The Red Cloud chief., 1898-05-27
Tucsday. NAY -.

expected.
Tuesday. May -.
Adyicr> received late yesterday indi-
Gated the arrival at Key West of the
hat,lrship Oregon.
II now believed the monitor Mon
trrcv Will br ,owcd clear across the
Pacific. ON account of her limited coal
capacity.
\ report was current yesterday in
London financial circles of "a forth.
coming announcement of a Franco.
spanish alliance.
spain j, very mad over the fact that
American ships sometimes fly the
spar ieh Nag for purposes of deception.
They call it ~'coWardly diniquitous."
Company \. Third regiment. y. y.
g.. organized last night by clccting II.
&. Nhitmorc. II university graduate.
captain. {. I. Schwarz first lieutenant
and t.. Il. Morrison second lieutenant.
The Rome correspondent of IN, Lon
don Chronicle says he learns that the
vatIcanN declaration of neutrality wa,
due To- Il notification from Washington
that ne manifestations of sympathy
with spain would bc tolerated.
4 II. Johns. y. f.. dispatch says tn,
captain of an English warship has
urged Sir Herbert Murray. governor.
to advise the United States to send one
Of it's fastest cruisers To patrol the
grand banks for "a week or more. that
the cruiser, Cn sighting Spaniards
might warn nitcd states.
The First regiment of California vol
untccr> embarked ON the City of Pekin
~ san Francisco yesterday. The Second
Oregon and one battalion of the Four
tccnth infantry United States regulars
will embark today ON the City of
sidney. Both boats will depart for
Manila n soon as supplies are taken
on board.
The soldier boys do not appear to be
in very good odor with the residents of
Chattanooga. Several rowdies have
diSgraccd themselves by insulting la
dies on the streets and this has angered
the citizens. Needless to- say that
none of the Nclr taus have done any
thing like this. All the boys seem to
value their regulations and that of the
state which they represent and Colonel
Bills places his trust in their actions
TO such an extent that they want to
keep 1t.
As the train approached Chattanooga
the Nebraska boys manifested the
greatest interest in lookout mountain.
They saw a mountain covered with
thickly growing trees, the top sur.
mounted 10y "A hotel, railroad track aud
other modern convcnicnccs. Colonel
Bills pointed ont the spot where Gen.
eral Hooker and his troops climbed up
ON their journey To the clouds and
where the stars and stripes were plant.
ed. \ few miles further on Mission.
airy Ridge was observed. Both these
scenes were inspected closely by tn,
N~cbraskans.
Col, John L. Bratt of the First Ne.
braSka regiment of volunteers has tel
%cgraphed from san Francisco the
amount which he finds by the pay roll
is due to officers and enlisted men now
with him. The amount is ST, Tel,
~cgraphic instructions will be giver
Colonel Bratt 10 draw on the state foI
the money, The same order will b,
autographed 10 Colonel Bills of the See
ond Nebraska regiment. The work OF
checking over the second regimen
l'AN WA " WV IANN'' N'NihN' liz
, total for that regiment including pay
of those who were rejected is owe
!, - 900.
The boys of the Second regiment
| Nebraska volunteers, arrived in Cam
I Ihickamauga sunday, They wer,
| pretty tired but otherwise were %. k
, On approaching Chattanooga the frs
p section bearing the first battalion mar
rowly missed being run into by a pa,
Scngcr train. The two trains Stoppe,
within 100 feet Of each other. in
first battalion arrived in historic Muir
frecShoro ut I:l5 n. IN, saturday. !
few miles north it passed the ccmeter
= where the bodies of the veterans VIII
= fell at the battle of stone river lie
0 The sight quoted the boys immediate
; ~. A few minutes later they wer
singing ION the Banks ofthc Wabash.
T. Way Down Upon the Swanee River
and Dixie" The first carried ther
Z back to thcir'homes where it has bee
I so popular. The latter songs arouse,
in them a purcr, more friendly fcelin
q for the land into which they wcr
% iourneying. At Murfrecsboro tn
+ train stopped for II few. minutes an
+ the boys in the coaches availed then
o selves of the opportunity to lave thei
! faces in the cool waters OF S,oac "iyci