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The Red Cloud chief., 1898-05-27
Saturday. May ~.

Word has just come from Candy in
Logan county that a severe storm oc-
Cured there Thursday evening, doing
considerable damage. All of the wind
mills were wrecked including "a large
livery barn of the sheriff. The resi-
dence of j. II. Arnold. one Of the old
est settlers there, was totally de-
stroycd. Mr.. Arnold was instantly
killed and his wife seriously injured.
The order issued yesterday by Gen
eral Barry discharging guardsmcn
who have enlisted or were rejected is
in this form:
The first and second regiments Of
infantry, Nebraska national guard,
having volunteered and been mustered
into the service of the United States,
the officers and enlisted men thereof
are hereby honorably discharged from
the service OF the state of Nebraska.
10 take effect from May 10, l SOS.
"All officers named in general or
ders No. 1917, current series, from this
office, and all enlisted men OF the First
and Second regiments of infantry, Ne
braska national guard. who failed to
pass the physical examination for mus
ter into the the service of the United
States, are hereby honorably dis
charged from the service Of the state
of Nebraska, to take effect May 10,
1895.
Troop A, cavalry, Nebraska nation
al guard. having volunteered and been
mustered into the service of the United
states, the officers and enlisted men
thereof, and all the enlisted men
thereof who failed to pass the physi-
cal examination for muster into the
service of the United States, are here
by honorably discharged from the SER
vice of the state of Nebraska, to take
effect from May II, 1895"
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-05-27
WAITING ON SAMPSON.
The Game of Hide and Seek Soon to Come
to an End.


KEY WEST, Fla. May ol.-Evcry-
hing is now waiting for Sampson to
find the Spanish fleet and destroy it.
The game of naval hidc-and-Scck of
three weeks duration is still on.
The news that the ships Of Spain had
been able to reach Santiago de Cuba
was autographed here last night. Ma
val officers credited it, but they
wanted further information. The
theory of the naval men here is that.
the Spanish admiral desires to- land at
some point in Cuba in order to put
ashore munitions of war and cannou.
That he was expected by Blanco is well
known. Every light house along the
Cuban coast has been burning every
night in the hope that il would aid the
admiral to reach n friendly harbor.
The government patrol boat Sarasota
was sunk by the pilot boat Glide this
morning. The Glide was leaving the
harbor before the hour of resuming
navigation and the Sarasota tried to
stop her. No lives were lost.
No intimation whatever will be given
as to the movement of the United
States naval forces and seekers for in.
formation are left entirely to specula.
ton, with nothing except vague and
uncertain ruInors for a basis. The
censorship over general press dis.
patches is 50 rigid that all of
information are closed and as a conse.
qucncc nothing of an absolutely rcli.
able character is likely to be given the
public until there has been n meeting
of the hostile fleets. There are all
kinds Of reports in circulation. most of
them bearing their own REPUTATION.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-05-27

Elmer Coninc. while riding to Bca.
tricc yesterday afternoon was thrown
from his horse and quite badly IN
jurcd. The animal fell on its breast
and shoulders.
Frank Wright. a son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Wright of Nebraska City. who
was studying law at Knoxville, Tenn,
was drowned in the river there.
Evcrton Arnold writes his friends IN
Nebraska that he has been in Canada
the past few weeks and nowhere finds
a spirit of hostility To the United
States or her policy. even in Toronto
or Quebec where the population is
highly French Catholic.
Sergeant Andrew Wadsworth of Com
pany { of beatrice writes that il was
feared the boys wouldn't get into San
Francisco with buttons enough left
ON their coats To present Il fair appear
ancc as they were swapping them at
every station en- rOutC for kisses from
the girls who met them and who were
crazy for souvenirs.
The safe arrival of the battleship
Oregon il hailed with much satisfaction
by many OF the citizens of York com
ty. one of the crew. Luther over
street. j. II York county boy. VINO
entered the naval service several years
ago. lie is a bright young man. aud
the people of this vicinity hope to rear
that the Oregon will Ice given an OPP
portunity to do her part in furnishing
the Spaniards.
Last night Greeley county was start
led 10y the news that W. =. Keenan,
had shot and killed T.. Robinson at the
keenan, farm. southeast of Spaulding
about our miles. Robinson is "A man
who had a bad reputation, having once
been in the pynitcntiary. lie was
of tho parties with Frank Cole who
was killed in Holt county last spring.
The shooting il said To have been in
ScIf.dcfcnsc me grew out of pasture
deal in which Mike Lamb and Robin
son were causing ,hc kcenaus much
trouble.
\ fake set afoat by Chadron cws
paper correspondents goes marching
III. This is from the Chicago Tribune:
Miss 'Girlic' Adams j. the chosen
leader of 100 Nebraska womcn who
have organized a troop Of cavalry and
offered their services to Governor liol-
comb al thatstatc Miss Adams modest
s declares that She prefers To make -
war record in action before being
hcraldod to the world as "A fighter.
These are Int II few Of the recent en-
amples of women seeking To enlist in
war for their country and for the
cause of humanity
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-05-27
SMELLING OFSANJUA
SIMPSONS SHOTS WE'RE
NOT WASTED.
Twenty Men Kilicd-About sixty Injured
In tho Forts-C Captain Lloyd of tho
British steamer Arkadia Arrives In New
York and Reports the Results.

New YORK, May Captain Lloyd
NJ the steamer Arkadia. that has just
arrived here from san Juan, Porto
Rico, says that he and the ships stew
nrd were the only oncs who went
ashore during the steamers three
hours stay at the bombarded port.
"From what / learned, twenty men
were killed by the American guns"
said Captain Lloyd. ''Of these six were
other. were laid out by bursting shells
in the defenscS.
1.-THE agent OF the line, n naturalizcd
American citizen, took me around the
town. A she'll from the American fleet
had struck the fourth story of the lio-
tel lnRlcticrra, knocked off the whole
roof and drove the guests. men and
women. into the streets in their night
clothes at 5:i5 a. NJ.
Flying over the forts n good many
shells had fallen into the fiat lands,
striking houses. some of which are
now propped up to keep them from
tumbling. ] saw "a store house that
had been riddlcd by an American
shell. which had puncturcd the
roof, bored its way through the lumber
stored in the building, penetrated the
Office and emerging through a rear
door had knocked "A hole in the hull of
u Spanish merchant steamer, the Man
uclla.
"A Spanish custom house inspector
told me that his father, n soldier. had
been killed while asleep in his bed, by
of the first shots. Below the for
tifications, lie many shells, some of
them still uneXplodcd. The Spaniards
are picking them up and treasuring
them for memcntos. See the presents
h Yankees sent u.s. they tell their
friends.
IF n man can speak only SO much
English as yes or no his life is now
in peril in San Juan. Secretary Bett
OF the English consulate told me that
there is much discussion among the
consular officials Mt San Juan as to
whether the bom~bardmcnt will stand
the test of international law, as no
notice was given"
Porto Rican papers contained the
most ridiculous statements Of Spanish
valor and success in the war. One
paper said that the brooklyn bridge
had been blown up by n torpedo boat.
while another declared that two
American warships had been captured
and thirty-two men made prisoners.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-05-27
Too Hot Ia March.

MOBILE, Ala, May %. The forced
marches which were undertaken at two
day intervals by the four infantry reg
iments encamped here, have been aban-
doncd on the representation Of the reg
mental surgeons that the troops from
the Northern and Western states are
not yet sufficiently acclimated and
would suffer from the heat IL they were
continued. There is a general exodus
OF officers to various parts Of the coun-
try to report for duty with the volun-
teer regiments.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-05-27
AUSTRALIANS OFFER TO ENLIST
American Feeling In the Antipodcs-B Brit
ain to Guard lin

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VANCOUVER. British Columbia. Nav
H.-Advices brought by the steamer
Abranga, which arrived here yestcr-
Jay from Sydney, show that both in
Australia and Hawaii an intense feel
ing In favor of the United States as
against Spain prevails.
Australians are very anxious 10 Join
the United States army. Colonel hell.
the American consul at Sydney. has
had offers from hundreds of men want
ing to GO to the front. Two trained
hospital nurses also offered To go to
Cuba OF the Philippines.
When the Abrangi left Honolulu May
II, the Hawaiian government had not
received any official information OF the
declaration of war with Spain by
America. President Dole had con
tirmed the statement that LIZ had a r
ricd back from Washington a bill
drawn up at Washington, placing the
Hawaiian government under the SOW
creignty of the United States in cas-
Of war. President Dole refused To saw
whether the government would take
action on the bill.
The United States, Great Britain and
France agreed to maintain a naval
force at Honolulu for the protection of
foreign residents. This duty. which
has been assumed by the United States.
will probably be shifted temporarily to
Great Britain.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-05-27

The supreme court of Nebraska has
upheld the new law Withdrawing state
school lands from sale. This was the
holding made yesterday in a test case
from Pawnec county entitled Patter-
son VS.. Wcnzl. Privilege of purchase
was given l~cssecs in the old form of
leases issued by the state. but tho
court holds that such privilege was IA
mere option or offer TO ~lessces which
the state might withdraw at any time.
nder this decision those who did not
take advantage of such privilege be
fore the act of 1897 went into effect
cannot do so now. Commissioner Ia.
gan wrote Che opinion in this case.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-05-27
EXPECT CERVERA TO SAIL.
The Spanish Fleet. II IL Thought In Va.
lcncia. VIII Not Walt for samson.

""''a' WI" NOT war; Tor sampson.
VALENCIA, Spain, May 23.-Ohicial
dispatches from Santiago dc Cuba an
nouncc the safe arrival there of the
Spanish squadron under the command
of Admiral Ccrvcra. Naval authori-
ties in Madrid are OF the opinion that
there is no fear of attack being
made upon the squadron in the bay Of
Santiago. which is well protected by
forts and defensive works. armed with
powerful artillery. As the Spanish
admiral's principal object in entering
Santiago must have been to communi.
cate with his government and To take
or q a and provisions. il is extremely
probable that he will have sailed again
before the American fleets can arrive
To blockade him.
Public and technical opinion is unan
imous here in advising the government
To send the reserve squadron with a
strong contingent of troops and artil-
lcry To Manila at once. Everyone in
sists that revenge should be sought off
Manila itself and that Admiral Dew
cy's squadron there could be annihi-
lated long before effective reinforce
mcnts could reach and save him.
There is no disputing the fact that
the most popular thing that could be
done AT the present moment would be
the lifting of the blockade of Manila,
the recapturc of Cavite and the sensa-
tional destruction of Dewcy's forces,
eve though Cuba should be lost later
as "A consequence.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-05-27
is CERVERA TRAPPED?
rrnise for Admiral sampson form English
aud French Sources.

LONDON, May :3.-According TO the
hest expert opinion in London. if Ad-
miral Cervcra has gone TO Santiago dc
cuba, he has made "A fatal mistake.
Vice Admiral Philip Howard
Solumb, retired, the author OF a
number Of naval works, in
Guiding THE Naval War Game"
writes that he is convinced the Span
ish admiral is now unlikely To strike
at all. He adds that if he enters n
South Cuban port it will scarcely affect
the United States blockade, for Rear
Admiral Sampson will only have To de-
tach n somewhat superior force OF his
heavier ships to cover Cervera's fleet.
while a group of the lightcst and
swiftcst vessels would be watching TO
zee that he did not move without being
reported, and all the rest of Rear Ad-
miral SIMPSONS feet could devote
themselves to the blockade of the other
Cuban ports.
NEw York, May -. A dispatch
from Paris To the New York World
says: There are remarkable indications
in certain Paris journals. hitherto in
imical, of a complete reversal OF the
French disposition toward America.
The Gaulois, for example, cxtols the
cleverncss with which Admiral Samp-
has Unanswered, taking advantage
OF his opponents slowncss To effect q
junction with Schley and thus enable
him to divide the forces in two parts.
M. Jaures, in the Petite R%epubliaue.
writes in the same strain of Americas
admirable attack and defense, which
have been directed with energy and
life"
M. Jaurcs dcridcs Spain for allowing
herself to bc made the sport of clerical.
ism and militarism.
There is also a strong article in the
Echo de Paris, signed Henry Baure.
calling French hostility to her ancient
friends and clients beyond the Atlantic
foolish and illogical.
France the writer says lis nat.
urally drawn To America as II republic.
and should not give way To sudden ten.
derncss for Spain
On the other hand, Henry Fou1nicr,
in h DiXncuvicmc Steele. writes in a
vein hardly short of insulting to Amer.
lean women for their alleged snobbish.
ness in seeking To make out "a long line
of aristocratic ancestors.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-05-27
MnnLAA. MaX %.

A stock man who claims TO hail
from Humphrey and who gave the
name of John j. Jones caused the ar
rest of Mrs. BERTHE Lewis, known
among the donizcns of the district sur
Omaha a. "tleopatra.' IN the charge
that she robbed him of $3.50 in coin.
The Cudahy company of Omaha has
Just been awarded IA contract for 500
600 pounds of soap for use by the In
dians who are wards of the govern
ment. II is said to he the largest sin
gle order ever placed by the govern
ment for soap. and the supply is in
tended to last the redskins Tor II year.
The Omaha lrish-AmcricaI society
formed for the entertainment of expo
sition visitors has arranged to cele-
brate the Fourth of July jointly as an
American national holiday and as tho
one hundredth anniversary Of the up
rising in Ireland in 1898. A commit
tee comprising Jerry Howard, Richard
O'Kcefe, John Lally, John Quinn and
John j. Mahoney has been appointed
TO conduct the arrangements.
The First battalion of the Nebraska
volunteers. Second regiment, arrived
at -. Louis last Friday at a:30 p. m,
after "a very pleasant trip. The battal-
ion remained in the city until 4 o'clock.
Men in 81. Louis who have seen every
regiment of troops that passed south
ward expressed themselves as much
pleased with the Nebraska boys. They
said that no finer looking body Of men
than the Nebraska boys had preceded
them. The boys acted perfect gentle
men all the time and nothing occurred
To mar the effect of the impression
they left. The boys Jared well on
hard tack. canned beet and baked
beans, the supply being liberal. The
afternoon supply of coffee vas taken
on at 1t, Louis. All were ms cheerful
and as happy and contented as can he
expected. The further souththey went
il became more apparent that they
will be the first TO move on toward
Cuba, as the Nebraska regiment IN bet
ter equipped than any which have
passed through IT. Louis. For in
stance the Twenty-first Kansas volun-
teers had one company. X, uniformed,
out of !. 1855 men. The Missouri and
Minnesota boys are said to be little
better OF. The Illinois volunteers
are better equipped. II will take but
n little time to complete the equip
mcnt of the Ncbraskans and the boys
are expecting already to get into SER
vice shortly If these reports are true.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-05-27
SOLDIERS IN A WRECK.
One Member of the First Missouri Dead
and Two Dying.


and Two Dying.
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn, May 23.-Onc
man is dead and two fatally injured AS
the result of a wreck this morning on
the Chattanooga, Rome & Southern
railway between Chattanooga and the
volunteer camp at Chickamauga. The
dead and injured all belonged to the
First regiment, Missouri volunteer in
fantry. The dead:
George Walker, artificcr. Company D..
The injured:
Alfred NJ. Lane, private, both legs
broken, will die.
Harvard Balaski. private. leg broken,
internal injuries, will die.
f.. X. Richards, first lieutenant. Com
pany II, badly cut about arms and
shoulders.
There were several others badly, but
not fatally. injured.
The train IN which the most damage
was done was carrying the First Mis-
sour from Chattanooga to the park.
The last car of this train was loaded
with horses of the officers.
The military train was standing on
the Chattanooga. Rome g. Southern
track. just beyond the crossing of the
belt line, about n half mile from Ross
vile. IL was crashed into by the reg
ular southbound morning Chattanooga.
Rome southern passenger train. 1t
Is said that there was no fIagman ON
the military train.
Tho Shn,lx uuS S,ynr, ~, 1,,,,,.
tive Of the passenger train was iammcd
into the horse car. and this ear cora
plctcly wrecked the baggage ear, which
was the next one forward. The man
who was killed and those badly in
jurcd were all on the horse ear. Every
thing was done to stop the passenger
train when the other was seen, but il
was going at too great speed. The en-
ginccr, w. G. Wheeler. stuck To his
post to the last and escaped with only
a manned ankle. He and his fireman
were at once arrested and placed under
"A squad of soldiers. They are gravcly
ccnsurcd by the soldiers for running
so rapidly with "A special train ahead of
them.
All the horses of the officers. valu-
able animals, were killed. The for.
ward coaches of the military train were
bailey shaken, but no injury was done
to any onc in them. The damage
would have been much greater had the
train not been made up in exactly the
reverse of the usual order. II il had gone
out in regular order the slccpcrs
would have been in the rear.
and the officers who occupied
them would have been in great
danger. The wounded. about twelve
III all. were taken at once in charge by
Surgeon Wills of the First battalion of
the regiment. Colonel Edwin Batdorf,
commanding the regiment, is doing
everything possible for the sufferers.
Lieutenant Colonel John Jacob Aston
of New York and Il number of troops
were on the regular train. They were
not injured.
The First Missouri Volunteer infant
ry is IA 81. Louis regiment. 1t is com
posed If l,0j0 ST. Louis young men.
Thursday evening the regiment. under
the command of Colonel Edwin Bat
dorf. left jefferson barricks over the
Illinois Central railroad in three sec,
tions, for C~hickarnauga.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-05-27
Another Troop Train Wrecked.

SAVANNAH, Ga, May at,-Early this
morning a special train on the Florids
Central & Peninsula railway, carrying
North Carolina troops on the way to
Florida, collidcd with a northbound
vegetable train. Private William Bar
bee was killed and Private j.. Nj. Col.
clough was fatally injured.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-05-27

The total number of school children
according to the census of last June is
3ji.9 99, and the rate per scholar is
SILL.
This is the largest scmi.anual APP
p"ortionmcnt in the history of the
state. There is a substantial increase
in revenue from state taN. interest ON
county bonds and interest on school
lands leased. While the cvcnuc from
interest on school lands leased j. Sl!g.-
900 greater than for the last Scmi-an-
nual apportionmcnt. the revenue de
rived from interest on school lands
sold is SlO2. 900 loss than il was when
the last apportionmcnt was made.
This increase of interest on school
lands leased and decrease of interest
ON school lands sold is said to he the
result of a law withdrawing the school
lands from sale.
In May. 1896. the revenue from state
tax was Sol. 100. while il is now Ss3.-
$40. Interest ON county bonds amount
ed to s1i.lOG in May. 1896. and 1t is
now Ssh ,3lG.
In May. 1897. the interest on school
lands sold was Slil. 500. II is now
Sii.9s3. In May. ls".. the interest ON
school lands leased was $500. II
now amounts to 500. 9O3.
The apportionmcnt among counties
is rs follows:
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-05-27
The Boy Spy Released.

TAMPA, Fla, May 23.-After a thor
|ough investigation of the charges
against young Garcia, son of "A cigar
manufactures of Tampa, who was ar
rested on suspicion of being "A Spanish
spy, General Shaftcr ordered that he
be h%onorably discharged.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-05-27

JEFFERSON BARRACKS, Mo-, May 23.-
The Third regiment mas been ordered
70 Dunn Loring, Va, a rendezvous for
volunteer troops near Washington.
Hopes for orders to Manila have been
noorished by Colonel Gross and the
fegimcnt.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-05-27
Lemons for rhi,pp,n. sailors

SAN DIEGO, Cal, May 2l.-The
chamber Of has shipped to
San Francisco q carload OF lemons,
consigned to the Red Cross Society,
for the American soldiers and sailors
In the Philippiues,
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-05-27

WASHINGTON, May 81. - Paymastci
General stanton has referred to Sccre-
tary Algcr the appointment of eighteen
additional paymasters for the regular
army in addition to the twenty now in
the service. This increase General
stanton thinks is necessary in view of
the recruiting Of the regular branch 70
the full war strength of 60. 90 men.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-05-27
ON THEIR WAY TO U B
Invading Troops Said to Have Started
From Key West.

WAsWNGToS, May eat is believed
here that the invasion of Cuba has be-
gun. The press censor will not permit
news OF the movements AT Tampa and
Key West to leak out, but from other
sources comes the information that the
United states regulars are on THAR
way To Cuba.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-05-27
Lemons for rhuhppin. Sailor.

SAN DIEGO, Cal, May 2l.-The
chamber OF has shipped to
San Francisco n carload Of lemons,
consigned to the Red Cross Society,
for the American soldiers and sai,ors
in :he Philippines
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-05-27

Christ is on trial in your home as
much as he was before Filate.-Ex.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-05-27

The right hand, which 10 more sensi.
tive to the touch than the left, is less
sensitive than the latter to the effect OF
heat or cold.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-05-27
A LARGE ARMY TO GO.
The Manila Expedition May humble
Thirty Thousand Troops.

Thirty Thousand Troops.
New YORK, May 2l.-A san Fran
cisco dispatch to the New York Even
ing Journal says;
Eight thousand troops will sail from
this port Saturday or Sunday for the
relief of Dewey AT Manila. They will
be taken in four transports. Fourteen
thousand troops are already campcd in
the Preside. Others arc on their way
to the coast. A larger expedition will
sail later with General Merritt in com.
mand. The force may reach 5000.
The first expedition will bc in COM
mand Of General n. s. Otis and will
include q number of army officers
designated for various positions. The
bulk Of the force to 60 under General
Otis will be regulars.
ST. THOMAS, Danish West indies,
May 2l.-Refugees from Porto Rico,
who arrived here yesterday, report
that the inhabitants in the cities on
the coast arc in daily fear of lombard
mcnt. Stories arc told throughout the
island of American barbarity, the OBJ
ject being to stir up the people to u
strong resistance.
Senior Castillo Declines
PARIS May sl-Senor Leon y Cas-
tillo, Spanish ambassador to France.
who has been rendered the foreign
Office in the new cabinet of Senior Sa-
gasta, has replied to Senior Sagasta,
declining to accept