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The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-15
Tuesday. July I2.

Nebraska is u corn state, for n
thing. Yesterday II squad of the First
Nebraska saw green corn at u store.
The sergeant commanded: Right
face. Salute The emblem of the
home state was given all honor and
the squad passed on looking for more
pincapples or pretty girls.-Honolulu
paper, June -.
The Honolulu Evening Bulletin has
this tn day Of Nebraska's First: THE
men Of the Nebraska regiment cor sist
of the most intelligent class of men
which have been mustered into the
United States service and the colonel
has been very highly complimented
upon the appearance, efficiency and
gcntlemanly conduct of his men"
The cloudburst of Wednesday night
last flooded rlattsmouth and the dam
age will yeseh $50, 100. A Ere engin"
from Omaha Is being utilized To pump
the water from the flooded cellars.
Word has been received in Lincoln
that Frank Burr of Company +, End
regiment, has passed the examination
At Fortress Monroe and was second
best among Il large number Franz
has o great many friends in Lincoln
who will be more than pleased to hear
of his good luck in passing examina-
ton for q ~lieuteuancy in the reg ular
! army,
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-15
NEWS OF NEBRASKA.
SUCCINCT SUMMARY OF A
WEEKS EVENTS
Most Important Happenings Of the Past
Seven Days Brieny Mentioned--An For
lions of the state Covered--A Thorough
Resume Of Nebraska News.
Wednesday, July g.

Nebraska farmers were generally to
busy harvesting wheat to celebrate
the glorious Fourth.
J. +. Doll. living southeast of st.
Paul, committed suicide early Tuesday
morning by putting a bullet through
his brain.
Harry Nearine, an employee at
Dempster's factory in Beatrice, may
lose the sight of his right eye by a
piece OF steel flying into it, penetrat-
ing the eyeball.
Mrs. A. j. Lcguerein Of st. Louis.
who was visiting friends on Bancroft
street, Omaha, last night cut her throat
and stabbed herself with a carving
knife. Her husband states she has
been demented for some time.
The Central Granary company. uc-
cessors to Harris Bros. has decided To
increase the capacity of its plant in
the Burlington tracks on the west
side of Lincoln. The present elevator
is a large and substantial structure,
but the need of more room was so
pressing that the company commenced
the erection of an enormous elevator
having a capacity of a quarter of a
million bushels of grain. 1t will be
one of the larges. buildings in Lin
coin. Work la begun several days
ago.
According to the decision Of the
%paymaster the boys of the Second Ne
braska will get nc pay for six days
they have served. The regiment was
called out April %. The state of Ne.
braska paid the men from that date to
and including May 4. The regiment
was mustered May 10. 1t was sup
posed the government would pay the
six days preceding muster as pre-
scribed. But the government officials
hold that the state of Nebraska has
paid for eight days and that the
United States will have to reimburse
il. IL this decision is sustained tn,
Nebraska regiment will lose about
SO. 300. 1t means a deduction Of 81.
500 to the enlisted men and about $500
to the officers.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-15
England After the Pr,yatesr.

VICTORIA, Ii. G., July l3.--In re.
sponse To the request of United States
Consul Deadley of Vancouver, Admiral
Pulleser, commander of the Pacific
British squadron, stationed at Esqui.
malt, has dispatched II. NJ. =, Amph.
ion, n second class cruiser, carrying
nine guns, and the sloopof wal Icarus,
mounting eight guns, to cruise the
waters of the North to search for tho
alleged privateer which, according To
reports that have reached the ears of
the consul, lies hidden In the vicinity
of Dixon entrance, the passage for
southbousd treasure ships.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-15
PERCENTAGE OF LOSS LARGE.
General Kent's Division Suffered Severely
In santiago Fight.

'S"'
WITH GENERAL KENT's DIVISION,
July 6.-The following is the loss by
regiments in General Kent's division
Of the Fifth army corps. This division
sustained the heaviest loss in the fight.
Ing Of July /. and lost more men in the
deadly charge on San Juan hill than
any other organization engaged in the
aght.
General Hawkins brigade, Sixth in
fantry-4Kilied: -Four officers and Is
men. Wounded-Seven officers and 80
men; total. I23.
Sixteenth infantry-Killed: One Of
ficer and IA men. Wounded-Five Of.
icers and iO4 men; total, 1875.
Seventy-frst New York infantry
Killed--No officers and IS men.
Wounded-One officer and go men; to.
tai, ~.
Pearson's brigade, Second infantry
Killed: No officers and 6 men.
Wounded-Four officers and ~ men;
total, 81.
Tenth infantry-Killed: One officer
and 5 men. Woundcd-Fivc officers and
35 men; total, 40.
Twenty-frst infantry Killed: Nc
officers and g men. Wounded--One of
tcer and 30 men; total, ~.
General Ewen's brigade, Ninth in
fantry-killed: One officer and 3 men
Wounded--No officer, % men; total. 81
Thirteenth infantry-Killed: Tw,
officers and 10 men. Wounded-Fiv,
officers and 50 men; total, 1903.
Twensy-fourth infantry Killed
Two officers and II men. Wounded
Six officers and "A men: total, %.
Grand total, 693. Total number en-
gagged, $500. In this division the per
centage of loss IS 1917.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-15
Monday, July IL.

Collector j. +. Houtz reports that tho
collections from this district in the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1898, not in
Guiding any war tax. were 81, $500 600
as against 81. 800, 900 for the previous
year and being four times as much as
the collections the year before that.
The collections since the war tax
went into effect are very much in
creased. They now average about &c.
900 a day.
A regiment Of New York troops
passed through Omaha Saturday G
ing and under direction of Mayor
Moores were royalty welcomed and fed.
The soldiers were not allowed to get
of the train and ladies carried the food
into the cars. Some of them met with
thrilling experiences before they
emerged, the soldiers dcspoiling them
of neckties, pins and other toilet trink-
let's, some of which were retained and
some recovered On peculiar conditions.
One young lady who wore "A valuable
pin twice missed it, but recovered IL
each time by kissing the soldier in
whose possession she found IL. 1t didn't
make any difference to a soldier
whether the lady within his reach was
| old or young II his arm would only
reach around her he would not resist
the temptation.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-15
WARS EFFECTS IN HAVANA.
Business IL rsrsiysed and People are Out
Of Work.

Of Work.
New YoRK. july Am interesting
account Of the situation in Havana,
written by Senior +. Lopez Alluc, q
Madrid newspaper correspondent, has
reached the Cuban junta here. II was
written before the destruction Of Ad-
miral Cervera's squadron and while
the inhabitants of Havana were ex-
pecting those vessels TO come TO their
relief with provisions. The letter says
in part:
In Havana we are feeling more and
more each day the deprivations due to
the conduct Of the war. At the be-
ginning Of the trouble, when the
American feet first established the
blockade, there was plenty of stores in
warehouses and in the custom house,
and for n time the traffic and move
ments In the streets were the same as
in times of peace. Then II was diff
cult 20 move about in such streets as
the Gale dc OfRcio, Gale Inquisidor
and Gale Obropia, because of the con-
gestion of heavy trucks, loaded wagons
and vehicles of all kinds.
Now IL is all different. The mer-
.hnndisc has been distributed from the
custom house and there In an utter
paralysis In all branches Of trade.
To-day those streets, where once was
all activity and hustle, wear a holiday
or rather n mournful air of quiet.
Hungry dogs sniff along the cutters,
which they have cleared long since OF
all refuse. They have lost their domes-
ITCHY, fee at the approach of a man
and their lean TANKS and hungry eyes
give them the appearance Of wild ami
mails.
In the shadow of every tree and
building can be seen dozens of steve
dores, coachmen, wagoners and public
laborcrs, lying idle and hopeless. For
weeks they have been without work.
Thousands Of working men and women
in the tobacco industry are reduced to
the same condition.
Efforts have been made by tho Off
cials here to keep this condition of the
city and its people a secret, but l do
not believe that patriotism requires It.
IL Is necessary that these facts be made
public In order that the people OF Mad.
rid can appreciate the situation In
Havana and recognize the efforts OF
the people here to maintain the nation.
al integrity, whatever the cost t.
them.
The shore defenscs in Havana arc
now completed. The task was a titan.
ic one, tho usands of laborers working
day and night. II is only just that
tell You hat we owe all this encrg,
and activity TO General Pando, who.
from the time Of his arrival in Havana
on April 90, has not been idle 9
minute.
From the insurrection we know
nothing, or next to nothing. All such
news IN To us by cable from tn,
south, which Is In the hands Of tn,
government. On the north we ar,
completely incommunicado. 1t Is gen
orally understood, however, that GU
troops have evacuated the interior q
Oriente, and have concentrated Il
forts along the coast. We have Jus
heard that the insurgents have drive
our troops from Bayamo and hav
taken possession Of that city. Sue
news as VIC receive rom Spain is s
distorted by the officials here that w
can place little reliance on it.
This letter goes through the kind
ness OF an officer on II German vess,
bound for Europe.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-15
Saturday. July D.

The news of the death of her son
George Geddes who las a member Of
Company c of the First regiment, has
broken the heart of Mrs. Geddes of
Beatrice.
Ike Pace, son OIL. G. Pace OF Lincoln.
has been transferred from + company
of the Second regiment to the Third
regiment, Mt Omaha. and Sergeant
Bolshaw was instructed to recruit N
more to take his place.
A ~four-year-old son of Frank Bush
nell of Columbus died last Wednesday
and was buried Thursday. Bushnell
was informed that the grave would be
robbed. He laid in wait for the ghouls
and when they showed up he fred at
them two big loads of buckshot. They
fed precipitately.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-15
EXTENDED
SANTIAGO GIVEN TWENTY
FOUR HOURS MORE.
Lissres Borrows . Telegraph Operator
From the America. Army to TALK with
His superiors-If santiago Heids Out
shsfter and sampson Will Cooperate

WASHINGTON, July a.-The War de-
partment has POSTED the following
dispatch:
Camp near Santiago, July Per
feet quiet to-day. At the request Of
Spanish general employees OF English
cable company were sent in TO him to
telegraph his government as to sur
rendering.
Men in good spirits and are making
themselves more secure every hour.
Wounds are much less dangerous than
similar wounds made by caliber As.
Among the large number wounded
there are few amputations. Perhaps
ten will cover IL.
General health OF command Is good.
One hundred and Atty cases Of fever,
which will run their course in four or
Eve days, but none serious. 4 am feel
ing much better. -Shaftcr, Major Gen
eral.
WIrH S%HAFrER's ARMY, July THE
armistice has been extended till noon
Saturday, in order TO allow General
Linares to communicate with Captain
General Blanco and with Madrid.
General Linares informed General
Shafter that he had no telegraph OPP
orator, and one was sent into the city
accompanied by the British consul,
+. Ramsden. under the British flag.
Not a shot has been fred recently on
either side, but work Is pushed on the
batteries and entertainments. Our po-
| ctttnv, hoe hAar urAANl, nha-al
during the last forty-eight hours, the
American lines advancing to within
400 yards Of the enemy, and our hill
side batteries overlook and command
the city.
General Lawton's division advanced
500 yards, to the great surprise of the
enemy.
The dynamite gun Of Colonel Woods
Rough Riders" in charge OF Sergeant
Hallett Alsop Borrowe, has been
beautifully placed, hidden in a snug
pit.
The streams have been bridged over.
allowing the transportation of heavy
artillery with facility and the roads
have been greatly improved. The
ScucThi Tcaitn Oh tnc sOlulerS II ROOu.
The armistice is affording q long
needed rest for our men and they are
now in good shape TO resume fighting.
General Linares is evidently weak
ening. and the mediation of the bishop
Of Santiago and the consular com
panies may persuade him TO surrender.
In case hostilitics are resumed, the
plan of assault is for Rear Admira
Sampson to lombard the forts at tn.
mouth Of the harbor, driving the mer
away from the guns, and then land
thousand men and occupy the forts
while men, with graphing irons, go II
and countermine the harbor.
The fleet will then enter and bonn
bard the city, supporting the Ian,
assault.
General Garcia, the insurgent com
mander. received orders yesterd nc
to attack the Spaniards while the nc
gotiations are on foot.
The Spanish cruisers are still file,
with charred bodies and the buzzard
are lowering about the wrecks. Tn,
Cubans, by Rear Admiral Sampson
orders, have buried the bodies of owe
100 S~paniards, which were washe,
ashore.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-15
FIRED ON THE HOSPITAL SHIP.
h scorpion Came Neear Sinking IN
Cherokee by Mistake.

SIR. LOWS, July IA dispatch to
the St. Louis Republic from Atlanta
says; The hospital ship Cherokee.
bearing 400 wounded soldiers from
Siboney, was fired upon, and, it Is
said, hit in several places, by the Scor-
pion OF her journey to Tampa.
This remarkable story is told by the
patients. who arrived at Fort McPher-
o on the hospital train from Tampa
last night, They say that some of the
shots came near sinking her, and the
Cherokee was saved only by her lights
being turned on In full, whereupon the
scorpion recognized her in the dark
ness, and the unpleasant incident was
aver.
IL Is claimed that nobody aboard the
Cherokee was injured by the firing. a
seconed armed vessel hailed her, but
there was no trouble this time.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-15
sunday. July 10.

Citizens Of Hemmingford are seeking
to secure the erection of a starch fac
tory.
Tecumseh officers headed off q pros
pcctive tar and feather bee by remov
ing the subject ont Of town.
Rev. f. +. Jordan of Grand Island
has been appointed chaplain of the
Third Nebraska regiment.
The Wahoo firebug continues to &c,
in his work with startling regularity.
N. Dunlap's residence was set fire
Saturday night, and Sunday morning
the center car of a groupof ten, stand
ing nea the elevator, was discovered
to he ablaze. The house is a total loss.
and the car was reduced to the con
dition of u fiat car in short order.
q. +. FOWL. special correspondent
for the State journal, writing from
Honolulu in regard To the trip of the
First Nebraska says every mothers
son of the regiment paid tribute to
Neptune by leaning over the bulwarks
in a vain endeavor to get n look at the
fishes. They declared that seasick
ness Is WOTSt tldn II tIOuSdnu ucdtIlS.
A. II. Mendcnhall, vice president of
the State journal company, for more
than twenty-five years n prominent
citizen of Lincoln, met his death early
yesterday morning at his home. 1900
n street, under distressing circum-
stances. During the past year he has
been obliged TO give up his work a.
superintendent of the business of the
company and for several months has
been receiving treatment for general
sclerosis, which the physicians con
slider incurable and certain TO result
fatally in "a comparatively short time.
The exact cause OF his death may new
err be known, but it appears that
while laboring under some hallucina-
ton he arose and went out Of the
house between = and 4 o'clock yester-
day morning, and falling into the els
tern In the rear of his residence, was
drowned, His wife missed him about
4 o'clobk. A short search revealed the
displaced cistern cover and n%eighbors
soon found the body and brought il TO
the surface. This was done about AIS.
Life had evidently been extinct for
some minutes and efforts toward re-
suscitation were fruitlcss.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-15
PORTO RICO READY FOR US.
Famine and spanish Misruic Create q
Desire for American Success.

Desire for American Success.
rRoviNcrrowN, Mass, July IA
Captain Mckenna of the British brig
Ethel, who arrived here to-day from
Arceibo, Porto Rico, for orders, brings
q story of great restitution at San
Juan and other places and a deep in.
tcrcst among the inhabitants Of tho
island in the progress of the war.
Several American and British news
papers reached Captain McEcnna
while he lay Mt Arceibo, and he says
that the natives fought to get posses,
sion of them. SO eager were they &c
learn of the progress of the war. All
classes are praying for a speedy settle
ment of hostilities and the majority
express sympathy with the United
States, whose efforts they believe viii
result in bringing them relief fron
the irksome rule Of Spain.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-15
Monetary Panic In ChIii.

NEW YORK, July "a dispatch re.
ceived here from Valparaiso, Chilli,
says: "a financial panic has been &C.
casioned here by the withdrawal and
expectation of gold. which has caused
the Gillian government to officially
close all the banks in Chilli until the
10th inst. During this suspension the
government will consider the advisa.
bility of issuing paper money"
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-15

WILMINGTON, Del, July IA trial,
probably unprecedented in the annals
of this country, that Of "A member Of
the United States Senate ON a criminal
charge, began in the circuit court in
this city yesterday afternoon before
Judge Edward q. Bradford. The de
PENDANT is Richard Rollin Kenney of
Dover, junior Senator from Delaware.
indicted upon a charge of aiding and
abetting William N. Boggs, who has
confessed TO robbing the First Nation
al bank of Dover. of which institution
he was paying teller, Of the sum Of
$l07, 900
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-15

Frank O'Neil, son Of j. Il. O'Neil, a
prosperous ranchman north of Gordon.
vas shot yesterday morning about
sunrise by a man IN ambush. II is said
the gun was loaded with pounded
glass and was fred at short range, ~
O'Neil was burned by the powder. His
shoulder was badly shattered, but it Is
thought he will recover.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-15
Corbln Gets u Promotion.

WAsmNGror, July 0.-Late yestcr.
day afternoon a bin comforting upon
Adjutant General Corbin the rank, pay
and allowances OF a major general was
oassed by the Senate.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-15
A REGIMENT FOR HAWAII.
fhs Cabinet Decides to send soldiers to
the Isla nds at once.

WAsmSGToN, July 9.-As a result of
the cabinet meeting to-day, 1t was de-
cided to dispatch n regiment of troops
to Honolulu immediately, and the
~commandant at the Preside, Cal, has
been communicated with to learn VIVA,
forces are available.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-15
The senate Adtourns.

WAsnISeroS, July D. 49, The senate
adjourned sine die az 500 o'clock this
afternoon.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-15

1t seems sometimes as IL half TIT
people were busy making fools OF them
selyes.-Ex.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-25

Correspondence London Chronicle.
In south Germany the finishing schools.
which are of doubtful utility in England,
have been developed on very practical lines.
Before admission the girls are supposed to
have been thoroughly we'll educated. They
must know the rudiments of arithmetic,
must have fair acquaintance with English
and German grammar, and must be able to
write and speak their own language proper
ly. They come to the school mainly to learn
housekeeping. The schools generally num-
Der from ten to twenty boarders, each of
whom has a separate bedroom. Every morn
ing after breakfast the girl has to make her
own bed and dust the room. Once or twice
month she is obliged to alter the position
Of the furniture, so that she may know how
to arrange things. Every week she is called
upon to take her dresses from the cupboards
where they hang and pack them in a box,
with everything else she may require for a
long visit This done, the mistress inSpectS
1t and points out the many ways in which
In a school in Baden I visited, says the
correspondent, only sixteen pupils are ad-
mttted, and two hOuSemaidS and one cook
are kept. At the commencement OF term
the girls are Informed by the mistress that
four of them are required every week to
have to rise early in the morning, and see
to the preparation of breakfast. When this
is finished they make their beds and tidy
house to see that the servants have done
their work They then are told by the mis-
tress what the midday dinner will consist
Of and this they have to prepare, though
the cook will supervise what they do in the
kitchen, giving hints and preventing waste
One of the four girls will have to sit at the
head of the table and serve the soup, carve
the poultry or joint, and help the sweets
This meal over, those on duty have, after a
short rest, to arrange afternoon tea, which
they lay in the drawing room and at which
they have to wait upon their companions
and any visitors who may happen to call
In the evening there is freqeuntly some
music or light recreation, where the four
girls have to act as hostesses. They finish
up their days work by arranging supper
but are not allowed to retire for the night
until they have left the kitchen in perfect
order, and have seen that the doors and
windows all over the house are properly Sc
cured.
The other girls who have not been so ac-
lively engaged in the house are taught sew
ing and the making and repairing of their
own garments. In the morning they have
their studies, and in the afternoon generally
go for walks. In the winter evenings dances
are arranged, and these are entirely man
aged by the girls on duty. They see to the
preparation of the rooms, engage the
musicians, and draw up the programmes
I'VE mistresses," said one of them, 'are
said in Germany to be the proprietors of
marriage schools. Don't laugh. 1t is true
and the term is not entirely inappropriate. I"
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effrontery than you have shown. In the
contrary case, you are slandered and ought
to protest. not simply to M. Metenier and
myself, but publicly. / shall be delighted to
see you take this attitude and show that
you are an honest man. Your servant,
w. SARDOU."
Potter retorted that Sardou was another,
or something of that sort, and said that he
was not guilty. He explained that he had
squared himself on the score of Fiji and
really could not see that Sardou had been
injured. Whereupon Sardou indited this
epistle to Mr.. Potter:
You bought, on March 3, of NJ. Metenier,
the right to exploit Mile. Fih'-which you
have arrogated without his previous con-
sent-because NJ. Metenier, on that day, told
You that you were a knave.
You know very well that neither ] nor
any one would have protested had there
been between your piece and La Haine'
only such simiarities as might have been
due to chance In other words. if your
dramatic fable was such a Transformation
of mine as to. make it your personal prop
erty. That idea / have clearly established
in the brochure which you have the assur-
ance to quote.
Il hoped that you would give denial to
the ignoble reputation that has been made
for you. 1 regret to perceive that you de-
serve it. " SARDOU"
The incident closed with Potter badly
worsted. He managed to get in the last
word, however, and said that he could not
answer Sardou's note on account of the lat
ter's age and position.