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BRIEF W NOTES
CONDENSED SKETCHES OF
ACTUAL HOSTILITIES.
1'laln, Utivnrnlidied J'nniRrupln Portray
ing Truthful New of i:vent a They
Have or Will Happen--Moeuient of
Army nnd Navy Departmental Uolnz
Wed ncdny. Attgiut .1.
Spain Is perfecting military opera
linns to prevent uprisings !n Catalonia
and Hlseny.
A private dispatch from San Juan
mijH Uiut 2,(100 volunteers have sur
rendered to the Americans.
The Spanish government lias ac
cepted the terms of peace sot forth by
the Ainerlean government, and only
the delulbi uro needed to cansu all hos
tilities to eeasn at once.
General Merrill Iiuh eahled that ho
will need S0,00l) troops in order to lie
able to meet any emergency which
may urlse on account of the hostile at
titude of Agninnldo and the InMirgent
forces.
The following Is an ollleini state
ment given by authority of the presi
dent as to terms of peace offered by
the United States: In order to re
move any misapprehension in regard
to the negotiations between the i'nlt
cd HtutfM and Sjmlc. it Is deumed
proper to say that the tonusoffered by
the I'nltcd States to Spain in the note
handed to the French ambassador on
Saturday last are in sub-stance as fol
lows: The president does not now put
forward mi v claim for pceuninry in
demnity, itequires the rrliunutsh
incut of till the claim of sovereignty
over or title to the Island of Culm, us
well as the immediate evncuatlon by
Spain of the Island. The cession to
the United States and immediate evac
uation of Porto Rico and other Islands
under Spanish sovereignty In the West
Indies. Like cession of an Island In
tho Ludroncs. , The United States will
occupy and hold the city, bay uud hur
lior of Manilla, pending the conclusion
of n treaty of peace, which shall de
termine the control, disposition and
government of the Philippines. If
these, terms are accepted by Spain in
their entlrlty. It is suld that commis
sioners will be numed by tho United
Hlates to meet commissioners on the
part of Spain for the purpose of con
cluding a treaty of peace on tho basis
nbovu indicated. The cabinet was In
Mission an hour and ten minutes. It
is positively stated no worn in any
.form has come from Spain, nor were
there dispatches of any significance
from the front. There was no im
portant action taken, so far us could
im learned, but it was decided to make,
public, u statement of our terms, of
peace.
Thursday. AilRiut 4.
The troops in t'orto Rico are await
ing the arrival of (leuerat Rrooko.
The hospital ship Relief sailed yes
terday either for Cuba or Porto Rico.
The Tlfth Illinois llually got away
from Chlcknninuga. They left yestet
ilny for Newport News.
The blockade of tho ports west of
the Isle of Pines on the south coast of
Cuba Is now so well maintained thut
not even u llshlng smack can get
through.
Refugees from Havana say the peo
ple are In desperate straits. Money Is
plentiful but of no use because there
is nothing to buy. There Is also much
misery al Mantaiuas and Curdenus.
Cuban forces of Gomez attacked the
town of Olhouu in the province of San
ta Clara and after two hours of fight
ing compelled the Spanish forces de
fending the town to put up the white
Hag.
The Madrid press censures the Porto
RicuiiH for yielding too quickly to the
Americans. They declare .the Spanish
in Porto Rico ought to light, or nt
leant make a show of resistance before
niirrenderiug.
Friday, AiiRiut t.
The United States will demand pos
session of the whole Islund of Liwon
The Porto Rlcan Junta of New York
has disbanded and resolved itself Into
mi advisory committee to look after
Porto Rlcan Interests.
Hy permission of the navy depart
ment Admiral Cervera uud his son are
taking u trip to Newport News to see
the wounded Spanish prisoners. Cer
vera muy extend his visit to New Vork.
Tho commanders at Santiago arc
urging tho government to get the army
away from Snntlugo on account of
prevailing sickness. They will be con
veyed north u.s fast as tho government
can do so.
There Is a division of opinion uuiong
tho Spanish lenders, und Sagnsta Is
taking his tlino to reply to this gov
ernment. Sugasta Is 'taking counsel
from all lenders, many of whom are in
favor of continuing the war. The
fccntlmcut of tho people Is for peace.
An ofllclnl dispatch from San .luan
tiays that Colonel San Martin, who was
in command of the Spanish garrison at
Ponce, was court-martialed and shot
for abandoning tho place without re
sistance. Lieutenant Ruiz, second in
command, committed suicide. It is de
nied that this wus the ease.
(lenerul nrooko landed 3,000 men at
Arroyo, sixty miles east of Ponce.
From there ho can strike the. military
road leading to San Juan ut Cayey, be
yond Albonito, the mountain pass
where thu Spaniards expect to make a
stand, lly getting between this point
and San Junn the Americans will hove
the Spanish forces, unless thev sooner
withdraw toward Sau Juan, between
two flics.
The Spunish forces on Porto Rico
lira concentrating ut Sail Juan.
When tho nuws reached Honolulu
that thu annexation of the Hawaiian
islands wus an aceompllsned fact, the
people went wild. They ure planning
no Immense ratification meeting on
the nrrlvul of Admiral Miller on the
Philadelphia with tho Bag.
Captain Illgglnson, senior command
rr of the naval convoy to Miles' expe
dition, in his report of tho lauding ,of
the troops at Ounnlcn, recommended
Lieutenant Commander Wainwrlght
for gallantry. This Is the second lime
Lieutenant wnlnwrlght has been spe
cially mentioned.
Hut unlay, Aiieuat n.
Qencrnl Miles Is advancing on San
Junn regardless of peace negotiations.
The Eighth Illinois regiment, col
orcd, will relievo the First Illinois oJ
duty at Santiago.
Tho idea prevails that Mnnnnlllo
will yield without trouble, as theSpnn
ish forces there lire short on ninunl
Hon. Tho Infanta Mnria Teresa hns been
lloated and will soon start for the. Nor
folk navy yards under her owti Btctun.
She is In fairly good condition.
V. Rnnklngooil and Harry Price,
two boys of Cincinnati, have started a
movement among the youths of the
country to raise money for n battle
ship to bo named "The American Hoy."
President Mek'inley litis Indorsed the
scheme.
Agulnnldo. tho Insurgent chief In
the Philippines Is becoming more
friendly to the Americans. lie has
made two propositions to General
Merrltt, which may solve the insur
gent problem In u manner highly ad
vantageous to the United States. In
the first place he asks tho commander
of the American forces to permit the
rebel soldiers to march through the
streets of Manilla when the city sur
renders: In the second pluce, lie sug
gests the formation of Insurgent regi
ments with American ofllcer.s. This Is
considered a highly important propo
sition, and may be, the possible key tc
the whole situation In the Island.
Hominy, AiiEt 7,
Some of the transports used In the
first expedition to Manila will soon be
back and will iigaln make the trip,
conveying some of tho troops now ut
Sur
n Francisco.
(Seneral Leonard Wood, the mllltnry
governor of Santiago, culled a meeting
of the butchers and retail provision
dealers of the. city, with the object of
formulating a tarllf for the sale of the
necessaries of life, for which tho lead
ers have lately been churglng exorbit
tint rates.
The town of tluaynmo, Porto Rico,
wus captured yesterday by (lenerul
1 1 nines' brigade, consisting of the
Fourth Ohio and Third Illinois. The
enemy's strength wns about B00, and
inadobut u feeble resistance. Three
Americans were wounded slightly.
One Spaniard k'lled uud two wounded,
so far us known.
A Madrid dispatch says that the gov
ernment bus given orders that the
minister of war shall not force resist
ance In Porto Rico to the utmost. This
Is at tho instigation of Premier Sa
gnsta, who deplores any unnecessary
loss of life, knowing .that Porto Rico
will inevitably fall into the hands of
the Americans. Captain General Ma
das has been Instructed to obtain
terms like those obtained by General
Tornl or better, so us to suie Spanish
honor us much as possible.
Monday, Aii;iit 8.
The transporting of General Shaf
fer's army to Montauk Point, L. I., lias
begun. A part of the rough riders left
yesterday, und others of the command
will be sent north us rapidly us It is
possible to do so.
The capture of the harbor of Nlpe
bus given the, Americans it useful port
in northeastern Cuba. .Mpc lies near
ly north of Santiago, about thirty
miles east of Holgiiln. uud a iIozah.
miles west of the boundary of thY re-
glon surrendered to General Shatter
Its narrow entrance Is deepened for
some distance inside. There Is eight
to ten feet, shoaling thence, to four
futhomsor less. It is u tine, safe,
thoroughly land-locked basin, and u
good rendc.vous for vessels operating
against Porto Rico.
The Secretary of the navy has made
public, I lie following telegram from
Admlrul Sampson: "Murine battalion
Is in excellent health. Sick list mini
bers2'tfprr cent. Fleet surgeou re
ports that thev ure In better condition
for service In this cllmatii than they
were when they first uriived south in
June. Health of the squadron at
Giiuutanuino fairly good. Sick list
numbers ubout .1, per cent, (lenerul
tone of health of the. ships' companies
has fallen considerably since July 1."
Tui'nilnr, Aucutt 0.
Spain's answer came yesterday, but
it Is long and utllelals fear new and
critical complications may lime.
Captain Sigsbee bus been assigned
to the command of the Texus, reliev
ing Captain Philip, who has been as
signed to shore duty.
Tlwi Me.ritt it Chapman Wrecking
comnauv suv tho Chtistobnl Colon in
In iv very bud situation and they fear
It will lie Impossible to save hur.
Colonel Rills of the Second Nebras
ka has appealed to Governor Holcomb
to use all honorable efforts to get tho
Second sent to Porto Rico.
The French government is detnund
lug the relenso of the French steamer
Olinde Rodriguez, captured by tho
New Orleans off San Juuu, Porto Rico,
July 17.
The repair ship Vulcan, now in
Guuntanaino bay, bus proven a big
success, uud is u revelation to the. of
ficials. It saves the ships u trip to
dry dock.
Private Richard Sprague of company
M, Second Nebraska regiment, died in
the First division hospital yesterday
of typhoid fever. Sprague's home is
nt Wood River, Neb.
Captain Goo Irieh of the auxiliary
cruiser St. Louis, has been assigned to
command the Newark, whose captuin,
A. S. llarker, will relieve Captain
Clark of the Oregon, who has been
condemned by the medical survey.
Secretary Long has written iv letter
to some parson whose name Is not
given, replying to attacks made on
Admiral Sampson. The secretary la
Indignant, very. Ho claims nil at
tacks on Sampson are unjust und due
entirely to ignornuce.
Tho tug Hudson sank the Spanish
fishing sloop Christina off Curdeuus.
No armistice is possible until Spain
has agreed generally to the peace
terms of the United States.
The transports now at the various
camps, with tho possible exception of
those ut San Francisco, will undoubted
ly, in case peace comes now, be held In
cump until climatic candltious in Cuba
will permit their going there for gar
rison duty, it is not likely that thu
government will disband the volunteers
until circumstances nro such that it
u:iu be safely done.
THE RED CLOUD CHIEF.
SHE ACCEPTS AGAIN.
THE
REPLY SUBMITTED TO
THE QUEEN.
Affording to n Madrid Htnry (he Formal
Anaiver Ha Ileen Completed Tho
Fuatrrn 8iiadron to lie Ordered to tlio
Count of Hpaln.
MAimtn, Aug. 8. The Spanish reply
to the United States, according to a
high nuthnrlty, accepts tho American
pcaco conditions. It has been complet
ed and was submitted to the queen re
gent this morning previous to this af
ternoon's cabinet meeting.
Tho queen regent conferred with
Sllvoln, tho Conservative lender, this
morning, with tho Duke of Tetuan,
the former minister for foreign af
fairs, and with Marshal Martinez do
Campos, tho former captain general of
Cuba.
This afternoon Her Mnjcsty will re
reive Senor Romero y Roblcdo, whose
views are said to be shared by General
Wcylcr.
The series of conferences between
tho premie, Senor Sagastn, anil the
leaders of the various parties will con
clude this afternoon with Interviews
with General Cannlejas and others.
Senor Harrios, the Carllst leader, has
not replied to Senor Sagasta's Invita
tion to come to Madrid in order to dis
cuss matters.
ANGLO-RUSSIAN WAR CLOUD,
I.'tiRland Ii Preparing for Itmcrcency
and the, Tavy Tnii Soon Moblllp.
London, Aug. 8. That extreme
diplomatic tension exists between St.
Petersburg nnd London Is generally
admitted to-day, though tho ofllclals
depreciate tho alarmist reports which
wjoro current yesterday. It Is hoped
that tho firmer stand adopted by the
arquls of Salisbury during the last
f w days, which seems to have already
c eated some misgiving at St. Peters
burg, will have the desired effect of
arresting Russian aggressiveness. It
I . felt both here nnd upon the contl
i ant that thu outcome of tho dispute
I i rejard to the New Chwang railroad
i tension is the crucial point of the
iceess or failure of Great Hiitaln's
l)llcy for the "open door."
As evidence of tho fact that Grent
Italn appreciates tho gravity of the
nation, tho admiralty Is preparing
all emergencies, and that It will
n be ready to mobilize,
'.very ofllcer and man upon fnr
gh or on half pay has been assigned
i ship and instructed to be in rcndl-
s to join at the earliest moment.
crofore, practically every ship In
Ilrlllsh navy, whether In or out of
mission nt tho present moment,
its full war complement of ofllcer.s
men ready to take her out to sea
en tho tlmo arrives.
ccordlng to Paris advices, Admiral
llolllcro, commanding tho French
na squadron, hits cabled a demand
reinforcements nnd for n large
credit to bo applied to erecting fortifi
cations. Tho reason given for these
fy-iinaiuls Is that the natives of the
Kwang Choti Wang region are show
ing signs of hostility. Rut thcro is
some suspicion hero that the action of
tho French admiral may bo connected
with a desiro to back up Russian de
signs. WITHOUT EFFECT ON MILES,
the. Cnmpilgn' in Conducted th Sumo
If There Worn 'o Tnllt of I'oace.
Off San Juan ni: Pouto Rico, Aug.
i. Tho Americnns have taken peace
ful possession of the eastern portion of
the Island. Small parties of marines
havo been landed, who havo lighted
lamps in the llghthouso at Cnpo San
Junn nnd other lighthouses along the
coast. They met with no resistance.
Indeed, at Capo San Juan, deputations
of citizens cntno out to meet them.
Tho warships now in this vicinity
aro the Montgomery, Annapolis, the
Puritan and tho Amphltrlte. Tho two
former are looking for the transport
with troops which left the United
States and have scattered all nliout the
island. The Annapolis rounded np the
Whitney, Florida and tlio Raleigh yes
terday, und they nro now at Cape San
luan.
There seems to have been n serious
mistake as to tho rendezvous, for no
two ships got to tho same place, and it
will take several days to locate them
and get them to Ponce, where General
Miles is waiting.
Ponck, Porto Rico, Aug. B.Mnjor
General Miles is proceeding entirely
without regard to peace negotiations.
Krag-Jorgcnscns are being issued.
The Second nnd Third Wisconsin ure
moving up to the Sixteenth Pennsyl
vania to-day. Colonel Hillings has
captured B,000 pounds of rice. Thut
far tho enemy has not molested him.
Major General Urookc's lauding at
Arroyo was successful. Tho troops
from the Roumanian, four bntterie
from Indiana, Missouri, Pennsylvania
nnd Illinois, aro disembarking there.
The Morgan troop of the Fifth cavalry
and tho Mississippi commissaries have
arrived here.
pontaneoat O'omtiuulon In llmubnrc.
llAMnuno, Aug, 8. A firo on Oswald
quay last night, originating in spon
taneous combustion amid cotton, de
stroyed over 81,000,000 worth of mer
chandise. Connection nt fit. Michael'.
Seatti.k, Wash., Aug. 8. The steam
er Dlrlgo arrived yesterday morning
t.roin St. Michael's with 100 passen
gers, Bomo of whom went North re
cently, but being unable to get up the
fiver returned. About forty were
Klondlkers. They brought down 8200,
000 In dust nnd nuggets. Tho Dlrlgo
confirms tho stories that u terrible
condition of affairs exists at St.
Michael's owing to the failure of indi
vidual ocean boats to get their passen
gers up the river. It is predicted that
thousands will have to winter at St
Michael's or return to the States.
THEY LOOT THE SOLDIERS,
RnntliiKO Shopliecjiera Tramlnte l'ffto
I Into Uollari,
Np.w Vonit, Aug. 8. Tho Santiago
correspondent of tho New York, Com
mercial Advertiser sends tho follow
ing: Santiago so far remains n. decor
ous scono of tlrst colonial experiment.
Looting and tho theatrical scenes oi
conquest that attended older wars nro
not here. Thu town is ns quiet as
New York on a Sunday nftcruoon out
of the season. At first the shops
opened their shutters tentatively half
way before they could bo sure their
tills were not, one and all, to bo pil
fered. The cafe Venus admitted visit
ors only after mysterious pounding nt
the entresol before custom flowed
more freely, nnd customers, being
Americans, hungry nnd ragged,
were found amenable to any price.
ror a nation of unkco shop keep
ers, tho Yankees in Santiago
havo done very well. They have let
tho unblushing Spanish shop keepers
cheat them to the top of their bent.
It took the Spanish shop keeper but a
day to realize this. Women nnd chil
dren In tho background, adding to tho
town's queer, deserted look, attested
the inhabitant's uncertainty. Yet tho
situation was characteristic enough of
Unelo Sam, who, instead of looting,
kept his hands In his pockets and let
himself be looted. "Loot" may not be
tho Spanish word for translating pesos
by dollars and charging accordingly,
but it is, perhaps, polite enough.
After awhile the streets grew more
confident. Women, some of them in
freshly lnundried dresses, priests, ear
rJ'l"K great sun umbrellns, nro seen
going about their errands. Shutters
enmo down from shop and dwelling In
greater numbers.
The most notable shops are tho bar
bers' shops, true to the traditions of
the immortal Rarblerre, and the chem
ist shops. Kach of these sorts of shops
makes considerable display. Clothing
and haberdashers' and tobacconists'
shops arc fairly stocked. Cafes and
bakeries are quite deficient. In most
only n few strips of coarse fried por
ridge arc to be had, with an occasional
mouldy cooky. With the Incoming of
the Americans, of course, came great
er plenty nnd circulation. The liveliest
scenes nro along tho wharves, where
Colonel Humphrey nnd Colonel Weston
superintend tho unloading of trans
ports on dry wharves, instead of the
turbulent bench nt Slboney. Cuban
labor was supposed to bo doing most
of the work. On the hill at tho back
of the town, In the barracks or hos
pital, that could so plainly bo seen on
the day of the light, covered with Red
Cross flags, Spanish ofllcers and men
are busy making their preparation be
fore transportation. Horses gathered
before the doors, and ulso at the
palace in the plaza, where tho Ainerl
enn governor, General Wood, holds his
rule.
Tho main buildings are n few
churches, tho cathedral, with its plas
ter echoes of Toledo nnd Seville: the
archbishop's palace, imposingly placed
on high ground und, true to the coun
trymen of Calderon, the theater.
None of tlfo greater mcrchnnts
would tnko nuything but American
money, partly, no doubt, on uecountof
Spanish rate of exchange, nnd partly,
too, because they saw that the eye and
face of George Washington were des
tined to be tho trustworthlest sort of
tender in the town and province now.
So fnr as wo could judgo from the,
shopkeepers tho tiAvn s relieved und
truly glad that a settled state of af
fairs seemed likely to descend upon
them.
CERVERA VISITS
COMRADES,
Woumlod nnd 111 They Kmbrate
Theli
Former Commander.
NouroMC, Vu., Aug. 8. Admiral Cor
(era and his son. Lieutenant Cervera,
arrived here yesterday morning from
Italtimore to visit Captain Concha,
commander of tho admiral's flagship
Maria Teresa and the other Spanish
sick and wounded nt tho navy hospital
here. This was tho first time they
had met since the fatal dash out
of Santiago harbor. The meeting
wns a pathetic one, the admiral
uud captain embracing one another
like children. The admiral then vis
ited Lieutenant Noval of the Pluton,
who lost u leg, Drs. Nieoll and August!
of tho Vizcayn, and tho scenes were
equally affecting when their formei
chief entered tho ward where the Span
ish siilors are. Their faces lit up und
they embrnced him as best they could,
their joy being plainly visible. The nd
miral took lunch with Medical Director
Clebornc, and it is said ho will remain
hero several davs.
NOT TO RESIST GEN.
MILES.
Madrid Order That There ho no
tlon to Mile' Army.
Oppoul
New Vonit, Aug. 8. A dispatch to
tho New York Herald from Madrid
says: The government has given or
ders thnt the minister of war shall not
force rcsistnuco In Porto Rico to the
utmost. This is at the instigation of
Premier Sagastn, who deplores any
unnecessary loss of life, knowing that
Porto Rleo will Inevitably fall into tho
hands of tho Americans.
Cnptnln General Mucins has been In
structed to obtain terms like those ob
tained by General Toral, or better, so
as to save Spanish honor as much as
possible.
IT MAY BE ANOTHER BLUFF.
Nu Order luaed for the Movement of
(leneral WaifV DlvUlon.
Washington, Aug. 6. At the war
department to-day n high official who
was asked whether any orders had
been issued for tho movement of com
mands assigned to GcnCrnl Wade, said
that thcro had been no orders Issued
yet. "Tho list of regiments for tho
Porto Rico expeditions was given out
to silence the clamor," he explained.
He would not say whether thu ordcri
would ever be issued.
NEWS OF NEBRASKA.
SUCCINCT SUMMARY OF A
WEEK'S EVENTS
Most Important Happening of the Vt
Seven Uay llrlrfly Mentioned All Por
tion of the State Covered A Tlioroneh
Itetum of Nebrunka Netr.
Wednesday, AuRiut .1.
The official weather report issued by
the University of Nebraska shows that
the showers of Inst week were exceed
ingly beneficial to the crops of many
counties, but the thing most needed
by the state a general und soaking
ruin camo Monday night und early
Tuesday morning. It wus a general
rain covering Colorado, Nebraska nnd
Iown, nnd extending southward to tho
gulf. Tho weekly crop report Issued
before the rain reports had been re
ceived has been made of little value by
this opportune rain. Only u summitry
will therefore be given. The past
week has been cool, with less than the
normal rainfall in most of tho state.
The uveruire dally temperature defi
ciency ranged from four degrees in
the eastern counties to ubout two de
crees in the western. The dally mux-
inium temperatures exceeded ninety
degrees on the first two days of the
week, and were below eighty degrees
on tin last two days. Showers oc
curred in all counties, but they were
genernlly very light, except In the
northern and extreme eastern coun
ties, whore the rainfall exceeded half
tin inch, und over a considerable por
tion exceeded an Inch. The past week
has been very fuvoruble for harvest
ing, haymaking and threshing. Har
vesting is nearlug completion In tlio
northern counties. Wlic.it and oats
are being threshed, nnd reports Indi
cate it Is yielding abouttlie average.
which is somewhat less than had been
expected. Oats are yielding well but
ure light weight. Corn has improved
In condition in the northern und ex
treme eastern counties, but has been
injured In ot'ic counties by the con
tinued dry wcu'r.cr.
'Ilitirvdu), Atigiut i.
The republican stute cotnentlon will
meet August 10.
Mike Munson. n farmer llvlug near
Fremont fell under the cars of an Ulk
born freight and wus killed.
The Nobrnskn Kpworth assembly
ape tied uusplclously yesterday. For
the opening day u liattering titteud
unce wus had.
The body of Canoy Hunks of Ne
braska City, who has been missing
since July 13, was found on a sand bar
in the Missouri river near Peru.
Laurence Sears, n young lud of Lin
coln, wus drowned in the lllue river
at Milfnrd while in bathing. He got
beyond his depth und drowned before
lielp could be summoned.
Wm. A. Poynter. populist, for gov
ernor nnd H.A.Gilbert, silver repub
lican, for lieutenant governor, and the
rest of the state ofllcers renominated,
was the work accomplished by the
fuslonlst conventions held in Lincoln
Tuesdtry und Wcdncsduy.
At the republican congressional con
vention held in Lincoln lust night,
Hon. K. J. llurkett of Lincoln, wus
nominated on the first ballot. He was
so far in the lend of Judge Stull of
Auburn that the nomination was made
uuaulinoiis. Mr. llurkett wus a member
of the lust legisluturc and uiude a
brilliant record us a parliamentarian.
, Friday, AuguM ft.
To-.u Council nu Indian of the Sac
frfbo was run over by a 11. ,t M. freight
train at Falls City and instantly killed.
Governor Holcomb and Adjutant
Gcucrul Uerry will leave next Monday
to visit the Second anil Third Nebras
ka regiments to see how the boys are
getting along.
The board of public hinds nnd build
ings met yesterday and ngaln opened
bids on nwutcr plunt for the institution
for tho.feeble minded ut Reutriee. The
contract wus awarded to the United
States bupply compuny of Omaha,
whose bid was 30,241.
Satnrday, Anjfut II.
Fire consumed J. S. MoRrnyer's barn
it McCook. The loss is 32,000.
Robert Motter of Fremont wus
thrown from his buggy and his arm
wus broken.
Eliza Webb, aged 103 years, without
doubt the oldest colored woman in
Omaha, died yesterday forenoon at 010
North Fifteenth street. Mrs. Webb
wns a member of the African Methodist
church and was noted for her earnest
endeavors in the line of religious work.
The Iloohoos of tho trans-MieslssIppi
region have fixed upon the night of
September 0 as the date for having
their grnnd concentration, nt which
time they will do their annual howl
ing. The grand concert will be upon
the. roof of tho Minnesota building,
the structure having been tendered
to the Iloohoos und the tender having
been accepted. A number of candi
dates will be initiated after tho trans
action of the routine business which
brings the Iloohoos together.
The house of Mr. Hiisklus ut Seward
mis robbed of 3200 ensh us well us
several other urtlcles. Rloodhounds
from Lincoln were, put on the track of
the thieves but no news hns yet been
received us to how successful they
were.
Thomas Jnnseu, a wealthy Rentrlco
man, uged seventy, bus mysteriously
disappeared und foul play is suspected.
A rownrd of 3B0O is offered by his son
for information leading to the finding
of his futher either dead or nllve. He
was lust seen December l!l, J 897 nt
Iudiuuolu, where he had gone to col
lect sonic interofct due.
Sunday, AiicuU 7.
Arch-! Ross of Company L Second
regiment, who Is In trouble ut Chlcki
aiuuugti over nn tillogedblgumousmnA
Hugo, eullsted while out of the Ne
braska penltenttnry on parole. He
hud been paroled to his father nbout
five months ago. Ills term In the pen
itentiary expired July 21. Ross1 young
wife lived with his father's fuinlly
while he wns In prison.
At South Omaha yesterday Harry
Hultziuun, n lad 10 yctir.s old, btruck
Frtink Hannenhofcr n heavy blow
with his list during u quarrel, nnd tho
blow killed him. Hannciihofer had
been drinking and meeting Wulti-mnti
spoke to him In u threatening manner.
Hultzmau resented the talk uud struck
him in the neck, felling him. lie wni
arrested und taken to Omuliit. A
charge of manslaughter litis liccu pre
fcrred.
."Monday, Auguftt 8.
The city council of Columbus con
cluded the. work of Investigating the
matter of Olliccr Rector shooting Ale
MeGarvey last evening, nnd exonerat
ed Rector and he will resume his , po
sition on the force this evening. Me
Garvey is still In the hospltul, und
whlle'the bull bus not yet been re
moved ho Is said to be doing very nice
ly und no serious results nru appre
hended. Lust night the ofllcers hud u
hard fight with some hoboes which
they had arrested. When tliuy nr
rlved ut the city jail the tramps of
fered resistance and n general light
ensued. Olliccr llroclc wus beaten
with a cane und in the melee two of
of the prisoners escaped. The town Is
overrun with this obnoxious eluss of
people, nnd the force have strict or
ders to arrest them wherever found.
It now develops that Private Archie
P. Ross of K company was not proper
ly married In Chattanooga. He pro
cured a friendly saloonkeeper, who at
tired himself as a minister and per
formed the ceremony. Colonel Hills
learned today that Ross had worked
on n grand scale in Chattanooga, giv
ing It out generally that ho was a
nephew of the handsome colonel of
the Second. He secured no money on
his representations. In another case
the merchants were not so fortunate.
A Kentucky private signed u number
of checks "Col. J. 0. Hills," and ob
tained much money upon them. He
cannot be arrested in Georgia, no he
will be sent to Chattanooga on an er
rand nnd tln.re the merchants will en
deavor to secure the return of some of
their ensh. Colonel Rills begins to
think he is too well known. The
checks were made payable to "J. F.
Harding." As Lieut. Willard S. Hard
ing is known to be adjutant of the
Second Nebraska It wus not a hard
matter to get the checks cashed.
Tnrmliiy, AugUKt O.
Tho young son of W. G. Traub of
Gordon had his baud badly lacerated
in a job press yesterday. The thumV
was badly torn.
The postoflleent Ban croft was robbed
last night, but tho burglars succeeded
In securing very little of value aside
from buvrrnl postal cards.
The sessions of the Ep worth assem
bly ure well attended und the gather
ing Is proving to be of Immense value
ami a great success in every particular.
Marion Powell of West llluc towu
shlp, York county, yesterday received
word from Chickainauga unnoiincing
the death of her son, Willard Powell,
who wins a member of Captain Culver's
cavalry.
Mrs. It. C. Carter, who runs a board.
Ing house at '.132 It i.treet, Lincoln,
while, lighting the gasoline stove pre
paratory to gettlngdinncr, accidental
ly threw the mutch toward tho big
can from which she had filled the
stove. She dodged down the cellar
way in time to escape injury, and thu
tire department put out the blaze.
Elmer Iv. Green of Hollevue at h p.
m. shot his wife during a domestic
quarrel. The wound was In tho lum
bar region and is serious, po:lLly
futal, though the prospects arc that
the woman will recover. After shoot
ing his wife, Green shot himself in tho
head, fatally. Green Is from Golden
field, Colorado, The couple separated
three mouths ago
Lena Mason, uged seventeen, Stclli
Talbot, uged sixteen, and Inez Estes, '
uged fifteen, ran nway from tho homo
for the friendless Saturday night. They
had 'on several occasions, expressed
themselves as dissatisfied with life at
the home, but not recently nnd never
with u great deal of end gy. Tho police
were notified, and the girls were found
on the streets of Lincoln and re
turned to the home.
Officer Rector of Columbus, while try
ing tooverhaul a tramp who wa, trying
to escape, shot the fellow in the right i
shoulder. The uiiin gave his name as
Alex McGnrvcy, and said he was it
railroad man looking for work. Ho Is
now in the honpltal. Public opinion
Is divided us to the otllcer 's Action.
C. D. Loose, a farmer living live
miles south of North Lonp, was found
deud In the hay field yesterday with a
terrible gush cut in his thigh. It Ik
supposed ho cither fell off the mower
in front of the. knives or that ho wm
fixing the machine when the horses
stnrted, Inflicting the Injury from
which he bled to death in a few min
utes. The friends of fifteen-year-old John
A. Cornell, of South Auburn, Nolf),.
who ran away from Jils parents whllo
In Lincoln, Angust.1, mention of which
was mndo In tho press, are very mix
lous ubout liim, Tho young fellow
camo to Lincoln with his mother nnd
father on the day of the j opulist con
vention and was seen by his motlic;
on the morning of tho day when the
convention adjourned, at tho Oliver
theatre. Since Hint 'tlmo ho dlsup-
peurcd and after diligent inquiries hi
parents have been unable to got an;
trace of him.
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