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W. XV. HANDKH.S, I'ulilltlier.
NEMAHA, NEHRASICA
THE WOULD AT LAJIGE.
Summary of tho Dally Wows.
WASHINGTON NOTKS.
Si'.citr-TAUY Ai.oki: hns drafted a bill
to create in time of war a second as
sistant secretary of war with a salary
of S-1,000.
Fiianci'.h AtfitA Ai.oi.it, the youngest
daughter of tho secretary of war. was
married on tho IHth to Charles II. I'lko,
of Chicago, at the residence of Kocro
tary Alger at Washington. 'J'hc com
pany present wms a distinguished one,
including tho president and Mrs. Mo
ld n ley.
SncitKTAiiv Ijono on tho 18th gave
out the Information that the battle
ship Oregon, about which there hns
been so much anxiety, had success
fully completed her long trip from
San' Francisco and was now safe, but
would not say where.
It was snid at Washington on tho
18th that tho president will Issue a
call for negro volunteers from tho
south, who can bo utilized for an
army of occupation In Cuba and Porto
Rico.
AiutANor.MMNTH aro being made by
tho quartermaster's department for a
slogo train to bo shipped to Cuba and
to follow in tho wake of tho invading
army. Tho train wilMo able to carry
50,000 pounds of artillery and will bo
used for supplies In tho bombardment
of Interior towns.
Conohkhs will not adjourn until the
result of tho war with .Spain is appar
ent. This statement was made on the
authority of a man close to the ad
ministration.
Tin: president on tho '20th nomi
nated Dr. Jefferson I. (iriillth, of Kan
sas City, Mo., to bo a chief surgeon in
tho army with rank of major.
Tin: navy department ul Washington
received news on tho '20th that the
Spanish Hoot was at Santiago do Cuba,
but a Madrid dispatch at midnight
stated that it had left there and gono
somewhere else.
Tin: navy department at Washington
on the 22d denied tho truth of tho pub
lished statement concerning a naval
engagement oil' Hayti In which l'J
ships were said to have been sunk.
Tun first application for a pension
growing out of tho present war lias
been made by tho widow and four
minor children of .lames Hoyle, who
was quartermaster on the Maine and
was killed when that vessel was blown
up by tho Spaniards In Havana harbor.
The application was made under the
act of 1800, known as tho dependent
pension act.
OKNKKAI. NKW.1
AN attempt was made by the Indl
anapolis and Kansas City teams to play
ball at Indianapolis, Iud., on the '-2d.
After two innings had been played all
tho members of both teams and the
umpire wore arrested. The Idea was
to make a test ease of tho Sunday law.
An accident to a train carrying tho
First regiment of Missouri volunteers
between Chattanooga, Tenn., and the
camp at Chickamauga occurred on tho
21st. George Walker, of company I),
was killed and four other privates woro
seriously Injured.
A si'KCiAi. to the Chicago Koeord
from Macon, (la., on the 22(1 stated
that the first expedition to Cuba had
started and the outlook was for a suc
cessful trip, tho transport Florida hav
ing loft Port Tampa with several hun
dred volunteer troops on board.
TliitF.i: mortgages wore filed on tho
'21st at tho United States court at
Muscogee, 1. T. They were given by
J. M. Daughorty, of Texas, to tho
Uruinni-Fluto company, of Kansas
City, Mo., to secure SlTl.tWO.-U) on Ull.iKW
head of cattle located in the Creek na
tion. The mortgages were the largest
chattel mortgages ever Hied at Musco
gee. C. h. Haki:u. president of tho Maker
carriage works at Dos Moines, ln.,hhot
himself twleo In tho mouth, dying nl
niostlnstantly. Financial troubles un
balanced him.
Tint one hundred and tenth session
of the general assembly of the Presby
terian church was recently in session
at Winona Lake, lud. Dr. Wallace
Radellll'o, of Washington, was elected
moderator.
Tin: Twentieth Kansas regiment of
volunteers, under tho command of
Lieut. Col. Little, reached Oakland, ,
across tho bay from San Francisco, on
tho evening of the '20th and went Into
camp at tho Hay district track tho next
tlay.
Ai.i, the newspaper correspondents
nt Tampa, Fla., have been notified
that in future all their dispatches
must bo placed in tho hands of Lieut.
Mlloy, of Gen. Shatter's stall', for ap
proval. Tho censorship will bo kept
In force until aftor tho invasion of
Cuba takes place, so as to keep tho
Spanish government in ignorance of
tho movements of the urmy.
HAKiuts of Chicago agreed toadvanco
tho prico of bread one cent a loaf, tho
change bolng from four to five cents
wholesale and live to six cents retail.
A eonsorvutlvo estimate places the
number of loaves of broad consumed
dally In Chicago at '200,000, bunco tho
uitvanco in prico means S'2,000 addi
tional dally expense to broad con
biimersof that city.
In a collision between a construe
Hon train and a sneoial on the Van-
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dalta on the -'1st near St. Louis fou
men were killed and several injured.
Patrick Fouh, of Oiuulin, Nob., a
Kttrvlvorof the Maine wreck, now on
tho Marblehead, who escaped from tho
Nebraska penitentiary while under a
15-year sentence, was pardoned on tho
21st by (Jov. Holeouib.
As a result of the explosion of pow
der at the Economical Smokeless Pow
der company near Hammond, Ind.
Arthur 10 llooth was killed, three
other employes were seriously Injured
and the main building totally wrecked.
It was believed that tho explosion was
not an accident, but was caused by
some suspicions characters that had
been seen near the works.
Dciiino a celebration at Lorain, O. ,
of the falsely reported naval victory
in which 12 of tho enemy's ships woro
said to have been sunk a hosu cart ran
over two men causing tholr deaths.
EmvAitl) IIkm.amv, the author and
humanitarian, died at his home in
Cliicopee Falls, Mass., recently, aged '10.
Tin: national convention of tho
Itrothcrhood of Locomotive Engineers
at St. Louis defeated by a vote of '205
to '200 the proposition to federate with
other railway labor organizations.
Aiiciiii: Siioi'.MAiuiit, a baker, was
jerked from a street car while round
ing a curve at Fiftli and Central
streets, Kansas City, Mo., and died
soon it f lor he was picked up.
Whim: chasing a pigeon with some
other boys at St. Louis, little ten-year-old
Willie Hawo passed a dangling
wire and caught bold of it. There was
a slzzlng sound and tho boy screamed
and spun round and round. L m ally
his two companions seized Ills coat and
pulled him away from the wire, buthe
fell down and was dead In a few min
utes. Fouit children were drowned in Fish
ing lake, a short distance above Now
Martinsville, W. Va. A party of nine
children attempted to cross the lake
in a "John bout" anil it oapsi.od with
tho above result.
A mo lire broke out at Dowit Snell's
wholesale grocery at Toledo, ()., and
raged for six hours on the 20th before
the firemen were able to get It under
control. The building adjoined the
Toledo ISlado and the newspaper plant
had a elose call. As It was, the dam
age by water made it impossible to
operate the newspaper plant for a week
or two. The loss on the grocery plant
was estimated nt SHOO, 0U0, the building
was wortli 50,000; all well insured.
Tin: fight at Syracuse, N. Y., on tho
'20th between Kid McCoy and tins Ituh
ling, the latter of Cleveland, resulted in
a victory for McCoy after '20 rounds.
Hktwt.bn 8.000 and 10,000 Spanish
troops were said on tho '20th to be em
barking at lhiroelonn, Spain, for the
Philippines.
Tiik cruiser Charleston, that sailed
on the 18th for Manila with ammuni
tion and supplies for Admiral Dewey,
was back at her berth at Mare island
Cal., the next day with her condensers
out of order. Tho accident was trivial,
but dipt. Glass concluded that it would
be better to return and secure tho
benefit of facilities than to repair the
damages at sea.
A dispatch to London from Mon
treal, Can., on tho 10th stated that
Senor Polo y llernabe had secured by
cable a coal depot near St. Pierre,
Miquelou, the French colony on the
south coast of Newfoundland, at
which the Cadiz squadron will coal
previous to attacking the Atlanticsea
board of the United States, while tho
Capo Verde squadron commanded by
Admiral Cervera draws oft the squad
rons commanded by Admiral Sampson
and Commodore Sohley.
A stuict censorship has been estab
lished at Tampa, Fla.. and absolutely
nothing pertaining to military or
naval movements from that port will
bo permitted to bo sent out. It was
Intimated that this censorship would
continue until after tho final move
ment of troops to Cuba had taken
pluce, It being the purpose of tho gov
ernment to keep the Spanish govern
ment In ignorance so far as possible of
our plans for tho invasion of Cuba.
Accoiini.vii to a Worcester, Mass..
dispatch the consolidation of ten of
the most prominent envelope compa
nies In the country, representing 00
percent of the output of commercial
envelopes, hns been elVeetcd. The
name of the consolidated company Is
the United States Envelope company.
The total capital U 87,000,000 and the
output 17,000,0(10 envelopes a day.
Nkootiationh looking to tho bring
ing about of peace between the United
States and Spain were said to be under
way, according to a Paris dispatch,
and the suggested terms will take
definite form in a short time. It was
reported that Spain was willing to
treat for peace if she is allowed to re
tain Porto Klco and tho Philippines,
allowing Cuba to go. It was further
stated that should tho United States
not agree to peace upon these terms,
Spain would bo satisfied with the re
tention of tho Philippines alone.
Union Wooi.ron, of the United States
circuit court at l)es Moines, la., ren
dered a decision, which will bo far
reaehlng In Its effects on the lowa pro
hibition law. The ease was that of a
browing company of St. Jjouia against
Van Vlcct, who lives at Pella, la., and
is engaged In the sale of beer contrary
to tho law. 1 ho action was on a note
given for the beer. Van Vleet set up
tho plea that tho note was uncollecta
bio because the sale was Illegal under
the law. Judge Woolsou held that thu
note was valid and a verdict against
Van Vleet for 0,000 was returned.
pissed
through the Golden Gate on tho morn-,
ing of the 2'2d, every steam vessel in
tho harbor saluting her by blowing
their whistles. The soldiers at tho
Presidio to the number of (5.000 gath-j
crcd on the beach and cheered the ves-1
sol bound with supplies for Admiral
Dewey at tho Philippine islands.
Uy the derailing of an Oakland, Cal.,
train a fireman and engineer lost their j
lives.
Font men wore crushed to death by
aeave-ln at the hematite ore mines
near Mayorsville, Pa.
KK.voit Capdkpon'. the minister of tho
Interior, declared in an interview that
the new Spanish cabinet would prose
cute the war to the bitter end and pre
ferred defeat to disgrace.
Ax epidemic of measles and pnou
monia, It was reported on the 22d, had
broken out in tin Fifth regiment of
Missouri volunteers at .leirorsoii bar
racks, St. Louis, tho result of drench
ing from recent rains.
A toknado struck Havcnna, Tex., on
the night of the 21st, blowing down 11
barns, ten dwellings and two churches.
Near Ivanhoo Capt. Duproo was killed
by the storm and his house wrecked
and at Clarksvlllo a negro was killed
and II people were Injured. Many
horses and mules were killed and much
damage done in the lied river district.
Wai.tku S. I.AUKKit, who was the
American consul at Sagua la Grande,
Cuba, it is understood, is to bo com
missioned as colonel of an immune
regiment to bo sent to Cuba with thu
first invading party. In addition to
commanding a regiment, Mr. Darker
is to be placed in charge of all the
supplies to bo distributed among tho
reconcentrados.
Ohcau DcAlttNd, an engineer of tho
Terminal railroad at St. Louis, was
caught beneath the wreckage of fivo
flat cars, which lie was drawing across
tho bridge to Fast St. Louis, and
fatally mutilated. The cars jumped
tho track.
Nr.ws of u terrible snowslide down
the Valdes glacier, in Dritish Colum
bia, was recently received. Fully lot)
persons were eaught by the avalanche
and buried alive. Many were rescued,
however, but probably '20 lives were
lost.
.1. P. Ilocsro.v, deputy postmaster at
Union City. Ok., who, for four years
after tho death of Isaac Cooper, an
old ex-Illinois soldier, impersonated
in in ana regularly drew ins pension,
was convicted of perjury and sentenced
to live years In the penitentiary.
Ovcit two score of lives were lost and
thousands of dollars' worth of property
was destroyed by a tornado which
swept Clinton and Jackson counties,
la., on the 1SI.1i. Telegraph facili
ties woro paralyzed and tho details
were meager. At Preston fivo persons
were reported dead, at Quigley two, at
Itlggs station two, at Stanwood two
and Delmar Junction two. The storm
passed over into Illinois and at Sa
vannah lu that state four persons were
killed, atSkillman Valley four, at Ade
line two, at liyron one and at Pawpaw
one. Deaths occurred at other places.
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHERS.
Qkn. Lacih:t, with his battalion ol
Cubans, S.000 stands of arms, a number
of rapid-fire guns, trains of pack mules
and a large cargo of assorted ammuni
tion, has landed from the Florida on
the island of Cuba. A report to this
effect has been received at Washing
ton. The censorship was so effective
that it was not known for three days
that tho Florida had sailed from
Tampa, Fla.
IIkmoiias, tho two-year-old, has been
sold to II. Eugene Leigh for 510,000. a
Chicago dispatch stated. The horse
has been racing under tho colors of
George II. Whitney.
A ivr.Y Wi:sr special to New York
stated the Cubans were lighting their
way to the coast where they will join
with our forces of invasion. Three hun
dred Cubans engaged a squad of Span
ish cavalry recently 15 miles west of
Matanzas. The battle was fiercely
waged in sight of the ships on the
blockade squadron.
Tin: war revenue measure was again
debated in the senate on the 2l5d. A
bill was introduced by Senator Chand
ler giving the president greater power
for retiring army and navy officers
and making appointments according
to his discretion without regard to
seniority. Two bills of minor impor
tance aiiecting the volunteers were
passed by the house.
ItnpoHTs from more than a dozen
counties in north Texas stated that
the wheat crop had been half destroyed
by a tornado und the rains which fol
lowed. Other grain crops had also
suffered.
A dispatch from St. Louis on tho '23d
stated thai the deal for the consolida
tion of the plug tobacco factories in
tho United States had fallen through.
A lad named Henry Garner died
from Injuries received from being
thrown or falling from u freight train
at Reeves, Tenn.. and accused Joe
Mitchell, a negro brakenian, in an
ante-mortem statement, as being tho
cause of his death. Mitchell was
locked up In tho village calaboose, but
a mob took him out and hanged him
in tho woods and then perforated his
body with bullets.
SnvnitAi. persons were reported
killed in the section around Menu,
Ark., by a destructive rain and hail
storm on tho 2iid. The railroads suf
fered from washouts.
Tun opera house, masonic building
and several other places atTexarkana,
Ark., were destroyed by firo on tho
sad.
Tin, ci.iser (lmrlcstoi
MUST DEFEND HER "HONOR."
SpmiUli MlnUtrr Hiiyn In ThU War Wcnli-
iicm unit Poverty Aro Pitted Ai-iilint
Stri'imtli unit Wi'iiltli.
Maduid, May 2:!. Senor Capdopon,
minister of tho interior, hasdenied, in
tho course of an Interview, that tho
change in the ministry would Involvo
any alteration In tho foreign policy of
Spain, all ho new ministers being in
favor of prosecuting the war to the
end with tho utmost energy. Ho says:
Spain went perilously nciir sucrlllciiitr her
honor In the Interest of pence, only inuklntf n
stnixl when further concessions would have In
volved her tllsKnicu ami elTnecmcnt us u nation.
This sho will nover do. and In this rcsolvo the
now cahluet Is as thoroughly determined as the
old. The new cabinet entertains no illusion.
It Is aware that weakness and poverty
are opposed to strength and wealth, but
Spain Is In tho position of a duelist bound
to defend his honor iitfiiliist tho tfross Insults of
u more powerful antagonist, who, although ho
Is convinced that tho result Is almost certain
death, yet feels the force of tho principle of
noblesMsobllKO. Spain prefers a possible do
feat to a crrtiiln dlsitraec. Ministers know that
tho moral sympathies of tho powers aro with
Spain and that, while hesltatlni; to undertake
the responsibility for action which might lead
to a greater war. thev may eventually inter
vene from motives of self-interest and public
polity on behalf of Spain.
firs'FTension'claim.
Tim Widow of ilitmi'H Doyle, Who Watt
Killed mi tho .Maine, Kill's a Claim
Under the Aet of 1H1M).
Washington, May '2:5. The first pa
plication for a pension growing out of
the present war has been received. It
is made for tho benefit of tho widow
and four minor children of James
Hoyle, who was killed on the battle
ship Maine last February in Havana
harbor, when that splendid vessel was
blown up by the Spaniards. The ap
plication is made under theactof 1890,
known as the dependent pension law,
and It is expected that Mrs. 1'oylo will
get at least 1'2 a month and not less
than S2 a month will go to each of her
four children. She is penniless now.
INI ward lli'lluiiiy Dead.
I Si'itiNfirini.D, Mass., May '2.'5. -Ed-I
ward Dellamy, author and humanita
I rian, is dead at his home In Cliicopee
I Falls, in the 10th year of his age. Mr.
j liellamy has been in feeble health over
I since he finished his "Equality," some
i eight months ago. It was in 1SSS that
his famous book, "Looking P.aekward,"
was published, the sale of which up to
tho present time is over 150,000 copies
in America and probably over 500,000
copies have been sold In England and
j. other foreign eountrics.
Mniillii llUliopn Aro IllttiT.
London. May '23. A dispatch to tho
Daily Mail from Hong Kong says:
Spaniards in Hong Kong and at Ma
nila openly boast that a licet of war
ships Is on the way to the Philippines
and the bishops have issued pastorals
to the effect that "Spain and God are
preparing to cut out these social ex
crescences from America." The pas
torals urge the people to give no quar
ter and they ascribe Admiral Dcwey'n
humanity in refusing to bombard Ma
nila as due to fear.
For Saiiiimon and Downy.
Ri:adino, Pa., May '2:;. On a rush
telegram from Washington, the Car
penter steel works sent 150 13-inch
projectiles destined for Sampson's
fleet. These weigh 1,200 pounds each
and will go through anything Spanish
alloat. Over 800 projectiles of some
what smaller size are on hand and
they go to Sun Francisco for Admiral
Dewey, at Manila. The l.'t-inch pro
jectiles aro popularly known as "Mc
kinley's peacemakers."
.IIiiiiv Kllli'il in it .storm.
Favktti:vii.t.i:, Ark., May 23. A tor
nado passed through the fruit belt of
the Ozark region, spending its force in
tho White river valley. At Elm
Springs great property damage was
done and one man was killed. Two
miles enst Farmer Killingsworth and
his wife were killed. The house of an
Italian was also wrecked and the en
tiro family killed. Near Fort Smith a
Mrs. Nesbltt died from fright.
Wounded .siilillnrx Itiilni; Cured Tor.
Washington. May '2:!. The secretary
of war received word from Gen. Hrooko
confirming the report of tho accident
at Chickamauga to a train carrying
Missouri volunteers. He stated that
one man was killed and four injured
and that the remains of the one killed
have been sent to his friends in Mis
souri, lie also said that the Injured
men were being cared for At the hos
pital. I.nri;ii Ann Siibmnrui'd.
Qdincv, 111., May 23. Tho break in
the Crow levee, in the Indlau district,
has caused the spreading waters to
cover an area of nearly lfi.OOO acres of
farming lands and on part of them tho
water is three feet deep. It is esti
mated that about r,000 or 0,000 acres of
wheat is submerged and It probably
will be a total loss.
MlNHiiurl C. A. IC. OlllocrH.
Cautiiacii:, Mo., May 22. Offices of
the state G. A. 11. were idected at tho
encampment hero as follows: A. G,
Peterson, St. Louis, commander; W. F.
Henry, Kansas City, senior vice com
mander; Capt. Tattle, Carthage, junior
vice commander; I'ov. Ferrell, Tina,
chaplain.
Sontliorn Mrtliodlst Killtorri.
Hai.timoui:, Md., May 2:1. At tho
general conference of tho M. E. church
south yesterday lie v. II. M. Dubose, of
Jackson, Miss., was chosen editor of
the Epworth Herald, and How J. J.
Tlgcrt, of Nashville, Tenn., was re
elected editor of the Methodist Review.
Lecture of n Novelist.
A well-known novelist delivered a lecture
recently in .which he tend selections from
his own woiks. His reputation and the so
ciety that engaged him brought together tin
audience composed of the best people of the
neighborhood. After the lecture, when
people met, it was the proper tiling for one
to ask the other: ... , , ,,
"Were you nt the lecture?" And the
answer in'overy case: ..,.,,.,
"Oh, yes! I was there, but I didn't hear
a wo i
d. Did vou hear the lectin c(
Well, no! 1 was there, but I couldn't.
hear, cither. ,.
A friend who met the novelist a few dayp
after his visit to the suburban town asked
him what kind of audience he had, and how
he liked the town. .,.,,,
"It's n fine place,' was the reply, "and I'
had the most attentive audience that I have
ever spoken to. No one made n sound, and
I did not have to raiae my voice above at
whisper." Philadelphia Press.
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MIIIw of lfjirc In PiimIiIoiuiIiIc Kestnu--runts.
The qiicstk n has been mooted over and
over again whether the eiigiaftingof French
and German dishes upon the hill of fare of
the better class of Anieiican iestaiitniits is
or is not an improvement. Many pretend
that before their introduction our cooking
was coarse, barbaric. This is an open ques
tion, but no bill of fare pieents atti actions
to the dyspeptic, but they, like the bilious,
malarious and persons with weak kidneys,
can he cured by 1 lostetter's Stomach Hitters.
Ux'iertn.
Lamb I suppose you enjoy a game of
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Wolf I enjoy playing with a man w
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those political rogues we hear so much nbout,
papa? "They aie always in the opposing
party, my son. "Detroit Free Press.
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mote interesting is the announcement of her
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