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THE HED CLOUD CHIEF. CEltYERA'S MISTAKE. CAPTAIN CLARK CRITICISES THE ADMIRAL. All the Chtai-M Kavoreit the fipanlsh Fleet Hail It Remained In Hunttairo Harbor -Cerera' Rtnkert (,'utitil Not Keep Up NntBclent Speed. Nkw Yonif, Aug. 27. "Cervera should havo stayed In Santiago harbor forever rather than coma out the way ho llcl," was tho romirk of Captain Cliirk, lately on tho battle ship Oregon. "The licet wns n fortress. With his guns he could have driven the United Stntcs army nwny from the shore until nuch tituo as It could mount 10-lnoh guno to sink his ships. Ho wus mus ter of tho situation, and should liavu 'hung on until every last member of his ships crews illcd of absolute stnrva Hon. Then ho would have bean n real hero an eternal flguro In history. "Think of the chances in IiIh fiivor. Yellow fever might have come and decimated tho American ranks. A gale might havo broken loose on the Carrlbcnn sen that would have scat tered our nlilp to tho four winds of heaven, after which Ccrvcra could liavo nailed away without opposition and returned to his native land nude fcated." Captain Chailcs If. Clark is now nt tho Marino hospital, where ho proposes to rest for a few days until his fatnily shall have arrived from Michigan. Nobody must Infer Cap tain Clark Is an invalid. He is merely buffering from a temporary ailment, brought on by the low fever and long continued sea diet. "What are the lessons of tho Kantl BR fight?' he was asked. "First, smokeless powder; second, no woodwork on war ships. The Spaniards were burned up." "What Is your opinion about tho scuttling of the Spanish ships after Mielr surrender?" "It was wioug and in violation of every prlnclpio of good faith on the part of a conquered foe," replied tho captain. "The men who did those acts forfeited their right to be pro tected and should have been shot then and there. Scuttling a ship after sur render is treachery. I do not believe that Admiral Ccrvcra gave orders for anything of tho kind. No, no, hu Is a gentleman. Irresponsible men com mitted the outrage." "How did the speed of the Spanish ships In action compare with that promised by their builders?" "Tho vessels certainly came out with a rush and In fine style," taid Captain Clark, "llut they failed to maintain their speed owing to tho In efficiency of their stokers or tho neg lected condition of their machinery. That rush of Ccrvcra's was really ono of the finest things of history and had tho ships divided, at least ono might have got away. Thcro was no pre monitory symptom, not a sign that the licet was coming." NEARLY 5,000 PRISONERS SAIL Three Spanish Transport I.rsve Santiago, for Home. Bantiaoo vk Crh, Aug. UT. The. Spanish transports San Francisco, San Augustine, and Colon left this after noon for Spain with J.MIS Spaniards, including fifteen officers and their families, and four priests'. Light men died on tho way-to tho ship.' Their corpses were "checked o!T ' as. passen ger. Oenoral Toral, when bidding adieu to Spanish officers and men who were leaving, said: "Conquered, wo yield with honor to ourselves and Spain. "Whatever may ho the future of Cuba, history will prcerve the story of your heroic and noble deeds In this coun try. Wo regret our failure and its cost in treawnro and in blood; but you havo nobly fought and nobly lost." SICK COMING HOME, Missouri Itellef, Train Ieateii Washing ton Sunday. Washington, Aug. .'7. Among the arrivals in tho city yesterday was Ad jutant General ltell of Missouri, ac companied by George W. Kerry and Dr. G, D. Mr. Cull of the same state. Gen eral Hell's visit here was for the pur pose of maklug arrangements for tak ing back to Missouri the sick soldiers of the Third and Fourth Missouri vol unteers, who are. now in military hos pitals around this city. The total num Jcr of nick reported was about 200. All these inon are to be taken to St. Louis on a special train of eight sleepers, which will leave Washington Sunday morning and will arrive in St. Intuit bout 3 o'clock Monday afternoon. lllaaoiirl HoclalUt Ntate Ticket. Kt. Louis, Mo., Aug.,J7. The Social Labor party has ended Its state con vention and tho following ticket is placed in the field: Judge of supreme court, long term, C. Chrlstenlmrdon, Kansas City; short term, C Cunning ham, Kansas City; state superintend ent of public schools, Mario Hnwland, Kansas City; railroad and warehouse commissioner, 8. S. Andrews, Itcvicr, Maoon county. The convention passed off very quietly. Telegraphers Qnlt Wo,rk. Washington, Aug, 27. Trouhh Mil eh for some tlmo has been brewing among tho telegraphers in the cmploj of tho war department culminated yes terday afternoon in the resignation o four of the operators. Other operatort are likely to relinquish their placet unless satisfactory assurances nrt given that their grievances will hi remedied. The men expect to briuo the trouble to the attention of Assist' ant Secretary Melklojohn. Tho trouhlt Is said to arise from extra work, foi which no pay has been allowed the op crators- SHAFTER TALKS ON SANTIAGO "A Cainpiilf;" Hiirrrmful In tho Hlghr! Itrgrcr." Santmoo. Aug. 27. Prior to em barking on the steamer Mexico, Major General Shaftcr consented td be Inter viewed. During tho Interview ho dis cussed In general tonus tho campaign that has Just ended. Tho bare pros pect of returning to tho United States caused him to be more brighter, more cheerful nnd less harassed looking than nt any period slneoho embarked at Tampa. Critics and (JeVractors were tllko forgotten and with improved health nnd the evident consciousness that whatever might be the eventual verdict of the operations beforo Santi ago, a difficult campaign had been brought to a successful conclusion. Ho spoke with greater energy and moro vigor than at any tlmo since the capit ulation. General Shaftcr said,' GOT MORL' THAN UK EXPKCTED. "I look upon the campaign JuLt closed as a successful one in tho high est degree, not only in regard to tho mllltnry operations, but moro especi ally in regard to tho great results achieved. When wo decided to attack Santiago wc looked for nothing moro as the immedate fruit of victory than tho capture of tho city. What has been achieved is tho capitulation of tho eastern part of tho province, from a line at .llbari to the south coast, to gether with tho enemy's forces, amounting to almost 21,000 men. Sure ly this was tho most notablo achieve ment of tho campaign, bearing in mind tho Ucrco opposition we encount ered and the comparative smallucss of our own forces. "From it military point of view I perhaps took steps which might not lie deemed Justifiable under other cir cumstances, but I knew tho temper nnd tho capabilities of my soldiers and the moral effect of our gradually cooping up tho cuemy within his own lineu. KNEW HETTEU, PERSONALLY. "My engineers were very apprehen sive that tho Spandlnrds might break through on my left nnd cut oft Si ltoncy. This, from a purely military standpoint, might have been truth fully correct, bttt personally I had not for a moment any fear on that score. Tho result has, I think, proved tho correctness of my conclusions. "Our primary object was to drive Ccrvcra out and next to take tho town. Wn had gradually driven the Spaniards back on his lines, circling tho city nnd slowly advancing day by day. The enemy began losing spirit ns soon as our guns had been placed in a position to cover tho town. "When Cervera left the sltuntlon was changed. Tlicj town was at toy mercy nnd had I given the order for a direct assault it would have been taken within four hours. I bclicvo that with the forces then nt my com mand, reinforced ns thoy had been,- I was In a position to takw the city by force. "llut if I had taken a step of nuch a character what would havo been tho result? I estimate that our casualties would havo been .1,000 men and tho action I took has had moro brilliant real results without heavy loss of val uable lives. KNEW TOltAT. WOULD GIVE UP. "The town itself is admirably situ ated for defense, and the fight would have been a long and bloody one. Every house Is strongly constructed of stone nnd entirely dllTorcnt from the ordinary framo buildings. Every house was a little fortress itself. Had the Spaniards, forced by desperation, fought tho battle out in the streets our lots would have been enormous, llut from tho moment General Toral made a proposition for a conference I' knew lie was determined to glvo up nnd acted accordingly. SICK ONLY TWO DAYS. "Personal reflections have been cast Upon mo because I wa not on tho fighting line. This was not tho place for a general In command of an army. It must be remembered thnt I was con nected by telephone' with tho officers at the front and was better able to di rect operations from the. position I had taken. Have for two days when ill, I was In direct command of this cam paign, which I consider unique in American history, for it was really the first time the United States had fought with Its regular army. Tho civil war was a war of volunteers, but this cam paign was fought by our regular troops. "1 did not notice tho fact at first, but the ro were oulv three volunteer regiments engaged against tho Span lards. While the highest credit in to be given them and they fought bravely and well, there was the moral support of the- regulars back of It all. WHAT VOLUNTEERS LACKED. "Our volunteers lacked that unity, cohesion and individual support 'no ticeable in our trained troops, but at Ithe samp time no disparagement should be made of the volunteer regi ments in tho campaign. What they lacked otherwise they made up for in enthusiasm and patriotic spirit and I desire to command no better army than the one composed of tho class of volunteers under mo in tho Santiago campaign. "Tho operations of the regulars in the campaign have proved conclusively Mictr superiority over somj organiza tions oi statu mlliMa in which thomsn nre partly comp filed to servo by a sense of shame. Out they do not show tho enthusiasm of volunteers. "Thcro has been some question con v'crnlng tho transportation facilities of tho army. Tho facilities were ullthoro and tho transportation equipment pro vlded was nil It should havo been, but our difficulties wero enormous. Thcro was only ono road and to havo built mother wculd have taken two years, The nature at vWountry.thn weather all he thluge helped to dlsorgaait MILKS COMING- HOME., TROOPS TO LAND IN BROOK LYN SOON. The Men In Mne Will lie Commanded by General Wilson anil Itcvlowrd 1 17 Major Oennrnl Mllrn !en. Ilrnnko (loci to Nan .Junn to Take Command. Nkw YoitK, Aug. .10. A dispatch to tho New York Herald from Ponco says: Details of tho homeward movement havo been practically completed. Gen eral Miles and his staff, and eight com panies of tho Second Wisconsin volun teers will leave to-morrow night. The Fourth Pennsylvania volunteers aro to start homo on Wednesday. All of the cavalry hor.sos, guns, car riages of batteries, etc., of Pennsyl vania, will leavo on the Mississippi Thursday, whllo tho men of tho three Pennsylvania batteries and tho Third battalion of tho Second Wisconsin will bail the same day on tho Concho. Tho men nnd guns of the Missouri. Illinois and Indiana batteries arc to leavo on tho Alamo Friday nnd the battery horses on tho Uto Saturday. Tho'Slxth Illinois volunteers will fol low on tho Scnccn and another ship not yet named. It has been arranged that tho whole detachment of about 5, 000 men will land in Hrooklyn. After resting there it few days they will parade ((cross the bridge to Wall street, to Krondway, to Fifth avenue and thence to Central park. Tins men In lino will bo com manded by General Wilson nnd Gen eral Miles will review them. BROOKE TO GO TO SAN JUAN. Army lIi-ndo,uar(rr to ISo Moved to tho Capital of the Inland. Ponok, Porto Uico, Aug. 30. .Gen frnl llrooko Is preparing to move to Sun .1 nun. One hundred wagons have been sent to him from Ponco to 'trans port supplies across tho mountains. It seems probable that he will take all the forces nt Guauica, including tho mounted troops. Roports of disorder continue. The authorities believe tho outbreaks are sporadic and will soon unlet down. I General Miles will probably issue a proclamation calling for order und de creeing severo penalties for disobedi ence. Tho trial by 11 military commission of twelve civilian prisoners, charged with burning tho town of Cotto. began to-day in Ponce. Colonel Griffin of the First volunteer engineers wilt preside. The prisoners, having noeounsel. Gen eral Wilson has detailed Major Walton of the pay corps to act in that capac ity. This is the first trial of civilians since tho military occupation of tho island. TO CONTROL AS IN SANTIAGO. How the President Proposes to Deal for a Time With Cuba. WASijiNnTON, Aug. HO. Tho instruc tions to tho Cuban and Porto Hican military commissions wcro drawn up and approved by tho President before 'ho left Washington and arc now ready to bo delivered to tho president of each beforo ho leaves. Tho instructions are not inado public, but their general terms arc unowu to bo the samo as tho instructions sent to General Shatter regarding tho government of Santiago, and to General Merritt re garding tho Philippines. TIiIh will mean that tho military commission will tako control of Cuba and Porto Rico as tho military governor now controls that portion of Cuba surren dered to tho United States after tho Santiago campaign. Mnny of tho minor details relative to the evac uation of tho island nro left to tho committee who will refer diluent t points to Washington. There Is no longer doubt that the United States will take full control of Porto Kico. Tho instructions to the Cuban military commission mean, that, for tho present, at least, the United Stntes will assume tho government nnd control of tho remainder of the islnnd ns in Santiago. OTHER NATIONS WILL FOLLOW Oar's Proposition Keetns I.lkely lo Ham h Mont Important I'.nVot. London, Aug. 30. The czar's propc sltinn for nn international conference for tho purpose of securing real and lasting peace among tho powers and the termination of tho progressive in creabu in armaments, as conveyed in n note from Count MuravielT, the Hits sinu foreign minister, to the foreign diplomats of St. Petersburg, is likely to produce a sensation throughout Europe, and coming from such 11 quar ter and with such evident sincerely of purpose, it isllkoly to havo important effects. There is iq doubt that, with Russia taking tho lend in such a step, Germany, France and the other na tions will bo ready to follow." Never Out of It, 'Pnpor says she urn It out 01 ourl- pblly." Must bo u mlKtnko." How's that?" "Know'd her fur forty yours nn' never heard o' hor boin' out o' curi osity n tniuuto durln' tho hull time," Washington, Aug. 30. The follow ing troops havo been ordered mustered out: Ninth Massachusetts, from Mid dletown, Pa., to South Fratninghnm, Mass.; Seventh Illinois, from Middle town to Springfield; Firs.t Illinois, Lex ington. Ivy., to Springfield; Fifth III! nois, Lexington to Springfield; Sixty fifth New York, from Camp Alger to Iluffalo; Fifth Ohio infantry, from Fernandina, Fla., to Columbus, Ohio; First Wisconsin, from Jacksonville to Camp Douglass, Wis.; Third Uulted States Volunteer cavalry (Grlgsby's), at Chlckamnuga; Fourth Texas, at Austin. who got the delicacies? loo Crcnm Hent to tho Olivette for Hoi- iller Wits Htnten and Hold. Nr.w YoitK, Aug. 30. A dispatch to Hie New York Herald from lloston says: Tho death of Lieutenant Tif fany and tho intimations regarding the Olivette made by Ileltnont Tiffany and tho physician who attended his brother, has awakened great Interest in tho cruise of that ship. Frederick Miller, a seaman on tho Olivette, charged that tho delicacies put on tho Olivette for the sldk nnd wounded were not given to them, but wcro sold in limited quantities to thoso who had money to buy, nnd these wero the officers nnd passengers rather than the sick soldiers. He said: "Wo loft Santiago in n wretched con dition and lack of proper food and treatment on tho voyage eamo very near being disastrous to all tho sick and wounded men. treatment was outrageous and Their it is a wonder that any of them survive. Those who were ablo to walk got food from tho sailors and llrcm.'n, but. of course, ull could not ba fed in that way. "Ice cream, ginger ale and other delicacies were put on board for tho sick and wounded. The food nnil drink never reached the soldiers, for they were sold to the passengers. When wo got to Montauk Point what was left 6f the lec cream was sour and was thrown overboard." NATIVES TO WORK AT MANILA War Una Given Wuy to Farming A Spaniard Ho.cnod lijr American. New Yomt. Aug. 30. A dispatch to Iho New York Herald from Manila says: Indications arn that the natives aro re suming pcacefftl pursuits. They aro tearing away tho trenches uround Santaua and Pasya aud beginning tho cultivation of the fields. Seven unarmed Tnglo soldiers, under a captain, were arrested Saturday in San Sebastian. They were dragging a Spaniard, bound and gagged, along the street. They said they were tak ing a Spanish spy out to shoot htm. Their captive was rescued by the American soldiers. -The rebels had a pass signed by Colonel Montenegro, authorizing them to patrol the city. Some of tho rebels abducted a wo man from the Hlnondo district Friday taking her away from a child I months old. Tho woman has not been seen since. The provost officers arc look ing for her kidnapers. Plans for the sanitation of Mnnjla aro almost completed. CHICKAMAUGA HOSPITALS. (iencrnl lloynton Itrport on the Condi tion of HimpHalt at Camp Thomas. Washington, Aug. 30. A few days ago Secretary Alger issued an order to General II. V. Hoyntou, now nt Chicttmuaugn park, to make n thor ough and searching investigation of all tho hospitals, in Camp Thomas and report instantly any lack of at tention of the inmates, any inefficiency in the medical officers or any need of supplies of whatever kind. Last night tho following telegram was received by Adjutant General Corbin: "Havo completed investigating hos pitals under secretary's order. Re sults exceedingly favorable In nil es sential features. The facts effectually dispose of all recent sensational nd rerse criticism." Tho results of General Uoyntou's in vestigation afforded the officials of tho war department great satisfaction. A copy of General Uoynton's dispatch was sent to President McKinlev. AG UINALD0 LOSING HIS. GRIP. tnmircenti DUaiitLMcd and There Are 'J Charce of Another Kelt-Out. London, Aug. 30. The Manila cor respondent of tho Times says: "Tho situation, although undoubt edly unsatisfactory, remains unchanged pending a final settlement. Aguinnldo proposes to remove his headquarters immediately to tho largo town of Ma lulus, province of Hulacan, situated on t lie railway lino, twenty miles north of Manila. Thero'ho wilt -sjtly assem ble a congress chosen from the leading Filipinos who favor tho insurgent cause. He further intends to send a representative to Paris to argue his claims for tho establishment of an in biirgent republic. Considerable dissatisfaction is ap parent nmong tho insurgent troops, and n frank expression of opinion is heard that Agulualdo is again selling tho cause." AFRAID OF COURT-MARTIAL. tough Klder Commit Suicide Rather Than Kara Charges. Nkw Yoiik, Aug. 30. -Private Harry Duval of Troop A of tho Kdugh Riders killed hlmsejf yesterday; by shooting himself In the temple at Camp Wikoff, Montauk Point. The suicide took place in tho guard house, where he was under arrest. He had been ab sent from camp for thirteen days with out leave of absence, aud feared to face court-martial. Ho enlisted from Ari zona and was considered an exellent trooper. He will bo given a military funeral by his comrades. Srrntid Mlinourl Hoapltat Train Kn Itont to Nt. taut. Camp Mradr, Pa., Aug. 30. Tho Missouri hospital train, with 133 sick soldiers of that state, twenty-one of whom wcro from the Third and thirty one from tho Fourth Mir.sourl, in camp here, loft Harrlsburg yesterday for St. Iouis, in charge of Adjutant General Roll. Klghty of the sick were brought from the Dunn taring hospital. Several civilians wero arrested in camp for selling whisky to the soldiers, nnd one, a camp follower of the Third Missouri, was given thirty days for wiling the stuff to two small children. .NEWS OF NEBRASKA. SUCCINCT SUMMARY OF A WEEK'S EVENTS Mnit Important llupprnlncx of the lit Seven Unjn Itrlrllj-.Mentioned All Por tion of the State Covered A ThnrouRli Ilmuiuu of Nfbruulm 'im. Wednrnduy, Align! 94. Word tins reached Xellgh thnt John Rocsser, aged nbout twenty-five, was shot nnd killed in Sherman township, Antelope county. No particulars tiro obtainable. Tl o coroner has gone out to investigate. Lincoln people Inst evening cele brated the opening of the hundsomo new passenger und freight depot erected nt Eighth nnd S street by the Missouri Pacific and Elkhorn roads. Road officials and citizens made speech es, and refreshments wero served. The official wenthcr rvport issued by tho University of Nebraska shows that the past week has been hot nnd dry, with an cnccss of.suushiuc and brisk southerly winds. Tho overage daily temperature excess varied from n de grees in the western counties to some thing over 7 degrees in tho eastern. Tho daily maximum temperatures were nbout W) degrees generally on the lust three days of the week and in many southern counties was over 100 degrees. Tho rainfall has been light and consisted of showers the first days of the week. In most of tho southern und in a few of the central und northern counties the rainfall ex ceeded one-half of nn inch und In small urons exceeded an inch, lit a consid erable portion of the stnte the rainfall was less than onc-tcntli of tin incli and In many places no measurable amount fell. The cloudless days and high temperature of tho past week have caused corn to advance toward maturi ty very rapidly. In the northern counties anil in sections where the moisture was sufficient tins has been exceedingly favorable for corn. In many sections tho lack of moisture, combined with the high temperature, has caused corn to dry out and ripen too rapidly. This will cnuso much chaffy corn In the southern counties nnd will quite generally rcducti tho yield of corn in the southern counties. Fall plowing has made good progress, but the ground is getting too dry in some counties. A little rye has been sown. Pastures need ruin. Thurxday, Auirutt '1H. Ueatrlcc people have decided to hold another corn carnival this fall, and Wcdnesduy, October ll,ls the date set Superintendent Kelly of the music department of the exposition announces the engagement of the famous Inncs band of New York. This is the banl which wns so highly commended 11 1 Nashville nnd which a number of the uoncessioulsts und others who partici pated in the Nashville show have been recommending ever since the exposi tion opened. The InncH band will be gin its engagement September -'.", suc ceeding tho Mexican band, and will remain until the close of the exposi tion. The particulars of the death of John Roesser, which occurred recently in Antelope county, nro ns follows: Roes ser and one Ludwig were out; hunting utter chickens and en mo upon John Drayton's land. Drayton came to them und attempted to arrest them. Roesser had a gnu In tho wagon ninl lifted it up, nnd in tho struggle for its possession, the driver, Ludwig.sturted the team, Drayton'was thrown down under tho wngon. nnd the gun was dis charged. The charge entered the lower part of Roesser's face, passed upward and blew the top of his head off;1 Tho coroner's t verdict was acci dental death. No arrests were made. Roesser leaves 11 wife und two children. Friday, AiiRiMt -'. Dr. Finney, city physician of Lin coln, has decided to amputate the arm of John Johnson, the man who was in jured in the Burlington yards some time ago by reason of having gone to sleep under a car. John W. Tllack. manngcr of the Ne braska City Canning company, was so unfortunate as to get his hand caught between n heavy timber and some iron machinery, mashing the hand quite badly, although It Is not believed the Injury is serious enough to necessitate amputation. Susie Itaum. who"deellned to pay her foont renttoherlundliidy,Susli! White, at 1026 "south Fourteenth street, Omaha, objected to being put out of her rooms, and w.en the White woman under took to set her out she sunk her tenth into tho landlady's brow and eyelid until it rvqulred several stitches to heal the bleeding breach. At Table Jtqck'Robe,rt Wood and Mrs. II. A. Priitlps'wero very badly In jured ns a remit of n bicycle collision, Mrs. Phillips wo the inont hurt of the two, being knocked Into unconscious ness. Hlu. has u bad bruise on the base of the brain. Wood's noso was broken, Hatnrdajr, Augutt !97. The safe In tho Pierce postoflice wn.s blown open nnd 80.I worth of stamps of S, 8t and 10-centdenomlnntlons were taken. A late order of the war department assigning the otllcers appointed to tho regular urmy from private life, places Frank Unrr of Lincoln in tho Third Infantry. Ward II. Pershing, brother of J. J. Pershing, Is assigned to the Sixth artillery. Krf s was received at Edgar of the death of Claud MeNichols of' troop K, Culver's cavalry. His parents received a dispatch last Satdrday thai ho was sick with typoid fever, and tho mother left at once for tho bedside of her son, but lie died beforo she could gut Jo him. The body wus brought houv for burial. Last evening while lighting nn oi) stove which had overrun. Mrs. M. C. Simpson of Long Pine Ignited tho oil i and came near losing her life. As it is she is in a very critical condition, being burned about the head and nrina. The house was only saved by Mrs. Simpson seizing the stove and carry ing It out of doors, in which net her clothing caught lire. Shu is being cared for by Dr. Laws. The funeral of Ida Ltntcr, daughter of Mrs. Hattlc Lintner of Lincoln wuh held last Friday. The death of this child is of more than passing interest, for during the past year her life hii.t been precarious and due to extraordi nary medical und surgical menm. A year ago site drank concentrated lys by mistake and the result wus 11 strict ure of tho oesophagus that prevented the passage of food to tho stomach. Tubes to keep tho pnssngo open, unit intestinal inject 1 in of food havo been resorted to but at last all means failed. The child wns particularly lovable anil patient under ufillction und inudo u host of friends. Simdiiy, AucoHt -H. The depot at Ames was robbed of So worth of postage .stumps. On Thursday, September 1, the cit izens of Wiijno will hold u big barbc cue nnd pence jubilee A youthful passenger from Carlisle Ph.. went through Omaha en route to Rawlings, Wyo. Llttlu Irene Camp bell, uged five years, is making the trip across the continent all by her self, and so far she seems to be get ting along ull right, despite her few years. Her father is 11 teacher of tho Indians at Fort Washakie, where she expects to go by ovcrlund stage from Rnwlings. The Omaha police are searching for Wutson M. Webster, u young man nineteen years old, who left his home. 1T0S California street, Omaha, August lit and has since been lost sight of. Webster left hone on the date of his disappearance to take n boat rldo ou the river. The police tire inclined to the theory that the young man was drowned, hut his parents do not enter tain such a thought. It is their be lief thnt he has been held up und in jured by"footpiuls and is being taken cure of somewhere. He had consider able money on his person when ho loft home. Monday, AugUHt SO. The corner stone of the M.K. church nt lirokcu How was laid last Saturday at 11 a. ni. Tho ceremony wns per formed by the Masonic fraternity. Afterwards the crowd was served 11 free dinner in the south side, park by the M. K. ladles. The church is to bo the largest in town und will be pushed until completed. A distressing shooting aflnir oc curred two miles north of Albion last evening about 10 o'clock. The facts uh obtainable are that W. T. Livesay fired a charge of shot in the air, us ho supposed, for the purpose of frighten ing n wuy some boys near his uutlou patch. The noise the boys made w:ts in a westerly direction aud he fired in a northerly one, thinking all tho boys wcr. together. Three of tho boys were standing or lying quietly in the direction of fire aud tho charge took effect in the head of Albert Par rott, Indicting u dangerous wound. Iloth parties lire of highly respected fumilie-. und the deepest regrets of the whole community aro felt over tho matter. Tuesday. Aueimt HO. The following proclamation for ttie observance of Labor day has Uceii given out by tho governor: Hxccntive Chamber, Lincoln, Neb. Labor Day Proclamation: The ritnttt of Nebraska, in common with many -other states, having by law and cus tom most fittingly set aside the first Monday of September as a legal holi day to be known us "labor duy," und. labor being the. chief factor in redeem ing our prairies from savugery t civilization; in building our cities nmt towns; in constructing our railways and other internal improvements; in feeding and clothing our people; 'in supporting our schools und churches; in contributing to tho nrts of pence and 1waring the burdens of war. Now, therefore, I, Silas A. Holcomb, governor of the state of Nebraska, deeming it especially appropriate ut. this time, when the Trans-Mississippi and International exposition is in pro gress, an exposition in itself u monu ment to the skill nnd intelligence of the American laborer, do hereby, In conformity y lavV, set aside, und pro claim Monday, September ft, A, D. 1898, u legal holiday, and recommend on that day that all factories, work shops, stores and all places of buslnesn where labor is employed, be closed, und that all classes be given the op portunity to properly observe the day to the cud that our people be taught, the grandeur nnd nobility of liibor'and learn the lesson that tho future great ness nnd perpetuity of our nation de pends largely dipon the intelligence, skill und patriotism of well-ruwnnled und justly treated American labor. In testimony whereof, I have hereun to set my hand aud caused to lie affixed the great seal of the state of Nebraska, Done ut Lincoln this 127th day of August, A. I). 1M8. Sll.AH A. llOM.-OMIi. Ity the gouernor. W, I' Portkr, Secretary of State. Audltor(krnnll is Htuxliug out cop ies of Attorney-General Smyth's opiu ion in which it is hold thnt county treasurers and township treasurers may retain their fees or commissions from taxes collected. Tho opinion will be adhered to by Auditor' Cornell. The O. nuhu police today urrested Joseph S. Klrby as the man who held up a Hanseoiu park street ear and robbed the conductor and inotormau. He hud been identified by the con dvetor aud unswers tho description previously given, ovqn to the red bahj dunu handkerchief found iu his pock et, which wus used us n mask. r Jba ""M' m uimww zyiffi.U 'UMwwwMagrssti-,'',wu' "w'ii.'4i.'iiSWi3'firtaFWMwiaiiW''Me'''11' "",