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The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-12
NEWS OF NEBRASKA.
SUCCINCT SUMMARY OF A
WEEKS EVENTS
Most Important Happenings Of the Past
Seven Days Briefly Mentioned-An Por-
lions of the state Covered Thorough
Resume of Nebraska News.
Wednesday. August 3.

The official weather report issued by
The University Of Nebraska shows that
the showers of last week were exceed
ingly beneficial to the crops of many
counties, but the thing most needed
by the statc-a general and soaking
rain-came Monday night and early
Tuesday morning. IL was a general
rain covering Colorado, Nebraska and
Iowa, and extending southwark to the
gulf. The weekly crop report issued
before the rain reports had been re-
ceived has been made Of little value by
this opportune rain. Only "a summary
will therefore be given. The past
week has been cool, with less than the
normal rainfall in most of the state.
cheney ranged from four degrees in
the eastern counties to about two de-
grees in the western. The daily max
imum temperatures exceeded ninety
degrees on the first two days of the
week. and were below eighty degrees
on the last two days. Showers oc-
Cured in all counties, but they were
generally very light, except IN tle
northern and extreme eastern coun-
ties, where the rainfall exceeded half
an inch. and owe a considerable por-
ton exceeded an inch. The past week
has been very favorable for harvest
ing, haymaking and threshing. Har'
vesting is nearing completion in the
northern counties. Wheat and oats
are being threshed, and reports indi'
cate it is yielding about the average.
which Is somewhat less than had been
expected. Oats are yielding well but
are light weight. Corn has improved
in condition in the northern and cx'
treme eastern counties, but has been
injured in otic- counties by the cor
tinued dry weG.Gcr.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-12
Sunday, August y.

Archie Ross Of Company T., Second
regiment. who Is in trouble at Chickz
maug over an alleged bigamous ma \
riage, enlisted while out Of the Ne
braska penitentiary on parole. He
had been paroled to his father about
five months ago. His term ir the pen
itentiary expired July 81. Ross young
wife lived with his fathers family
while he was in prison.
At South Omaha yesterday Harry
Huffman. n lad 10 years old, struck
Frank Hannenhofcr a heavy blow
with his fist during u quarrel. and the
blow killed him. Hannenhofer had
been drinking and meeting huffman
spoke to him in a threatening manner
huffman resented the talk and struck
him in the neck, telling him. lie was
arrested and taken to Omaha. A
charge Of manslaughter has been pre-
ferred.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-12
CERvERA VISITS COMRADES
Wounded and Ill They Embrace TheiI
Former Commander

NORFOLK, W., Aug. s.-Admiral Ger.
eera and his son. Lieutenant Cervera,
arrived here yesterday morning from
baltimore to visit Captain Concha,
commander of the admiral's flagship
Maria Teresa and the other Spanish
sick and wounded at the navy hospital
here. This vas the first time they
had met since the fatal dash out
Of Santiago harbor. The meeting
vas a pathetic one, the admiral
and captain embracing one another
like children. The admiral then Wis,
tied Lieutenant Noval Of the Pluton,
who lost a leg, Drs. Nicoli and August
of the Vizcaya, and the scenes were
equally affecting when their former
chief entered the ward where the Span.
ish sailors are. Their faces lit up and
they embraced him as best they could,
their joy being plainly visible. The ad-
miral took lunch with Medical Director
Cleborne, and it is said he will remain
herc several DAYS.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-12
Saturday, August q.

Fire consumed j. $. McBrayer's barn
At McCook. The loss is s., 900.
Robert Motter of Fremont was
thrown from his buggy and his arm
was broken.
Eliza Webb. aged l03 years, without
doubt the oldest colored woman in
Omaha, died yesterday forenoon at GIG
North Fifteenth street. Mrs. Webb
was a member of the African Methodist
| church and was noted for her carnest
%endeavors in the line of religious work.
The Hoohoos of the trans-Mississippi
region have fixed upon the night of
September o as the date for having
their grand concentration, at which
time they will do their annual howl
ing. The grand concert will be upon
the roof of the Minnesota building,
the structure having been tenGered
to the Hoohoos and the tender having
been accepted. A number of candi-
dates will be initiated after the trans
action of the routine business which
brings the Hoohoos together.
The house Of Mr.. Haskins at Seward
was robbed of $500 cash as well as
several other articles. B%loodhounds
from Lincoln were put on the track OF
the thieves but no news has yet bee n
received us TO how successful they
were.
Thomas Jansen, a wealthy Beatrice
man, aged seventy, has mysteriously
disappeared and foul play is suspected.
A reward Of $500 is offered by his son
for information leading to the finding
of his father either dead or alive. lie
was last seen December IL, 1897 a,
Indianola. where he had gone TO col.
lect some interest due.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-12
WITHOUT EFFECT ON MILES.
Tho Campaign Ia Conducted the Same
rs If There Were No Talk OF Peace.

OFF SAN JUAN DE PoRTo Rico, Aug.
S.-The Americans have taken peace
ful possession OF the eastern portion Of
the island. Small parties of marines
have been landed, who have lighted
lamps in the lighthouse at Cape San
Juan and other lighthouses along the
coast. They met with no resistance.
Indeed, at Cape San Juan, populations
of citizens came out to meet them.
The warships now in this vicinity
are the Montgomery, Annapolis, the
Puritan and the Amphitrite. The two
former are looking for the transports
with troops which left the United
States and have scattered all about the
island. The Annapolis rounded mp the
Whitney, Florida and the Raleigh yes.
terday, and they are now at Cape San
Juan.
There seems to have been a serious
mistake as to the rendezvous, for no
two ships got to the same place, and it
will take several days to locate them
and get them to Ponce, where General
Miles is waiting.
PONCE, Porto Rico, Aug. 5.-Major
General Miles is proceeding entirely
without regard to peace negotiations.
krag-Jorgensens are being issued.
The Second and Third Wisconsin are
moving up to the Sixteenth Pennsyl-
vania to-day. Colonel Hulings has
captured 5000 pounds Of rice. Thus
far the enemy has not molested him.
Major General Brooke's landing at
Arroyo was successful. The troops
from the Roumanian, our batteries
from Indiana, Missouri, Pennsylvania
and Illinois, are disembarking there.
The Morgan troop OF the Fifth cavalry
and the Mississippi c~ommissaries have
arrived here.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-12
Thursday, August &.

The republican state convention will
meet August 10.
Mike Munson. a farmer living nea
Fremont fell under the ears OF IN Elk
horn freight and vas killed.
The Nebraska Epworth assembly
opened auspiciously yesterday. For
the opening day Il fiattering attend
ance was had.
The body of Canoy Hanks of Ne
braska City. who has been missing
since July -, was found on "a sand bar
in the Missouri river near Peru.
Laurence Sears. a young lad of Lin
coin, was drowned in the Blue river
at Milford while in bathing. He got
beyond his depth and drowned before
help could be summoned.
VIM. A. Poynter. populist, for gov
ernor and +. A. Gilbert, silver repub-
lican, for lieutenant governor, and the
rest Of the state officers renominated,
was the work accomplished by the
f~usionist conventions held in Lincoln
Tuesday and Wednesday.
At the republican congressional con
~vention held in Lincoln last night,
Hon. +. j. Burkett of Lincoln, was
nominated on the first ballot. Hc was
SO far in the lead of Judge Stull OF
Auburn that the nomination was made
unanimous. Mr.. Burkett was a member
of the last Legislature and made a
brilliant record as "A parliamentarian.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-12
Friday, August q.

Tom Connell an Indian of the Sac
tribe was run over by a Is. Il NJ. freight
train at Falls City and instantly killed.
Governor Holcomb and Adjutant-
General Berry will leave next Monday
to visit the Second and Third Ncbras-
ka regiments to see how the boys are
getting along.
The board of public lands and build
ings met yesterday and again opened
bids on a water plant for the institution
for the feeble minded at Beatrice. The
contract was awarded TO the United
States supply company of Omaha,
whose bid was Sc, 241.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-12

The troops in Porto Rico are await
Ing the arrival OF General Brooke.
The hospital ship Relief sailed yes
terdny either for Cuba or Porto Rico.
The Fifth Illinois finally got away
from Chickamaugn. They left ycstcr-
day for Newport News.
The blockade of the ports west of
Ia Isle OF Pines ON the south coast OF
Cuba is now So well maintained that
not even II fishing smack can get
through.
Refugees from Havana say the pco-
pie are in desperate straits. Money is
plentiful but of no use because there
is nothing To buy. There is also much
misery AZ Mantanzas and Cardenss.
Cuban forces of Gomez attacked the
town of Gibcua In the province OF San-
IA Clara and after two hours of fight
ing compelled the Spanish forces de-
Tending the town to put up the white
flag.
The Madrid press censures the Porto
Ricans for yielding too quickly to the
Americans. They declare the Spanish
in Porto Rico ought to fight, or mt
least make q show of resistance before
surrendering.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-12
ANGLO-RUSSlAN WAR CLOUD.
England Is Preparing for Emergency
and the Navy Can soon Mobilize.


and the Navy Can Soon Mobilize.
LONDON, Aug. s.-That extreme
diplomatic tension exists between st.
Petersburg and London is generally
admitted to-day, though the officials
dcpreciate the alarmist reports which
were current yesterday. 1t Is hoped
that the frmer stand adopted by the
few days, which seems to have already
cheated so,ne misgiving ut st. Peters
burg, will have the desired effect of
aFresting Russian aggrcssivencss. 1t
Il felt both here and upon the CONT
n}cnt that the outcome of the dispute
ID regard to the New Chwang railroad
extension is the crucial point of the
success or failure of Great Britain's
HPlicy for the ''opcu door"
AS evidence Of the fact that Great
fitain appreciates the gravity of the
5 l~uation, the admiralty is preparing
all emergencies. and that it will
81 pm he ready to mobilize.
Every officer and man upon fur
|gh or IN half pay has been assigned
I p ship and instructed to be in readi-
7 IS to join at the earliest moment.
crefore, practically every ship in
I British navy, whether in or out of
omission at the present moment,
it's full war complement of officers
men ready to take her out to sea
(eK the time arrives.
according to Paris adviccs, Admiral
aolliere, commanding the French
ina squadron, has cabled a demand
reinforcements and for n large
tcfedit to be applied to erecting fortif'
yt~cations. Tho reason given for these
~ksmands is that the natives of the
Kwang Chou Wang region are show
ing signs Of hostility. But there is
some suspicion here that the action OF
the French admiral may be connected
with a desire to back up Russian de.
sipna
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-12
NJ ugu q.

The CITY council of Columbus con-
cluded the work of Investigating the
matter of Officer Rector shooting Alex
McGarvey last evening. and cxonerat-
ed Rector and he will resume his po-
sition on the force this evening. Nc
| Garvey is still in the hospital, and
while the tall has not yet been re-
! moved he is said to he doing very nice
" and no serious results are apprc-
hcnded. Last night the officers had u
hard fight with some hoboes which
! they had arrested. When they ar
rived at the city Jail the tramps Of
fercd resistance and n general tight
ensued. Officer Brock was beaten
with a cane and in the melee two of
of the prisoners escaped. The town is
overrun with this obnoxious class OF
people, and the force have strict or
ders to arrest them wherever found.
1t now develops that Private Archie
L. Ross of T. company was not proper
ly married in Chattanooga. lie pro-
cured n friendly saloonkcepcr, who at
tired himself as n minister n per-
formed the ceremony. Colonel Bills
learned today that Ross had worked
on a grand scale in Chattanooga, Civ
ing it out generally that he was a
nephew of the handsome colonel OF
the Second. lie secured no money on
his representations. In another case
the merchants were not so fortunate.
A Kentucky private signed Il number
of checks "Col. J. c. Bills and OBJ
.s,ol ,-,,,l ,,o,, ,,,n t1cpn He
cannot be arrested in Georgia, so he
will be sent to Chattanooga on an err
rand and there the merchants will EN-
deavor to secure the return of some OF
their cash. Colonel Bills begins to
think he is too we'll known. The
checks were made payable to -. +.
Harding" As Lieut.. Willard 5. Hard
ing is known to be adjutant of the
Second Nebraska it was not n hard
matter to get the checks cashed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-12
BRIEF WAR NOTES
CONDENSED SKETCHES OF
ACTUAL HOSTlLITIES.
Plain, Upvarnished Paragraphs Portray
Ing Truthful News OF Events ~ They
Have or win Happen Movements of
Army and Nayy-Departmcntai Dolnss
"Wednesday. August ,.

Spain is pcrfccting military opera.
tions to prevent uprisings IN Catalonia
and Biscay.
A private dispatch from San Juan
says that 1000 volunteers have sur
rendered to the Americans.
The Spanish government has ac-
cepted the terms of peace set forth by
the American government. and only
the details are needed to causc all hos
tilitics TO cease ut once.
General Merritt has cabled that he
will need so, 900 troops In order To be
able to meet any emergency which
may arise on account OF the hostile at
titudc of Aguinaldo and the insurgcnt
forces.
The following is an official state
ment given by authority Of the presi-
dent as to terms of peace offered by
the United States: In order to re-
move any misrepresentation in regard
20 the negotiations between the Unit
ed States and Spair. 1t Is deemed
proper tn say hat the terms offered by
the United States to Spain in the note
handed to the French ambassador on
Saturday last are in substance as fol-
lows: The president does not now put
forward any claim for %pecuniary in
demnity. Requires the relinquish-
ment OF all the claim of sovereignty
over or title to the island of Cuba, MS
well as the immediate evacuation by
Spain Of the island. The cession to
the United States and immediate cvac-
uation of Porto Rico and other islands
under Spanish sovereignty in the West
Indies. Like ccssion of an island in
the Ladrones. The United States will
occupy and hold the city. bay aud har-
Dor of Manila, pending the conclusion
OF a treaty of peace, which shall de.
tcrminc the control. disposition and
government of the Philippines. II
these terms are accepted by spain in
their entirity. IL is said that commits.
sioners will he named by the United
States to meet commissioners on the
part of Spain for the purpose OF con.
GLIDING a treaty of peace on the basis
above indicated. The cubinet was in
session IN hour and ten minutes. II
IN positively stated no wori i'm any
form has come from Spain, nor were
there dispatches Of any signitcanc,
from the front. There was no i'm
portant action taken, so far Us coult
he learned, but il was decided TO max,
public Il statement of our terms. O
peace.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-12
Tuesday, q %.

The young son of w. G. Traub OF
Gordon had his hand badly lacerated
in a job press yesterday. The thumt
was badly torn. :
The p~ostoficc at Bancroft was robbed
last night, but the burglars succeeded
in securing very little of value aside
from several postal cards.
The sessions of tho Epworth assem-
bly, are we'll attended and the gather
ing is proving to be Of immense value
and a great success in every particular.
Marion Powell OF West Blue town
ship. York county. yesterday received
word from Chickamauga announcing
the death OF her son. willard Powell,
who was q member of Captain Culver's
cavalry.
Mrs. X. C.. Carter. who runs a board.
ing house at g3a X street, Lincoln,
while lighting the gasoline stove pre-
paratory To getting dinner, accidental
ly threw the match toward the big
can from which she had filled the
stove. She lodged down the cellar
way in time To escape injury, and the
fire department put ont the blaze.
Elmer +. Green of Bellevue at S p.
IN. shot his wife during % domestic
quarrel. The wound was in the lum-
bar region and is serious, possibly
fatal, though the prospects are that
the woman will o After shoot
ing his wife, Green shot himself in the
head, fatally. Green is from Golden
field, Colorado. The couple separated
three months ago
Lena Mason, aged seventeen, Stella
Talbot, aged sixteen, and Jncz Estes,
aged fifteen, ran nway from the home
for the friendless Saturday night. They
had on several occasions expressed
themselves as dissatisfied with life at
the home, but not recently ana never
with a great deal of energy. The police
were notified, and the girls were found
on the streets OF Lincoln and re-
turned to the home.
Officer Rector Of Columbus. while try
ing to overhaul a tramp who was trying
to escape, shot the fellow in the right
"iohiu'i' ht man gave ms utIlc IN
Alex McGarvey, and said he was Ia
railroad nan looking for work. He is
now in the hospital. Public opinion
is divided rs 20 the officers action.
c. ID. Loose. u farmer living five
miles south of North Loup, YVES found
, dead in the hay field Yesterday with =
terrible cash cut i'm his thigh. 1t Is
supposed he either fell of the mower
in front of the knives or that ne WAS
fixing the machine when the horses
started, inficting the injnry from
which he blcd 10 death in a few mia
utes.
The friends of fftcen-year-old John
A. Cornell, Of South Auburn, Melt
who ran away from his parents while
in Lincoln, August 3, mention Of which
was made In the press, are very anx-
ious about him. Tho young fellow
came to Lincoln with his mother and
father on the day of the lopul!st con-
vcntion and was seen by his mother
ON the morning OF the day when the
convention adjourned. at the oliver
theatre, Since that time lie disap-
peared and after diligent inquiries his
parents have been unable 10 got u
trace Of him.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-12
Congestion Mt 81. Mich.el.s.

SEATTLE, Wash. Aug. s.-The steam
sr D.rigo arrived yesterday morning
from st. Michael's with 100 passen.
gers, some Of whom went North re-
Gently, but being unable to get up the
river returned. About forty were
Klondikers. They brought down s20o,
600 in dust and nuggets. The Dirigo
confirms the stories that a terrible
condition of affairs exists at 81,
Michael's owing to the failure Of indi'
vidual ocean boats To get their passen'
gers up the river. 1t is predicted that
thousands will have to winter at ST.
Michael's or return to the States.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-12
Friday, August t.,

The United States will demand pos
session of the whole island of Luzon
The Porto Rican junta of New York
has disbanded and resolved itself into
III advisory committee to look after
Porto Rican interests.
BY permission OF the navy depart
mem Admiral Cervera and his son are
taking a trip To Newport News to see
the wounded Spanish prisoners. Ger
vera may extend his visit to New York.
The commanders at Santiago are
urging the government to get the army
away from Santiago on account Of
prevailing sickness. They will be con
veycd north Us fast rs the government
can do SO.
There is n division of opinion among
the Spanish leaders. and Sagasta is
taking his time to reply to this gov
crnment. Sagasta is taking counsel
from all leaders, many Of whom are in
favor OF continuing the war. The
sentiment OF the people is for peace.
An official dispatch from san Juan
snys that Colonel San Martin. who was
In command OF the Spanish garrison OF
Ponce, was court-martialed and shot
for abandoning the place without re-
sistance. Lieutenant Ruiz, second In
command, committed suicide. 1t is dc,
MED that this was the case.
General Brooke landed 5000 men a,
Arroyo. sixty miles east of Ponce
From there he ear strike the militar,
road leading TO San Juan ut Cayey. be
yOnd Aibonito, the mountain pas,
where the Spaniards expect TO make ,
stand. BY getting between this poin,
and San Juan the Americans will hav,
the Spanish forces, unless they soonel
withdraw toward San Juan, between
two fires.
The Spanish forces on Porto Ric,
ARE concentrating at San Juan.
When the news reached Honolul,
that the annexation of the Hawaiian
islands was an accomplished fact, tn,
people went wild. They are planning
an Immense ratification meeting OF
the arrival of Admiral Miller on tn,
Philadelphia with the flag.
Captain Higginson, senior command
rr of the naval convoy to Miles expe
dition, In his report of the landing %
the troops at Guanica. recommended
Lieutenant Commander Wainwright
for gallantry. This is the second tim
Lieutenant Wainwright has been spe
cially mentioned.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-12
NOT TO RESIST GEN. MILES,
Madrid Orders That There he no Opposi
tion to Miles Army.

New FORK, Aug. s,-A dispatch to
tho New York Herald from Madrid
says: The government has given or
ders that the minister of war shall not
force resistance in Porto Rico to the
utmost. This is at the instigation of
Premier Sagasta, who deplores any
unnecessary loss of life, knowing that
Porto Rico will inevitably fall into the
hands of the Americans.
Captain General Macias has been in.
structed to obtain terms like those OBJ
tanned by General Toral, or better, sc
rs to save Spanish honor as much rs
possible.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-12
IT MAY BE ANOTHER BLUFF.
M riders. '.'usd for the Movement OF
General wsde's Division.

WASHINGTON, Aug. Sat the war
department to-day n high official who
was asked whether any orders had
been issued for the movement of com
mands assigned to General Wade, said
that there had been no orders issued
yet. THE list of regiments for the
Porto Rico expeditions was given out
to silence the clamor,' he explained.
He would not say whether the orders
would ever be issued.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-12

Spontaneous Combination In Hamburg.
HAMBURG, Aug. s.-A fire on Oswald
quay last night, originating in spon.
taneous combustion amid cotton, de-
stroyed over 81, 900, 900 worth of mcr
chandiEe.