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\j >UP CrrY No ITH WESTERN VOL. XV. LOUP CITY, SHERMAN COUNTY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST'12, 1896. NUMBER 21 E. H. WATKINSON, T1 DEALER IN Jj 8 foot extention dining table, $5.05. Cane seat diners from 90 cents up. lied steads to suit everybody from 1.75 up. lied lounges from 8.20 up. Fine glass front book ense, solid oak, 12.75 Solid genuine Oak suit, French plate glass, $17.75. Full size kitchen safe oastered 5.20. Beautiful oak cambination wood side board 20.00 Fancy rockers of all kinds, styles and prices. Indies combination cabinet book case for 10.50. and everything else in the furniture line in proportion. Call early and make your selection. Heatipg apd Gookipg Stoves, Builders Hardware of all kipds apd at lowest prices. Our prices are permanent not for thirty or sixty days. We sell on very low margin. _ __ BATTLE AT A LAND FIGHT PROVES DISASTROUS TO THE SPANIARDS. GUAY AM A, PORTO RICO, CAPTURED. NATIVES WELCOME AMERICAN TROOPS WITH OPEN ARMS. Spains Answer In MOTKKKY BAFK AT MANILA. MANILA RAY, Aug. 4, via Hong Kong, Aug. 9.—The long expected monitor Monterey, with the collier Rrutus, ar i\ved this morning during a gale. Much relief is felt by Admiral Dewey and General Merritt, and there is intense enthuseasm throughout the fleet and among the troops. The capture of Manila, is now only a question of the few days necessary to land the troops of the third expedition. The scarcity of food now effects even the richest class in Manila. There is no meat, bread or flour, except very small reserves, chiefly laid under requisition for the Spanish troops. The newspapers, although rigidly censorized, admit that the famine and the unprecedented rains are causing an epidemic. LAND RATTLE AT MANILA. HONG KONG, Aug. 9.—Dispatches from Cavite, under date of Aug 5, report that Manila was then “still Spanish.” These dispatches say: “At 11:30 p. m. on Sunday 3,000 Spaniards attacked the American camp near Malate, assaulting the trenches occupied by the Tenth Pennsylvania regiment, battery K aud A, Utah, and two other companies of Pennsylvania troops. They charg er the American right and nearly succeeded in cutting* off the Pennsylvania companies, but the Americans rallied and re pulsed the Spaniards after des{>erate fighting, the American tire breaking the Spanish center. “The Spaniards charged again, but were forced to retreat to the j ungle, where they kept a heavy tire on one of the roads leading to the American trendies in order topreveut reinforce meuta from arriving. The First Californey and the Utah but tery came to the rescue, through a withering tire and never wavered, though several were wounded and Captain Kiehter was killed. “The Spaniard* charged several time* but they were met by a steady tire from the infantry and bv tchrapnei from Die Utah battery, so that eventually they retreated t*< Malate fort with a loss, it is reported, of 31*1 killed and l,1**1 wounded, though the report is probably exaggerated. I he insurgeut* rendered no assistance, but retreated on the tlrst shot, it is believed that General Aguinaldo, aware of the Spanish intentions, moved hi* men away. On August I, the Spaniard* made two attacks, but were easily repulse. On August 3, they made aitothet attack, when one was killed and eleven wounded. On the third there was a connonade all day. The electric lights were extinguished in Manila at night. The Americans, though under arms, do not attack the city. The Spanish loss in the minor attacks is not known. Mr. Williams, formerly United States consul at Manila, has called the leaders in fifteen providences of the Philippines to a con ference, from which good results are hoped. Coatno, Porto Rico,Aug. U. The town of G'oamo was captured this morning by Gen. Wilson, The American loss was but seven wounded all members of Sixteenth Pennsylvania regi ment Corporal Barnes it is believed is fataly wounded. The other are expected to recover. It is known that the Spanish lost their commander Major Yellescas Capt. Ecaute Capt Lopez and nine privates. Besides the killed .‘15 Spaniards were wounded. UlIAVANA OAPIDKKD. Ponce Porto Rico viu St Thomas, D. W. I„ Aug. 6.—Guayama has been captured by the American forces. The Fourth Ohio and the Third Illinois Haines brigade, advanced upon Guayama yesterday morning. They were attacked by the Spanish outposts and the whole mountain was soon a blaze with the spluttering tire, volunteers behaved well and drove the Spaniards baca. They then proceeded to occupy the town which is the cleanest and most picturesque on this most interesting island. The inhab itants of the place went wild with joy when the Americans took posession and the welcome extended the invaders was as warm as has been the case elsewhere. The people gladly surrendered. The American colors had hardly been hoisted over the town before the Spaniards attacked again. The Fourth Ohio met them and there was at once hot work at close range. The Americans had with them two dy - namite guns. Five shots of dynamite from these and a rattling musket tire drove the Spaniards back again. The Americans were armed with Krag Jorgensen and the Spaniards with Springfield rifles. The Americans hud three men wounded and the Spaniards one ktl led and three wounded. Guayama has 16,000 inhabitants and it is the most important town on the south side of the island except Ponce. Generul Brooke, who landed at Arroyo wifb his troops, wanted Guayama as a base, and it was upon bis orders that General Haines and his brigade proceeded to occupy it. Gtiya ma is but live miles iulaud from Arroyo, the seaport. To within a mile of Guyama the road is level and there was no sign of Spaniards anywhere along the route. The last mile of the road runs through a cut in the mountains and up a steep hill. Before this point was rescued uie rniru Illinois sioppeu, auu woiunci ocuneu, was orucieu io guard the cross road leading to the rearof the city. The aUvaiue guaid of the Ohio regiment entered the cut and had proceeded less than two hun dred \ ards when a hale of Spauisb bullets on both sides of the mountain whistled over their heads. The guards fell back tiring as they retreated, and the main body hurried forward, also firing up the hillsides. Further along the road the Americans were suddenly confronted by u barricade constructed of structural iron works and tilled in with sand. As the United States troops advanced the Spaniards began firing from behind the barricade. Their shots, however, were wild, and most of them passe I over the heads of the Amer.cau soldiers. Deploying parlies were sent up the hill to flunk the Spaniards, and as they ttdvauced they found the barbed wire fences in evidence, as hat! been the case at Santiago. These were quickly cut with the machetes of which there were quite a number in possession of tiie Americans, and in a short time 100 Americans hail rushed up the hill am) lined the road upon both sides. A gauling lire was thou poured into the Spanish barricade aud almost instantly Uriug from that quarter ceased. The Spaniards mysteriously disappeared, but the men from Ohio continued to pour in their volleys of bullets upon the sand autl iron. After reaching tue hilltop the deploy era began directing their shots ahead aud the balance of the Americana pushed forward, firing as they ad valued. The enemy was in concealment and finally the fire of the Span iards was drawi. They begau discharging their weapons with great rap nbty ami it was during this volley that the Americana mentioned above received their wounds. The staml made by the Spanish was a abort one, j the A-nencau fire beeotuiug so hot that the dons retreated precipitately After tue Spaniard* had briu drtveu up the road the American* entered | tile city. There was diaultory firing on the part of the Spaniards a* tie-1 Americana approached the place, but n-- damage was done. As the troop* . approached the towu a mau appeared waving a wtote alurt. He announced that the towu surrendered to the Arnett m iiinoitdt'loually. A* lie tie re Haines entered the city It appeared to Iw deserted. All the bouse* wvie ei«*« ed au*l no one wa* insight. A* he react) t tue ethic square suddenly door, were swung open and window* dung up lltutU appealed ami their owu era BUS!oualy scanned the situation an I Inetr withdrew. Alter repeating tuts several lime* aud ttudnig Hint they were neither to be *hot nor dragged from thru home* the p* >| I* emerged and *oon the street* were ringing with bIhmii* of »\ iva l>a Anoricsuoa Tire inhabi tarn* rustreel inward treneral Haineeuud ho •' ill an I clasped man* of He tsnrhsH sot tier* *hul the knee*, win*■- utter* llrrew their ana* a'**«l UN’ n eh* of lb* Am-item* **»tdte»« and a I then \| ta* prostrated lhem**dv • s tn the r**ad All *•*•• w hile 'be * *t« * o| V t*a lm \<u*rl* *noa sere tinging through the all i [be populist platform contained; these words, “we are not in faror of war for conquest.” That is exactly what President McKinley said at the beginning of the war with Sj>am and every move that Iihi been made by the nution lias fully vindicated Urn' fact. But how on earth Mk pop* could follow Mr. McKiuley i. ibis is more than we cun n .derstau We think, however, that they intended to convoy u sort of misleading ides that we were now.engaged iu war for onr.* i quest. If ho the old deceitful chest nut won't work. General Scott said iu I860: I give it as my fixed opinion tiiat hut for our graduating cadets the war be tween the United Stales and Mexico might and probably would hav e last ed some four or five years, within iis first half more defeats than victories falling to our share, where as iu less than two campaigns we conquered a great country and a peace, with out the loss of a single battle or a skirmish. To go over the Accademy register of about three thousand graduates from 1802 to 1808 brings up the names distinguished in our military bistort. The great leaders in the Civil War are these, Kit/.hugh Leo, Joseph Wheeler, Wesley Merritt add other now in the field besides the long roll of the dead.—Success i^lUSHEB GIVEN TUB TEXAS Washington.Aug. 8.— Two im portant changes in the com mu mi of vessels of the navy were announced this evening by Secratary Long. Captain Charles 1). Sigsbee who com manded '.he battle ship Maine when she in liter fate in lluvana harbor, and who bus been iu command of the auxiliary cruiser St Paul since the warltegan has been ordered to relieve Captain John W. Philips of tbe com mand of tbe battleship Texas under going repairs at Newt York. It is understood that Captain Phil ips will be assigned to shore duty propabty the command of the Mare island navy yard at Sail Francisco. Secretary Long announced also that Ciptim Casper F. Goodrich of auxiliary cruiser Si. Louis had (teen ordered to roiuwaud the Newark, f •mnttidore Watsons flagship tonne ceedCapt Albert S. barker who has been transferred to Ihetlregou on account of the illness of Cnpt. K Clark NOHFOLK Vs- Aug 5 - The Merrill Wrecking.spam lias ie Ctilved advice* front Sauliago that makes it cer'aiu that the Infants Maria T*rv*a ia now fl -a let I and is found to b« in fairly g«*«*t c< edition as |t> her Machinery and Imilera. Hltr will iknrllt start for Norfolk untier her own steam Another espnditn>n on the wrecking ntcuorr Chapman • ill )•« sent south n««t Monday or Tuesday, carrying tmui. i *. pon u«*«s especiaiv intended for raising lbs Cruiotisi Colon ORIGINAL TACTICS. Unique Manual of Anna Prepared bp “Ex tra Hilly." The most remarkable company of sol diers ever drilled in thin country fought under "Extra Billy" Smith, twice gov ernor of Virginia. He acquired the nick name through connection with the ex tensive mill contracts which he had be fore the war, bis charge to the govern ment of "extra work" on bisstarrentes being so frequent and large as to keep the postofflce department in a state of oonstant ferment He was a grand old man of the rough, honest type of "Bine Jeans" Williams, Linooln, Thurman, Jerry Rusk, Craw ford and Jenkins. His eduoation had been sadly neglected, but he owned brains to spare and horse sense enough for three ordinary governors. He drilled his men aooording to " ‘Extra Billy’s’ Tactics," an unpublished manual at arms. A drill lesson: Colonel "Extra Bil ly"—Now, boys, git yo’selves In persl tion. Are yo’ ready? Tote arms I De liver ar; is! Rest yo’ muskets! Tote arms! Ground yo’ rifles! That’s tol’ble good. Are you ready again? Well, here we go. Fix yo’ stiokers! (Fix bayonets.) Now oharge ’em and stick ’em! One day ho led bis men into a blind lane about a mile long, and arriving at the end could not see his way out ex oept by tearing down fences and going through a wheatfleld guarded by an angry farmer with a dangerous looking gun. The objective point was the oppo site side of the field. After studying gravely the situation be gave the order, "Disband, boys, an meet me tomorrer morn in on the t other side of the field whar we aimed to git this evening. Kansas City Journal. A Military Trick. One of onr German-American citizens related the following incident of the German revolution of 1848: “We were short of men and had a large number of prisoners to look after. That did not worry us as long as we were not moving, but one day we had to make a forced march. The country through which we were to pass was hostilo, aud extreme watchfulness was necessary. We had few enough men as it was, and we knew that those pris oners were ready to make a dead run at the first opening. “Finally a young officer made a bril liant suggestion, and it was promptly carried out. We ripped the suspender buttons from the prisoners’ trousers, took away their belts and knew we had them. Their hands were busy after that, and fust running was out of the question. We made the march safely, and I do not believe that even Yankee ingenuity could have iuveuted a sim pler solution.’’—New York Tribune. A Dm(o1 Mala. “Tom, that old sway backed mewl o’ youru ain’t no good under a saddle, is he?" “Nope: too slow an clumsy. " “Nor in th’ buggy er wnggin?" “Nope: too awkward for that.’* "Ner at pullin ov the plow?" “Nope: wauls ter grass too much." "Whut you kiwpiu hint fer, then?" “Waal, you see, we ain’t go* clock at our bouse, an that ola m»wl bray* at diuuer time jest «n sbutv es the yearth louru* over. Yamar. I’ve lues called to dinwr by that tuewl'e bray fer the last five year* an I’m alius right plum on time. "—Atlanta Journal. Mali K. takes. It I* recorded of a yuan* fop who v III led one id the Jtothsuhildx Inal he Was *u promt of hi* lualnchite sleeve buttons that he Insisted upon exhibit - tug them k> bis host The tatter UM si them and odd i j “Yes, It m a pretty «h w 1 have a msnutpii rr nisAe of tt in the next 1 mum. '* -*