Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 22, 1899)
M'COOK T1UBUNE. F. Til. KIMSIBCX , Publisher. McCOOK , NEBRASKA BRIEF TELEGRAMS. Chicago is to have a theater to be "Known as "The Illinois. " "Buffalo Bill" says Roberts should be given his scat In congress. Bonds purchased under Secretary Gage's offer now aggregate $18,981,650. The annual Ice blockade of the northern coast of Newfoundland has begun. The Rothschilds have purchased the Alamcden quicksilver mines near San Jose , Cal. The "Wisconsin Central officials say there will be no change In the Chicago terminals. Eastern capital Is seeking to con solidate the rice milling industry of Louisiana. The Champion Copper company is anew now concern at Houghton , Mich. , cap ital stock ? 2,500,000. The Virginia joint democratic cau cus has nominated Thomas Martin to succeed himself as United States sen ator. AVithln the next fortnight trans-At- lanic steamers will be in danger of colliding with bergs crossing their route. Ferdinand W. Peck declines reelection tion as President of the National Bus iness league , owing to the approaching Paris fair. By a vote of 2.5 to 14 , the Willing- ham bill , which provides ror the anni hilation of the whisky traffic in Geor gia , was defeated in the senate. Representative Berry , of Kentucky , said that he would use every effort to secure early consideration of his joint resolution giving the thanks ot congress to Rear Admiral Schley. The Moses C. Wetmore Anti-Trust Tobacco company has been organized in St. Louis with a capital stock of $1.250,000. The plant will begin oper ations about the middle of next month. The cruiser uetro.c has sailed from Carthagena for Colon , where she will await orders from the navy depart ment , the revolutionary movement in Colombia being regarded as at an end. The claim is made that the banking business of Detroit suffers from over capitalization and as a result an effort is being made to consolidate , making one bank $2,000,000 and surplus $400- 000. Senator MacCumber of North Da kota introduced bills providing for a commission to investigate trade rela tions with China and Japan , with a view of extending commerce in these countries. At Easton , Fla. , T. D. Tanner , one of the best known members of the Im proved Order of Red men , in the Unit ed States , was sentenceu to serve sixty days in jail for enioezzling funds from a local tribe. W. J. Bryan , who passed through Galveston en troute to Austin , was asked if he would be a candidate for the vacant senatorship seat in Ne braska , and emphatically replied : "No , I will not. " Mr. Macrum has broken his long silence , and , in a cable message re ceived at the state department , dated Pretoria , he announces that he will sail on the 18th inst. via Naples for the United States. Colonel James Graham and William P. Cunneen , two prominent politicians of St. Mary's , Kansas , drank from a bottle containing a disinfectant , be lieving it to be whisky , and both are seriously ill and may die. Lieutenant Slacke of Tennessee on landing in New York from Manila , made the startling announcement , "The Philippine soldiers fight like hell. " It is understood that the lieu tenant has been under a galling fire. Surgeon General Wyman , of the hospital service , in view of the offi cially reported prevalence of the plague in Santos , Barzil , and Orporto , Portu gal , and the local conditions at those ports , has issued regulations to pre vent its introduction into the United States. Speaker Henderson's gavel is quite 3 curiosity. The head is of rosewood from Mantejo's flagship and the han dle of native osage grown in Polk county , Iowa. It is decorated by an eagle's beak bearing a scroll inscribed "E Pluribus Unum. " On the upper ferrule are doves and a garland , on the lower pictures of the United States ships Iowa and Des Moines. Iowa's arms and Mr. Henderson's monogram are on the side of the head. When Captain E. F. Glenn , Twenty- fourth infantry , was shown the Seat : tle dispatch expressing fear for the safety of Lieutenant Herron , Eighth cavalry , in Alaska , he said : "I have not the least anxiety as to the lieuten ant's safety ; he unquestionably is at Fort Gibbon , at the mouth of the Tan- ana river , which was his objective point. Nothing can be heard from him until ice fonns in the Yukon , when ne will come out by way of SKaguay. " No provision was made in the act providing for the taking of the twelfth census , for the traveling expenses in curred by supervisors of districts in selecting , conferring and otherwise dealing with the enumerators under their charges. Many of these super visors will have as many as seven or eight enumerators under them , while their districts cover as many counties as there are enumerators. To make these necessary disbursements from their fixed pay , would be unjust and unreasonable to the supervisors. For this reason the census officials will ask congress to amend the act by providing a special appropriation to defray the expenses so incurred. The governor of New Mexico in his annual report estimates the popula tion of the territory at 260,500 and says that this year's record will ex ceed almost all former years in the revenue derived from produce , sheep : and cattle. The report renews the plea : for statehood. A jury has been secured at Marshall , Mich. , to try Mrs. Rudolph Sanderson on the charge of poisoning her hus band with pounded glass. The New York stock exchange committee - mittee on listing has admitted to the unlisted department § 1,125,000 of pre ferred and $1,275,000 common stock , of the American Linseed Oil company , i Brltinh Military Authorities Prepare to Send Big Army to the Gape. GARRISON DUTY FOR THE MILITIA Roberta Supersede * Huller and Will Have Kltchlner for Chlcf-of-Staff KiiBllsh 1'o.ir European Intervention Afraid That ICnssia. Germany and Franco May Intercept Transports. LONDON , Doc. 18. ( New York World Cablegram. Shortly before midnight the following was posted in the war office : "As the campaign is in its initial stages , in the opinion of her majesty's government , is likely to require the presence and attention of General Sir Redvers Buller elsewhere , it has been decided to send Lord Roberts as com- mander-in-chief in South Africa with Lord Kitchener as chief of staff. " The war office has issued the follow ing announcement : "Acting upon the advice of the mili tary authorities , her majesty's govern ment has approved the following meas ure : "All the remaining portions of the army reserve , including section D , are culled out. The seventh division , which is being mobilized will proceed to South Africa without delay. "Nine battalions of militia , in addi tion to two battalions which have al ready volunteered service at Malta , and one for service in the Channel islands , will be allowed to volunteer for service outside of the United King dom and an equivalent < iumbef of militia battalions will be embodied for service at home. A strong force of volunteers , select ed from the Yeomanry regiment , will be formed for service in South Africa. Arrangements are being made and will shortly be announced for the em ployment in South Africa of a strong contingent of carefully selected vol unteers. The patriotic offers which are being received from the colonies will , so far as possible , be accepted. Preference will be given to offers of mounted contingents. Lieutenant the Hon. F. H. S. Rob erts , the son of Lord Roberts , who was wounded in the Dattie at Tugela river , is dead. General Buller has appointed a com mission , the Natal government Ga zette announces , to Inquire into the losses of the people of the colony re suiting from the Boer invasion. Reconstruction of the cabinet is eagerly discussed in political circles , it being deemed imperative that its old or useless members , Goschen , hap- lin and Cross , be sacrificed. Salisbury himself , opressed by public and pri vate cares and shaken in health , is de- flared to be anxious to retire , but it is represented to him that his disappear ance would inevitably cause a total collapse of the administration. A campaign is being made against Chancellor of the Exchequer Beach on the ground of his alleged refusal to provide adequate funds for trans port at an earlier stage of the war. It is also suggested that Chamberlain's retirement may be forced by party pressure. RADICAL ADVANCE IN RATES. Thousands of Articles of Excry Day Con sumption Will Itn Affected. CHICAGO , Dec. IS. The Chronicle tomorrow will say : One of the most radical and general advances ever made in freight rates will go into effect on all the railroads east and west of Chicago January 1. Thousands of articles of everyday con sumption will be affected and the in crease will average 25 and 40 per cent. Hie contemplated action of the rail road officers has aroused the shipping interests of the country and vigorous protests are being made against the sweeping rise. The shippers say that if the carry ing charges are increased to the ex tent announced , by the railroads it svill have the effect of increasing retail prices in every line of trade. Sugar , soap , coffee , coal and farm implements are a few of the articles to be affected. Of these , as well as on liundreds of other articles , the increase will run from 20 to 40 per cent. The rate on coal , for example , west of Chi- ago will be pushed up 25 cents on the ton. Rates on cattle will be advanced 25 cents per 100 pounds and hogs and sheep will go up from 25 to 40 cents ind dressed meats to 40 cents per 100 pounds. Hay is another article that ivlll feel the advance. The advance on liay will be ? 1,10 per ton. Operations Near Ladysmiih. LONDON , Dec. 18. ( New York World Cablegram ) . World advices from Frere Camp , under date of De cember 13 , state : Naval guns made excellent practice Dn the enemy's positions and en trenchments beyond Colenso. The Boers did not respond. It is reported that White sent out from Ladysmith ixnd shelled the enemy in the rear. Firing stopped at 10 o'clock. It is re ported that the Boers have again va cated their position at Colenso. A general forward movement 13 hourly expected. The reported disablement another gun at Ladysmith causes sitisfaction. Murckln ? Still Safe. LONDON. Dec. 18. Lieutenant Gen eral Sir Charles Warren , commanding he Fifth division of the First army orps , has arrived at Capetown. It is inderstood that he will proceed to Port Elizabeth. No further news has been received regarding the battle at the Tugela riv- jr. The latest account shows that the retirement of the British troops was jxecuted with the greatest coolness inder a heavy Boer artillery fire on fuesday. Mafeking was safe on Decem ber 16. } LIEUTENANT BRUMBY IS DEAD. Dewcj's Trusted Amlsttint at IJattlo of Manilla Dion In Washington. WASHINGTON , Dec. 18. Lieuten ant Thomas M. Brumby , flag lieuten ant to Adimra Dewey during the Ma nila campaign , who has ben ill with typhoid fever for several weeks , died at Garfield hospital shortly after G o'clock this evening. The death of Lieutenant Brumby , while not unexpected , was a great shock to Admiral Dewey.The relations of the two men for several years past have been very intimate , and a strong friendship had grown up between them. Lieutenant Brumby went out to the Asiatic station with the admir al , and had been there with him until they both returned to the United States several months ago. In his capacity of flag lieutenant to the admiral Lieutenant Brumby was thrown with his chief much of the time and acted as his personal repre sentative in many matters of detail delegated to him by the commanding officer. He was regarded by Admiral Dewey as a bright , energetic and cap able assistant , while the devotion of the latter to the admiral was some thing marvelous. The burden of his thought during the latter days of his illness , when his mind was wrecked with delirium , seemed to be regarding his work for the admiral. The lieutenant's present illness dated from about November 27 , the first symptoms being nothing more than a cold , which , however , failed to yield to treatment and soon after ward he went to Garfield hospital , where he died. Admiral Dewey was unremitting in his attentions to him until his condition became precarious , and visitors were not allowed to see him. him.Some Some days ago , Mrs. Wihnward of Marietta , Ga. , a sister , was summoned , and Thursday she was joined by her husband , both remaining with the lieutenant until he died. The lieutenant's aged mother is still living in Marietta , Ga. The fa ther , who is dead , was a colonel of the Fourteenth Georgia regiment in the Confederate army. Lieutenant Brumby was 44 years of age and un married. AGUINALDO IS STILL AT LARGE Keport that Itebel Leader Left niaiiiton Saturday. MANILA , Dec. 18. The following dispatch , dated December 15 , has been received from a correspondent of the Associated Press at Laoag , province of North Ilocos : Natives at Manitong , province of North Ilocos , report that Aguinaldo , in disguise and accompanied by sev eral of his generals , left Manitong last Saturday with 500 men. going in the direction of Salsona , from which point he intended to proceed to Cabugaon , province of Cagayan. An insurgent major , claiming to be in command of 150 Filipinos , wtio have been guarding twenty-three American prisoners at Cabugaon , surrendered. WHOLE COUNTRY IN REBELLION. All Northern Cape Colony Aroused Against Uritlsh Invaders. STERKSTROOM , Dec. IS. As a re sult of the British reverse the whole country northward is in rebellion. The natives there , as well as those in Bas- utoland , are said to be much disturbed and losing heart respecting the strength of tne British. Rockefeller Gives S1O.OOO. NEW YORK , Dec. IS.Booker T. Washington has received a letter from John D. Rockefeller , who offers § 10,000 to the Tuskegee normal and industrial institute at Tuskegee , Ala. Half of this amount is to be use-l in meeting last year's deficit , caused by the erec tion of necessary buildings and other improvements. The remaining $5,000 is to be USGU toward the present year's current expenses. Makes a Darius' Escape. SIOUX CITY , la. , Dec. IS. J. H. Morton , wanted here for forgery , made a daring escape from Sheriff Davenport of Sioux City at Farley , la. , yesterday , while being brought here. Morton jumped out of the window of the toilet room while the train was under way. He was in his shirt sleeves and had on a skull cap. The country is being scoured by oflicers. Morton Avas caught in Boston. Denounces Christmas Celebrations. CHICAGO , Dec. 18. In Sinai temple today Rev. Dr. Emil G. Hirsch , the most prominent Jewish clergyman in Chicago , denounced the celebration of Christmas day by the Jews as a day of rejoicing. He declared that every Jew remembering history and knowing that the dajr is one of persecution of his people in Europe should observe the day not in gladness , but in sorrow Decrease in State Convicts. ALBANY , N. Y. , Dec. 18. According to the annual statistic reports filed with the state prison commission the total nmber of prisoner's confined in the prisons , penitentiaries , reforma tories , houses of refuge and country jails of the state is steadily on the de crease and especially is this fact no ticeable in the penitentiaries. Ex-Congressman Pidcook Dead. , XEW YORK , Dec. IS. Former Con gressnian James Nelson Pidcock , foi ( twenty years a democratic leader in , New Jersey , died at his home in White 1 House , N. J. , of paralysis. He was stricken unconscious immediately and although doctors were summoned , he did not regain consciousness. ] All Appeal to the Oucen. LONDON , Dec. IS. Dr. Parker in the city temple last night made an ap peal to the queen to stop the war. He said : "The cabinet could probablj do nothing. Parliament could not dc anything. Divided political partie- are not likely to unite in council , bu' the most revered and the most re nowned woman in the world could dc it and she alone. In her official ca pacity nothing could be done , but as a woman , a mother and a widow , thf queen of England could stop this raos1 hideous and terrible war. i : English General Kegrets Eeporting a Serious Eeverse at Tngela River. BOERS CAPTURE TEN OF HIS GUNS. Itrltlsh Are Only Able to Fare Tire of Their Arlllffry Pieces Enriny Kilt 2ieurly All the Horses Connauiu Hangers Suffer Heavy I.OUHVH lu I.ead- Injj the Attack Col. Itrooko Wounded. LONDON , Dec. 16. The war office received a dispatch announcing thar. General Duller has met with a serious reverse , losing eleven guns. General Buller was attempting to cross the Tugela river. Finding it im possible to cit'ec-t his object he ordered a. retirement in order to avoid greater losses. He left eleven guns behind. The following is the text of General Buller's dispatch announcing his reverse - verse : "CHEVELBY CAMP , Dec. 15. C:20 : p m. I regret to report a serious re verse. I moved in full strength from our camp near Cheveley at 4 this a m. There are two fordable places in the Tugela river and it was my in tention to force a passage though one of them. They are about two miles apart. "My intention Avas to force one or the other with one brigade , supported by a central brigade. General Hart was to attend the left drift , General Hilyard the right road and General Lyttleton was to take the center and to support either. Early in the day I saw that General Hart would not be able to force a passage and I directed him to withdraw. He had , however , at tacked with great gallantry and his leading battalion , the Connaught Rang ers , I fear , suffered a great deal. Col. I. G. Brooke was seriously wounded. "I then ordered General Hilyard to advance , which he did , and his leading regiment , the East Surrey , occupied Co lt nso station and the houses near the bridge. At that moment I heard that the whole artillery I had sent to sup port the attack the Fourteenth and Sixty-sixth field batteries and six naval 12-pounder quick-firers , under Colonel Long had advanced close to the river , in Long's desire to be within effective range. It proved to be full of the ene my , who suddenly opened a galling fire at close range , killing all their horses and the gunners were compelled to stand to their guns. Some of the wagon teams got shelter for troops in a donga and desperate efforts were being made to bring out the field guns. The fire however , was too severe and only two were saved by Captain Schofield and some drivers whose names I will fur nish. "Another most gallant attempt , with three teams was made by an officer whose name I will obtain. Of the eighteen horses thirteen were killed and as several drivers were wounded I would not allow another attempt , as it seemed that they would be a shell mark , sacrificing life to a gallant at tempt to force the passage. Unsupport ed by artillery , directed the troops to withdraw , which they did in good or der. "Throughout the day a considerable force of the enemy was pressing on my right flank , but was kept back by mounted men under Lord Dundonald and part of General Barton's brigade. The day was intensely not and most trying for the troops , whose conduct as excellent. We have abandoned ten guns and lost by shell fire one. The losses in General Hart's brigade are , I believe , heavy , although the proportion of severely wounded I hope is not large. The Fourteenth and Sixty- sixth field batteries also suffered severe - . vere losses. We have retired to our camp at Cheveley. BULLER. " BRITAIN LOSING HER GRIP Dominion in South Africa Seems to Be Shaken to Its Foundation. E LONDON , Dec. 16. ( New York World Cablegram. ) British dominion A in South Africa has been shaken to its foundation. I hear that Sir Alfred Milner , Brit ish high commissioner in South Africa , and governor of Cape Colony , demands the assent of the imperial government to the proclamation of martial law throughout Cape Colony. Lord Salisbury is unwilling to grant the request , save as the very last re sort , as such a dangerous confession of gravity of the British position would be offering a positive inducement to England's enemies to take advantage " of its extremity. v Sir Alfred Milner reports that Dutch disaffection has now reached a point where ordinary law is useless to stem it. He wants the power not only of summary arrest without warrant of suspected persons and the right to de tain them without trial , but also tne power to suppress the Dutch newspa pers throughout the colony which in sist upon publishing accounts of Brit ish reverses and criticisms of the war. Rigorous as is the censo-ship of dis : patches to England , it is liberal com pared with the wholesale suppression cf unfavoraole tidings by the British authorities in Cape Colony. Tha Rhodes papers concur in this poHcy , but the Dutch give stories that filter through from the front , though they > often , have had to rely more than once for news from English papers three weeks old. n Milner is declared to be in a state of hysferia over the awful miscarriage of e ; _ hi5 policy and the ruinous price Eng land is paying for following his advice. ° He sees none but mem'oers of his staff. The government of Cap" Colony is largely run by Sir Fores-iier Walker , tl commander in chief cf the Cape. : Made thief Clerk. , WASHINGTON. Dec. 1G. John Bivp ens of the District of Columbia has been appointed chief clerk of the in ternal revenue bureau , treasury -de partment. Mr. Bivens has been confi dential clerk to the commissioners of t < internal revenue during the last twen ty years and his present appointment t ( was made because cf his special fitness for the . ness position. r ( CASUALTIES Of BRITISH TROOPS The I.o < t'i lit MiiK THrontrlu Placed tit Kljht Hundred : itid ' 1'hlrty-Tuo. LONDON , Dec. 15. A revised list of the total casualties to the British troops at Magersfontein places the number at 832. The wni ofllce has received a mes sage stating there were (550 casualties among the non-commisdsoned oflicers and men of the Highland brigade at Magersfontein. The brigade lost ten oflicers killed , thirty-eight wounded and four missing. The war ofllce has received from General Gatacre the following list of casualties furnished by a correspond ent , who was permitted to visit the Boer camp with the chaplains , and Is believed to be reliable : Stcond Royal Irish , ten killed , thirty-two wounded ; First East Lancaslnrcs , one wounded ; Second Northumberlands , twelve kill ed , twenty-seven wounded. All the above wounded arc prisoners. An official report gives the total number of killed , wounded and miss ing of all arms in the engagement on Sunday and Monday north of Modder river as 817. There were fifteen oflicers killed and four wounded , and in addition five are missing and one is known to have been made prisoner. ANTICIPATES JANUARY INTEREST. Will Ie Jald on I'reiuntation of Ilondt at tiu ! Treasury. WASHINGTON , Dec. 15. Secretary Gage today announced that he would anticipate the interest due on January 1 , 1900 , on registered and coupon 4 per cent consols of 1907 , without re bate. Checks to the number of 26,563 will be mailed tomorrow to holders of the registered bonds and interest on the coupons will be paid on the pre sentation of the bonds. The amount o" the former is1,386,505 and the lat ter $671,381 , making a total of $5,057- 886 , less the interest on bonds recently purchased and less the interest already anticipated by the secretary's offer of October 10 , to pay interest due at any time during the present fiscal year , with a rebate of about 2.4 per cent. Applications for interest to become due under the offer of October 10 must be made before January - . ENOUGH FOR AN ARMY. Large Onantity of Military .Stores round at Santiago. SANTIAGO DE CUBA , Dec. 15. For some months it has been suspected that large quantities of military stores were in the possession of Cubans at some point in the interior. Yesterday the mayor of Tunis , a small town in the district of Holguin , voluntarily disclosed the location and surrendered three effective field guns , 10,000 rifles and a large amount of ammunition to the Americans. The guns had been stored in an obscure place , in a rough country , under palm leaf blinds. It would have been almost impossible to find them unless their whereabouts had been voluntarily revealed. The Holguin district is one of the wildest in the island and has been regarded for a possible uprising. A 1S-J.5OO.OOO Hook. WASHINGTON , Dec. I. , . In a spe cial report to the secretary of war General F. C. Ainsworth shows that the sum of $2,610,000 has been expend ed to date in the compilation and printing of the official records of the union and confederate armies , \\hich work was commenced in 1874. The expenditures on this account during the last fiscal year were $71,351 , eav- ing a balance on hand of $22,729 , near ly all of which is covered by outstand ing obligations. Court-Martial for a Captain. CHEYENNE , Wyo. , Dec. 15. Can- tain Beard , company A , Second regi ment , W. N. G. , has been relieved of his command at Evanston and ordered to appear before a court martial. The charge is that he loaned rifles and ammunition to Sheriff Ward and his deputies for use during the riots of the striking coal miners at Diamondville and without authority. Cnptain Beard was mustered into the service of the state guard only a few months ago. lovrnn Jailed at lioston. BOSTON , Mass. , Dec. 15. James IT. Morton of Sioux City , Iowa , who has been followed by Sheriff Davenport of Sioux City to Chicago , New York and Montreal , was arresjted in this city today as a fugitive from justice. Mor ton is 35 years of age and is charged with forging orders on the First Na tional bank of Sioux City. When con fronted by Sheriff Davenport he said tie was glad the hunt was off and he svould return to Iowa without extradi tion. No Galapagos Islands Information. WASHINGTON , Dec. 15. Respond ing to a resolution of inquiry , the pres ident today sent to the senate a state ment by the secretary of state con cerning the possible sale of the Galapagos pages islands. The secretary says in his statement that the department of state "has no recent information as o a proposed sale of the Galapagos is lands by the republic of Ecuador to 1 Jreat Britain or any European power. " 1I , I Will > ot Redeem Checks. WASHINGTON , Dec. lo. Commis- iioner Wilson of the internal revenue ' ureau has decided that he will not 1 edeem at the beginning of the new ear imprinted checks , because they h nay be printed or engraved in the date J ; ine the figures " 1809" or " 1S9- . " Holds rs cf these checks will , to exhaust heir supply , write in the figures " 1900" ' tr stand the loss. Ttvo .More Division * to Go. ; LONDON. Dec. 15. The war office ; his eveinng mads this announcement : ) "The Sixth division has been mobil- -.ed and four battalions of this divi- ion will have been embarked by Sun- iay. The government has also ap- ' roved of the immediate mobilization jf the Seventh division. " Qaet-n Victoria Pros'riteil. XEW" YORK , Dec. 15. A dispatch o the Herald from London , says : It is stated by a person -n a position o know that the queen's mental anx- ety gives the gravest a rm tc the oval household. FROM G ! OTIS MacArthur Holds as Prisoner Mabini , the Pounder of the Pilipino Government. AGUINALDO IS HIDING IN DISGUISE. llodygnard PractIcnily Destroyed and It Commander Kllle d ItvleiiMt-n Many Spanltth PrUoncrn Agnlnaldo'it IJody- tiua rd DlBpcrscd. WASHINGTON. Dec. 14. General Otis had sonic stirring news to report today from Manila , his advices goint ; to show that the insurgents are , a * he predicted a few days ago , at the end of their resources from a militarv point of view and are melting away be-fore the rapid advance of the Amer ican troopa at all points. His cable grams were as follows : "MANILA , Dec. 13. Fifty men or the navy and fifty men of the army , transported by the navy , took Laoag rn the 10th inst. General Young , with staff , followed next day. lie rcportb Ilowse with Pennsylvania battalion of the Thirty-fourth infantry , passed north to Pidding , east to Laoag. Marsh's battalion of the Thirty-fourth was at Cayan , province of Lepanto. on the 7th inst. The Third cavalry was along the coast and in the moun tains pursuing the enemy. Young states his extreme northern force passed over mountains , driving th - insurgents umU-r General Tine , who \\as badly wounded , killing fifty and wounding many. He made large cap tures of rifles and property with all insurgent transportation and released all the Spanish prisoners in that sec tion , to the number of about 2,000. Our casualities are two wounded. Our troops are still pursuing the remnant of Tino's command. "March's battalion of the Thirty- third reports from Cayan , Lepanto province , on the 7th inst. that he has destroyed Aguinaldo's bodyguard , killed General Gregorio Pilar , received the surrender of General Concept-ion and killed and wounded fifty-two in surgents ; released 575 Spanish pris oners , including 150 friars , and cap tured considerable property. His loss was two killed and nine wounded. "My information is that Aguinaldo has disguised his individuality , aband oned his troops and is hiding In the province of Benguet. " W. V. ALLEN AGAIN SENATOR. Gov. roynter Appoints Him to Till Place Vacated liy If ay ward' * Death. LINCOLN , Neb. , Dec. 14. Ex-Sena tor W. V. Allen has been appointed senator from Nebraska to fill the va cancy caused by the death of Senator Hay ward. Senator Allen arrived yesterday morning in response to a telegram from Governor Poynter requesting his presence in the city. He went direct to the state house , arriving there about 11:30. lie was taken at once into the private office of Governor Poynter and notified that he would be appoint ed to fill the vacancy. The appoint ment was announced at 12 o'clock. Senator Allen said that he did not care to talk of the course he would pursue in the senate. "Of course I shall continue my affiliation with the party as heretofore. I go to Wash ington under different circumstances than existed before ; things were in a chaotic state then. I shall be on hand before the currency bill is passed. I hope to arrange matters at my home so that I can leave for Wash ington Friday , but may possibly have to delay leaving a day or so later. " Senator Allen received his commis sion from oGvernor Poynter at 3 o'clock. The ceremony was simple and unattended by a demonstration of any kind. Following this formality , which vas witnessed by only Private Secre- taiy Jewell , Senator .mien visited the different state officials and received congratulations. The commission was made out in duplicate , one copy to be filed in Washington and the other to be re tained by the senator. The commis sion presented Senator Allen read as follows : STATE OF NEBRASKA , Executive Chamber. This is to certify that on the 13th day of December , eighteen hundred and ninety-nine WILLIAM V. ALLEN was duly appointed by me as a sena tor from the state of Nebraska to rep resent said state in tne senate of the United States to fill vacancy caused by the death of Hon. Monroe L. Hayward - ward , said appointment to be in full force until his successor is elected by the legislature of the state of Ne braska. Done at Lincoln this 13th day o : December , A. D. 1899. Py the governor , WILLIAM A. POYNTER. W. F. PORTER , Secretary of State. DINSMORE ilELD EOR MURDER. KEARNEY , Xeb. , Dec. 14. The pre liminary examination of Frank L. Dinsmore was held before E. Frank Brown , county judge. Very few were in attendance , as Jt \vas not generally known that he would be brought from Xorth Platte until Thursday morning for trial. The complaint was read charging liim with deliberately , premeditative- ly and feloniously shooting and in stantly killing Fred Laue at Odessa an the night of December 4.Dins - niore pleaded "Xot guilty" and waived further examination. Xo complaint was filed in reference o the murder of Mrs. Dinsmore , as he state is waiting for the report f the chemist who is analyzing the tomach , liver and tongue taken from ler. Mrs. Lau is held under $10,000 jond for her appearance as a witness 'or the state in the district court. Dinsmore will remain in the county ail until his trial in the January erm of the district court. At t he- preliminary examination he mainlined - lined his characteristic indifference md calm demeanor. Every man of character makes un- vritten laws that others have to live ip to.