The Red Cloud chief., 1898-06-03
Tucsday. May ~.

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II is understood that the Monterey
Will get away next week.
General Merritt has assumed com.
mand Of the Philippine expedition. He
il 10 have !O,OoO men.
General Miles and Staf left Wash
iugton yesterday for Tampa on u spc-
cial. Important arms movements are
looked tor. and troops at Tampa are
preparing to embark On the transports
Ships to transport the second lot of
troops to Manila are nearly ready. The
regiments to 90 are the Colorado. Cali.
foruia. Minnesota. Nebraska. Pcnnsyl-
T"nia, and one OF regulars.
General Gomez attacked and occu.
pied the town OF Remedies in Santa
Clara province. secured a supply of
provisions intended for 1900 Spanish
soldiers. 300 Nanocr rifles and 10000
rounds of ammunition. lie held the
town two hour, and then Withdrew.
Colonel Bills of the Second Ncbrus.
La has been placed in command of the
second brigade. first division. third
army corps 10y Major.Grncral Wade.
Colonel Bills succeeds Colonel Hardin
of the second New York. Lieutenant
Colonel Olson takes charge of the regi-
mcut. aud Captain Campbell will take
Ol~On's battalion, while Lieutenant
t;ascoiguc will command + company.
VI. Faurc. president of the French
republic. ON the unvciling Of the mon
umcut to the CombatantN of II. Eticnne
Yesterday. referred. in the course of
his speech. To the l!ispano.Americun
war. lie declared that France was re-
solved 10 maintain the strictcSt ncu-
tralitv. and said that he earnestly
hoped that the efforts of the neutral
power, would succeed in restoring
peace.
The boys of the First Nebraska at
Camp Merritt. san Francisco. were
paid the money owing them from the
state. Extra guards were mounted to
see that the whole regiment did not
make u hoe line for town. They are
now nicely settled in camp. and are
drilling four times Il day. but manage
To- get IN a good deal of fun bet Sccn
times. The boys have come to the
conclusion that the people of san
Francisco are the most cordial they
ever met, especially the young ladies.
The boys are firing well ON daintics
sent or brought. and their health suf-
fcrs greatly in consequence thereof.
Last Friday afternoon ut Chicka-
mauga the boys of the second NebraS-
ka were quietly pursuing the even
tenor Of their duties when Colonel
Fred Grant was seen riding down the
regiment street. The ringing cry OF
Turn on the guard rc>Oundcd. and
twenty soldiers rcSponcd. They had
not reached their places before toloncJ
Grant commanded, Never mind tn,
guard. boys, but ALLOW me To take thi'
occasion To commend Your promptncs'
and Ia say that ! have observed how
NchraSkanS do their duty before. ioul
regiment il the only one which ha'
turned ont the guard for me today
Colonel Grant look, 50 much like hi
matchlcsS father that it is no wondcr
!, the boys act quickly when he is near
While riding along II seem that hi
father il watching the boys and the,
, seem To feel II.
Sulphate of Q~uinine has some very
curious properties, one OF them being
it's power to impress an image OF 1t
self on 4 sheet of sensitive paper IL
the dark. If a design be drawn on
sheet of paper with s%ulphate or qul
- nine. exposed for a few minutes to tn
: sun, then placed on a sheet OF sensi
= tive paper, put in a book and left 70
- a few hours, a perfect image OF III
drawing will be found impressed o.
y the sheet OF paper. Writing may b
D copied on sensitive paper in this way
but It must be reversed, or the writ
= ing will be reversed on the sensitiy
paper.
a boy lawyer, only lG years of ag'
has been recently attracting attentio
by his legal skill. His name Is j. c.
car Beck; he lives in Harvey, H., an
Is completing his studies in the ofho
- of /. J. Mosher. The 16-year-old Law
- yer gained his first success In defend
80 ing an old man. who vas ~unjustly sue,
~ Attorney Beck pleaded the cause OF h
client so successfully that he won h
case, as well as aroused the surpri'
- and admiration Of his townspeople
IN his excellent work. Lawyer Beck sa,
he will never appear as attorney In
In ease that he cannot conscientious
sunpOrt