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About Hemingford herald. (Hemingford, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1895-190? | View Entire Issue (May 20, 1898)
FIRST REGIMENT HAS GONE VISITORS FROM ALL NEBRASKA BID THE BOYS GOD SPEED. Ruin PourB Down, But Doob Not Dnmpon tho Visitors Courage RoulmentsDIvldodlnto Batnlllons Each Ooqb on Different Rond. Lincoln, Nob., Mny 16. The orders for the First regiment, Nebraska Volun teer Infantry, to moVe today were Is sued by Colonel Brutt nml rend by Ad Jutnnt Forby. Thin order 1b ub follows: Headquarters First Regiment, Ne hruskn Volunteers, Field Order No. 11: Camp Alvln Saunders, Lincoln, Neb., Mny ID. First In nccordnnee with tel. egrnphlc Instructions received from the adjutant general of the nrmy, "Wash ington, . C. .Mny U, 1898, the First regiment, Nebraska volunteerH, will prepare for transportation by rail to Sftn Francisco. Cnl. Second Only rteld equipment nnd bng gngc w 111 be tnken. Ammunition will be carried In boxen. Cook and dining tentB will be packed nml stored at the Btnte capltol. Two wngoiiH will be allowed for the trnriHportntlon of tentnge and bag gnge to the cars. Three Company commanders will make requisition on the commissary of subsistence for four days' traveling ra tions and coffee money. Fourth The first battalion will inarch to the Hock Island railroad and em bark at 10 o'clock, May IB, 1898 RECONCENTRADOS DYING. rMfM. Tim Tlilf.1 titiHtillnn will tnilli'll to Hock Island railroad and embark at 'the effect that the Spanish authorities Stratogy Board will ontl by Sending Food to Dead Man's Bonos. Key West. Fin., May 17. The condi tions In Hnvnnn, resulting from the blockade, are being gradually brought out by Information obtained from fish ing smacks nnd other smnll vessels cap tured off the coast. Affairs at Havana now appear to bo worse than at any time since the Wey ler regime. The fishermen who at first braved the blockade for the high price which Ilsh brought In Havann, now run the risk not for money but for the food which they obtain from the Bea. A number of these men have been cap tured at different times by tho vessels of the blockndlng Heel, nearly all of them being released after having been quest loned by the odleers. They all unite In picturing the state of things at Havana as being pitiful In the extreme. The dispatch boat Kate Spencer has accumulated all the facts obtainable along the blockndlng line, the latest news being obtained through the two captured vessels taken by the Maehlas. The Maehlas caught two fishing boats off Haviinn, Just before reaching here. The Americans offered the fishermen money for part or their catch, as the Ilsh wns needed on board. But the fish ermen demuri ed at taking money, they preferring to have bread, and adding that they were desperately hungry. When questioned as to the prevalence of yellow fever at Havann, the llsher men said there was little sickness at the Cuban capital, but they added there was much starvation. The reeoncentra dos, they said, are nearly all dead, or have been exnollod from the city to die In the suburbs. This agrees with other reports from Havana and Mntanzas to CUBAN INVASION FIZZLES. I STATE INSURANCE MATTERS BOARD OF STRATEGY KNOCKS IT OUT. Tho Stoamor Gusslo Returns-Were Mot by Spaniards at Every Turn Captain and Soldiers Disgusted A Sad Lack of Cooperation. MUTUAL AND FRATERNAL IN SURANCE PROSPERING. A Changa In State Officials Has Revolutionized tho Insurance Business In Nebraska Another Big Loak Stopped. 10 o'clock. May 16. 1898, Sixth The Second battalion will march to Union Pacific railroad nnd em bnrk at 10 o'clock. May 10, 1838. Seventh I will be with the second bnttnlfon, ORDER OF MARCH. First regiment, First battalion, first section via Burlington & Missouri Lieutenant George R. Colton, compa nies A, Captain Holdeman; D, Captain Herpolshelmer! 10, Captain Zlllnger; L, Captain Taylor. First Assistant Sur geon C. L. Mulllns will accompany the bnttntton. Second rectlrn. Third Battalion, via Rock Island Major II. B. Mulford; companies M, Captain rainier; 11, Cnp tnln Oury; F, Cnptnln Vlckers; K, Cap tain Kllllnn. First Lieutenant R. l Jensen, second assistant surgeon, will accompany tin battalion. Third section, Second battalion, via Union Pacific railway Major J. M. Stotsenberg; companies I. Captain Stockham; C, Captain Holllngsworth; II, Captain Eager: G, Cnptnln Williams, Colonel John B. Pratt, Htnff and band; Major Snyder, surgeon. By command of John 1 Bratt, col onel commanding, First regiment. Ne braska Volunteers. LBE FORHY, First Lieutenant and Adjutant. Crowds of visitors despite the mud nnd mln thronged Camp Alvln Snun ders Sunday to bid good-bye to the boys of the First regiment see those of tho Second once more, The crowd wns not out on nn ordinary pleasure Jaunt that could be spoiled by disagreeable weuth- and the daintiest ladles spoiled shoes and skirts In the slippery comnny steet and chatted with brothers and friends Aith no more thought for hats and bonnets than tho soldier boys gave to the enmpnign headgear they themselves wore, and which Is wnrranted to shed any quantity of water. They were there In serious earnest nnd scorned to com plain of whnt the boys did not. CROWDS COME EARLY. The morning opened cloudy nnd gloomy and soon fulfilled Its promise of lain, which kept up most of the day. The excursion trains came In. however, londed down with visitors, nnd as the morning wore they kept coming. The hotels were crowded to the doors with guests who stopped In down town for dinner, nnd every tent at the grounds had visitors "from home" who lunched with the boys. The final mustering In of Inst recruits was finished and the presence of scores of men trudging up and down the long rows of tents vainly seeking a vncnnt plnce Into which they totiTd drop was a feature of the day. It looked ns If a bnt tnllon could have been tilled with these would-be patriots. on the depaiture of the American con sul seized all the relief supplies and np piled them to the uses of the army. The Spaniards then drove the reconcentrn dos Into the desolated sections of the country, between the coast towns nnd the Insurgent lines, the regions de scribed by Senntor Proctor nnd others ns being too bnrren und desolate to support grasshoppers. The Insurgents themselves have been chary of receiving reconcentrados and hundreds of the latter, who hnd no per sonal friends In the Insurgent camps, had been left to starve between the lines, which they did. About Havana the situation Is even worse. Hundreds of reconccntrndos from Los Fcsas, the big recohcentra dos barracks In Havana, were too weak to walk out of town and fell m tnc streets or died In the suburbs, where flocks of vultures, "Weyler's chickens," as they are now termed In Huvana, have feasted on the remains. In Matanzns this feature of the situ ation Is equally distressing. The llshermen who have been brought here nre mostly soon reconciled to cap ture, which means food and decent treatment. They say that If the block ade continues much longer bread riots must follow In all the large towns, as food Is reserved exclusively for tho army, thus forcing many people to en list who would not otherwise do so. Finally the llshermen say thut cer tain of the most desperate of the Span lards threaten to burn Havana or blow the city up In the event of the authori ties deciding to capitulate to the Americans. Key West, Fin., May 17. The steamer aussle, which left Tampa, Fla., May 10, with two companies of the First Infantry on board, In charge of 7,000 rifles and 200,000 rounds of ammuni tion, Innded for the Insurgents In the province of Plnar del Rlo, remained oft the coast Thursday, Friday and Saturday, convoyed by the auxiliary gunbont Manning, In a vain attempt to land her cargo. Captain J. II. Dorst of the staff of General Miles and formerly United States mllltury attache at Vienna, headed the expedition, which returned here Sunday morning. Her commander who appeared to be much crestfnllen, having 'failed to accomplish the mis sion Intrusted to him, refused to dis cuss the matter beyond admitting the failure and saying the Gussle will re turn to Tampa, Fla. Pievlous to leaving Cuban waterH the Dorst expeditionary force hud a skir mish with Spanish cavalry nenr Ca- bnnus, llfteen miles west of Havanu, where an attempt was made to land part of tho cargo. On Friday morning Captain Dorst abandoned the attempt at that point and steamed eastward to Mntanzas, where nn arrangement had been made with the Insurgents to send supplies ashore at Point Maya, a mile or so east of the entrance of the harbor. WARNING OF MUSKETRY. The Gusile and her convoy steamed until about two miles off shore, when the rattle of musketry from a consider able force of Spanish soldiers concealed behind underbrush ashore, warned them that they wculd receive a lively wel come If they landed. The Spanish troops seemed to have been furnished Information or the contemplated land ing at both points. After this second failure Captain Worst decided to abandon the attempt to land the turns and ammunition and returned to Key West where, ns al ready cabled, he arrived on Sunday morning. A more disgusted lot of troopers thnn tluiMi. nlionnl tbe Gussle It would be hard to find. They had received orders not to speak of their trip and sullenly SPANISH CABINET RESIGNS. Omaha, May 16. Citizens of the state genet ully may not fully understand the opposition -which republican state au thorities are making against mutual in surance among our own people. Hut our farming communities throughout the state who were trying to build up farm mutual companies fully under stand It. Also those who were trying to build up fraternities and mutual lire Insurance companies, well remember tho chilly reception they received from republican state auditors In the past. It Is different since the reform forces are In power in the state house. Many expressions of congratulation are heard on finding tho friends of mutual Insur ance In a position to give Nebraska In stitutions a fair chance. They want nothing more. It is remembered thut In years past one of the chief activities of the state auditor was to bring Ne braska mutual companies Into court and try to close them up. They seemed to think It wns good business for the pedple of the state to be paying over to foreign insurance companies a million dollars a yeur more than they received for losses. They pointed with pride to the companies in the east and In Europe that beat our people out or their hard earned cash. All this Is rapidly chang ing. Auditor Moore reported $1G,012,320.GG risks in force by the farm mutuals of this state In 1895. He had instituted proceedings to close up the largest mu tual In the state. Auditor Cornell's lnte report shows that now the farm mutuals hae $48,282,413.36 In force, or an Increase In the last two years of over $30,000,000, and none of the com panies threatened with extinction. Poor as the crops were in this state In 1894, foreign fire companies wrote $93,540,2G8.03 Insurance that year. Al though conditions in the state have greatly Improved since that drouthy period, the foreign companies in 1897 wrote only $87,915,1G0.53 in rlBks. This shows u increase of nearly $6,000,000 In the old line companies, and also shows conclusively that the spirit of fair play exhibited by Auditor Cornell has been lined the rail of the Gussle as the press a preat fnctor In building up a system launch ran nlcngslde or her. But grunts or Insurance within the state to a sue- were the only answers wnicn eouia ue COss Dewey Nabs Gunboat. Hong Kong, Mny 17. The United States dispatch boat McCulloch arrived here from Manila with dispatches for the United States government. She reports that the Spanish gunbont Cal lno, from the Caroline Islnnds, entered the bay of Manila, being Ignorant of the outbreak or hostilities between Spain and the United States. An American wurshlp fired across her bows and signalled a demand Tor her surrender TIh edmnnd was dlsre- obtnlned to the qustions nsked. CAPTAIN DORST REPORTS. Soon arter the arrival or the Gus3ie Captain Dorst Was rowed ashore und reported tne failure oi ms expeumun by cable to the war department. Naval officers here say that if Cap tain Dorst had secured the co-operation of some or the ships or the block adlng squadron at the point selected for the landing, the Spanish troops ashore could have been shelled and a way would have been cleared for the landing of the soldiers nnd the enrgo they had In charge, but no Instructions were given to the ships to co-operate with Captain Dorst's expedition and the Gussle was several times com pelled to heave to, while cruising up nnd down the const by the blocknde vessels, wiuse commanders were under the apprehension that she was trying to run the blocknde. The United States gunboat Maehlas, which wttB patrolling off Matanzas cast Friady, reported that signal lights had been seen ashore near Point Sabilla, and some of her oflicers say they believe the Insurgents, having as certalned thnt the rendezvous at Point Mi, vii luiil been ilscuereu oy me riinlnil imri ilu. American slill) llred ill rect nt tne Spanish gunboat, aim me nemy, desired the innuing to ue muue SpanlBh Warships Leave Curacoa. Wlllemstend, Curacoa, May 17. The Spanish cruisers Vlzcaya and Maria Te resa left this port at G o'clock Sunday evening. Their destination Is unknown. The other four Spanish warships which were off the harbor disappeared about noon, but this evening one of the torpedo boat destroyers wns sighted ugnln. While here the two warships took on a smnll quantity of coal and provisions. Their depnrture was due to our government's requesting them to leave, as provided In the decree of neutrality. There were no colliers with the fleet. Nothing Is known nbont the condition or their boilers. A rumor which I do not consider reliable says there are some coal ships In this vicin ity. Porto Plnta, May 17. Admiral Samp son's lleet Is steaming to the west. The Porter Is leaving the harbor now. lntter surrendered The population of Manila Is reduced to eating horseflesh, and the prospect of relier seems Tar distant. The Hugh McCulloch also reports that the Philippine Insurgents applied to Rear Admiral Dewey for his approval of an attack by them on the city. The admiral, It appenrB, approved or tho plan, provided no excesses were com mitted. The Insurgents then pleaded that they had no arms, with the ex ception or -machetes, to which the Rear Admiral replied: "Help yourselves at the Cavlte ar senal." The city has not yet been nttacked. About 5,000 Spanish troops nre gunrd inir the road leading rrom Cnvlte to Manila. There Is no truth In the reported massacre or a number or Americans. There has only been a trifling Incident during police duty, and nobody was hurt. Second Call for 100,000 Soon. Washington, D. C May 17. A second call for volunteers will shortly be made by President McKlnley unless present Indications are completely misleading. The matter was discussed at the White house Sunday. Dewey's report from the Philippines, and his urgent request for a large army or occupation, had resulted in the determination to send 30.000 troops to Manila. President McKlnley, in announcing to the war board his approval or this pro position, said: "The United States will protect Its Interests, and will send re inrorcements to the necessary points, ven ir a second call for volunteeers Is necessary." Spanish Spies on all Sides. Washington. D.C., Mny 17. The Span ish spy system in this country Is be coming formidable. The war depart ment is nllve to the necessities of breaking It up, nnd Is bending every energy in this direction. But a great denl of damage is being done. Th failure or Captain Dorst. wno conducted tin expedition .uoa with supplies and ammunition for the Insur gents, is directly due to the work of Spanish spies. He was unable to effect a landing, and whenever an attempt was made he found Spanish soldiers awaiting him He found that the Span ish were perfectly familiar with all the plans or the authorities In Washing ton, and he wns forced to give up the effort. Army oflicers say that It will be Im possible to carry out plans for landing ammunition anil supplies umess me ex peditions ire accompanied by a strong naval force. Washington, D. C, May 17. A third squadro nwlll be formed and may be squadron will be formed und may be The Montgomery, Ynle and St. Louis have been ordered to form a Junction with the Oregon, Marietta and Buffalo. It Is expected this will be done to morrow. Then, ns Secretnry says, "The Span ish fleet will be like a rat In u trap." ShotThreo Men. Birmingham. Aln.. May 17. John Lee Washington. D. C. May 17. Within a week the strategy board will be a mere reminiscence. Battles will not be fought and planned in Washington by the war and navy departments, but by the oflicers In command at the scene of action. Secretary Long has determined on this policy and has issued orders to this effect. St. Thomas, W. I., May 17. The Span ish consul here has declared that all American newspaper correspondents mnde prisoners hereafter will be shot ing appears to be known regarding nor has shot three men here. At Mitchell's grocery store, the topic of conversation among a dozen young men was the war with Spain. Lee made the remark that he could whip a dozen Spaniards. Lee had a reputation for cowardice, and the crowd commenced twitting him with the ract. Lee stood the bantering tor some time, but finally became Infuriated, nnd with tne remark, "in snow you whether 1 am a coward or not," gave the ctowd the contents of n six-shooter. There was a great scrambling to get out of the wny, but before the deck was cleared three men were dead. The dead are: Samuel Johnson. Peter Aber nathy and Thomas Wairen. Sam Spadden was shot In the neck nnd will die. Previous to this difficulty, Lee was noted ror his peacerul disposition. St. Pierre, Island or Mantlnlque, May 17. The Spanish torpedo gunboat Ter ror, which has been undergoing repairs at Fort tie France since she arrived with the Cape Verde fleet under the command or Admiral Cervera, will probably leave that port today. Noth- at another pdnt. but Cnptain Dorst held to his original plans unci tounu the Spanish troops awaiting him. He did not return empty handed, how ever. Off Matanzas the Gussle sighted a small Spanish fishing smack and gave chnse. When the boat was over hauled her occupants surrendered to Captain Dorst and the prize wns brought Into Key West. Captain Dorst says the failure of the expedition was due to the fact that the Cubans were unable to meet the land ing party at the rendezvous, nnd the Amerlcnns could not land supplies with no one to receive them. INSURGENTS DIDN'T CONNECT. The arrangements for making a land ing nt Cabanas were made ten days ago by Captain Dorst with Geneinl Delgndo, In command or the Insurgent rorces In Plnar del Rlo. and the supplies to be landed nenr Motanzas were to be conveyed to General Gomez by n rorce or Insurgents encamped three miles back rrom the coast lines. Both or the Cuban rorces were unable apparently to appear at the rendez vous, owing to the activity or the Span ish. Captain Dorst is convinced the Spaniards have a good system or com munication along the coast, and that they can raise enough troops to pre vent the landing or n small ror.ee, and the cnptain believes the only way arms ,.,i nmmiinition can ue Bern, to mc in surgents Is to land them under the cover or wnrshlps, with guns sufficient to beat off any attack. Then, he adds, ths arms and ammunition should be conveyed Inland by United States soldiers. The cnptain says the com pnny which landed through the surf at Cabanas had a narrow escape. The soldiers were fired upon by Spanish cavalry concealed In the tangled un derbrush, and the lire was replied to with the result that one SpanNh of ficer nnd three men were hit. Only one man on the American side .,M,a wmirwlPfl llliur It tHnifl ivi v-VA- - respondent received a slight flesh wound In the arm. The Wasp and the Manning shelled the woods nnd covered the rJtrent of the soldiers to the Gussle. On Friday the Spaniards tried to hit the Gussle from a masked battery, and some ot their shells burst close on board, but none of the frugments struck. In the line or lire Insurance our Ne braska companies transacted a very small business In past years. Nebraska mutual lire companies had to struggle Tor existence, constantly under the dis pleasure or the Btate Insurance depart ment or the auditor's olllce. Under the rriendly administration or Auditor Cor nell, the Nebraska life companies wrote over $2,000,000 lnsurnnce in 1897. The prospect Is that they will greatly exceed this in the present year. The fraternities n-e also feeling the very friendly spirit manifested by the new administration. Representatives of fra ternities who are political opponents or his, have spoken or the kind reception they now receive at the auditor's office, as compared with the chilly greeting they used to receive from republican auditors. Auditor Moore reported that fraternities wrote only $24,751,150 In 1893. During 1897, Mr. Cornell's first year, the fraternities wrote $37,480,150 life in surance in this state, a gain of nearly $13,000,000. Eastern old line life Insur ance companies are feeling the change In the administration. Mr. Cornell's report shows that during the year they wrote only $4.G73,223.03, while their laps es were $S.193. 236.33. chow Ing a decrease of nearly twice as much as they wrote that year. This makes It very plain that business Is drifting from eastern and European countries to our Nebtns- ka associations. No one need be surprised when ugents of foreign corporations nre talking down the present administration. It Is a matter or lire and death with them. They must destroy the present officials, so they can again elect a republican auditor who will try to discourage our own associations, and assist In build ing up outsiders. The state lnsurnnce depnrtment Is mnnaged honorably and with ability, according to law. There Is no one that will llnd rault except the people who profit by helping eastern corporations to make u million dollars gain In this state every year. A Dictator will Be Called to Brace tho Falling Monarchy. Madrid (via Biarritz), May 17. The entire Spanish cabinet has resigned. Spain Is In u ferment nnd the head of a dictator Ice ms more and more boldly over the ecene of a dethroned and a divided land. The provinces continue to riot, sedi tion Is openly talked In the cities nnd n timid, vacillating cnblnet has put down the reins or power in the hope of divert ing attention and saving the king. The dictatorship discussion Ib no longer confined to the followers of Wey ler. Muny wht at first viewed the pos slblllty of the rise to power of an am bitious warrior are now tnlklnir of Mar tinez Campos as the man for the place, taking the milder marshal as a refuge from the more impetuous Cuban butcher. So, In the midst of these alarms, the cabinet has icslgned, Sagasta will form anotler ministry, as the overwhelming liberal mnjority In the cortes makes It Impossible to return the government to the hands of the conservatives. But Sagasta has no easy task ahead or him. The only possible way or pla cating the country ror a time is to put the so-called "strong" men and popular favorites In the seats or power. But these seats have so many thorns that the strong tren are loth to sit therein. The popular Idols do not dare risk their popularity In taking up the problems or a lost war, a bankrupt treusury and a riotous realm. CARLOS OR VEYLER. Whatever new nrrangement Is made It can only be temporary, a mere diver sion, and then will come again the choice lett by n fleeing monarch be tween an unscrupulous dictator and Don Cnrlos, the ever ready. The cabinet, which hns resigned, was made up as rollows: Prnxedes Mateo Sagastn, premier; Don PIo Gullon, min ister of foreign affairs; Don Segls mundo Moret, minister for the colonies; Lieutenant General Correa, minister of war; Admiral Bermejo, minister of mnrlne; Don Zoaquln Pttlgserver, min ister of finance; Don Rulzy Capedepon, minister of the Interior; Conde de Nequena, minister of public works, und Don Alejandro Grolzord, minister of justice. This ministry came Into power soon after the assassination, on August 8, 1897, of Senor Canovtts del Costilla, the actual date of Sagasta's taking power being October 4. Then Weyler wns recnlled rrom Cubn, as Cnmpos had been before him, and the bombastic Blanco sent In his stead. This may have been Weyler's lucky day. Certainly he now divides with Don Cnrlos the possibilities of the suit. Thnt the new cabinet will make for pence Is, of course, olllclally denied. But if there ever were people eager to get out of a war with some show of honor, the Spanish leaders constitute that peo ple Ho the new cabinet may be relied on v look diligently for some hole thro' which to slip Into n position of greater placidity. They would gladly give up Cuba now. tr the Philippines and Porto nico and the monarchy might still be saved. A minister who wns Interviewed on the situation nfter the close of the cabinet meeting declared nothing defi nite had been decided on ns to changes In the cnblnet, pending a conferece betwee the queen regent and Snor Sagasta. SPANISH FLEET AT GARACOA SLIP QUIETLY AWAY FROM SAMPSON TO SOUTHWEST. Play Hlde-and-Soek Five Hundred Miles From San Juan- What will be Their Next Move?-Southorn Coast Cities Full of Fear. Wlllemstad, Carucao Island. Satur day. (From the Herald's SpeelM cor respondent) Six Spanish monlfir-wnr were sighted off this harbor Saturday morning. The approach or the worships to this port created the greaest ex citement. The cruisers Mnrltf .Teresa, nnd the Vlzcaya later In tin lay en mlrnnte, Oqpendo and CrlstoF. 1 Colo; mlnnnte, Oquendo and Crlstoy-,l Cole A are cruising cut at sea withi wo tr- peuq, ooat aestroyers. l navt ee able to asvvrtaln how long b ttnu t, Utft ;&$ lsh V-ifshlns will remain lid is believed that they stopped here only to receive nnd send dispatches Grent interest Is taken here in the war between the United States and Spain, and the nppearance of the Spanish warships caused the belief that there mny be a battle In this vicinity. The harbor was thronged all day with slghtsee.-s. SARTORIS ON LEE'S STAFF. EXPECT SMASH UP IN CABINET, STATE NEWS. Washington Officials Express no Surprise at Late Turn of Affairs. Washington, D. C, May 17. News of the Spanish ministry's resignation cre ated no surprise In official circles In Washington. For several days It has beeen rumored that disagreements among tho members or the Madrid cab inet were likely to result In open rup ture, indeed. It was seml-offlclally an nounced that the resignations or the ministers had been tendered. Heyond the ract that the resignation or the ministry now olllclally announced creates a feeling of unrest and dissat isfaction In Spain, no serious import ance is attached to It by those In close touch with the administration. "Spain is having her troubles within ns well as without." said a member of the cabinet. "The resignation of the Sagasta min istry makes clear the existence in Spain of a spirit of unrest and dissatisfaction that borders upon revolution. We have known of the existence of such a condi tion nnd Its mnnlfestntion today in the rorm or the resignation or the ministry hus caused no surprise here." Grandson of General GtanttoGot the Appointment, Washington, D. C, May 17. A son of Major General Fltzhugh Lee and Al gernon Sartorls, grandson of Genet al U. S. Grant, will be appointed on the stuff of General Fltzhugh Lee. While It has been reported ft om time to time that these appointments would he made It was not until toduy that positive information confirmatory of the rumor was obtained. It has been known thnt General Lee was desirous of having these young men on his staff, and that th president was anxious to comply with his wishes, but how to do It has been the perplexing question. The ofli cers on a major general's staff must be chosen from the army, and both of these young men are mete civilians. Where there's a will there's a way. however, and the piesldent today solved the matter of how to make provision for them. It Is Intended by the presi dent to reserve the naming of two, or perhaps three, lieutenants of the regi ments of Immunes created under the supplemental law, as volunteers on the staffs of the several major generals, the president under this law having: authority to apolnt all the oflicers of the Immune regiments. The oflicers thus commissioned will then be transferred to the staffs of the major generals, though they will belong to the immune regiments In name only. All the major genernls from civilian life are to be orovlded with personal staffs In this manner, the Intention of the president being, U is said, to apolnt young Lee und Algernon Sartorls to Hood's Lou isiana regiment of Immunes. This regi ment wns one of the first organized, nnd wns today called out for service by the secretary of war. France and England to Fight. London, May 17. The Btock exchange closed distinctly pessimistic. Wur ru mors were freely circulated. A member of the government Is re ported to have prophecled that war be tween France nnd Great Britain will break out within a month. Precautionary lnsurnnce are pur ported to have been effected at 15 per centnge against the risk of war be tween France and Great Britain within the next six months. BOILED DOWN. Key West, Fla., May 17. Knight, the correspondent of the London Times, hus nrrived here on the Uncns. He was authorized to treat with Blanco for the exchange or Thrall and Jones, nowstianer men nnd prisoners or war, Knight says Jones will be released in three days. There Is little hope ror Thrnll. Knight thinks he will be shot, at once as spies. 1 destination. Norrolk. Va., May 17. Naval officers believe that Spain has made extensive arrangements to secure coal by "cup turing" French or other roreign col Hers. Several big ships loaded with coal are reported as being In the Carrlbean sea, probably wnltlng ror the Spanish fleet to "capture" them. Washington. D. C, May 17, Peacerul blockade plans have been nbandoned. Commodores Watson and Remey have been ordered to turn their ships loose on Cuban coast rortitlcutlons. The stores of K. A. McCall, Sudman & Co., nnd the postolllce at Oshkosh, Deuel county, were held up by high waymen. TWo men, one musked and the other unmasked, entered the drug store or McCall and made him throw up his hands. They got $40 and a gold watch, hey then marched McCall over to the A. Sudman company store and held their guns on A. Sudman and Bass Sl monds. At this place they secured about $150 rrom the store company, a gold watch rrcm Slmonds and $50 rrom the postolllce, which was located in tne store. The postmaster warned them about tuklng Uncle Sam's money, but they said they did not care u d n, the money wns what they wanted. It Is not known whether there were any more in the gang or not. They lert In the darkness and no trace of them has yet been found. Lightning struck the residence of Wll linm Crawford, one mile south or Bel grade, tearing away almoBt the whole guble and demolishing the pantry nna cupboard. Several or the ramlly were severely shocked, but not seriously In jured. The damage to the house was rully covered by Insurance. A bolt or lightning exploded near the born of Fred Eybert, knocking down nnd par tlally paralyzing a horse In the stable. A copious shower fell and crops of nil kinds nre In fine condition, but more especially smnll grain. E. C. Cook, or Koch, who halls from Omaha, bowled up at Beatrice and went into the Dally Express olllce and nccosted the lady clerk In a boisterous manner. She fled to the basement and Informed Engineer Billings, who order ed Cook out, when he showed fight nml received a blow on the nose thnt sent him Into the street. He was locked up and will be arraigned berore Judge Tn low In the morning on the charge or drunk nnd disorderly. It Is alleged this Is not his first offense since arriving In the city. Logan county had a fine rain, begin ning about 12 and lasting until almost daylight. The court house was damaged badly by the lightning. Small grain crops look well. Most of the corn Is planted. The outlook for this county has not been as bright since 1891 ns .now. Almost every one Is Intending to 'be at the exposition during the season. After the Oregon. Kingston, Jnmnlca, May 17. The first step In what Is now believed to be an attempt to Intercept and destroy the United States battleship Oregon, the cruiser Buffalo and the dynamiter Huffalo has been tnken by the Spanish The cable between St. Lucia and St. Vincent, British West Indies, hns been cut nnd all cc mmunlcntlon between the United Stntes and St. Vincent, Barba does, Grenada, Demararu and Trinidad is suspended. The Oregon, accompanied by the oth er two war vessels, is now off the ex treme eastern coast of Brazil. She is making rapidly for the West Indies, nnd has now been tour nays out or reacn oi communication. Unless the Oregon puts in at Georgetown. British Guiana, or La Guayra, Venezuela, she will probabl set a direct course for the West Indies. She will hone there to receive some word from Washington to decide her tuture movements. But the cutting or the St. Lucia cable places her beyond the rench or her governmsnt and pre vents news ofthe movements of the Spanish squadron. Kingston, Jamaica, May 17. The Spanish steamer Leonora is still here. She has taken on a large coal supply; painted out her name and otherwise changed her appearance. Detroit. Mich.. May 17.-Three long trains bearing the Thirty-first Michi gan Infantry, passed through West rwit Bnrmite to Chlckamauga. The Thirty-second regiment Is awaiting or ders to follow soutnwnru. . r Washington. D. C. May 17. Secre tary Long has sent these Instructions to Sampson. Schley and Clarke of the Oregon; "Enemy's ships In Cnrlbbean sea must be found and captured or de stioyed." Cleveland, May 17. Senator Hanna said today; Ex-Secretary John Sherman will go, on June 1. to Alaska for his health. The war is costing the govern ment $1,000,000 a day. i ' - Washington. D, C, Mny 17. Brlga. dler General Guenther has been as signed to temporary command of the troops concentrated at Washington for the purposes of organization. London. May 17. Spain has the Grand Canary cable office. seized New York. May 17. The Commercial Cable company Ib advised that code iuebsages for Italy are now accepted. Congressman Charles Edward Pearc of the Twelfth Missouri district was unanimously renominated on the first ballot by the republican convention. In the intercollegiate rifle shoot be tween teams from the military bat talions of the universities of California and Illinois the marksmen on the Pa cific coast won by the close score of 41G to 400 points out of a possible 500. The Amalgamated Woodworkers' union of Oshkcsh, Wis., have served a manifesto upon the local manufac turers demanding an Increase in wage3 of 23 per cent, with a minimum of $1.50 per duy, abolition of female labor In factories and a weekly pay day. A number or California capitalists will put on n line of steamers between San Pedro nnd Hong Kong to touch nt Honolulu and Manila, the probability of Hawaii and the Philippines becom ing United States possessions havlng stimulated them to the venture. The secretary or the navy has ap pointed a board consisting or Assistant Secretnry Allen. Rear Admiral F. M. Ramsey, retired, and Pror. Marshall Oliver or the naval academy to con sider and report on an appropriate de sign ror a statue or Rear Admiral D. D. Porter, to be erected In Washington. Washington, D. C, May 17. Secre tnrv Lone has sent cables to all our South American consuls who may be likely to communicate with the Oregon, to wnrn her or the Spanish fleet's ap pioach. New York. May 17. The West India Cable company announces that Its cable Is intertupted. It is believed that the Spanish fleet hns cut it, Washington. D. C. May 17. New Just received rrom Havona says the re concentrados are dying or starvation, cartloads or dead being taken dally through the Spanish lines. New York, May 17. A special from Rlo Janeiro tcday says that the radi cals In the chamber of deputies are about to declare in favor of the United States. Six weeks ago Mabel Smith. 13 years old, of 1005 DeKalb avenue, ISrooklyn, who has been playing with a variety company, disappeared from her home, and was found a few days later at 104S Modison street, that city, with Harry Plckford, a midget, to whom she was married January 4. Plckford Is 27 years old and had lived with his parents at 1095 Madison street In that city. Plck ford is a variety actor. He met the girl six months ago. She; had for years ben playing Juvenile parts In vnriety theaters, and they formed a partnership in a sketch entitled "The Two Companicns." When the girl dis appeared the parents suspected that she had eloped with Plckford, as it was immvn h wnH attentive to her. The police of the Vernon avenue station sent out a general alarm for her. The con tinued absence of the girl so preyed on her mother's mind that she became ill. Mrs. Smith received a rote from her daugnter telling her she was mar ried and hnppy. Newfoundland Is now the sixth cop per producing country In the world, and its supply Is said to be praotioally In-exhaustlbla. &1 Ki X Ju I y
