THE RED CLOUD CHIEF.
IN
'
TRUCE GIVEN AGAIN.
FIGHTING STOPPED MON
DAY AFTERNOON.
arrcndar fit nn Takan Under Con
deration Oneit Morn hy the. flpanUh
Connnandrr Washington Ofnrlala Ks
pect Jfewa of Bnrrrnder Momentarily.
WAsniKOTON, July 13. The follow
ing dispatch was received here from
General Sfiafter nt half past 0 o'clock
this morning:
Tf.AYA dki. Estk, July 12. It has
been very quiet, but little lighting. A
4agof truco up since 5 o'clock. Con
aidcring proposition for surrendering,
now that I hare the town surrounded
upon the north.
Lines wero completed at ft p. m. by
General Ludlow right down totho bay.
The lino in rather thin, but will have
it strengthened in tho morning by
General Henry, who has just arrived
at headquarters.
Only three casualties; no ono killed
far an I can learn.
Great deal of suffering among the
ifirople who have gone'out of Santiago.
Am doing tay bent, to relieve llfbut not
entirely uccesful. Shaftim.
At 3 o'clock thin afternoon Secretary
Alger said ho had received no mrtsngc
from General Shatter except tho dis
patch given out In tho morning. ITc
thought matters were unchanged,
therefore, nud assumed that it flag of
truce Was still flying and that the
enemy wero negotiating for a surren
der. Tho only mcMago received from
fflboney was a short dispatch from
General Miles regarding transporta
tion, in the course of which he said:
"The rains ore tho heaviest I have
ever known."
Wabihkoton, July 13. General Shot-
ter's dispatch of this morning changed
the wholo aspect of nffnlrH at Santiago
de Cuba, according to tho plan of cam
paign as outlined by Gcnerel Shatter
day beforo yesterday. Tho city of
Santiago was to have been ltombarded
throughout tho day. Undoubtedly the
bombardment of tho city did begin
yesterday morning, but oillelals In the
war department arc Inclined to think
that tho firing did not last for any
ength of time.
Secrctnry Alger had advised General
Shatter to attempt to demoralize tho
enemy if possible, hoping that they
would surrender and thus prevent any
great loss of life among either the
American or tho Spanish forces. Gen
eral Shatter seems to havo accom
plished Ills object and although he
does not say that tho Spaniards are
considering "unconditional surren
der," it is taken for granted that such
is tho easo. Geueral Toral thoroughly
understands that they are the only
tertnn that will bo considered by the
American commander.
Officials in Washington arc expect
ing that word will come from Santi
ago to-day announcing tho surrender
of the. city.
I am Informed that Major Gcncrni
Shatter will receive nil credit for the
rampalgn. General Miles positively
ttated before ho left tho United States
that ho would not supersede General
Shatter. I am informed to-day that
his principal object In going to Cuba
was to bo on hand to direct tho move
ment from that place to I'orto Kieo.
With Sua ftku's Aumy, July.ll. It
was not daylight when tho American
forces resumed tho firing on Santiago
Monday morning. It was a foggy,
damp morning, and tho mist obscured
the enemy's position. When the first
shots wero tired there was not even
light enough to make out Santiago.
Captain Mode's battery sent shell
after shell straight into tho enemy's
trenches, and the roar of the other bat
teries chimed in as shell and shrapnel
went flying Into the enemy's lines.
Twice during the morning the Gatllng
guns swept the exposed part of tho
enemy's trenches, provoking volleys in
reply from tho enemy.
Whenever the Spaniards appeared
above their rifle pits our sharpshooters
went to work, caustag every dirty
straw hat to duck behind the1 banks of
earth.
With the exception of a few desul
tory volleys, the Spaniards made no re
ply to our Are. Their artillery was
sllrnt, although tho guns apparently
were In position. For all signs ot life
about their artillery It might have con
tested of dummy guus.
Two batteries opposite the left of
our position havo been found to be
nothing moro than dummy guns.
When our HeoutH inspected these
trenches, tho formidable field pieces be
came logs ot wood, and not a Spanish
soldier was to bo sti.
Ah the morning passed the Impres
sion grew stronger that General Toral,
tho Spanish commander, had succeeded
in slipping tho greater part of hlb
army out of tho be.iclgcd city. Ills
only loopholo was across the bay and
to the westward. Our Hues are sup
posed to cover the north, Besides, tho
artillery is thought to have a complete
range on the mountain pass on the
north. '
At General Shatter's headqnarfers
this afternoon, It is believed that San
tiago will surrender within twenty
four hours.
Wilmington, Del.', July 13. A trial,
probably unprecedented in the annuls
of this country, that of a member of
tho United States Senate on a criminal
charge, began in tho circuit court In
this city yesterday afternoon before
Judge Edward G, Bradford. The de
fendant is Itlohurd Rollln Keuney of
Dover, junior Senator from Deluwnre.
indicted upon a charge of aiding and
abetting William N. Hoggs, win) has
confessed to robbing the First Nation
nl bank of Dover, of which Institution
ho was paying teller, of tho turn of
$107,000.
WAR'S EFFECTS IN HAVANA.
nutlnen U I'srntjieil unit IVopla are Out
of Work.
Nkw Yon, Jul;f 13. An Interesting
account of the situation in Havana,
written by Senor F. Lopez Alluc, a
Madrid newspaper correspondent, has
reached the Cuban Junta here. It wan
written beforo the destruction of Ad
miral Cervera's squadron and while
the Inhabitants of Havana wero ex
pecting those vessels to come to their
relief with provisions. Tho letter says
in part:
In Havana wo arc feeling moro and
moro each day the deprivations duo to
the conduct of the war. At tho be
ginning of tho trouble, when tho
American fleet first established the
blockade, there was plenty of stores in
warehouses and In the custom house,
and for a time tho trafllo nnd move
ments in the streets wero the same as
In times of peace. Then It was dlfll
cult to move about In such streets as
the Calto de Officio, Calle Inquisldor
and Callo Obropla, because of tho con
gestion of heavy trucks, loaded wugoni
and vehicles of all kinds.
Now It Is all different. Tho incr
jhandlso )ias been distributed from the
customhouse and there Is an utter
paralysis in all branches of trade.
To-doy those streets, where onco was
all nctlvlty and bustle, wear n holiday
or rather a mournful air of quiet.
Hungry dogs sniff along tho gutters,
which they have cleared long since of
all refuse. They have lost their domes
ticity, flee at the approach of a man
nnd their lean flanks and hungry eyes
give them the appearaneo of wild ani
mals. In tho shadow of every tree and
building can be seen dozens of steve
dores, coachmen, wagoners and public
laborers, lying idle and hopeless. For
weeks they have been without work.
Thousands of working men and women
in tho tobacco industry are reduced tt,
the same condition.
Efforts have been made by tho offi
clals hero to keep this condition of tho
city and its people a secret, but I do
not believe that patriotism requires it.
It Is necessary that these facts be made
public in order that the people of Mad
rid can appreciate the situation in
Havana and recognize tho efforts of
the people here to maintain tho nation
al integrity, whatever the cost to
.them.
The shore defenses in Havana are
now completed. The task was a titan
ic, one, thousands of laborers working
day and night. It is only just that I
tell you that we owe. all this energy
nnd activity to General I'ando, who",
from tho time of his arrival in Havana
on April 22, hit not been idlo a
minute.
From tho insurrection we know
nothing, or next to nothing. All such
news comes to us by cable from tho
south, which is In the hands of the
government. On the north we nrc
completely Incommunicado. It is gen
erally understood, however, that our
troops havo evacuated tho interior of
Oricnte, and have concentrated in
forts along the coast. Wo have Just
heard that the insurgent havo driven
our troops from llayamo and have
taken possession of that city. Such
news as wo receive from Spain is so
distorted by tho ofllcials hero that we
can place little reliance on It.
This letter goes through the kind
ness of un nfllcer on a German vessel
iHHind for Europe.
FIRED ON THE HOSPITAL SHIP.
Thn Scorpion C'nnm Ni'nr Kinking
the
Churnkre hy Mlitakr.
St. Lot'is, July 13. A dispatch to
tho St. Louis Republic from Atlanta
says: The hospital ship Cherokee,
bearing 400 wounded soldiers from
SIbiney, wos Urcd upon, and, It Is
said, hit In several places, by the Scor
pion on her journey to Tampa.
This remarkable story Is told by the
patients, who arrived at Fort MePher
son on the hospital train from Tampa
last night. They say that some of tho
shots came near sinking her, nnd the
Cherokee was saved only by her lights
being turned on in full, whereupon the
Scorpion recognized her in. the' dark
ness, and the unpleasant Incident was
over.
It Is claimed that nobody aloard the
Cherokee was Injured by the firing. A
seconed nnned vessel hailed her, but
there was no trouble this time.
PORTO RICO jJEADY FOR US.
r tin I no unit Hpvul.ti MUrulo f'reatn it
Urntrn fur Ainnrli-an Kurrm.
VnovixcKvow.v, Mass., July 13.
Captain MeKenna of tho British brig
Ethel, who arrived hero to-day from
Arcelbo, I'orto Htco, for orders, brings
a story of great destitution nt San
Juan and other places and a deep In
terest among tho, inhabitants of tho
Island In tho progress of tho war.
Several American and British news
papers reached Captain Melvenna
while ho lay at Arcelbo, and ho says
that tho natives fought to get posses
sion of them, so eager wero they to
learn of the progress of the war. All
classes are praying for a speudy settle
merit of hostilities and tho majority
express sympathy with the United
States, whose efforts they believe will
result in bringing them relief froir
the irksome rule of Spain.
England Aftrr tho l'rltatrr.
VirroiitA, It. C July 13. In re
sponse to the request of United States
Consul Dcndlcy of Vancouver, Admiral
Pullcser, commander of tho Pacific
British squudron, stationed at Esqul
malt, has dispatched II. M. S. Amph
Ion, a second class cruiser, carrying
nine guns, and t lie sloop of war learns,
mounting eight guns, to crulsu the
waters of the North to search for tho
ulleged privateer which, according to
reports that have reached tho cars of
the consul, lies hidden in the vicinity
of Dixon entrance, the passage for
sonthbou.td treuture shlub.
JARMISTICE EXTENDED
SANTIAGO GIVEN TWENTY
FOUR HOURS MORE.
Xdaarr Itorrana a Telegraph Operator
From the Amerlraa Army to Talk With
III finperlora If Hantlago Hold Out
Shatter and NmiiMiin Will Co-Operate
WARiitMOTOX, July f. The War de
partment has fostcd tho following
dispatch:
Camp near Santiago, July 7. Per
fect quiet to-day. At the request of
8panish general employes of English
cable company wero sent in to him to
telegraph his government as to sur
rendering. Men in good spirits and nro making
themselves more securo every hour.
Wounds are much less dangerous than
similar wounds made by caliber 45.
Among tho large numler wounded
thero arc few amputations. Perhaps
ten will cover It.
General health of command Is good.
One hundred and fifty caes of fever,
which will run their course in four or
Ave days, but none serious. I am feel
ing much better. Shatter, Major Gen
eral. With SitAFTKn'H AnMY, July 7. Tho
armistice has been extended till noon
Saturday, in order to allow General
Linares to communicate with Captain
General Blanco and with Madrid.
General Linares informed General
Shatter that he had no telegraph op
erator, and one was sent Into the city
accompanied by thn British consul,
F. Ramsden, under the British flag.
Not a shot has been fired recently on
cither side, but work is pushed on the
batteries and entrenchments. Our po
sition has been greatly strengthened
during the last forty-eight hours, the
American lines advancing to within
100 yards of the enemy, and our hill
tide batteries overlook and command
the city.
General Lawtou's division advanced
COO yards, to the great surprise of tho
enemy.
The dynamite gun of Colonel Wood's
"Rough Riders," in charge of Sergeant
Hallett Alsop Borrowo, has been
beautifully placed, hidden in u snug
pit.
The strenms have been bridged over,
allowing tho transportation of heavy
artillery with facility and the roads
have been greatly Improved. The
general health of the soldiers is good.
The armistice is affording u long
needed rest for our men and they uro
now in good shape to resume fighting.
General Linares is evidently weak
ening, and the mediation of tho bishop
ot Santiago and the consular com
panies may persuade him to surrender.
In en so hostilities ure resumed, the
plan of assault is for Rear Admiral
Sampson to bombard the forts nt the
mouth of the harbor, driving the men
away from the guns, nnd then land n
thousand men and occupy the forts,
while men, with grappling irons, go In
nnd countermine the harbor.
The fleet will then enter and bom
bard the city, supporting tho land
assault.
General Garcia, tho insurgent com
mander, received oraers yester' ', no
to attack the Spaniards while tin; ne
gotiations are on foot.
The Spanish cruisers are still filled
with charred bodies nnd the hiuzards
are hovering about tho wrecks. Tho
Cubans, by Rear Admiral Sampson's
orders, have buried the bodies of over
100 Spaniards, which wero washed
ashore.
PERCENTAGE OF LOSS LARGE.
Genaral Knnt'i Dill. Ion MnfTemil Nrivridy
In Santiago 1'lght.
With Gk.nkrai. Kknt's Division:,
fuly 0. Tho following is the loss by
regiments In General Kent's division
of the Fifth army corps. This division
sustained the heaviest loss in tne fight
ing of July 1, and lost more men in the
deadly charge on San Juau hill than
any other organization engaged in the
flfht.
General nawklns' brigade, Sixth in
fantry Wiled: Four officers and 13
men. Wounded Soven officers and DO
men; total, 123.
Sixteenth infantry Killed: One of
ficer and 14 men. Wounded Five of
ficers and 104 men; total, 125,
Seventy-first New York infantry
Killed No ofllcers and 13 men.
Wounded Ono officer and 00 men; to
tal, 74.
Pearson's brigade, Second infantry
Killed: No officers and 0 men.
Wounded Four ofllcers and 17 men;
total, 57.
Tenth infantry Killed: Ono ofllcer
and ft men. Wounded Fivu ofllcers and
35 men; total, 4(1. ,
Twenty-first- Infantry -Killed: No
ofllcers and 0 men. Wounded One of
fleer nnd 32 tnent total, 3!i.
Geueral Kwcn's brigade, Ninth in
fantry Killed: 'One officer and '3 men.
Wounded No ofllcer, 27 men; total. 31.
Thirteenth infantry Klllud: Two
ofllcers and 10 men. Wounded Vive
officers and 85 men; total, 103.
Twcnsy-fourth infantry Killed:
Two officers and 11 men. Wounded
Six officers nnd 74 men; total, 03.
Grand total, 093. Total number en
gaged, 5,100. In this division tho per
centage of loss is 13.
A REGIMENTFOR HAWAII.
Vhe Cabinet Ilrrlilri to Hrml Hotdlrrs to
tha IiluniU at onre.
Washington-, July 0. As a result ot
(he cabinet meeting to-day, It was de
cided to dispatch a regiment of trocps
to Honolulu Immediately, and tho
commandant at the Presidio, Cal., has
been communicated wit): to learn what
forces are available.
Tha Ganate Adjourn.
WAsntNoroN, July 0. The senate
adjourned slue die at 3:0G e 'clock this
afternoon.
LT. HOBSON TELLS HIS STORY.
A Itroken Ilndder Made the Marrlmac'a
Kinking a Failure
Nkw Yonit, July fl. A dispatch
to
the New York Herald from off Santi
ago says: Your correspondent saw Mr.
Uobson after he had made his report
to Admiral Sampson, Ho spoke In
glowing terms' of tho courago and
bravery of his crew.
"We have been thirty-three days In
a Spanish prison," said Mr. Uobson,
"and the more I think about it tho
moro marvelous It seems that we uro
illve.
"It was about 3 o'clock In tho morn
ing when tho Mcrrimae entered the
narrow channel and steamed in under
the guns of Morro castle. Tho still
ness of death prevailed. It was bo
dark that wc could scarcely sco the
headland. Wc had planned to drop
our starboard anchor at a certain point
to the right of tho channel, reverse
our engines nnd then swing the Mcr
rimae around, sinking her directly
across the channel.
"This plan was adhered to, but cir
cumstances rendered its execution im
possible. When the Mcrrimae poked
her nose Into the channel our troubles
commenced. The deadly silence was
broken by the wash of a small boat ap
proaching us from the shore. I made
her out to bo a picket boat.
"She ran close up under the stern of
the Mcrrimae and fired several' shots'
from what seemed to be 3-pound guns.
Tho Merrlmac's rudder was carried
oway by this fire. That is why the
collier was not sunk across the chan
nel. "We did not discover the loss of the
rudder until Murphy cast anchor. We
then found that the Mcrrimae would
not answer to tho holm and were com
pelled to make the best of the situa
tion. "Tho run up tho channel was very
exciting. The picket boat had given
the alarm and in a moment the guns
of the. Vlzcaya, tho Almirantc Oquen
do and the .shore batteries were turned
upon us.
"Submarine mines and torpedoes
were also exploded all about us, adding
to the excitement. The mines did no
damage, although wc could hear rum
blings and could feci tho ship tremble.
"Wo wero running without lights
and only tho darkness saved us from
utter destruction. When the ship was
in the desired position, and wo found
that the rudder was gone, I called the
men on deck. While they were launch
ing the catamaran I touched off tho
explosives.
STRUCK HY TWO TORPEDOES.
"At the same moment two torpedoes,
fired by the Relna Mercedes, struck
the Merrlniaa):.amldshlps. I cannot
say whether our own explosives or tho
Spanish. torpedocis did tho work, but
the' Mcrrimae was lifted out of the
wather and almost rent asunder.
JAs she settled down we scrambled
overboard and cut away the catamaran.
A great cheer went up from the forts
and war ships as the hull of the col
lier foundered, the Spaniards thinking
the Merrimac was an American war
ship. "We -attempted to get out of the
harbor on tho catamaran, but a strong
tide was running, and daylight found
us still struggling in the water. Then,
for the first timo tho Spaniards saw
us, and a boat from the Rciua Mer
cedes picked us up.
"It was then shortly, of or S o'clock
in the morning and wo had been in tho
water more than an hour. We wero
taken aboard the Itelna Mercedes and
later were sent to Morro castle.
"During the. llrst four days wc wero
prisoners of war we were confined in
Morro castle, uud I can assure yon
those wero extremely uncomfortable
and disagreeable days. Tho Spaniards
did not exactly ill treat us, but )'. took
them some timo to recover from the
shock caused by what most of them
considered our Yankee impudence in
trying to block their harbor.
"As a rule tho ofllcers and men who
came into contact with us were gruff
in speech and sullen In manner. For
Admiral Cervera 1 havo nothing but
Thc highest admiration.
"His act of informing Admiral Samp
son of our safety I regard that of a
kinil hearted, generous man and a
chivalrous officer. I expressed to him
sincere thanks, and tho thanks of my
men for taking this means of relieving
the anxiety of our shipmates and our
friends at home. He repeatedly spoke
to me of his admiration of what he
called onu of tho most daring acts in
naval history, though I am sure we
were not entitled to tho commendation
we received, for there were hundreds
of other men on our ships who would
have been glad to undertuke to do the
same thing.
"Wo knew nothing about the destruc
tion of Admiral Cervoru's fleet until
told by our own people to-day. Of
coursa our confinement became very
irksome and I cannot tell you how
groat was tho relief wo felt to bo free
again. 1 cannot express my gratltudo
to our soldiers who gave us such a
welcome when we. camo Into tho lines.
All of us are in excellent health and
glud to get buck to our posts again aud
see the war through to tho cud."
it seems sometimes as it half the
people wero busy making fools of them
selves. Ex.
Monetary 1'anle In Chill.
New Yok, July . A dispatch re
ceived here from Valparaiso, Chill,
says: "A financial panic has been oc
casioned hem by tho withdrawal and
exportation of gold, which has caused
the Chilian government to officially
close all the banks in Chill until tho
12th inst. .During this suspension tho
government will consider tho advisa
bility of isnuing paper money."
Corlilu (ant n I'romotlnn.
WASiiiNGTor, July I). Late yester
day afternoon a bill conferring upon
Adjutant General Corbin the rank, puy
and allowances ot a major gencrul was
oassed by tho Senate.
NEWS OF NEBRASKA,
SUCCINCT SUMMARY OF A
WEEK'S EVENTS
Molt Important Happening! of the Fait
Hrrtn Days llrlenj Mentioned All Tor
tious of the Htatci Covered A Thorough
Itrinme of hraka Newt,
Wrdneadar, July 0.
Nebraska farmers were generally to
busy harvesting wheat to celebrate
the glorious Fourth.
J. F. Doll, living southenst of St.
Paul; committed suicide early Tuesday
morning by putting u bullet through
his brnln.
Hurry Nearlnc, nn employo at
Dempster's factory in Heatrice, may
loso the sight of his right eye by u
piece of steel flying into it, penetrat
ing the eyeball. '
Mrs. A. J. Lcguercln of St. Louis,
who was visiting friends on Bancroft
street, Omaha, hist night cut her throat
and stabbed herself with n curving
knife. Her husband states sho has
been demented for some time.
The Central Granary company, suc
cessors to Harris Bros, has decided to
increase the capacity of its plant in
the Burlington trucks on the west
side of Lincoln. The present elevator
'is a large and substantial structure,
but the need of mora room was so
pressing that the company commenced
the erection of nn enormous elevator
having a capacity of a quarter ot a
million bushels of gruln. It will be
one of the lnrges. buildings in Lin
coln. Work was begun several duys
ago.
According to the decision of the
paymaster the boys of the Second Ne
braska will get no pay for six days
they haVc served. The regiment wns
culled out April L'7. The state of Ne
braska paid the men from that date to
uud including May 4, Tho regiment
was mustered May 10. It wus sup
posed the government would pay tho
sl.T.days preceedlng muster as pre
scribed. But the government officials
hold that the state of Nebraska has
paid for eight days uud that the
United States will have to reimburse
it. If this decision is sustained the
Nebraska regiment will lose ubout
33, 300. It means u deduction of S--800
to tho enlisted men and about 8300
to the officers.
Thursday .lunc 7
Harry L. Howl by. who was recently
appointed to West Point by Congress
man Stark, has successfully passed the
examinations at that place and will
immediately enter upon his duties in
the school. He is well known at
Crete whero he attended Dcanc college.
Kx-Stnto Treasurer J. S. Hartley Is
now confined hi the penitentiary to
serve u twenty years' sentence for the
embezzlement of state funds. He wns
brought from Omaha by Sheriff Mc
Donald. Sheriff McDonald says that
Hartley's eyes hae become in very
bad condition from granulated lids.
Specialists have been treating them,
but seem to do little good. Formerly
Hartley rcud a good deal, but lately
his, eyes havo prevented him. The
sheriff says that Hartley was a model
prisoner and never gave tiny cause for
complaint. Tho peuitcntiary physi
cian soys Hartley's eyes are terribly
bad. He will be given very light em
ployment. lrldnj, .lulj H.
Judge Cornish of the Lancaster dis
trict court has handed down his decis
ion in the case brought 'seeking to
break the law passed by tho last legis
lature putting thu telephone, tcle
gruph and express companies under
tho control of the state board of trans
portation, inoperative and unconstitu
tional. The decision of the court Is
thut the law is neither, and the relief
pruyed for by the companies is dented.
The action was one in injunction be
gun by the Pacific express company
and the Nebrusku Telephonu company
to restrain the state board of trans
portation froinH'nr'r.vlng'iritn e'ftect'tiio
law pussed ut tho 1807 session of tin:
legislature which merely recited that
the board should have the same powers
over these and telegraph companies
as over railroads, The state con
tended that the law should not have
been held up by injunction proceedings,
as the compunics could just as well
havo appealed to the courts after they
had taken some iictlon. Tho court
agrees with this proposition and dis
approves of this sort of government by
Injunction, too.nnd It gives as its opin
ion that this resort should not be ap
pealed to until It Is shown that tho
board is trying to or is usurping au
thority. Having held the law to bo
operative, the court pusses to the eon
siileration of the question raised lis to
tho constitutionality of the law Itself.
The constitution says that all laws
passed by the legislature iiincndatory
of e.lsting laws must contain the sec
tion so ameiulcd. Tho court stiys that
if this new law is amendatory
of the old law, it is uueoititutloiial
because it recites no other or previous
luw. Hut the question is, U it amend-
atory? Tho court Is of the opinion
that It is not amendatory, uud that it
clearly expresses the legislative in
tent. At Omaha Judge Keysbr granted an
alternative, writ to require ex-Siipcrln-tendent
Gillespie of the tlcaf ami dumb
institute to turn over the present
superintendent, II. K, Dawes, the sum
of 82,075.37 in money nud u lot of fur
niture and pictures which it is alleged
hu wrougfully removed from the Insti
tution upon his retirement, they being
the property of the state. This action
is based on a report of the committee
showing thut Gillespie hud failed to
account for thin money and property.
Thn case will come un for tlnal hair
ing July is.
Frank O'Nell, son of J. B. O'Neil, n
prosperous ranchman north of Gordon,
was shot yesterday morning about
sunrise by n mnu in ambush. It is said
tho gun was loaded with pounded
glass and wns fired nt short range, its
O'Nell was burned by the powder. His
shoulder whs bndly shattered, but It is
thought he will recover.
Katnrdny, .Inly 0.
The news of tho death ot her son
George Gcddes who was a member of
Company C of the First regiment, has
broken the heart of Mrs. Gcddes of
Heatrice.
Ike Pace, son of L. C. Pace of Lincoln,
has been transferred from F company
of tho Second regiment to the Third
regiment, now nt Omaha, and Sergeant
Bolshnw wns instructed to recruit one
moro to take his place.
A four-year-old son of Frank Hush
nell of Columbus died last Wednesday
and wns buried Thursday. Uushnell
was informed that the grave would bo
robbed. He lnld In wait for tho ghouls
and when they showed up ho fired ut.
them two big loads of buckshot. They
fled prcclpltutely.
Kunilny. July lO.
Citizens of Hemmingford are, seeking
to secure the erection of a starch fac
tory. Tecuniseh officers headed off a pros
pective tar and feather bee by remov
ing the subject out of town.
llev. E. F. Jordntl of Grand Island
has been appointed chuplulu of the
Third Nebraska regiment.
The Wnhoo firebug continues to get
in his work witli sturtllug regularity.
N. Dunlnp's residence was set fire
Saturday night, and Sunday morning
the center cur of a groupof ten, stand
ing nenr the elevator, was discovered
to be nbluc. The houso is a total loss,
and the ear was reduced to tho con
Ultiou of ti flat car in short order.
G. K. Towl, special correspondent
for the State Journal, writing from
Honolulu in regard to the trip of the
First Nebraska says every mother's
son of tho regiment paid tribute to
Neptune by leaning over the bulwarks
in a vuln endeavor to get a look at the
fishes. They declared that seuslck
ncss is worse than a thousand deaths.
A. II. Mcudenhall, vice president of
inc. htute .lournul company, lor more
than tweiity-Hvo years a prominent
citizen of Lincoln, met his death early
yesterday morning at his home, 1500
N street, under distressing circum
stances. During the past year he hn
been obliged to give up his work n
superintendent of the business of the "
company and for several months has
been receiving trentment for general
sclerosis, which the physicians con
sider incurable nnd certain to result
fatally in u comparatively short time.
The exnet cause of his death may nev
er bo known, but it appears that
while laboring under some hallucina
tion he arose and went out of the
house between 'J und 4 o'clock yester
day morning, nnd falling into the cis
tern in the. reur of his residence, was
drowned, His wife missed him about
4 o'clobk. A short senrch revealed the
displaced cistern cover and neighbors
soon found the body und brought it to
tho surface. This was done about 4:1.1.
Life hud evidently been extinct for
some minutes and efforts toward re
suscitation were fruitless.
Monday, duly 11-
Collector J. E. Houtz reports that the
collections from this district in tho
fiscal yenr ending June 30, 1808, not in
eluding any wnr tax, wero S2, fiOO.OOO
us against 81,300,000 for the previous
j'eur and being four times as much us
the collections the year beforo that.
The collections since tho war ta.v
went Into effect ure very much in
creased. They now average about 81(1,
ooo a day.
A regiment of New York troops
passed through Omaha Saturday even
ing and under direction of Muyoi
Moores were royally welcomed aud fed.
Tho soldiers were, not allowed to get
off tho train and ladies carried tho food
Into the cars. Somo of them met with
thrilling experiences before they
emerged,' tne soidiersruespomng tnem
of neckties, pins and other toilet trink
lets, some, of which wero retained and
some recovered on peculiar conditions.
One young lady who wore a valuable
pin twice missed It, but recovered It
(inch time by kissing thn soldier in
whose possession she found it. It didn't
liutko uny difference to a soldier
whether tho lady Within his reach was
old or young If his arm would only
reueh urouud her he would not resist,
the teniptutioii.
Tumiluy, duly 1-.
Nebraska is a corn state, for' ono
thing. Yesterday u squad of tho First
Nebraska saw green corn at it store.
Tlie sergeant commanded: "Bight
face. Siilutt'." The emblem of the
home statu was given all honor nnd
tho squad passed on looking for more
pineapples or pretty girls. Honolulu
paper, June 24.
The Honolulu .Evening Bulletin lias
this to day of Nebrusku's First: "Tho
men of the Nebraska regiment consist
of the most intelligent class of men
which huvo been mustered into the
United States service and tho colonel
ban been very highly complimented
upon the appearance, efficiency und
gentlemanly conduct of his men."
The cloudburst of Wednesday night
lust Hooded. Pluttsmonth und tho dam
age will XJh g.io.noo. A lire cnglno
friini Onuilia' Is being utilized to pump
the water from tho Hooded cellnrs.
Word has been received In Lincoln
that Frank Burr of Company F, 2nd
regiment, has passed the examination
ut Fortress Monroe and was second
best aiiinug a large number. Prunl
has u great many friends in Lincoln
who will be more than pleased to hear
of his gon.l luck in passing examina
tion for a Ucutcuuiicy hi tho regular
urmy.
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