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TANT NEWS ITEMS.
Short and riltiy raragraph. Which TU
of What Hu Happened or Will Hap
pen la Oar Commonwealth The News
Briefly Summarised.
Thursday, August 10,
Extreme hot weather prevails over
tho state.
Vm Gordon, aged twelve, was
UirbVn from a horso nnd hilled near
Gordon, August 9.
Aljjfa Arpus n prominent stockman
of iJoy'd county, was drowned while
bathing near Ilutto.
Mm. W. L. Lee, of Salt Lake City,
died from the effects of some futnl
drug In Lincoln the 10th Inst.
Sam Pope, who wan Hhot at Fremont,
August 8, by Edward Jerome exhibits
great vitality and may recover.
Mrs. Reading's four-year-old hoy
vim bitten by a rattlesnake seven
miles from liroken How, nnd died from
the effects.
Tho Western Independent Long Dls
Itance Telephone company of Platts
mouth has incorporated with a capital
block of 3100,000.
11. C. Freeman, secretary of tho Ne
braska City Building and Loan nsso
Ration, wan going down cellar when
(the steps broke and hu fell to tho bot
tom, receiving several bad bruises.
Acting Chancellor Bossy and Finan
cial Secretary Dales of tho state uni
versity arc endeavoring to secure pho
tographs of all former university stu
tlents who lost their lives in the late
war.
At Blnlr, the bondsmen of ex-Oil In
spector Hilton settled his shortage
wlth the state, paying nearly 87,880.
(There were thrco bondsmen, W. C.
Walton, John McKccn nnd It. lllnco.
including attorneys fees the whole
business lias cost tho bondsmen over
0,000.
Chicken thieves have raided Sutton.
Mrs. IVndergnst, a poor widow, was
Relieved of a fine flock of birds. Mich
ael Tcsslcr, three miles southwest of
(town, was also relieved of a fine flock,
lis were John Tender nnd Tom Dona
hue. Farmers have raised a purse of
ISO to catch the culprits.
Hunrtny, AuKUit 13.
Special government agent W, D.
Hunter left for Wlnncpcg, August 8, to
investigate tho grass hopper plague.
A discussion of tho tire at the Mer
cer Chemical building at Omaha caused
twelve young ladles in the overall fac
tory noxt door to faint at their work.
wf Jjuum -JiJumiirortft'antt'CtrHoe cooper,
two young people of Arapahoe, shot
themselves oa the school houso steps.
Disappointed lovo is supposed to be
the cause. --
" Certificates held by Nebraska agents
of tho Fort Wayne, Ind., fire insurance
company will be recalled because the
company has failed to pay legitimate
losses in this state
Attorney General Smyth has given
nn opinion regarding tho school bond
act limiting tho rate of interest on
school bonds to 0 per cent Some be
lieved the net of little force because it
did not contain a clause repealing tho
old law, but the attorney general says
the act repealed tho old law by appll
cation and is valid.
Monday, August 14.
A man was taken from the Hock
Island train at Beatrice yesterday who
is apparently demented. It is thought
nc is v. r. isorton ot unrlcton, Neb.
Sam Pope, who was the victim of
tho shooting affray at Fremont last
week, is improving in spite of his ter
rlblo wounds, and tho doctors think he
will recover.
Charlie Shaw, the twelve-year-old
ton of James C. Shaw of Tckamah,
was kicked In the eye by a colt uud
did uot recover consciousness for twenty-four
hours.
1 Joseph Hochsteln, a wealthy and'
highly respected German farmer, acci
dentally fell from his wagon going
home. from How Valley ami died from
injuries received.
Flro destroyed the big fertilizing
plant of the Swift packing company at
South Omaha, causing a loss of perhaps
815,000. Spontaneous combustion is
presumably the cause.
Governor Poynter refused to recolve
tho senate investigating committee's
report and it was sent back to Senator
Prout, who declined to take it and it
is now In tho hands of Postmaster
Bushncll of Lincoln.
Ray Sherman of Tccumsch was scrU
ously and seycral other men slightly
injured by the explosion of a traction
engine boiler of a threshing outfit
near Virginia. Several horses were
hilled.
Attorney General Smyth has filed
papers in tho Douglas county district
court, invoking the anti-trust law of
1897 to compel tho Standard Oil com
pany to cease doing business In Ne
braska. Grading is being commenced on the
foundation work for Armour'B big nlno
btory warehouse at South Omaha.
Win, 0. Myers, a Germau, aged 25,
was drowned while swimming In a
pond at Kunz's park south of Elm
wood. Fred A. Young, a telegraph operator
of Lincoln, was drowned today 'while
swimming in Salt creek near tho pen
itentiary. ,, .
Mrs. W. L. Lee, who committed sui
cide at Hastings, has been buried. The
authorities were un ible to obtain any
elue to her identity
Governor Poynter han issued a pro
clamation designating Monday, Sep
tember 4, as Labor day.
Tuesday, August IS.
The Sidney Loan nnd Ilulldlng asso
ciation has filed articles of incorpora
tlon.
Theodore Atwood of Humboldt bo
came over heated and chased his wifo
nnd hired man from the house witli a
shotgun.
Detective Malono surprised a man
pilfering from tho warehouse of J. I.
Case, Lincoln. Ho proved to be a
fellow named Charles Sill, an cmployo
of the J. J. Case company.
Conrad Kammcrscll, a Russian, was
smothered to death under a clay bank
at a brick yard near Hastings. Tho
old man wan working alone and no
one knows just when tho accident oc
curred. After diligent search all day yester
day the body of Fred Young, tho op
erator drowned on tho 13th in tho
crock west of tho penitentiary, was
not found. His young wife of two
months Is prostrated with grief over
the loss.
Emmctl Williams, a flftccn-ycar-old
runaway hoy who was picked up on
the streets of Lincoln Sunday night,
and who said bin home was at Colorado
Springs, wan released yesterday by tho
police. Tho police liavo spent a great
deal of money in notifying parents in
other cities of their runaway sons, and
as their answer is usually "let him go,"
they have concluded that it is about
time to stop.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Whcalcn of Mil
ford passed through Lincoln yester
day enrouto to Marshalltown, la., to
visit friends of Mr. Whcalcn. Mr.
Whenlen is about thlrty-flvo years of
ago and Ills wifo is about flfty-flve.
They arc taking their wedding trip
after a wedding which occurred Sun
day at Milford following n courtship
of scarcely a week at Lincoln on tho
Kp worth assembly grounds.
The discharge .of Second Lieutenant
DeWitt C. Ainerlne of company L, Nor
folk, was ordered yesterday by the ad
jutant general, Mr. Aincrlnc failed to
pass tho examination prescribed for
officers of tho national guard nnd his
discharge followed. First Lieutenant
Carl 11. Pilger of the samo company
has resigned because he was compelled
to move to Dead wood, S. D. The ad
jutant general has ordered tho com
pany to fill these vacancies nt the ncx
regular meeting.
Wednesday, AuKUtit 10.
The gnmo laws have been printed by
the secretary of state for distribution.
The edition was compiled by A. E.
Sheldon, clerk of the printing board.
Attorney General Smyth expects to
commence a suit within a few days to
recover tho nmouut due the state from
sthoXiuiilii CoojH'rngo compauy on a
contract for convict labor.
Detective Malonc surprised a man
pilfering from tho warchouso of J. 1.
Case, Lincoln. He proved to bo a
fellow named Charles Sill, an cmployo
of the J. I. Case company.
During n high wind a son of O. F.
Coates of Dodge was badly hurt. He
was driving a hay rack, when tho
wind blew it over nnd he waB caught
underneath. Ills leg was fractured.
Tho Sidney Loan and Ilulldlng asso
ciation has filed articles of incorpora
tion and received a charter from the
state banking board. The association
is Incorporated by A Pease and others.
Nebraska railroads are still wrestling
with tht problem of how to keep thieves
from robbing them of tho brass fittings
of cars and engines. Thieves can real-
ire ten cents per pound for the brass and
the inducement Is too great for them
to resist.
Senator Hnyward of Nebraska City
was stricken with apoplexy at Brown
vlllo yesterday just as ho was about to
deliver an address at a Modern Wood
man picnic. At midnight his condition
was unchanged, nnd his physician is
hopeful, but will make no prediction.
Burglars entered the fur store of
Gustavo Shukert at Omaha and carried
nway 88,000 worth of furs. Tho rob
bery was not discovered by Mr. Shu
kert, so ho says, until ho unlocked tho
vault of his store. Mr. Shukert Baya
tho goods stolen wore garments which
had lccn stored in his vault by Omaha
women. Tho thieves over looked fur
wortli 820,000.
In a rain and hall storm that passed
over Q.'cshnin and vicinity hailstones
about as large as walnuts fell for fif
teen minutes. North hido windows
were riddled, store fronts broken, in
cluding heavy plate glass. Reports
from the country are conflicting, but
all agree thnt corn in tho hall belt,
which was about five miles wide, is
badly damaged,
A meeting of the state military board
will bo called within a few days to
consider the matter of holding an en
campment of tho Second regiment, Nc-bro-ska
national guard, The military
board is now composed of Adjutant
General Harry, Judge Advocate Gen
eral William Neville and Colonel A. E.
Cumpbcll of tho, Secoud regiment. It
is believed that tho regiment will bo
ordered to hold an encampment at
Lincoln. Tho board will consider tho
matter and report Windings to tho gov
ordor, who will dotermlne tho matter.
Matthew Ilrnnght lUote.
MoPntfliSo, Kaa, Aug. 10. Royal
Matthews, proaldout of tho dofurct
First Natlonol bank, was brought in
from Liberty county, Texas, last
evoulug by Skorlft Soltz on a bench
warrant charging him with rcoelving
deposits la the bank after it was in n
falling condition.
Ooly eighty More Merf Needed.
I WAfliHNOTdw, Adg. 16.-Vrifcr: have
been enlisted for tho ten rcglmonts
for the Philippines 13,010 mon, leav
ing but eighty more to wake tho regi
ments complete.
WIDE WORLD NEWS.
HAPPENINGS OF VITAL IN
TEREST. A Brief Rumranry of Event In Which
Feople are Deeply Interested Buort
Rentenccs Conveying a World of in
formation to Our Header.
Thuniday, August 10.
Plans arc being matured for the
erection of a mammoth glass plant nt
Peoria, ill.
A Big Consolidated car nt Cleveland
was wrecked by strikers, dynamite
being used.
Tho San Domingo government is lc
ing deserted by its troops who arc
going over to the rebels.
The Mexican government dcclnrcs it
is able to copo successfully with the
uprising of Yaqul Indlnns.
Nathan Kornman, a New York Com
mission merchant has been arrested
charged with wife murder.
Near Canton, Ohio, Mrs. Ecklingcr
shot nnd killed her husband and three-year-old
daughter and thou committed
suicide.
Parliament was yesterday prorogued
by the queen. In her speech Queen
Victoria deals with the troubles in the
Transvaal.
Tho charge of cowardice in made
against Captain Iturtou of Company II,
filst Iowa. He was very unpopular
with his men.
An association has been formed at
Peoria, 111., for the purpose of erecting
a monument to tho memory of Ingersoll
ut his old home.
Tho Ottawa express on the Canadian
it Atlantic road was wrecked near
Ottawa, Canada and seven persons weie
killed. A number were Injured, but
not seriously.
Colonial Secretary Joseph Chamber
lain says England will not turn back In
tho Transvaal, but will press her point.
Moro troops aio to be sent for the de
fenso of Natal.
At River Front Park, Denver, George
Ilond wns perhaps fatally wounded and
Goldic MeOonkey was killed by some
person not known. Jealousy is believed
to be back of the shooting.
At Shclbyvlllo, 111., Jockey Lnccy
was killed (luring a race, He rode his
horso into two others in front and all
thrco were thrown into a heap, Lncey's
horso crushing tho Hfo out of him.
Jockey Williamson's arm was broken
and Jockoy DuCase's collar bono was
uroifen.
Friday, August 11.
Dr. Lnponi, the pope's physician, de
clares Leo's health is good.
Five negro children wcro burned to
death on McICowan's plantation, near
Jackson, La. Tho parents locked them
in their house and went to church.
A terrible flood has Bwcpt over the
subpicfecture of War Chow, where
1,8M) houses were destroyed and thou
sands of poor people rendered home
less. Tho Denver smelters' union has
voted to continue the strike until the
Smelting companies shall ngrco to pay
tho wages awarded by the state board
of arbitration.
Mexican troops have had several en-
fogements with tho rebellious Ynqul
ndians, defeating them ench time. It
is declared that tho Yaqul's now In
the field are commanded by two old
commanders of the Mexican army.
A hurricane swept over tho south
portion of the island of Porto Rico,
doing a great amount of dninngn. It
Is reported that 200 lives wcro lost, but
the report was npj, verified. Tho town
of Ponce waB swept by tho storm and
badly wrecked.
Gils McKcmic, a prominent cotton
merchant of Gainesville, Tex., pro
voked a row with a waiter In tho
Barker hotel at Manltou and wus
killed. Tho trouble arose over tho
fact that tho head waiter, George
Groves had remonstrated with Mrs.
McKcmie for insisting on entering tho
dining room before it wns readv. Mr.
McKcmie later declared Groves had
used insulting language to his wife
nnd demnnded an apology, which the
waiter refused to make, denying he
had so talked to Mrs. McKcmie.
Saturday Auguit. 13.
A Cotton duck goods trust is being
formed.
Another Big Consolidated street car
at Cleveland was vesterdav smashed
to smithereens by dynamite. No ono
was injured.
Voters of Sam Domingo hope to
make Gomez their president. lie s
very popular with tho people of tho
black republic.
A destructive hall storms in .North
ern Minnesota and North Dakota dis
troyed 100,000 acres, or nearly 3,000,000
bushels of wheat.
8pain has started an inquiry to
discover tho responsibility for the lack
of means of defense which necessitated
the capitulation of Santiago. Generals
Tornl and Pareja were acquitted of
blame.
Today's dispatches tell of tho follow
ing lynchings: Mann Singleton of
Grnnt Parish, La for nssulting Mrs
Boyott; Will Chambers at Hell Buckle,
Tenn., for assultlng the 14-year-old
daughter, ot Win Watson; Bill Wilson
at Fort Gibson, Miss.', for attempted
criminal assult; and JWill McCluro at
Clem, Ga., for attemped assult on Mrs.
George Moore. All parties lynched
were colored.
Sanduy, Angunt 13.
A flro nt Farragut, Iowa, dontroyed
most of tho west side portion, entail
ing a loss of 320,000.
Tho briekrnakors strike nt Chicago
has reached tho critical stage, and
from assertions madq by tho manu
facturers in answer to tho demands of
the strikers, it is believed that a gen
eral tie-up of business operations in
Chicago ana a strike of 50,000 crafts
men is imminent.
Tho Cambria Steel workR of Johns
town, Pa., has reduced tho wages' of
Its men from 70 to 80 per cent, which
Is perhaps, tho biggest reduction ever
made. Straightcners, who havo been
getting 81S or 810 a day arc cut to 83.
Holdups, who were averaging 80 and
87 wcro out to 81.50. A general strike
is looked for.
The insurrection in San Domingo la
fairly on nnd is gnluing ground.
The estimated fataltlcs in the dis
trict of Ponce, Porto Rico, now reach
2,000 lives. The property loss is also
very great.
Fire destroyed a number of the
buildings of the Cleveland, O., Stono
company's plant, entailing a less of
over 8100,000.
The clash in the Transvaal between
England and the llocrs cannot bo long
delayed. Tho showdown must comev
and it now looks certain that a de
claration ot war will be made.
M. Paul Dcrouledc, BUBpectcd of bc-j
ing the chief promoter of a jZot ngainstj
tho French government, hns been an
rested. A number of anti-scmite and
patriotic leaguers wcro also arrested.
More arrests arc to follow.
A stirring scene closed Saturday's
session of the Dreyfus trlnl at RcnnesJ
ucncrai jvicrcicr had spoken nearly
four Iiovrs in ruthless denunciation o
Dreyfus, concluding by saving that i
lie had not been convinced that Drey
fus was guilty ho would not hesitate
to admit he had been mistaken. The
firisoiicr jumped to his feet and shoutcdj
n a trumpet voice: "That is whan
you ought to say." Tho crowd In the
court room cheered the w ords and hlsbccl
nnd derided Mereler.
Monday, Augtut 14.
Lisbon, Portugal, experienced art
earthquake shock.
The strike of Colorado smelters ha
ended and tho men will return to work '
Two men ambushed M. Labori,
counsol for Dreyfus, and shot him in,
the back. His wounds arc likely to
prove fatal.
Policeman A. P. Rawllngs and Chas.,
A. Dlinil'ls fnnirllt m illinl nt nlncn rnnirn
on the streets of Dallas, Tex., and
iHrtn nre aead. Rawlings was unden
tho influence of liquor and called'
Daniels a very bad name.
Tho French republic is on a volcano
nnd affairs are rapidly moving to a cli
max. The civil unci military forces
arc getting worked up to pitch that
may easily lead to a revolution. Whole
sale arrests of anti-somites havo been
made.
The famous old Methodist church at
Eyanston, 111., in which Francis EJ
Willard read her essays as a girl grad
uate, and in which Abraham Lincoln
onca snake Is In nnua flin rncf of liU
days in ignoble service as a saloon.'
The Methodists are endeavoring to re
gain possession oi tno iiuumng.
At Denver, Col., two police officers,
wcro shot and killed by a recruit be
longing to company L, Thirty-fourth
volunteer infantry. The soldier was
in a saloon raising a disturbance and,
when the officers attempted to arrest
him he resisted. He flnil. nnil linn nnt'
yet been apprehended.
In a recent suit for slander several
witnesses defamed Mrs. Wm. Mont
gomery, who resides near Dearborn,
Mo. She became incensed and started,
out with a revolver to exterminate all
who did so. She fatally shot Mrs.
Hannibal Collier and started for un
othcr witness when she was arrested.
H.he declares that if she is not hunged
She will kill the rest of them yet.
Tuc-Mluy, Angunt IB.
Street car men of Cleveland say the,
strike has only just fairly begun. Tho
boycott is still in force.
In a fit of jealous rage Thomas
Houghan of Chicago shot his wife and
then sent u bullet into his own braia
Botli died instantly.
The burghers (farmers) of the Trans
vaal propose, in the event of wnr witli
England, to arm to a man in defense-
of the colony against invasion.
Twenty-one business houses of the.
village of Berea, fourteen miles soutln
west of Clevoland, O., were destroyed,
by lire. The loss will amount to about
8100,000, with no insurance.
Throught the efforts of Mavcr Jones
of Toledo the Brotherhood company
was incorporated at Columbus, O., for
the purpose of placing in operation
tho greatest co-operative bcheme ever
attempted in the country. The broth
erhood proposes to distribute stock
over the country in small amounts.and
tho plan includes a great amount of
educational work. Co-operative cities
and farming communities are to be es
tablished where practicable.
The attempted assassination of M.
Labori, leading counsel for Captain
Dreyfus, has stirred Franco to a worse
passion than before. Fanatics havo
entered the fray, and opposing fac
tions are lining up for the clash which
now seems inevitable. M. Laborl'n
wound is not so dangerous as at first
thought, but ho will have a fight for
his life. His inability to defend Drey
fus nt this critical time will serve to
injure the prisoner's chances, and is
very depressing.
Wedneidur, Aaguit 10.
The nntl-Gocbel sentiment in Ken
tucky has gained force. Its strength
surprises both sides.
Flro at Westchester, N. Y., destroyed
St. Petor's Eplscopul church and most
of its contents. Loss, 8200,000.
Tho condition of M. Labori, counsel
for Dreyfus, is improving. Ho was
able to be moved to better quarters,
and may sufficiently recover to take
part in the trial.
Hudson City, Tex,. Is n unique town
It has a population of 400, nil negroes,
and has just been incorporated. City
officials composed wholly of negroes
will ic scicetcti.
Tho yacht'Columhla earned a cleor
title to.defend tho America's cup by
defeating tho Defender yesterduy In a
twenty mile race, winning by eight
minutes nnd fifty-two seconds.
Franklin Haslser, and two young
women, Hilda and Gertie Flcischman
xtl Harrlsburg, with whom he wns
driving, were killed by the Lebanon
Valley express near Wcruersvillc, Pa.
Tho government forces of Santo Do
mingo commanded by General Escobo
za have defeated tho insurgents. The
rout was almost a massacre. The list
of wounded on both 6idcs is enormous.
Tho engagement is considered by the
government as decisively ending the
. i nil cz rising.
A London dispateh says that Lilly
Laugtry was married July 27 at the
island of Jersey to Hugo Gerald de
llathc, eldest son of Sir Henry Perci
val de Bathe, bart., a retired general
and Criineun veteran. The affair has
just become known. Tho groom is
1 28, Mrs. Laugtry 30
AFFAIRS OF STATE
EVENTS OF INTEREST TO
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
Tlrofly Mention of the Doing ef the Na
tional CongreM, Departmental and Km
ecntlve Official Actions, and Movement
of Army and Navy.
Thurday,Aagnt 10.
The president contemplates attend
ing the national convention of the
union veterans union nt Dcs Moines,
la.
Secretary Klihu Root, of tho war de
partment, returned to Washington
last night from his visit to New York
and Lake Champlatn, whero ho has
been In conference witli tho president.
Tho yellow fever situation at tho
Goldlcrs' homo at Hampton remains
unchanged. No new cases and no deaths
is the report sent out again. The
quarantine remains in force at all the
neighboring towns.
Most of the volunteers nt San Fran
cisco are wearing their khakis nnd so
can be distinguished from the regu
lars who weur the full blue uniforms.
Tho 'Frisco people scarcely pay any
attention to soldiers wearing blue uni
forms as these arc mostly recruits,
while tho khaki suit introduces a sol
dier immediately as having been to
the Philippines.
The director of the census has writ
ten letters to all the recently appointed
supervisors In the state of Nebraska
asking them to send to him a plan for
the subdivision of their respective dis
tricts into enumerators' districts.
These will ho carefully compared with
the records of the last census, nnd
v hen it is found thnt there is nn un-
cqtinl division based on the estimated
population there will be changes inude
to conform with this comparison. The
director alms to have each enumerator
take an equal number os days in cover
ing his district, of that the returns
will all be in at the same time. It is
estimated that tho farmipg communi
ties will be covered in n month nnd
the cities in two weeks.
Friday, August 11.
The postal receipts at Omaha aggre
gated 820,104 in July as ngainbt 820,75 1
in July last year. This is a-decreusi
of 8.100, or 1.0 per cent.
The schedule of armv transnorts has
been completed and delivered to Seere-
tary Hoot. It shows that if addition
al transports are chartered about 18,
000 soldiers can be sent to Manila to
reach there by the end of November.
The Masonic temple nt San Francis
co was crowded with soldiers and civil
ians who went to show their respect
to the memory of Colonel Hawkins of
the Tenth Pennsylvania by participat
ing in tho last rites that were per
formed over his body before shipment
cast.
Saturday, August 13.
W. B. Backus of Omaha is in Wash
ington perfecting arrangements for
the Indian exhibit at the Paris expo
sition. JIo had. oliargn of. tho Indian
exhibit at the world's fair
An American named Black, who has
been residing at Epinal, capital of the
department of Vosgcs, has been ex
pelled from France on suspicion of es
poignagc. Ostensibly he dealt in pho
tographs, Tho Nebraska lcgimcnt finished
turning in to the chief ordnance officer
all guns and accoutrements. Practi
cally all of the enlisted men have been
given their physical examination and
the officers will be examined later.
Lieutenant-Colonel Frunk D. Eager
of tho First Nebraska, who was nomi
nated by the fusionists of Lancaster
county for clerk of the district court,
lias declined the nomination. He says
H tno people of tfcbrasUa want to do
anything for its regiment they need
not nominate its officers, but should
make some arrangement for transfer
ring the regiment home, as other
siiiics are doing.
Sunday. August IX
Acting Secretary of War Mciklojohn
received a- dispatch from D. E. Thomp
son of Lincoln, Neb., directing Mr.
Mclklcjohn to draw on him for 8100
for the Porto Rican destitute.
Many of the sick and wounded in
the hospital at the presidio have heard
good news. Gcncrnl Shatter has ob
tained permission from Washington to
muster out those soldiers in tho gen
eral hospital who nre able to be mus
tered out who do not wish to wait for
the regiments to return from the Phil
ippines. This work has already com
menced. Notwithstanding tho repeated as
surances that have been given to the
press to the effect that the president
is entirely satisfied with the course of
General Otis, it is known that Secre
tary Root is not so certain tnat an
other officer could not do better work
than that gentleman has accomplished
in tho past thrco months. In fact
hecretarv Tlnnt. linn nvnnccwi i. (....,
to friends as firmly of tho conviction
......I, raira id mo proper man to uo
bent to the Philippines.
Monday, August 14,
The United Stntes cruiser Olympla
has arrived at Leghorn, Italy, from
Naples, and was received with salutes
and cordial welcomes. Admiral Dewey
was visited by the commander of the
Italian cruiser Tripoli and tho captain
of the port,
A reconnolsanco by troops of General
Young's brigade, with tho object of
discovering the whereabouts of the
enemy near San Mateo, northeast of
tho ban Juan rcse.volr, about ten miles
from Manila, resulted in lhe occupa
tion of San Mateo. The American
loss, was three killed and thirteen
wounded.
Charles S. Witmor of Omaha has
been admitted to practice before the
interior department.
George A. Morrison has been ap
pointed a fireman In tho Omaha public
building at SG00 per annum.
Tho Dugan Granite company of Kan
bus City, Mo., has been awarded tho
contract for carving the ornamental
work on the public building nt Omaha.
Neb., at 818,600. '
Colonel Mulford of the First No-
kratk.a,vh? has ust "turned from
tho Philippines with his regiment, has
accepted a captain's commission in ono
of tho volunteer regiments, and will
return to the Philippines.
The United States transport Cenlcm
nlal arrived at San Francisco aftor a
most exciting round trip. She nar
rowly missed a couple of typhoons
was ashore on a coral reef, where tlm
entiro crew barely escaped capture at)
the hands of the Filipinos; one of tliu
sailors was killed by n parting hascr,i
nnd ono of the quartermasters wad
stabbed by a cook. .Upon her return1
trip to this port, tho Centennial brought!
a number of invalided men and officers'
from other regiments.
Word has been received from IJcu-i
tenant J. C. Gllmorc of the United!
States gunboat Yorktown, who with
14 members of the crew was captured
by tho insurgents last April near Balorl
on the cast coast of Luzon. The mes
sage, which comes through Spanish)
prisoners, is to the effect that the oflH
cer and his men nre at Vigan, in the.
province of South Ilocos, on the west'
coast of Luzon. All but two nre well.'
Lieutenant Gilmoro is allowed a houso
nnd a servant nnd is fairly treated.
- Tuesday, Augunt ll.
The ten regiments for tho Philip,
pines nre now nearly enlisted.
No crcdcnco is given in Washington
to the report that trouble hns again
broken out in Samoa.
The torpedo boat Fox, built by Wolff
& Zewicker, on the Pacific coast, has
been accepted by tho government.
A Leghorn dispatch announces that
Admiral Dewey is suffering fiom fever,
and remains on board the Olympla.
Secretary of War Root has issued an
appeal to the governors of the states
for the Porto Rican hurricane suffer-'
crs.
By direction of the pi esldent all re
lict supplies sent to Porto Rico will bo
admitUfd to all ports of that island
duty free.
President McKinley has declined to
attend the New York reception to
Dcwcy. He wnnts Dewey to have all
the glory that he deserves.
General Bates is still negotiating
with the sultan of Sula. Tho Biiltan
Is yet unwilling to accept the terms
offered by the United States a salary
of 810,000 a year.
The American line steamer Paris,
recently pull off the rocks near Cove
rack, left Falmouth under her own
steam this morning, aided by several
tugs, bound for Milford Haven, where
she will be docked for repnirs.
The transport Centennial, which ar
rived at San Francisco several days
ago, brought advices that the trans
port Warren, which has the Colorado
regiuent on board, will not arrive for
several days after schedule time. Tho
captain put one of the crew in irons for
feigning sickness and refusing to work.
The crew mutinied, nnd the ship it
sailing for San Francisco with a green
crew, the regular crew being prison
ers. Wednesday, August 10.
Wm. F. Cowgcr hns been appointed
a watchman in the Omaha public build
ing nt 8000 per annum.
The trnnsport Senator has sailed to
Manila from San Francisco with about
700 officers und recruits and a blgnal
corps.
Orcat Hritaiti is bound to have a.
brush with the Boers, it seems. The
situation today is moie critical than it
has heretofore been.
A Leghorn dispatch says that Ad
miral Dewey is still indisposed. Va
rious officials visited tho Olympla yes
terday. The admiral's departure for
Florcncc has been postponed.
Assistant Secretary Taylor of the
treasury department has announced
that he had decided to 'purchase the
Isaac Power's property at Norfolk,
Neb , as the site for the new public
building at that place.
The United States warships Balti
more and Concord have made au un
succcssf al attempt to tow off tho trans
port Hooker, which grounded in the
north channel off Corregldor island in.
Manila bay a week ago. It is now be
lieved to be impossible to iloat tho
Hooker.
Ordero arc expected within a few
days- directing the organization of five
.new volunteer regiments for the Phil
ippines. While a final decision on the
mutter of enlisting still moro troopn
has not yet been made, the fact thnt.
Secretary Root is already considering
the question of officers for tho regi
ments, indicates tho strong probability
that they will he organized. Nebraska
will probably get four or five of tho
officers, as It Is tho policy of the ad
mistration to select men for commis
sion from among those who havo seen
most service. The troops from Kansas
and Nebraska are particularly weU
thought of.
Many Ueld Responsible.
Omaha, Neb, Aug. 10. Aftor four
days' deliberation and the taking of
testimony of thirty witnesses, tho;
coroner's jury reported, fixing the
blame for tho electrocution of four
firemen nt tho Mercer Chemical com-1
pany's flro on August 9. Tho Thomson-Houston
Electric Light company
nnd tho city electrician are charged
with criminal ncgligcnco for not cut-,
ting the wires and thus rendering tliex
work of the firemen safe. City offt"
clals are censured for not passing;,,
proper ordinances governing overhead
wires and tho flro cliiof is also held '
responsible for lack of caution.
Fighting the lloyoatt.
Cr.KVKi.ANn, Ohio, Aug. 10. The
business men's anti-boycott commit
tee, which was appointed as a result
of the meeting held tho other day,
mot yesterday and docidod to hiro de
tectives and lawyer to prosecute,
merchants and others who violate the'
civil rights law in compliance witli
tho demands ot the boycotters.
' '
An 8,000,000 Tool Combine.
New Youk, Aug. 10. Tho Nlles-Bement-Pond
company, incorporated
at Trenton, N. J., is spoken of in
financial circles as a "tool trust," al
though its organizers deolaro that
they aro not seeklug to establish a
monopoly. Tho company has a capital
fctock of 83,000,000.
Coal to II Illghor This Tear.
Chicago, Aug. 10. Tho price of an
thracite coal will bo higher in Chi
cago tho coming winter than in a
number of years before, according to
local dealers.'
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