THE NORTHWESTERN.
BEHtCHOTEB * GIBSON, E<U and rob*.
LOUP CITY, - * NEB.
NEBRASKA NEWS.
The Clarks board of trustees derided
not to accept the waterworks system in
Its present condition. It claims that
the plan is not in compliance with the
contract.
While the family of Jacob Shively of
Fairfield were at church, sneak thieves
effected nn entrance by forcing a door
and got away with about $150 worth of
money and jewelry.
The governor has been requested to
name delegates to the tenth session of
the Trans-Mississippi Commercial con
gress, which meets at Wichita May 31
and June 1, 2 and 3 of this year,
The annual meeting of the Western
Nebraska Stock Growers’ association
will be held on May 9 next at Alli
ance. The subject of Inspection will
come up for settlement ut this meet
ing, and it is desired that there be a
full attendance.
Citizens of Beatrice are sony to
learn of the wounding of A. S. Wads
worth, second lieutenant of company
B. Mr. Wadsworth left that city as a
private of company O when the war
brroke out, hut has been promoted
during his career as a soldier.
A little son of C. H. Aldrich of Dav
id City swallowed the contents of a
bottle of cough syrup anu had a dose
rail for his liic. A physician was im
mediately called, and after a few
hours’ skillful treatment the little fol«
low was pronounced out of danger.
James O. West, of Grand Island,
Neb., who has been appointed deputy
collector of customs at Manila under
Lieutenant Colonel Colton of the First
Nebraska volunteers left for San
Frandseo with orders to sail as soon
as possible. The position is wortli
about $3,500 per year.
John Miller, living north of Exeter,
while hafTowing with four horses, no
ticed his pigs over at his nighbor's.
Tieing his horses to a wire fence he
went to drive them home, and while
gone the horses got loose and started
to run with the harrow and before he
could return one horse* was killed and
another badly cut up.
The motion for a Hew trial in the
Argabright case was overruled by
Judge Litton at Auburn and Arga
bright was sentenced to ninety-nine
years in the penitentiary. The case
will be taken to the supreme court, as
there is great dissatisfaction relative
to the manner in which the case was
conducted by the prosecution.
When the announcement came from
Fort Niobrara to Valentine that Col
onel Stotsenberg of the First Nebras
ka had fallr n lit battle tne Grand Ar
my of the Republic flag was hoisted at
half mast, followed by the one over i
the high school building and but a I
short time elapsed before flags at half !
mast were seen floating from most of I
the business houses, which remained I
so for the day.
Of the twenty-two boys who enlist
ed from St. Edward in the First Ne
braska regiment two were discharged
from duty at Honolulu, Lieutenant
Sisson killed and seven are now in the
hospital suffering from wounds. The
last one reported was Eli Sisson, son
of Mr. and Mrs. H. P Sisson, cousin
of Lieutenant L. E. Sisson, who has
many friends that hope his wounds
w ill not prove serious.
Every day from twenty-five to fifty
laborers are carried out of Omaha for
railroad work in western Nebraska
and Wyoming, but that Is only the
foerunner of the movement which will
begin the first of next month. The pro
prietor of one of the labor agencies in
that city says that he alone will send
between 500 and 000 rnen every week
after May 1. These laborers are sent
to different localities where railroad
construction is under way.
State Senator Newell of Cass county
was in Lincoln last week in company
with T. E. Parmalee of Plattsmouth.
They were en route home from a visit
to Marquette in Hamilton county,
where they have a large cattle ranch.
They own 1,380 acres out there and are
feeding 350 head of cattle. Part of the
grain for the stock is raised on the
ranch, about 300 acres being under
cultivation. They had the Hamilton
county ranch in operation about five
years, and it lias thus far proved very
profitable.
Settlement for the month of March
with the patrons of the Schuyler
Creamery company occurred last week,
the thirty-five patrons of the company
receiving a total of $1,081.90 for 175,
998 pounds of mlik skimmed at Schuy
ler and other stations, as follows:
Schuyler, 50.613; Octavla. 43.922; Sta
I’on No. 2, 4i'».53l and Station No. 3.
31.924. which netted a gain of 24,264
pounds over February. The average
test was 397; butter fat produced,
Cl'96.9, which was pah) for at the rate
tf 15*8 cents per ;'''und.
Adjutant li*u*ral furry bus r»" i\*
«■«! copies of order* Issued by the war
mpartmiut directing the honorable
discharge of the following Nebraska
soldier*. all being from the First reg
iment Quarter master Sergeant George
W. II* nil*, private* la>u!» Frle*. «om
t>any A; William K. C'ooo. J* -e l.
Karlin*. Kdward M S* hoop, George
W, Wunn. company It John Vnder*
*on, la wi» M liable. Norman I* flrtf
Itth William Johnson t oartes F Hun
yon, George M Thompson, Henry W.
Westbrook. company f; Fred Carver,
company K; Jam** W Chvvroal. * *m
l>any C; Thoma* Jam**, company H
The** eoIdler* were muttered ont at
dan Francisco and were allowed Uawl
I ay to torn* home from theta.
Gordon ha* th* rraih hunter of th*
entire etalr Fad Hrywiwal a few
day* ago, »h it. hilled and l<rou»ht
home live wild |mw, the result of on*
•hot Now. «an any other gooae hunt*
er in the state heat mr mi e twal thi*
ttrwtl t I ton i ntt ‘Vina* h" at wwe,
hfcei.lT ftyrne* of t'l«ttr roomy. ft*
turaed from tilenwotwi. la . bringing
with him Oeorfr Harden, warned k«ie
tor burg; it r committed ls»l Novem
ber Joi Ha>< > hi* pai who «*a
taught at the lime, to tiled In th*
dtatrbl •*»»»#» a tot given three wars In
th* penitentiary Hayden er. po*l*
lively Ideal !*•*! and tonrl'tiled la *< a.*
Weiheut itgutstuua pu»«rt.
Letter of Condolence From
Secretary Moikeljohn.
FATIH'R CF DECEASED NOTIFIED.
Gallant Ofllrer Lost HIr I.lfe While
Ltidliig a Charge Cron tlie Enemy'*
Works—Likelihood that the J'lrnt >*■
brulia Will Rood hall for Home.
1 lie Lilt C’nl Moturnberff.
Assistant Secretary Melklejohn sent
letters of condolence to the father and
wife of the late colonel of the First
Nebraska volunteers, J. M. Stotsen
berg, who died leading his troops In
the Philippines on April 23. Follow
ing is the secretary's letter to Hon.
-ohn li. Btotsenberg cf New Albany,
Ind.:
"Information that your son, Colonel
John M. Fiotsenuerg, First Nebraska.
U. 8. V.. has been killed in battle has
been received. That he has met the
common doom of mankind in the noon
time of life and at the entrance of a
notable career is cause for deep sorrow
und regret. Put that he was killed in
battle, leading his command in a suc
cessful charge upon the intrenchments
of the enemy and met death in the
way a soldier would choose to » e Is
some comfort, mough inadequate to
solace the sense <n personal bereave
ment you. now feel.
"It may be a comfort to you to know
t-at this department did not wait until
his death to do him honor. When
the legislature of Nebraska, the gov
ernor of that state and other prominent
citizens, laboring under a misunder
standing of the great work your son
was accomplishing with his regiment,
as.Kcd to have him relieved of his com
mand, the response of this department
was:
ii wouiu oe ot'Kirucuve to cuhci
pilne aud would imperil the interests
of the service to dismiss from the
volunteer army on an exparte state
ment an officer with an unblemished
record, against whom no complaint has
been lodged by or through any mili
tary authority.’
' I have this day dosed the incident
of said complaint by endorsing across
the face thereo. these words: ‘This
officer and soldier was killed in battle
at the head of his command while
leading a successful charge on the in
trenchments of the enemy on April 23,
loilib’ 1 wish it were within my power
to render him and you a greater ser
vice.”
Tl»i* Crop <'om!ltUrn*.
The last Nebraska crop bulletin pre
sents this summary:
The last week has been dry and
windy, with rn excess of sunshine.
The average daily temperatuve defici
ency has varied from about one degree
in the western counties to nearly three
degrees in the southeastern. The
daily maximum temperatures gener
ally exceeded 70 degrees oil but one
day of the week, and then were but
slightly above. The weekly minimum
temperatures ranged from 38 degrees
to 22 degrees, with heavy frosts in
most sections of the state.
The rainfall has been below normal
In all counties. In most of the, west
ern counties no rain fell. In the een
tral and eastern scattered showers
occurred. The amount of rainfall was,
however, very small, g'nerally less
than a tenth of an Inch, except In a
few northeastern and southeastern
counties, where It ranged from a quar
ter to slightly more than half an inch.
The last week has been favorable
or farm work and rapid progress has
been made in seeding small grain.
Spring wheat is now all sown, except
In a few northern counties, and there
the greater portion of the crop is
sown. Oat seeding is well advanced
everywhere and practically completed
In southern counties. Plowing for corn
has commenced In most counties and a
bale corn has been planter! in the
southern portion of the state. The
ground is in goou condition for plow
ing and seeding in eastern counties,
but is too dry for quick germination
and growth, and in some parts of the
central western portion of the state
seed will not grow until after rain
comes. The high winds of the last
week have dried the ground rapidly
and have been exceedingly unfavor
able for winter wheat, and the reports
of the condition of this crop are de
cidedly less encouraging than they
j were a week ago. tue estimate of most
reports tills week being from about all
| dead to about a quarter of the crop
t alive, while a few estimates In south
! eastern counties indicate a slightly
better condition.
New Sugar Ksrtnry Hr gun.
The Staiuidid R»**t Sugar company
I of Aim k has a force of men at work
driving, piling and excavating for the
new factory, fieri Leonard of rhino,
i Pul., who had < liurge of the building
; of the factory there, ia superintending
j the construction of the factory.
Two companies have been organized
in Prenioitl for the purpose of raising
sugar l»*ets One haa a paid up capital
►lock of |.i •«**. divided Into shares «»f
f'tO eu< h. It has leased 150 acres of
( land east of the city which Is now
being prepared for seeding I hia com
P«ny expect a to expend not to exceed
l.’u per acre in growina the crop An
other company of seventeen stockhold
I era. with a capital of ft eon. has
leased III) a* ret northeast of the city
for i« *Is. Other individual heat rats
ers will probably Incrcj-e the acreage
j of beets In this Immediate vicinity to
S it acres While the ground la dry
It la !u «<*»! condition and the work
: of planting will be poshed as rapidly
j aa possible.
If VMMMtl MH la f KM M»«lat«Hl
Th« <>.*Wr s»»ur.| making iMtwtotilon*
l« ike Klrat N<-blank a at Manila in»M
| tut«n (!»•*«• • lian«*»
t'aiiiaiu I’raak l» K«|rr
ft a,nu>l major. lo lank from April
| t, l*t* Ik# Wi.iiawta r«*i*u<r<l
Hul Maaimaui Harry I Aft tor.
a Ijiitanf. ai*i« liiU.I taptala <'i»«>i<aiij
II rt* rank linn A|kiI i. urn u. «■
Kai«r |»r*.i»M.i»u
Kouif I h><iunmt It*.ft It WMi>m
t'omimny (* lm |t#ui»*ani
as*l atliulnNii, to rank from April t,
j 11to, vie* Ar« |t«r yrvioouU
First I!«*gliticn» M«j Return.
Friends of the First Nebraska regi
ment have been assured that the regi
ment v.ill be returned to the United
States within a few days. Whether
it will be possible for the war depart
Fment to spare the regiment immedi
ately is doubted l>y many. Brad P.
Cook of Lincoln is in receipt ot the
following letters from President Mc
Kinleys privute secretary and Assist
ant Secretary of War Melklejohn.
which indicate that the regiment may
rail for home May E:
Executive Mansion, Washington.—
Mr. Brad P. Cook, Lincoln, Net).: *.y
Dear Sir—I l>eg leave to acknowledge
the receipt of your letter of the 15th
inst., with enclosure, and to say that
it was promptly brought to the atten
tion of the president. Very truly
yours.
GEORGE D. CORTELYOU,
Assistant Secretary to the president.
War Department, Office of the As
sistant Secretary, Washington—Mr.
Prad P. Cook, Lincoln, Neb.—Dear
Sir: I am just in receipt of your let
ter of the 15th inst., enclosing copy of
a resolution addressgd to the presi
dent, adopted by the relatives and
friends of the First Nebraska volun
teers, and have very carefully noted
the contents of same. In reply I take
pleasure in advising you that cable
advices just received from General
Otis are to the effect that the return
of the volunteers will commence about
i.*ay 5 and will continue as rapidly as
tae accommodations of the transport
service permit.
I earnestly hope that this action of
General Otis will serve in some meas
ure to allay the natural anxiety which
the relatives and friends of the Ne
braska hoys feel as to their return, and
perhaps the statement of General Otis
to the effect that the health and spirits
of thp troops are good will also have a
tendency in the same direction.
I trust that my interest in the wel
fare of the Nebraska regiment Is not
lost sight of in the earnest desire for
us return to civil life.
No efforts of mine have l>een spared
to aid the troops in any way within
the power of the government, and it
would have pleased me as much as
anyone had it been possible to have
ordered the return of these troops some
time ago. in response to the earnest I
solicitations which have emanated
from the parents and friends of these (
boys.
I trust, however, that the prospect
of their early return will be satisfac
torily regarded. Very respet tfully,
G. D. MEIKLEJOH.Y,
Assistant Secretary of War.
l.aiiU Trouble* In the North went.
There is being dc- eloped a condition
of affairs in the grazirg region of the
no: thwest part of the state that, ac
cording to rumors from that section,
portend serious conflicts between the
piessent occupiers of government lands
and others who are preparing to assert
what they contend are better rights
to them.
In the grazing portion of the state
which is sparsely settled there are
large bodies of government land which
have not been taken up under the
homestead or other acts which permit
settlers to obtain title from the gov
ernment. This land is nevertheless
valuable to the ow ners of herds of cat
tle and the luxuriant grass upon It is
turned Into dollars through the me
dium of the rattle that are fattened
there every year.
The cattlemen do not own this land
and no one else has cared to purchase
it. The lines defining the ranges are
pretty well defined and the rule that no
one will trespass on another's range
previously occupied by him. is well es
tablished. Inns the use of the graz
ing ground is by unwritten law of the
range, made the property of the par
ticular ranchman almost as much as
if he had purchased it and held a writ
ten title to it.
Two years ago the national congress
passed a law making certain provis
ions concerning lands belonging to the
government which are included in the
zone known as the semi-arid region,
where irrigation and other devices for
the distributing and saving and stor
ing the water from streams are utiliz
I ed to assist in the raising of crops or
providing domestic animals as well as
men with water for ordinary domestic
purposes. One of the provisions of this
law is that whenever a person or cor
poration builds or constructs a reser
voir on or near this unsold govern
ment land in the irrigation region, that
so much of this laud shall lie set apart
and the constructor of the reservoir
shall have the right to use it.
The amount of land that a company
or person may take possession of is
dependent upon the size of the res
ervoir, its rapacity to hold water and
supply the surrounding land with tbo
necessary element for human liveli
hood. The reservoir non do not get
! a title front the government to the
! land, they simply have the sanction
i of the law for their occupation and
{ use.
iiecentiy uteri* nave t* n several
comi»anli» formal for the p urpo** of
building iturvolri In the gnulng ««*•
lion of Nebraska ami Al<tik made fur
tin* one of lam'' IhmIIn of ibis govern
ment land. Tho promotem of theae
com pan lev ar<* mtid to l»e pi m< ipally
eastern people, but Nebraska cluiana
are al*o lu (hla bumneaa. ,
The point v.here the trouble t* likely
to url»<> |< a hen these claimant* to
the right to use the land try to ustat
the figrHv *n »<iu base h ‘re.ofur*
held It. The |o oape< I for tonHlcUl of
1 tHla *ort are said to t»* more than like
ly and If the report* that are comiag
In to the fetal* >apl»nl of the fooling
i among the old po»*t**or» are not e*»
j aeategated this does not «»w to be far
I fiom wiong.
Weaver's Itvrty barn in d.hiyl*r,
buru«i| to the grouml the lire l ohe
out (hilt 1 o'rtorh and In le«« than
thirty minute* >a rumple, rly ***a<
(nliti «t. Twenty head of hi*r**a were
burned, Wilil** twelve •« >,th*ie* ami a
lot uf harnena and o*Her paraph ran*
I i title a ( Tidrfie* it*.d the baia
i rent it at tl u< i, <t m at i>f t ie . M ■ t»t*
M*«o* litre, dit a lb •••man and
N* l hart I oat live to >»>• and b‘i|ilrf
which were kept tn the bar a* I b«
I total I o» |« at nt |>. W* uf whtrh
Weaver* t* aw>u> fi voo on ■tiding*
and the t<wlan«* ta a to.** c( yenvig
pi'vparty alihta t.»e tarn.
I
Otis Improves Lull in Fighting
, to Strengthen Position.
REPAIRS BRIDGES AMD TRENCHES
Halim Are Cheerful Over Prospects of
Returning Faira—Filipinos Ask I’s
“Would Vou Fight While We Are IJis
rusolng PeaceA Might Skirmish
With the Insurgent*.
MANILA, May 1.—While it is the
geiural expectation among Americans
that the Filipino emissaries will re
mrn with revised proposals ffom Cen
tral Antonio Luna, Major General
Ctis is not letting this prospect inter
fere with his preparations for pushing
tin. war. Yesterday he ordered Major
General Lawton to return to Angat,
a few miles northwest of Norzagaray,
cm) not to advance aggressively while
the negotiations were pending. Gen
eral MacArthur is apparently acting
on the same policy, hut he is repairing
bridges and strengthening the lines
of his force, which is stretched out
with a four-mile front, and within a
Quarter of a mile of the enemy. The
possibilities of peace are gratifying to
a great majority of the army, whi h
has regarded the war as an unpleas
ant duty that must be performed ac
cording to American traditions.
Manila is cheerful over the pros
pect of a return of normal life, though
there are skeptics who remark that a
trti'T would enable the insurgents to
rest, until the rainy season, upon which
they have been depending as an im
portant aid.
i nt prisoners report mat mere are
75,000 refugees north of h'an Fernan
do. This Is not impossible, consider
ing the thickly populated region will h
the Americans have cleared. It seems
aba that smallpox is spreading among
th* m.
The so-called Filipino congress will
meet at San Fernando tomorrow.
When Dean C. Worcester of the
United States Philippine commission,
who accompanied the Filipino emis
saries from Calumplt, said to Colom 1
Manuel Argueiles that the Americans
were under no obligations to refrai.1
from fighting, the Filipino officer said:
"Would you fight while we are dis
cussing terms of peace?”
Mr. Worcester responded with the
suggestion that an armistice would j
give the Filipino leaders time to es
cape. ?
"My God. where would we escape
to?” the Filipino exclaimed, referring
in this to menacing hostile tribes be
hind the Filipino line.
Colonel Argueiles told the corre
spondent of the Associated Press that
he was much disappointed in the re- j
suits of his mission. lie said also |
that. Agulnaldo expected Calumpit to
be the cemetery of the American army.
I-ieutenanL Colonel Wallai e of the
First Montana regiment. Major Adams
and Major Shields, who slept on Fri
day night in General Luna's camp,
where they went to inform the Fili
pinos that their envoys would return
in safety, found the Filipino com
mander cordial, the Filipino troops re
moving their hats as the Americans
passed.
The Filipinos complained to them
that the Americans used exploi l' e
bullets, which is not the fact. The
American officers retorted that ll e
copper shells used by the Filipinos are
worse than explosive bullets. General
Luna said lie regretted being obliged
to kill Americans, but that was his
business.
General Wheaton entertained Colo
nel Argueiles and Lieutenant Jose
Bernal and provided them with horses
to return to their camp.
In the course of the conference yes
terday. Jacob Schumann, chairmen
of the United States commission, tol 1
Colonel Argueiles that if the insur
gents would lay down their arms he
and his colleagues of the commission
would consult them regarding tl.e
plan of government to be submitted
to President McKinley. He said he
would not promise that all their sug
gestions would be adopted, but he
could assure them thHt there would
he a presumption in favor of their sug
gestions, adding that the commission
ers would lie especially desirous «>t
satisfying the legitimate aspirations
of the Filipinos.
When Colonel Argueiles protested
that unconditional surrender would
la* humiliating. Mr. Schumann re
plied: "There would tie no humilia
tion in treating our brother Filtpiros
as General Grant treated <-ur broth *r
Americans at Appomattox."
Mr. Schumann said yesterday to
| the correspondent of the Associated
: Press;
"I believe Colonel Argueiles Is per
| sunnily sincere and honest, though I
’ have no means of ascertaining the sen
timents and aims of the authorities
behind him The Filipino people. p< o
| pie, like other Asiatic peoples, have no
i trust in mere words, without force be
l hind them, but with force I-consider
a conciliatory spirit of the utmost !m
I porlesce."
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htiuuMffktTH who *o lorgte In
| thp t'le rraaivation arp alraaily h»r«
anil murp »tr*' turning dally. Thp nil”
allow Ids apttbra to go ii|»tn the «ur
vr>p*l land# ami roaVp tbflr *»l#fllo#^
In atlvtintr of «Ha* owning otiftatM
in to h of Mm* t i nubia * y|tarlp|t‘ rd at
prat iwua I bp only ruah for
ih.»f Unda will I’" «» thp land o«t< a.
KittUra il«tiring italma on tha nnaur
v*y*d iRittlon air allow'd to paannn*
|b# r«illt)f In advulKP but moat fp
limp from It l>»f“i* n«on. May t
At that hoar th*<y nay Un* «i» an«l
tut* a run for Ih* vlalwa * hat th»v
to* ololol Tit*) bar# iilioty ‘lay*
’ in * ho h to 8Ip on tin «• rtalms.
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[ ADVANCE ON MALOLOS.
Mr. Harrison C»ri*y Iflln of thf Advance
on the Ktbfb'i Capital.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 1.—Release;!
from quarantine today, ltrlgadler Gen
eral Harrison Gray Otis, U. s'. Vr., who
arrived from Manila last night, on tho
transport Sherman, Is a happy man at
being again at home. This veteran of
three wars U a civilian in time of
peace and as soon as he foresaw the
termination of hostilities with the fall
of Malolos he asked to be allowed to
resign. He expects to leave for Los
Angeles tomorrow and will at once as
sume his position as editor In chief
of the Los Angeles Times. He was
interviewed today by u reporter of tho
Associated Press. Speaking of the po
sition held by his brigade during the
campaign, General Otis said: "In the
advance upon Malolos, begun at day
light, March 25, my brigade constitut
ed the center of tlie general line and
Its orders were to pierce the enemy's
center, which was done the same day.
After this movement was under way
the First brigade advanced west of tho
railway track, running north, and at
right angles to it, while the Second
brigade advanced abreast on the east
side of the same track. The usual reg
imental formation adopted in all the
movements in line of battle was to
post two battalions on the firing line,
with one battalion In support.”
In the advance upon Malolos. how
was your main line constituted?”
"I have already described Its forma
tion. If you will examine the map of
the region It will perhaps make the
respective positions of the two divis
ions of the Eighth army corps clearer
to you. he First division, with the ex
ception of Wheaton's brigade, was on
the south of the T\istg; the Second di
vision anil Wheaton’s brigade were
north of that river.
"The Malolos assault, as a whole,
was made by the Second division, Ma
jor General MacArthur commanding,
supported by Wheaton’s brigade (the
Third) of Lawton's First divison. The
entire column was strengthened by the
divisional artillery, made up of regu
lation Held pieces. Hotchkiss cannon
and a vicious little rapid-fire gun. All
the guns were manned by men from
Dyer's Sixth United States artillery
and Young’s battalion of Utah light
artillery, under their respective offi
cers. A squadron of the Fourth Unit
ed States cavalry was the only mount
ed force in the column. I’art of the
regular cavalry was mounted on big
horses, the remainder on ponies.
“Our general infantry advance was
a long, superb sweep northward by a
thin lire of troops In extended order
of battle, deployed so as to cover near,
ly the entire country between the bay
of Man !a on the west and Sail Juan on
the east, «•
"To go back a little, the movement
began at 5:30 a. ra. of March 25. with
Dale's advance on the near right. Ills
movement was taken up at 6 a. m. by
my brigade on the center. Wheaton,
with the left, advanced later.
"On account of the boldnefs of the
enemy on his left. General Hall was
kept busy there and did not advance
with the general line. He had been di
rected by the corps commander to se
cure the safety of our extreme right,
also the road beyond the peradventure
of a doubt.
"The fighting itself—well, I cannot
go into that in detail; It would re
quire much space. There is no trou
ble about the fighting on our side.
Make a fairly good plan of battle, send
the soldiers in under their officers, hold
them well in hand, give them good
rifles and keep them supplied with
plenty of ammunition, maintain strict
fire discipline, show them the enemy's
position and the men will do the rest.
"The nameless man behind the gun
and the all too obscure line officer
have far more to do with the winning
of victories than many poorly Inform
ed civilians seem to understand.”
"The start—how was it made?”
“The first advance was partly
through the opening across rice fields
and cleared ground, partly through
timber and underbrush, across marsh,
lagoons, dry liarras and streams of
varying degrees of depth.
The river Tuliahan was passed by
the Third artillery and the Twentieth
Kansas of my brigade, while yet the
day was young and by the First Mon«
tana later on. The enemy's center had
been pierced. And then the victorious
march continued right along, day after
day, until Malolos was reached The
rivers were crossed by the infantry,
either by fording or on Improvised
rafts or temporary bridges; the ar
tillery and supply trains passed the
streams on the railway bridges, which
tlie enemy could nol burn and had been
unable to Idow up for want of time,
because his burning parties had been
chased off promptly by our troops. Hc
sldes the stream lagoons und marshes
that had to be crossed or flanked,
bamboo thickets, dense banana forests
and difficult stretches of tangl“d < h. p
parrul must be penetrated and cleared
under fire.
Ka*.<te<t lijr Storm and I Ire
OOI,Kill 1X1E, NEB.. May 1—A prai
rie tlie. burning In the hay thus along
the northern tier of counties of Se.
hrnsku. t< n milts from this place, yes
[ terday afternoon, passed over into the
tin k of the tornado, anti was swept
with the apm-d of the wind diagonally
inmj-m the county for twenty-five miles
destroying tveryihiUM in its path.
1 he only lives lost so tar as known,
were the * of Mrs Holla l.ivlngstort
I and her tlve-year-obl hov The woman
saw the fire coming and ran to a pis
: tore to relegre the family atm k The
I ov followed her lloth were knocked
down by the terrified mutual* The
fire parsed over them hef ire they could
get out of the way. The Isidy of Hit
toy w.ta a'nte-i consumed and \|ra.
Mvlusaton tired but n few houva,
A great many < at lie were overtak
en and horned \ large Sumlee of
fa r so house a were deatroved and the
famiHe- **>ap-d l^v ••Meg ref> g • be
yond 'h« It ik of the thion - The pith
of the fire wan nearly one tube wide.
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U»r aotl Ira
OF.NERAI. NF.'.VS NOTES.
Father Baraada, Santiago, Is con
firmed by the jKipe bishop of Santiago.
The British government has decided
to contribute to a British columbia
Australian cable.
Twenty thousand cigars were se
cured at Knoxville, Tenn., by revenue
collectors, boxes having counterfeit
stamps.
The Japanese war ship Hiyei has
arrived at Esquimau, B. C., where its
crew will be richly entertained by res
ident Japs.
Boland Quentin, secretary of the
Eagle Boat Store company, St. Louis,
now missing, is found to be short
$10,000, with more appearing.
The verdict for $10,000 has been set
aside and a new trial granted in the
suit of J. M. Mawell against Nat C.
iioodwin, involving the right to use
the play, “Ambition.”
Captain Frias Rhodes, who Is to sail
the yacht Defender in thi^trial races,
has spent all his life on the water and
is a friend of such old sailing masters
as Norman Terry and L. A. Jeffrey.
James H. Merrill, mayor-elect of
Oshkosh. Wls„ bears a striking re
semblance to the cartoons of Uncle
Sam. He is a lawyer and has a state
reputation for his after-dinner speeches.
James F. Taliaferro, the newly elect
ed I'nited States senator from Florida,
was n private in the confederate army,
ite is a party leader in his state, but
was never a candidate for office before,
Robert H. Hitt, chairman of me for
eign relations committee of the last
congress, began life ns a newspaper
reporter, went to Washington as a
correspondent and then entered the
diplomatic service.
The Canadian government has lipen
advised from the Yukon to allow the
military contingent to remain there
pending the settlement of the bound
ary question. No action has been
taken In the matter.
Nearly 3,000 claims for pensions on
account of disability resulting from
wounds and disease have already been
i.,ed by the Sixteenth regiment of
Pennsylvania volunteers, which took
part in the Porto Rican campaign.
General Arthur MacArthur. when
appointed adjutant of the Twenty
fourth Wisconsin volunteers in 1802,
was so small of stature and of voice
that he was familiarly known as “the
Boy,” a name which still sticks to him
in the Philippines, «
Mr. Du Paty pe Clam, who Is In
volved In the Dreyfus scandal. Is re
ported to have remarked to a friend:
' My fate is written in my name. Pati,
in I^atin, means to suffer, and clam,
secretly, in silence, without saying a
word. I am following out my destiny!
I suffer in silence.”
Harry Irwin, the son of May Irwin,
the actress, has received an appoint
ment as a cadet in the Pnited States
Naval academy and will undergo his
entrance examinations early next
month. Harry Is a bright boy of 17
years and greatly resembles his mother
in appearance and disposition.
Honolulu, has one theater, a ram
shackle building, In which various
erode pe..'ormanc.es are given by na- r
tives. Once In a long while a dra
matic company makes the trip from
San Francisco, the latest doing so last
summer without pecuniary profit.
Single entertainers stop there on the
way to Australia.
Colonel Uyehara, Captain Fakamo
and N. Ariga. delegates on behalf of
.lapan to the peace conference at The
Hague, were Interviewed at Vancou
ver. "It is by no means a foregone
conclusion that we will advocate uni
versal peace," said Ariga. “It seems
that we are livng in martial times.
Great issues are at stake, particularly
in the orient, and the Japanese em
peror would not at this critical stage
wish to give voice to any sentiment
thereon which might afterward em
barrass him.”
Not since Ue days when the last
spike was driven in the line of rail
road connecting the Atlantic with the
Pacific coast has there been built a
railway of such tremendous and far
reaching Influence as the Trans-Sibe
rian railroad. In Ainslee's Magazine
for May Hon. John W. Bookwalter of
Ohio supplies the first extensive ac
count of this railroad from the view
point of an American. Mr. Book
waiter's paper 1s charmingly written
and replete with news about the vast
plains of Sibeiia, which are so like
our own far and fertile west, about
the comfort of the Trans-Siberian cars,
the luxury of the stations, etc. These
Interesting and Important details are
further enhanced by a rich collection
of illustrations from photographs
never before published.
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