The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-05

ourse Tue $3.oOO. OOO allotted Oy the
government to pay the Cuban troops.
Attorney General Griggs. in speak
ing OF the negro lynching near New
IAN Ga. yesterday. said that the case
mad no federal aspect and that there
1ore the government would take no
action whatever in regtrd to it.
The German government has lodged
a protest with the state department
against the language used by Captain
Coghlan of the Raleigh at the Union
League club banquet. The incident
Will probably pass with nothing more
serious than a reprimand for the cap
tain.
Captain G.. F. Wilde. of the z. S. S.
boston has protested against the pro-
motion of Colonel Miller to a brigadier
generalship as areward forthe capture
os llollo. 1t appears that this capture
was made by naval forces under Wilde
and that 1T was not until after the
capture had been effected that the
place was turned over to Captain Miller.
The action is Endorsed by Admiral
Dewey.
Information received at the war de-
partment indicates hat General Otis is
about to execute another important
movement, the initial features of which
are shown by today's press advices
from Manila. The objective point is
the insurgcnt town of Calumpit. being
about eight miles northwest of Malolos.
1t was here that the insurgents con-
centrated after being driven out of
the capital. setting up a new capital
and making it the base of their
operations.
Wednesday. April 2G.
Colored ministers of New York de.
nounced the Georgia l%ynchcrs.
President Mckinley. who has been
having a serious attack of neuralgia.
is much better.
Illinois will honor it's dead cx-gov-
ernor, Richard J. Oglesby. by holding
an immense public funeral.
Countess Estcrhazy has sued for a
divorce. She alleges that the French
count is too vile to live with.
The Borden Condensed Milk COM
pany has organized into a-trust under
the laws OF New Jersey. Capital $40
600. 900.
Because Governor Tanner vetoed the
appropriation for the university of
Illinois at Champaign, the students
hung him in eftigy.
By an explosion Of benzine in Fleer's
chemical works at Twenty-fourth and
Callowhill streets, Philadelphia. yes
terday II man was killed. two are
u~naccounted for and one woman was
fatally injured. A score of persons
We're more or less seriously injured.
General McArthur's division fought
it's way to the trenches before Calum-
pit yesterday. advancing four miles.
mostly through woods and jungles and
crossing the Bagbag river. This was
accomplished at a cost to the Ameri-
can Of six killed and twenty-eight
wounded. The First South Dakota
regiment was the heaviest loser.
Thursday, April 81.
Advices received from Apia. Samoa.
report severe fighting between large
bodies of friendly natives and the reb'
els.
1t is generally conceded in Washing
ton that the president will be obliged
to call for at least Il portion of the
volunteers as authorized by the last
congress. The reports from the Phil
ippines indicate a protracted campaign
and the necessity of additional troops
to hold positions captured. The veter-
an volunteers. including the First Ne
brasku, who have been fighting stead
lily since February 6. will within a
fortnight, begin to embark for home.
Under date of April 26. General Otis
cabled the war department as follows:
Lawton at Norzagaray and Angat.
HE two oo1,,r,rc ,rifaI 1,rn J,irn,
enemy north and west. Slight casual
ties; names not reported. Only means
of communications is by couriers.
Macarthur has taken portions of Cal
umpit south of river. Movements at
tended with difficulties on count of
the Jungle, heat, and strong intrench-
ments. His casualties yesterday three
killed. eleven wounded.
The following additional list of cas-
ualties in the First Nebraska regiment
in the Philippines We're reported We'd
nesday, having occurred Tuesday even
ing during an advance on Calumpit:
Private Harry Mozart. killed. Wounded:
Major Frank D.. Eager. foot. severe:
Second Lieutenant W. G. DUNCAN. com
Roller, company G, arm. moderate;
Private Charles /. Caldwell. company
f. thigh. severe: O. NJ. Legg. company
l., abdomen, severe: George Wageck.
neck. severe: Willard Carter. forearm.
slight: Francis Hazen. neck. severe:
Harvey Majors. shoulder. severe: Cor
poral Charles Brewster. C. foot. mod
crate: David Gillespie. L, shoulder,
slight: Lucius V. Panghorn. l.. knee,
severe.
Fishing with Scoop Shovcls.
"he greatest sport We have heard of