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Columbus Journal.
WEDNESDAY. MAY 18, 1W8.
Entered at the FostoSoe, Columbus, Nebr m
second-class mail matter.
ISSUED ETEBT WEDXESDAT BT
M. K. TURNER & CO.,
Columbus, Nebr.
- ims or RCBscumos:
Oae year, by nail, postage prepaid $LM
Six months
Three months
Uxdeb the first call of the president
for 125,000 men, 000,000 hare offered
their services.
Fifteen hundred men are missing tn
Japan, and two hundred fishing boats
swept away by a gale and tidal wave.
President McKinlet understands
that the trne theory of war is to engage
the armed forces of the enemy, and de
stroy them.
Claud Enlow, 2-years-old, was burned
to death at Ashland, Neb., in a house
supposed to be set on fire by children
playing with matches.
A HEAvr hail storm in eastern Kansas
Sunday afternoon, and we are pleased to
note that the correspondent preferring
to the size said "as large as oranges, 1
and gare the old time-worn hen's egg a
rest. The storm did much damage.
With the ex-Confederate and the Un
ion soldiers mustering in and marching
and drilling side by side, both officers
and men, you couldn't find Mason and
Dixon's line with a dip needle, nor could
yon locate the seeds of strife with an
X-ray machine.
The strong probability is that wheth
er Spain fights till she cannot fight
longer and is therefore whipped, or
whether she sues now for peace, she will
have no friend more just and true to the
mutual best interests of the two nations
than the United States will be.
Ah exchange very pointedly remarks:
"Certain people like to sneer at the
American army and navy, saying that
they are made tip largely of society
dudes. Admiral Dewey is a society
dude. He is a glass of fashion when on
shore, and he has his mustache cnrled
with the points upwards, and he parts
his hair in the middle, and carries a sin
gle eye glass, and talks with a drawl.
Ambassador John Hay says that it was
hard to imagine a quiet and amiable
man like Dewey conducting a great
naval battle. Yet admiral Dewey ran
his ships into a harbor that he knew
was mined, and knocked the stuffing
ont of the Spanish fleet, and captured
the territory he was after. We hope
that there are more dudes like him in
the American navy, and that the land
"" forces may be commanded by dudes of
a similar caliber."
WAR BRIEFS.
MAT 10.
Army is ordered to the gulf coast for
immediate transportation to Cuba. Tam
pa, Mobile and New Orleans are ap
pointed as the rendezvous for meeting
the transports.
Government charters steamers at San
Francisco and masses troops preparato
ry to sending an expedition to Manila.
Serious rioting is reported at Manila,
Admiral Dewey being unable to sup
press the insurgents.
The archbishops of the Catholic church
in the United States, having agreed upon
a letter, address the clergy and laity
concerning the war witn apain, com
mending the course of President Mc
Kinley as "beyond all praise," and di
recting prayers to be said for victory to
our arms.
Blanco building 6and forts along the
coast of Cuba.
Cadiz, May 10 (Via Gibraltar, May
11.) In well informed circles it is re
ported that the Spanish flying squadron
has gone across the Atlantic, steaming
slowly to reserve its coal supply, with
fast destroyers as scouts 60 as to-be able
to ascertain the relative strength of the
adversaries sent to meet it, and only to
accept fight in tolerable conditions.
Both admiral Cervora. the four captains
of the cruisers and the four lieutenants
in charge of the dsstroyers are able offi
cers with picked and trained crews.
They have ample reserves of torpedoes
and ammunition. In Spain their doings
are looked forward to with even more
eagerness than was news from Manila
ten days ago.
mat 11.
The cruiser Charleston has been or
dered to sail immediately with ammuni
tion and relief supplies for Admiral
Dewey, and leaves today.
A dispatch from Gibraltar says a
British steamer which has jnst arrived
there reports officially that she passed
yesterday evening the Spanish torpedo
boat destroyer, which was guarding Al
geria bay and the straits. Shortly after
the steamer passed her all lights on the
Destroyer were suddenly extinguished.
A terrific explosion followed immediate
ly and the Destroyer disappeared. The
disaster was apparently caused by an
explosion of boilers. It is thought all
oh board must have perished.
St. Thomas, W. I. Heavy cannonad
ing was heard Monday night off toward
the Porto Rican coast, where the United
States cruiser Yale was last spoken. It
is regarded as possible that it was an
engagement between the Yale and the
Spanish cruiser Isabella II and an un
known four-masted Spanish vessel,
which was sighted by a dispatch boat
Monday. The Isabella II made solicit
ous inquiries about the dispatch boat.
The Norwegian steamer Gyller has
passed here bound for Galveston from
San Juan, Porto Rico, for Spanish sup
plies. Key West. News has reached here
" of the landing within fifty miles of Ha
vana of the expedition which was carried
- by the Gnnmo yesterday from Tampa.
Order given at Washington for 5,000,
000 rations.
The Oregon was at Bahia at last ac
counts, and is believed to have started
to join Sampson's squadron in the West
ladies.
The senate promptly confirms the ap
epointaMBt of George Dewey to be real
adauraL
Hayti may fit out an expedition to aid
Uncle 8am in the invasion of Cuba.
mat 12.
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that President Masso will remain in the
western provinces and be readyUo come
with his cabinet to the first large sen
port city that is occupied and there set
up the civil administration of the re
public of Cuba.
Cape Haytien. The town is full of a
story that Admiral Sampson is battering
at the gates of San Juan de Porto Rico,
and that the ancient fortifications were
rapidly crumbling under the fire of the
heavy guns.
The Fifth regiment of United Slates
cavalry scattered throughout Texas is
ordered to proceed immediately to New
Orleans to be in readiness for Cuba.
Everything quiet about Havana yes
terday. An engagement off Cardenas Wednes
day. One officer and four men were
killed and several wounded.
The gunboat Hudson has arrived at
Key West with the bodies of Ensign
Bagley and four of the crew of the Wins-
low. The dead are Ensign Bagley, .lobn
Varverls, oiler; Josiah1 Tunnett, cabin
cook; George B. Meek, fireman, and J.
Daniel, fireman. The Winslow was
damaged.
A British warship which arrived at
Hong Kong from Manila reports the
whole country to be in a state of an
archy and Admiral Dewey powerless to
restore order.
The Spanish torpedo gunboat Temer
ario has arrived at San Nicolas on the
Parana, fifty miles below Rosario. It is
expected she is on her way to Paraguay.
Up to 1 o'clock there was no news
from Admiral Sampson.
A special from Fort De France, Mar
tinque, says that an American squadron
of nine ships is bombarding San Juan,
Porto Rico, but the report is discred
ited.
t .- oofi thoWn, nAnnrmntiPhiliDDines at all. It is proposed to
that Major Generai;Wesley Merritt will
command the expedition to the Philip
pines. General Otis will be second in
command.
General Wheeler has been ordered
from Chattanooga to Tampa to com
mand the cavalry about to leave for
Cuba. The Seventy-first New York and
the First Massachusetts have been
ordered south at once, probably going
by boat.
A dispatch via Hong Kong conveys
news brought by British second class
gun vessel Linnel from Manila Monday
last that reports are insurgents are un
controllable, the whole country in an
archy. Spaniards are confident of being
able to hold out, allege they have ample
supplies for 25,000 regular troops and
thousands of volunteers, beyond the
range of the warships, and are defying
the Americans in the hopo of European
intervention. Two German warships,
one French warship and a warship of
Japan are now at Manila. A Russian
vessel is expected there shortly.
A Hung Kong special of this date says
that a trading vessel from the Philip
pines reports having witnessed the de
struction of a Spanish warship by the
United States gunboat Concord at
Iloilo. The fight is said to have lasted
two hours, at the end of wbxch time the
Spauiard went down with colors Hying
There were no casualties on board the
Concord and no damage was done the
gunboat. There are, it is alleged, only
two other Spanish war vessels in Asiatic
waters and one of these is in dry dock
at Hong Kong, while the cruiser Boston
is searching for tho other, under orders
to engage and sink it.
Halifax, N. S. Captain Brunst of the
German steamer Sophie Rickmers re
ports that while crossing the New
Foundland banks he was chased by a
Spanish warship. The latter was very
speedy and fired three shells at the
Rickmers, but the latter being an eigh
teen knot boat end the weather becom
ing hazy, she got away. The Spaniard
was a torpedo boat with three funnels
and was very low in the water. The
Rickmers proceeded to New York.
The British steamer Menantic, arriv
ing today at New York, reports that two
torpedo boats were passed near Nan
tucket shoals yesterday.
Admiral Sampson attacked batteries
of San Juan at daylight, with much
damage to them and to a portion of the
city adjacent. One U. S. man killed,
seven slightly wounded.
Mat 13.
Sampson knows of the presence of the
Spanish flotilla off Martinique.
Sampson's object at San Juan was to
make the harbor useless as a place of
refuge for the Spanish flying sqnadron,
by destroying their fortifications.
May 14.
General Merritt will go with the ex
pedition to Cuba. All arrangements are
complete.
The cabinet is confident of Sampson's
purpose and ability to destroy the Span
ish fleet.
Cart loads of reconcentrados who have
died from lack of food are taken daily
through the Spanish lines at Havana.
The bodies are thrown together in piles,
without burial, for the buzzards to feed
upon.
MAT 15.
The Spanish gunboat Callao, entered
Manila bay, being ignorant of the out
break of hostilities between Spain and
the United States. It surrendered after
two shots fired from an American ship.
All members of the Spanish cabinet
have resigned. It is difficult to find
men who will assume office under exist
ing conditions.
atawkeyos Mastering la.
Des Moines, la., May 17. The com
miaajoai nf the Second regiment offi
cers were taken to Camp McKinley
yesterday afternoon and the mustering
began today. It will take two days to
equip the men and unless orders to
harry them to Tampa without delay
are sent front Washington, they will be
ready to atari Friday. The other three,
regiments are elated over their assign-
which Beads them to Chicka-
of separating them.
Kstaaaka's MeUday.
Omaha, May 17. Governor Holcomb
has pTOflsiaied J l, the opening day
efthe TrsasMiiariarirpi and Iateraa-
a public holiday in
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Refuses to Go to Philippine
Islands.
8AYS FORCE IS INADEQUATE
Asks For Four Thousand More
Regular Troops.
DI80IPLIHED HEN ABE HEEDED-
General Merrltt Want Enough Regalnr
Troops to Make HU Force Effective
ays There Will Bo No Opportaa-
Itjr to Trala Volunteers Before
They Start For Manila.
New York, May 17. The Tribune
eays: Major General Wesley Merritt
may not go to the Philippine islands in
command of the troops to be sent to
the assistance of Rear Admiral Dewey
and to take charge of the territory
when in American possession, as mili
tary governor. Ever since his return
from Washington, whither he was
summoned last week for conference,
before the announcement was made
that he was to command the Manila ex
pedition, General Merritt has been
busily arranging for his departure.
In an interview last night, General
Merritt said: "I mav not go to the
me IW ? "SLlS
reffulars and the rest volunteers, ana
those from the northwest, who have
had little opportunity for training and
discipline. I have asked the depart
ment for at least 4,000 more regular
troops, for I believe that they will be
required. There will be no opportu
nity to train the volunteer forces before
they start or after they get to Manila.
I want enough disciplined troops so
that the whole body will be as effective
as possible."
"Are you going to Washington to see
about this matter?"
"No, but Iatn sending an officer. I
had a conversation with Dr. Bourns of
Atlanta, who is familiar with the
Philippines, and came on to see me,
and he and Colonel Hughes will go to
I Washington together. The only way I
could get more regular troops would ne
to take them from the army now in
Florida for Cuban invasion. But I feel
that I do not want to go on this expedi
tion unless I have an entirely adequate
force and at least five regiments of
regular troops. The department has
promised to send on more men, but his
tory and experience show that in such
expeditions all depends on the first
force sent."
"How can the Charleston start if
there are no men ready? General
Oris may be willing to go on without
five regiments of regular troops and
take only 1,000 trained men with 14,000
undisciplined ones, but I am not. I do
not propose to go without a force that
is suitable to my rank. I shall stay
right here if I do not go to the Philip
pines. I don't expect anything will be
done in the matter until it is certain
what I am to have for the purpose of
the expedition. "
MORE SOLDIERS ARE NEEDED.
Next Call For Tolaatecra Will Be For
One Haadrod Thousand.
Washington, May 17. "There will
unquestionably be a second call for
volunteers and equipment," says a well
known Republican senator, who holds
intimate personal relations with Secre
tary of War Alger. "To properly hold
the Philippine islands," he continued,
"we shall find from tt,000 to 50,000
none too many. To clean up matters
in Cuba in a quick manner, we shall
need not far from 200,000. With the
regulars and volunteers already in the
field, we find ourselves short about 75,
000 men. I understand that the presi
dent is considering a call of ) 00,000 ad
ditional volunteers. I also understand
that the secretary of war and General
Miles agree with the president that the
call is a timely one."
To Drop Strategy Board.
Chicago, May 17. A special from
Washington says : Within a week the
naval war board of strategy will be a
reminiscence except as to the name.
Captain Baker of the board has been
ordered to command the Newark, whioh
goes into commission next Saturday.
His departure will mark the breaking
up of the naval board cf strategy. The
Newark, by the-way, will become the
flagship of the blockading sqnadron. It
will be the plan of the secretary of the
navy after this week to leave more to
the discretion of the officers in com
mand, reserving to himself and his de
partment advisers the right to council
and veto anything wliicn maybe, in
their judgment, entirely an error.
Reeerro Float Almost Ready.
Madrid, May 17. A dispatch from
Cadiz to El Heraldo de Madrid says the
port authorities at Cadiz announce that
the reserve fleet composed of the first
class battleship Pelayo, the armored
cruisers Emperado, Carlos Y, and the
Alfonso XHI, the newly equipped
cruisers Rapido and Patria, with the
torpedo boat destroyers Audaz and
Procerpina, will be ready for sea this
week.
of General Sherman a Chaplain.
Chicago, May 17. Rev. Thomas
Ewing Sherman of the Society of
Jesus, connected with St. Ignatius col
lege, Chicago.'has been appointed chap
lain of the Fourth regiment of the Mis
souri National Guard, Colonel Corbin
commanding Almost all the men of
the regiment are Catholics. Father
Sherman is the son of General W. T.
Sherman and is enthusiastic over his
appointment.
Irritated.
London, May 17. The Daily Tele
graph's Paris dispatch says: Some ir
ritation is shown here owing to the
assertion that the French cruiser Rig
aalt de Gennflly received no notice of
the detexMunation to bombard San Juan
and was even slightly damaged by
aplinters from shells. French officers
are Idoscrihed as having criticised the
in which she bombardment
MEBRiTT SAYS NO.
SHORT OF AMMUNITION.
General Blanco Needs Powder
and Shot at Havana.
LOHG ESTABLISHES OSSSOESHIP.
Karat Ofltetela Keeelve Order Not to Talk
to News Hasten Bulletin off Facta
Proper For Publleatlen to Bo Posted ok
Nary Department nulletta Board Dou
. Promt by Newspaper Tip.
Washington, May 17. An order
posted yesterday morning and signed
by Secretary Long relative to the pub
lication of news emanating from the
navy department, had the effect of con
siderably curtailing the supply of infor- ,
mation that heretofore has been rather
freely given out. xne secretary s oroer
was directed to Captain Crowmshield,
chief of the navigation bureau, and he
in turn gave it oat by making an order
in his own name that no person con
nected with his bureau in any capacity
should have any conversation whatever
upon subjects in any wsy pertaining
to the navy, with the representatives
of tho press. As an offset it was or
dered that bulletins of such facts as
have actually occurred and are proper
for publication and are uot connected
with existing or projected movements
shall be prepared and posted on the
bulletin board. The sum total of the
information published by the bulletin
board yesterday under this rnle was a
notice of the intention to start the Phil
ippine relief expedition and of the per
mission given to some foreign neutral
vessels to pass the blockado at Havi
Forced to Revise Plans. '
In exolahation of the issue of this
order the naval authonhe3 say tnat
some of the leading American news
papers have been so far lacking in
patriotism as to print plans of cam
paign and projected movements of
naval ships with the result that the war
hoard has been obliged to completely
revise its plans, in the knowledge that
the Spanish had promptly taken notice
of the publications and were prepared
to profit by them. Complaint was
made to Secretary Long that the news
papers were working injury to the gov
ernment in such cases.
It is nor the purpose of the secretary
to prevent the press having any infor
mation that is not calculated to cause
a miscarriage of the plans of the de
partment, but it remains to be seen
whether the naval officers to whom the
order has been directed will not by
their ironclad interpretation of it bring
about a modification in the interest of
liberality.
The opening of the blockade at Ha
vana to certain vessels is a rather cur
ious proceeding that may lead to a very
considerable widening of the blockade
itself, so that in tho end the neutral
vessels not loaded with contraband or
supplies, the carrying of which into
Havana would interfere with the naval
and military operations, laid down by
the United States.
The statement that the navy depart
ment still hopes to make an exchange
of prisoners at an early day shows that
the mission of the Uucas was by no
means a complete failure as has been
stated.
Six Months' Ration.
The troops going to Manila are to be
prepared for a six months' stay accord
ing to the number of rations furnished,
2,2G0,000, and preparations for their
departure are being pressed with the
greatest energy. The Charleston should
have sailed yesterday from San Fran
cisco. The marines who have been lying in
Key West harbor on board the Panther a
sweltering under a semi-tropical sun,
are to be transferred to a more comfort
ablo vessel, the Resolute, which will
easily accommodate the 800 men aboard.
Intimations have been received here
that Captain General Blanco at Ha
vana is very short of ammunition, in
which case the powerful batteries at
the entrance of Havana harbor of
course would be deprived of a large
part of their defensive strength. This
state of affairs may lead to some des
perate attempts at blockade running on
the part of the Spaniards in the hopes
of getting more ammunition into Ha
vana. It is believed that the supplies
so frequently referred to as being on
the Spanish flying squadron were of
this character, rather than food sup
plies, which makes it all tho more im
portant that Sampson and Schley
should succeed in keeping Admiral
Cervera from reaching Havana or Cien
fuegosor any port in Cuba connected
with Havana by rail.
Good Quality of Armor.
The navy department is getting bet
ter and better quality of armor as the
contracts expire. A 13-inch plate tested
at Indian Head Saturday with a 10
inch gun showed itself to be equal or
superior to any piece of armor that has
ever been made, with the highest veloc
ity at 1,945 feet per second, the shot
penetrating only 12 inches without
cracking the plate. It was the very
last piece to be delivered under the ex
isting contract and is intended for the
Kentucky.
The war department rushed ahead
its preparations for the mobilization
and thorough equipment of the volun
teer army and the progress which is
being made is most gratifying. The
important development of the day was
the definite selection of the corps com
manders. The announcement, how
ever, does not contain any surprises.
Though Major General Merritt is ac
credited to the department of the Pa
cific, such destination is made f brmalhr,
but is known that he wUgo to"tne'
Philippines in command o he army
there and wUl be accohtf nied by
Major General Otis. The assignation
of General Fitzhugh Lee as csonmander
of the seventh corps with headquarters
at Tampa, would seem to Indicate that
he is to accompany the am of invas
ion to Cuba.
TRIBUTE
TO ENSIGN
BAGLEY.
First
Officer Killed la the War
With
Spain Buried at Raleigh.
Raleigh, N. C, May 17. The
United States and North Carolina yes
terday paid noble tribute to the gallant
ensign, Worth Bagley, the first officer
killed in the war with Spain. Nothing
ever seen here approached the funeral
pageant. The body arrived here late
Sunday night, was taken to the house
of Ensign Bagley's widowed mother,
where a detail of troops kept constant
guard. The love of all classes of people
for the dead officer was shown in the
stream of callers and the wealth of
floral tributes. The latter came from
near and far and it was significant that
most of them were red, white and blue.
On the casket were the dead officer's
chapeau and sword. Among the floral
offerings, which literally banked the
casket and filled all available space in
the rooms, were palms sent by General
Breckenridge in memory of his son, tha
late Cabell Breckenridge, Ensign Bag
ley's classmate.
There were also flowers covered with
a national flag sent by the Brecken
ridge family; seaweed and oleander
from the people of Key West; flowers
from Captain Chester, of the cruiser
Cincinnati: porcelain flowers from the
men of the torpedo boat Winslow;
palms tied with the nary colors, or
ange and bluo, sent by Miss Gertrmde
Phillips' of Washington ; and North
Carolina flag of flowers from Savannah.
There were scores of floral pieces
from towns in North Carolina. At
the doorway of the house was looped a
national flag with a crepe streamer.
Assistant Naval Constructor Lieutenant
L. Adams came from Norfolk nary
yard to represent the navy department.
The body remained at the house until
2:80 In the afternoon, when it was
taken to the capital and placed in the
rotunda. The rotunda was draped in
the national and state colors.
A steady stream of people flowed by
for two hours. The face was not ex-
nosed. It had -been reported that it
,vai disfigured by the explosion of the
8neii but tJ.T was inaccurate. The
face wore a smile.
The casket was removed from the
rotunda at 5 o'clock and placed in front
of the statue of Washington, where the
exercises were held in the presence of
the family and the city clergy and 10,
000 people, including all the United
States, state and city officials, military
veterans, cadets and school children.
Colonel Thomas S. Kenon was master
of ceremonies.
The procession at 5 :30 moved to Oak
wood cemetery. Fifteen thousand
people saw the procession. All business
was suspended during the exercises.
The ceremonies at the grave were brief.
As the procession moved li guns were
fired by a battery and 11 were fired at
the grave and then the two regiments
fired three volleys. The body was
buried quite near the grave of Ensign
Bagley 's grandfather. Governor Worth.
Th ceremonies were marked by deep
public feeling and the military portion
of them was that proper at the burial
of a brigadier general.
DONS HARD TO CATCH.
Play Hide and Seek With the
Yankee Navy.
0UB FLEETS ABE TO BE COMBINED.
Admiral Sampson Is Now Handicapped
by tho Monitors Spain's Elaslve Fleet
Is Again Sailing In the Sea of Obscurity.
Believed to Be Coaling Up Off the Coast
of Venezuela.
Washington, May 17. Spain's fleet
in the Caribbean sea is to" be met by a
squadron consisting of the armor clads
of the United States in the Atlantic.
This seems to be the intention of the
naval war board, and preparations are
being made to effect the junction of
Rear Admiral Sampson's fleet and the
flying squadron, under the command of
Commodore Schley, with all possible
dispatch.
Rear Admiral Sampson will have
under his command, it is expected, the
battleships Iowa, Indiana and Massa
chusetts, the second class battleship
Texas and armored cruisers -Brooklyn
and New York. Handicapped as Ad
miral Sampson now is by the monitors,
the speed of the fleet is not more than
eight or nine knots an hour, the reason
being that the fleet's speed is the speed
of the slowest vessel, and the 'terror
and Amphitrite, are being towed be
sides, endeavoring to hasten their voy
age by proceeding under their own
steam.
With no monitors in his fleet Rear
Admiral Sampson will be able to steam'
at the rate of 12 knots an honr and
keep his squadron well together, and
under forced draught may be able to
reach 15 knots. The New York and
Brooklyn, with the auxiliary steamers
and torpedo boats which will be at
tached to his force, will be able to
speed at such a rate as to be able to
overhaul the Spanish armored cruisers
and hold them engaged until the Texas,
followed by the heavier ships of the
line, come to their support.
Spain's Elusive Fleet.
Spain's elusive Cape Verde fleet is
again sailing in the sea of obscurity.
Official information confirmatory of
The Herald's exclusive announcement
reached the state department yesterday.
Consul Smith, tho representative of
this government at Willemstad, stated
in his dispatch that when last seen the
fleet was headed in a westerly direc
tion. '
Th fact that the Cape Verde fleet
has gone west gives no indication, naval
experts say, of its destination. It is
considered highly probable that the
fleet has gone to the Gulf of Venezuela
to coal. The information furnished to
the departement is to the effect that
the colliers loaded with coal for Ad
mirals Cerveras fleet are lying in the
gulf of Venezuela, to the westward of
Curacao.
The fact that a torpedo boat destroyer;
reappeared off the coast of Curacao
during the evening would indicate that
the Spanish squadron is lying in the
gulf of Venezuela or near by.
In view of the fact that the Vizcay
and Infanta Maria Teresa took on board
a small supply of coal, it is evident,
officials believe, that the Spanish fleet
was short of coal, and that it was de
sirous of husbanding as much as pos
sible the supply aboard its colliers. For
one reason the authorities are glad that
the Spanish ships coaled at Curacoa,
because it debars them from returning
to Dutch ports within the next 90 days.
Authorities In Dark.
As to the next point of appearance of
the Spanish fleet the authorities are to
tally in the dark. No doubt is felt
that an effort will be made to combine
the force at Martinique and the Cape
"Verde fleet in order that Admiral Cer
vera may have under hia command as
formidable a squadron as possible.
The report that a second squadron,
under the command of Admiral Villa
mi, consisting in part of the armored
cruisers Cardenal Cisnero, Princess de
Asturias and Cataluna, is off Martin
ique is regarded as a Spanish ruse in
tended to draw the attention of this
government from the Capo Verde fleet,
and has failed of effect.
In the first place, the authorities
have information showing that all ar
mored vessels of the Spanish navy now
to commission, with the exception of
those attached to the Cape Verde squad
ron, are in European waters, and in the
second place, the latest information in
their possession shows that the Catalua,
Cisneros and Princess De Asturias are
not yet ready for active service.
TO BOMBARD
CUBAN PORTS.
President
to Have Abandoned
His
Faeifle Blockade Idea.
Chicago, May 17. A special from
Washington says : President McKinley
has abandoned his peaceful blockade
idea. Orders were cabled today to the
commander of the blockading squadron
that will give him an opportunity to
turn his ships loose on all fortifications,
where,resistance is offered. Every Cu
ban port that is strongly protected will
be attacked and the bombardment will
be kept np until Spanish guns are
silenced and all gunboats are sunk.
Awaits tho Spanish Admiral.
Chicago. Mar 17. A special from
Washimrtonsavs: A big surprise awaits
1 the Spanish adjajral if he sails for Mai
tiniqne. Them he is apt to find a new
squadron, composed of the Oregon, tba
Marietta, the Baffalo. the Nictheroy,
the Montgomery, the Yale and the St.
Lonia. The latter has been sent eomth
by Admiral Sampson to effect a janc
tion with Captain Clarke and to remain
near Martiniqae. Under orders the
Oregon has been making rapid
since she left Bahia.
Troopa Start West.
Topeka, May 17. At 5 o'clock yes
terday afternoon the Twentieth regi
ment of Kansas volunteers left via the
Union Pacific for San Francisco. It is
understood that the ultimate destina
tion of the troops is the Philippines.
The regiment was in command of Lieu
tenant Colonel Little, Colonel Fnnston
being on detached duty with General
Miles' staff at Tampa. The Twenty
first regiment is under marching orders
and expects to leave for Chickamauga
today. The Twenty-second was for
mally mustered in as a regiment today.
Colnsabla Receives Orders.
Philadelphia, May 17. The United
States cruiser Columbia passed the Dela
ware capes at 2 30 yesterday afternoon
and then came to anchor. Her arrival
was unexpected and it is the general
impression that she came in for orders
from Washington. A boat came ashore
with mail and-official reports. Soon
after orders were received for the Col
umbia through the signal service sta
tion, and after a stay of several hoars
the cruiser steamed away.
Movemeats of Cervera' Sqeadi
Curacoa, May 17. The Spanish
squadron under Admiral Cervera,
which left Sunday evening after the
cruisers Vizcaya and Infanta Maria
Teresa, had taken on about 700 tons of
coal and a huge quantity of provisions,
has not been sighted. When tho sqnad
ron dissappeared it was sailing west
ward. Tale Leaves St. Thomas.
St. Thomas, May 17. The United
States auxiliary cruiser Yale cleared
the port last evening and turned west
ward. The Garrett Memorial Window.
The stained glass window which has
been placed in Maqruand chapel,
Princeton, in memory of the late Hora
tio Whitridge Garrett, has for its sub
ject the "Glorification and Triumph of
the Incarnation." The window is divid
ed into three panels, each of which con
tains a figure of beroio size. In the cen
ter is St John, arrayed in the garments
of the priesthood and holding in his
band a chalice.
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NOTICE IN ATTACHMENT.
John Kerr, defendant, will take notice that on
the 19th day of April. 1KW. William Bloedorn.
plaintiff herein, filed his petition in the district
court of Platte county, Nebraska, aininst said
defendant, tho object and prayer of which are to
recover judgment against mid defendant for
amount now dne on two promiswory notes dated
October 6th. ISM, and dno one jearafter date,
viz: One note for $88.00 in favor of plaintiff and
eignrd by John Kerr, defendant, and ono note
for 2(5.37 signed by John Kerr, et al., payable to
Farmers and Sfcrch&nts Hank and endorsed by
them and now ownrd by plaintiff. There is now
dne on said notes the sum of $131.34 with inter
est at ten percent from April 1, 1898. Plaintiff
asks judement against said defendant for the
sum of $131.31 with interest from April 1, 1888.
at ten per cent, and an order for the sale of the
defendant's interest in the north half of the
northeot quarter of section thirty-six, township
nineteen, range three west in Platte county.
Nebraska, which said property has been attached
under an order of attachment issued in said
cause by the clerk of the district coart of Platte
county, Nebraska, to satisfy the amount found
due the plaintiff from the said defendant on the
notes rdove set forth. You are required to an
swer said petition on or before the 13th day of
June, 1898.
Dated May 2, 1698. ..
VULLIAM BLOEDORN.
imajlt Plaintiff.
NOTICE OF SALE.
In the malti r of the estate of Et-hraim O. Wells,
dcci-irrd. ... .
NOTICE ii hrrehy given that in pirn-nance of
an order of Hon. I. L. Albert judge of the
district conrt of Platte county. Nebraska, made
on the lfith day of April. 1803. for the sale of the
real estate hereinafter described, there will be
sold at the front door of the court boose in the
city of Columbus, said county, on the 28th day
of May, 1898, at 2 o'clock p. in., at public traction
to the highest and best bidder for cash in hand,
after deducting the mortgages against the
premises, the following described real estate,
to wit
The west half of section No. twenty-four (24)
in township seventeen (17) north, range one (1)
east of the 6th P. M. in Platte county. Nebraska.
Said sale will remain open one honr.
DatcdAprilSUa. OU8BECHE
Administrator of the estateof Ephraim O. Wells,
deceased. 4may4t
PROBATE NOTICE.
In the county court of Platte county, Nebraska.
In the matter of the estate of A. F. Baffran,
deceased. Notice of final settlement and ac
connt. ,
To the creditors, heirs, legatees and others in
terest! in the estate of A. F. Kaffran. decease.!.
Toirn nntirw tht AimuuIa Haffrsft has filed in
the county coort a report of her doings aa ad
ministratrix of tho estate of A. F. Haffran. de
ceased, and it ia ordered that the same stand for
hearing on tho 1st day of Jnne, 1898, before i the
conrt at the hour of 9 o'clock a. m., at which
time any person interest! may appear aau ez-
cept to ana cr.niesi me same.
This notice is ordered given in Tmt Columbus
Journal for three consecutive weeks prior to
the Kt day of June, 1WW. .
Witness my hand and the seal of the county
court at Columbus this loth ilay of May, 189B.
T. D.KOBlsox,
llmay3 County Judge.
STATEI
Of the condition of the Columbus Laud, Loan
and Buildinij Association of Columbus, Ne.
braska, on the 3itth day of April, IS.
ASSETS.
First mortgage loans.. $71,300 00
Loans secured by stock of this asso-
ciation - '222 ?J
Real estate .-- Jp. jj
Expensed and taxes paid ,VZ
Cash with treasurer 118 48
Total $90.420 05
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock, paid np 'JS !?,
Infarct wwsiirMl ............. lf4vl "
Fines collected. l.2 35
Entry and transfer fees received 875 20
Rents collected w
Total $90.420 05
Stvteof Nebr ask., ) m
- Platte County, "
I, Henry Hockenberger, secretary of the
above named association, do solemnly. w5
that the foregoing statement of the eonditlonof
said association, is trne and correct to the best
of my knowledge and belief.
Hesby Hocxesbebgeb,
Secretary.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 2d
dayof May. 1898. G. T.Rob,
. Notary Public.
My commission expires Janaary 23, 18W.
Approved:
ED J.NISWOH5EB, )
C.H.Dayis, Directors. .
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NOTICE.
In the iliatrict conrt of Platte eonnty. Nebraska.
Chaki.es 1!. Wauceu. l'lnintiff.
vs.
Pact. W. Hexbich, Defendant.
Panl W. llenrich will take notice that on the
15th day of April. A. D.. l&W.Oiarli II. Walker,
plaintiff herein, filed his petition in the .list not
court of Platte county, state of Nebraska,
assinst said defendant, the object and prayer or
which are to recover a judgment for the i sum of
223.74 and intewst thereon from the 7th day oi
February. A. D. 18W, npqn n judgment rendered
in the district court of Arapahoe county, in the
second judicial district of the state of Colorado,
wherein Charles II. Walker was plaintiff and
Paul W. Henrich wna defendant, and said plain
tiff canned an attachment to bo waned and levied
noon the undivided one-fourth nght,title and
interest belonging to said defendant in and to
the following described real estate, to vril: Be
ginning at a point 33 feet north and SH feet enat
of the southwest corner of the southeast quarter
of the southeast quarter of section 12, in town
ship 13. range 2 west of the 6h principal merid
ian in Platte county, Nebraska, thence north 165
feet, thence east 1GI feet, thence south IBS feet,
thence west 161 feet to place of beginning; also
upon the undivided one-fourth right, title, and
interest belonging to said defendant in and to
lots one. two. three and four, in block aix. in
Verges subdivision of lots to the city of Nor
folk, in Madison county. Nebraska, and the
Fame is sought to be sold to satisfy the amount
found due in this action.
You are required to answer said petition on or
before the tttli day of June, A. D.. lsW.
Dated this 23d day of April, . 1KB.
CHAKLES II. WALKEK.
By Whitjioyeb&Gondbino,
his Attorneys. 27aprlt
PROBATE NOTICE.
In the matter of the estate of John Wise, de
ceased. Notice to creditors.
Notice is hereby given, that the creditors of
said deceased will meet the administrator of
said estate, before me. county judge of Platte
county. Nebraska, at my office in Columbuj, said
county, on the 1st day of June. A. D., 1KW, on
the 1st darof September, A. D., .KM, and on the
1st day of December. A. D., 16W, at 9 o clock
a. raTeach day, for the purpose of presenting
their claims for examination, adjustment and
jSxmontha are allowed for the creditors to
present their claims and one year for the admin
istrator to settle said estate from the 1st day of
Jnne. A. D.. 188, and this notice is ordered pub
lished in The Columbus Journal for four con
seeotive weeks, prior tothe 1st ilay of June, A.D.,
IHBft-
T. D. Robison,
4mayl County Judge.
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NOTICE!
In tho district court of Platte county. Nebraska.
In the matter of the estate of John llaney, de
ceased. NOTICE IS HKKKP.V fJIVKN that in pursu
ance of on order of Hon. John J. Sullivan,
judge of the district court r Platte county, Ne
braska, made on the 2Mh ilay of May, lMtf. for
tho sale of the real estate hereinafter described,
there will be sold at the court house in the city
of Columbus, Platte county, Nebraska, on the
234 Day of May, 1898,
at 1 o'clock p. m., at public auction, to the
highest bidder for eah. the following described
real estate, to wit:
Lot one (1) in block one hundred nndone (101)
in the city of Coliimbux, Platte county, Ne
braska. AlHotheeabt one-third of lot two (2) in block
one hundred and seventeen (lit) in the city of
Columbus, Platte county, Nebnwka, Ou said
lot there is a two-story frame building.
Also lot ten (10) of Arnold's out lots to thn
city of Columbus, Platte county. Nebraska, con
taining four acres.
Also a certain piece of land commencing at n
point five chains north of the southeast corner
of the southwest quarter of the northeast quar
ter of section twenty-nine (29) in township sev
enteen (17) range one (1) east of the 6th P.M.,
thence west ten (10) chains, thence north two (')
chains, thence east ten (10) chains, thence south
two (2) chains to the place of beginning, con
taining two acres, the same being situate in
Platte county. Nebraska.
Also lot three (d), the west half of lot four (I)
and all that part of lot five (51 lying west of a
line running north and south at a point five and
one-half chains west of the east line of said lot
five (5), the west half of lot six (n) all in section
two (2) in township sixteen (16) and the east
half of lot seven (7) and the west half of lot
eight (8) in section thirty-four (34) in township
seventeen (17) all in range ono (1) east of the ftth
P. M. in Platte county, Nebraska, containing
in all one hnndred and forty-one acres mora
or less.
Also the northeast quarter of the northeast
quarter, being lot one (1) in section three (3) in
township sixteen (16) north, range one (1) east
of the 6th P. M. in Platte county, Nebraska, con
taining forty-four (11 42-100) acres more or less.
Also that portion of lot eight (8) in section
one (1) in township sixteen (16) north, range
one (1) east of the 6th P. M. in Platte county,
Nebraska, lying between that portion of said lot
eight (8) heretofore conveyed by said John
llaney, decease) 1, to John lirowner, James Haney
and David Carrig, said portion so conveyed by
said John llaney, deceased, being on the east
and west ends of said lot eight (8), leaving about
thirty acres.
Also the southwest qnarter of the southwest
quarter of twenty-six 25 and the southeast
quarter of the southeast quarter of section
twenty-seven L27 and the northeast quarter of
the northeast quarter of section thirty-four 34 1
and the northwest quarter of the northwest
quarter and the east half of the northwest qnar
ter all in section thirty-five 35J all in township
seventeen 171 north, range one 1 east of the
6th P. M. in Platte county, Nebraska, containing
in all 240 acres more or less. On said land there
is a frame dwelling house, barn and granary,
about 70 acres under fence and about 135 acre
under cultivation.
Also one undivided half interest in and to the
southeast quarter of the southeast quarter in
section thirty-three 331 and the south hair of
the southwest quarter or section thirty-four (341
all in township seventeen 171 north, range one
I1J east of the 6th P.M. in Platte county. Ne
braska, containing 120 acres more or less, the
same being hay land.
Also the north half of the northeast quarter
and lot seven 7 in section one 1 ia township
sixteen 161 range one 1J east of the ftth P. M.
in Platte rounty, Nebraska, containing one hun
iiril and fourteen acres more or less, which
belongs to said stat by virtue of a written
contract entered into between the Union Pacific
Kailway tV. and th said John llaney, dated
April Mb, 1W, upon which said contract there
are the following payments yet to be mads, to
wit: SS6.27 due April Mh. 1806. i'Jl.n due April
Mb. 1987. $87.48 due April 9th, 1898. $8X01 dus
April Mb. 1999. and $73.57 due April Mh, 1900.
Said sale will remain open one hour.
OUS a. BKCHER,
Administrator of the estate of John Haney. de
ceased. 27apr4t
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