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. VOLUME XXIX'. NUMBER 16.
COLUMBUS.. NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. JULY 27, 1898.
WHOLE NUMBER 1,472.
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"The Mobilization of Troops Amazed
.-V European Officers. ;
.":"' TUC tm ii:Trrn nninirnA i "Jilted States gunboat Wilmington,
.': . :: .'.nt tULUlllCCn OULUILHd. his report to Admiral SnmnsoiK
.?.. -. : .. . - . .11 . ociOjn oa uie morniDf oi Jn!
."..-. - ! April Tlirr. Wcro 26.000 Men Under I", the cssels on blockade dutv in
Arm. Now Nearly 300,000 Men Aro
In . tJj field" llou tlin TrooiH Aro
.Wstrlbatcd In the Commands.
; asiiix.-tos; Julv 5 A condi
iatcd statement prepared
". -John A. Johnston,
sststant adjutant
. general, shows that of the 1T7,."00 men
mitliorizsd by Congress to lu enlisted
... Jn tne regulnr ;nd volunteer
armies,
-.tip to this tmv: v.". I. ."'. have been
:"instered into service. Of the 23.0.11
required to cnnpleta the authorized
.juota of the army, 13.S0-" are regulars.
.n arexegulars.
mlcr .t!ic second
and S3 1 arc en-
.,OCM) aro volunteers mi
, .e-j.ll, tiZZ arc imrauncs
'ginenrsj
Tne authorized strength of the rcg-
tilararmy is r.l.iMW). ca April 33, it
contained r,,r,oo men. Since that
time, 23, 1 or: recruits have been ob-
" Vairied from a probable TR.OOO app'.i-
' rants, by a limited number of recrnit-
ng ofiicers for the most part strangers -
in the country canvacd and during a
period of competition by the state an-
thoritie- y the -jmiik men. la ihe
vpinr of the oflicials of the War de-
liartinent t lie returns of regular army
enlistments will show an increase as
hisnniip?iitionccac. The strength
ef the regiilnr army to-day, less recent
casnalities estimated at 2.(1.1), is 47,rtH2.
The authorized strength of the Vol-
tintcer army is 2If..VS0. Of this tium
Ier 12.-..000 ere iueltMled in the Presi
cents lirst call for troops, all nf which
have been recruited, mustered and put
". 'in the field; 7o,W0 were included in
the scrond call, VT,00.) of which have
been mustered into the service. a,000
verc to eonsJitute three special regi-
ct ..aoiits?f cavalry, 10,000 were immuncs
. and 3,ri00 wore engineers.
Hf the volunteers under the second
call tfrvOO.' llms far enlisted have betn
idistrib'.ited among complete organiza-
.- tlWis! already in the field, and .T.,(KK)
iymstitote new organizations. The
".. three special cavalry regiments com-
unnded by Colonels IIooevelt, Torrcy
ni tirigsby have lecn recruited to
s thfiriull strength, and there are hun-
"-."ireds vi applicants- for any vacancies
. ; h'at ntay occur in them. Congress au-
' Ithoritcd the tn!istinentxf 10,000 yellow
. .fever immunes and of this nnml.,r
9.13 have been mustered into the
ervjce- All of the ten regiments arc
vouiplete except the Seventh, 1'ighth
"and Tenth, ami they probably will not
.;tc recruited to full strength. Of the
j,;;,."0.!nginecrs authorizeil by special
ct of Congress 2.0 have been mus
tered; The First regiment contains
lifty-three ofii-ers and 1.0JK) men; the
Second fifty-three ofliccrs and 1.100
tiep, and the Third, fifty-three officers
i . ,"and 300 men. It is expected that the
. Vm ''fhitd regiment will lw recruited to its
. '-..till strength in a few days.
"." Tlw recruiting, mustering, equip-
"" .-rjny.-'in placing in the field of the
:.. "prcs"li great army of nearly 300.1,00
iihevs ni an muriy oars nearly every
an".having to undergo n strict exam-
is regarded by armv exocrts
Jis u wonderful achievement. Officers
..representing the great armies of Euro
.3..iran nations have been amazed at the
"oi-k accomplished, and admit frankly
V.?M?- ,'I,r-lw eontains little of such
...:tophtlng;matcrial as Ls to be found in
. . avbumlanee in the United States.
SAMPSONS REPORT IS HERE.
J-i.,ltc"Iian Kotaoa, Who Arrlred on the
'' - t."Eaul. Has th. noenment.-
1';:':- KtW.'.YiiK, July 23. The I'nited
":' "j'.rStates cniiser St.- Paul arrived here to
f, V.. day: after a run of four days from the
," . 'liartKjfof Guautananio,- with all well
... - m board.
'."".' I'.'eutenantMlftbson, who took the
.-"t Mcrfimad ntH tire channel at Santiago,
-. V-. -arrived o.nlhe St. -PchI, and, it is be-
" VevefL nrocecded'-at onca to Washinr-
.- on hy way of .the Pennsylvania rail-
. I"?- l 1S possible tliat llobson is the
t'm bearer. of Admiral Sampson's report of
f V.ih"cTiavnV engagement off Santiago.
V JVhcn" Hofcsqn left a ferry boat nt
. thc fHt of .WluU&all street it toolc
.. . nly-fcxV moments to Jearn his iden-
. . tity and "a cro'w'd. soon gathered to
. cheer him. r.
.-" I'H"AI,t'A.'J"ly 2S. r.ieutenant
.'I Wobson iasnict at-.Trenton by a re
. f port eT-.whOi. rode with" him as far as
" "i Philadelphia. The liciitecant said
.' that hb was -0 Jiss way to the
.. fT3r '.department.' at .Washington
. wu Aumirai Sampsons reoort
.- "-.". '.. the destruction-.' of Cervera't
.; ."".' .. t-ct-t and )ie. felt that' it. woujd be
. - V --. "f of -place-for. Uwh 'to discuss any ol
' .,""', .. bc niatters" tliat we're likely-to be
i :' . .. Vov?d" '. Vy tbe adiniraVs'. report.
-" ' .M . -Lieutenant Itobson. v.-as, asked if lm
-.. "... . -wouW say-any thing 'aboTit' his experi
.. --" -ence -m taking tho Merrimac into
..- .amiagp harbor and -sinking her. He
..;." ; '.J aid'hcfelt delicacy in'discussing this
. .. .... natrer, too.-nhtil the 'ofliciai report
:" V. had been- submitted to the' -Navy
- EULATE SHOT . HIS SAILORS.
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"y . -Captain of Tlxraya OloomyThlnkln- Over
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' -A-CcAroi.is.-Md-.v.Tuiy 23.Captaiq
.- Eulatc adheres to his ""orjgfna'r- objee-
-tron and jvfues ;to' sign-rhe parole'
f . agreement, He is globmy and morose.
', '. -kssociatirig 'little if -"any 'witlr his
. brother ofiicrs. A .bit of go'ssipwent
; the rounds -which. i if true, may account
.- -.fo.r .theVgloonf -which- envelopes the
. -cpnimander of 'the' pride of the 'Spanish
navy. It is said that Eulate shot 'and-
.killed. about .forty.of jthe jnen'en'the
- V.yizcaya ;on the -.day qf-.jhc battle be-
- .tause-tbey.refuicd to' stand by tfieir
-" -uns......
'SANTA FE HOtbtfP..';'
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tlx Started Men Try -to Eob a Train ta"
- Texaa-Ttsey. Slake a FaUtxre of It
Fobt-Worth, Texas:.July 23. The
southbound Santa -Fe passenger train.
due here, at -lt:30 list -night "was held
uppear-'Saginaw; eight miles north,
by masked men. The robbers ordered
the engine 13m to North Fort- Worth,
three. miles from the- city. " .Sheriff's
posse, city officers and armed citizens
. have gone to the scene on a yard en
. gins. Reports reached here that -some
seventy-five shots were exchanged be-
twees he robbers and officers,
SUNK THE SPANISH GUNBOATS.
The Sfosqntto licet at atanzanlUo .Gala
the latest XaVal Victory.
Plata phi. Estk, July 22. The fol-'
lowing is the official account of the
latest naval victory that of Manza
nillo told by Commander Todd of tho
in
this
L vicinity, the Wilmington. Helena.
Scorpion, Hist, Hornet, W..mpatuck
I and i coola, approached the harbor of
Manzanillo from the westward. At
half past 7 o'clock the Wilmington and
Helena entered the northern channel
l convm- toward the city, tlic Scorpion and.Os
by .dajor et.0a the mid-idi-innnl. nm! ih n";
. Hornct anti Wamnatnclc thP. Bnth
i channel, the movements of the vessels
being so timed as to bring them within
, effective range of the shipping at about
t!:c same moment.
"At 7:.0 lire was opened dn the ship
ping, and after a deliberate fire, last-
j is,ff aboiit two and a half hours, three
Spanish transports, -El (Jloria, Jose
Uarcia and I.a I'uriciama Concepcion.
were burned and destroyed. The pon-t'ooli,-
which was -the Jiarbor" puara.
anri storeship probably ;for ammuni
tion, was buryed and.blnwn up. Three
' guiiboats were .destroyed. me other
was driven ashore and is believed to
. have been disabled.
, -The firing' was maintained at a
' range which is believed to be beyond
-the range of the shore artillery. It
was eontimi-d until, after a gradual
closing in,.the shore batteries opened
4 fire at a comparatively short range,
I when one of the ships was recalled
the object of the expedition having
' been nccomplii,hed, and the ideas of
the ooiiimaniler-in-chief carried out as
I I understood them, that it to .L.vtrr.,.
- 1 the enemy s shipping, but not to charge
- the field of batteries Or forts.
Xo casualties occurred on board
any of our vessels. (Jreat care was
taken in directing the fire tint as lit
tle damage as possible should be done
to the city itself, and, so far as could
be observed, little, if any, was done.
"All of our vessels were handled
with sound discretion and excellent
judgment by the several commanding
officers, which was to have been ex
pected from the -men commanding
them. b
"The Spanish loss is, said to have
been in the neighborhood of 100 killed.
The gunboats destroyed or driven
ashore were the Del Cado, (luantan
amo, Gstralia, Coatinola and Guar
dian." The committee appointed by Admi
ral Sampson to examine the wreck of
the Kcir.a Mercedes reports that the
vessel can probably be raised and
added to the American navy. Her
guns have been recovered by the Iowa.
HE ASKS FOR INDEPENDENCE.
K. SI. Iloitos Olijcrts to Vorto Itlco Be
eoBtlngr an American Dependency.
New Yokk, July 23. E. M. Hostos,
representative of the Porto Kican jun
tas of Venezuela, San Domingo and
this country, who has come 'to this
country to seek an audience with Pres
ident McKinlcy concerning the future
of Porto Itico, was seen at the Amer
ican hotel yesterday morning.
Speaking of his mission to the
United States, he said: "I shall en
deavor to ascertain the intentions of
the American government as to the fu
ture of Porto Rico. It seems that my
native island is destined to become
American territory against the will of
its people. I should like to sec the
American people ia the character of
our teachers, friends and advisors, in
matters economical and social, but not
in the role of tccond.-.ry Spaniards,
despots and tyrants rulers like those
the American people are now sacrific
ing their lives to free Cuba from.
"Should it be the choice of Porto
Rico to Le annexed to -the United
States," h& coulinuei'. "and should
this become apparent through a regu
lar plebecite then we, the advocates of
independence, would bow tc the will
of the majority; legally cxpi esscd. We
arc republicans. The principle of ma
jority rule is what we are fighting for,
and should the majority of my com
patriots favor annexation to the Unit
ed States, I should submit ta -their ver
dict. Rut neither I ner :-r.v nthor
Porto Rican republican would like to
sco the American people violate their
mission as a great dcmccintic nation
by forcing Fori. Itico to become a de
pendency of the United States, instead
of helping it to shake off the yoke of
its Spanish oppressors and then leave
it to build up its own independent gov
ernment. "If my ccuntry submits to an Amer
ican yoke 1 shall bid it farewell for
good .and nil. I have made the liber
ties .of Porto Rico and other Spanish
speaking countries the cause of mv
life, and should my fellow country
man' rcehenge ciicyokc for another 1
shall devote my energies to ths same
republican .cr.UbC. but will remain the
voluntary exile which I have been dur
ing these thirty years."
LAST MANILA EXPEDITION.
Three Thoniaad Soldiers Lively to
Be
Left Behind In Saa'rranclsco,
Sa:s FnAXctaco. July 23. The trans--.portljio
de Janeiro receiveJ her com
plement of 1,Q00 troops fp-ctay and-will
be in readiness to sail for Manila to
morrow. Another force of 1.000 men
will depart upon ths steamer SL Paul
Tuesday or Wednesday.
The l)ig ships Arjsjna" and Ssandia
can each takc. hr.oj mrm. 'If tbsv are
.sent to Manila with, troop? the num
ber of men snt to Manila will-amount
to 19,033. , '(.-cneral McrrHl's friends
say he will be satisfied withthat num
ber in spite" 'of the 'fact 'that 3;CO0
troops .belonging lo the Philippine ex
peditionary force will be left behind.
Quartermaster Long has received in-
f structions to charter no more vessels.
but General Merriam has not received
brders to discontinue sending troopf
to the Philippines.
. Ilaytl-Tields to Trance.
. Port au Pnixcs. J.uly 23. It. is rer
ported that the lkrytian government
has complied with . the demandof the
French government, for a withdrawal
of the decree of expulsion recently
issued against Mine. Herm'anie. a
French subject.and a. resident of Port
an Prince, 'who v.as expelled as a per-,
son dangerous to the public security
after a conflict with the. wife of the
president in tao cathedral over the
possession of a chair. The decree .of
expulsion will be annulled, closing the
incident.
WIL
Wires .the War Department From
Mole' St. Nicholas :'-
HAS NO CONSTRUCTION CORPS.
y
Calls for Four Sea-Gains Steam Uglier
and Tu--s lias -3.-113 Men With Htm
Signal "atid Hospital Corps and Artil
lery Ilatterles.
Washixgto.v, Julv 23. The JTavy
department received the following dis-
pitch at quarter pr.st 1 tclock this
afternoon:
coasirueuon corp-;. Colonel Wack ar-
rived withont snhg boats or lighters.
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Please send at least fenr strong sea-
going stcam'lighter3 and tugs. Ako
HUES ill
-.loieM. Nicholas, to Secretary cf , to the rebels under a proviso that
War, Washington: Am disappointed America should bear the expense of
at noii-rrivm fit I nirmoi iir.irr n.ii fhin m-i,n ... ,.. ?AHAAi
Oencral Stones toats at Jacksonville I "J have visited all the prisons and'
if not already sent, as soon as possi- .' hospitals. I found their condition cx
ble. Moving along well." (Signed) tremely filthy.
ililcs- I "The surgical and medical treatment
The war department received a tele-
gram from General Miles to-day show
jcner.il Miles to-day show-
o'clock yesterday even
still at Guanlanamo. It
ing that at 7
iug ho was
follows: I there has been a marked improvement
"Pi.ava linrEsTK, July 21, 7 p, m. nil around.
Secretary of War, Washington: The "On July 13 there was heavy fight
following troops are with me hboard i "ff around Fort Malato. General An
'transports in (.nantanamo harbor, eri ! lersori moved ioO 6f the First Cal'for
routc to Porto Rico: Four light bat- n5a volunteers, under Lieutenant
teries of .The Third and Fourth artil- J Colonel Dubose, forward to Paranaquc,
lery; Lomia's battcrv 1!. Fifth nrtili several miles from Mnniln i,ni.;n,i !,-,
lery; the Sixth Illinois, Sixth Massa-
chusctts, 275 recruits for Fifth corp-?,
50 men of
Signal corns and keventh
Hospital corps, 3,113
3Iiles."
men all told.
BLANCO ON THE SURRENDER.
Santiago' FjI of S'j S:rto;l Import
ance Tuo Army Kjccr, at tonal.
Havana, July 2J. Captain General
Hlanco has issual t'13 following; proc
lamation, announcing tTi2 capitulation
of Santiago. It ii datel at Havana
July 17:
"After three months" heroic defensr
and many bloo.ly combats, owing to a
scarcity of ammunition and victuals,
the garrison of Santiago de Cubi lias
been forced to capitulate under honor
able conditions and with all the "ig'u
ors of war. This occurred July 14,
when it was reregsiixd ly the
brave Spanish general of the division
who was acting commander of the
place that resistenee was useless and
that he could no longer hold the place.
Notwithstanding that reinforcements
had been pcts'ible, md-that, althougl
he should receive such from Mr.nzanillc
and although he should still cover
further losses and bloody comb-its, am
although he might put the city in a
better condition of defense, he Was
still face to face with the fact that
reinforcements would make further in
roads upon the already greatly con
sumed and nearly c xhaustcd store bl
provisions of the Spanish garrison.
The city was thus placj.l W a very la
mentable cond'tioa. T!i2 situation
was anticipated but it caused great de
pression to the Spanish forces.
"The occupation of the city of Santi
ago by the military forces of the Amer
icans is lacking in strategic import
ance owing to the fact that the city
had previously been closely blockaded
for a long time by the American ships
and will have little or no effect on the
development of th-j Spanish campaign
which is to decide Spain's fate. The
Spanish army is intact and eager for
glory. It is willing to measure arras
with the Americans and in this army
the king of Spiin, th? Spaisi govern
ment and the whole country places the
trust of defense at any cost of the in-togritj-
of Spanish territory and the
honor of Spain's immaculate flag.
"This nrnM- is sure to be triumphant
and victorious at the last in spite of so
many dangers and impediments, and
that it will show once more the in
domitable Spanish bravery and well
known military talents of our people
is the hope and expectation o your
general-in-chief. Rlaneo."
MAIL FOR COLONIES.
Postmaster General Issues an Important
Order Santiago Rales Are High.
Wash:xoto. July 2:,. Postmaster
General Emory Smith yesterday issued
tne lollowing order:
"In conformity with the order of
the President of this date, my order.
2fo. 161, of the 26th of April last, pro
hibiting the dispatch of any mail
matter to Spain or her dependencies.,
is modified so iar as to permit postal
communication between the United
States and Santiagot Cuba.
"The postage rates applicable to
articles originating in or destined for
the United States in the mails in ques
tion are fixed as follows", viz.: .First
class matter, 5 cents per half ounce;
postal cards, single, 2 cents; double, 4
cents; second and third class matter, 1
cent for each two ounces; fourth class
matter, 1 cent for each ounce; regis
tration fee, 8 cents.
WATSON DELAYED.
HI .Fleet Will Not Salt for Spain
for
Some Time.
Washington-, July 23. Secretary
Long said last night that tlie prepara
tions for dispatching the Watson
squadron to European waters were go
ing on uninterruptedly, but- that the
departure necessarily would await the'
movements of the .warships at Porto
Rico, the Massachusetts and other
ships being required for convoying the
troops to J'orto Rico.
STOP TO SEIZE ANOTHER ISLE.'
American Flag Floats Over One of the
. Marshall Gronp.
Ho:;o Koxg, July 23. Letters re
ceived here from Cavijc. dated July 10,
say thai, the American transports
hoisted the American flag "over Wake
island, one of the islands in the Mar
shall group in Micronesi, a . Spanish
possession.
Miss Schley Callsd Do'
Mn.wA.CKEE. Wis.. July 2.i. The Sen
tinel says: "Miss Jessie Schley of this
city, who left Paris yesterday for
Madrid to interview the queen regent
of Spain and Premier Sagasta in an
endeavor lo bring about peace between
the United States and Spain, has bsen
told to come horn: immediately by her
father, Charles Schley, who is a cousin
of Commodore Schley."
AMERICANS IN THE FIELO. .
Troops. Behind th. Kefesr Llaes Kea
ftXaall-Xatl-0 tty Can. Va TMaM
Loxdox, .July 23. Th5 correspond
cnt of the Times at Cavite says: "i
visited t"he rebel. In trench ments which
arc' less than a mile ontstde the Span
ish lines at Malato! I found the rebels
well armed. They are provided with
Mauser rifles and have two field 'pieces.
They aregradually forcing the Span-,
lards baelc.
"The Spanish prisoners are well
treated by the rebels, but they arc-all
terribly exhausted und emaciated.
Some of them "are suffering severely
iroa lever. The position of the Snan
J jsh prisoners taken by the Americans
' Is peculiar. Admiral Dewey, beinir un
able
to keep them, turned them over
-
. ...... .uu.ui...iiuu.b, ucuirai AKHinsiuu
i ieng responsible for their feeding,
The prisoners at Cavite comnlain that
! they receive insufficient food, but tne
rebels are unable to obtain, better.
was primitive. Since the. arrival of
t Hcncral Anderson's brigade, howevef,
t'te prisoners have been employed in
' cleaning ond other sanitary Work, and
j rebel lines. On the following day there
! was renewed heavy fighting around
tne city. '1 he rebels attcmnted on thnt
' ond the day after to outflank the Ma
lato defenses and capture the fort.
"The developments of the political
position confirmed the belief-that the
natives "are suffering from ''swelled
heads and are likely to cause trouble
to thiAmericans. whose preparations
keep this contingency steadily in view.
It is reported that in an attack upon
Malato to-day the rebels lost fifty
killed during a charge. A party were
surrounded by Spaniards and slaugh
tered to the last man.
HAVANA Wan IS WAR TO END.
A Member of Dlitnro's Ofllcial fa-ally
Talks of .Peace.
Nkw Yohk, July 23. The corre
spondent of the New York Evening
Post sends the following fiom Ja
maica: SenOr Caserns, the private secretary
of Dr. Congo3to of Governor General
l.Ianco's government, asserted to your
corrcspondenV to-day that Havana is
wishing for an end of the war, and
that an arrangement of peace is near
ct hand.
He belongs to the conservative part
of Ulatlco's supporters, who did not
expect war, and protests that he
always had a liking for the Americans
and cannot get over it.
"If there ahall be no further. recrini'
ination between my people and'y ours;"
he said, "it will be now easy to bring
back those, amicable relations which
so long delighted us, but, if not, Spain
undoubtedly will continue to fight till
some time further on."
Senor Cascras is suspected of being
here to organize smuggling expedi
tions to Cuba, but declares that he is
here only to recuperate. He was with
the Spanish troops who frustrated the
celebrated Gussie expedition in its at
tempt to ianil supplies m Cuba, and
was wounded "in the forehead.
DECLARED DICTATORSHIP.
Agnlnaldo riaces All tho rblllpplaa
Islands Under Mirtlal Law.
Washington, July 23. The follow
ing cablegram has jusi been received
at the war department:
"iroxo Koxo, July 22. Secretary of
the Navy: Following is for the Secre
tary of War to the Adjutant General:
"Aguinaldo declares dictatorship and
martial law over nil the; islands. The
people expsct independence.
"Recommend China ponies Andcr
son."
Colonel Anderson vfas t!l2 SehiOf
army officer at the Philippines when
the dispatch was sent, probably several
days before its Hong Kong date.
The reference to China ponies means
that Colpnel Anderson desires that
kind of cavalry animals.
ENTIRE FIRST CORPS TO GO.
Second Mlsaoari and Twenty-First Kan
sas Likely to Go to Porto Rico.
Chickamauoa Park, Ga., July 2a.
While General lirooke in person has
nothing to give out for publication,
one of the most prominent and Un
posted officers of the First corps n
mitted that it was the purpose to mow
the entire corps, which numbers about
36,000 officers and men. The First
corps includes the Second Missouri and
Twentyfirst Kansas regiments.
FRED.GRANT GIVEN A BRIGADE.-
r .
The Third Command In General Wilson's
Division Assigned the Keir Torker.
WAsnisoTox, July 23. Brigadier
ucncrai t rea' 1, urant has been -assigned
by the secretary of war to the
command of the Third brigade of Gen
eral Wilsons division of the Firil
army corps.
Germans Start Steel Works la Chicago.
CntcAGo, July 23. A company of
German capitalists and steel manufac
turers has' begun the construction of
an immense steel plant upon ground
purchased from the Pullman company,
just outside the limits of I'ullman, and
will undertake the production of steel
upon a large scale. Twenty acres of
'ground are to be covered . with' build-
Grosreaor to Go to -London.
. Cotuiwncs, Ohio, Jnly 23. Congress
man Charles H. Grosvenor and his
daughter Grace will sail- from New
Yprk Tuesday on the North German
Lloyd steamer Trave! Mr. Grosvenor
will spend one week in London, " re
turning home August 20. On account
i of his relations with President Mc
Kinley, it has been freely said his
visit was in connection with an Anglo
American alliance, but he claims the
trip is only for rest and recreation.
A Kaasas Faraser KUIed la a QaancL
LntcoL-i Cests-s, Kan., Jnly 23.In
a drunken quarrel last night Mike,
Barrett, a young farmer of thiseountv,
was killed by Mike Healy. IlealyU
in jail awaiting the trialof the cor
oner's jury.
WAR NEWS SUMMARY.
8atard.y, rfaly 1C.
Tho auxiliary cruiser Harvard, hat-
ling on board 1,008 Spanish prisoners,
arrived In Portsmouth harbor.
; The Bank of Spain has opened sub
screptions for treasury bonds. Already
(23,000,000 pesetas have been taketL
I The troops locate- in the Philip-
Pines islands are to be sUDDlied with
fresh refrigerated beef just as those
t home.
The state department has -been In
formed that the Italian squadron, uh
'tfer Admiral Candiani, has reached Co
flombian waters.
Advices from San Juan de Porto
jRico show the inhabitants of that nlacs
Uare greatly alarmed. They expect the
tfort vlll be attacked by the Ameri
cans. S:
2ine outbreak or yellow fever at
Santiago has caused the war depart
ment to redouble Its- vigilance over
fLbe camp at Tampa,, where tynhold
ferer exists.
JOrdersluyeJjeenjwelyea.aXCharlea-.
"ton lor me troops under General Wil
son's , command to proceed to Porto
Kico, .but there are no indications that
they ire to move at once.
Premier Sagasta declares that neith
er the hbme government nor the gov
ernment in Cuba has intervened in the
negotiations for the surrender of San
tiago de CUba. He adds that the sur
render came within the province cf
General Tcrai.
The state department posts it fatille
lh slating that Admiral Dewey pays
a high tribute to the Chinese on board
;.he American ships at the battle ot
Manila and suggests that they should
receive recognition by being made cit
izens of the United States.
After an extended conrerence with
the president, at which three other
cabinet members were present. Secre
tary Alger said: "The situation is
this: The Spaniards are prepared to
surrender, but they want to carry their
arms. WTe are determined to grant no
such concession, no. any concession
except the generosity to transport
them to Spain."
Monday, Jaly 18.
Troops at Chicamauga Are Hopeful
of an Early order to move to the front
Orders to move have been received
by some of the troops located at Tarn-
0.1.
The Cadis authorities have aoven
notice that the Chipidna lighthouse
will not be lighted in the futiirfi.
President McKinley and Secretary
Alger express appreciation of wsrk
of the army in dispatches to the front.
A member of the cabinet stated that
Spain is scekirs an honorable peace.
This is construed to refer only to
Cuba.
Col. Osuna, military attache of tnt
Chilean legation at Madrid, brought to
Madrid nOO.GOO which was collected
Ly voluntary subscriptions in Chi'e to
assist Spain in carrying on the wr.r.
The final report of casualties in tne
armv since it landed in Cuba.iiirec
weeks ago has. been forwarded 3
Washington: It shows ,an aggregate
"of 1,194 officers and men killed, wound
ed and missing.
Jefferson Barracks, south of St Lou
is, probably will be selected bv the
war department as the rendezvous for
the tioop? under the second call. The
government grounds are large enough
to comfortably accommodate 50.000
me".
General Chambers McKibbon. who
has been appointed military governor
of Santiago, is a member of an oTJ
and well known Pennsylvania family.
He was born at Chambershurg. not
far from the famous GcttyBburs bat
tlefield. The war department posted the fol
lowing: Adjutant United States Ar
my, Washington: 1 hare the honor to
report that the American flag has at
this instant. 12:10 p. m., been hoisted
over the house of the civil governor
of Santiago. An immense concourse
of people were present, the squadron
of cavalry and a regiment of infan
try presenting arms and a band play
ing a national air.
.Tuesday, Jnly 19.
The Spanish have erected new bat
teries, armed with six-inch guns, at
Ceuta and Tarfia.
Secretary of War Alger announced
at midnight that the vanguard had
started for the island of Porto Rico.
The southern and western and At
lantic railroad officials received o-dcrs
to provide cars for moving as many as
G,C00 troops at once.
The Italian men of war Dodlics and
Piemonte arrived at Gibraiter, the
Piemoate proceeding almost at once
en route for- the Canaries.
The- first Spanish flag captured in
Cuba by the American arm' rearhed
the war department. It was ddnsigneJ
to General Corbin. who displayed it
to view -on the back of a chair in his
office.
A dispatch from Havana says seven
teen American warships heavily bom
barded Maczanillo. Two steamers of
the Menendez line were set on fire
Several gunboats in the harbor set
forth jn the defense of the town, but
were stranded.
The indications at the army build
ing In New York are that the govern
mpnt is rushing the Porto Rico expe
dition and the quartermaster's depart
ment 13 working night and day to fill
the orders for a large amount of cloth
ing and supplies.
A state paper that will be historic
has been issued by direction of Pres
ident McKinley. It provides In gener-,
ai terms for the government of the
province of Santiago de Cuba and is
the first document of the kind ever
prepared by a president cf the United
States.
After three days consul fation be
tween the president, Secretary Alger
and General Brooke, during which
there was frequent communication
with General Miles, the .details of the
Porto Rican expedition were formed
and the expedition itself gotten ready.
An expedition left. on the. Yale, to be
followed by an army of about 20,000
men.
Wednesday, Jaly 20.
Spanish soldiers at Santiago have
been led to believe that Uncle Sam has
purchased the island of Cuba.
In the advance upon Santiago, a Ne
braska boy captured the first Spanish
flag taken in the famous assault.
Nineteen paymasters under -coin
mand of Major Sniffers" sailed for San
tiago to pay the troops tinder Genera
Shafter's command.
The office at Santiago de Cuba has
been reopened for business. All tele
grams must be in plain language, sqb
ject .to 'America; ceasor,
The bureau of construction and- re
pair is expending $1.50,000 a month
upon repairs, fitting and remitting tea
sels for the war with Spain.
The gunboat Newport, convoying
four Spanjsn vessels seized early in
th war arrived in New York. Thrw
hundred prison rs were aboard.
It is regarded ai certain by the of
ficials of the war department that Gen
eral Miles and the first contingent 01
the Porto Rican expedition- ire now
en route from Santiago id tne Point
near Porto Rico where a1 iafiditiff ls
tobe effected.
The troops left behind at Tampa
after the departure of troops ior Porto
Rico will be moved to Fernandlna.
The camp is on low ground and a num
ber of the. men -have contracted ma
larial fever, and it is considered best
to move the camp. .
The Spaniards at Portsmouth are be
coming accustomed to living 00 the
".American plan" and are making" rap
id advances in learning our national
airs. The officers dress in citizens'
clothes and. apparently are enjoying
themselves in the freedom they have
of Portsmouth and vicinity.
General Shafter has had a thorough
examination made of the sanitary con
dition of Santiago. The work was dons
by Dr. Goodfellow of the general's
staff and by a civilian physician. Dr.
Orlando Dwiker. They find that al
though there are at 'present but six
cases of yellow fever in the city. In
addition to two suspects, the town is
ripe for an epidemic. Santiago and
Rio Janeiro are considered the great
est fever breeding centers In the
World.
TharsdJiy. .laly St.
Sampson has been ordered to sail
at once for the landing place in Porto
Rico.
Opinion is expressed that the presi
dent will soon issue another call for
troops.
The Spanish Trans-Atlantic com
pany, fearing Watson's fleet, are dis
tributing their steamers in foreign
ports.
The contract for transporting Gen
eral Shafter's prisoners to Spain has
been given the Spanish Trans-Atlan-tigue
company for $535,000.
Sir Henry Drummond Wolff, British
ambassador, has been fully Informed
of the terms upon which the' United
States government is ready to make
peace.
Captain General Blanco has cabled
the Spanish government that Santiago
was surrendered without his know
ledge. General Toral will be tried by
court martial.
The German Cruiser Cdrmorfln has
returned to Manila jnfl the British
first class gunboat Ployer goes tHefc
today. There is no communication to
Manila except by warships.
The report is current at Jamaica
that Calixto Garcia has been killed.
A Cuban who arrrived from Slboncy
told of it at the junta at Kingston. The
matter and details of the death are a
mystery.
With bands playing and 3,000 peo
ple checfing the first expedition to fol
low General Miles. id Porto Rico got
away from-cfaarlestbri The Expedi
tion is under poramanft tit Major' Gen
eral J. II. Wilson.
Secretary Alser announces that it
has been definitely decided that ships
taken in Santiago harbor by the sur
render of that city become United
States property, not prizes of either
the army or the navy.
The Spanish steamship Leonora held
at Kingston, Jamaica, since the be
ginning of the w?r under the neutral
ity law. offers to transport free to
Spain as many soldiers as possible,
provided she is liberated. The Leo
nora is 2.C00 tons.
General Parreja, the Spanish com
mander at Guantanamo, refuses to be
included in the "capitulation" of San
tiago de Cuba. According to Spanish
military law, a commander can. sur
render .troops which he personally
commands, hut he cannot oblige other
commanders at distant points, even
though Under his authority, to follow
suit.
Fr'day, Jaly 82
Dowey has been reinforced. Tnt
second expedition arrived safely at its
journey's end.
The full quota of volunteers asked
tor from Pennsylvania under Presi
dent MeKlhley'a second call has been
fillod.
Madrid says that Weyler hag join
ed the republicans to fight tile qnei).
He will be pr res ted with prominent
Carlist leaders.
A Madrid dispatch says American
warships before Manzaniilo separated
Thursday, five proceeding off Cape
Curz, where they bombarded a signal
tower.
After the troops going to Manila on
the Rio de Janeiro embark on that
vessel today at San Francisco there
will remain at Camp Merritt 223 offl-
' cers and 7.918 mei).
A well defined rumor which eoitld
not be traced to an authentic soUrce,
was on everybody's lips in London la
the effect that Admiral Cervera had
expressed a determination not to re
turn to his native country at the close
of hostilities between the United States
and Spain.
The anxiously awaited report of Ad
miral Sampson on the great fight with
Cerveras squadron is now on the way
to Washington by uie cruiser St Paul,
under Captain Sigsbee. The trio to
New York is about three or four days.
so mat tne report is iiKeiy to oein tne
hands of the department by Saturday
or Sunday.
The Kreuz-Zeitung (conservative),
says: The authorities at Washington
are overrating their strength. It would
be a profound political mistake to
send Commodore Watson JLo the Span
ish, coast. Even an occupation of the
Canaries might dead to regrettable
complications, all this lieing much
more volcanic territory than tho- Phil
ippines. Douglas White telegrapns from Ma
nila as follows: I have been especially
requested by the members of the Tenth
Pennsylvania. First Nebraska, First
Colorado, Utah volunteers. Eighteenth
and Twenty-third regulars and the de-
tarhmpnl nf tnrltiMri fnra,lr. u.
'ond expedition, to state to their friends
j and relations at home that they ar
rived sareiy and in good health.
Western Senator (enthusiastically)
The official report on the climate of
our state is the biggest thing yet. Glor
ious! It is proved by official record
that we enjoy the finest and most
equable climates in the world, sii.
Bound to boom this section, sir; can't
help It. Have you seen the reports?
Western Coroner Yes; I found a copy
of it in the pockets of a stranger who
froze to death last niht.-T-New York
r7eekly. ;-
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k tie eiri.ri.iied If Etei Clhutie
CMlitieis.
GOOD-HARVEST WEATHER.
1-keSnaH Grain Nearly All Cat and la
frlaW. Condition Corn Itolaff Well
and Maklffff Ooad Growth K-jerywnere
Kal'aXccUetl la. Bosm Localities.
The week has been one of unusually
even ' conditions, says tho last Ne
braska crop bulletin, the daily average
maximum temperature- being about 2
degrees below the normal. There has
'been A decided deficiency In precipl-"
tation; them being only a few scatter
ed shqwers' the greater portion of the
state had no precipitation. There hr
been an unusual amount of. sunshine
and the conditions were very favora
ble for harvesting small grain, whjch
is about completed.- Threshing is In
progress in many sections anil the
yield is reported fair with quality
good. Corn has made good growth
and still holds a color but needs .rain:
at this period especially, as it ha3 be
gun, to tassel. Chinch bugs are re
ported, in some sections, but' the .dam
age is generally slight. Pastures are
reported as' being dried up in some
localities. Report by counties:
SOUTHEASTERN SECTION.
Butler Small grain being harvest
ed; mast wheat cut: -pastures drying
up; corn beginning to need rain.
Cass Fall wheat cut and some
threshing done; oats, being cut; corn
growing well, but needs rain at this
time.
Clay Oats being harvested and
wheat harvest near completed; corn
looks well, but needs rain; pastures
drying up.
Fillmore Rye abd. wheat all cut and
some wheat being threshed; corn be
ginning to show effect of drought.
NORTHWESTERN SECTION.
Antelope Oats and wheat ripening
fast, but filling poorly on account of
hot. dry weather. Corn looks well
and has not suffered.
Boyd Corn growing fast and begin
ning to tassel; wheat and hay being
cut and oats ripening in good shape.
Burt A hot. dry week; winter grain
all cut: pastures getting very dry;
corn still doing well and has good col
or, but need3 rain.
Cedar Corn growing rapidly and all
bid by; rye and barley cut and oa's
and wheat ripening; haying has com
menced. Colfax Small grain ripe, being har
vested; corn and pastures dry.
CENTRAL SECTION.
Boone Cfirn doing well: wheat and
oats ripening .Ind harvesting- in pro
gress; dry weather has injured the
crass to some extent.
Buffalo Small grain generally har
vested; spring wheit injured by chinch
hues and dry weather; corn looks
well, but needs rain.
Custer Corn and potatoes have
grown nicely and corn laid by: wheat
and oats all harvest in grood shape
Dawson Rye. wheat and barley
generally harvested; second crop alf
alfa being stacked: corn growing nice
ly, but would fa1 benefitted bv rain.
SOUTHWESTERN SECTION.
Adams Winter wheat ill cut and
some spring wheat and oats Mn(C cut;
corn crowing nicely, hut nced3 rain.
Blaine Uye ready to cut; wheat,
bats, flfirt barley ripenins: and fillirc:
nicety: corn making fair growth; all
crons need" faffl.
Chase Rye and wheat about cut;
corn doing well: hay crop g-od.
Dundy No rain dnrin-r th work,
but crops have done well and wfntrr
wheat is mostly cut: corn laid by, but
will need rain soon.
Franklin Wheat nearly all harvest
ed: oats ripening; some damaare to
spring wheat by chinch hugs; corn
lnnk wll. but nreds rain.
W'FSTERN AND NORTHWESTERN.
IBrown Rye nearly all cut; ,oats
and wheat ripening nicelv.
Cherry Corn is tasseling; hay har
vest progressing.
Cheyenne Second crop of alfalfa
beinjr cut: some corn tisseling
Keith Harvesting progressing rap
idly; corn growing nicely and has not
suffered yet.
iveyn Paha Fin growinir week; all
crops dointr well: corn laid Ly.
I.e Cultivated Lands.
The state board of canalization has
n6t yet got down to husincs. As
sessment roll? from the various coun
ties are flow all in with the exception
of Furnas collnfy. The improved and
unlmnroved l-nd are not returned
fpparated by all cotintfps. therefore it
will he "omi time before exact flscure
proved lnd- In th stile ag-jreatd
19..41.SfV7 acrp-r the ass?s-rd valmt'on
being $61,370.39.". an aver.v of St 14
an arre.v This ypar Jic improve'! land;
will be available. Last year tho Im
are returned. Furnas county pxcpntol.
flt 17.183.70"! acres, the sssssd valua
tion being $39,778,419, an average of
12.48 -n ?Te.
ft 2 ljefevd personal pron.Tt-- will
photr an inerAis this ypr. Ofo. Burt.
Weh-ter and york r--ynntic" ha-e com
plained to the st.i(e hoard. York coun
tv assessors have ?sse3,'d corn and
other irrain as;s:r'rn!ing"hparly $2fto.
000. while other count ips report only
a. few thousand dollars worth.
Private Ashton Bovle. who i, re
ported in the telegraph disnaichesas
having captured th6 -first Spanish flag
in the a-rsault on Santiago, is a son
of Juan Bovle of KearneV. He enlist
ed in the Twenty-second infantry be
fore the war broke, out, promising hig
father to win promotion, by good con
duct and attention to duties. He sterns
to have been eager to get t,o the front
when there W23 a chanre and to have
been ecual to the occasion.
Nebraska City dispatch: The lifeless
body of Charles ToIIiver, who attempt
ed to kill his wife vpsferday morning
by shooting her with a revolver, was
found 'this, morning hanging, from a
limb of a tree in a secluded spot about
two miles 'west of town. Tolliver ran
from the house .immediately after fir
ing the shot, thinkintr, doubtless. tha.
it had resulted fatally. He is believ
ed to have hidden himself in a dense
undergrowth near the park during'the
day.' and securing a rons about six
'feet In length, haneed himself some
.time during the night. His neck was
'broken by the faH.
. Note-.
Horace Johnson, the man in jail at
Hbldrege for attempting to break into
the drug store at Loom Is, broke out of
jail and has not beea'locatcd at last
reports. D. T. Cornell, who lived a
block from the jail, had his horse and
buricy stolen -out of- h'is. stable. . It 13
supposed that the escaped prisoner
has the horse.
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