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'MX' 7aha>HU»two©». ^ Retard Siocivon.N j jwiiWd»n, P*. yj Reduced from the Original by Photographic Reproducing Process. The Torts of TaRu, China• Scene of an Episode Just 41 years Ago. The Taku forts, occupied by the in ternational forces, just forty-one years ago were the scene of an episode which gave the world that famous phrase, “Blood is thicker than water.” ) A British fleet of eleven small gun boats, under Admiral Hope, was en gaged in asi assault on the mud bat teries lust inside the Pei-ho river bar on June 25, 1859, when the tide went down and left them helpless in the mud under the fire of the Chinese smoothbores. Capt. Tatnall, the flag officer com manding the United States China squadron, which was anchored off the bar, nominally guarding American in terests, perceiving the plight of the British Admiral, lowered his barge and with his flag lieutenant and twenty men rowed up the river to show the Englishman how to point his guns. The flag lieutoaant, Stephen Decatur Trenchard, was badly wounded and one man in the barge was killed in passing through the fire from the forts. Once on board, however, the British guns were so well served by the Amer icans that the forts were silenced and Tatnall himself piloted the gunboats by a cha?nnel he had discovered until they found the protection of the fleet outside. Tatnall's action was regarded by the authorities at Washington as tanta mount to disobedience of orders, as he had bean strongly cautioned by his government to preserve neutrality and limit his activity solely to the protec tion of Americans. He was detached from command and brought home, and did not serve on an American ship thereafter. • From carefully prepared information at the war department, the Chiinese ^army, called the “Eight Banners,” nominally contains about 300,000 de scendants of the Manchu conquerors and their allies, says the Tribune’s Washington correspondent. The num ber maintained on a war footing is from 80,000 to 100,000. The whole force is subdivided into three groups, con sisting respectively of Manchus, Mon gols and Chinese, and forms a sort of hereditary profession, within which intermarriage is compulsory. About 37.000 are stationed in garrisons in Manchuria; the imperial guard at Pe kin contains from 6,000 to 7,000, and these are the troops that were expected to defend the foreign legations and protect foreign interests from the mobs. The Ying Ping, or national army, is called also the "Green Flags” and “The Five Camps.” This army con sists of eighteen corps, one for each province under the governor or gov ernor-general. The nominal strength is from 540,000 to 660,000 men, of whom about 200,000 are available for war. never more than one-third being called out. The most important contingent is the Tientsin army corps, nominally 100.000 strong, really about 35,000, with modern organization, drill and arms, employed in garrison duty at Tientsin, and at Taku and other forts. Besides these forces there are mer cenary troops raised in emergencies, and Mongolian and other irregular cavalry, nominally 200,000 strong, real ly about 20,000, but of no military val ue. The total land army on peace footing is put at 300,000 men and on war footing at about 1,000,000, but the army as a whole has no unity or co hesion; there is no proper discipline, the drill is mere physical exercise, the I weapons are long since obsolete and there Is no transport commissariat or medical service. WHO J^£V. LEVJl The Rev. Dr. Edgar M. Levy of Phil adelphia, who made the opening prayer at the Republican convention at Philadelphia, also officiated in a similar capacity at the first republican convention which was held at Phil adelphia in 1856, and at which con vention Fremont was nominated for president and Dayton for vice president. In his letter of V ^ ^ 1 WHO REV. LEVY IS. invitation Chairman Hanna noted the fact that the first prayer ever offered for the success of the republican party was made in Philadelphia on June 19, 1856, by Dr. Levy, and declared it par ticularly appropriate that forty-six years later to a day the same clergy man should again officiate. It’s surprising how full life is of con trasts. You are so good, you ktfiow, aud other people are so very bad. Brigadier-General Alejandro Rodri guez, who has been elected mayor of Havana, polling 13,073 votes, against 0,034 cast for Senor Estrada Mora, was one of the first to join the insurgent forces after the landing of Gen. Go mez in Cuba. He is the husband of Senora Lola Rodriguez, who became famous through the persecutions and indignities heaped upon her by Gen. Weyler. Both had discussed the Join ing of the insurgent forces previous to Gomez's landing, and fully weighed the possible consequences. Gen. Rodri guez was for Cuba, and his wife was with him In thought and feeling and bade him godspeed. Gen. Rodriguez is the leader of the n a t i onalist party, composed of the revotion ists and those of anti - Ame r I c a n sentiments. This party. In Havana as well as through-^ out Cuba, is nu-'< merica 11 v far stronger than the Mayor Rodriguez, democratic party, which is composed of those who formerly w’ere autono mists, separatists and conservatives. Like all the candidates named by the nationalists, Gen. Rodriguez held no office, and in a measure the contest was one between the ins and outs. For Bad Bon and Girl*. The report of the educational coun cil of the Iowa State Teachers’ asso ciation answers the question: “What shall be done with incorrigible and neglected children?” It makes recom mendations that are along the usual lines, but they are interesting, as they form a summary of all the generally approved suggestions for the improve ment of this class of the population. The council urges the general strengthening of the parental respon sibility and of the discipline of the home. The schools should emphasize those subjects and methods that tend to strengthen character, and give more place to music, art, literature, history, manual training and gymnastics. Indians and Cowboys to Hix Up on tbe Glorious Fourth. MORE THAN 4,000 TO PARTICIPATE Chlaf Red Cioad to Command Fire Hun dred of HI* Braves In Sham Battle To gether With Many Other Troope and Tribes. CHADRON, Neb., June 25.—The committee in charge of the Fourth of July celebration at this place has ar ranged for the entertainment of the public in grand style. The moat novel feature of the celebration will be a sham battle between 2,500 Sioux In dian and 2.000 cowboys. The Sioux will come from the Pine Ridge agency and the cowboy brigade wlU be com posed of old-time riders, who used to ride the ranges in the early days of this country. The battle has been ar ranged through the personal efforts of Colonel W. F. Hayward, who has just returned from a visit to the res ervation. The plan is for the Sioux to make a sham attack on the city at daybreak, armed with their rifles and belts full of blank loads, the town to be defended by the cow punches, in charge of Colonel Jay L. Torrey, who was colonel of a regiment of rough riders in the Cuban war. The colonel is proprietor of a ranch in the Big florn mountains, and has been invited to come with as many of his old com mand as possible, and take charge of the defense. Tho cow punchers will be mounted and armed with carbines and six-shooters, with double rounds of blank cartridges. The Indians are quite friendly and peaceable, some of them being half and quarterbreeds, and most of them speak the English language, so no real danger from them is apprehended. They will come over the day before and camp outside the city limits the night of July 3, which they will spend in dancing war dances and singing war songs, accompnnied by the squaws. Excursion trains and special rates are being arranged for from all di rections, and the time of arrival will be such that visitors will arrive in time to witness this novel event. The battle will be of greater interest when it is remembered that Chief Red Cloud, the greatest living Indian chief, will lead with 500 braves from his district, and will be supported by Chief American Horse, who has in his command a great many of the Wound ed Knee warriors and some who were in the Custer massacre. There seems to be no doubt that the battle will appear real, and every precaution will be taken to avert any possible danger. Two Licenses for One Conple. TABLE ROCK, Neb., June 25.— There was quite a romantic runaway marriage here, or rather at Pawnee City. Mr. William Holman Jennings of Lincoln, who formerly practiced law here, being the groom and Miss Addie Shaw Lyman, w-ho nas lived here since a child, being the bride. Mr. Jennings came down here Thursday night, -with a marriage license securely hid in his inside pocket, which he had procured that day from the county Judge of Lan caster county. Finding an irate fath er, with the aid of friends a swift team was procured and the couple drove to Pawnee City, where another license wras procured and the couple made one. The Lancaster county doc ument he too* back with him to Lin coln. Arriving home and driving up to the residence of the bride they were not permitted to enter and took their dinner at the house of a mutual friend. They took the afternoon train for Lincoln, their future home. The bride is the daughter of W. G. Ly man of this place and the groom is a nephew of Captain R. P. Jennings. Re-Establish Blair Road. WEST POINT, Neb., June 25—The county board of supervisors has de cided to re-establish the boundaries of the historic “Blair road” within the confines of this county. This is one of the oldest established roads in the state and runs in a diagonal direction from the southeast corner of the coun ty to the city of West Point, thereby saving the farmers living along the route a considerable distance to the county seat. It was established by a special act of the legislature on Feb ruary 15, 1869, but the records of that body being Inaccessible to the people of this county heretofore the fact was denied and the road allowed to fall into disuse. Old Scttlui of Sarpy. PAPILLION, Neb., June 25.—The old settlers of Sarpy county held a pic nic at Howard’s grove Saturday after noon. John I. Goss of Bellevue was speaker of the day. Fully 500 people from the surrounding country were present. The Papillion band furnished music for the occasion. Seven Year Sen ence. CLAY CENTER, Neb., June 25.—An adjourned session of the district court is being held here, with Judge Stubbs E residing. The man Nelson, who roke jail here two years ago, and was brought back by Sheriff Secord last week from Carthage, Mo., was arraign ed in court and pleaded guilty to burg lary, receiving a sentence of seven years in the pen. Street Fair Preparation*. NORTH PLATTE, Neb., June 25.— The first meeting of the street fair executive committee was held at the Commercial club rooms. Officers were selected and the chairman of several subcommittees appointed. Tiie unan mous sentiment of the committee was that no time should be lost in getting ready for the fair and preparations will begin at once. The officers of the executive committee are: Chairman, John Bratt; vice chairman, V.. R, Me Keen; secretary, W. H. McDonald; as sistant secretary, Butler Buchanan; treasurer, W. A. Vollmer. FARMERS TURN THE RIVER. mJ*. '.- ... y thirty-two Armed Farmer* Take Twenty Square Mile* From Nebraska. JACkSdN, Neb., June 23.—An armed band of South Dakota farmers waa on guard yesterday while a channel waa cut through Rinlnger’s neck, or as It is known on the maps, Bruighers Bend. South Dakota swooped down on Ne braska, switched the channel of the Missouri and now 200 Nebraskans are on an island in South Dakota made up of about 12,000 acres of the best farming land in- the world, which has heretofore been the domain of the Antelope state. Intense excitement prevails over the affair, but it has been a bloodless war so far. The men who formed the in vading army are well known and un disguised, so arrests will follow at once. At present South Dakota is victor ious and has forcibly annexed twenty square miles of fertile Nebraska soil. Five miles north of Jackson the Missouri makes its big bend across Renlnger’s neck. It is but eighty feet wide, while the river must flow fifteen miles around. The farmers on the Dakota side have lost hundreds of acres of fine farms and for two years have made vigorous night efforts to cut the channel through at the neck. Within ten days twice has a ditch been cut across and again filled up. Thursday night at 9 o’clock thirty two husky Dakota farmers all heavily armed and equipped with dynamite and Intrenching tools, crossed the * river and by working all night opened a ditch twenty feet wide and fourteen feet deep. All this forenoon a strict guard was maintained and no one save one farm er going for medicine was allowed to cross. A rapid stream was crossing through, which is eighty feet had a fall of eight feet. The heavy gumbo soil, twenty feet in thickness prevented fast cutting. Across the raging waters seventeen heavily armed men were oa guard, while over the river in Dakota were fifteen more. A half hour later they embarked in boats and rapidly rowed away. Another half hour and the rrlghtened neighboring farmers began to gather while Sheriff Sides and Constable Daley, heavily armed, came too late to make any arrests. From the wil lows of the adjacent Dakota shore and distant row boats the Dakotans kept strict watch, though but one shot was fired. A vigorous effort was made.to fill the channel with trees, rocks, brush and dirt, but with the force of Niagara all were swept away. Considerable fear is entertained lest there be exceedingly high water at Sioux City. No suffering will come to those on the newly made island, as all the farmers were heavily provi- Vi sioned for just such an emergency. Their successful attempt recalls a similar night raid by Nebraska Ger man farmers eighteen years ago, when their farms were being washed away at night. They cut a channel across Sioux Point in Dakota, forming Mc Cook lake and shifting the channel to eight miles of Daktoa shore, where K still remains. t What results the present serious change in the channel will effect are unknown. Some predict dire harm, while others think benefit will accrue. Thus far the war has been bloodless, though many threats have heen made. The leading conspirators are Known and arrests will speedily follow, and tonight some 200 of Nebraska best cit izens are South Dakotans by conquest. Incendiaries at West Point. WEST POINT, Neb., June 2&—The old frame livery barn which w. s re cently moved to make room to' a brick stable on Main street, the prop erty of Julius Thiele, was destroyed by fire last night. The incendiary was seen by a citizen escaping from the barnyard a few minutes before the fire started, but was not recognized. West Point has one or more firebugs, whose hobby seems to be the burning of barns and warehouses, no attempts as yet having’ been made to fire dwelling houses. The citizens have organized themselves into a vigilance committee for the detection of the perpetrators of these outrages and are prepared to make if very warm for the guilty party if caught. Bridegroom moot! With Accident. OSCEOLA, Neb., June 23—Rev. Fria- a by L. Rasp of Atchison, Mo., tv lio came here to be married to Miss Alice Junes of this place, met with a severe acci dent while riding from the court house, where he had procured the marriage license. He was driving a team of spirited horses, which became fright ened and ran away. Rasp was thrown out and his right leg broken below the knee. He also sustained other injur ies of less serious qgture. ? --— ! * ■*! Large Crowd at Chautauqua. BEATRICE, Neb., June 23.—A large attendance is reported at the Chautau qua and many visitors from around the state are coming in to go into camp during the session. John Dewitt Miller was the main attraction and today Prof. Riddell and the Wesleyan quartet will be the principal enter tainers. Hotel Changes Hands. CHADRON, Neb., June 23.—A real estate transfer of considerable import ance has occurred here. The large Blaine hotel, which has been managed for a number of years by E. D. Satter lee, passed into the bands of Fred Rust. Boy Found Unconscious. PLATTSMOUTH, Neb., June 23—A young lad named Mateer, nephew of Sam Henderson, was found living on the sidewalk near the Second ward school building in an unconscious con