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THE RED CLOUD CHIEF. VlnJ Ifl : : , 1 A . SAG ASTATAMS PEACE "HONORABLE" TERMS ARE REQUIRED. f he CnnttlttilltMi lint lleen Temporarily Haipentted, Leaving the Ministry Vrrn lo Art Wanlilngton llai Not Yet Hern Offlelally Notified. MAmuu, July 10. Tho Ofllclal Oa-r-etto to-day publishes a royal decree temporarily suspending throughout the Spanish pcnliiHiila tho rights of In dividuals ah guaranteed by the eonstl tutlon. Tho decree- adds that the (juv eminent will render an nccuntit to Irllnment of tho use. It may make of thin measure. Tho publication of tho decree In gen orally accepted u convincing proof that Hpaln in now ready to stio for peace mid that negotiations to that effect nrc .actually in progress. Tho government wlnhrs to have full power to Bupprcss evidences of discontent or rcbrjllpn that might appear. Tho t'arllsts arc furious and sure to attempt lo create trouble, One minister expressed tho convic tion that ofllclal ovcrturcH for peaco will be made before Sunday and thcro in reason to bellovo France luis offered her Nervlccs to Spain and that Spain ha drawn up conditions for peace which offer a basin of negotiation. Premier Hagasta In quoted an saying that Spain wants peace, but that "it munt bo an honorable pencu, us Spain deserves." "The army," the premier In mild to have added, "Is anxious to resist to tho last, but tho government cannot, con sent to nucha useless sacrifice. Had wc our fleet, tho situation would bo cry different." Tho minister of war, General Correa, Is quoted ah saying In an Interview, that ho thought peaco might bo ar ranged upon the following terms: Tho United States nnd Spain toagrco to let tho Cubans decide by a plebis cite whether thoy deslro independence or autonomy' under tho suzerainty of Spain. Thu two governments to agree to abide by tho result of tin plebiscite. In the event of tho Cubans voting for Independence, the United States to allow Spain nine months In which to withdraw her army gradually and dig iiiflcdly, from Culm. Wasiiinutov, July 10. "Thero have bren no overtures for pence received by any United States embassy or lega tion abroad or by tho department of state at Washington." That was tho statement made by a member of the cabinet. Tho cabinet was In session almost two hours. The royal decree of suspension of Individ ual rights In Spain gave rlso to somo discussion as to tho outlook for peace. Secretary Day, howovcr, reported thero were no overtures of any kind no far made known to him. Dispatches fol lowing up tho announcement of tho surrender weru eagerly ivwulted, but did not come. President MoKle gavo expression to-day to a stron- ero for an early iwace. Ahswerl ? congratulations upon the success of tho Santiago cam paign, ho said: "I hopo for uu early peace, now." In ilia course of other Interviews he. gavo voice to the samo sentiment, not expressing his entire belief, but u strong hopo that peaco would come. Homo of the TcrniH Minle. With SiiAmm's Amir, July t . Tho terms of surrender agreed on are that Spain shall give up tho city and part of tho province. Tho Spanish troops are to bu sent back to Spain by the United States. Wo arc to take the forts and guns. Tho ofllccrs will bo allowed to keep their sldo arms. Ou r troops will not enter tho city until the Spanish embark for Spain. Tho Amer icans aro to keep a circle of guards outside tho city. Tho lied Cross peo ple aro to go In and tho refugees aro to return to their homes. Tho Spanish polleo of Santiago, while preparing for tho departure, will with our sentinels keep out stragglers and marauders. Tho Spanish troops In tho Interior of the province of Santiago will leave a soon as possible. A hospital with room for 2,000 men will bo established in tho hills near Santiago Immediately. With Siiaitku's Ahmt, July in. The truce, which wan to end at noon to day, wbh prolonged by a ling sent out from the Spanish lines at half past t) this morning. General Toral, ncting on General lilanco's instructions, asked time to communicato by cablo with Madrid, tho surrender of Santiago be ing too important a stop to bo taken without royal authority. In the mean time General Illaneo offered to nppoint a joint commission to arrange terms. General Miles and General Shatter decided to call for a personal inter view with General Toral. his message being ambiguous. They rodo out be tween tho lines shortly before noon and met General Toral, who said he had received, a few minutes hefore, authority from Captain General Illaneo to capitulate and make tho work of tho commissioners Hnnl. (!..mrni Toral named Mr. l.olcrt Mason,' llrlt ish consul, General Tolon and his own (Toral's) chief of staff. General Shafter uad General MUca named General Wheeler, Ueneral Lawton and Captain Milcy of General Shafter'B staff. FEW DEATHS FRO'M FEVER. i-ho Mortality In tho Array at Bantlagu llai lleen Light. Wahhinoton', July 10. Tho War de partment has posted a dispatch from Assistant Adjutant Greenleaf of Gen eral Mlles's staff as follows: "Siuonkv, July J5. Only twenty thrco new cases of yellow fever and thrco,dcaths reported within tho past wenty-four hours. Type o? disease mild. Camp site moved whenever practicable. Have taken vigorous unitary precautious to prevent the upread of the disease. SANTIAGO HAD 10,000 MEN, Only Half of Our HpnnlOi Prisoner Wert Defaulting the City. With Shaftku's A nit v. July 16, Tho rcverso to the Spanish arms ir Eastern Cuba Is complete. Nantlaga has fallen and with It nil the eastern end of the Island. General Toral, the Spanish commander, agreed to tho general terms of tho surrender at a personal interview with General Shaf ter this afternoon, at which General Miles was present. Tho victorious American nrmy, after a campaign of three weeks of tho most unprecedented hardships for both of tlccrs and men, accept tho news with heartfelt relief. Tho victory is greater than appeared at first. All tho Spanish troops In tho Fourth corps, the military division of Santiago province, from a line drawn north from Asteraderos, eight miles went of Santiago, through Los Patinas, Talmas Sorlan, Alcantaza to Kngun de Tauamo, on tho north coast, and eastwurd to Capo Maysl, aro surren dered and the territory Is abandoned. Itetween 18,000 and '.'0,000 Spanish pris oners nro taken, nliout 10,000 of whom are in Santiago. The remainder are at Guantanamo and others aro garrisoned In tho towns of Kastorn Cuba. All these troops aro to bo embarked and sent back to Spain under parole. General Shatter bears his honors modestly. Ho said: "The enemy has surrendered all the territory and troops east of Santiago. Tho terms were dictated from Washington. It has been a hard campaign, ono of tho hardest I ever saw. Tho difhcultles to contend with were very great. Never during our civil war were moro diffi cult problems solved. The character of tho country and tho roads made it seem nlmost impossiblo to advance in the face of tho enemy. Tho transpor tation problem was hard, but all the difficulties have been successfully sur mounted. Our 'troops have behaved gallantly. They fought like heroes and J am proud lo have command of them. During all the hardships they have suffered they have shown resolu tion and spirit. They deserve to con quer. "The resist unco of I he nrmy has been exceedingly stubborn. General Toral has proved himself a foeman worthy of any man's steel. The nego tiations which culminated In tho sur render of General Toral have been dragged out for ten days, with the intermission of Sunday nnd Mon day, when our batteries and licet iKjmbarded tho enemy's position. Throughout these periods of truce General Toral has shrewdly fallen back, when hard pressed, upon the statement that ho was simply a subor dinate and powerless to agree to the proposals without tho sanction of his superiors, except under penalty of be ing court-martialed. At tho samo time he seemed to intimate that.pcrsonally, ho thought it useless to hold out any longer. Hut he and his garrison werv soldiers, 'he said, and could die, if nec essary, obeying orders." It was nt the personal interview held by General Shafter with General Toral yesterday that the American general made the Spanish commander under stand that temporizing must cease and that before noon to-day a categorical nfllrmation to his offer must bo re ceived, or the bombardment of tho city would begin In earnest. In the meantime all our plans had been perfected. The delny had been utilized to good advantage. Our liner had been extended until Santlngo was nearly surrounded and our light bat teries had been so posted as to be able to do more effective work. in addition, arrangements hntl been made to land troops at Cabanas, west of tho entrance of tho harbor of Santi ago. The Spanish batteries opposlts Morrc cnstlo were to bo bombarded and stormed, their guns were then to bo turned upon' tho city, and General Lawton's division, at the samo time, wan to fall upon the enemy's left flank under cover of our artillery lire. We could then have en flladed their lines and have drlveu them into thceltv. TRYING TO STOP AMERICA, l'nriK-un Chancellor Keek to IIe.nl Olt Unrln Saln'a Aggruidon. PAnis, July 10. Tho Matin ha. received from its London corre spondent, who has unusual sources of information, a dispatch In which hu says tho European chancollor.s are now discussing tho question of tho eventual Intervention of the powers in tho Philippine islands. Germany would prefer the mainte nance of the status quo, but as a con sequence of the war Spanish sover eignty dlsajuu-ared. American sover eignty must not bo its successor. An international agreement, tw Matin correspondent assurts, will be established and tho powers interested in tho Islands would each bo called on to protect its own Interests. Npnlu Stop MaUrlen. London, July 10. According to a special dispatch from Madrid, the Correspondent-la Mllltar announces that tho government has decided to suspend tho payment of salaries to all civil and military servants, as tL money is needed for war expenses. CARLISTS READY TO RISE. A Itrpnrt Krom Madrid That Oathreukl Aro Kxpected In the North of Spain. Paws, July 10 A dispatch to the Temps from Madrid says tho prefects report that tho Carllsta are making preparations for an outbreak iu th northern provinces. Stramtblp I.lno to Maulla. SpAVruc, Wash., July 10, Shipping men say that the 1'acitio coast steam ship company Intends to establish list to Manila. IS UNDER NEW 11ULE OUR FLAG FLOATS FROM GOVERNMENT PALACE. Santlngn formally Surrendered Sunday nnit a Military lorrnor no it In Con trol tleneral Hliafti-r Iterrlret Toritl' and I lien Unmix It Hark. Wimii.nutos, July Hi. Tho War de partment )H)sted the following bulle tin at .;: 1,1 p. hi., yesterday: "Santiago de Cuba, July 17. Adju st United States Army, Washington: I have the honor to announce that the American flag has been this instant, IS o'clock, noon, hoisted over tho housr of the civil government In tho city of Santiago. An Immense concourse o. people present. A squadron of cavalry and a regiment of infantry presenting nrms and band playing natloiial air. Light battery tired salute of twenty ono guiiM. Perfect order maintained by municipal government. Distress Is very great, but little sickness hi town. Scarcely any yellow fever. A small gunboat and about 200 seamen, left by Ccrvera, have surrendered to me. Obstructions nro being removed from the mouth of the harbor. I'pon coming Into the city 1 have discovered a perfect entanglement of defenses. Klghtiiig as the Spaniards did the first day it would have cost fi.OOO lives to have taken It. Dattnllons of Spanish troops have been depositing nrms since daylight in the nrmory, over which I have guards. General Toral formally surrendered tho plaza and nil stores at On. in. W. K. Siiaitkii, Santiago Di: Criu, July 17, noon. Amid Impressive ceremonies the Span ish troops lnid down their arms be tween the lines of tho Spanish and American forces nt W o'clock this morn ing. General Shatter nnd the American division and brigade commanders nnd their stuffs were escorted by a troop of cavalry nnd General Toral and his staff by J00 picked men. Trumpeters on both sides saluted with flourishes. Gene ml Shafter returned to General Toral the hitter's hword after it had been handed to the American com mander. ' Our troops, lined up nt the trendies, were eyewitnesses of tho ceremony. General Shatter and his escort, accom panied by General Toral, rodo through the city, tnking formal josscsslon. Tho city had been Kicked before they arrived by the Spaniards. Attnepalneo elaborate ceremonies took place. Exactly at noon the Ameri can ling was raised over tho palace and was saluted by twenty-one guns by Cuptnin Capron's battery. At the samo time all the regimental bands In our lino played "The Star Spangled Itanner," after which President Me Kinley's congratulatory telegram was read to each regiment. The Thirteenth and Ninth regiments of infantry will remain in tho city to enforce order and exercise municipal authority. Tho Spanish forces aro to encamp outside of our lines. General McKibbeu has been np pointed temporary military governor. The ceremony of hoisting the stars nnd stripes was worth all tho blood and trcasuro it cost. A vast concourse of 10.0UO people witnessed tho stirring and thrilling scene that will live for ever in the minds of all the Americans present. A liner stage setting for a dramatic episode it would bo difficult to imagine. The palace, a picturesque old dwelling In the Moorish stylo of architecture, faces the Plaza de la Itei na, the principal public square. Op posite rises the imposirg Catholic ca thedral. On ono side Is a qunlnt, bril liantly painted building, with broad verandas the club of San Carlos on tho other a building of the same de scription is the Cnfo de la Venus. Across tho plaza was drawn up the Ninth infantry, headed by tho Sixth cavalry bar.d. In tho street facing tho palaco stood a picked troop of the Sec ond cavalry, with drawn sabers, under command of Captain Urctt. Massed on the stone flagging between the band and tho line of horsemen were the brl gede commanders of General Shr.fts'r'j division, with their staffs. On tho red-tiled roof of the palace, stood Captain McKlttrick, Lieutenant Mlley nnd Lieutenant Wheeler, imme diately above them, upon the flagstaff, tho illuminated Spanish arms and the legend: "Vivn Alfonso XIII." All about, pressing ngalust the ver anda, crowding to windows and doors nnd lining the roofs, were the people of tho town, princi pally women nnd non-combatants. As tho chimes of tho old cathedral rang out the hour of 12, the infantry and cavalry presented arms. Every American uncovered, and Captain Mc Klttrick hoisted the stars and stripes. As the brilliant folds unfurled in n gentlo breeze against a tleckless sky. the cavalry band broke into the. strains of "Tho Star Spangled Hanner," mak ing the American pulso letip and the American heart thrill with Jov. Tho ceremony over. General Shnftcr and his staff returned to the American .lines, leaving the olty in the posses sion of tho municipal authorities, sub ject to tho control of General Mo Kibben. l'lork Tagrttirr. lllrds of u feather flock together un til they get on the ladies' high hats; then they nro scattered ull over the theater. SPAIN NEEDS MORE DEFEATS. Tlia Ilanallta of Teace Have Not Itnen I m prec.r) cm the Itoeiny. MADtttn July 10. Tho defense works are being rushed at all tho Spanish ports. The Mndrld newspnpers assert that tho United States intends to demand in enormous indemnity "in order to hnvo tho pretoxt to seizo the Philip pines as a guarantee." The supposed American peace terms nregreotjy exciting the public, and tho opinion is expressed among the people that war to the death would b preferable to the ruin of Spain. TERMS OF SURRENDER, Turat Bprak Illtterly of the Fate Whlfb Compelled If lm to Kim for Trace. Santiago dk Cujja, July 19. The agreement of surrender consists of nine articles: Tho first declares that all hostilities shall cease pending the agreement of ilnnl capitulation. Second That tho capitulation In cludes nil tho Spanish forces and the surrender of nil war material within the prescribed limits. Third The transportation of tho troops to Spain at the earliest possible moment, each force to be embarked at the nearest port. Fourth That tho Spanish ofllccrs shall retain their side arms and tho en istcd men their personal property. Fifth That after the final capitula tion the Spanish forces shall assist in the removal of all obstructions to nav igation in Santiago harbor. Sixth-That after tho final capitula tion the commanding ofllccrs shall fur nish a complete Inventory of ull arms nnd munitions of war aud a roster of all soldiers In tho district. Seventh That tho Spanish general shall be permitted to take tho military archives and records with htm. Eighth That all guerrillas and Spanish Irregulars shall bo permitted to remain in Cuba if they so elect, giving a parolo that they will not again take up arms against tho United States unless properly paroled. Ninth That the Spanish forces shall be permitted to march out with all tho honors at war, depositing their arms, to be disposed of by the United States in the future, the American commis sioners to recommend to their govern ment that the arms of tho soldiers be returned to thoso "who so bravely de fended them." The arMcles were signed Saturday afternoon nfter n four hours session of the commissioners, who agreed that the terms of the capitulation should awnlt the sanction of tho Madrid gov ernment, which was received Saturday evening. General Toral, the. white-haired commander of the Spanish forces, was present throughout tho session and appeared to ba utterly heartbroken. Ho spoke bitterly of tho fato which compelled him to sue for peace, but had no word to say against tho gallant men who had conquered his army. Ho declared that he had little chance to win. "I would not desire to see my worst enemy play with tho cards I held," he said to ono of tho commis sioners. "Everyone of my generals was killed or wounded. I have not a single colonel left, and niu surrounded by a powerful enemy. We have count ed aixty-seven bhlps off this port. And besides," he concluded, wearily wav ing his hand toward the city, "I have secret troubles there." Speaking of tho battle of Juno 2t, in which the rough riders and a part of General Young's command participat ed, General Toral said that less than 2,000 Spanish troops wero engaged, his loss being :.'05. He would not say how many Spaniards were killed at EJ fancy nnd before Santingo. "Heavy, heavy," ho said, dejectedly. In response to an Inquiry he said that transportation would be required for between 22,000 and 25,000 men, thcro being that much of a forco in tho ca pitulated district. He informed the ofllccrs thnt Santiago harbor had been again mined since Admiral Ccrvera left. SCENES IN THE CAPTURED CITY 1'inpln Dying nn All Gldcn From Starra tlon and Misery. Santiauo dk CniA, July 10. Sinco I o'clock yesterday morning a stream of refugees has Ih'cii pouring Into the city, somo naked, and all hungry, skeletons, and footsore. Many had fallen by the wayside. The town of Santiago presents a dis mal sight. Most of the houses have been sacked and tho stores have all been looted, and nothing to eat can be hud for lovu or money. In tho streets of the city, nt tho entrenchments, at the breastworks and at every hundred feet or soof the- barbed wlro fences were tho living skeletons of Spanish soldiers. Among the arrivals Sundny were the German, Japanese aud Portuguese con suls and their families, tho Ilrltisb and French consuls having nrrlvcd Fri day. General Paudo was never lyre, but .T.,'00 men from Manzanillo arrived on July .1, making tho total garribon here 7,000. The contact mines in the harbor wer removed the day Admiral Cervera left, but two chains of electric mines, one from Estrella Point and theothcr from Socapa, aro still down. Tho nrmament of tho shore batteries of Santiago contests of live brass 0 Ineh muzzle-loaders, iu the Morro for tifications; two 0-inch Hontorias, from the cruiser Mercedes, and three 2 1 -centimeter mortars, never used, in the Socapa upper battery; two useless 21 centimeter mortars, two 8-centimeter muzzle-loaders and four 8-inch centi meter field pieces in the Estrella bat tery; one ft 1-millimeter and ono 25-millimeter Nordenfeldt and ono 37-millimeter Uotchklts, in the Socapa lower battery, and two 0-lnch Hontorias.twc tt-centimeter Krupps and two 15-centl meter mortars at Punta Gordo. Four Spanish merchant steamers the Mortcra, tho Rclna de Los Angeles, tho Tomas Itrooka and the Mexico and tho .gunboat Alvarado are now in the harbor, Tho market place has been sacked by the troops. Twenty-two thousand refugees aro quartered at El fancy, 5,000 at Firme za and 5,000 at Cubanitas el Ilonlato and San Vlnccnte, where they huve been living for a fortnight. In ono caso 500 were crowded Into ono building, which was a regular pig sty, with a horrible stench. NEWS 0E NBBKASKA. SUCCINCT SUMMARY OF A WEEK'S EVENTS fttmt Important Huppmlng of ttie rait Hercn Day llrlefly .Mentioned All Tor- tlon of the Ktnte l'orred A Thorough Itnatne nf lirukn Xeuit. Wednmdny, .Inly in. A strike is on at Ctidnhy' packing establishment nt South Oinnhu. The store of L. Knthford nt Dako'a City, was robbed of nlout 310 worth of eatables. Champion S. Chase of Omaha litis been appointed collector of customs for the port of Onuilia. Miss Mny Forbes, nu excellent young lady of Dakotn City, died of congestion of the brain after an illness of only a week. John MoMnnlgnl, who was ono of the few remulnlng "slxly-nlners" in Lincoln, died yesterday, lie; wus sixty two years old. Director of Music Wlllnrd Kimball tins been deposed and Thomas J, Kelly appointed to succeed him us superin tendent of exposition music. John Kerr, who killed his father-in-huv-John Held at Valley recently, is held for trial without bail on ti charge of murder in the first degree. The convention of the national lenguc of republican clubs was held in Oinnhu Wednesday and Thursday of this week. A greut many delegates were in at tendance. Soreu 0. Peterson, aged 1.". of Fre mont, was seriously injured while alighting from il freight train. He struck on his head untl concussion of the bruin Is feared. James Knox, Sr. a pioneer of Hebron, died at his home from injuries re reived lust Memorial duy. He was struck In the back by a bicycle while croshlng the street. The town of Walton, six miles from Lincoln, was very nenrly destroyed by lire yesterday. It is only a small vil lage. Constable liurtriim of Lincoln was passing that wuy when he ob served the fire. The men wero In the llildsatthe time, but soon came in and helped to save all but two store luilldiniry. TlmriMl.iy, duly 14. The Nebraska Kpworth assembly zaeets In Lincoln park August :i to 10. Harvesting Is under way in Nebras ka, and the yield promises to be larger than for the past fev years. Delia Seldel, an eleven-year-old girl of Fremont, has been sent to the Geneva Industrial school for Incorrigi bility. She was following in the wake of an older sister who has been "off" for some time. Kent K. llayden. receiver of the Cupitnl National and German National banks of Lincoln, died last, night as a result of an overdose of chloroform taken to induce sleep. -Mr. llayden was a prominent business uitui of the .apltal eitj The large iron bridge across the Nemaha, four miles north of Table Itock fell into the river while Louis Horton was ciosiing with a wagon loaded with about sixty bushels of wheat. The fall was about thirty feet. Young Horton was injured badly, but with help Miccecded In saving his team. The Ensign Kneppcr who figured in tlie capture of Grnnd Island, in the Philippines, is a member of a family that once lived in Lincoln, though he spent little time here. Tho family mot en ncre from homerset, Ph., but moved back ubont 18S0. A" sister taught near Heaver Crossing. A broth or is also in the nuvy. l'rldny, .Inly 1,1, Lincoln people subscribed for StOO, 000 worth (if war bonds. Major Fcchet's son James, who was a member of his father's regiment, the Ninth euvalry, was wounded at San tiago, Caney Hanks, a wealthy fnrmer liv ing near Nebraska City is missing from his home and his family is much dis tressed. The large farm residence of Jerome 0. Ford near Seward burucd while the family wns uway. The loss is $2,000, partially insured. William and Henry Thompson, of Chadron were drowned in Lone Tree creek today, while attempting to drive through. The bodies were recovered. A broken collar bone, und a few bruises were received by the, 10-year-old daughter of E. 15. Eckmitn,"who fell out of tho back end of a wagon while crossing a railroad truck. John Gird, electrician for the Hum boldt Telephone company, fell from n window while at work and was bndly injured by a piece of glass which cut a gash in his leg just under the knee cap. Saturday, duly 10. The corner stono of the new Catholic church at New Orleans was laid yes terday. The avernge yield of wheat In Fill more county is thirty bushels to tho acre. A number of irrigating dams in the ricinity of Harrison were dumaged bv rains. ' Tho admissions to the exposition on girls' and boys' day were 14,310. Don't sigh for the return of old fashioned things; it might bring back t woman who made her husband's shirts. The strike of the packer, butchers aud others at South Omaha is getting serious. Several thousnrji. men tire out and the packing houses' in'a'y" huve to bhut down entirely. Sunday, duly 1?. The patrons of the school nt MeCool Junction have decided to huild an mw dltlon to the school building, making two more rooms. A gasoline stove exploded In the Ideal steam laundry nt Fremont, und did ubont 87". worth of damage before the flumes were extinguished. Fred Heldt, living nenr Orient)., at- tempted to cross the railroad with u wagon load of milk ahead of a passing train and he now has a broken arm und u wagon load of spilled milk. C. E. Miller, a switchman in the Hurllngton yards nt Lincoln, hud a painful accident yesterday. He uils placing ii coupling pin under a ear wheel to prevent the enr from slip ping und when tho enr rolled on the pin it caught his linger underneath, mashing it badly. W. E. Cobb of Lincoln, charged with embezzlement by Hnrgravcs Itros., was yesterday released from custody on his own personul recognizance to nppeur when wanted. Ho has paid all his former employers alleged he took and iu all probability the prose cution will not be pressed immediately. A series of experiments is being car ried on ut the state farm to ilnd the value to Nebraska of tho respective grasses. The chief experiment is with brome, which is especially adapted to Nebraska soil. The grass is long nnd ' juicy, is not stalky and grows to the height of four or five feet and makes i excellent hay. As yet nothing lias been heard from Canoy Hanks, 11 wealthy farmer living near Nebraska City, who strayed from homo last week, though every effort lias been made to find him. It is be lieved thnt in a temporary fit of insan ity lie wandered to the Missouri river, fell in nnd was drowned. S200 is of fered for information ns to his where abouts or the return of the body. Richard E. Finney wns conveyed to the Lincoln asylum yesterday, hav ing been suddenly stricken by an at tack of acute Insanity. He is the sou of E. Finney, nnd for some time hu- held a responsible position in the First National hank of Weeping Water. When the Third regiment was beinp; recruited he joined the Flattsmouth company and was given tho position of first sergeant. At Omaha he en tered into the, w.ork with grcnt energy and contracted a cold from which lm , was suJicrlng when he passed before the examining surgeons. He was un der weight also, and the two reasons combined caused his rejection. This caused him to be very much dejected on his return liome to Lincoln. A few days ago he was taken ill and yester day his commitment was made out by the insanity commission and Dr. Ab bott received him nt onco in view of the severity of the case. Monday, July 18. Mrs. II. A. tieott of Osceola, p. grand matron of the Order of Eastern Star, died yesterday at 11 o'clock from apoplexy. The remains will bo taken to Warsaw, 111 for interment. Fire broke out last night at Kising City nnd destroyed Egnn's livery barn and five horses, Jocklene's private sta ble and I). Yordy's restaurant and res idence. Damuge about SJ,000. The farm house of Peter Judd, three miles est of Lincoln, burned to the ground lust night at 0:30. The house was a story and a half structure und caught from u defective Hue. Loss StOO. Colonel Hryun left Lincoln yesterday morning on the early train after bid ding his family good-bye before tho trip to active service- with the Third regiment. Mrs. Hryun will remain it) Lincoln. Tho executive committee of tho strikers ut Omaha, met the Cudahy people yesterday and agreed upon u scale of wages, except wages for un skilled laborr Tho Cud'ahys insisted upon 10 cents per hour, while tho btrikers wanted 17Jif cents for this. Jt is believed if this difference is adjusted, the strike will be declared off. Willie M. Sceuley of Fremont got onto a passenger train yesterday to see a friend off intending to leave thu ' train when It stopped at the wutar tank. It did not stop nnd he Jumped, receiving injuries which may result iu his ileutli. Ilo is eighteen yeara old. The Third regiment was busy yes terday loading supplies and equipment f upon the curs on switches near Fort Omaha preparatory to the trip to Jack sonville, Florida. It Is expected ev erything will be loaded ut 8 this a. m, and the troops-will leave at 3 p. m. r Valuta j, July 10. Miss Miller, stenographer in General Colby's law office at lieatricc, left there yesterduy to join the general nt Chick amaugu. Iteatrice friends of Gcorgo Geddc.s, who waa buried at sea while on the way to Manila, held memorial services in his memory last evening. Charley Ferrin, a young mun en gaged on a farm near Cook, bus been urrc.stcd, charged with horse stealing. It Is believed lie is wanted ut Oregon, Mo,, for that crime. McCook had a narrow escnpc from disastrous lire last night. Firo caught. J in the merchandise, utore of M. Garbcr &. Co.,' and was with difficulty put out. The loss Is about Si, 500. Eddie Foster, a fourteen-year-old lad of Fairmont, was bitten by n rattle snake wlill) shocking oats. He wan loaded with whisky, tuken to i physi cian, and is now doing nicely. II. Slckman, who is well nud heurty. was arrested in Lincoln as n vag, lined ' S and costs, aud although lie 'had Jl.V. fn his pocket., preferred to work out his Cue ou u rode pile. " - ftiW . r