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NEBRASKA.
The Polk county fa!r was a STlCdcss
In all particulars.
"Wyoming day at tlie Trias-Missis
" eippi Exposition has been declared off-
Weeping Water fcchools have bead
" temporarily closed to preTent spread
of diptheria.
The harrivrarc store of E. ?. Tinlifir,
Humboldt, was broken into by un
knotrn parties and goods consisting of
gold rin?s. rarors. knaves and a ns
rolvcr or ttro vrcre" taken therefrom-
Recently the county treasurer of
' Garc county has received from parties
Low Lring ia distant states, large
amounts in payment of personal tar,
- Eome of vhich ivas twenty years past
Secretary ileiklejchn has- arranged
to send to the e-pesition the Spanish
Cag taken from the converted ship
Mexico in the barber of Santiago on
the surrender o the c.y to General
Shaftcr. '
One of the prisoners in the' county
jail at Geneva, escaped. When the
-. jailor went in to lock up for the night
the- prisoner, -rcho recently tried to
commit suicide, bit the jailer a clip
.in the face and made a break for lib
ty. Henry Bittman, a farmer from the
neighborhood of Cumberland, la., was
robbed of $4S in Omah, his total re
sources for a sght-sceing trip to the
exposition. He entered Jack Norton's
saloon, and when be got out his money
had vanished.
The mondan?"ji carnival at Sioux
City. October 3 to 8. ia bing extensive
ly, advertised, and the- Northwestern
railroad is preparing to handle a big
mtronage. Monday, the 3d, comes
the big parade of the king and his
merrymakers: Tuesday the trades, la
bor and commercial parades: Wednes
day, patriotic day; Thursday, psace
jubilee; Friday, bicycle day, and Satur
day, traveling men's day.
John Heiser. ;i uuriingion car repair
er, had an e-tperience at Lincoln that
will cause him to be more careful in
.rhe fnture. He was working under a
:- sleeper in the yards, and having about
finished his work, started to crawl out
: backwards. Just as he get out a switch
"engine passing on the track near hit
him. throwing him over acainst the
leepcr with surh forr as to lame his
;hculder. It was a decidedly close call
for the other shore.
The preliminary examination of
Adclbcrt and Melvin Surack and Clyde
Potter, who are charged with assault
ing Joseph Josepbson about a month
aco and badly using him up. took place
before Jud Goble at Holdrege.
Jcsephson had recovered enough to ap
pear on the witness stand, but is still
weak, and shows the effect of the
severe handling he got. The defense
introduced no testimony. All three
boys were bound over to district court
under 52.000 bonds.
Frank J. Vaaierberg. the enterpris
ing head of an alleced business col
lege, which flourished in Omaha sev
eral months, was brought in from
Sioux City bj Deputy Marshall Tracy
of Iowa and is now in jail- in Omaha.
Vanderbers is the man who adver
tised that he would give instructions
in various lines by mail and when the
suckers sent $3 for tje instruction
and J2.50 for books their letters would
remain unanswered. He will be tried
in October.
The funeral services ever the re
mains of Private Harry E. Brown,
company E. second regiment. Nebras
ka volunteers, were held -n tha opera
house at North Platte. Private Brown
died a few days ago in Sternberg hos
pital at Chirkamauga. and his parents
had his remains sent home for inter
ment. Nearly all of company E mem
bers were home en furlough and as
sisted in the burial of their comrade.
It' was the largest funeral ever held
in "North Platte.
Hon. Kibbard H. Shedd. president
Df the beard of education cf Ashland,
says that the indebtedness of school
district No. 1 of Saunders county, in
which Ashland is located, has been re
duced nbout one-half within the last
year. One year ago the district owed
over S5.0C0. while today the amount
ipproximatcs about ?2,500. This is due
,to two or cree causes. People are pay
ing thtr'r xr a little more prompt
ly and tbe levy, which is now 25 mills
undr the new law. fives a larger
amount than heretofore.
Emil Lang, a business man who this
year took charge of and leased the
plant of the Beatrice Canning com
pany, last week mad" his first ship
ment, a car of corn to Hargreaves
Bros, cf Lincoln, and a car of tomatoes
to South Dr.kcta. consigned to
Sprague. Warner & ( o. Mr. Lang
took bold cf the plant when every
body els was afraid to touch it. and
is making a success of the business
Work is still going on in the canning
of tomatoes and pumpkins, and hun
dreds of dollars are being paid cut to
farnzcrs and for heir- in the factory.
Word rrarhed WiI:onvil!e of a hor
rible murder which occurred just over
the lne in Kansas, about sixteen miles
southwest of Wilsonville. Mrs. Clara
Oliver, a wiCcw about 30 years cf age,
was found in front of her house with
' two wounds in her head, supposed to
havp been administered with an ax in
the bands of an unknown man. Noth
" ins: definite Ls krewn in regard to the
.killins exceDt as told by her two chil
dren. 3 and 0 ysars old. who say their
mother went to bed vith them the
night before the body was found, and
that s the last she was seen alive, ex
cept by the assassin. Suspicion points
to two men of the neighborhood, one
of whom sb,e charged with being the
father cf her unborn babe.
- Corporal Clinton C. Norris. of Cap
tain Culver's trccp of cavalry, of
Grig5byE rough riders, arrived home
at lable Rock last week from Chicka
mauga. having- been discharged with
the rest of the troops of this regiment.
Washington dispatch: Secretary
"Bliss today anirmed the land office de
cision on the application of Archie G.
Palmer of Central City, Neb., for the
survey cf an island in the Platte river,
near that city. It is said that the own
ers of abutting lands are entitled to
. land in the middle of the stream and
the application is rejected on the
grcur.d that the island in Question is
therefore not public land.
Thre has been more building done
axaund Ccresco among farmers than in
-any two previous for several years
In fact there seems to be a regular
boom in building new houses and
bams or repairing those already built.
John Ne-rell of Juniata committed
suicide at cis son-in-law's. John Sad
dler, where he had been staying for a
short time. About 5 o'clock in the
morning Mrs. Saddler thought she
iieard tkc report cf a gun. but did not
think anything about it, but when
they got up. they missed Mr. Newell,
and on searching for him found him
in the buggy shed dead. He was 60
years old and in failing health.'
Kil ill ll.
Will Not Return id Spain When
Peace ll Declared
PREFERS tO STAY AT HOMEj
Print. Boilnssi Rsqatre Ills Tmeses la
America President McKlniey 3faj
IIst. Some Trble la ITaJia- a Suit
able 3Xaa for the' TUes.
VuLsniXGTOX, Sept. 2J. It is an
nounced thai General Stewart L.
Woodford will not return to Spain as
the minister of the United " Stated.
The cause o'f his-rcsignation cannot bz
stated with deflnitenes.
It is said that the Brooklyn diplomat
felt that tha hari. work at Madrid i.
now ended; that considerable time
will elapse before diplomatic relations
arc re-established, and that his
private interests demand that he
shall star at home to attend to
th:m. Tha Predeai has not yei ac
cepted the resignation of General
Woodford, bat ther.j is no doubt that
he will take such action. In view of
the fact that the PresidentTias not yet
accep'ted General Woodford's resigna
tion it can be stated that he has given
no consideration to ths question of the
successor. It is racalleJ that before
General Woodford was sent to Spain
the President experienced consider
able difficulty in obtaining a satisfac
tory person to accent the post. Sev
eral public men were sounded, but
none was willing to sacrifice himself
until General Woodford was ap
proached. It is expected that equally
as great difficulty will bs found in obtaining-
a man to succeed General
Woodford.
SHE IS A HONOLULU QUEEN, i
Etloa TThltney' Hawaiian Successor
Slakes a Favorable Impressloa.
Sxs Feaxcisco. Sept. 24. :Miss Anna
Rose of Eilo. Hawaiian islands, now
here on her way to Topeka, Kan.,
where she is to reign as queen of the
carnival, has created a decidedly
favorable impression. - She is typical
of her race, her - mother beings a
native Hawaiian of the full blood
cad her father a German. Like most
of the part Hawaiians. she resembles
her mother. She is a decidedly hand
some giri. tall and large, with a skin
between cream and olive and black
curling hair. She has already been
measured for her state robes, and on
Friday will start for Topeka, stopping
only at Sacramento and Hutchinson,
Kan. She is only 19 years old" and has
never before been outside of her native
islands.
TO WORK FOR GOOD ROADS.
Delegate Appointed to Bepreaeat Mis
souri at the Omaha Convention.
JsFFrEsoN Cnr, Mo.. Sept. 24.
Governor Stephens has appointed dele
gates to represent Missouri at the
National road parliament whieh con
venes at the .Trans-Mississippi exposi
tion in Omaha October 8. "The object
of this meeting,' said the governor,
"is to awaken and promote a general
interest in the improvement of public
mads, discuss the best methods of
building and maintaining them and to i
promote- good roads legislation.' j
Doer ts. Dreamers. !
IIavaxa, Sspt. 24 .- La Lucha. in an J
editorial yesterday, treating upon the '
question of the future of Cuba, con
cludes with saving" "The only differ
ence between ourselves and the Amer- !
icans is that they occupy themsc Ives
with material interests and the organ
ization of public worth, while wc
write verses on liberty and sonnets to
th moon as a solution of our very
terrestrial problem. We are support
ers and followers of ideals and the
muses, while they are staunch depend
ents uponroality and earthly things.
London, Sept. 24. The Vienna cor- ,
respondent of the Daily Mail says that 1
all the powers, including Great Brit- .
am, have assented to Itlay's propo
posals looking to common action
agiinst anarchists. It is understood
that the measure to be adopted will 1
be extremely severe. A mere avowal
of anarchistic views will constitute a
criminal offense.
Craiters Will Carrr Paaaeaffers Again.
Nsw York, Sept. 21. The Interna
tional Navigation company has an
nounced the resuminr- of its regular
weekly mail and passenger service be- t
tween New Pork and Southampton by I
the steamers St. Louis. St. Paul, New
York and Paris, auxiliary cruisers
during the war. The first steamer to
resume the route will be the St. Louis,
to sail from New York on October 12.
Want In the Cabin Armr.
Hat ana. Sept. 24. Reports from
all points of the island, besides eon
firming the statements regarding want
and destitution existing among the
Cuban soldiers, say the health in their
camps is Tery and that dysentery and
malaria arc decimiaating the forces.
Official returns as to the mortality in
the Santa Clara province during the
month of July show 2,95 deaths, of
which 115 resulted from smallpox.
Aaatker Transport From Xoaca.
NewYobk, Sept. 24. The United
States transport Seneca from Ponce,
September IT, arrived in quarantine
at 6:40 this morning. She has on
board 117 members of the Illinois sig
nal corp. bound for Washington bar
racks, and 100 troops and government
employees for this city.
Dalian at Weak City.
Webb CnT Mo.. Sept. 24. Many
coacplaints are being- made in this vi
cinity of spurious silver dollars, of the
coinage of 19SS. being put in drcnla- i
tion. The counterfeit is a good one. is
well executed and has a good ring. In
color, however, it is a little darker
than the genuine and somewhat light
er in weight.
Woa ay Joe Patches.
Readttixe. Mass., Sept. 24. Bar
ring Star Pointer, the two fastest har
ness hcrses in the world, Joe Patches
and John B. Gentry, had a match raoa
at the Eeadville track yesterday and
the Marks horse -won ia two straight
heats. .
FRANCE IN THE SOUDAN.
frrtaett f OrlsaM AI
tHeeaseJea:
kirns', Sept. 24. Prince Henri d'Or
leacs flings himself into the Soudan
breach this mortflny: The" prince says:
"We hare just received,-almost sim
ultaneously, the news of the taking- of
Khartoum by the' English and of the
arrival of Captain Marchand si Fasho
da. The second' pieca of news de
stroyed the importance of tha first.
While two years ago t!ie march of
Marchand was known in England and
seemed to ba regarded as of lit
tle importance, at a line stroke
the face of affairs in the valley of
the Nile is changed. The English are
confronted with an accomplished fact.
It is necessary that it should remain
so. The question isabnat to be trans
ferred from the burning grounds of
Africa td a ground, noi less burning;
diplomacy."
Prince Henri maintains that under i
such circumstances France; which has
undertaken no engagements respect
ing the Soudan- and which arrived
first on the Nile, with Marchand, has
incontestible rights superior to those
cf England.
EVACUATION MUST BEGIN.
Cnbaa CommlMloeers Get a Kate Order
lac Eatt to All Delay.
Washington, Sept. 2 1. A very per
emptory message of instruction has
been sent to the Cuban military com
mission and by them made the basis
of a note to the Spanish commission
ers. The authorities in Washington
will not make public the terms of the
note, but its general tenor is that the
United States will not be satisfied
with any further delay in the evacua
tion of Cuba. It is to the effect that
the terms of the protocol called for
the immediate evacuation of Cuba and
that Spanish sovereignty must be re
linquished. The American commissio.iers have
been informed that the evacuation cf
Cuba cannot be delaved.
BETTER NAVY RIFLES.
TwelTe-Iaca Gone for New Ship to
Be
Superior to the Treient Cans.
Washington, Sept. 21. The navy
department has recently placed orders
for forgings for naval rifles of calibers
from four to twelve-inch to snpply the
new battleships and in a short time
the navy yard factory will begin to
turn out ordnance embedyiivr radical
changes in construction and much
more powerful than guns of the same
caliber now ailoat on our ships.
. The new gun will send its projec
tiles at the onormous velocity of 3,000
feet per second, which is about 50 per
cent greater than the velocity of the
present thirteen-inch shell.
GREEN PRAISES VOLUNTEERS.
At Manila the Citizen 8oldien l'onsht
I.!Se Renlar.
San Francisco. Sept. 24. Speaking
of the conduct of the soldiers during
the battle. General Green, who re
turned from Manila yestcr.lay, said
the volunteers fought and acted like
regulars and that he was proud of
them. After the first of tha onslaught
they were as cool as could be and pre
pared for anything. The fire of the
Americans was particularly daaJly at
all times.
Aberdeen Wore the Stars and Stripe.
Ottawa, Ont.. Sept. 24. At the con
clusion of the exercises at the Ottawa
exhibition yesterday. Lord Aberdeen
made a tour cf the grounds. A yovg
woman in attendance at one of the ex
hibits asked Lord Aberdeen's permis
sion to pin a small souvenir of the
Stars and Stripes on his coat lapeL
The request was granted and Lord
Aberdeen wore "Old Glory for the
rest of the afternoon.
Mora Rioting; at G aire ton.
Galveston, Texas, Sept. 24. The
Mallory steamship line labor troubles
broke out afresh here last night by
the striking negro longshoremen,
masked and armed with pistols, mak
ing an attack upon the guard at the
wharf. The police repelled the attack
with pistols. One of the attacking ne
groes was killed, and one of the ne -groes
employed on the wharf got a
scalp wound.
Fourth Tool Next.
Monongaiiela Citt. Sept. 24. Hav
ing scored a victory in the third pool,
the miners will now turn their atten
tion to the mines in the fourth pool,
where the Chicago agreement is being
violated.. The contest wi.l be opened
in a few days, and the officials say it
will be waged vigorously until every
operator is paying tae district rate.
Body that or taai GUL
BniDGEroBT. Conn., Sept. 24. At an
inquest held this afternoon by Coroner
Do ten, it was fully established by rel
atives of Miss Emma Gill, of South
ington, that the body found in Yellow
Mill pond September 12 was hers. Her
father and three brothers ful'y identi
fied the reraairjs.
Scottlah lUte Slasoaa Adjoara.
Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 24. The su
preme lodge of Scottish Bite Masons
adjourned yesterday afternoon, to
meet in Philadelphia the third week in
September, 1S90.
Sm Calie-Arxeatlaa War.
London. Sept. 2 4. A dispatch has
been received here from General Roca.
president-elect of Argentina, saying
there will be no war between that
country and Chile.
Ex-Saves la. Keaaloa.
- Arzansas Cmr, Kan,, Sept. 24. Yes
terday was the opening of the ex
slaves reunion in this city. This ia
the first event of this kind here.
Detix a Tint XJeateoaat.
Tqptka, Kan , Sept. 24. Fred E.
Dodge was to-day promoted by the
govern or to be first lieutenant of Com
pany I, Twentieth Kansas.
iy.
Yokobajca, Sept. 24. It is under
stood the Japanese government has
decided to negotiate for a foreign loan
of 150,000,000.
ce'e Bis Whnt Cram.
Pakxs, Sept. 24 . The French wheat
crop is estimated at 123,033,003 hecto
liters, the largest since 1874, when the
yield was 139,000,033.
HUH TOJBE HIW.
Ask Recognition of the Insurgent
Government
AGUINALDO makes APPEAL
Th Catted States U Xot KeatJoaed
Powers' "Dealgaatetl Sj- Fro-ftdea'ee to
rrotcct the Waak Tatak fke'j
Have a tirvEaoa;rfc Goverameat
Chicago, Sept. 24. A Manila letter
to the Chicago Tribune, dated August
30: Agninaldo and his chiefs have
made a plea to the powers for recogni
tion of belligerency and independence.
Agoncilld, his agent, who was m pas
senger oa the steamer China.- is 6n his
.way. to Europe to submit the qaestiod
to foreign arbitration: BefbrprtJ
ceeding to Europe Agoncsllo will stop
in Washington and attempt td impress
the sdministration with his appeal
The appeal is as follows:
To the Foreign Potrers:
"The revolutionary government of the Phil
ippines, which was constitute! according to
the scheme explained ls the proclamation
dated June a. in which the true causes of the
Ph lippine revolution were set forth, has de
monstrated that this popular movement i dua
to the unasimon dc ire for just laws by a
people who aplre to progress and perfection,
whl h can only be chtaiscd by the o: road to
liberty.
"This revolution actually dominate the pro
vinces of Cavite, Bantaaga. MlndTO. Taya
bas. Laguna, Moron?. Bu'acin, Batata Pam
pa-ga. Xusevae.ija. Tarlcc Paaaaiaas, Talon.
In'asta y Zamb'es and t e capital city of Ma
nila. In these provinces there reigns good
order and perfect traaiuillty. law are admin
istered by authorities w'o wers elected by the
pe pie acordin? to ta-5 regulations of organic
decrees of June 18 and 2 '.
"The revolution also has some 9.0M prisoners
cfwar. and thosa ae tr-ate-1 wfti all the
usuages and regulations of civilised wa-farc
and human tarian sentiment. On a war footing
we hare U.CV0 ct mtatants. organized In the
form of a rerular army.
"In th s coalition the chiefs of cosraunitiei
In the before-mentioned province, desirous of
inter rcting the sentiments tha-. animate those
by whom they hive been chosen, having pro
cf imed the inde endence of the Philippines,
havercqu sted the revolutioaarf government
to entreat and pray of the foreign giveramenta
the acknowledgement ofta-s belllrereno aal
lndecnde -ce f the Philippine.
"To prove thi complete scurity la which
the Filipinos now lire, c ow they are both able
in 1 willing to govern themselves, the accom
panying document, s gnedby the ehiefs. .s rab-mltt-d
with thin ap est Exercising the au
thority Invested ia me a president of the
revolutionary government of the Philippines
and in the name and as re? esentativa cf this
people. I Implore the aid of all the p wera of
the civil zed world and beg the n earcest'y to
proceed w.th the formal recognition of the
belligerency cf the Philippines and independ
ence of the government.
"The powers are the means designated by
Provldsno to ma'ntain the equilibrium be
tween peoples, supporting the w &k and cheek
ing th: strong, and thus by this means there
will be realized complete Justl e and indefls!:e
progress o. humanity Emtio Aguina'do.
"Bacoor. August rt. I8i&"
S.vif FeancIsco, Sept. 24. The
United State transport China arrived
yesterday from Manila via Hong Kong,
Xajrasaki and Kobe. She brought with
her as passengers two representatives J
of the provisional government of the
Philippines who are en route to Wash
ington to plead with President McKin
ley for the independence of theislands.
after which they will probably pro
ceed to Paris to sppcar before the
peace commission.
The Pilipinos are named Fillipe Ag
oncilloand Jose Lopez, the former
being Aguinaldo's chief emissary. Ia
an interview with with the Associated
Press correspondent, he said the in
surgents fully expected to be allowed
to govern themselves and even hinted
that some sort of agreement had been
made with United States Consul Wild
man regarding the outcome of
the war made by the in
surgents against Spain, but
what the terms were Agoncillo would
not state. He said that hi expected
definite instructions from Aguinaldo
by cable, but diplomatically refused to
give the slightest hint of any he might
have already received. Tho Filipinos
are very shrewd and speak English
fluently.
A passenger on the China disclosed
some further information regarding
the reported agreement between Wild
man and the insurgents, lie said:
Wiidman promised Agninaldo that
the American forces 'would combine
with the insurgents for the purpose cf
driving the Spaniards out of the Phil
ippines. It was a joint war. and I
think the insurgents understood that
the Americans were to aid them to
gain their independence and cast off
the yoke of Spain."'
Agoncillo lived in the same residence
with Consul Wiidman for almost two
years. It is very clear that there is
some complication in the matter cf
Consul Wildman'3 promises, which
were probably misunderstood by the
Insurgent leaders. It is also obvious
that the native general's coramisaion
ers are bent oa a mission to argue in
dependence for the group.
FUNSTON FOR A BRIGADIER.
Ceaaral XUler Favors the Kansas
Co!a-
nels Proaaotloa.
Sa Fraxcisco, Sept. 2". Colonel
Funston may scon be a brigadier gen
eral. Another general officer is needed
for the Philippine expedition and Gen
eral Miller, who has received orders
from Washington to command the ex
pedition, will apply for assignment of
another brigadier to accompany him
and favors Fnnston's promotion. There
is little doubt that "filler will be made
rntjor general befo3 he embarks,
which would greaiiy increase Fnn
ston's chances. General Miller's com
mand is essentially a division, consist
ing as it does of fonr full regiments
and three broken ones. Officers of
the Kansas. Iowa and Tennessee regi
ments held meetings last night and
voted unanimously to telegraph the
senators and representatives of their
respective states to urge the Presiden t
to promote Miller.
War T
Locisvni, Ky., Sept. 24. The Na
tional Mexican Veterans' association
to-day elected General E. H. Hobson,
of Greenville, Muhlenburg county,
Ky., president: A. L. Ogg, of Indiana,
Tice-presideBt; Wilber Smith, Lexing
tom. Ky., secretary and treeeerer;
Alexander Williaaaeon, Lexington,
Ky., corresponding secretary. Beso
lutions were .passed advising the re
tention of 'e Philippines, the estab
lishment of a republican form of gov
ernment in Cuba entil snch tiase as it
Bight prove afailnre, and the bnilding
of the Nicaragua eaaal by the govern-
CflNA'S EMPEROff NEEDS HELP
Aaat, ta
Dowarer, ttf
Bis s'itas.
j AsnnfoTojr, Sept 24. The
eft auniator, M. W Ting Fang,
Cki.
,
re-
?
) cable dispaten to-asy
the Chinese forei-m office at
ri Hririg the text of tha edict
by the' Emperor" yesterday, id
'9Vea,- owing to the critical comhtiori
ofCWines3 affairs, he calls back to
pojiref the eidpress dow'iger, and coa
wjhr td Her hands the' direction" of tho
vas affairs of the emp're. Thtf elict.
freelr translated front the cipher
Is as follows:
'Now that China Is disturbed and
is need that all business shall
III Sbtie; we", the emperor, agitat-
moraing to' flight for the wcI-"
of all affairs and fearful IcSi errors
occur, observing from the begiri-
nisg of the reign of Tung "Chi that
Ike esspress dowajer had twice given
1 Mer-CKous o xqa e
mpcror, each
" ' sfwssaewKy.
so we now; considering" the irdjjortsnt
interests of the empire', have" be"ffged
th"e empress dowager td gie io tha
emperor the benefit of her" ripe experl
enci and her instruction. The dowa
ger empress has been pleased to" ae-"
cede to the request. Therefore it Id
to be the good fortune of the whole
empire that this auspicious event is
brought about.
PRIESTS DiVIDE THE NATION.
Affolaaldo's Followers Split by
tha
Seheiaes of the Spanish
Nkw Yobk. Sept. 24. A dispatch to
the New York Herald from Manila
savs: "The schemes of the Spanish
clerical party have divided the Filip
inos almost bayond the hope of recon
ciliation. "On Sunday, when the archbishop
of Manila went to Gaco to administer
the rite of confirmation, a party of
rebels attempted to kidnap the pre
late. The succeoj of the plot was
only prevented by the interference
of the American soldiers, who are
stationed there. Tiie purpose of the
kidnapers was to take the archbishop
to Malolcs, where Aguinaldo is hold
ing four Spanish priests as prisoners
"Seven Filipino were detected yes
terday at Santa Ana with money re1
ceived from some Spanish priests.
They were arrested oa a direct order
from Aguinaldo. despite the protest of
Pio Pilar, the commanderinchief of
the district They will be shot to
morrow."'
REORGANIZATION OF THE ARMY
General Xiles H Dseldel Cpon tht
Doty to Da Aligned Eieh Reg Iment.
Washington-. Sept. 24 Major Gen
eral Miles, common ling the armr, has
completed his plan for thj raoriniz-.-tion
of the volunteer forces into corps,
division? an i brigade?. This plan has
been submitted to th: war department
for apprural Th ji'isn eantTTip!st5
a reorganization of the volun1
tcer force which has not been or
dered mustered out, and designates ail
army of occupation for Cuba; provides
for the relief of the army in Porto
Rico, and establishes a reserve to re
lieve the troops in the various islands
which will be occupied by the United
r. tatcs. It is known that the troops of
the Seventh corps, now under General
Lee. will be designate 1 to go to Cuba,
and that the troDps from the camps at
Lexington, Knoxville and Middletown
will be selected for Cuban duty.
TO BE REGARDED AS CHECKS
Dank
Depositors' Receipts for 1(0007
Drawn XTost Pay Stamp Tj.
WAsnlSGTos, Sept. 2. The eom
m'ssioner of internal revenue has ren
dered a decision in which he holds
that a depositor's receipt is subject to
a stamp tax as a bank check. The
commissioner says:
"The war revenue act imposes a tax
upon bank checks, drafts, certificates
of deposit or orders for the payment
of any sum of money, and thereby in
tends to include ah legitimite ways in
which money can ba withdrawn from
a commsreial bank. The use of a tc
ceipt. "Iiiie in terms not forbidden, is
presumptively so, and any attempt to
use a receipt in lieu of a check is a
manifest attempt tc evade the tax,
which can only be prevented by tax
i ng the receipt as a check.'
WANT TO SHIFT THE BURDEN.
Retail
Drasirlsts Ohjset to Faying
the
War Tax oa Medicine.
Chicago. Sept. 24. Retail druggists
of this city have issued calls to the
retail drug trade all over the country
for the formation of a national organ
ization, to cast off the burden of the
I war tar imposed upon retailers by the
manufacturers. Retailers claim that
they cannot shift the burden of the
stamp tax upon the consumer, as re
quested by the manufacturers, because
of the prevalence of cut prices and in
discriminate rates.
Foal rimy Satpeetci
PrrrsnuRfl. Kan., Sept. 24. The
mangled remains of a man were found
on the Pittsburg & Gulf road, south
of this city, yastcrday morning about
5 o'clock. Letter and papers found
upon the holy identi5.d it as that of
Charles Adams, of Quincv, IiL It
was evident that the body was man
gled by a passing train, but it' is
thought that the unfortunate man met
with foul play and was afterward
placed on the track.
"BeSala Bill" Stcx.
Kansas Citt, Mo.. Sept. 24. Colonel
William F. Cody, "Buffalo Bill,
whose Wild West show gave an exhi
bition in this city yesterday, was taken
seriously ill last night and was re
moved to St. Joseph's hospital for
treatment. After an examination at
the hospital, it was ascertained that
the sick, man was suffering from a very
bad case of typhoid fever.
Am Aaaerteaa Blcaly Hoaored.
WasHUfOTOir, Sept. 24. The state
department has received from Minister
Conger, at Peking, information that
Dr. Williom A. P. Martin has been ap
pointed to the important post of presi
dent of the imperial university of
China. Dr. Martin- is a citizen of the
United States, but went to China as a
missionary about forty years ago. In
his knowledge of the people, their
language, folklore and customs Min
ister Conger says Dr. Martin, ia con
sidered to have bo eqnaL
.kt
"sssra
fa
Goveroow War Balloons.
Daily Ascensions at the Trans-Mississippi
Exposition Grounds.
AMonS tha away interesting feet-1
.ihibit a. IB Tra.-Mtoi3Sippi Ex-:
fcosiiien at Omaha, none is attracting
greater attention than the rrar bal-
loons. Besides the monster captiva
Walloon- which wa3 Used by the Ameri-'
can forces at Santiago, there ara fcur
other large balloons, each with a ca-1
pacity of 21.00U cubic feet.- stifficlsn!
o carry three or four Jfcrsons. and a
score f small signal balloon. In
chance of tSs balloons and the half .
dozen carloads of atmaratus acccm-'
.-. v r,...td a Tj2--r.Ti '.
Ta3rd rMlunerf-it4
....-7TCi..-.-.Jitr raiai wham a little. rain sets to it.
GOVERNMENT Y,R BALLOON.
three members of the United State ; la addition to the quarter pf a hun
Volunteer Signal Corps, of whom absui 1 dred balloons. large and small. Cap-one-half
were enzaged in the cpera-; tain Yancey has with him at Omaaa
tions before Santiago. , two stationary generators and cne cor-
The big balloon used at Santiago I3 ' table field goneraJor and portaiHe
an object of intense pccular interest. bciler. two gasometers, one of whlcu
One or other of the balloons maJ 1 was mnde in Omaha, and 230 tubes
several ascensions daily frcm the ex- ! eacu of which will hold about ISO cujIc
position grounds. ' 'eet of ga fza pound.
Theso balloons, as stated atcv. tare ! Of almost equal interest with the
a capacity cf 21.000 cubic feet of gas. t
This is sufficient to rais3 afcout i.suu
nounds. The balloca itself, with the
car and ropes and cib'e,. weighs ia the
neighborhood of 1.200 pound3. Each
balloon can carry four persons of aver
age weight.
The balloons are equipped w'th com
plete telephonic and telegraph'c ap
paratus, communication with the
ground being obtained by means of in-
Eulated wire paid out a? the balloon
ascends. Captain
nor
has with
him at Omaha two coils of this wir .
each 2.500 feet long. The wire is five- !
eighths cf an Inch In diameter, and
consists of twelve straiida of copper.
It ls used for the double purpose of
holdirg the balloon and of establish
ing telegraphic or telephonic communi
cation with the trrcund. Th wire i
- vvntr 1. 1
wound on a f?el, connected with bras?
bushirig and so afrar.C'ed that the com-
i-j a -. ;nii-rMnri. on fiA
llltiUJLdLlUU 13 I1UL Jll- tlUUli tr ,i .
calinon a.cenas or
- . .
daily ascensions ar1 m
limit of one of these coi
from a height cf from 2.000 to 2.500 t
INDIAN'S AT THE EXPOSITION.
Graphlc Accoitat or the Sham Cattle In
VTblcli Tney Engaga.
Not legs than 10.W0 Decple witnessed
the sham battle netween the Indiana
yesterday aftcrnuon, says the Omaha
Bee, and wnen it was over and the
dead and wcanded carried away it was
pronounced a great succass. It was
-"-- -f ,- o,), rv,,t K,rZt
L" rf.. - -a I.i-.r. in I
erVaiL' "" "" !
Th great flght of the afteraocn was
started off by Captain ixercer march-.
. ii , ki- ts.,- ,-s f-nnt r,f ihi
LUK, ail Kit. U13 luuiaus UW i l.w.'t. i. - -
reviewing stand.
was composed
clad in their
"KatYem iw"ii,flf
. The first detachmenr ;u,"cu rt"u "' "' , ""'" " 7 .w '
of the interpreters, who amu "" '- ' "j -- .. -
new suits confisting or t"" y.uuci-, u -. . .
- . CLy,r, .r,-.ml thorn all n th" imo cIPC- I
tTmiaari hi:o nnnnri "' """" . - .. w .- ,
shirts sad lrht brown slcuch hat- . 5 yu.t. iueu i.c - -made
a verv neat appearance. Then .Sioux war sons and a dance that went
came the squaws of the different tribes. lh ?' ? d 'r. ? "T ll- W
each band coming up separately. They though there was to be a high time in
in turn were followed by the Indians. , the camp for severdl am, and un
mardiiax in the same order, after I doubtedly there would have been hart
which the horsemen appeared on the ' not the Blackfeet gathered up a lot of
scsse, triba after tribe ridina: up at ! reinforcements and renewed the at
foU gailop" and vellin fr,5ir war i tack. They came in lie we wind and
whoops. Eebind each band rode its etwased the Sioux. Thpy had but one
chief, and as thev renched the seats. ' mctto, and that was: hen you see
w-wn. ,- ,
ha noma r.f fSo friVa na troIT ni rho
name of the leader was ainouicd.
Old Geronimo appeared to bs the 15oa
of the occasion, and was cheer?d from
tha time he started unti fee halted his
animal in front cf the stand. The od
man rode like ! general. ln ovldf-ntiy
appreciated the ovaticn. as Hp doJi.
his hat and bowed as gracefully as a
Chesterfield. This part cf th p-orram
having been carried out. the Indians
filed off over the fi?ld tcward the "ast
and back to the starting p'ace. from
which the horsemen, rode in a bjdy.
yelling in a manner th?t t?z& some cf
tha timid wiit jjod e .eel like tak
ing to the wood. After the sounds of
the yells had died away, a volley was
fired and everything was rady for the
fight
A3 the story gees, a Sioux Inuiad.
Grass, had ben ever in the territory
of the Blackfeet trapping beavf-r and
as the trises were not on trinoiy
tenna. he had been dconW to die at J At iat uo-s-io-war smu ,u ;;
tho stake, a ?low fire dcing the bus:- ; vlnced that he was 1-adm? a .crlorn
ncss. Of course this wss simply the , hope. He rcf!e alcn? the ambush l.ne
play, and in ordsr to carry it out thc-re . nl"h his braves o-rupled and shout
had to be a battle. ; "& to them to fa.Iow h:m Likeoae
After the parade the S'otrt and their ; man tae Ii:t.e -and rose xrom cover
,rn. n.,i,rnmn,n,in'n.-.'Ti and made a fnsh'fui cnrge. pour.n
took up a position on the ersr side of wsn'c catrldes into tne eneiny. aau
he grounds, while the D'ackfeet and it is possible tnat tne Sicux might have
their allies, led by Big Brave, went cut ""cn the day had not Go?s-to-Var rc
Isto the space at the west end cf the ceived a sot mat s4nt him off hia
grcands. Then everything as ready ' hcrso and rolled him in the dust. H:S
for business. In from the Wst cama msn rushed to his assistance, but it
a little band of Indians leading a was too late, for the old man had
horse, on which was mounted Jlr. fenght his last fight and h:s spirit had
Grass. He looked sad. and his everv cne to meet those of his fathers. See
action indicated that he was ready to ' i"? that their leader was dead the
expect almost anything. It was not Sicux retreated in bad order, and the
tnort than a minute before 100 led ans. . battle was over. Then it was that at
painted and ornamented with feathers, fntion was given to the prisoners who
hcatled in from the sasie direction as fhad been bound to the tta.ee. bat this
came the men with the Indian who i was unnecessary, as they had broken
waa to be tortured. They whooped their bond? and had escaped.
Cot Xose. made a speech. He told a
tale of cruelty perpetrated by Gras3.
and rminprt rhsr ht nnhr tn'dip liko a i
dog. Grass smiled and told his captors unueu suiiti e-) ""- Sa
to do their worst, as he was readv to i rooms at Hotel Continental for the
die. Then some of. the fellows who American peace commission and suite.
were cot singing war pocjts com- The French government offered con
mesced to gather grass and straw that i fere nee rccm at the foreign office;
was lvlng conveniently arcnd. wait,- Guai Dcrsai, for meetings oT the corn
in; to be gathered. Grsss was pulled ! missions, but the offer cannot be form
from fci3 horse and rcp-d to an el-cTfc ally accepted until both Spanish and
light pole. The next act in the war American commissioners arrive. It
drama T?r. to tie him gaod end tisrh:. " ba been decided by the government
After that a circle was formed about that tha ccmmL-sioners shall have no
hta and the war dance tss put en military escort while here, but all
with a-war ron acc-mpaslmpit. - rrsmLers will be formally received at
Acnt te time the Cackfset W2r the Eiysc cy the president.
ready to Cre the straw aronnd Grass
feet a rurnEr came in asd reocrted . Don't acccsa the man of cowardice
that two Slc-rr ws- nut in xhz bash
feet an excellent vicar of the exposl-
CoJ. l .
building forty feet square on the
ground and fifty feet hlgn k been
erected en the north tract to house the
balloca overnight. It costs m tae
ceighbcrbccd cf $S0 to inflate, and lr.
is cheaper therefore to retain the gs
f rem day to day than to generate Trash
gas for every ascension. In order that
the gaa may no- be allowed to caP
it s nscessary 10 proieci uw"
frcsa the
weather, for tha varaisueu
ei"r nt -srhinh it is made. Is very quicx-
ich it is :
)J ri whea tteajjutot
oaiioon ascensions ar? iue uuu '-
bitions of visual signaling which are
given by Captain Yancey's men.
Every member of the United States
Signal Corps i3 an expert signal's
either with the telegraph or the helio
graph or with the flags. The flag sig
naling, or wigwagging, as it ia termed,
is very Interest's? to watch. The sig
nalmen are provided with small col
ored flas with which they do their
talking. A dip to the right or the left
or some combination cf such move-
"cents represents each letter of the
alphabet in accordance with what 13
fnoTirn as the Mverccde. The two
squads cf men are separated by the
apcon at suSicien. distance to prevent
iny verbal communication, but near
-uouzh for the public to watch both
f -w.w - -
ir.prarors at. :nJ same time. iue ex-
'Ibiticns witn trie nenograpn. or exs-
naung ny means oi sua uaaua. e
ilen of Erpat nonular interest. It is
- .-- - .
dl?ns.
taking obaervaticna. B. Brave se
lected a dozen cf his most trusty war
riors and sent thsm cut to bring in
the two men that they might be
roasted with Glass. The Sioux got
wind of the proceedings and scudded
over the prairie, but one of them was
nos swift enough and was captured
and scalped, while the ether managed
to set back to his camp! When the
scalp was brought in tha Blackfeet and
their allies proceeded to hava a jolifl-
cation, and then started a fire around
Grass. Their fun. however, was short i
Hved. for about this time the Sloax
came upon them pell mell, firing into
their ranki and knowing out a dozen
of the best m5.i. The Biackfeet were
...
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a neau ail. IU ii uilzus iiw-
wcrkeu run DOtn iucs, sau iur a
time it was hard to tell which side
would carry the day.
Up ad down the uId the contend
' ing forces fought, first one side having
' an advantage, and then another.
! Every protuberance upon the ground,
' an! r.vrr trr-e had lta Indian, and his
. . .r.
1 gr.a behind It. and whenever a head
, appeared it was shot at. many cf the I
shots taking effect, causing scores of
' Irdians to bit? the dust. At last the .
t Sioux showed signs cf weakening, and
it was right at :hi.- roint that Goes- j
i to-War shewsd that he Is of the right
kind of s:ufT. Whenever he saw a
band of Indian." incline to show the
white feather he red out and urged
them to return, telling them that their
' fathers never knew wnat it was to be
1 whipped.- The words were like" magic,
and many a 'avnrir.g column was
! brcusht back to engage In the fight.
Rooms for ConimlMicn.
Cablegram: The secretary of tee
I r-?.., r. . l. .. ...... AwrMiul
" who has- teen married mere than once, j
"Citrwirt -rwrp.ro v "- -- -"i- - ajJ--rcmii" j"0"
.f . . .. hilh 4 va ,vicr I .h acftill
ade to about thi wagging, or me nenuyraiju " rsaas.
;: of wire, and siznsuns were uenvcu iruni t"c -.-
I
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