if aggressive action shall again be
come necessary.
Although the Secretary of War and
Adjutant General had hoped for a speedy ,
peaceable solution their eyes have from
the beginning of the negotiations been on
the other prospect as well , as evidenced
by the disposition to hurry more troops to
the Philippines as re-enforcements for
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Otis. The latter , it was firmly believed ,
would not allow himself to be led into any
trap , and the ruse to gain time , if such
was the case , seems to have failed.
Kent the Rebels.
Advices have been received from Manila
that Gen. Wheaton captured Santo Tomas
after a severe fight with the insurgents.
The insurgents were routed. The town
was nearly destroyed by fire. Lawton's
brigade has advanced toward Maasand ,
crossed the river and charged the enemy in
strong intrenchmeuts , driving him north
ward and inflicting considerable loss.
Both Wheaton and Hale of MacAr-
thur's division found the enemy in force ,
strongly intrenched and commanded by
Commander-in-Chief Luna , about four
miles smith of San Fernando. Hale on
the right , dislodged the enemy ; and
Wheaton , on the left , leading in person ,
made a brilliant charge , scattering Luna's
forces and inflicting great punishment.
Several officer ? and enlisted men were se
riously wounded.
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Gen. Lawton in his flanking expedition
to the northeast met some difficulties. The
chief of these is the inaccurate map ,
many roads on it not being in existence.
Gen. Otis finds it impossible to maintain
telegraphic communication with Gen.
Lawton. Small bands of the enemy cut
the wires as fast as the signal corps can
erect them.
Gen. Joe Wheeler will not go to the
Philippines. That has been definitely de ; i
cided. He will probably be placed in com
mand of the department of Texas , which
is to be revived.
A Spanish prisoner brought into the
American lines states that Gen. Hale's
brigade inflicted terrible losses on the Filipinos
pines during the fight at Quingua. He
says that more than 200 Filipinos were
killed in the fight.
The three brigadier generals who will
go to the Philippines are Gen. Fred
Grant , who is now on his way from Porto
Rico ; Gen. Bates , recently military gov
ernor of Santa Clara province , Cuba , and
Gen. S. M. B. Young.
Official dispatches from Manila say that
the Spanish garrison at Baler continues to
hold out against the insurgents. Gen.
Otis declined to accept the proposal of
Gen. liios to send Spanish troops to the
relief cf the beleaguered garrison. He
Jecided to send an American force to res
cue the Spaniards.
At Pulilan , a few miles east of Calum-
pit , Wheeler's troop of the Fourth cav
alry , while reconnoitering , encountered a
small body of insurgents , who failed to re
turn the fire of our soldiers. Instead they
raised a white flag , and in the parley
which followed explained that they had
strict orders to stop fighting pending the
negotiations for an armistice. The Amer
icans gave tkctn half an hour to get away