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THK NErtS. F-taMshrd Nov. 5. !!!. THK tH KALI!, i'.KiHhiishrit A prll f t Consolidated Jan. 1, 195. PLATTSMOUTH, NEB.. AUGUST!1 II. 1S99. VOL. VIII. NO. 78. FILIPINOS DEFEATED Commaoder Otis Confirms the Re port of a Severe Battle at San pernando. They Participate In trje Sharpest Engagements of the De cisive Struggle. Al anila, Au'. 9.-7:10 p. m. Oe t tili of General MacArthur's advance beyond San Fernando showed that the Americana covered five miles at the first tivo hours and at 2 o'clock had ad vanced six miles felon? tne railway, stretching on each side of it for two miles and resting at night throe miies from Angeles, which will be made the northern base of ojeratiori3 instead of San Fernando, where a garrison of 000 men had been left. The Filipinos were surprised, expecting' the American forces to move against Tico. They followed iheir usual tactics of holding their trenches until they became too warm and then retreating iu disorder. They are now falling back westward toward I'oric The Twelfth and Seventeenth regi ments had the sharpest engagements. The country our troops passed over is covered with rice fields and bamboo thicket, the hardest possible ground for matching. The mud in places was knee deep. liep'Tts from rebel sources say 1-50 Filipinos were killed in General Hall's engagement al Lulnmna and in the j The American loss in the fighting about San Fernando at 3 o'clock was known to be eight men killed and twenty-six wounded. The loss may j.osr-ib'y exceed thee figures, as the line is live miles long and it is impos sible at thi hour to hear from every oii: l. Multlug For the Artillery. Oir troon-' are now about Angeles, wnilitt!' for Ui- artillery, which has the ji-r:ttt".i aiftieulty in moving owing t tin' w i-t ground . ' attack ws oi0ned at .ri o'clock in tior iiiiriiing, a ha'tery of the First, artill.TV i-lieliing I'.HCoioron the left. Siniuii.fio.itily lw-!l's Thirty-sixth in fantry r-trm-k it.u-olor from the rear and drove tlif rebels out. Armored rurs, f.u-U with a ix-ouiider and two G .it ling revolving cannon on board, or inoiiiitfd on the railroad track in the e-ntT of cur hue-. SH)n after ward tin -? guns did rharp execution. Hattery M of the Third artillery and I nif-n of iht Iowa regiment made a f. int timanl Mexico, while the main body of troops, consisting of the Iowa regiment, the Seventeenth regi ment and a battalion of the Twenty-s-con) under General Wbeaton, on tbe right, .ind the Ninth regiment. Twelfth regiment and Hell's regi ment, unilfr G.-neral Lircum, on the left, advanced i-texdily, pouring their (ire into the reb.l and receiving a heavy tire in return. The reVw-U wer well protected by trenches and seemed not to lack am munition. Hut they were unable to withstand for i.y leugtn of time the 'nail of shot our artillery and infantry toured in on them and retreated, leav 1DT de.id and wounded on the field. A dz?n prisoners were captured by our troops. The rejMjrts indicate that the Ninth infantry suffered the most, though the ciu-u ilties of all the regiments are not yet re tor ted. Ttie weather was extremely hot and our troop- sutTered greatly. Hut there wa- n faltering. A company of the sixteenth regi ment went to the relief of Bell's regi ment this afternoon. The firing, except at isolated poinU, had ce-ised by 10 o'clock. Out After Angeles Angeles is one of the richest towns corth of Manila and is considered to be a better base of operations than San Fernando. The forces at San Fernando consisted of the Iowa regi ment, the Seventeenth regiment, the Ninth regiment, the Twelfth regi ment, Beit's new Thirty -rixth regi-' meut, a battalion of the Sixteenth; regiment. Troop E of the Fourth cav- airy and fifteen guns. j The movement had been planned for ! i . j , i i : . some lirue, rvii. was utujcu ujr mms. Fma.iy. two d ys ul sunshine dried the rice field? rutlicicntly to permit of ; the attempt. t... ; K-d lonT i, lit: a Lkl I IV, . l C J." 'ca w lieen unpleasant. The rebels almost surrounded the town and fired neirly nightly into it, the Americans not re plying except on extreme provocation. It was necessary to keep -500 or 600 men on outpost duty constant'y. Captain Deems, with a provost guard, last night captured a noted Filipino faKir with several aliases, who byl means of ventriloquism had persuaded the natives that he has supernatural powers. He raised much money, ostensibly for the insurrection, wtiicL. he kept for himself. Our sol diers -urrounded his house and cor ralled thirty Filipinos. Many others escaped. The troops also captured Immanuel, as the fakir is genera'lv "ftt'own, has been predicting the fall of Manila. His "prophecies" have created excitement among the natives who believed him. OtU Confirm! Report. VTASHTSGTOX, Aug. 9. General Otis confirms the report of a battle at San Fernando in the following cable gram: Manila, Aug. 8. Adjutant General, Washington: MacArthur with 4,000 men attacked insurgent army 6,000 strong concentrated around San Fer nando at 5:15 this morning. At 10 o'clock a. m. bad driven it five miles in the direction of Angeles. Casual ties few. Attack ordered for 7th in stant, rain did not permit movement. Railway from Angeles north badly washed by unprecedented floods ol last six weeks, beyond ability of in surgents to repair. Ons. TEXAN KILLED AT MANITOU. Prominent Cotton Merchant Meet Death In Encounter With Walters. COLORADO SfRINGS, Colo., Aug. 10 Gus McKemie, a prominent cotton merchant and a member of the school board of Gainsville, Tex., was killed in a row with hotel waiters at the Bar ker hotel at Manitou this noon George Groves, the head waiter, had remonstrated with Mrs. McKemie for insisting on entering the dining room before it was ready for the guests He was later insulting to Mrs. Mc Remie and an apology was demanded. When Groves 6aid he did not consider any apology due Mr. McKemie struck: at him with a cane. Groves grappled with McKem'e and a great throng of waiters and guests gathered, Mr. Mc Kemie being wounded in the melee on the left side of the head, which proved fatal in about forty-five minutes. A number of people saw George Me Cormick, one of the waiters, with a decanter in his hand and he was put under arrest, charged with the mur der. He was brought to this city im mediately after being placed under arrest, because the feeling of the thousands of southern people in Mani tou was running high and a lynching was feared. Ex-Governor Hogg was present at the inquest, which is being held at the Darker hotel and as he gave the coroner to understand that it would not bo safe to allow the pris oner to be brought to Mauitou tonight, the continuaneo of the inquest was or dered until tomorrow morning. The body of McKemio was taken back to Texas tonight. RECITE HEARTRENDING TALES. Krlarnrd I'urty of tioM Seekers Relate Harrowing Stories. Wuankl, Alaska, Aug. 0. (Via Seattle, Wash.) The Stiekeon river; steamer Strathcona arrived here to day with thirty survivors of the Ed monton trail. The unfortunates tell heartrending stories of hardships endured, com rades lost and abandoned and strongly denounce the trading and transport companies, as well ns the Canadian officials and newspapers that 90 pro fusely advertised this route as a feas ible one to the Klondike gold fields. To ootward appoarances the men cer tainly give evidence of the awful suf fering undergone since leaving Ed monton, eighteen months ago. Most of them are sickly looking, with un kempt beards and greasy cicthes pictures of physical and finacial wreck. Several are gray and bear the mirks of scurvy. A few have just enough money to reach Seattle or Victoria, but the ma jority are without funds. The citi zens of Wrangle have applied to the United States government at Wash ington, but up to this date no aid has been received. There are about twenty-five destUute miners here. Many had narrow escapes from starva tion a'one the trail from Fort Simp son to Mud river and Fort Laird. A. j H. Tiger aod party lived on squirrels j and bacjn for nearly two weeks. HER FIGHT FOR HER TREES. Great Aid to Formt Preservation A Woman' Effort. Mrs. W. S. De Camp owned a tract ! of land on Moose river in the Adiron j dack region through which the lum bermen wished to Coat logs from the forests above, says the Utlea Observer. To make the stream capable of floating logs it was dammed below and the backing cf the water was of great dam age and annoyance to Mrs. De Camp. ! It killed the timber on her land and i destroyed the natural stream. She j went to the courts and after indefinite litigation secured an Injunction that prohibited driving log3 through her property. Then the lumbermen went o the legislature and secured an act designating Moose river as a highway for the purpose of floating logs. The constitutionality of this law was promptly attacked by Mrs. De Camp and tne court or Appeals has sus tained her contention. The decision halts lumbermen In their campaign of destruction against the Adirondack forests. The decision declares uncon stitutional every law making Adiron dack streams public highways for the Coating of logs. It protects the forests by prohibiting the lumbermen from trampling all rights under foot in th pursuit of the logging business. It saves the streams for the fishermen and pats an end to the destruction of forests caused by damming streams. It is the most Important aid to forest preservation that has been receive for years. When you want to smokn a 10-cent cigar try Otto WurlVSilver Wreath" union made you can find n ter on the market. HAIL fflHlWJjMISB CROPS. Northern Minnesota and North - DaKota Are Stridden By Rain and tia. Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Acres Reported to hfave Been Swept. St. Paul. Aug. 10. A Fargo, N. D., special to the Pioneer Press says: Two million bushels of wheat are esti mated to have been lost in today's hailstorm, which partially destroyed the crop on nearly 250.OJ0 acres or land in the state. Farmers who were busily engaged this morning in taking in wheat were driven .to their barns for shelter and afterward found it un necessary to take the binders back to the fields, as the grain had been har vested by bail in a few brief moments. Just before 11 o'clock the storm struck the northern part of Cass and southern part of Traill counties. In addition to a big area over which hail fell thickly heavy wind and rainstorms completed the destruction of thous ands of acres of grain on either side of the center of the path of the ha'l storm. Covering an area fifteen miles north and south between Argus ville and Gardner, in Cass, to Kelso, in Traill, and on cast and west territory ranging from five miles wide on the south to fifteen or twenty miles on the north the country is practically do vasted. Losses are estimated all the way from 50 o 100 per cent of the crop. Loaa of I'robably Fifty Fer Cent. The acreage in Cass and Trai'.l counties is placed at Trom 100,000 to 200,000 acres. Many conservative es timators say that 50 per cent of the crop of l2o,(HK acres is not too large a figure for the destruction in Cass and j Traill. In the northern part of the county tho storm seems to have begun as far west as Erie and Galesburg and gone directly east on the county line lietween Ca.-s and Traill to lied river and then over into Minne.-ota The hail was apparently heaviest along this line and crops on big farms like the Grandins and Stanfords, near Celso, were completely wiped out. The destruction is so complete in m iny parts of the devastated terri tory that no effort will be made to harvest what is left. As an indica tion of the lot-, G. II. Knight tele phoned in from his farm at (irandin tating that he had cut 20 acres be fore the storm and tomorrow would start his plows to summer fallow the other 1,000 acres of his farm. A 50 per cent loss from hail almost equals a total loss, as what is left rarely pays for the harvesting and thret-hiog. The storm swept east from North Da kota into Minnesota and. telegrams from Ilalstead and Hendrum report terrible destruction. The lowet esti mate of the loss in that vicinity has reen placed at 50,0tt0 acres. In all the storm-tricken section insurance men assert that less than 5 per cent of the acreage was covered by hail insur ance. The large strips of. country on ither side of the hailstorm suffered just as severely, as the wind and hail flattened the grain and beat it into the ground so badly that -it cannot straighten up on account of its ripened condition. Another storm is reported at New Rockford in Eddy county, where it is asserted from 25 to 100 per cent of the crop of 40,000 acres of wheat was laid waste The total loss will be over over $1,000,000. Keport From Other Point. Minneapolis, Aug 10 A special from Halstead, Minn., says: Hail to tally destroyed crops in this section today. Many windows were knocked in and several inches of hail were piled in the street. The storm started near Kelso, N. D., and cleaned a strip fifteen miles wide in a southeasterly direction, passing through Halstead, Perlev. Highwiod, Nielsville and Shelly on the north and Georgetown on the south. The crops on the Stan ford D-tlrymple farms are totally de stroyed. The insurance among small farmers is light. A terrible storm passed over Ada, Minn., and vicinity shortly before noon today. A large acreage of crops was destroyed by hail. Hail fell north and south of Ada. Jamestown. N. D., reports the most destructive hailstorm of the year last night. The storm bogs n Bt New Rock ford and sweDt through Eddy. Foster, Griggs and Barnes counties to Rogers in the latter county. It is estimated that 4u,l00 acres of wheat were de stroyed. Th- losses are over 25 per cent of the total. Not one-hlf of the grain destroyed was insured. Will Wed None Bat Faniton's Men. Wichita, Kan., Aug. 10. The success of the girls' bachelor club of Winfield is assured. The rules of the club are that every member must wed a Twentieth Kansas hero or remain single. May Williams, the president of the club, was the first to find a sol dier husband, having just become the wife of Private Davison, of Funs ton's famous regiment. The two had quarreled berore the war, but when Davison returned wounded their dif ferences were patched up and the mar riage followed. See the elegant piano on display at Sherwood's. J. O. Weborg, agent. 6lorlous News. Coijaes from .Dr. D. B. Cargile, of Washita, I. T. He writes: "Four bottles of Electric Bitters has cured Mrs. Brewer of scrofula, which bad caused her great suffering for years. Terrible sores would break out on her head and face, and the best doctors could give no heip; but her ctre is com plete and her health i excellent." This shows what thousands have proved, that Electric Bitters is the best blood purifier known. It's the supremo remedy for eczema, tetter, salt rheum, ulcers, boils, aud running sores. It stimulates liver, kidneys and bowels, expels poisons, helps digestion builds up the strength. Ouly 50 cents. Sold by F. G. Fricke & Co. druggists, guaranteed. 4 LIKE BANQUO'S GHOST. Question of Conductor and Pennlea t the Fore Arin... It was in a suburban trolley last Sunday that the question cjt the con ductor's reluctance to receive pennies in change came up again, tays the New York Herald. This penny question Is like Banquo's ghost and will not down A woman passenger had given the con ductor a nickel and five pennies for two fares. "I would rather change $3 for you, madam, than take those pen nies," the conductor said. in a grumbling yet perfectly respectful tone. "Why?" asked the woman. "Because the company will not take them from us. That is the only objection I have to railroading. We must turn in nick els or silver when our work is done." "But why do you not sometimes give those pennies to men? You always palm them off on women." "Well, the women always seem to keep them specially for us. Now, If the public could only know what a trial they are to us sometimes they might understand our reluctance to take them. For In stance, one of the extras, a man who had been out of work for a long time, after making the number of trips re quired of him, found he h?d fifteen pennies among his change. He did not have a cent belonging to himself, and there was no money at home, and the pay that was coming to him at the of fice for his week's work was needed by his wife and children for bread. They would not take the pennies at the of fice, and he could not draw his pay un til his fares were accounted for. , When, after considerable trouble, he got three nickels for fifteen pennies and returned to the company's office it was closed, and he had to go home without his ray." "DeYittV Little Early Risers did mc more good than all blood medicines and other pills," writes Ceo, II. Jacobs, of Thompson, Jonn. Prompt, pleasant. never gripe, they i t"',- ob stipation, arouse the torpi.l liver to ac tion and give you clean blod, steady nerves, a clear brain aod a healthy ap petite. F. G. Fricke & Co. Mealed Proposals. Scaled bids will le received at the office of the county clerk until 12 o'clock (noon) of September 5, 1 .. for hard and soft coal to be delivered at court house, jail, poor house and paupers for the ensuing year. Tho board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. James Rohektson, County Clerk. Cars ran Partlea. Caravan holidays are in England re placing the houseboat fad. A caravan, be it understood, is a gypsy cart, got up in the etyle of comfort one can afford, and driven from place to place with it-; occupants and accessories. All that you want Is a nice roomy cara van, with good, strong horses and a dining tent, carried on the roof, to put up when a halt is made. Two vans are needed one for the kitchen and servants and the other for the rest of ffce party. Bedroom space Is, of course, limited, and. therefore, the number of guests must be small. But if there 13 an inn in the near neighborhood, your surplus friends can sleep there and spend the rest of the day with the caravan. This kind of gypsy life in a pretty part of the country presents endless opportunities for amusement. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure thoroughly digests food without aid from the stomach, and at tho same time heals and restores the diseased digestive organs. It is the only remedy that does both of these things and can be relied upon to permanently cure dys pepsia. F. G. Fricke & Co. Fart Against Fancy. There Is nothing in the theory that horse shoes bring good luck. What animal works harder than the horse, or Is treated worse in Its old age? Yet, it wears four of them. Atchison Globe. The Inference. The Beau "Lean ,on me through life, dearest." The Belle "Wouldn't it be rather awkward living in ham mocks?" Kansas City Independent The Appetite of a Goat Is envied by all poor dyspeptics whewe stomach and liver are out of order. All such should kno w that Dr. King's New LiTe Pills, the wonderful stom ch and liver remedy, gives a splendid appetite, sound digestion and & regular bodily habit that insures perfect health and great energy. Only 25c, at F. G. FrUke & Co's drug store. 4 The News office is the best equipped job office in Cass county. First class work done on short notice. Hamilton C'ark, of Chauncey, Ga., says he suffered with itching piles twenty years before trying DeWitt's With Ilazel Salve, two boxes of which completely cured him. Beware of worthless and dangerous counterfeits. F. G. Fricke & Co. 1 B. G. SfilRT WrilsT.-SflLE! - - - . -. - j OUPt INCLUDING ALL OUR SHIRT WAISTS, GOES... NOTKiOur Original Prices on these Goods vere... 2 SI.OO, Hard Times in KarM.. These old European dyi1Attatiw.i . have been oppressing the i-.fLr so j long are getting to be muci crfs.t-' j lest the people rise up and uvM-r4i-; the weakling princes and 'nJj4ef j and take the power in thir g ".-.:-. i A menarch nowadays is -viltMiJC .La make almost any concession To ve in crown and salary. WashiEoo 3p4K.?. The Funny Man. ; "It is an awful funny thi1 iffi! married to a funny man," 1 sofcbingly. ' ' ' ' ' ? She bd told him to jret- tfef 0.tmi 1 kid curlers while he Ta frTk'Wvs. and he had pent her hoei at , 6our app'es. InduinApoIit Jxy-'Mt j VlOO Reward K10. ' The readers of this paper veH h im learn that there Is at least one iVnUoi that science his been able to ctrj n rj'. .mi staes. anj that is Catarrh. Halt's ...? Ckt i ! is the only positive cure known t 4ni ' fralernitv. Catarth being a co-iiii-B;fc-" f"-- eae. require a constitutional u-.. '-- Y".'i f Catarrh Cure i taken intcrn.jiiy. a , upon the blood and mucoa? url'-. !t f tern. thrteb7 detrovinit the f.v.i-.Hi; '-: e . disease, aud giviug the p.iti.Tt - tiC" T - w 1 ', ing up ihe cinit::nt:on and ; jri- -i . Joing its wrk. I he prrpr.M..? -. -4 m m.u ! laith in its curative powers ;r,3t t;ipv ' Hundred Dollars tor anv ce 't iv.-; t- C Send t-r list rl tetimnn'.ais. j Address. r J. Mt-NfcV fcCo.. T fc' ) Ntld by Orugzi-n 7 J Hall s Family fiils are the bflft j Currency horta;f. ) Chicago Tribune: fVjr-Zi. ni ! are suffering from the annai fW) "! of small bills. Whir nore c'.''Uwt i' crippled in its busings iVe-i' thus far, there is a roa!r-v : shortage In the near rum. s'44 -..Ui ! necessitate some measure W the stock. The caue cf tre -:4! is the direction of the cpv ej; toward the country 3- farmers and the nunufflfiayj iv'-f ' country -towns are fcusqfm' $S!f ; numbers of men. aJ ''Wi 1 bills for their pay ro'ti. . V i Toledo fruit can, gu-irr V leak, tt the F.binrer llTr"ir94j"--pany. Champion Shot or tfce Vnfl. MUs Annie ).kfey wri: -and many of the I'.n'T.i" West Co haveivvn A' r." the powder to sli.il.e : most tht-rtMigh lri:l. a'-' '. not itior.- ttin youcKnim takes 'he -ti :t out of cr-r ions. A.icn's Fool-F,-- : cure for swolleu, hot. ch or sweating feet. !,. and shoo store, 2"' Siri" Address Allen S.olrn!" How rticeun Vary c;s'-.';. All ehlcktoiss do w! welL A natch rrm j j.. - If all of the same breH ' i' usually do not grow trq.ia!!;-. not be explained pr--f--ly. The Eya "t Oeitlus. -All men of genius r- ?iM,-; eyes clear. low na-itpi ' This is th ye whU JSC-" ability of soaie UnJ. a ATtVJf-f wnat- The French orHm-n; im trWV log to rals ?t7ae fcy AAr the backs ol aoaea boti. vVat 8Ute moCOply. O0T1e SaSiitaV The F.bin ger Hard ware on y i j agent for the Monmouth. Cltr ami water cooler. The finest thing ant. See them. J DOVEY & SON. 1 ENTIRE STOCK 3 48 $1.25, $1.40, $1.70. 2 W w w vy w s J4 fc THE SJrVJET.. w 166 6ream Soda later eU eK US r.-t si ..IN ALL FLAVORS OUR Chocolate and Vanilla Beat the World Goring $fc Go.9 ..DRUGGISTS.. S3 52 as a. SHERWIll-VlLUAtm 1 Paints is specially snited to torn home ne either ootsUe or laallaw -' It's knowing the right kimd of paint, and putting It oa the light place that makes painting a iucce, Tdl tu what you waat to ptist, and we'll tell you the riht kind ta tue, ' For ?ale in Piattsmouth by F. G. FRICKE & CO., Druggists. ihe News-Herald Prints More County News Than any Other Cass county Paper. HIGH-GRADE 3 EACH m m m m m is m m m m 2 S3 8 m m m m m m m m m m Paint for Everybody 56 And for everything under the sua. Every home lias need of paint. Each kind of The i