Nebraska Newspapers

    THE BED CLOUD CHIEF.
NEWS OF NEBRASKA.
SUCCINCT SUMMARY OF A
WEEK'S EVENTS
Jfott Important llnjiprnliip; of tha I'ait
Seven I)y llrlrfly Mentioned All I'or
llom of thfl State Covered A "llioroitgh
Srinme of Nebruiku Nerr.
Wednesday. Heptembrr 31.
Lincoln Frost was nominated as th
republican candidate for district judge
of Lnncnstcr county, to .succeed Judge
Charles L. Hall, ik-ccnsed, yesterday
nftcrnoon. The nomination occurred
after fifteen ballots lind Veen tnken
and when tha result wus unnouueed
tlto many friends of tha popular enndi
dato boro lilm to the platform whero
lio made u speech.
Gcorgn Hoglc, whoso father lives at
lloltvoolr, Furnas county, wandered
nwny from Immauucl hospital, Oma
ha, where ho has been receiving' treat
ment, and has not been heard from.
Ills relatives arc endeavoring to pain
somo information us to his whore
ubouts, The payment of claims of merchants
for supplies furnished to Nebraska
fiddlers while. In camp at Lincoln is
being mndo by checks on tho Mer
chants' Ntitlonnl bunk of Omaha. Gov
ernor Iioleomb borrowed 81,000 from
that bnnlc to pay thu claims.
A rear end collision took place nt
Alda, eight miles west of Grand Isl
and yesterday, the third section of
Union Puolflo freight No. 18 runuln?
into tho second section, Engineer
Roddy wus severely injured. Ills leg
was amputated. Six ears and u en
booso are piled up. Hoddy was
caught between tho engine and tender
Just as he was about to jump.
Thtmdity, Hrplcuilirr 13.
Governor Iioleomb loft last night
for Washington, 1). C, where he will
give his personal attention with Colo
nel Stark to seeming u prompt settle
ment of tho claims of the state against
she general government on account of
tho mobilization of troops in Nebraska
for enlistment In tho volunteer ser
vice. He will also urge on tho presi
dent tho advisability of returning the
Third regiment to Nebraska to be
mustered outof the government service
Tho governor is impelled to this
action on account of the alarming in
crease in sickness in tho regiment, the
abnormal death rate, and at the re
quest of many hundreds of tho rolntlves
and friends of the enlisted men. Let
ters from the regiment Indicate that
mora than niue-teuths of the private
soldiers' nro anxious to bo mustered
out, having enlisted for the war with
Spain, and not for police duty in time
of peace.
Tho police of Omaha are hunting a
teamster uumed Ocorgo Green, who
for nbout a year hiu been camped in a
grovo near 20th and Maple streets und
who is wanted to answer to a ohnrire
of criminal assault ulleged to have
been committed upon tho person of
eleven-year-old Emily Mclntyre, who
lives nt Thirty-fourth and -Sahlor
streets, flreen cilled nt the house and
learned that the head of thu house,
Mr. Mclntyre, was about to go awny.
Uo left himself, but returned u. few
minutes after Mclntyre had departed.
Emily was ulonu except for tho pres -enco
of two younger sisters. Green
grasped her by the hair ami dragged
her Into u room apart from the other
children, locked her In while he quiet
ed the cries of tho others by threats
that he would cut their throats if they
made an outcry, nnd then returned to
his purpose, threatening his victim
with denth if ha resisted. When her
father returned she told of tho occur
rence, whereupon lie started with a
shotgun, but was unablo to find Green.
lie then swore out a complaint against
him. The fugitive is about twenty
Qv years old.
Friday, Heptember 33.
Tlio charges ugalust C. II. Ellin
trood of misappropriating Wesleyan
university funds while chancellor,
were sustained by the M. E. Confer
ence at Fairbury and tho defendant
was deposed from the ministry and
expelled from the Methodist Episco
pal church.
Ata convocation of tho slate universi
ty yesterday, Stato Superintendent W.
It. Jackson Joining in tho action, the
following resolutions relative to the
death of'W. II. Skinnor were adopted:
"Resolved, That In the death of Wells
Hawjcca Skinner, A. 11. Is 1800,, A. M.
In 1803, from this university, thu insti
tution tnonrns tlto loss of one of the
most beloved of its alumni; that the
school wen of the state will miss one
of their mo3t generous and able lend
,crs; that tho "world of educational lit
erature, already enriched by Mr. Skin
ner' contributions, will never know
what further treasures it would havo
possessed from his. pen; that tho youth
of tho state loses one of their most be
loved RUd. inspiring teachers. lie
solved, That 'we extend to tho bereaved
family our heartfelt "(sympathy. Re
solved, Thut wo commend to nil good
citizens of Nebraska his example of
usefulness, in which, like that of the
Master of men 'he saved othero, him
msU ho could not save. " Professor
Hlclnner was superintendent of the Ne
braska City schools.
Sunday evening Mm A. N. Ilutchln
ton, who resides in tho western part
of Nebraska City, had a narrow escape
fiom losing her life. In attempting
to light a gasoline stove it exploded,
throwing tho burning oil nil over her.
With her husband's nsslstunm tho fire
was extinguished, but not until she
was badly burned nbor.t tho faco and
hnnds. Mr. Hutchinson's left hand
was badly burned. It Is thought both
wJH recover.
Tho I'Jeeadlllv club of Cincinnati,
will forwurd toMmlral Oewcv a lov-
iUg CUD ll)iia-.iKtiimlv "nmvetr. Vn.
MniKst i3, isot).
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Mrs. Minn
"JrlKfLflNVESTIGATOBSJIEET
arrested at
a telegram received from tho sheriff
of Dawson county. The latter ofllcial
states that the charge Is adultery witli
William Fredericks of Kearney, who
is alleged to Jmvo assisted Mrs. King
In deserting her husband nnd to lnvo
lived with her at Lexington for over n
week. It is claimed that Mr. King li
principally after tho child, but tho ef
fort of tho thcrlfT to tako tho chili1
back with Ulm proved futile, as tin
woman's n'lornoy has placed the child
in the caro of its aunt. Mrs. King do
nics tho charges King is charged
with being n cross and milieu farmer
forty-live years old, while the wlfo it
just twenty-one. Tlio marriage took
place about three years ago.
Katurriuy, September 24.
During n game of baseball at Golds
boro, Pn., Charles Long was killed by
being hit with a pitched ball.
Homo sneak thieves entered the
house of Leo Frederick at Tobias yes
terday afternoon while tho family won
absent and stole S1H in cash and a cer
tificate of deposit for 50. Tho follow
tug night tho chicken house nt the
rear of Upton it Clark's stort) was en
tered by this same class of Individuals
and a number of fowls taken. No clue
to tho thieves.
Tho most important murder ense
ever tried in Sioux county Is now
close. It is tho first murder case
for flvo years, and owing to tho prom
inence of tho parties tho ease attract
ed widespread attention over tho
county, and In fact all over Northwest
Nebraska, where the parties aro well
and favorably known. On tho 10th of
last January the defendant was mar
ried to Miss Edith Davenport, a min
ister's daughter, and on the evening of
thu marrlugo there congregated a
party for tho purposo of ehnrlvarlng
the young couple. Shortly afterwards
there was a shot tired through the
window, killing ono of tho scrcntidors
instantly. The defendant claims when
he fired the shot that he thought some
one was breaking into the liousu, nnd
that the window was broken in before
ho fired tho fatal shot. Tho jury after
being out a short time acquitted tin
defendant of tho charge of murdor.
ttitnd.iy, September !JB.
Intelligence has been received at
Omaha that both Orover Cleveland ana
ox-Presldcnt Harrison have declared
their inability to respond to tho invi
tation to uttcnt tho exposition oo
Presidents' day.
Considerable excitement was eausoil
In Juniata by a reported murder just
west of town on tho 11. & M. track
by supposed tramps They were heard
quarclling just about dark and two re
volver shots were heard, followed by
the words, Take that," and tho screams
of a supposed dying man. Somo half
a hundred men went-out and searched
with lanterns, but cou Id not find any
body. Monday, September 80.
Tho old settlers have changed tho
date of their trip to Omaha becauso of
fuiluru to hccuro a reduction in rates.
Instead of making the trip on Septem
ber 3(1 It will probably bo made Octo
ber 12.
Private John Kccuo Gregg, son of A.
1). Gregg, died at his homo 1311 T
street, Lincoln, of malignant typhoid
resulting from his life in camp at
Chlchumaugn. Mr. Gregg was a mem
ber of company D, second regiment,
and was home on a furlough.
Corporal Thomas 1). Luun of compa
ny K, Second Nebraska volunteers,
died at the home of his bister, Mry.
Fred W. Sharp, 012 North Fourteenth
street, Lincoln. He had been sick
nbout two weeks since tho return of
his regiment from Chlcknmauga nnd
died after a slego with typhoid fever.
Tho ceremony of unveiling a monu
ment erected to tho memory of Ed
ward Wallace Mason, of the Woodmen
of the World, occurred at Park View
cemetery, Hastings, In tho presence of
the aged parents and sistcri of tho dc
seuscd, and a considerable assemblage
of friends ami members of tha locuf
camp.
Turmtay, September 97.
The children of Mr. and Mrs. E S.
Hand gathered at their home in Wahoo,
malting arrangements to eclegrate the
fiftieth anniversary of tha old peoples'
marriage. Somo of -the little grand
children were In the room ami ono of
them found a loaded revolver ant
fired It. Tho charge passed through
one child's linger and lodged in an
other's shoulder, A physician was
called, but has not been nblo to loertc
the ball. The wound Is very pain' ll,
but not considered very dangerous,
Col. John P. llrntt of the First Ne
braska volunteers has filed an ofllcial
report containing an account of tlie
engogement with tho Spanish forces
nt Manila, August 2. Ho has filed a
detailed report of tho regiment's trip
from Honolulu to Manila. A copy of
tho report of tho engagement reuehed
Adjutant-General Harry yesterday.
The document gives the numes of com
panies that were under fire, and tho
losses in the engagement. Lieutenant
Naracong of tho David City company
is specially commended. Colonel llrntt
wns in command of tho entrenchment!
when tho engagement occurred. His
report Indicates thut he was In com
mand of a brigade nt thu time.
Wallace's shows were at Columbia
recontly and tho would-bo surcthlng
men nro short In sums ranging from
83 nnd S10 to SICK), Tho gnmes which
tho suckers went against were of th
ru nicest kind.
Floyd, a young son of James Hlgglus
with other boys, was making cigar
ettcs from corn silks nt Nebraska City,
In some manner his clothing caught
flro mid ho wnq badly burned aboul
the upper portion of his body, lit
had a very narrow escape from losin
his life.
M'KINLEY READS A STATE
MENT TO COMMISSION.
Promtti Vram tha rrettdenl That the
Probing of the War Department Shall
1)0 Mail a Thorough at rot. Ibis
Tha Examination May no Public.
Wamiinoton, Sept. 2d. The coratnis
lion to investigate tho conduct of tho
War Department during tho recent
conflict with Spain held Us Initial
nieotlng in the ofllco of President Mc
Ktnlcy at tho White Houso to-day.
There were eight members present,
and it was announced that tho
torvlces of a ninth man wero counted
upon, though his namo wns not
tnado public. Tho eight who
wcro present were: Major General
Granvlllo M. Dodgo of Iowa, Colonel
J. A. Sexton of Illinois, Captain E. P.
Howell of Georgia, Major General J.
M. Wilson, chief engineers of tho
United States army, Charles Danby of
Indiana, Into minister to China, cx
Uovernor Urban A. Woodbury of Ver
mont, ex-Governor James A. Heaver of
Pennsylvania nnd Major General II.
McD. McCook of tho army (retired).
Tho appearance of Governor Heaver as
a member of tho commission was a
surprise, ns his selection was not
known until ho appeared at the Whito
houso at tho beginning of tho session.
Tho coinmisaion spent an hour and n
half with tho President nnd then pro
ceeded to tho room assigned St at tho
war department for tho purpose of or
ganizing and beginning work.
The proceedings with tho Prcsldont
consisted in tho main of a general ex
change of views as to tho scope of tho
commission's Investigation, In which
the President participated qulto free
ly. Ho told tho members that the or
ganization of tho commission had
been undertaken at tho request of
Secretary Alger and read a letter from
tho secretary In which tho request wns
made. Tho President had put Ills own
views In writing, and rend them be
foro proceeding to a verbal discussion.
In this statement ho said that com
plaints had been directed especially
at tho surgeon general, tha quarter
master general and tho commis
sary general's departments of tho
army, and ho suggested that
the. conduct of theso departments
should rccclvo especial consideration
at tho hands of tho commission. To
this specific request ho added that It
was his dcslro that tho entire military
organization should, if it appeared
necessary, bo made tho subject of in
quiry, saying that ho wished tho com
mission to go to tho bottom of the
subject in all cases and proceed with
Ita work without fear or favor.
"If," ho said, in tho informal dis
cussion that occurred, "tho conimls
alon should havo difficulty in securing
the attendance of witnesses or in ob
taining access to papers thought to ba
essential to the prosecution of its la
bors, I hopo tho matter will bo brought
to my attention, when I will do all in
my power to overcome tho difficulty.
I want tho commission to havo a clear
Held and I will do all that it is possl
bio for mo to do to sco that it has."
The suggestion was also made to the
ioramlsBion that the first effort should
be to securo genoral Information In
regard to tho organization of tho army
and the tlmo In which the work was
performed.
Tho President offered the nnmo of
Major Mills of the army for tho posi
tion of secretary of tho commission.
Secretary Alger's request as made In
tho letter read by tho President was
for a complcto inquiry into tho con
duct of tho wnr, especially on tho lines
of tho chBrgcs published in tho news
papers. He said these charges had as
sumed such magnitude that he did not
feel satisfied to havo tho Department
rest under them, and that ho desired
an investigation by men eminent in
military and civil life.
Dr. Phincas S. Conner of Cincinnati
was announced aa the ninth member
of the commission. He was aolectcd
because of his eminence as a physician.
After the close of the conference at
the White house the Prcsldont ex
pressed his satisfaction with tho per
sonnel of tho commission, adding that
ho believed their investigation would
bo thorough and their report fair and
Impartial.
The commission organized by elect
ing Granvlllo M. Dodge chaif man and
Richard Welghtman secretary; Major
Mills of tho inspector general's ofllco
to bo military recorder. Tho commis
sion adjourned about 1:30 o'clock to
meet at 10 o'clock on Monday.
Tho session was devoted to method
of procedure. It was said that prob
ably tho Investigation so far ns exam
ination of witnesses would bo open,
but other proceedings would bo in ex
ecutive session,
CMU-Argentlna, Trouble.
Santiago bb Ciitr.E, Sopt. 26. An
agreement was signed yesterday be
tween tho representatives of Clilla and
Argentina by which tho boundary
south of latitude 20.53.45 is submitted
to arbitration. Negotiations aro still
progresslng'in rcg.ird to tho boundary
north of 20.53.43, and as Chile insists
that this also bo arbitrated, whilo
Argentina declines to submit tho
wholo to arbitratlou, tho danger is not
yet past,
lie Started ai Station Agent.
Nbw Yonir, Sept. SO. John M.
Toucey, formorly general manager of
tho New York Central railroad, died
at his homo at Qarrlson-on-tho-Hndson
lato last night. Mr. Toucey was born
In 182H. He began his car cor as sta
tion agent of tho Naugatuck railroad
at Newton, Conn. In 1335 ho obtained
a like position with tho Hudson river
railroad, and from that time until tho
day of his death remained in the em
ploy of tha Hudson River Kallroad
company, or ita successor, the New
York Central nudson Rlrsr Railroad
company, - - - ...
GEN. SHAFTER EXPLAINS
WatMltqnoted In IIV Recent Michigan
Speech,
New Yonit, Sept. 2a General W. It.
Shaftcr, who arrived last night from
Michigan, said In an interview: "My
remarks about tho voluntcors in a
speech at Constantino havo been mis
quoted. I was speaking at a reunion
of the Nineteenth regiment. I went to
tho front with it thlrty-flvo years ago.
It happened that some Michigan vol
unteers got mixed up in tho Santiago
fight. I merely said that they had not
been Intended for nctlvo fighting that
day. They had been sont off toward
Agundorrcs to niako a feint. They got
into a cut nnd a Ghcll was sent into
them, killing and wounding some.
They had no business In tho cut and
regulars would not havo been caught
there. The volunteers wcro all right
at Santiago, handicapped ns they wero.
They had blnek powder rlflJ3, for ono
thing, and they had not learned what
comes only from tho longest drilling
and what constitutes tho Ideal soldier
that Is, to stand with other men with
out knowing it."
"It has been said that there wero
10,000 Krag-Jorgenscns in tho arsenal
during tho b'antingo campaign that
wero never issued," said a reporter.
"Well, I am not tho hoad of tho ord
nance department, but the incrcnao in
the number of companies raised tho
regular army by 83,000 men -and theso
had to get Krag-Jorgcnscns immedi
ately, as they wcro expected to do tho
bulk of tho fighting. How ninny of
tho small stock of Krags wcro loft af
ter tho 35,000 men wcro equipped, I
cannot say.
"No ono who has not seen it can
know tho effectiveness of smokeless
powder guns. Our batteries had black
powdcrj the Spaniards smokeless. Ono
day, tho 10th or 11th of July, I was
standing in tho trenches trying to
make out with my glasses the location
of a Spanish battery. Our battery
was several hundred yards to our left.
Wo could hear tho Bhclls lcavo tho
Spanish guns and pass over us. Wo
tried to locato tho guns by following
tho found, but it was impossible.
Later we found that it was more than
n mllo away, behind a frlngo of bushes
just thick enough to hide tho move
ments of the men. It astonished me
nnd other veterans who saw tho work
of smokeless powder."
Tho "scandals oftho camps" struck
General Shaftcr as tho natural pro
duct of inexperleuco among tho sol
diers. "Thcro has been gross carelessness
on tho part of new men in sanitary
matters," ho'said. "You enn't make
them understand the necessity of care.
They resent being bc-deviled by their
officers for not picking up cigar
stumps, fruit'pcclings and doing such
apparently trivial things. In the Civil
war we often started out with 1,000
men and in six months lost POO of
thorn through sickness.
"What has befallen the men who re
lieved me at Santiago? They had no
such conflict with inclement weather
as wo had. They have had plenty of
food nnd complcto tcntage, but they
have 1,300 sick out of fl.OOO. So I don't
think wo did so badly."
As to his coming to New York to
tako chargo of tho Department of
tho East, General Shaftcr said:
"I don't know whora I will go
finally. I have expressed a wish to go
to the Pacific coast, whero I expect
to livo when I ain retired, but before
going I should not objeot to taking
tho Department of tho East for several
months, till General Merritt's return.
(My wife is from Vermont and I hail
from Michigan and a stay of a short
time in New York would glvo mo the
chance to meet many persons I have
loug wished to 6ce and whom I may
isevcr again have occasion to meet.
"What do I think of tho territorial
expansion? Well, I do not think my
views aro of much Importance, but
they are very brief hold on to all wo
get. Wo had to work hard to get it;
let'a keep it. Wo are rising into the
position of a leader among nations
and we must accept the responsibilities
that come with that leadership."
General Shaftcr said ho would go at
onco-to Moitauk Folnt to tako con
maud thero.
EUROPE MUST PAY.
When Wo Need Money Bhe Mutt Fur
nlth It Trade Balance In Our Vavor.
Nkw York, Sept. 20. Rr O. Dun S
Co.'s Weokly Reviow of Trade says:
" Kuropo will havo to consider pog.
6lble American needs for nloney much
more anxiously In tho future. Doubt
less thero has bacn for many years a
feeling that tho new continent could
bo put off with promises. Rut the
control of this country over money
markets in tho Old World Is coming tc
be that of a master.
"This country Is not drawing on
Kuropo as largely to pay for bread
stuffs as It did a year a?o, and wheat
exports for tho week, flour included,
havo been 3,003,201 bushels from At
lantio ports, against 3.077,809 bushels
last year, and 513,417 from Pacific
ports.against 1,004,803 last year, mak
ing for tho thrco weckj
10,203,041 bushels from both
coasts, flour included, against
15,500,120 bushels last year. Prices
have risen shnrnly about 4 cents foi
tho week, nnd tho exports of corn,
inougn noi as large as last year, have
been heavy In comparison
John Bherninn It Hotter.
Washington, Sept. 20. Ex-Sccre-tarv
Shermnn has nn far npnvni-1
from his illness that 14s physician,
Dr. Frank Hyntt, has loft thp city for
a few days. On his ndvlco Mr. Sher
man has ubandoucd his spccchmaklng
pinus in uuio,
j '
Curzon Mado Ilaron,
London, Sept. 28. it is officially an
nounced that George N. Curzon, who
Is to succeed the Earl of Hlgln ns vice
roy of India, has been elevated to tin
pcerago aa Ilaron Curzon of Kcdcl
itcno. -
HOPE FOR DREYFUS,
tlio French Cabinet Docl Je In Favor of
Ilevlilon.
Pajiis, Sept. 27. At a meeting of
iho cabinet yesterday, all tho min
isters being present, a decision was
taken in favor of a retrial of ex-Cap-tain
Dreyfus and tho documents in the
case will bo sont to tho court of ap
peals. The minister of justlco, M. Sarrlen,
was directed by tho cabinet to lay be
fore tlio court of appeals tho petition
of Mine, Dreyfus, wife of tho prisoner
of Devil's island, for a revision of her
husband's case. Tho court, therefore,
will decide tho legal question whether
the first trial of Captain Dreyfus was
vitiated by tho forgery committed by
tho lato Lieutenant Colonel Henry,
who was a witness boforo tlio court
martial and who confessed to having
forged a document In tho case.
Tho minister of justice announced
that ho has given Instruction that
proceedings aro to bo taken immedi
ately against auyono attacking tho
army.
Tho crowds of people outsldo tho
ministry of tho Interior, whero tho
cabinet council was hold, loudly
cheered tho ministers nnd thero were
shouts of "Vivo llrlssonl" "Viva lq
rcvisionl"
BROOKE HAS 2,500 SICK.
a Smalt PerecntaKo of tlio Canes Ar
Coiulcleroi! Serious.
Washington-, Sept. 20. Tho follow
ng cablo has been received at tho war
Scpartmcnt:
"Posck. Sent. 23. Ad iutnntGonor.il-.
Washington: Cablo regarding sick
ness and want of rations received,
l'llat thero aro sick is a fact.
A. small proportion aro bad cases.
but thoro has been no want of food,
lhe last report gives a total of sick of
J.500. Four hundred typhoid and 403
malarial fever, 217 diarrhoea. Other
Ilssascs, 1,314. Pcrccntngo, 23.
"Think return of regiments now
bere would not bo advisable, us
others coming would havo to go
through 6amo acclimating condi
tions. Would udvlso that certain
lick bo sent homo whosa recovery
tvould doubtless bo quickened. If
regiments nro sent to tako the plnco
of thoso now hero, special attention
ihould bo given to selecting thoso
nnder good discipline und having
full quota of officers. Uy this means,
men may bo controlled nnd sanitary
precautions enforced In tho small do-
incninems wnicn necessarily must oo
naue. lirooxc. aiaior ucneraJ. ;
IDENTIFIED AS BANK ROBBERS.
?ahler or Iowa Savin; Imtltutlon
llccognlret Ilia Cash.
St. Joseph, Mo.. Sopt. 27. Tho
three men, Morgan, McAlccr and Ryan,
irrcstcd by tho police as suspected
train robbers, havo beon identified as
lafe crackers, who robbed the lio In a
Valley bank at Hastings, Iowa, Sep
tember 21. Cashier Hurt French and
Sheriff W. C. Tnbbs arrived hero last
night nnd completed tho identification.
Tho officers recovered 1007.73 of tho
M.C00 stolen. It was Identified by tho
bank officers. MeAleer's right namo
Is Manning. His home is Armourdalc,
Kan. Ryan and Morgan aro ex-con-rlcts.
Roth men wero sent up from
this cltj' for robbery, Ryan under tho
namo of Moqjo and Morgan as Mc
Donald.
. BUFFALO GOES, TOO.
Inother Addition Mailo to tho Paclflo
Rquadron Dowey to Huto nacklnft.
Washinoto.v, Sept. 27. Tho navj
department has decided to send tho
sruiscr Ruffalo, now at Now York, to
tho Pacific station. She will probably
(jo to Honolulu, and In the event that
the is needed to rcinforco Dewey's
fleet, sho can rcceivo orders at that
place by dispatch boat. The depart
ment is considering the advisability of
attaching tho engineering repair ship
Vulcan, which did such excellent
work in Cuban waters, to the squad
ron. Admiral Dewey is in need of
such a ship. With tho Vulcan at Ma
nila, it will bo unnecessary to send
the ships to nong Kong for repairs.
COLONEL BRYaFJS ILL.
Ilai Malarial Fovor and Must fituy In
Washington for Homo Day.
Washington, Sept. 27. Colonel
Willlnm Jennings Rryan, of tho Third
Nebraska regiment, was unablo to
leavo Washington yesterday for Jack
sonville. "I havo a touch of malaria,"
ho said, "and my physician told mo
that I would have to remain hero for
two or thrco days.
Colonel Rryan expressed tho reluct
nnco. with which ho had admitted his
illness. While ho in disposed to look
upon his Illness ns trifling, it is not at
all improbable that he will have to re
main in Washington longer than ha
has been calculating on to cnublo. tho
fever to run Its course.
Loot (he Tomb of ttio Mahdl.
Li.tDON, Sept. 37. Tho Daily Tolc
graph'a Cairo correspondent says: "It
is reported that Major MacDonald has
reached Lado, whero was locatod the
mahdl's tomb, nnd that tho body was
destroyed. An enthusiast, it is said,
secured tho ranhdi's head and is send
ing it to tho Royal college of surgeons
in Loudon.
Tragedy at llolilngton.
HoisiNOTON, Kan., Sept. 27. Last
evening Low Kelloy nnd L. E. linker
hud an altercation brought nbout by
an alleged insult to Mrs. Kelloy by
Raker. Tho result was a running
fight, In which Kclley pounded Raker
over tho head with n revolver. When
in front of the Hoisington Stato bank,
H. F. Rugglcs, an old und respected
citizen of tho town, interfered and
tried to stop tho fight. Tho revolver
in tho hands of Kelloy was discharged
and 1 higgles was shot and instantly
killed. It is claimed that the shoot
ing was accidental
CHINA'S EMPEROR NEEDS HEL?
Calls nil Annt, tha Ernpreti Dowaccr, t4
Hit Aiilitancn.
WA.sniNOTON. Sent 24 Th nil.
ncse minister, M. Wu Ting Fang, ro
celved a cablo dispatch to-day
from tho Chinese foreign office at
Pckln giving tho text of tho cdlot
Issued by tho Kmperor yesterday, in
which, owing to the critical condition
of Chinese affairs, ho calls back to
power tho empress dowager, and com
mits to her hands the direction of tho
vast affairs of tho empire. Tlie edict,
freely translated from tho cipher
cable, is as follows:
"Now that China Is disturbed and
thero is .need that nil business shall
bo well done, wo, tho emperor, ngltat
ed from morning to night for tho" wel
fare of all affairs and fearful lest errors
may occur, observing from tho begin
ning of tho reign of Tung Chi that
the omprcsn dowager had twice given
instructions to tho emperor, each
tlmo with signal ability nud success,
so wo now, considering tho important
Interests of tlio empire, havo begged
tho empress dowager to give to tho
emperor tho benefit of her rlpo cxpcrl
enco and her instruction. Tho dowa
ger empress has been pleased to nc
ccdo to tho request. Thereforo It is
to be tho good fortune of tha wholo
cmplro that this auspicious event is
brought about."
FRANCE IN THE SOUDAN.
the Trlnco of Orloani Alio Kiitorg tho
DUcuinlon,
Paius, Sept. 24. Prlnco ncnrl d'Or
lcans llings himself into tho Soudan
breach this morning. Tho prlnco says:
"Wo have just received, almost sim
ultaneously, the news of tho taking of
Khartoum by tho English and of tho
arrival of Captain Mnrchand at Fasho
da. Tho second plcco of news de
stroyed tho importance of tho first.
Whilo two years ago tho march of
Mnrchand was known in England and
peemed to ba regarded nn of lit
tlo importance, at a lino stroko
tho fnco of affairs in tho valley oi
the Nile Is changed. Tho English aro
confronted with an accomplished fnct.
It Is neccssnry that it should remain
H. The question is about to bo trans
ferred from tho burning grounds of
Africa to a ground, not lcs3 burning,
diplomacy."
Prlnco Henri maintnlns that under
such circumutunccs France, which lias
undertaken no engagements respect
ing the Soudan and vhich arrived
first on tho Nile, with Marchnnd, has
incohtcstlblo rights superior to thoso
of England.
PRIESTS DIVIDE THE NATION.
Agntoaldb'a Follower Spill by tha
Scheme of the SjianWh.
New Yonir, Sept. 2. A dispatch to
tho New York Herald from Manila
says: "Tho schemes of tho Spanish
clericnl party havo divided tho Filip
inos almost beyond tho hope of recon
ciliation. "On Sunday, when tho archbishop
of Manila went to Gaco to administer
tho rlto of confirmation, a party of
rebels attempted to kidnap tho pre
late. Tho Bucccss of tho plot was
only prevented by tho iutcrferenco
of tho American soldiers, who nro
stationed there. Tho purpose of the
kidnapers was to take tho archbishop
to Malolos, whero Agulnaldo Is lidd
ing four Spanish priests as prisonors.
"Seven Filipinos wero detected yes
terday at Santa Ana with money re
ceived from somo Spaulsh priests.
They wcro arrested on n direct ordor
from Agulnaldo, despite the protest of
Plo Pilar, tho commander-in-chief, of
tho district. They will bo shot to
morrow." TO BE REGARDED AS CHECKS.
Hank Depoiltori' Receipt for Money
Drawn Muit Fay Stamp Tax.
Washington, Sept 24. Tho com
uissioner of Internal revenue has ren
dered a decision in which ho holds
that a depositor's receipt Is subject to
a stamp tax as a. bank check. Tim
commissioner says:
"Tho war revenue act imposes a tax
upon bank checks, drafts, certificates
of deposit or orders for the payment
of any sum of money, and thereby in
tends to Include all legitimate ways in
which money can bo withdrawn from
a commercial bank. Tho uso of a re
ceipt! whilo in terms not forbidden, is
presumptively so, and any attempt to t
uso a receipt in lieu of n check is n
manifest attempt tc cvado tho tax,
which can only bo prevented by tax
lug tho receipt as a cheek."
May Trade I'o?u1ons.
Reui.in, Sept. 24. Tho Zanzibar
correspondent of tho Frankfurter Zcl
tung rocord3 tho prevalent haUcf ex
isting thcro thut England will codo
Zanzibar to Germany in return for
German concessions regurdlug Delngoj
bay.
Alger at Camp Tbomna,
Chattanooqa, Tcnn., Sept. 24, Sec
retary Alger and Surgeon General
Sternborg, accompanied by Rrlgadlcr
General Roynton, spent tho day in a
critical Inspection of tho hospitals over
which thoro has been so much contro
versy.
GREEN PRAISES VOLUNTEERS.
.
At Manila tha Cltlien Haldlera fought
I.llta Regular.
San Fkancibco, Sept, 24, Speaking
of. tho conduct of tho soldiers during
tho battlo, General Green, who re
turned from Manila yesterday, said
the volunteers fought nnd nqtcd like
regulars and that ho was proud ol
them. Aftor tho first of the onslaught,
they wero aa cool as could bo and pre
pared for anything. Tlto flro of the
Americans was particularly 1, fly At
all times.
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