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C. R. MORSE, I'ab’isher.
RIVER FALLS. - • WIS
It is estimated that $60,000,000 will
be expended on new railroads in the
United States in ISOS, the largest show
ing since 1803.
At the commencement exercises of I
Yale university 21 of the graduating
classappeared in full uniform of United
States volunteers, they having enlisted
to fight for the stars and stripes.
The government cook book tells the j
volunteers how to prepare flapjack, but
not how to turn it with a flip in the air.
Cook books maintain their reputation
for leaving out the most important
point.
Among the cities of the United ;
States Honolulu will be one of the first ■
favorites ns both a winter and a sum- i
met resort. The thermometer there I
is noted for its moderate range and I
uniformity.
Judging from the results of the pres- •
ent war, the safest place in battle is j
on board an American warship. It is ,
ten to one that the vessel will not be .
hit, and if hit it is one hundred to one
that no damage will be done.
Of 25 countries 19 have flags with red I
in them, the list including the United ■
States, England. France, Germany,
Austria. Italy, Spain. Denmark, Bel
gium, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey,
Mexico, ( hili, Portugal, V enezuela and
Cuba.
As a result of the war most of the
Fourth of July ora t ions this year we re
original. The thunderous speeches
that have been doing duty for the
past 30 years have been withdrawn and
new feathers provided for the nation
al bird.
The two Spanish fleets sunk at Man- I
ila and Santiago numbered in all Is :
ships. They lost, over 2.800 killed, i
wounded and prisoners. The Ameri- >
can loss was one killed, eight wound- |
ed ami not a ship was damaged. This I
is one of the most surprising facts j
in all history.
Natural gas has been flowing for :
ages in several sections of the Can- I
casian provinces bordering the Cas- !
pit n sea. Many of t hose gas wells have ■
constantly emitted flames for a period ,
beyond the memory of living men, ami ■
tire supcrstitiously spoken of as the
“eternal fire s.”
Before the war Commodore Schley
remarked that, according to his ob
servation the gunners of the United
States navy are unequalcd in marks
manship and general service of their j
pieces. The great sea fights at Manila '
and Santiago thoroughly prove the
justice of the opinion.
Commodore John C. Watson was
Farragut's ilag lieutenant at the age
of 19. and was in all that-naval hero’s
tights from the capture of New Or
leans to Mobile bay. In the last-named
engagement Watson assisted in lash
ing the admir-d to the t'gging of the
Hartford. He aas served in all parts
of the world.
Prof. C. C. Georgeson has gone to
Alaska as a represent; five of the gov
ernment to ascertain the agricultural
resources of that country and to con
duct a scries of experiments with the
soils there. A resolution passed by
congress a month ago placed SIO,OOO in
his hands for the purpose of carrying
on the investigation.
This administration, the closing one
of the nineteenth century, will be a
historic one. It will have witnessed
the beginning and ending of the Span
ish war, the recognition of the United
States as a world-power, the annexa
tion of Hawaii, the liberation ot Cutin,
ami probably the acquisition of Puerto
Rico ami the establishment of a new
government, in the Philippines.
When “Fighting Bob" Evans, of the
lowa, was told that Gen. Blaneo had no
tified the American squadron at Ha
vana that he would refuse to recognize
th - white tiag of truce, Evans said: “1
am . i favor <>f wrapping a flag of truce
arou id a 12 -inch shell from the battle
’!; lowa, and sending it to Blanco
v it h our compliments. And I would not
seudtheshellin a wheelbarrow, either!”
The railway from the Congo river’s
mouth to Stanley pool. 241) miles in
length, has finally been completed,
aft er eight years’ work, aid a vast a rea
of the interior of Africa has thus been
opened to modern methods of trade
and commerce. There are 10,000 miles
of navigable waterways above Stanley
pool, and 20.0-00.(100 people inhabit the
territory which may tbus be reached.
The sinking of the French ocean
liner I.a Bourgogne is one of those
marine disasters which have come at
long intervals to shock the world.
They are not wholly prevent ible, not
withstanding the skill of professional
mariners and the extreme care used
to avoid sneli disasters. Iw this ease
the loss of 565 lives makes the wreck
one of the most distressing that has
ever occurred.
When President McKinley signed the
Ncvvlands resolution the Hawaiian is
lands became a part of the United
States. There ‘are| 'ls 'islands in the
group, havii g. all told, an area of 7.629
square mill s and a population of about
80,000. The largest island, Hawaii, has
an area of 1.875 square miles and a
population O.’ 17.000. Ihe island next
in size is Maui. This has a population
of about 12.(>1)9. i’he third island in
size is Oahu. This is about 40 miles
long by about 20 broad and has a popu
lation of about 21,000, including Hono
lulu, the capital.
S. A. Andree and his two compan
ions’, Nils Strindberg anal Knut Fraen
kel, ascended from Dane's island in
t he balloon Eagle, in tic* hope of reach
ing the north pole, on July 11, 1897.
Four days afterward, on rhe morning
of July 15, a earricr pigeon alighted
on the rigging of the sealer Aiken,
cruising in the vicinity of Spit zbergen,
bearing a brief mes-age signed "An
dree," which s ate.' that h< hail made
only 115 geographical miles north and
45 mill s va.-t of the point of departure.
Not a solitary word has been heard
from the expedition since.
The armor plate placed on our war
vessels was perhaps a little high
priced. but judging from the reports
from the front it is worth ail Uncle
Sam paid for it. The cruiser Brooklyn
was hit 45 times during the running
tight with Cervera at Santiago, when
all of thi‘ Spanish fleet concentrated
their tire on that one vessel with tin*
hope of being able to put it out of com
mission. and then when our speediest
vessel was gone to be able to escape,
and the new s comes that the lowa was
hit 11 times, twice with 11-inch armor
piercing shells, without effect.
When Schley’s sailers were destroy
ing Cervera's fleet they probably re
membered the Virginias as well as
the Maine. It was in Santiago that
the Virginius atrocity took place, a
quarter of a century ago. The nation
which massacred Capt. Fry, of the fili
bustering steamer Virginius. and his
55 companions, in 1873. in the middle
of Cuba’s Tm Yearn'sw ar. may have for
gotten all about the savagery, but .t
is safe to say that many of Schley's
sailors had that episode in mi Kt when
they sent Spain's fleet to the ! u,
of the sea as it attempted to escape.
DOIWSj™
What Has Happened Throughout
the Civilized World.
A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED
A Complete Review of the Happenings
of the Past Seven Days In This
and All Foreign Lands.
GIVEN LN THE PRESS DISPATCHES
WAR NEWS.
Spain’s minister of foreign affairs
denies that negotiations for peace
have taken place.
The president and his cabinet de
cided that the capture of Santiago
must be effected with expedition in
consequence of the terrible climatic
conditions and the danger to our
men owing to an outbreak of yellow
fever.
Cuban insurgents have a plan of es
tablishing the capital of their govern
ment at Santiago.
Advices from London indicate an al
most general opinion that the fall of
Santiago will induce Spain to sue for
speedy peace.
The commander of the Spanish
forces at Santiago de Cuba, Gen. Toral,
surrendered to Gen. Shafter, and the
Spanish troops are to be sent to Spain
under parole. The surrender includes
ail th<4 fortifications and the entire
eastern end of Cuba.
The Fanita and Florida, convoyed by
the gunboat Peoria, lauded large ex
peditions at Palo Alto, on the south
coast of Cuba.
Three thousand American troops
have been landed near Cicnfuegos un
der cover of the guns of the Montgom-
The government will now turn, its
attention to the capture of San Juan,
Puerto Rico. An expedition is to be
started at once under Gen. Brooke.
A dispatch from Gen. Shafter to the
war department says that the Spanish
commissioners to arrange for the sur
render of Santiago were raising points
of objection, but that he expected no
difficulty in completing the capitula
t ion.
The matter of Cuban independence
ought to be left to a vote by the peo
ple of the island, says Minister Correa,
of the Spanish cabinet. He also says
Spain will retain the Philippines and
Puerto Rico.
The president in speaking of the fall
of Sanitago said that he hoped for ear
ly jieace. The news from Madrid that
Spain had been placed under martial
law is regarded as a most hopeful sign.
With 1,008 prisoners of Admiral Cer
vera's fleet the cruiser Harvard ar
rived nt Portsmouth, N. 11.
With several hundred troops Maj.
Gen. Otis sailed from San Francisco
for Manila.
In Madrid a royal decree was issued
suspending throughout Spain individ
ual rights as guaranteed by the consti
tution and proclaiming martial law.
Lieut. Gen. Miles will go to Puerto
Rico at once to decide upon a landing
place for the troops. The expedition
will be composed of 27 regiments.
The inhabitants of coast cities of
Spain are in a panic, over the expected
arrival of the United States fleet.
Barcelona, which is not fortified, is
particularly in terror.
The American flag was raised over
the governor's palace at Santiago at
noon on the 17th while bands played
“The Star-Spangled Banner” and can
non fired a national salute. An enor
mous crowd witnessed .he ceremonies
at tending the surrender of Gen. Toral
and the Spanish troops. Gen. McKib
bin has been appointed temporary mil
itary governor.
Spanish officers, including Admiral
Cervera, captured of! Santiago, 45 in
all. arrived at Annapolis, Md., and were
confined in the naval academy.
In his report to the navy’ depart
ment of the surrender of Gen. Toral
at. Santiago Gen. Shafter says it would
have cost 5,600 lives to have taken the
city by force.
( apt. Gen. Blaneo was completely
cut ofT from communication with
Madrid when the United States
troops took possession of Santiago.
Final report of casualties in the
army since it landed in Cuba three
weeks ago has been forwarded to
Washington. It shows an aggregate
of 1.91 ! officers and men killed, wound
ed and missing. The killed number
216, of whom 21 were officers.
The president sent a message of
thanks to Gen. Shafter and his army
for the brilliant achievements at San
tiago.
The stores have been looted in San
tiago by the Spaniards, many houses
wrecked by th" American shells, and
misery appears on every side.
from Washington.
It lias been decided by the commis
sioner of internal revenue that all tele
graphic messages must be stainped by
the senders.
At the close of the war bond sale it
was announced that the total bids
amounted to $1,390,000,000, or six and a
half times the amount of the issue.
The postmaster general estimates
the postal receipts for IS9B at $100,000,-
060, the largest in the history of the
department.
THE EAST.
At the leading clearing houses the
exchanges in the United States during
the week ended on the 15th aggregated
$1,204,414,373. against $1,329,813,364 the
: previous week. The increase compared
with the corresponding week in 1897
i was 16.6.
In the United States there were 215
i business failures in the seven days end
i ed on the 15th. against 229 the week
| previous and 263 in the corresponding
; period of 1897.
In the National league the percent
i ages of the baseball clubs for the
I week ended on the 17th were: Cincin
nati, .654: Boston, .632; Cleveland. .613;
Baltimore, .603; Chicago, .570; Pitts
burgh. .533; New York, .527; Philadel
phia. .458; Brooklyn, .417; Washing
! ton. .387; Louisville, .312; St. Louis,
At the annual convention in Buffalo,
N. Y.. John IL Chapman, of Chicago,
was reelected president of the Baptist
Young People’s union.
AA EST AND SOI TH.
In Dayton, O„ the Lehigh Carriage
company failed for $115,000.
In Murfreesboro. Fenn., fire de
st royeU seven business houses, the loss
being over SIOO,OOO.
A mob. lynched Sidney Johnston (col
ored) at Coaling, Ala., for assaulting
Mrs. Lilly Hodges, a widow.
California middle-of-the-road popu
lists nominated I'. W. 11. Shanahan for
I cover-,or.
I";lines in the Racine (Wis.) Malle
able and Wrought Iren company's
building caused a loss of SIOO,OOO, and
three men were killed and eight other
persons were seriously injured
One mile east of Humboldt, Nev., a
passenger train was held up and the
express ear was blown up and the safe
robbed.
At the age of 78 years Robert C.
Kirk, who was lieutenant governo' of
Ohio from 1860 to 1'62, died at his
home ,n Mount Vernon.
Alex Johnson ami Jim Redd,negroes,
who killed W. F. Skipper, a rich plant
j er. were shot to death at Monticello,
j Ark., by’ a mob.
George Stone, of San Francisco, was
I elected national president by the
League of Republican Clubs in session
in Omaha, Neb.
The death of Judge John Coates,
who practiced law in Freeport, HL, for
51 years, occurred at the age of 77.
Nominations for congress: Michi
gan, Sixth district, Charles Fishbeck
(dem.). Ohio. Seventeenth district, J.
A. McDowell (dem.) renominated.
Minnesota, First district, J. A. Tawney
(rep.) renominated. Indiana, Second
district, R. W. Miers (dem.) renom
inated. Illinois, First district, Rollin
B. Organ; Second, C. Porter Johnson;
Third, George I*. Foster; Fourth,
Thomas Cusack; Fifth, Edward T.
Noonan or Frank Kinnare; Sixth, Emil
Iloechster; Seventh, Frank C. Rogers,
all democrats.
In Owosso, Mich., Edward McKid
dcr killed his wife and himself. Do
mestic trouble was the cause.
A mob killed John Durrett (colored)
nt Coaling, Ala., for trying to provoke
trouble, between the whites and
blacks.
In Omaha, Cudahy’s and Swift’s
packing houses were tied up by the
strike of 3,000 of their men.
In a saloon row at Farmington, Ta.,
Push Reece and George Hatter, the
latter colored, were killed.
Charles Winant, Frank Waxson and
Charles Clark were drowned in The
Raw river just above Kansas City, Mo.
Fire wiped out lhe Wisconsin River
Pulp & Paper company’s mill at
Stevens Point, the loss being $200,000.
The farmhouse of E. J. Allen, near
Junction City, Kan., was burned and
three children under six years of age
perished in the flames.
The (hath of Gen. John S. Williams,
ex-United States senator and hero of
the Mexican and civil wars,occurred at
his home near Mt. Sterling, Ky. t aged
78 years.
In Piqua, 0.. Rev. P. M. Weddell cele
brated the fiftieth anniversary of his
active service in the Baptist ministry.
Flames that started in the sash
and door factory of the Segelke-Kohl
haus company in La Crosse, Wis.,
caused a loss of $150,000.
At the age of 82 years George Alfred
Pillsbury, of the firm of Pillsbury' &
Co., and one of the best known men in
the northwest, died in Minneapolis.
At Brooklyn, 111.. Edward Rawley
and his wife were struck by a Wabash
train and killed.
Masked men held up a ’Frisco pas
senger train at Andover, Kan., and se
cured SSOO from Ihe express safe.
Near Washington, Ind., Surah Cole
(colored) was murdered by her di
vorced husband, James Cole, and Cole
also killed himself.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
Elizabeth Linton, better known ns
Mrs. Lynn Linton, a well-knownnovel
ist, died in London.
The emperor of Germany has do
nated 10,000 marks to the Red Cross
society for the benefit of wounded
Spanish and American soldiers.
With $1,000,000 in gold from the
Klondike the steamer Cottage City ar
rived at Victoria, B. C.
CATER NEWS.
Shafter secured over 10,OJ0 rifles and
ten million rounds of ammunition at
Santiago.
Nineteen paymasters have gone to
pay off Shatters command.
Dewey denies strained relations be
tween himself and the Germans.
There is talk in Madrid of court
martialing Gen. Toral.
A storm in Wisconsin and Michigan
does great damage.
WATSON’S WORK.
Canary Islands His First Objective I’olm
to Establish a Hase for Coaling
Operations.
Washington, July ‘2O. -The Canary
Islands will be the objective point for
Commodore Watson and his flying
squadron. It is pretty generally be
lieved among official circles that be
fore there is an attempt to bombard
the Spanish seacoast towns there must
be a base for coaling operations.
There is a well defined understand
ing in high military circles that the
present remarkable activity in mobi
lizing troops and impressing trans
ports does not wholly relate to the in
vasion of Porto Rico.
From now on the war vv ill be pushed
into the West Indian strongholds of
the enemy. There are nearly' 75,000
troops now preparing to embark for
foreign points, only about 25,000 of
these including 4,000 already en route
under Gen. Miles, are intended for the
Porto Rican campaign. The remain
ing 50,000 will be sent elsewhere
Troops are being hurried to Jackson
ville, Fla., to strengthen Gen. Lee’s
command, and it is understood that he
will lead the expedition against Ha
vana. It is also rumored that the Ca
nary’ Islands are to be occupied. It is
certain that the invasion of Cuba, so
successful at Santiago, will be pushed
westward along the southern coast.
MARKETS,
Minneapolis, July 19.
Wheat —No. 1 northern, 88 to 89c,
No. 2 northern, 85 to 86c, July, 87c.
Oats —No. 3 white, 22 to 23c.
Corn No. 3,30 c.
Cattle—Steers, $3.80 to 4.20; cows,
$3.25.
Sheep—Muttons, 84.10 to 4.25; lambs,
85.40.
Butter—Creamery, extras, 15 to 16c;
creamery, firsts, 13 to 14c; dairy, fancy,
13 to 14c.
Poultry—Turkey, 7 to 8c; spring
chickens 7 to Bc.
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.
The city directory just issued indi
cates a population of 100,000 for the
city of St. Paul, Minn.
Gen. Peter Tracy, of Memphis ; en
joys the double distinction of being a
cousin of Dewey and the uncle of Hob
son.
The youngest volunteer in the naval
reserves is Cadet Roland S. Gielcvv, a
bugler on the training ship New Hamp
shire.
Fourteen children —seven sets of
twins and all living—is the record of
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Harris, of Rich
mond, Mo.
The St. Louis team of the National
Baseball league has been sold to Ed
ward Becker, a retired capitalist and
principal creditor of the club.
Alexander Gregg Belleville, of St.
Louis, who recently buried his seventh
wife, has married again, this time to
a girl of 15. He is 57 years old.
Judge John S. Candler, of Atlanta,
who has been appointed colonel of the
Third Georgia volunteers, lost both his
feet in a railroad accident in 1881.
Mrs. I. N. Barber, principal of the
St. Paul school of fine arts, committed
suicide at Mendota, Minn., where she
was in charge of the summer art
school.
Colorado miners have lately been
changing the names of their plants to
those of famous men in the present
war. One of the best-paying copper
mines is now called “Sigsbee.”
Owing to the extreme drought
placer mining in the northern coun
ties of California has been suspended.
It is thought that operations will not
be resumed until next spring.
Advices from Honolulu state that
the executive council of the island gov
ernment has signed a contract with
the Schymser company to lay a cable
from the American coast to Honolulu
and Japan.
Gov. McCord has received indefinite
leave of absence from his duties as the
executive of Arizona and will take
command as colonel of the regiment of
infantry now being recruited in the
four territories.
The annexation of the Hawaiian
islands to the United States has given
American registry to 53 vessels. Of
these 24 are steamers, four full-rigged
ships, ten barks and 17 schooners.
Most of the steamers are now engaged
in the inter-island trade.
HID ■ M ARMS.
The Spanish Soldiers at Santiago
de Cuba Formally Submit to
the American Demands.
SANTIAGO IS NOW UNDER OUR FLAG.
The Stars unit Stripes lloiated Over
the Palace at Noon Snnday—Gen.
MeKibbon Made Military Gover
nor-Arms of Total's Troops to He
Retained.
Santiago de Cuba, July 18.—Amid
impressive ceremonies the Spanish
troops laid down their arms between
the lines of the'Spanish and American
forces at nine o’clock Sunday morn
ing. Gen. Shafter and the American
division and brigade commanders and
their staffs were escorted by a troop
of cavalry, and Gen. Toral and his staff
by 100 picked men. Trumpeters on
both sides sainted with flourishes.
Gen. Shafter returned to Gen. Toral
the latter’s sword after it had been
handed to the American commander.
Gur troops, lined up at the trenches,
were eye-witnesses of the ceremony.
Gen. Shafter and his escort, accom
panied by Gen. Toral, rode through
the city, taking formal possession. The
city had been sacked before they ar
rived by the Spaniards. At the palace
elaborate ceremonies took place. Ex
actly at noon the American flag was
raised over the palace and was saluted
by 21 guns by Capt. Capron’s bat
tery. At the same time all the regi
mental bands in our lines played “The
Star Spangled Banner,” after which
President McKinley’s congratulatory
telegram was read’ to each regiment.
The Thirteenth and Ninth regiments
of infantry will remain in the city to
enforce order and exercise municipal
authority. The Spanish forces are to
encamp outside of our lines. Gen. Mc-
Kibben has been appointed temporary’
military governor.
The ceremony over, Gen. Shafter and
his staff returned to the American
lines, leaving the city in the possession
of the municipal authorities, subject
to the control of Gen. MeKibbon.
Madrid Sanctions Surrender.
The formal sanction by the Madrid
government of the terms of capitula
tion unraveled the tangled skein of
demands and counter demands be
tween the opposing commanders,
which threatened to end the negotia
tions and compel a return to arms.
After numerous conferences had re
sulted in the agreement, already sanc
tioned by’ Gen. Blanco, Gen. Toral de
cided that the approval of the Madrid
government was necessary’ before he
would leave the city. Gen. Shafter
maintained that no such approval was
necessary”, that when Gen. Toral
agreed to surrender the province of
Santiago and Gen. Blanco sanctioned
it, the agreement of suYrender be
came an accomplished fact. He in
sisted that Gen. Toral had either sur
rendered Thursday or acted in bad
faith, but documentary evid nee bore
out the fact that Gen. Toiav men
tioned that he only capitulated
subject to his government’s approval,
and the six commissioners by whom
the articles were signed at 2:10
o'clock Saturday afternoon so ruled.
The Term*.
The whole matter was cleared up
Sunday morning, however, when Gen.
Toral received the necessary sanction
from Madrid. The agreement consists
of nine articles, as follows:
First. All hostilities shall cease pending
the agreement of final capitulation.
Second. That the capitulation includes
all the Spanish forces and the surrender of
all war material within the prescribed lim
its.
Third. The transportation of the troops
to Spain at the earliest possible moment,
each force to be embarked at the nearest
port.
,Fourth. That the Spanish officers shall
netaln their side arme and iho en.lsietl Hit'll
their personal rivperty.
Fifth. That after the final capitulation
the Spanish forces shall assist in the re
moval v>f all obstructions to navigation in
Santiago harbor.
Sixth. That after the final capitulation
the commanding officers shall furnish a
complete inventory of all arms and mu
nitions of war and a roster of all the sol
diers in the district.
Seventh. That the Spanish general shall
be permitted to fake the military archives
and records with him.
Eighth. That all guerrillas and Spanish
irregulars shall be permitted to remain in
Cuba If they so elect, giving a parole that
they will not again take up arms against
the United States unless properly paroled.
Ninth. That the Spanish forces shall be
permitted to march out with all the honors
of war. depositing their arms to be dis
posed of by the United Statesin the future,
the American commissioners to recommend
to their government that the arms of the
soldiers be returned to those “who so
bravely defended them."
Will Not Return Arms.
Washington, July 18.—The arms
surrendered by the Spanish soldiers
at Santiago to Gen. Shafter will be
kept by the United States government.
This conclusion, reached lute Sunday
afternoon by the president and Secre
tary Alger, was made public by the lat
ter as he left his office after six o'clock
Sunday night for his home. “All those
who have arms will turn them over to
this government. This is final.” These
were the secretary’s words when nsked
for information on the subject. “And,"
he added, in response to further in
quiries and to clear any doubt that
might exist on the subject, “the rifles
will not be returned to Spain.” This
■ decision, no doubt, already has been
' communicated to Gen. Shafter.
Serious Riot In Shanghai.
Hong-Kong. July 18.—Serious riot
| ing is taking place in the French set
tlement at .Shanghai, consequent on
the closing of the Ning Bo joss house.
Saturday and Saturday night all the
available men from the French cruiser
Eclaireur were landed with four ma
chine guns. The volunteers, police and
firemen were on duty all night. Sev
erl Chinamen were killed and
wounded and several foreigners were
hurt by stones.
Pence Provprcts.
Madrid, July 18.—A member of the
cabinet in an interview on Sunday as
serted that the government was seek
ing an honorable peace with the United
States. El linparcial says that a mem
ber of the ministry declares that ne
gotiations for peace with the United
States are only possible so far as the
> question of Cuba is concerned. 'Io
' demand more would be to say that
I Spain must commit silicide.
Storm Proves Fatal.
St. Louis. July IS.—A special to the
Republic from Dallas, Tex., says: A
number of the counties of northern
Texas have been swept by a terrific
hail and windstorm. In Bosque county
John McLain was killed. In Johnson
| county Mrs. Julia Rucker was fatally
i injured. Great damage was done to
the grain and cotton crops.
Death of err® Gordo” Williams.
Mount Sterling. Ky„ July IS.—Gen.
John S. Williams. ex-United States sen
i ator and hero of the Mexican and civil
i wars, died at seven a. m. Sunday at his
home near this city.
Burst n Blood Vessel,
New York. July 16. —James A. Roose
velt, aged 76, the well-known banker,
and uncle of Col. Theodore Roosevelt,
died Friday suddenly on a Long Is
land railroad train, while on his way
to Oyster Bay. where he has his coun
try residence. The bursting of a blood
vessel in his brain is to have
been the cause of his death.
Baptist Vonn* People Adjourn.
Buffalo. N. Y.. July 19.—The conven
tion of the Baptist Young People’s
union, which has been in session since
Wednesday, has adjourned to meet
next year at Richmond, Va.
PUERTO RICO NEXT.
Plans All Laid for Capture of
That Island.
Gen. Miles Sails with « Small Force
—To Be Joined by Thirty Thou
sand Troops— Navy to
Assist.
Washington, July 19. —After three
days' consultation between the presi
dent, Secretary Alger and Gen. Brooke,
during which there was frequent com
munication with Gen. Miles at Siboney,
the details of the Puerto Rican expedi
tion were the expedi
tion itself was gotten under way, Gen.
Miles, with some artillery and troops,
sailing Monday for Puerto Rico on the
converted cruiser Yale, to be followed
quickly by an army of about 30,000
men. There are some notable differ
ences in the plans for this expedition
and for the stately naval pageant
that sailed away from Tampa, under
Gen. Shafter's command, to attack San
tiago.
So Conroys to Be I Med.
First, there will be practically no
naval convoys; the navy department
has declared that they are unnecessary,
that there is not a Spanish warship in
the West Indies that dare thrust its
bow out of port. In the second place,
the expedition does not start from one
point, but will be divided among sev
eral ports, thus preventing the tre
mendous congestion that was encoun
tered at Tampa in the effort to start
the big fleet. Lastly, there will be
no effort made to get the ships away
together, but the transports w ill be al
lowed to find their own wav* to their
destination without concerted move
ments.
Mlles the I.ender.
Gen. Miles leads the way. He had
been promised by the president that
he should go to Puerto Rico, and the
promise was redeemed when the Yale
headed Monday from Siboney for
Puerto Rico, 800 miles distant. Gen.
Brooke will be the senior officer in
Miles’ command, and upon him will
GOVERNOR'S PALACE AT SANTIAGO DE CUBA, WHERE THE AMERICAN FLAG NOW FLOATS.
fall the responsibility of the execution
of the details of his superiors’ plans.
Mny Be r Bloocllcmn Cn in pn f k
The purpose of Secretary Alger is
to make the Puerto Rican campaign a
short one. An overwhelming force
will l>e thrown upon the island, and it
is possible that a bloodless victory will
be achieved when the Spanish become
convinced <fiat they have no reason
able chance to resist successfully. The
expedition is to comprise 30,000 men
at the start, and it will be swelled soon
to 40,000 men, and. if necessary, to
70,000 men, the equipment of the vol
unteer forces having now progressed
so well as to warrant the statement
that, that number of men can be ready
for service in Puerto Rico within a
very short time. The entire body of
troops at Tampa will be taken, num
bering about 13,000 men, and including
a lot of heavy and light artillery under
command of Gen. Rodgers. The ex
pedition will be particularly strong
with artillery, as tome of that nt
Santiago commanded by Gen. Randolph
is to be drawn upon. Gen. Brooke will
take with him from Chickamauga park
most of the First and Second brigades
of his army corps, the First.
The Nnvu! Plan*.
The part which the navy is to take
in the assault against Puerto Rico has
been fully matured. The several trans
port fleets will have with them one or
two auxiliary craft carrying strong
secondary batteries of six or eight six
pounders. Secretary Long said that no
time had been fixed for the departure
of Admiral Sampson's fleet for San
Juan. As to the naval plans he would
only say that they would cooperate in
every way with the movements of the
army.
Mnrtlnl I.nw for Spain.
Madrid, July 16. —The Official Ga
zette published Friday a royal decree
temporarily suspending throughout
the Spanish peninsula the rights of
individuals as guaranteed by the con
stitution. The decree adds that the
government will render an account
to parliament of the use it may make
of this measure.
The publication of lhe decree is gen
erally accepted as being convincing
proof that Spain is now ready to sue
ior peace and that negotiations to that
effect are actually in progress. The
government wishes to have full power
to suppress any evidences of discontent
or rebellion which might appear. The
Carlists are furious and are sure to at
tempt to create trouble.
Gunboat Destroyed.
St. Thomas. Danish West Indies. July
18. —The United States cruiser New Or
leans has completely destroyed the
Spanish gunboat Antonio Lopez, whose
captain recently ran his vessel ashore
at Salinas, near San Juan de Puerto
Rico, upon being chased by two Ameri
can vessels while attempting to enter
San Juan with a cargo of provisions
and war materials.
Manzanillo Bombarded.
London, July 19.—-A special dispatch
from Havana, dated Monday, says:
Seven American warships heavily bom
barded Manzanillo this morning.
Three steamers of the Menandez. line
were set on fire. Several gunboats that
were in the harbor issued for the de
fense of the town, but were stranded.
llr<>therU IJrovvned.
Chicago, July 18. —In an endeavor to
rescue his brother Arthur from the.
lake nt Fifteenth street Sunday after
noon Walter Sems was encircled by
the arms of the frantic youth and both
met death together.
A Double Lyncbinsr.
Little Rock, Ark., July 15.—A double
lynching in which Jim Redd and Alex
Johnson, two negroes, were the vic
tims, occurred at Monticello, Ark..
Thursday. A mob of men broke down
the doors of the jail and, entering the
cell room, poured a volley of shots into
the cages where the men were con
fined. Johnson is dead and Redd is fa
tally wounded.
Death of a Veteran,
London. July 15. —Mr. Irvine Stephen
Bullock died Thursday at Liverpool.
Be was a lieutenant on the Alabama
during the war of secession.
SHAFTER REPORTS.
The General Tells of the Occupation
of Snntiniro—Vanqtiiahed l.ay
Down Their Arms.
Washington, July 18.—The Ameri
can flag is now waving over Santiago.
The first message conveying the news
of Santiago's formal surrender was
received at the white house shortly be
fore 11 o’clock, just ns the president
was preparing to go to church.
Late in the afternoon the official dis
patch came from Gen. Shafter giving
in brief military fashion an unusually
clear statement from the general of
the day's events. It was entirely sat
isfactory from every point of view,
showing that the American army was
in complete control of a city that it
would have cost 5,000 lives to capture
by storm. Moreover, it. was very en
couraging from a medical view, in that
it showed, contrary to what had been
expected, that there was little sick
ness and scarcely any yellow fever in
Santiago, but a great deal of suffering
and distress. Following is the dis
patch:
“Santiago de Cuba. July 17.—Adjutant
General United States Army, Washington:
I have the honor to announce that the
American flag has been this instant, 12
o’clock noon, hoisted over the house of
the civil government In the city of Santi
ago. An immense concourse of people pres
ent. A squadron of cavalry and a regiment
of infantry presenting arms and band
playing national air. Light battery fired
salute 21 guns. Perfect order is being main
tained by municipal government. Distress
is very great, but little sickness in town.
Scarcely any yellow fever. A small gun
boat and about 200 seamen left by Cervera
have surrendered to me. Obstructions are
being removed from mouth of harbor.
Upon coming' into the city I discovered a
perfect entanglement of defenses. Fight
ing as the Spaniards did the first day It
would have cost 5.000 lives to have taken
it. Battalions of Spanish troops have been
depositing arms since daylight in the
armory, over which I have guard. Gen.
Toral formally surrendered the place and
all stores at nine a. m.
“W. R. SHAFTER, Major General."
z\t 11:05 o'clock Sunday night Adjt.
Corbin made public the following dis
patch from Gen. Shafter:
“Headquarters United States Army, San
tiago. July 17.—T0 Adjutant General U. S.
A.: My ordnance officers report about 7,000
rifles turned in to-day and 600,000 cartridges.
At the mouth of the harbor there are quite
a number of tine modern guns, about six-
inch; also two batteries of mountain guns,
together with a saluting battery of 15 old
bronze guns. Disarming and turning In
will go on to-morrow. List of prisoners
not yet taken.
"SHAFTER, Major General Commanding.”
Washington, July 18.—The following
messages were sent Saturday by Presi
dent McKinley and Secretary R. A. Al-
"To rten shorts- Commanding front
near Santiago, Playa: The president of
the United States sends to you and your
brave army the profound thanks of the
American people for the brilliant achieve
ments at Santiago, resulting In the sur
render of the city and all of the Spanish
troops and territory under Gen. Toral.
Your splendid command had endured not
only the hardships and sacrifices incident
to campaign and battle, but in stress of
heat and weather has triumphed over ob
stacles which w*ould have overcome men
less brave and determined. One and all
have displayed the most conspicuous, gal
lantry and earned the gratitude of the na
tion. ’ The hearts of lhe people turn with
tender sympathy to the sick and wounded.
May the Father of Mercies protect and
comfort (them.
"(Signed) WILLIAM M'KINLEY."
"To Maj. Gen. Shafter, front, near San
tiago, Playa: I cannot express in words
my gratitude to you and your heroic men.
Your work has been well done. God bless
you all.
"(Signed) R. A. ALGER,
"Secretary of War.”
Afraid of Watson.
London, July 16.—1 tis announced in
a special dispatch from Barcelona that
the inhabitants of that city are panic
stricken. They believe the Americans
will select defenseless Barcelona as
the first point to bombard. The local
banks are removing their specie to the
country, the merchants arc sending
their goods to places of safety and
many of the citizens arc leaving. The
governor of Barcelona has informed
the people that they cannot expect
help from the government.
Cadiz, July 16. There is great ex
citement here, owing to the expected
coming of Commodore Watson’ssquad
ron. Many are leaving. The Spanish
mail steamers plying between this
port and Tangier will cease to run
next week.
A Heavy Defalcation.
Springfield. Mass.. July 19.—The tem
porary receivers of the Hampshire sav
ings bank of Northampton have given
out. a statement to the effect that the
defalcation of Treasurer Lewis Har
ner amounts to S49O,(XX). With the
$240,000 which Bank Examiner Ewer
estimates were taken from the Hamp
shire County national bank, Warner's
peculations amount in rhe aggregate
io $640,000.
To He Hawaii’s Military Governor.
San Francisco, July 15. The Call
says that it has been practically de
cided to appoint Col. T. H. Barber, of
the First New York regiment, military
governor of the Hawaiian islands. The
appointments, however, will be only
temporary, as Col. Barber is assured
that the First wili go to the Philip
pines ns soon as it is possible for the
war department to relieve it of gar
rison duty.
Harvest Hands Needed.
Omaha, Neb.. July 19.—The farmers
of North Dakota and South Dakota are
unable to get men to help in harvest
ing their crops. During the last 91)
days Nebraska has sent 3.000 soldiers
to the war. Most of them were young
men from the farms. Farmers are
paying good wages for harvest hands,
in some instances two dollars a day
and board.
Wife of .MinlMe.’ to Greece Dead.
Athens, July 19.—Mrs. Rockhill, the
wife of Mr. W. W. Rockhill, the United
States minister to Greece, died of ty
phoid fever.
Devtey’s Tribute to the Chinese.
Washington, July 16.—The state de
partment posts a bulletin stating that
Admiral Dewey pays a high tribute to
the Chinese on board the American
ships at the battle of Manila, and sug
gests that they should receive recog
nition by being made citizens of the
United States.
Accident to Prince of Waler
London, July 19.—A bulletin issued
at Marlborough hou»e. the London
residence of the prince of Waletk says
the prince Has fractured hl» left knee
cap.
WILL FIGHT IT OUT.
Spanish Commander of Philippines
Irged to Surrender Io
InMurigents.
Manila. July 13, via Hong-Kong, July
19.—An important interview lias just
been held between Gen. Aguinaldo’s
secretary, Le Garda, and a prominent
native white man and the Spanish
commander. Capt. Gen. Augusti. The
insurgents’ representatives urged Gen.
August! to surrender the city, assert
ing that 50,000 insurgents surrounded
Manila and were able to enter it at
any moment. Thus far, they added,
the insurgents have been restrained
with difficulty, but if the Spaniards
continued stubborn, the result would
be that the insurgents would be com
pelled to bombard and storm the city,
“with the inevitable slaughter, unpar
alleled in history, because in the ex
citement of battle they cannot dis
criminate.” Continuing, the captain
general’s visitors advised him to dis
regard the official fictions regarding
alleged Spanish victories in Cuba and
reenforcements coming to the Philip
pine islands, and proposed a reconcil
iation between the Spaniards, in the
Philippines, under a republican flag,
and a joint endeavor to persuade Amer
icans to abandon hostilities in the Phil
ippine islands. Finally, the represent
atives of the insurgents proposed an
appeal to the powers to recognize
the independence of the Philippine
islands.
The captain general replied that he
must fight, however hopeless the Span
ish cause. Le Garda then returned to
Cavite, taking with him the native,
who is a paroled prisoner.
CLASH AT MANILA.
One of Dewey’s Ships Halit German
Cruiser with a Shell—lrene
Drought to Time.
London, July 19. The Hong-Kong
correspondent of the Daily Mail says:
United Stales Consul Wildman informs
me that as the German cruiser Irene
was passing Mariveles, off Manila, the
other day, the United States gunboat
Hugh McCulloch was sent after her
to ask her to stop. As the Irene re-
fused to obey a shell was sent across
hew bow and a small boat went to dis
cover what she was doing. The German
admiral protested and insisted’ that
German ships had a right to enter the
harbor without being searched, a
claim which Admiral Dewey declined
to recognize.
If is reported that Admiral Von
TMarl riolxv. who ik in oomman<l of
German squadron at Manila, inter
viewed Capt. Chichester, of the British
cruiser Immortalite as to what he
would' do if the Germans interfered
with the bombardment of Manila.
Capt. Chichester replied that only Ad
miral Dewey and himself knew that.
Admiral Dewey has protested against
the German admiral’s disregard of the
blockade at Manila. He has addressed
that individual in firm language, say
ing if Germany is at peace with the
United States he must change his
methods.
Sluifter'a liOUmpn.
Gen. Shafter's Headquarters. Before
Santiago, July 15, via Kingston. Ja
maica, July 18.—The filial report of
casualties in the army since it landed
in Cuba three weeks ago has been for
warded to Washington. It shows- an
aggregate of 1.914 officers and men
killed, wounded and missing. The
killed number 246, of whom 21 were
officers; wounded. 1,584, of whom 98
were officers, ami missing 84, of whom
none is an officer. Of the wounded
only 68 have died. Col. Pope, the sur
geon in chief, says this is a remarkably
small number of fatalities, considering
the large number of wounded. In the
field hospitals there has been a small
number of septic wounds, and but two
cases of gangrene have developed, one
of which resulted, fatally.
Train Robbed Ncnr Wichita, Kan.
Wichita, Kam, July 18. I’he'l risco
passenger train, leaving here at 9:30
o'clock for St. Louis, was held up on
Saturday night by two masked men at
Andover, a station ten miles east of
here. A citizen of Andover, who
learned of the plan to rob the train,
attempted to notify the train crewand
was shot by the robbers. He will prob
ably die. His name could not be
learned. Several hundred dollars were
tak<m from the express ear, but the
exact amount is not known here. An
dover is a flag station and has about
200 people.
Must He Stamped.
Washington, July 18. The commis
sioner of internal revenue has held
that receipts used as cheeks to draw
money from banks' are subject to the
stamp tax. It is said that several
banks, in order to avoid t he stamp tax,
are accepting receipts for cash which,
according to the letter of the law, are
exempt. The commissioner, however,
has decided that under those circum
stances receipts to till intents and pur
poses are checks, and therefore must
be stamped.
Hcmoved the Sheep.
Washington, July 18.—The secret ary
of the interior has received informa
tion that special forest agents have
ejected more than 85.000 sheep from
the Yosemite park. California, and will
in a short time probably succeed in re
moving others now on that reserve.
To Meet American Expedition.
London, July 19. —The Hong-Kong
correspondent of the Times says; The
United States cruiser Boston left Ma
nila on July 13 for Cape Engaro, at the
northwest extremity of the island of
Luzon, to meet the American expedi
tion.
Six I.lves Lost by nn Explosion.
Buffalo, N. Y., July 15. By the ex
plosion of a boiler in the Niagara
starch works Thursday the building
was wrecked and six persons killed and
26 injured. Two others are missing,
who are supposed to have perished.
Of the six persons who were in the
building only two escaped.
Former Princess of Chimay Dead.
Paris, July 16. —The Buda-l’esth cor
respondent of the Libre Parole an
nounces the death of Clara L. Ward,
the divorced wife of Prince Joseph of
Chimay and Caraman.
IT MARKS AN EPOCH.
President's Proclamation for Govern
ment of ( aptured Territory-
First Ever Issued.
Washington, July 19.—A state paper
that will be historic, marking an epoch
in American history, was issued Mon
day by direction of President McKin
ley. It provides in general terms for
the government of de Cuba
and is the first document of the kind
ever prepared by a president of the
United States. Gen. Shafter is in
structed to have the document pub
lished in such manner in both English
and Spanish as will give it the widest
circulation in the territory under his
control. The full text of the document
follows:
“Executive Mansion, Washington, July
18, 1898 —To the Secretary of War—Sir: The
capitulation of the Spanish forces in Santi
ago de Cuba and in the eastern part of
the province of Santiago and the occupa
tion of the territory by the forces of the
United States render it necessary to in
struct the military commander of the Unit
ed States as to the conduct which he is to
observe during the military occupation.
“The first effect of the military occupa
tion of the enemy’s territory is the sev
erance of former political relations of the
Inhabitants ar.d the establishment of a new
political power. Under this changed condi
tion of things the inhabitants, so long as
they perform their duties, are entitled to
security In their persons and property, ar.d
in all their private rightsand relations. It
is my desire that the inhabitants of Cuba
should be acquainted with the purpose of
the United States to discharge to the fullest
extent its obligations in this regard. It will
therefore be the duty of the commander of
the army of occupation to announce and
proclaim in the most public manner that
we come not to make war upon the In
habitants of Cuba, nor upon any party or
faction among them, but to protect them
in their homes, in their employments and In
their personal and religious rights. All
persons who. either by active aid or by
honest submission, cooperate with the
United States in its* efforts to give effect to
this beneficent purpose will receive the re
ward of its support and protection. Our
occupation should be as free from severity
as possible.
“Though the powers of the military oc
cupant are absolute and supreme, and im
mediately operate upon the political con
dition of the inhabitants, the municipal
laws of the conquered territory, such as
affect private rights of persons and prop
erty, and provide for the punishment of
crime, are considered as continuing in
force, so far as they are ompatible with
the new order of things, until they are sus
pended or superseded by the occupying
belligerent: and in practice they are not
usually abrogated, but are allowed to re
main in force, and to be administered by
the ordinary tribunals, substantially as
they were before the occupation. This
enlightened practice Is, so far as possible,
to be adhered to on the present occasion.
The judges and other ‘officials connected
with the administration of justice may, if
they accept the supremacy of the United
States, continue to administer the ordinary
law of the land, as between man and man,
under the supervision of the American
commander-in-chief. The native con
stabulary will, so far as may be practicable,
be preserved. The freedom of the people
to pursue their accustomed occupations
■will be abridged oily when it may be nec
essary to do so.
“While the rule of conduct of the Amer
ican commander-ln-chtef will be such as
has just been defined, it will 1 his duty
to adopt measures of a different kind, if,
unfortunately, the course of th- people
should render such measures Indispensable
to the maintenance of law and order. He
will then possess the power to replace or
expel the native officials in part or alto
gether. to substitute new courts of his own
constitution for those that now exist, or
to create such new or supplementary
tribunals as may be necessary. In the ex
ercise of these high powers the com-
mander must be guided by his judgment
and his experience, and a high sense of
justice.
“One of the most important and most
practicable problems with which it will be
necessary to deal Is tliat of the treatment
of property and the collection and adminis
tration of revenues. It is conceded that
all public funds and securities belonging to
tho government of the country in its own
right, and all arms and supplies’and other
movable property of such government,
may be seized by the military occupant
ar.d converted to Ills own use. The real
property of the state he may hold and ad
minister, at the same time enjoying the
revenues thereof, but he is not to destroy
it. save in the case of military necessity.
All public means of transportation, such
as telegraph lines, cables, railways and
boats belonging to the state, may be ap
propriated to his use, but unless in case
of military necessity they are not to be de
stroyed.
“All churches and buildings devoted to
religious worship and to the arts and sci
ences, all schoolhouses are, so far as
possible, to be protected, and all destrue
or Intentional tl»-f ar«-mc.n t nf siH-h
places, of historical monuments or archives
or of works of science or art is prohibited,
save when required by urgent military
necessity.
“Private property, whether belonging to
individuals or corporations, is to be re
spected, and can be confiscated only as
hereafter indicated. Means of transporta
tion, such as telegraph lines and cables,
railways and boats, may, although they
belong to private Individuals or corpora
tions, be si ized by the military occupant,
but unless* dcstioyed unde r military neces
sity are not to be retain* d.
“Private property taken for the us*- of
the army is to be paid for when possible
in cash at a fair valuation, at d when pay
ment in cash is not possible receipts are to
be giv* n.
“While It Is held to be the right of the
conquerors to levy contributions upon the
enemy in their seaports, towns or prov
inces which may he in his military posses
sion by conquest and to apply the pro
ceeds to defray the expense of the war,
this right is to be exercised within such
limitations that it may not savor of con
fiscation. As the result of military occu
pation the taxes and duties payable by the
inhabitants to the former government be
come payable to the military occupant, un
less he see s * fit to substitute for them other
rates or modes of contribution to the ex
penses of the government. The moneys so
collected are to be u * l lor th*- purpos*- of
paying the e xpenses of th* government un
der the military occupation, such as the
salaries of the judges and the poPce. and
for the payment of',t he* expenses* of the
army.
“Ail ports ar.d places in Cuba which may
be in the actual possession of our land
and naval forers will be opened to , the
commerce of all neutral r ations, as wr ’1 as
our own, in articles r.ot contraband of war
upon payment of the jibed rat's of
duty which may be in force at the time o!
rhe’ importation.
•‘WILLIAM M'KJNLEY.
“By Order of the I’Mary of War:
“11. C. CORBIN, Adjutant General.”
The Clcnn-t p at Dawson City.
Victoria, B. July 18.—Editoi
Sbippy, of 1 he Skagnny News, says 1 hat
down on the Cottage City, says that
this year’s elean-up at Dawson, will b<
a trifle less than s2o.<k>o.ooo, three
quarters of this being in the custodj
of the big trading companies, who wili
send it down by way of St. Michael.
The May West had $750,000 and mon
and the other boats which left June 2
ami July 4 carry the balance of the
output. The Dawson newspapers do
not approximate the down-river ship
ments so highly, the Midnight Sun
stating that the Wcnre, Belle and
Charles H. Hamilton do not carry to
exceed $4,000,000.
Took Polson.
Tampa. Fla.. July 19. Frcema'n
Schley, cousin of Commodore Schley
of the United States navy, died at his
rooms on Seventh avenue Sunday aft
ernoon. Monday it was announced by
the physician that he died' from the
effects of an overdose of morphine,
and inquiry developed the fact that
it was taken with suicidal intention.
Prof. Schley was a teacher of lan
guages here ami had been for years.
Death of C.eorae A. Pillsbury.
Minneapolis, Minn.. July 18.—George
Alfred Pillsbury, of the firm of Pills
bury A- Co., president of the North
western bank, ami one of the best
known men in the northwest, died
here Sunday, aged 82 years. He leaves
a large fortune and his public bequests
in the past have aggregated over $500,-
000.
A tin fra Ha Coal In Alaska.
San Francisco, July 18.—The bark
Palmyra is reported as having arrived
at L'nga. She carried a cargo of coal,
the first ever taken from Australia to
Alaska.
Will Sot Increase Wattes.
Altoona, Pa., July 15. The coal
operators will positively refuse to con
sider the demand for an increase of
wages made by the convention of bi
tuminous miners of district No. 2. The
operators say the war has hurt instead
of helped the coal business of this dis
trict.
In a Naval Prison.
Annapolis, Md., July 18.—Admiral
Cervera is now a prisoner of war in
the naval academy reserve. He was
brought here Saturday by theauxiliary
cruiser St. Louis, with the other officers
of his fleet.
CURRENT TOPICS.
The Franco-German war cost 53.000,•
000,000.
Santiago bombardment powder cost.
$1,000,000.
The civil war has thus far cost $12,-
000,000,000.
England's ordnance survey map cost
-320,000,000.
The army of Germany boasts eight,
women colonels.
Yellow fever killed 11,500 Spanish
soldiers in Cuba.
In Scotland, at one time, capital pun
ishment was by drowning.
Spain will soon have the greatest
submarine navj’ in the world.
There are 2"0 glaciers in the Alps
said to be over five miles in length.
Tbs oil of the rattlesnake is said to
be good for rheumatism and neural
gia.
The demand for cavalry horses has
revived the equine industry in Wyom
ing.
Our coast signal service system ex
tends all the way from Bar Harbor to
Galveston.
Married couples in Norway are priv
ileged to travel on railways at a faro
and a half.
Profanity is forbidden by both the
army and navy regulations of tho
United States.
A BOXFUL of earth from the garden
of Gethsemane was sprinkled ever Mr.
Gladstone’s coffin.
More cases of consumption appear
among needle makers and tile makers
than among any other class of labor
ers.
Among the Anglo-Saxons in the sev
enth century men wore gloves, while
women covered their hands with their
sleeves.
The American foot soldier is cover
ing himself with glory and the laurels
of war are no longer worn alone by
the navy.
The earl of Sefton, whose estates
have just been resettled by the Eng
lish courts, is a hopeless lunatic at the
age of 80.
Fob the heroes who have fallen
and their families there goes out from
every Ameaicau home unmeasured
sympathy.
In Montenegro, when a man is re
jected as too old for war, he breaks
his sword at the feet of his prince
and goes home to die.
Shafteu is evidently a soldier able
to see the short cuts among the most
tangled complications and with tho
energy to force his army through.
We have now destroyed Montejo's
squadron and Cervera’s squadron, but
we are not out of the woods yet.
Spain still has the terrible Temerario.
Piano leather, a species of buckskin
used on piano keys, is nearly all made
by a family of tanners in Thuringia.
The processof tanning is a well guard
ed secret.
Naturalists have ascertained that
scorpions and certain kinds of spiders
are able to make peculiar noises to
warn an eneny that an attack is at
tended by danger.
The breaking of the sword in halves
and throwing the weapon at the feet
of an enemy is the expressiofi of in
subordination. the spirit that admits
defeat, but remains unconquered.
Searchlights are such good targets
for the enemy's guns that the Ger
mans are arranging to throw the light
first on a mirror and thence on the
enemy, thereby concealing its real
source.
In 1893 Mary Gillard, of Independ
ence, Kan., lost her voice. A few days
ago she was picking straw berries. A
bug crawled across her hand. She
screamed. Ever since her voice has
been as good as new.
Whether the Spanish ships are un
• armored cruisers or battle ships with
I nine inches of steel protection on their
hulls, the result is the same utter de
j struction when they come w ithin range
i of the guns of the Americans.
I Carbonic oxide being found normal
ly in the blood of living beings exist
ing in Paris, M. Nicloux has demon
strated to the French academy of
sciences that the gas forms within
the organism itself without external
causes.
Congo Negroes are remarkable for
their thick skins. A ease is mentioned
of a black slashed with a razor in a
scuffle. The hospital surgeon broke
two needles in trying to put in the
stitches and at last was driven to use
a bradawl.
IT is stated that the first cost of
building a fleet of Atlantic linersis a
trifle compared to the money spent in
running them. In less than three
years it will exceed the cost of con
struction. such is the constant expend
iture in wages, repairs, etc.
Japan has a breed of mice which are
B puzzle to naturalists. At different
periods of the day they whirl around
and around for hours at a time. If a
person shou.d lift a mouse when it is
whirling the animal will resume its
whirling the moment it is set down.
Contrary to a widespread belief
that hard woods give more heat in
burning than soft varieties, it has
been shown that the greatest power is
possessed by tl e wood of the linden
tree, which is very soft. Fir stands
next to linden and almost equal to it.
The new island which l.ns ...-sen
near the northwest of Borneo, oppo
site Labuan. is about 200 yards long
and 150 yards wide and of clayey earth
and rock. Its formation is supposed
to be connected with tiie earthquake
felt at Hudat. British North Borneo,
in last September.
The tongues of the cat family are
covered w ith recurving spines. In the
common domestic cat these are small,
but sufficiently well developed to give
the tongue a feeling of roughness.
But in tiie lion and tiger the spines
are strong enough to enable the an
imal to tear away the skin of a mans
hand merely bj' licking it.
A sack-filling machine Ims been in
vented which not only fills the sack
with flour or grain, but weighs it and
registers trie number filled. It will
not attempt to put more in than the
sack will hold; and tended by a single
man the machine will dispose of 6(1
sacks an hour.
The wife murderer probably gets bou
quets liceause he is such a lady-killer.—Chi
cago Daily News.
People are beginning to admit that m. ny
men are looking for work who do not want
it.—Atchison Globe.
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