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, 1899-08-03
NEBRASKA SOLDIERS ARRIVE.
Reception Plans Dissrranged by UntimeIy
Hour of Arrival.

San Francisco, July 30-The I'M
timely arrival of II transport Han
cock, having on board the Nebraska
regiment n two batteries of the Utah
artillery, completely destroyed all the
arrangements which had been made
for a royal reception and an enthusiasts
tic welcome to the fighting volunteers
returning crowned with their laurels.
The Hancock dropped anchor in the
stream shortly before midnight last
night. The committees here from Ne
braska and Utah had given mp all idea
Of the vessels arriving earlier than this
morning. and had prepared to be up at
dawn to-day to greet the expected ship.
Tugs and launches had been chartered
and Governor Poynter Of Nebraska had
planned with all care and detail to be
the first man aboard the Hancock and
welcome the heroes from his state
back to American soil. But there We're
no reception committees afioat at mid
night. and only one small delegation
of the Nebraska people. headed by
Judge Robert Ryan and c. o.. Wheaton
or Lincoln. accompanied the custom
house officials and the health officers
on the race down the bay.
Quarantine and customs regulations
prevented even this little band from
S''AihS al tHt utth VI lHt sup
than the approach to the gang plank.
The returning soldiers have no criti-
cisms to offer at their silent reception.
They cheered themselves hoarse at the
sight of the little fleet of launches and
from the decks of the transport shouted
greetings and messages to the people
on the dancing craft below.
Col. II. b. milford of the Nebraskas.
who is in command, soon appeared Mt
the railing. By his side stood William
Grazen of Company ID, the sentinel of
the Nebraska regiment, who fired the
first shot in answer to shots from the
Filipinos which started the war with
the insurgents. He killed the first
Filipino who died by an American bul-
let, and 1t was his shot which was the
signal for the advance of the entire
American line n the great rout of the
rebel army on the night of Feb. T..
The men ON the Hancock numbered
1,136, and include the two Utah light
batteries and six discharged men from
the Twenty-second regiment, q. S. A.
Only n man died on the Hancock
after she left Manila. He was private
Richard Walsh of Battery a. Utah mr.
tillery, and he died of typhoid fever at
Nagasaki.
, 1899-08-03
VIRGINIA HAS YELLOW JACK.
Thirty Cases Discovered In Soldiers Home
Near Hampton.

Thirty Cases Discovered In Soldiers Home
Near Hampton.
Newport News, Va, July 31.@There
are thirty cases OF what is believed to
be genuine yellow fever at the Nation
al Soldiers Home near Hampton, and
three deaths from the disease are re-
ported today. There were several 9th
er deaths ut the institution yesterday,
but 1t cannot be stated tonight that
all of them We're caused by yellow
fever.
Newport News and Hampton will
quarantine against the Soldiers Home
tomorrow morning. The government
authorities ut Old Point have already
adopted this step and no strangers are
allowed to enter the reservation. Quar-
antine Officer HObson of this port
went to the Soldiers Home tonight
and verified the statement that there
are now thirty cases of the disease at
the home and that there were three
deaths from the malady to-day. While
no n outside of the Soldiers Home
knew anything about the existence of
yellow fever until to-day, 1T is said
that the disease made its appearance
three days ago. The most rigid quar-
antine regulations will be enforced to
prevent the spread of the malady.
The news has created great excite
ment in Newport News, Old Point and
Hampton N most vigorous measures
VIII be resorted to to prevent its
spread. There are 1000 old veterans at
the home and several large excursion
parties went there last week.
Norfolk. July 31.-The Norfolk board
of health has quarantined against Old
Point. Hampton and Newport News.
Police officers have been sent out along
the water front to watch for tugs, sail
boats Il other craft. There is much
excitement.
Governor Woodfin of the Soldiers
Home confirms the report of the exist
ence of fever there. Hampton has been
~quarantined from Old Point and the
trolley cars stopped running TO the for
mer place tonight. +
Washington, ID. G.. July 31.-Surgeon
General Wyman of the Marine Hos
pital service, was Informed Saturday
night of an outbreak of what was
feared was yellow fever at the Ma
tional Soldiers Home at Hampton, and
Immediately dispatched surgeons In
the service from Wilmington. North
Carolina. Norfolk and Washington to
investigate the sickness there. report
on It's character to the authorities here
n TO prevent the spread of the dis
ease. if 1t develops into genuine yellow
fever.
Two of the surgeons dispatched TO
the nome to-day reported that the
symptoms very much resembled those
OF yellow fever. n while they could
not be positive in their diagnosis as vet
they were inclined to the belief that
the disease was h dreaded yellow
jack. The government will fight its
progress with all the skill and resour-
ces at its command.
, 1899-08-03
Santo Domingo Revolution.

Kingston, Jamaica, July 31.-A pri-
waite dispatch received here by the way
of Cape Haytien reports that the revo-
luton In Ssnto Domingo is progressing
favorably.
The dispatch says tina the real rca-
son for the detention of President Her
eauxs body at Santiago was that the
country between Santiago and Porto
Plata Is occupied by the insurgents,
who, abandoning their plan of occu-
plying the Moca ms a base of opera
tons, are concentrating to attack
Porto Plata, which is feebly garrf-
soned.
Great excitement prevails. owing to
the fact h n the government has not
been able to ascertain the extent of the
ramifications of the revolution. and is
growing demoralized trough the
death of the President.
In the ven of the revolution sue-
ceeding. according to the private ca
blegram, 1t is probable that .Jiminez
and Jitones. the reputed leaders of the
revolution, will agree to retire. offering
h presidency to General Maxine
Gomez, who would prove acceptable to
all parties. a deputation is reported
TO be going to Cuba to confer with
General Gomez.
, 1899-08-03
SUNDAY CARS NOT MoLEsrED.
Cleveland Lines Were flowed to Run ON
Schedule Time.

Cleveland. July Observation-Disclosures
b fact that big crowds were upon the
streets to-day, there were M outbreaks
of violence and apparently very little
attention was paid TO the Big CONSOLE
dated cars, which ran on all lines or
schedule time. On the south side and
out broadway to Newburg the carr
We're run practically empty. but the
East Side lines, especially those run
ming TO the parks, We're well patron
lied.
Adjutant General Axiine. speaking
OF the fear OF the people to ride on the
cars in certain sections OF the city at
night, said to-day: This state of af-
fairs is likely to continue for several
weeks or months unless Il settlement Is
reached. The only way TO put a stop
to 1t is to declare martial law"
The only exciting Incident on the
South Side was the holdup of an ice
cream wagon by n crowd of soldiers,
who took from II a four-gallon freezer.
They offered money for the cream.
but the driver refused to accept money,
saying he could not sell it. The SOL
diers say they ordered the cream sew
eral days ago, and the dealer prom
ised to deliver 1t. but failed to do so.
probably because of the boycott.
, 1899-08-03
JUST SAVED FROM DEATH.
Engineer Stops n Locomotive After ]
Had Pinned Down Two Men.

Engineer Stops n Locomotive After II
Had Pinned Down Two Men.
A thrilling incident occurred recent
ly at the B. & o. S. w. railroad bridge
over Hogan creek, near Law%renceburg,
Ind, says the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Two men named Hatch and Powell
were walking across the bridge when
train No. 4, known as the newspaper
train" from St. Louis, came rolling
down upon them. 1t was too great g
distance from end to end of the bridge
for the men to escape in hat way, and
to leap from 1t meant a fall If sixty
feet and almost certain death. To lie
down on each side of the track was al
most death. as there was not room
enough. In terror the two men lay
down by the side of the rails. Frank
Evans, the engineer. SAL the men and
reversed his engine with such prompt
ness and applied the brakes with such
energy hat the flying train was
brought to a sudden %standstill. 1t was
zone toe soon. for when the engine
stopped the W. men lay pinioned,
bruised and bleeding. beneath the pom
derous engine hat held them fast in
the very jaws of an impending death.
Evans called out to the helpless men:
Keep quiet and I will save you" then
slowly backed the train off the i'm
prisoned men INT off the bridge, Sc
that they could crawl out of the reach
of further danger.
, 1899-08-03

those who need 1t, but the sheriff al
ways does this by proxy. Radcliffe is
the man. and the fee is well known
$50. travelling expenses, board and
lodging during his stay in the neigh
borhood. When Radcliffe hangs two
at one killing-as sometimes happens
he charges S75, working on the ordi-
nary commercial principle OF making
a reduction to the man who takes a
quantity. There have been mean
spirited sheriffs who argued that a
scaffold with a double leaf was no more
trouble than one with a single leaf
and asked for the $50 rate. To all
such Radcliffe has returned one an
swer: 81 have nj bargain days; IL you
don't like my prices you can do the
job yourself" Invariably this has
ended the argument. for Radcliffe has
the hanging market in Canada cor
nered. In this way Radcliffe makes
perhaps $4,000 a year, which is not an
enormous salary for a man who is al
the top of his profession. Radclife's
facility in hanging has a scientific
basis, He has no formula of weights
and distances. He Is not a mathe-
matician. He explained to me one day
that 1t was "all in his eye." Short
and thick-necked. | give 'em the long
drop: long and thin. not so much" He
simply sizes him up with his eye. and
one visit is usually enough. Radcliffe
has never made a mistake.
, 1899-08-03
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, 1899-08-03
osTRAclzED FOR A KILLING.

The spectacle of a young and pretty
woman boycotted by a whole COM
munity is an unusual one, but that is
the state of affairs existing in the town
of Hopkins, Mo. The woman in ques-
ton is Mrs. Ida May Ewing. reputed
to be n of the most beautiful women
in northwestern Missouri. The feeling
against her is due to the fact thai she
shot and killed her sister in a quarrel.
She is the st~epdaughter of d. D. Bal
linger. a wealthy stock raiser. Her
maiden name was Ida Phillips. Sew
eral years ago Miss Phillips and her
most intimate girl friend, Lizzie Clut-
ter, married brothers. George and
Frank Ewing. Friends from child
hood, they became more like sisters
than sisters-in-law after they married.
Last fall they quarreled over some
trivial affair, and Ida shot and killed
her friend. There were no witnesses
to the crime. During the trial feeling
ran high. Mrs. Ewing pleaded self
defense and was acquitted. Her ac-
quittal, however, did not prevent her
being adjudged guilty by the citizens
of Hopkins, who have subjected her to
all sorts of social persecution since the
trial. Her husband. George Ewing, has
been ruined in business and forced to
leave town. His wife lives the life of
, 1899-08-03
PROUD HANGMAN.
EXECUTES AT LEAST rs PER-
SONS A YEAR.
Ris Fee Is $50 Each-From His Expert
ence He Has Hanging Down to n
Science and Knows How to Handle
Each Man.

British Columbia citizens are per-
turbed over the antics of our grew
some friend, Radcliffe. the public ex-
ecutioner. writes a correspondent from
Toronto. Canada. 1t is not SO much
any direct affront that he has put on
them as his unconscionable pride in his
profession. Radcliffe has been out to
the coast shutting off a couple of NOR
tai coils that the law thought would
be better for the shutting, and while
there the hangman Mortified the good
people by his genial composure and
business-like insouciance. 1t seems
that before he did the trick for the
two murderers he paid a professional
call to the cells. gagged the weight of
their bodies and the thickness OF
their necks, and then went out and
built a scaffold with just the right drop
to snuff them out quickly and pain
lessly. The British Columbia people
don't object to that. They admit 1t is
, 1899-08-03
THE HEAVIEST B. g o. TRAIN.

When the receivers OF the Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad began the now famous
series of improvements of the physi-
cal condition OF the entire system.
their object was to increase both the
train load and the number of revenue
ton per mile and at the same time
reduce the cost of transportation.
Much has been done, and by the low
ering of grades, el~iLaination OF curves.
laying of new steel rails and the pur-
chase of heavy motive power they have
very materially added to the number Of
cars per train. But 1t vas not until
the 18th of March last that a demon
stration was made OF What might be
expected of the new Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad Enough new 50-ton capac-
ity steel cars had been delivered to
give the operating department a chance
to experiment. Fifty steel cars, eac
weighing $4,000 pounds. were loaded
with an average of 9S. 1000 pounds OF
COAL. To them was coupled a new
22x2S inch consolidation locomotive
weighing los, 700 pounds and having
"a inch driving wheels. The start was
made from Cumberland. Nd, and the
destination was Brunswick, Md. on
the second division. In his report Cen
eral Superintendent Fitzgerald says
the train was pulled with comparative
ease and that the class of engines used
will be able to handle so cars of so
IN capacity each on that division
without trouble. Hitherto the train
load on that division has been 1875 units
of Ga tons each or about 1900 tons. a
40 per cent increase over hat Of five
years ago. The so car train was COM
puted as containing 497 units, or 6,45S,-
n
coal in the train was 4 ,75S. 100 pounds.
1t was by far the heaviest train ever
handled over the line and demonstrat-
ed that heavy power, modern equip
ment with safety appliances. and a
good track. mean more revenue IONS
per mile and a decreased cost of trans
~portation.
, 1899-08-03

Havana. July 31.-A mass meeting
was held yesterday under the auspi,
ces of the Socletad DemocratIco. a
branch of the Cuban National Society
of Independence. \ procession parad-
ed the streets for two hours. headed
by a band and bearing banners with
the inscriptions: Cuba is and by
Right Ought to be Free" and Peace
Work"
Two girls dressed as the present
Cuba and America rode In the pro-
c~ession. Cuba Libre was represented
by n girl with broken chains on her
wrists. Few American flags were to
be seen ON the streets. but hundreds
of Cuban emblems We're displayed.
A number of speeches were made at
the meeting. all In favor of absolute In
dependence and union. and urging the
furtherance of work to secure this re-
result.
, 1899-08-03
rankard Kills WIFE. Sister.

Squire Tankard shot INF instantly
killed Mrs. William Beaumont, and
wounded William Beaumont the other
afternoon in their summer camp at
D%riftwood, on Chautauqua lake, N. Y.
After the shooting Tankard jumped In
to the lake. and placing the pistol to
his head. fired. The bullet only made
a slight wound and he waded to the
shore and disappeared In the woods.
The authorities have not succeeded in
capturing him. The victim is a sister
of Tankard's wife. The cause OF the
shooting was that Tankard's wife had
left him on account OF his cruel treat
ment, and went to live with the Beau
monts. Tankard looked for his wife,
saying he wished to kill her. too, but
she was absent. Beaumont's wound Is
in the arm and he will recover.
, 1899-08-03

Jackson. Miss, July 3O.-"Nothine
short of death can prevent Bryan from
being the next Democratic nominee,
and nothing but the intervention OF the
Almighty will keep him from being
elected" declared Congressman Champ
Clark of Missouri in an interview to-
day.
Democratic chances of success have
been improved fully 30 per cent. in the
past four months and are now brighter
tina they ave been In any presiden-
tial campaign In the past twenty years.
1t is practically settled what the plat
form will be and may be outlined as
follows: Re-enactment of the Chicago
PLATFORM, declaration against expan-
sion. strong plank against trusts and
other forms Of oppression, opposition
TO n large standing army and advocacy
of economy in public expenses"
, 1899-08-03
Substantial welcome to Returning Troop

Chicago, July 31.-A committee of
prominent Pennsylvania politicians. of
hcials and newspaper and railroad
men travelling in II special coach pass
ed through Chicago last night EN- route
Tor the Pacific coast TO welcome home
the Tenth Pennsylvania volunteer in
fantry. which is expected to arrive in
a Francisco from Manila August >
or q.
The committee carries a fund of $50
600 raised by citizens of Western Penn
%syivania, with which to bring the
Tenth home and prepare a welcome
for the returning soldiers. Besides the
citizens fund the Pennsylvania rail
o n subscribed $25 900.
BY special arrangement with the
Wa Department there will be n paw
car attached to each of the military
trains that pulls out OF San Francisco
and in each pay car there will be n
paymaster and government officials
who will give the officers and men
tnelr pay and discharge papers. Over
100000 will be distributed i'll this
manner.
, 1899-08-03
Treat for Poor chndren.

Cork. July 31.-The municipality of
Cork takes particular interest in the
children of Its poor. To-day the mayor
and the citizens committee carried
1000 of the poorest children of the
city TO Youghal, n seaside resort ON
Youghal bay, twenty-seven miles east
OF Cork, where they spent the day In a
frollc. RECALLED on fruit, sweets and
sandwiches. Three special trains
We're required, and the excursion was
accomplished without accident.
, 1899-08-03
KILLED BIG SHARKS.
AN AMUSEMENT Down SOUTH.
venerable Man Eaters, After Defying
Everybody for Years. We're Caught
Napping-one Blown Up with Dyna-
mite.

The bay Mt Panama used to be a
great place, for sharks, but we lay four
days at anchor on Taboga while the
steamer Palena of the Chilean line was
being loaded and unloaded, and didn't
see out one. He was "a little chap"
4 and the purser caught him with a big
iron hook that the engineer made. 1t
was baited with salt pork, and the
shark snapped 1t greedily, but he was
a young fellow and didn't know I'M
better, and measured only nine feet
long.
.'Taboga Benz who had been the ter
ror of these waters for fifty years, and
was personally known to every skipper
that sails This coast, is dead. Captain
L~eadbetter, who tows freight barges
with the little steamer Bolivar, got a
harpoon into his spine about a year
ago. ben" struck out at a tremend-
Gus pace when the iron pierced his YER
tebrae, and must have suffered Intense
agony, for he left a stream of blood
upon. the surface of the water. Lead
better rung the engine bell and ordered
on all steam in pursuit. so that the ca
bic shouldn't part. The little Bolivar
never went through the water so fast
as she did that day. She chased eta
boga Ben" all over the harbor of Pan
hlius HlIiulll " PAIN hiiO
the loss of blood. and weakened by the
torrent Of bullets hat were plugged
into his head whenever he raised 1t to
the surface, Ben gave up the strug-
gle. rolled over n died.
He was such n famous character,
and the public was so much excited by
the affair, that Leadbetter lowed him
TO the Panama railroad pier, hoisted
him out of the water and laid him out
on two platform cars. He weighed
1000 pounds and measured forty-six
feet from the nub of his nose to the tip
of his tail.
For several DAYS the monster was on
exhibition near the railway station. and
everybody in town had n good look at
him. Then, as he began to show signs
OF maturity, they hauled him up into
the country and dumped him INTO n
ditch. which proved to be a mistake,
for during the next three or four weeks
people could smell him all over the
isthmus. The residents of that regiop
had to abandon their homes. and all
me windows of the cars had to be
tightly closed as the trains on the rail.
road passed that place.
There are several other celebrated
sharks along the coast. "San lose joe
who haunted the coast of Guatemala.
was as big as Ben" and equally no
torious. He, too, escaped conspiracies
for his assassination for many years,
but inadvertently o n lose of dyna-
mite. An officer on one of the Ameri-
a men-of-war concealed n large piece
OF that powerful explosive in a slab of
salt pork, sewed it up carefully and
threw 1t overheard while the vessel Law
Mt anchor off San Jose.
joe had been hanging around for
seveeil days. picking up choice morsels
that We're discarded from the galley.
swallowed the pill. The explosion
was terrific, and the horizon was oh
scured by a shower of shark meat FOR
several minutes after Joe brought
his Jaws down on that pork-wnliam
ID. Curtis in Chicago Record.
, 1899-08-03
Killed Mother and Slater.

At Coates. Kas.. a few days ago,
Willie Porter. aged 9. playfully pointed
a revolver, which he found in the hired
mans room. at his baby sister. who
was sitting on her mothers lap. and
pulled the trigger. The ball passed
through the baby's head and the moth.
er's heart. killing both instantly.
, 1899-08-03
An Indiana Murderer Blows Out Ills Brain

Greensburg, Ind, July 31.-winiam
Randolph. 1S years old. residing near
Clarksburg, 10 miles northwest, shot
his stepfather, Wesley Beckover, ln
the left breast. Young Randolph then
placed the muzzle of the revolver To
his temple and fired n bullet into his
brain. He died Instantly. Bcckover's
condition is alarming.
, 1899-08-03

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, 1899-08-03
Ear no.lng In Armr stonped.

London, July 29.-The Vienna CORE
spondent of the Daily Chronicle says:
"Ear-boxing by non-commissioned Of
hcers has become a common form Of
suited in thousands Of soldiers being
seriously injured.
THE minister OF war has issued an
order prohibiting the practice"
, 1899-08-03

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, 1899-08-03

II know a Scotchman who says he
never played golf in his life" Good; We
can teach him the game and he car
teach us the dialect"
, 1899-08-03

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, 1899-08-03
Halls Catarrh Cure
Is n constitutional cure Price, Zoe.

ct wish we could go to the country this
well. We can't, but You
write Uncle Jonas to send us a sCreech
in our Hat