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The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-05-27
SHE[L|NGO SIN JUN.
SIMPSONS Shots at the Porto Ricar
Town Were Far From Wasted.
TWENTY MEN WERE KILLED.
About Sixty Injured In the Forts-Cap-
tain Lloyd OF the British Steamer Ar
kadia Arrives in New York From San
Juan and Tells About Bombardment.

New YORK, May 23.-Captain Lloyd
of the steamer Arkadia, that has just
arrived here from San Juan, Porto
Rico, says that he and the ships stew
ard were the only n who went
ashore during the steamers three
hours stay at the bombarded port.
From what l learned, twenty men
were killed by the American guns"
said Captain Lloyd. "Of these six were
moved down at the guns and the
others were laid out by bursting shells
in the d~efenses.
1.-THE agent of the line, a naturaliZed
American citizen, took me around the
town. A shell from the American feet
had struck the fourth story of the Ho-
tel Ingletierra, knocked off the whole
roof and drove the guests, men and
women, into the streets in their night
clothes at Sis a. N.
Flying over the forts a good many
shells had fallen into the fat lands,
striking houses, some of which are
now propped up to keep them from
tumbling. l saw a store house that
had been riddled by an American
shell, which had punctured the
roof, bored it's 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
q Spanish merchant steamer, the Man
uella.
"a Spanish custom house inspector
told me that his father, a soldier, had
been killed while asleep in his bed, by
one of the first shots. Below the for
tifcations lie many shells, some of
them still u~nexploded. The Spaniards
are picking them up and treasuring
them for memantos. See the presents
the Yankees sent u.s. they tell their
friends.
eff q man can speak only so much
English as yes or mo- 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 at San Juan as to
whether the bombardment 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 a torpedo boat,
while another declared that two
American warships had been captured
and thirty-two men made prisoners.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-05-27
EXPECT CERVERA TO SAIL.
The Spanish Fleet, 1t Is Thought in Va
Iencia, VIII Not Wait for Sampson.

The Spanish Fleet, 1t Is Thought in Va
Iencia, VIII Not Wait for Sampson.
VALENCIA, Spain, May 23.-Otficial
dispatches from Santiago de Cuba an
nounce the safe arrival there OF the
Spanish squadron under the command
of Admiral Cervera. Naval authori-
ties in Madrid are of the opinion that
there is no fear of attack being
made upon tie 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 commune
cate with his government and to take
on coal and provisions, it 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
strong contingent of troops and artil-
lery to Manila at once. Everyone in
sists that revenge should be sought off
Manila itself and that Admiral Dew
ey's squadron there could be annihi-
lated long before effective reinforce
ments 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 recapture of Cavite and the sensa-
tional destruction of Dewey's forces,
even though Cuba should be lost later
as q consequence.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-05-27
~"CIRCUMSTANTIAL CABINET
Nickname Given to spain's New Ministry
Aggressive War Policy,

Nickname Given to Spain's New Ministry
Aggressive War Policy.
MADRID, May 23.-The ministers in
full uniform appeared in the senate
yesterday. Owing to the circum-
stances. the new cabinet is already
nicknamed the ''Circumstantial cabi-
net" The premier, Senior Sagasta, ex-
serted that the new ministry will con-
tinue the policy of the former minis
try. He related how Spain did
everything to avoid war until America,
violating all recognized diplomacy, at
tackled Spain with an injustice unpre-
cedented in the annals of civilized his
tory, and compelled Spain to respond
with war to war, which Spain would
continue a out outrance Ito the ut
most. until an honorable peace is OBJ
tanned"
This" the premier continued, sis a
strong policy, and the new government
will also theoretically conduct nego-
tiations with European and other
states"
In presenting the new ministers to
the chamber, Senior Sagasta explained
that the appointment of a minister of
foreign affairs had been postponed be-
cause Senior Leon Y Castillo had not
accepted the portfolio, being detained
in Paris by very important negotia-
tions which may lead to fresh develop
ments in the present grave situation"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-05-27
SOLDIERS N WRECK
One Member of the First Missouri
Dead and Two Dying.
WERE ALL FROM ST. LOUIS.
Near Chickamauga Park q Passenger
Train Ran Down the Special Carrying
the yoiunteers-Twelve Men Hurt
The Engineer Under Arrest.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, May 23.-One
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, artificer, Company D.
The injured:
Alfred NJ. Lane, private, both legs
broken, will die.
Harvard Balaski, private, leg broken,
internal injuries, will die.
E. r. Richards, first lieutenant, Com
pany H, badly cut about arms and
shoulders.
There were several others badly, but
not fatally, injured.
The train on which the most damage
was done was carrying the First Mis-
souri, 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 81 Southern
track, just beyond the crossing of the
belt line, about a half mile from Ross
vile. 1t was crashed into by the reg
ular southbound morning Chattanooga,
Rome & Southern passenger train. 1t
is said that there was no fagman on
the military train.
The shock was severe. The locomo-
tive of the passenger train was jammed
into the horse car, and this car COM
pletely wrecked the baggage car, which
was the next one forward. The man
who was killed and those badly in
jured were all on the horse car Every
thing was done to stop the passenger
train when the other was seen, but it
was going at too great speed. The en-
gineer, 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 gravely
censured 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 one in them. The damage
would have been much greater had the
train not been made up in exactly the
reverse of the usual order. If it had gone
out in regular order the sleepers
would have been in the rear,
and the officers who occupied
them would have been in great
danger. The wounded, about twelve
in 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 Astor
of New York and a number of troops
were on the regular train. They were
not injured.
The First Missouri Volunteer infant
ry is a st. Louis regiment. 1t is COM
posed of 1,050 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~hickamauga.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-05-27
TT IS NOT NICOTINE.
PROFESSOR MALLET coRREcTS
CIGARETTE CRITICS
MISTAKES.
Communication In The ~scientiho AMT"
can, On q Matter OF Popular hSa''
Observation-Disclosures Handkerchief iS
II No Test At AL

]. w. Maliet, professor OF cneIiisei'
In the University of Virginia, In q com
munication to the current numpef Oh
the Scientific American, says with rel
erence to cigarettes of American man
ufaetHre:
Ignorance of easily ascertainaDle
scientific facts is, however, common
enough, as is often illustrated by the
brown, oily material formed In the
smoking of tobacco being pointed out
as nicotine, though in reality this is
merely the tar produced by the action
of heat on the woody fiber OF the leaf.
Nicotine when pure is a ~colorless
fluid of somewhat oily consistence n
strong, peculiar, penetrating odor, put
1t darkens on exposure 10 air and hght,
becoming first yellow and then brown.
SO that 1t looks, in this darkened con-
dition, something like the tarry matter
which coils a smokers fingers or a
handkerchief through which tobacco
smoke is exhaled, or is often noticed
as deposited in the stem Of a pipe.
This tarry deposit has nothing es-
sential in common with nicotine, and
contains but traces Of this alkaloid,
when any at all.
"a part, but only a small part Cabout
one-seventh IN the experiments OF
Melsens), of the real nicotine Of to-
bacco is volatilized without decompo-
sition; the remainder is burned AID
destroyed in the process Of smoking
The simple facts are, that such cigar
cites as l have examined, representing
a large part of those in general use
throughout the United States, are
made from pure, light-yellow tobacco
of the high grade produced on certai-
special soils, prominently in certain OF
the southern counties Of Virginia ana
the adjacent portion Of North Carolina
with wrappers Of the best quality OF
harmless vegetable fiber paper. and are
entirely free from the aGulterants
which it has been asserted are present,
with no evidence in favor Of such as
sertion, and in absolute contradiction
of the scientific evidence actually avail
able.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-05-27
THE MARKETS.
Kan,a. City Grain and Livs stool.

Hard Wheat-No l. 81 %: Ma 2 s1.23;
No 8, s1.2fn; No 4. 81. Is: rejected. II. IS.
Soft Wheat No l. 81 % No > t122:
No 8, s1.21; No 4 Il. 16; rejected, SI.14i.
Spring Wheat-No = IL Is No ; 81. 19;
rejected, S1.1211.15.
Mixed Comma > ga No 3 1870;
No 4. 32hc; no grade, 31932c-
White Corn - No 2, 35A:. No. 3 Soc;
No 4. 32nc.
Cattle Receipt 427: calves -:
shipped. 2,43o cattle: 3 calves The mar
ket was nominally steady.
Shipping and dressed beef steers 5000
500. native h~eifers, S4OO0+.65; native
COWS. SO. 25 "a 25: native feeders. 1850
AGO: native stockers s40OG41 10
Hogs Receipts. $40; shipped. 99I.
The general market was strong TO D cents
higher with exceptional sales il to cents
higher than closing price yes terday.
Prices ranged from s2.15Q4.4o.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-05-27
Lee Leaves Washington.

WASHINGTON, May 23.-Major Gen.
eral Fitzhugh Lee, who is to command
the Seventh army corps, now being
modified at Tampa. left Washington
yesterday for Richmond, Va, whence
he will proceed in a day or two tc
Florida. Two of his aides, Algernon
Sartoris and Carlos Carbonel, will join
the general at Tampa next week.
From Richmond, General Lee will bc
accompanied to Tampa by his son.
Fitzhugh Lee, Jr, who is to DC one OF
his aides.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-05-27
Dons' Navy Did Not Impress Him.

DETROIT, Mich, May 23.-Thomas
w. Palmer, ex-minister to Spain, in an
interview to-day, said he did not con-
slider SPANS navy at all formidable.
Mr.. Palmer said he thought Admiral
C%ervera's squadron was no match for
either of she squadron's commanded by
Sampson and Schley. In regard to
SPANS coast Notifications he said that
while minister to Spain he inspected
the Notifications at Cadiz and eX-
pressed the opinion that four thirteen
inch projectiles would completely shat
ter them.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-05-27
The AdiecffNe.

A writer in Longman's Magazine
says that everybody nowadays in prose
or poetry claps on an adjective to every
noun 1t degrades the adjective and
enervates the noun. Then. too. there
are a host OF vulgar, over-dressed peo-
pie introduced into our company. whom
we, the old-fashioned adjectives. hard
ly ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS" intense"
weird" fiery" sympathetic"
Splendid" secure" naive" i'm
pressive," poignant" mostly attached.
too, to the wrong nouns. There are
too many ~adjectives, Snd they carry
too much sail, like Delilah. bedecked,
ornate and gay. l noticed. as an in
stance. the other day, a criticism in q
French review of the academician sea
captain who calls himself Pierre Lott,
whose style Is sc defeated that he
seldom Or never uses an adjective more
startling than good bad" green"
red dark" light" and so on; and
yet so orders his sentence that the ad-
jective shines out like a rose on s
brier bush.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-05-27
Look on This Picture ana on Thai.

Look on This Picture AND on That
"All's air in love and war" Is \
common but, 1t is to be hoped. not
wholly true saying; otherwise some
of the meanest acts would be excused
Napoleon was not above the paltriest
deeds. At the battle Of Dresden. in
1913, he noticed that a group Of OH
GERS had ridden within gunfre, and
babe his artillery send a shower OF
shot amongst them. There are" he
said, perhaps some little generals in
their midst"-in the emperor's mind
be was the only great general A gun
was discharged at the group, and Nor
eau, a famous French soldier who had
Joined the allies, and who was almost
as fine a general as Napoleon, was
fatally injured. Curiously enough, in
the course OF the battle OF Waterloo
(1S15), a colonel in command Of q bat
terry Of British artillery reported 10
Wellington that he had the range OF
the spot where Napoleon and his staff
were standing, and asked if he might
pick some Of them off. Not at all
said the Iron Duke; "generals-in-chief
have something else TO do in battle
than fire at each other"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-05-27
FIRST TROOP SHIP TUESDAY.
Regulars Expect to Leave for the Philip
pines In a Few DAYS.

SAN FRANCISCO, May eat has been
announced at the quarters of the First
infantry at the Preside that the regi-
ment is scheduled to break camp to-
morrow afternoon or evening and
make it's quarters on board the City of
Pekin. The plan is to have the troops
leave in the Pekin Tuesday. The in
terval between the arrival of the vol
unteers at the vessel and its departure
will be devoted to the arrangement OF
quarters and the loading of ammuni-
ton. 1t is intended that the steamer
shall move out into the stream Sunday
night, regulations existing against the
transfer of ammunition to a vessel at a
wharf.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-05-27
Mrs. Vaughn Surrenders.

TOPEKA, Kan, May 23.-Mrs. Emma
Vaughn, the Atchison woman who
wrote saucy letters to Mrs. Sloane OF
Kansas City, and in doing so violated
the United States postal laws, notified
n. S. Bone, assistant United States
district attorney, that she would ap-
pear in Leavenworth to-day for hear
ing before a United States commits
sioner. Mr.. Bone will go to Leaven-
worth to meet her.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-05-27
Can't Coal at Newfoundland.

ST. JOINS, N. F., May 23.-The
French government is taking steps to
prevent the Spanish Cadiz squadron
from getting coal in Newfoundland
waters and will dispatch the revenue
cutter Fiona to patrol the south coast
and report the presence of strange
shipping. The warships are also pre-
pairing to visit there.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-05-27
Large Expense of the Army.

WASHINGTON, May 23.-Secretary
Alger has sent the secretary of the
treasury for transmission to congress
supplemental estimates of %appropria-
tions aggregating sss, Gas. $40, required
by the war department for the support
of the regular and volunteer armies of
months Of the fiscal year ending June
80, 1890, in addition to the amounts ap-
%propriated in the acts of March Is and
May 4, 1898.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-05-27
Gomez Closing In on Havana.

New YORK, May ga special from
Port all Prince says that information
has reached that place that General
Gomez, at the head of an army of Is. 200
insurgents, is closing in on Havana
with his advance guard, led by Quentin
Bandera, who, the dispatch says. had a
skirmish with and put to fight SOC
Spanish troops. Santiago de Cuba,
according to the same report, is men
aced by 5000 insurgents under General
Garcia.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-05-27
Missouri G. A. Z. Officers.

CARTHAGE, Mo-, May 23.-Oficers of
the state G. A. r. were elected at the
sncampment as follows: A. G. PETER
son. st. Louis, commander; Comrade
Henry, Kansas City, senior vice COM
mander; Captain futile, Carthage,
iunior vice commander; the Rev. Mr..
Terrell, Tina, chaplain.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-05-27
Kansas Troops in San Francisco.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 23.-The third
battalion of Nebraska volunteers ar
rived here yesterday afternoon aud
marched to their camping ground. The
first and second Kansas volunteers
marched up from the ferry about 7
o'clock and received an enthusiastic
greeting.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-05-27
Nebraska Troops in Chicago.

CHICAGO, May 23.-Two companies
and the Second battalion Of the First
regiment Nebraska United States vol
unteers, numbering 335 men arrived
here yesterday afternoon from Lincoln,
Nebraska, over the Rock Island rail
road. They left Immediately over the
Monon route for Cincinnati, where
they will be transferred to the Queen
and Crescent road and proceed to Chick
amauga
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-05-27
They Would Go to Manila.

WASHINGTON, May 23.-Colonel Rus
sell B. Harrison has submitted a petit
ton to the war department asking that
the One Hundred and Fifty-ninth In
diana regiment be assigned to service
in the Philippines. Senator Teller has
presented the request of the Colorado
infantry to be sent with General Mer-
rift.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-05-27
SPANS Powder Our Prize.

KEY WEST, Fla, May 23.-Over forty
cases of ammunition was found to-day
on the Spanish steamer Argonauta,
captured during the first days of the
war. 1t was on board this steamer
that Lieutenant Colonel Cortijo. Wey-
ler's brother-in-law. was captured. with
other Spanish soldiers now prisoners
at Fort Mcpherson.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-05-27
Budd Wins the Trophy.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-. May 23.-Charles
w. Budd of Des Moines, Iowa, was the
only one of the nearly seventy contest
ants in the Star championship cup
event to kill every bird, and he will to-
day contest with the past holders of
the cup to secure its permanent pos
session.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-05-27
Boycotting French Goods.

CINCINNATI, Ohio, May 23.-Patriotic
feeling has risen to such a pitch here
that leading women are persistently
refusing goods known to be of French
manufacture. Merchants have found
it to their advantage to remove French
labels whenever practicable.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 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
manufacturer of Tampa, who was ar
rested on suspicion of being a Spanish
spy, General Shafter ordered that he
be honorably discharged.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-05-27
BLOW AT SEVERY, KAN.
Cyclone Fatally Injuries Several and Does
Much Damage.

SEvERY, Kan, May ga cyclone
formed west of Severy yesterday after
noon. 1t passed north of Severy a half
mile, going from southwest to north
east, destroying the house of MI. Day,
north of town. The family narrowly
escaped. j. w. Mitchell's house, two
miles northeast, was destroyed. Mr..
Mitchell was seriously injured and his
wife and baby probably fatally hurt.
Both are unconscious at this time. The
girls arm was broken and two other
children were badly bruised. 1t is re-
ported hat Ben Mitchell's house, seven
miles northeast was destroyed and
burned.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-05-27
. Missouri Recruiting.

SEpAL1A, Mo-, May 23.-Lieutenant
Rufus E. Longan and his assistants of
the Eleventh United States infantry
completed their recruiting at this point
last evening, after having enlisted
sixty men, and the last batch was sent
to Fort Mcpherson, Ga, last night.
Lieutenant Longan goes to Warrens-
burg to-day.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-05-27
No Aid Spanish for Manila.

LONDON, May 23.-The Madrid cor
respondent of the Daily Mail says:
Lieutenant General Correa, minister of
war, assures me that nothing definite
has been decided upon with respect to
the expedition to the Philippines. The
government will be guided by circum-
stances.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-05-27

ST. JOHNS, n. F., May 23.-The French
barkentine Dennc, from Sydney for
St. Pierre, with a cargo of coal has
been lost with all hands, off Point
Plattee, Miquelon islands.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-05-27
Senior Polo Leaves Canada.

MONTREAL, May 23.-Senor Polo Y
Berhabe and his suite went aboard the
Dominion line steamship Dominion at
a late hour last night. The ship sails
early to-day. The senor refused to
talk with reporters.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-05-27
Terror Still at Martinioue.

ST. PIERRE, Martinique, May %
The Spanish torpedo boat destroyer
Terror and the hospital ship Alicante
are still at Fort de France.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-05-27

PrIace Henry VIII Not Go to Manila.
BERLIN, May 23.-The officials of the
German foreign Office say Prince Henry
of Prussia, who is now in China, has
no intention at present of going to
Manila.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-05-27
ON THEIR WAY TO CUBA.
Invading Troops Said to Have Started
From Kew West,

WASHINGTON, May 23.-1t 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 hat the
United States regulars are on their
way to Cuba.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1898-01-27
Tonight's Opera,

The people of Carson have not had
a chance in many years to hear an
opera put on with such care and ex-
pense as the one that apperrs this
evening They have a surprisingly
good selection Of artists. Miss
Beatrice Mckinzie, the prima donna,
10 fresh and graceful and has a sweet,
clear and full voice which charms her
audience. Miss Adele Harrington is
one Of the cleverest prima donna SOU
brettes to-day and is chic and dainty.
Edward Webb. the tenor comiuue is a
bright and original comedian. Louise
Lewis. mezzo soprano; Maud Allison,
contralto: and Stella Madison, SOU
brette; are all clever and popular.
Jack Allison the basso, has a fine
voice and is most artistic. Mount Joy
Walker, n of the funniest of opera
tic comedians is ably seconded by
James Durrant another comedian.
With a large and exceileEtly trained
chorus and their own orchestra under
the direction of Richard F. Lindsay,
a performances such as is rarely seen
will be given by this now famous
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