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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-02-15
THE OCKLAWAHA RIVER
A Naptha Launch With the Latest Improved
Machinery at Silver Springs to Traverse:
Its Beautiful Scenery

The travelling public make this romantic trip
by daylight Leaving Ocala NJ, enjoy beautiful
drive of miles through Semi-Tropcal Forest.
Leave Silver Springs at 1890 and go miles
the Ocklawaha river and return the Springs by o'clock
arriving at Ago P. m. Fare for the round trip $3.50
This includes carriage ride from Ocala Silver Springs
Tickets sale at Plant ystem passenger station also
ticket Office in Ocala House.
This little Launch has every modern for the
comfort of its patrons. is under the control of licensed
operatives. For further particulars address
PHI. F. BROWN, Manager The Ocala House
N B.-Parties having their conveyance to Silver
Springs will be charged $3.50 for the river trip.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-04

Secretary Alger will today formally
r~elinquish control of the war depart.
ment TO his successor, Mr.. Elihu Root.
j. j. Eagan, a wealthy sugar mer.
chant of Honolulu. is In Washington.
According to Mr.. Eagan, ex-Commis-
sary General Pagan of the United
States Army, who is visiting his son In
the Hawaiian islands, expects to have
his sentence Of suspension revoked by
President Mckinley in a few weeks
and to return to the head of the com
missary department.
The senate republican finance com
mittec. which has been in session for
some time Mt Narragansett Pier. X. l.,
has completed its work for the present,
and adjourned to meet at the call OF
Chairman Aldrich. Each member is
to do some individual work along GER
tain specific lines, and this to be sub
mitted to the full committee when IL
meets again in the fall to complete y
report.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-04
THE RED CLOUD CHIEF.

The danger point in the Cleveland
strike has not been passed and the
troops are To be held.
1t Is expected that more then 80, 900
men will be thrown M of employment
by reason Of the Chicago brick.makers
strike.
The Colorado board Of arbitration
will recommend al eight-hour day for
the classes of labor formerly handled
on twclve-hour shifts.
At Ashland, Wis, a boating party
consisting Of W. G. OFT, and Mr.. and
Miss Boynton, were drowned, their
boat being caught in u gale and cap
sized.
The peace conference has closed its
labors. Baron dc Staal delivered the
farewell address, thanking the repre-
sentativcs Of foreign states. lie said
the work accomplished, while not 50
complete as might he desired, was
sincere, wise and practical. The great
principles of the sovereignty and inter.
national solidarity, apparently so OPP.
posing, had been reconcilcd 10y what
they had accomplished.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-04
WIDE WORLD NEWS.
HAPPENINGS OF VITAL IN
TEREST.
A Brief Summary of Events In which
People are Deeply Interestcd-short
Sentences Conveying u World of In
formation to Our Readers.
Thursday. July 81.

The peach crop of Pennsylvania is
reported u failure.
The peace conference hopes to ron
clude It's labors by Saturday next.
At Brandon. Miss. Stanley Hayes. n
negro charge with rape, was lynchcd.
Mrs. lngersoll has consented to have
the body of her distinguished husband
cremated.
The Roman Catholic reformatory
ship Clarence burned at Liverpool. All
boys and the crew escaped.
1t is reported that General Zurlinder,
former military governor of Paris, will
of war.
The danger of a race war at Pine
Bluff, Ark, has been averted. The
fellow responsible for melting the
blacks was made to leave town.
The striking street car employees at
Cleveland continue to riot. The pres
ence of troops serves to keep a sembl-
ance of quiet, but 1t is "A hard task.
The messenger boys strike at Gin
cinnati still continues, but the strikers
are orderly. The newspapers have
CoinproInistu WIN tuc ntNSDOys.
A combine of the bicycle manufac-
turers became effective yesterday; As
manufacturers. representing 536 plants.
and a capitalization of $40, 900, 900 COM
poses the combine.
Sheriff Grecves of Pike county, Ala
bama, placed Albert Wright. one of the
negroes accused of ASA ulting Mrs.
Ogletree, at Bainbridge, Ca, in Jail at
Atlanta for safe keeping.
General Ulysses Heureaux. president
Of the Dominican republic, was ASST
mated yesterday by Ramon Caceros at
Moca, island of Martinique. The re-
mains will probably be taken to Santo
Domingo for burial.
Donald and Robert Matheson, sons
of Duncan Matheson, a prominent
ranch owner. were drowned while
bathing in Big Sandy creek, near
Matheson, Gilbert county, 60 miles
south of Colorado Springs.
At Denmark, a hamlet south of Bra
iii, Ind, Charles Wolfangel became
violently insane and chopped his wife
and two daughters to death while they
were sleeping. He then took a knife
and cut his own throat.
Senator Stewart of Nevada proposes
to offer a paragraph to be added TO
section Is, title 9, chapter 1, OF the re-
vised statutes which will provide
against vacant senate seats. IL the
legislature fails to elect by the third
Tuesday after organization, then a
plurality shall elect.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-04
Wednesday, August 2.

The price Of lumber is to be ad-
vanced from Is to 25 per cent
Miss u. II. Kent. teacher at the
Cherokee Indian school, has been trans
ferred to be the principal teacher at
Genoa school, Nebraska.
The report Of the commissioner of
internal revenue, made public yester-
day, shows that the district of Nebras-
tributed S3,42s, O70 to the support, of
the government.
The United States transport Senator
arrived at San Francisco last night
from Manila with her flag at half mast
on account of the death of Col. Alex
ander Hawkins, commander of the
Tenth Pennsylvania, U.S.V.
Mr.. Elihu Root took the oath of Of
flee as secretary of war at 10:45 yester-
day. The ceremony took place in the
large Office of the secretary Of var in
the presence of Secretaries Gage and
Hitchcock, Assistant Secretary Meikle-
john, a large number of army officers
in uniform and other employees and of
ficials. The oath was administered by
Judge Cole of the supreme court of
the District of Columbia.
The war department has decided
that the troops landed in San Francis
C. from the Philippines shall be mus
tered out before leaving the coast, not
withstanding the antagonism of their
friends to such a course. This decis-
ion has been reached as the result of a
telegram received from General Shat
ter. The work of mastering out the
Nebraska and Utah volunteers will
take at least three weeks.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-04
Sunday, duly so.

A Plattsburg, N. ", special says:
Mrs. Mckinley continues in health and
spirits. The president gets out early for
his regular morning walk.
1t is said that General Miles will ask
Secretary Root for a speedy decision
as to the relations existing betwo,n
the general commanding the army anu
the secretary of war. He is now pre-
pairing his side of the case, which will
be submitted to the new secretary.
The condition that has existed in the
war department since the campaign in
Porto Rico is reviewed, showing that
General Miles, while the major gem
eral commanding the army, has had
little or no voice in the management
Of the affairs Of the army, and it is
stated that with the incoming secre-
tary he hopes the present conditions
win change.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-04
Wednesday, z o.

Anton Bastar, an old and highly re-
spected citizen OF Wahoo, committed
suicide while laboring under q At Of
temporary insanity. The community
was greatly shocked at the tragedy.
Hall Frampton, a Nebraska City coll
ored man, while In q state Of intoxi-
cation, proceeded TO drive his wife and
child from home with a revolver. He
was arrested and fined ten dollars and
costs. He win lay OF the fine in Jail.
The work Of repairing the state house
Is almost completed. The Legislature
appropriated $4,000 in response to o
request of the state officers for $50, 900
for repairs. The repairs have made
the building look almost like q new
structure.
Warden John Hopkins has taken
charge OF the penitentiary. Warden
Leidigh will remove to Nebraska City
TO engage in business. Chris FROM,
the bookkeeper OF the prison, also
stepped ont and will remove to Chicago.
Deputy Warden Welch will remain for
the present
Mrs. Vincent Rotter and her young
child were badly burned yesterday aft
ernoon at Havclock. II was stated
that there was no accounting for the
accident unless IL resulted from a gaso-
line stove explosion. Mrs. Rotter's
condition is regarded az serious and
the child's chances Of living are not
bright.
The most disastrous runaway In
Fremont for years occurred the LIST.
James Cehzan, an aged gardner, was
struck by a frightened team going at
full speed aud knocked down, the
tongue Of the wagon striking him on
the side of the head with awful force
There is "a hope for his recovery.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-04
FRIDAY, july ga.

Two hundred of the 500 messenger
boys of Philadelphia have struck, hav-
in caught the fever from New York
and Cincinnati.
1t is believed, from the details OBJ
tainable of the murder of President
Heureaux of Santo Domingo, that
politics was behind the assassination
of the president of the Dominican re-
public.
The Transvaal raad has referred the
dynamite question to a commission of
five members for examination in con
junction with the government, with a
view to finding a satisfactory settle
ment.
Aeronant Thayer Of Niles, Michigan,
fell 200 feet and was instantly killed
at Streator, Ill. He was to have been
married to Miss Colville Of Streator
that night.
Two thousand brick-makers of Chi
cago struck yesterday, tying up forty
brick yards. Should the strike con-
tinue long it will paralyze building
operations.
Adolph l.. Luetgert, the wealthy
Chicago sausage maker, who was serv-
ing a life sentence in the Joliet peni-
Tertiary for the murder of his wife,
found dead in his cell.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-04
JOHN BROWN RAIDERS.
Seven Bodies Disintsrrsd 1t Hsrpsr's
Ferry To be buried Near the Old MAJ.

Seven Bodies Disintsrrsd 1t Hsrpsrs
Ferry to be buried Near the Old MAJ.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.-Captain L
Hall and DIR. Thomas r. Featherston-
haugh, both of this city, have return
ed from Harpcr's Ferry, where they
have been disinterring the bodies Of z
Of John Browns raiders. The bodies
have been sent to North Elba, N. Y,
where they will be buried near the
grave Of their leader under whom they
fought and died. OF the other three
raiders who were killed at Harper's
Ferry the body of one, Watson Brown,
was recovered and buried near John
Browns body in 1882. Where the
other two are no one can tell.
Ceremonies are to be held at John
Browns grave, and 1t is said that the
Rev. Joshua Young, who buried John
Brown and suffered social ostracism
for IL, will take part. He Is now
living In Groton, Mass. A monument
Is to be erected over the graves at
North Elba.
The bodies recovered are those Of
Oliver Brown, Stewart Taylor, w. H.
Leeman, w. M. Thompson. John Ii.
Kagi and Dangerfsld Newly. A
fragment of the bearskin overcoat In
which, according to tradition, Oliver
Brown was buried. was found In one
~ the graves, and two lead pencils
dropped from 10 when 1t was taken up
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-04
Monday, July 81.

There are thirty cases Of what 10 be-
lieved 20 be yellow fever at the ma
tional soldiers home at Hampton, and
there were three deaths from the dis
ease reported yesterday. A rigid
quarantine has been established.
Clarence +. Lambert has been ap-
pointed a substitute clerk in the post
Office ut Kearney, Neb.
A new postoffice has been established
ut Burnham, Lancaster county, Ncb.,
with Frank G. Burnham as postmaster,
The navy department has arranged
20 send the Prairie to Europe some
time during next winter. 1t will be
used in connection with the Am erican
exhibit at the Paris exposition and
ury be be employed in conveying the
naval and other portions of the gov
eminent exhibit to Paris. 1t Is posi-
bke that the Prairie will remain on the
European station to serve as a nucleus
of the squadron which is TO be re-es-
tablished there.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-04
Tuesday. August I.

The kissing bug has invaded Free
mont and ali the pretty damsels now
stay ut home evenings.
Elk Creek has lifted the quarantine
IL established n month or SO ago against
Table Rock on account of the small
pox.
Burglars made an Intellectual at
tempt 20 crack the safe of the Wilcox
postofice. Not succeeding in this,
the swiped the go in the money draw
er and departed.
The new Methodist church ut Teka-
NAH was dedicated Sunday, the serv-
ices being participated in by all the
pastors Of the city. Money enough was
raised TO give the new cdifce to tho
society free of all incumbrance.
N. q. Chilberg, travelling salesman
for the Union Pacific Coal company,
says that in q recent trip over Nebras-
ka he paid particular attention TO the
corn crop and Is fully convinced THAI
1t will be the biggest crop Nebraska
has yielded in years. !
The .threshing engine OF Horace
went through a bridge at
Saltillo, in the south part Of Lancaster
county, and was wrecked. Engineer
Doody and Fireman Tate escaped by
jumping, but both were bruised. The
loss will be about $500.
Samuel Smith, a well known pioneer
of lockwood precinct in Hitchcock
county, died by poison. Mr.. Smith
was mixing Paris green for extermi-
mating grasshoppers and had u large
quantity. A physician was summoned,
but Mr.. Smith was dead before he
arrived. He was about fifty years old
and single.
John Hurst, the fellow arrested at
Humboldt on suspicion Of being the
fellow who shot Policeman Stump, was
taken TO Falls City, but has not yet
been identified. Hurst's home Is near
Corning, Mo. II has been learned that
his whereabouts and actions at the
time Of the shooting and afterwards
have been such n TO cause the convic-
ton to settle upon him as the guilty
one.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-04
AFFAIRS OF STATE
EVENTS OF INTEREST TO
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
Timely Mention Of the Doings OF the Ma
tional Congress, Departmental and Ex-
>cutive OnaciaI Actions, and Movements
of Army and Navy.
Thursday, July 81,

president n Mrs. Mckinley left
washington on special train at 3
s oclock this afternoon Tor the Hotel
n,oany' hohe 'h"ihPia'h' lot u stay OF
eoser"i "'eNS
Secretary and Mrs. Alger left today
Tor Thorndale, Pa, to spend a few
days, when MIR. Algcr will return and
close up his official connection with
The government.
Pension commissioner Evans has a,-
nounced n change in .hc personnel of
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-04
Friday, July 2S.

The interior depart mcnt has decided
upon October Is next as the date of
sale of the lands in the north half of
section Is, in the Cass lake reserve.
This sale was determined upon as the
final solution of the controversy over
the intruders upon the Indian lands of
Cass lake.
A naval vessel is to be sent immedi-
ately to Santo Domingo. Secretary
Hay has made the request that Secre-
tary Long take this action. and the
Machias, now at San Juan, Porto Rico,
and only a days run from San Domin-
go. will proceed at once to that island.
This is a measure of precaution rather
than n of necessity at the present
time, for Minister Powell has not sug
gested any such action TO the govern
ment. Still IL Is deemed well, in view
of the press reports indicating the dis
turbed condition of affairs.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-04
sunday, July 40.

At Hastings Mike Britt was placed
under $500 bonds to keep the peace,
having threatened to kill his wife. He
could not furnish bail and was locked
up.
The Hancock steamed into San Fran
cisco harbor at 1880 Saturday night
and came to anchor of the wharf not
far from the quarantine station. The
quarantine and customs house inspec-
ton will take place Immediately after
daylight Sunday. Until that time no
person will be allowed TO board or
leave the ship and no news can be
learned. The revenue cutter is patrol
ling the harbor near the transport.
The untimely arrival of the Hancock
with the Nebraska regiment and two
battalions Of the Utah artillery, com
pletely destroyed all the arrangements
which had been made for a royal re-
ception and an enthusiastic welcome
to the fighting volunteers, returning
crowned with their laurels.
The Hancock dropped anchor in the
stream shortly before midnight Satur-
braska and Utah had given nm ali idea
Of the vessels arrival earlier than SIM
dav morning. and had nrenared Ia ne
up nj dawn 70 meet the expected shin
several Nebraskans and Iitabites Wis.
tied the side Of the shin.
Colone II. r. Milford Of the Nebras.
la. who e. in command. soon onneared
AZ The railing. Bv his side stood Will
,;om croyson 90 .omnanv ,ho san.,-
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-04
Wednesday, August O..


Al Forest, Ala, Solomon Jones, q
negro, was hanged by a mob for at
tempting to assault a young white
woman.
Mrs. Il. Ii. Croker of Sacramento.
CAL, has conveyed rs a gift to the local
lodge OF Elks q magnificent 500, 600
mansion.
General Ludlow, military governor
of Havana province, has suppressed
the scurrilous Cuban newspaper, Ell
Reconcentrado.
The yellow fever outbreak at the
Hampton soldiers home Is held well in
check. There are but three new cases,
and only n death yesterday.
The board of commissioners of Cook
county, ILL.,, have offered q reward Of
$500 for the capture and return Of Dan
Coghlin, wanted in Chicago for jury
bribing.
A fast mail train on the Chicago &
Northwestern jumped the track near
Boone, H., and four persons, the engi-
neer, fireman, and two postal clerks,
were killed. Several passengers were
injured.
The board of aldermen of Boston re-
fused TO make an appropriation of q
sum TO be used in extending to Admiral
Dewey the hospitality Of the city. The
aldermen expressed themselves as op-
posed to undue adulatlon.
At Cleveland, o., the the strike has
been practically lost sight of In the
popular excitement over the boycott.
The Big Consolidated company 10 run.
ming Its cars regularly but they are
empty, while the Little Consolidated
company's cars and the union busses
are crowded u their utmest capacity.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-04
Monday. ,tuly n.


II IL now believed that nothing short
Of martial law will secure quiet at
Cleveland.
Hastings is TO vote on q proposition
TO issue bonds To erect an electric
ligt plant
John Hurst was arrested at Hum
boldt. IL is believed he Is the party
who shot Policeman stump Mt Falls
City,
At Nebraska City a chimney fell on
some workmen below. severely injur-
ing George Rasmussen and badly bruis.
ing M of John BENEFITS feet.
Gus Mettlin OF Wayne was just start
ing home the other evening when his
team ran away and upset the buggy,
throwing him out on his head and
fracturing his skull. The buggy was
demolished andonc horse received a bad
cut by running into u sickle of n now
ing machine. Mr.. Mettlin was taken
Ia the home of his mother aud in %
critical condition.
AZ South Omaha John Shanahan.
" S"it'hh''INI' NilOt anu hllltu Eu
Joyce and mortally wounded Ed Gala
han. Shanahan claims the shooting
was done In self-defensc. The men
were spending the night in his resort
and had become %riotous. lie vas re-
moved TO the county Jail for safe keep
ing as IL was feared he would DO
lynched.
The assistant postmaster general has
directed the postmaster at Lincoln
to deliver mail, addressed simply to
the insurance department and bearing
no name, to Auditor Cornell Ms long as
the auditor retains the insurance de-
.partmcnt records in his office. This
decision Is due to the fact That the Lin
coin postmaster delivered to each in
surance officer the mail bearing his
name, but has been holding all mail
addressed TO the insurance department.
and bearing no distinguishing mark.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-04
NEWS OF NEBRASKA
CONDENSATION OF lMPOE-
TANT NEWS ITEMS.
Short and rithy Paragraphs which Tel,
of what Has Happened or VIII Hap
pen In our Commonwcaith-Ths News
briefly Summarized.
Thursday, July 81.

George Rcmold, u well known far
mcr residing northwest Of Nebraska
City, while leading q horse, slipped
and fell, ~dislocating his shoulder.
Jessie Hoover, aged II. was drowned
At the exposition grounds in Omaha.
She was wading into the pool where
the spectacular battle of Manila Is
produced and got beyond her depth.
The body was recovered.
j. A. Beverly has made u formal de.
mand upon the Omaha city council for
$500, which he claims as his salary as
a foreman of street repairs during n
nincty-dnys leave of absence. He was
II member of the last Legislature.
While engaged in wrccking an old
house at $50 south Tenth street, Oma-
la, two men were badly injured by the
side Of the house falling over ON ,l,em.
Matt knoden escaped with his side,
back and shoulder badly bruised, while
]. +. Forbes had his left leg broken.
The camp at the presidio at San Fran
cisco is ready for the First Nebraska.
The tents are up and the stores are on
hand. The whole military department
will unite In honoring the Nebraska
boys. A parade will be had and the
citizens will give the regiment u ban
quet. Governor Poynter arrived yes
tcrdny.
The plans OF r. W. Grant Of Lincoln
for n hospital building and an in
dustrial school. both To be built at the
Beatrice institute for the feeble minded
youth. have been accepted, The cost
of the hospital building is not to ex-
cecd | $500, and the appropriation for
the school building is $4,000.
Mr.. Fitzgerald Of Hastings has not
yet received any information tending
to solve the mystery of his wife's dis
appearance. During the past week he
has made a thorough search for her In
Denver, Cheyenne, Manitou, and other
cities in the west, but has found no
trace of her. Pictures of the woman
have been sent oil yer the country.
The Royal Oaks company Of Omaha,
II fraternal insurance company, has
withdrawn its application for "A license
filed with Auditor Cornell. The com
pany was refused a license by Insur-
ance Commissioner Bryant and appli-
cation was then made through the au-
ditor. New papers will be made out
and Commissioner Bryant will endeav-
or to protect the policy holders IL theil
plan of doing business meots h 30
quirements Of the law.
State Engineer Wilson Of the irriga
ton department yesterday issued hi,
opinion in the matter OF the protest
of the Seymour Canal and Power com
pany against the Fremont Canal anG
Power company. The companies are
rivals in the matter Of furnishing pow
err TO Omaha concerns, and the Seymour
company wanted the Fremont company
restrained from storing water from
the Platte during the period of mini
mum flow. The engineers decision
was in favor of the Fremont company,
and granted IL the use of the water of
the Platte subject to certain regulations
which are set forth in the opinion.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-04
Tuesday, z 4.

A dispatch from Manila says that
the rebels yesterday attempted to re-
capture Calamba, but were easily re-
pulsed. One American was killed and
six others wounded. The Filipin o
loss was heavy.
The enlistment Saturday for the
Philippines were 745, making u total
of 1867. Colonel Pettit's regiment,
the Thirty-frst, has 1900. just one
short of the full quota. The next is
Colonel Bells, the Twenty-sevcnth,
with 1,176, and Colonel GARDENERS, the
Thirtieth, with 1856.
More volunteers are enroute to San
Francisco from Manila, according to
this dispatch from General Otis: Ma
Washington: North Dakota, Wyo-
ming and ldahos on transport Grant
ready To depart. Desire to delay I'M
permitted. Otis.
Their is no longer any question
about the existance of yellow fever at
the soldiers home at Hampton, Va.
The latest official adviccs show a total
of thirty-scvcn eases and seven deaths.
Thus far the disease has been confined
to the home, and officials are taking
every possible precaution TO prevent
its spread. The disease is believed to
have been communicated to the home
by an old so ldier who had come from
Santiago, Cuba.
General Otis report to the war de
partment of the efforts of the Filipinos
to retakc Calamba, chronicled in the
news dispatches, follows: Manila,
July 3l.-Adjutant General, Washing
ton: Insurgents in considerable force
appeared in the vicinity of Calamba
yesterday. They were punished and
driven off by Hall. Our casualties
one killed seven wounded. Captain
Sampson, Sixth infantry, struck a rob-
Der band in Negroes on the 2sth instant,
killing nineteen. No casualties.