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Official County Paper.
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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
County Officers.
Count, Judge 0. W. Obatu
Bhrlft....T!T J. W. Whit*
County Clerk Wm. Be ahdoh
County Treasurer . A. T. Fobtun
Register of Deed! Wm. Hutch iso*
Clerk of the Court H. 0. Goslino
District Attorns, John B. LabSo*
Count, Superintendent Howard Mjli.bb
BfHuTJr W. H. Knowrb
C0r0ner....... G. P. Aixau
Chsirtisn Board of Bupervisore....AL*x. 8n.,.
F or Ocunnlesloner B. Tiltoh
Superintendent Insane Asylum. ..S'. Wojuki
CITY OF KIC KH.
SjTcimK yy yyy y yyyyyyy m e. d ? *ckars
tMMurer John 8. MrtUttrlck
Assessor. Jos. Omnn^son
Police Justice J. Henry Bennett
Justices l 8. Me Michael
f Squire Toney
Marshal John C Johnson
Sil
* SOCIETY "DIRECTORY.
a. F. * a. M. NO. 84.
Meets the First and Third Wednesdays of
•aoh month. Hall in Williams' block.
\nbQQVk LODGE, I. O- O. F.—MEETS BT-
T er, Saturday night, in Williams’ block.
\?tßo<ivk BNCAMPMBNI I. 0 0. F.. NO.
T <O. Meets ertry Monday evening.
Ancient order of united workmen
—First and third Tuesdays of each month.
r\RDER OF CHOSEN FRIENDS.—MEETS
U second and fourth Saturdays of each mth.
A ME RICAN LEGION OF HONOR.—MEETS
lA. seoond and fourth Tuesdays of each no th.
I A **M. LOWRIE POST. G. A. R.-MEETS
Qrat Monday erenlng of each month, la
W. R. 0. hall.
Regina dodge, daughters of ke
bekah, No. 28, meets first and third Mon
day of each month In I. O. O. F. hall.
Modern woodmen of America, no.
1991, meets Friday night of oach week.
■\Tl BOQUA CHAPTER, O. E S„ MEETS
V second Tnesday of each month in Masonlo
ball.
XriV.OQVk CHAPTER, R. A. M.. MEETS
V every Becond and fourth Wednesday of
each month.
WOMAN S RELIEF < OKI’S.—MEETS OM
alternate Ks"'- ' - 'worn.
\ir C. T. U.-MKETS ALTERNATE TUES-
Vv . days at 3p. m.
10. O. T. LODGE.—MEETS ON EVERY
* Wednesday evening, In Alliance hall.
ri’BE VIROQUA COUNCIL, NO. 139, A. p. A ,
A meets at Alliance hall every Tuesday night
7:30 o'clock.
VIROQUA K. O. T. M—MEETS ON EVERY
Monday evening In Alliance ball, at 7:30.
Bruß.cn dik kotory.
ODIST EPISCOPAL.-SERVICES AT
Wa. m. and 7:80 p m. each Sabbath,
ichool at 13 in. Prayer moetlngs OB
evenings
i/*IONGREOATIONAL CHURCH—S3RVICBS
at 10:80 a m and 7:80 p. m. each Sabbath.
Sunday school at 13 m.
/dHUROH OP CHRIST —PREACHING jfif*
V- ; cry Sunday at 10;S0 a. m. and In toe stem
teg. Sunday school at 9:80 a. m.
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Norwegian Lutheran church. -
Servlces every Sunday at 8 o’clock.
BUSINESS CARDS.
TT P. PROCTOR, ATTORNEY AND
Jtl, CounKelor, Vlroqua, Wls. will uraotloe
in all Courts of the atate. Special aftontlyp
given to
CIUBAUQH A LARSON, ATTORNEYS.
O Speolal attention glvSn to dolleoMotta. Of
■ie In Ferguson Block, second lour, Mata
Street, Vlroqua, Wls.
Jaokbow Bilbauoh. John 8 Labs aw.
wM. aTcOTT, M. D , PHYSICIAN AND
fV Surgeon, Vlroqua, Wla.
Sfflce near residence. 1 bl'k E. Lyme's hotel.
V 7. MINSHALL, M. D„ PHYSICIAN
J\ . ami Surgeon. A graduate of Keokuk
Medtoal College, one of the beet of Its kind in
the United Statea. All calls promptly attend
ed, day or night, Latest and most approved
method* of treatment use 1.
Office In Casson's lll'k Viboqua, Wib.
I; E. MORLCY, M. D., PHYSICIAN
. and Surgeon, Vlroqua, Wli. Office over
Craig A Co’s drug store, on west side of hall.
All calls attended promptly day or night.
M. BijitKKßoN. Chas. R. Trowbridge.
CURENSON Sl TROWBRIDGE,
n Physicians andßuiioicons, Viroqua, Wls.
Culls in city or country promptly Httended
Office over Oratg & Go's drug store.
JOHN DAWSON A CO.- GEAEIIAL
V Insurance and Heal Estate Agency, Vlroqua.
Office In Williams block, second floor.
VERNON CO. OOURT-RKOULAR
terms on the first Tuesday of each
month, at the court house from U to 12 a.m.
andl3oto6p.nl. D. O. MAIIONLY,
County Judge.
B. J. Bum.*, u.d. W. M. Tbowbbidg*, md.
DRS. SDTTLE & TROWBRIDGE.
Dr. Trowbridge, late resident physician and
surgeon Cook county hospital, Cbioago.
• ALL CALLS ATTENDED PROMPTLY •
Day or night, from offloe.
GEO. E. CHAHBERS,
Crown and Bridge Work, Metal Plate*
and all other branches of dental work dc >*' in
the latest and most improved manner. Batif
fection guaranteed. Office in Towner's blook
VIROQUA, . - WIS.
J. H. Chase, m*>
DENTIST.
Offlo* over Ohandler’e I Vlroqua*
>tor * f Wla.
O. W. Gravks. D. O. Mahonhy.
CRAVES A MAHONEY*
Attorneys & Counsellors at Law
Practice in all Courts. Money Loaned
on Keal Eetate. Collections Promp
tly Attended to.
Office over Bank of Vlroqua*
VIROQUA, WIS.
WE CAN DO
anything In the line of
PRINTING.^
PLAIN or FANCY
PRINT/N0....
EXECUTED °US"
Restaurant a Boding,
MRS. L. C. RICE
Is now loosted in her new building, seoond
Boor, and is prepared to furnish board by day
nr wek. Lunches sirred Sr reasonable rates,
(uppers furnished tor bal's and private par
ties. Accommodations for 71 oo iples. Bakery
supplies for ssie.
OYSTERS
larva bcl* or can.
Ontario Steel Bridge Works. %
WIS. H. TIMMERMAN, Proprietor.
——MANUF-\Acr-rt_Ji=eE>-
Steel bridges, S?oof Tjrussea, Steel "Uubea for
Sub-Structures, Culverts, Arches, etc., of any diameter or length.
ITWRITE FOR INFORMATION NETEOED-
THE VERNON COUNTY CENSOR.
VOL. XLIII—NO. 21.
Koyal makes the food pure,
wholesome and delicious.
tm
POWDER
Absolutely Pure
FT.VAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK.
Columbus’ Pay Uni is.
The bills of payment of tbe crews
who composed the caravels of Christo
pher Columbus on his expedition for
the discovery of America were recently
discovered in the archives of the Span
ish navy.
Blr Money in Bull Fighting.
Spain’s bull lighters made money last
year. Mazzantini in CO tights killed 108
bulls, and made 396,000 pesetas; Re
verte’s score was 71 lights, 1(M) bulls
nnd 270,000 pesetas, w lille Gureitta,
with 70 fights and 147 bulls slaught
ered, earned 456,00 pesetas, of $1)1,000,
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X W. F. LINDEMANN, H. LINDEMANN,
♦ President. Ceihler.
| Bank of Viroqua.
♦ [State Bank—Capital |ao,oco,oo.]
♦ Lindemann & Rusk, Props.
T United States bond!. Inland end foreign
♦ exchange, gold, silver and nncarrent money
♦ bought and iold. Certificates of deposit
Issued payable on demand, to draw Interest
if left six months.
Business Honrs, 9 a. m. to 4 p. m.
Collections and bsnklng business promptly
attended to and remittances made
on day of collection.
B. Beque,
Dentist j
VIROQUA, • Wli.
Prow* s* Bridge Work, Metal aa all
t! er hranehee of Dental work In the latest
Inr proved manner. We guarantee week.
Omoi m Detuh’i Blocs.
F\ I BARNEY.
• I>. I>. H. •
VIROQUA. WIB.
DOES FINE DENTAL WORK.
Enc listing. Bridge, Crown and Geld Plat?
Work. Special attention given to correcting
Irregularities and preservation of the natural
twth. Twenty four years practical experience
an l study. Dental Parlors In Herrick Block.
O. Hr MINBHALL,
f3.ttorney-at~Zauj,
Vlroqua, Wls.
Loans,Collections and Pensions,
PATENTS.
HT Office In secon 1 story Williams’ Block
IRA S. GRIFFIN, Attorney at I,aw.
IRA S. GRIFFIN,
LIFE, FIRE, AaiiiLiU AND TORNADO
INBUHANCB.
General Collecting Agency. Loans Negotiated
~ - —Viroqua, Wib.
N. A.SVISUM,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
FENS CUSTOM WORK A SPECIALTY.
•Perfect Fit Guaranteed.*
VIROQUA, WISCONSIN.
VIROQUA STEAM
LAUNDRY>-
New, Complete
and First-Class.
The proprietors have spared nothing in
work or expense to equip a plant suit
able to the needs of the publio. Ev
erything is under the direction of a
manager with 12 years experience.
Individual and Family Laun
dry work Guaranteed.
Itemember the Steam Laundry and give
it your patronage. All packages col
lected and delivered. In same block
with Opera House,
WIS.
N. Coe & Son,
—PROPRIETORS OP
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j NEW HARNESS
•SHOP:
If you want a good double hornees
for spring work, now is the time to p.ooe
your order. We know we can supply
your wants
REPAIRING fi SPECIALTY
SIN JUAN IS SHELLED.
Sampson’s Shots Soon Reduce
Spanish Batteries.
PORTO RICAN CAPITAL FALLS
Antiquated M r ro Fort Quickly Leveled
to a Heap of Ruins.
GOOD WORK OF OCR GUNNERS
Americans Force Capitulation, with the
Loss of but One Sailor.
Beat of Span lull Power in Porto Hico
Attacked by Our lllg Warships-
Huge Gnus of the lowa Fire First
Shots—Terrific Cannonade Follows,
In Which the Laud Defenders Suffer
Great Damage and Loss of Life—ln
hnbitants of the Stricken Town and
Foreign Consuls Flee in Terror from
the City to the Open Country.
Washington special:
Admiral Sampson and the fleet of Amer
ican warships that followed the cruiser
New York from the Havana blockade
have contributed anew chapter to the
gl rious naval history of the United
States. San Juan do Porto Rico has gone
REAR APMIUAT. *.V. T. SAMPSON.
down under the destructive and deadly fire
of the great guns of the battleships lowa
and Indiana, monitors Amphitrite and
Puritan anl the cruisers New York,
Montgomery and Detroit. Admiral Snmp
sou says in his official report to the Sec
retary of the Navy that one man was kill
ed on board the New York and seven
slightly wounded in the squadron. No se
rious damage to any ships resulted.
The ancient walls and fortifications of
the city that was founded nearly 400
years ago by Police de Leon crumbled be
fore the matchless gunnery of the Ameri
can bluejackets as if they had been con
structed of paper, and their defenders
were either killed or wounded by the
1,000-pound shells f; >m the thirteen-inch
guns of the monitors and battleships.
Great breaches were shot through the
walls overhanging the bay, and the moni
tors by working close to these were en
abled to send their terrible broadsides
right through the city itself. The fighting
began right after suurise Thursday morn
ing.
When the sentries in the ornamental
boxes that adorn the sea wall of the town
got their first glimpse of the sea their
hearts must have jumped into their
mouths, for there before their eyes, steam
ing defiantly and majestically past the
old lighthouse toward the mouth of the
harbor, were the eight floating engines of
war, for whose coming they had looked
through weary nnd anxious night vigils.
The lowa, with her biggest guns protrud
ing from her forward turret, and eager,
impatient bluejackets gathered behind the
breeches, waiting for the signal to shoot,
led the way.
The ships glided into the harbor one
after another, moving as noiselessly as
FORTIFICATION AT SAN JUAN,
Dewey ran the batteries of Corregidor
when he stole upon Montejo at Manila,
Their decks were cleared' for action, every
gun was shotted and every man was at
Lis station.
As they neared the mouth of the bay
Admiral Sampson’s plan of battle began
to be apparent to the dazed nnd seemingly
paralyzed Spaniards. The lowa swung
to port, heading directly for the old-fash
ioned circular castle that has been known
as the Morro of San Juan. The Indiana
follower! in her wake at a distance of
about 300 yards. The New York went to
Starboard, fol'owed by the monitors Ara-
r v -itrite nnd Puritan. The Detroit fol
1. wed the admiral, and the Montgomery
vent with the battleships in the direction
of the castle.
Presently the flags that conveyed the
words, “Remember the Maine,” the shib
boleth of revenge to every man who sails
under the Stars nnd Stripes, were snap
ping from the masthead of the flagship
New York.
Scarcely had they been run up, and their
import comprehended by the eager Ameri
can sailors when “Fighting Rob" Evans
replied to their command by banging away
at the old castle with one of the lowa's
twelve-inch guns. He did not wait for
the specific signal to commence firing.
“Remember the Maine" was devised to
remind the seamen of the treacherous
murder of 266 of their fellows in Havana,
and it was erongh to precipitate the bom
bardment of San Juan de Porto Kico.
The lowa's shell struck fair and plump,
and n section of the castle nearly as big
as the side of a gu lboat crumbled as if
the ground had sjnk under it. The In
diana cut loose one if her cannon at the
same mark, and before the effect of the
shot could be seen the lowa had swung
broadside to the fortification and emptied
every gun on her starboard side.
The shore guns began to reply. Half a
flozen of them were fired at the same time
from the turrets of the castle, but the men
on the battleships were no* sure whether
they were aimed at themselves or the
Yale, three miles away. The Spaniards
were poor marksmen, and Admiral Samp
son was not long in discovering this fact.
He moved the New York to closer quar
ters. Her eight and six-inch guns, fired
almost with the rapidity of Maxims, were
soon pumping shot and shell into the for
tifications with deadly accuracy and exe
cution. The other cruisers followed the
example of the flagship, raking the entire
sea wall from end to end. The monitors
began creeping closer and closer to the
wall. The Puritan got within 800 yards*
o t th CMtie* and at that ranf* her big
VIROQUA, WISCONSIN,'WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1898.
VESSELS AND MEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE CARDENAS FIGHT.
guns pounded one hole after another un
til the ancient defense looked as if it
would fall of its own weight. The Am
phitrite did similar service at the other
end. The lowa and Indiana concentrat
ed their fire on the castle until its de
fenders were forced out aud its guns si
lenced.
At times for a period of uve, and even
ten, minutes smoke hung in such dense
clouds that the Spaniards could not see
the ships, nor could the Americans see
the fortifications. The gunners on the
ships did not need the walls before their
eyes to continue the execution which was
begun with the first shot. They had the
range of the wall. That was enough for
them, nnd their shells, shrapnel and solid
shot swept one position after another, de
stroyed guns, exploded ammunition, crum
bled bastions nnd killed Spaniards just as
if their targets were in plain sight.
It is to the credit of the Spaniards who
defended San Juan that they put up a
gallant and even dogged resistance. They
stuck to their guns until they were de
stroyed or disabled, and if their aim was
bad their courage was magnificent. They
were frightfully handicapped by the ma
sonry that was thrown up at every dis
charge of an American shell. The inhab
itants of San Juan fled in terror as soon ns
they heard the first discharges of the guns
of the lowa nud Indiana. The foreign
consuls followed the refugees into the
country, and the volunteers fled.
Location of San Juan,
San Juan is 1,000 miles due southeast
from Havana, 500 miles from Cape Maisi,
the eastern tip of Cuba, and only 1,000
miles from New York. The nearest port
is St. Thomas, distant only sixty-nine
miles. The city of Sau Juan is situated
on an island in the bay and is connected
with the main island by a bridge and
causeway of ancient military construction.
It is inclosed by a heavy wall of stone
that is from fifty to one hundred feet high
in places. The harbor is one of the finest
in the world. It offers a safe anchorage
to vessels of all sizes. Next to Cuba Porto
Itico is the richest and most desirable of
Spain’s possessions. It possesses an ideal
climate and vast resources. Its popula
tion is nearly SOO.OOO, 90 per cent of
whom are negroes nnd mulattoes.
The reduction and occupation of Porto
Rico were dete, mined on just ns soon
the news of Dewey’s victory came from
Manila. The port of San Juan was the
only harbor where a Spanish fleet coming
to this side of the Atlantic for a fight
could take refuge. Its capture leaves
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them to the mercy of the open sea and the
American squadrons.
Only seven shots were fired from the
guns of the American fleet before Morro
fort was a crumbling ruin. Her guns
were silent and her gunners killed or in
flight. Then the attack on the land bat
teries began and the fortifications about
the Government buildings and the palace
were assniled. The cruisers did effective
service here and soon the postoffice and
the governor’s palace were tumbled about
the heads of the officials, the guns dis
mounted or abandoned. The town sur
rendered nt 6 o’clock in the evening. The
battleship lowa fired 250 shots; the cruis
er Detroit fired 180. During the last half
of the bombardment the warships’ guns
did terrible execution.
RIOT IN MILAN.
Three Hundred Persons Reported
Killed and a Thousand Wounded.:
Sunday was a terrible day for Milan,
Italy. The bread riots are increasing in
violence, and in many cases the troops
are powerless to repress the uprising.
About 1 o’clock Sunday afternoon a ver
itable battle occurred in the Via Somtra
rie. Thousands of tiles and chimneys
were hurled from the roofs upon the
troops, who were compelled to retire. A
similar fight took place in the Via Tori
no, aud it is believed that no fewer than
300 were killed and 1,000 injured. Eight
thousand troops are quartered in the
city. The law courts, schools and public
offices arc closed and guarded by artillery.
The mobs arc well organized. They
marched in columns from the different
city gates and converged upon the center
of the town. The troops, horse, foot nnd
artillery, bivouacked in the Piazzo del
Duomo, and troops were pouring into the
city throughout the night. Twenty-five
of the sixty-nine provinces of Italy are
now under martial law.
SYMPATHY FOR THK SPANIARDS.
Resolution Introduced In Session of
Congress of MoHiers.
A resolution offered by Miss M. E.
Hildreth, of Plymouth, N. H., extending
sympathy to Queen Christina and the sor
rowing mothers of Spain caused great ex
citement at Friday's session of the Na
tional Congress of Mothers in Washing
ton The proposition originated with
Mrs. Deborah Leeds, of Philadelphia. She
and Miss Hildreth consulted over it. and
after much editing produced the desired
paper It fell like a thunderbolt on the
congress, and Miss Hildreth met with
continued interruption while reading it.
When she had finished, Mrs. Ivate Waller
Barrett arose and offered an amendment.
"I propose,” said she, “that the congress
extend its sympathies first to the sorrow
ing mothers whose sons perished in Ha
vana then to the sorrowing mothers of
Cuba, and, if we have any left over, it
can go to the mothers in Spain.'”
Augustin Says 18 Are Killed.
\n official dispatch received at Madrid
from Gen. Augustin, governor general of
the Philippine, by way of Laban, Borneo,
savs- “The enemy seized Cavite and the
arsenal, owing to the destruction of the
Spanish squadron, and established a close
blockade. A thousand sailors arrived
here yesterday evening from our destroy
ed squadron, the losses of which number
618.”
To Scrutinize All Messages.
The United States Government has no
tified all the cable conijMinies that they are
forbidden to transmit messages to or from
Spanish officials, any dale or cipher mes
sages to or from the West Indies, Vene
zuela and Brazil, and all open messages
that may convey information inimical to
the interests of the United State* during
the wgy with Spain. _ ;
AID FOR DEWEY.
Cruiser Charleston Is Ordered to the
Philippines,
The Navy Department ordered the
cruiser Charleston, nt Sna Francisco, to
proceed at once to Manila without wait
ing for the City of Pekin. The Charles
ton is loaded with ammunition for Ad
miral Dewey’s squadron. It was consid
ered advisable to got this ammunition to
Dewey as soon as possible that he may
be prepared for any emergency. The cam
paign in the Philippines to be carried
forward at the same time with the cam
paign in Cuba and Porto Itico. Troops
are to be sent to Man’ia as soon as they
can go on board the City of Pekin. The
purpose is to send enough troops to Ma
nila to take possession and hold it. This
“WILL I EVER FORGET IT?”
Government will be responsible for order
and peace in Manila. If 12,000 are not
enough another 12,000 will be sent. Or
ders were issued by Major Gen. Miles, d.-
recting 'hat ah of the troops from the six
States west of the Mississippi river which
hr.d been intended for mobilization at
Ohickamanga national pprk and at Wash
ington, I). C., proceed as soon as possible
to San Francisco. Major Gen. Wesley
Merritt, commanding the Department of
the East, goes to tlie Philippine Islands
in charge of the expedition sent to re-en
force Admiral Dewey. He is accompan
ied by Gen. Otis. In the event of suc-
cessful occupation of the islands, Gen.
Merritt will be made the military gov
ernor.
STARVATION REIGNS IN HAVANA.
Prices for Food Rival Those that Ob
tain in the Klondike.
The city of Havana is a sad sight.
There arc still a few of the reconcentra
dos about the streets now, but starvation
has ended the misery of most of them, and
their bones have been thrown into the
trenches outside of the city. Starvation
now faces the Spanish citizens them
selves. Havana is a graveyard. Two
thirds of the inhabitants have fled. The
prices rival those of Klondike. Bee
steak is $1 ft pound. Chickens are $1
each. Flour is SBO a barrel. Every
thing is lieing confiscated for Blanco’s
nrmy. Sleek, well-fed persons are daily
threatened with death to make them di
vulge the whereabouts of their hidden
stores of provisions. Several provision
stores in the side streets have been brok
en into and looted.
Blanco has personally taken command
of Mariena battery, and is directing the
erection of new sand batteries all along
the wn,°r front west of the entrance to
Havana bay. Lieut. Gen. I’errndo is
making Guannbacoa his headquarters,
and is planting new batteries aud
strengthening the fortifications ns much
ns possible. Over 360 draymen are en
gaged in the hauling of sand from the
mouth of Almandres for use in the eon-
U. S. TROOPS AT TAMPA EMBARKING FOR CUBA.
struction of the earthworks along the
coast. The streets are riotous with half
drunken Spanish volunteers eryiug for
American and Unban blood. At night the
city is wrapped in darkness, all gas nnd
electric lights being shut off by order of
Blanco. Spanish soldiers are taking ad
vantage of this to commit shocking out
rages upon unprotected Cuban families.
In spite of these direful circumstances
Blanco ordered the decoration of the city,
hoping to incite the patriotism of the pop
ulace.
Spanish Warship Snnk.
A cablegram from Hong Kong, based
on reports made by officers of a trading
vessel that came from he Philippine*,
tells of a fierce battle off Iloilo between
a Spanish gunboat and the United States
gunboat Concord. The Spanish boat was
blown up and sank with colors flying. It
was assisted by land batteries, but no
damage was done to the Concord or her
crew. It ir stated that there are only two
Spanish vessels remaining in Asiatic wat
ers. One is now in dry dock at Hong
Kong, and, cf course, will not be permit
ted to leave. The cruiser Boston is re
ported to la* searching for the other with
orders to capture o- destroy it
Plan More Work for Dewey.
The administration is considering an
informal way of giving Admiral Dewey
more hostile work to do la th* for East
While no definite program has been ar
ranged, it appears to be the intention of
the Government to send the Asiatic
squadron which gained such a wonderful
victory at Manila to Spain’s other posses
sions in the Pacific, the Caroline and the
Led’one islnnds. Nothing will be done
in jis direction, however, until the mili
tary force of the United Stntes has occu
pied Manila and left the American squad
ron free to go elsewhere.
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND READY.
This Number of United States Troops
Available for Armir.sof Occupation.
On Saturday the War Department re
ported that there had been mustered into
the service of the United States 75,000
volunteers. With the 25,000 regulars uow
in the field, this gives an available force
of 100,000 ready for service. Constant
additions will be made until the entire
force of 125,000 volunteers and 70,000
regulars is ready. This will enable the
administration to send armies of occupa
tion wherever needed and to maintain suf
ficient reserves for coast defenses. Every
energy has been put forth by the War De
partment to get in motion the army of oc
cupation for Cuba. Haste is necessary
in this instance so that the department
may next get in readiness the second ex
pedition for the Philippines. After that
will come the army of occupation for
Porto Rico. Because of the large number
of Spanish troops in Porto Rico it is very
probable that at least 15,000 men will be
sent in the first division and even a larger
number may bo necessary to hold the
island.
M ABSACRI2S IN MANILA.
Oppressed Natives Seek Revenge on
Spanish Masters.
According to Shanghai advices, massa
cres are reported to have occurred out
side of Manila, the insurgents butchering
even the Spanish women and children.
It is reported that Admiral Montejo, the
commander of the Spanish fleet, who es
caped from Cavite by running along the
shore to Manila with his two sons, was
killed by the populace of the latter place.
It is added that the Hospital of San
Roque, filled with Spanish soldiers, was
accidentally set on fire by shells from the
Boston, and that Sisters of Charity were
killed by a native mob while removing
the wounded.
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Twenty Spanish farmers, direct from
the interior of Spain, arrived in New
York.
Eight hundred Spanish soldiers died in
Cuba during last week of neglect, disease
aud hunger.
United States revenue cutters on the
Pacific coast have been equipped as part
of the mosquito fleet.
A decided anti-English feeling is said
to be growing among the Spanish troops
aud citizens in Cuba.
T. Estrada Palma, head of the Cuban
Junta, says the Cuban army consists of
28,0tX) well-organized aud well-dis .iplin
e(T troops.
Don Carlos says the power of the pres
ent dynasty in Spain is crumbling to
pieces, and that he will soon be seated
upon the throne.
England is overwhelmed by the great
v’Ctory won by Dewey nt Manila. His
daring, coolness nnd skill have surprised
the ent::' world.
At the City of Mexico the Government
has stopped the contemplated meeting of
Spanish clerks for the purpose of raising
money and volunteers for Spain.
The Scorpion, formerly the yacht Sover
eign, has been ordered to join the flying
squadron. The Scorpion carries four
teen guns "nd is one of the fastest yachts
in the world.
While the Spanish Government is pre
paring to send all Americans out of that
country President McKinley is consider
ing a proposition to deport all Spaniards,
as he has a right to do.
Evangelina Cisneros, the Cuban girl
who was rescued from prison in Havana
by Americans several months ago, and
has been visiting the family of Gen. Leo
in Virginia, has offered her services as
nurse in the United States army.
It is reported from Paris that a very
bitter feeling exists throughout France
against the United States, especially in
Paris, where the United States embassy
is under special police protection in view
of possible hostile demonstrations against
it by the populace.
The President believes that the Cuban
soldiers themselves, with the military
equipment and supplies which our Gov
ernment is sending them, and the co-op
eration of Gen. Sliaftor’s force of regu
lars and cowboy regiments, will be able
to do all the land fighting necessary to
capture the entire Spanish force in Cuba.
"Death to the civil guards” is the cry
of the mob in the streets of Madrid, says
a London dispatch, and adds: "The civil
guards are the very backbone of Spain,
the one incorruptible body of men whose
very presence has a jiowerful effect in sup
pressing riot and sedition. So when
to the civil guards’ is heard the
prudent man will prepare for the worst.”
Telegraphic Brevities.
In Spain gold is at a premium of nearly
80 per cent.
The black plague is spreading rapidiy
in Hong Kong. China.
A 9-year-old boy fired a shot into a
crowd of school children in New York,
seriously wounding two of them.
Cincinnati brewer* have added $1 a bar
rel to the price of beer, in anticipation of
a Government revenue tax.
’ Viy at Eskridge, Kan., recently stole
a hue of bees from a neighbor’s yard,
carried it a mile into the country, and
then ate the maple sugar upon which the
were being fed,
BATTLE AT CARDENAS
FIVE MEN KILLED ON THE TOR
PEDO BOAT WINSLOW.
Fierce Conflict with Spanish Gunboat*
and Shore Batteries—Solid Shot Dis
ables Little American Vessel and a
Shell Explodes in Midst of Her Crew,
American Blood Spilled.
Key West speclp.l:
The gunboats Wilmington and Hudson
and the torpedo boat Wiusiow had a light
with the Spaniards in the lnrbor of Car
denas, Cuba, Wednesday afternoon with
the result that five Americans were killed
nnd a number wounded. The firing con
tinued for thirty-five minutes, aud was
terrific. The Winslow was shot through
and through.
The little American fleet entered
the harbor for the purpose of at
tacking some Spanish gunboats
which were known to be there. These
latter, however, were not discovered by
the American force until the Spaniards
opened fire from a masked batter>. Look
outs on board could see the main batteries
some mile and a half ahead, but had no
thought of a masked battery. The boat
reached a point nearly 500 yards from
shore when suddenly the shrubbery parted
nnd heavy c 1 anon boomed out. The
Spanish were too close to miss. Heavy
AD MIR AT, MONTEJO.
Defeated by Dewey at Manila and reported killed
by Insurgents.
solid shot and shells hit all about the tor
pedo boat. A solid shot tore through her
hull and the forward boiler blew up, but
her men did not flinch. Another shot tore
away her rudder aud sha drifted help
lessly. The Hudson stenmed into the har
bor and took the Winslow in tow. The
hawsers were scarcely fast when a shell
burst directly over the damaged boat.
Lieut. Bagley was instantly killed, and
four of his men, who were working the
rapid-fire guns, fell with him. The Wil
mington had reached easy range about this
time and opened with its heavy guns.
The Spaniards turned their fire on the
Wilmington, and it was hit by a dozen
shots. Until the Winslow was safely out
of the harbor the Wilmington bore the
brunt of the battle. The Spanish batter
ies were silenced eventually and a numbei
of men killed and wounded.
TROOPS TO CUBA.
Sixty Thousand Soldiers Under Gen
eral Miles to Be Rushed Forward.
Washington special:
President McKinley and his advisers at
the cabinet meeting Tuesday decided up
on an immediate invasion of Cuba. Troops
to the number of 00,000 will be landed, it
is stated officially, as soon as arrange
ments for transporting men, ammunition
and provisions are completed. The entire
army stationed at Chickamauga pnrk
was ordered to the front. The First nnd
TentA Cavalry to New Orleans, the Sec
ond Cavalry to Mobile, the Third and
Sixth to Tampa. The entire infantry
goes to Tampa.
President McKinley, it is said, has con
stantly opposed immed'ate invasion,
awaiting results of the e.' peeted engage
ment between Admiral Sampson's fleet
nnd the Cape Verde flotilla, but upon the
receipt of official information announcing
the arrival of four Spanish cruisers and
two torpedo boat destroyers nt Cadiz he
determined upon immediate invasion
along the line suggested by Secretary Al
ger and Gen. Miles. Orders were at once
sent to Adjt. Gen. Corbin countermanding
that portion of the general order issued
for the concentration of troops, horse,
GEN. NET.SON A. MILKS.
foot and artillery, at Chickamauga from
tne States of Illinois, Indiana, T.:,wa, Colo
rado, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Mas
sachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mis
souri, Nebraska. New Jersey, New Y’ork,
North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania?
South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia,
West Virginia, Idaho, Wisconsin and
North and South Dakota. These are or
dered to proceed directly to Tampa, Fla,,
Mobile and New Orleans.
The transport Gussie sailed from Tam
pa for Cuba amidst a din of cheers, bear
ing the first regular troops of the United
States to Cuban soil. The docks were
thronged with enthusiastic people, who
could only guess what was going to hap
pen next and when it would occnr.
The Gussie carried a large cargo of mis
cellaneous supplies for the Cubans. There
were hundreds of cases of the old Spring
field rifles, forty-five caliber, with accom
panying ammunition, and there were also
large quantities of old army muskets, such
as were used in the civil war. Powder
and ball galore went with them. Hos
pital supplies of every description went
with the hospital attendants. Twenty
two Cubans, dad in the new canvas uni-
U. 8. CRUISER CHARLESTON.
Will carry troops and supplies to Dewey.
form of the United States soldiers, went
with the two companies of the First In
fantry. _____
Army Engineers Needed.
The War Department will issue a call
for 3,500 men to re-enforce the engineer
corps of the army. The engineers will
le drawn from the country at large, and
no apportionment will be made among
the States.
Plans for New War Vessels.
The naval board of construction is expe
diting plans and designs for a large num
ber of war vessels authorized by the last
r.a'-al appropriation bill. The plans for
four monitors have so far advanced that
a circular will be Issued shortly asking
Udder* to submit propose is. 4
ESTABLISHED 1855.
WISCONSIN’S RECORD.
FAITHFULLY TOLD IN READABLE
SHAPE.
Victimized a Flore at Grand Rapids
—lndians o' the State-Illinois Man
Wins Oratory Honors at Beloit-
War Engle from Butternut.
Girl’s Clever Ruse.
By the arrest of a Grand Rapids young
woman on a charge of larceny the officers
discovered a very clever method of vic
timizing dry goods stores. The girl is
employed as a domestic and she went to
the store of Johnson, Hill & Cos. and ask
ed to be shown some black dress goods.
After finding something to suit she ask
ed the clerk’s permission to take the goods
to her dressmaker and have the latter cut
off the amount necessary to make a dress
This the clerk consented to. The girl
came back and told the clerk that the
cloth did not suit and thought she would
not accept it. The clerk did tot look at
the bolt closely and did not discover that
several yards had been cut off. Next day
the girl found out that she ha 1 not cut olf
finite enough for her dress aad weut to
the store to buy another yard. It was
then that the clerk discovered the loss.
The girl was arrested and was lined SSO
and costs.
Wisconsin’s Indians.
Wisconsin has 9,000 Indians of various
trilies. One-half of these speak enough
English for the purpose of ordinary con
versation. and more than one-half read
the English language. Aside from the
Winnebagos, all practically wear the or
dinary citizens’ dress. They are fast
learning to recognize the legality of ma
teria] relations. Eighty-five per cent of
them are engaged in pursuits of civilized
life; 10 i>er cent in hunting, fishing and
root gathering and the like; only 5 per
cent live exclusively on Government ra
tions. Of the 1,800 Oneidas, the a,300
Menomonee* ai.il the 500 Stock bridges
and Munsees all live on labor in civilized
pursuits. Many of the Oneidas compare
favorably in thrift, cleanliness and ra
tional life enjoyment with the whites in
their vicinity, and the time is not far dis
tant. when they will be admitted to the
eights of citizenship.
Illinois Man Wins the Prize.
In the interstate oratorical contest at
Beloit honors were awarded as follows:
First place, William Gorsueh of Knox
College, Illinois, whose subject was
“John Randolph of Roanoke.” The sec
ond prize went to J. A. Barnett, Uni
versity of Wooster, Ohio, who spoke on
“The Second Duty of the Citizen," and
the third prize to T. A. Nadal, Depauw
University, Indiana, topic, “The New
Patriotism.”
Fight for Telephone Franchise.
The Bell Telephone Company is making
desperate efforts to get into New Rich
mond, Hudson and River Fails. They
have poles laid front Burkhardt fourteen
miles south to the city limits, but cannot
secure a franchise to go any further. A.
T. Presson, manager of the St. Croix
County telephone exchange, is to put in
a local exehange in New Richmond this
month.
Erwin Weds Bis Stenographer.
IV. W. Erwin, the noted criminal law
yer of St. Paul and late mayoralty can
didate, was married at Trempelenu to
Miss Anne Olive of that city. The bride
was formerly liis stenographer. The cer
emony took place at the home of the
bride’s sister, Rev. William Griffith of
the Congregational Church officiating.
A Second “Old Abe.”
Old Fred, the famous Butternut eagle,
has been shipped from there for presenta
tion to Company L, Second Regiment,
Wisconsin Infantry. The eagle is a sec
ond Old Abe, and, like his predecessor,
was caught on the headwaters of the
Chippewa river.
A Sawmill Burned.
The large sawmill at Casco, owned by
E. Decker of Algoma, was burned to the
ground, together with 40,000 feet of hard
wood lumber. The loss is estimated at
SO,OOO, with no insurance. The fire is
supposed to have originated in the boiler
room.
State Items of Interest.
At Milwaukee, Richard Gray shot him
self through the heart.
At Piatteville, William Wilson of Ash
ton, Neb., committed suicide by shooting.
Christian Frederick Larson, a Dane,
shot Bartol T. Nelson of McFarland. He
will die.
E. J. Scofield, a prominent fruit grow
er of Plymouth and a nephew of Gov.
Scofield of Wisconsin, died, aged 45.
Wunderlich Bros.’ saw ill and stock
of lumber burned at MayUing. The loss
is $35,000, with iusurmee of $20,000.
Dennis McCarthy, an old resident of the
towr. of Porter, received fatal injuries
by tailing down a stairway. His skull is
fractured, causing a complete paralysis.
Dr. Cody, an aged physician of She
boygan Falls, came near being killed at
Sheboygan by a trolley car crashing into
Ids carriage. He was thrown half way
across the street. It is believed he will
recover.
Ivlson S. Williams of Janesville, who
is employed as doorkeeper at the House
of Representatives at Washington, has
been at death's door. The pi sieians
gave him up and he lost all hope himself.
He is now out of danger.
Game Warden G. E. Miller shot Chas.
Skellenger, a fisherman, in the neck near
Prairie du Cbien. Skellpnger, it is al
leged, threatened Miller's life with n shot
gun while Miller was burning fishnets.
Skellenger fired twice without effect.
Perry Headstream, 4 years old, son of
H. C. Headstream, was gored by a cow
at Marshfield. The animal caught him
under the jaw and held him suspended
until his father released him. Her horn
entered his mouth and badly lacerated hh
jaw.
A Fond du Dac gir! innocently appear
ed upon the streets there wearing a shirt
waist of red and yellow, the Spanish col
ors, but the street gamins j'*ered her so
she was obliged to go home to escape her
tormentors.
In reply to a request to the War De
partment asking for (he use of a Govern
ment dredge to dredge a boat landing in
the Fox river in front of their new public
park at Menasha, Mayor Schoefz has. re
ceived word to forward plans and specifi
cations to United States Engineer Mann
at Oshkosh and the request will t>e com
plied with g-atis.
The jury to determine whether it was
necessary to take certain lands for the
improvement of Racine harlior, completed
their labor and were discharged. They
assessed the damages to the property of
F. M. Kn>pp at $2,500. The other bene
fits and damages were equal.
Deputy Game Warden Stone of Barron
Jaunty made another neat capture of law
kgenkers near Chippewa Falls. Three
Eau Claire men were captured in the act
of exploding dynamite in McCann creek
for front. Stone heard the report of
dynamite and was on the ground a few
moments later and had the men in charge.
A justice of the peace fined the men $25
and costs each, which they paid.
The Rev. Paul Werth, pastor of the
German Lutheran Church at South Ha
ven, Mich., has been extended the unani
mous call of the St. John's German Lu
theran C-hurch of Janesville.
Marinette has a Spaniard who served
under Commander ; Dewey, the hero of
the Manila fight. His name is Joseph
Zima. and be was a deserter from the
Spanish navy, having jumped overboard
from a man-of-war in the harbor of Rio
Janeiro and swam a, h ire after he had
refused to flog a sailor and was disci
plined. He came to the United States
aad eulisved m the navy and served with
Dewtv oo the school ship Constitut-m In
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In a Mast Satisfactory Manner.
Potatoes are selling at Stevens Point
at 75 cents a bushel ana it is thought tho
price will lie $1 if the war continues.
Frank Woirnan, a young farmer of Jor
dan. committed suicide at Monroe by
hanging. He was 35 years of age and
unmarried.
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Barker celebrated
the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage
at Piatteville. They went to Piatteville
in the '4os.
The twenty-seventh annual session of
the grand lodge of Wisconsin, Knights
of Pythias, convened in Appleton, with
an unusually large attendance.
The fix' machine at the Gutseh Brewing
Company plant at Sheboygan blew up, do
ing considerable damage. The loss in
cludes ammonia valued at S3OO.
Prof. G. W. Albee, president of the Osh
kosh Normal School, has been obliged to
go to Penoir sanitarium on account of an
attack of nervous prostration.
Prof. G. W. Albee, president of the
Oshkosh normal school, has been obliged
to go to Pender sanitarium on account
of an attack of nervous prostration.
John Glynn, a farmer of SL Cloud, is
at the I‘a -k llot-M at Sheboygan In a pre
carious condition, the result of inhaling
gas which escaped from a Jet In his room.
Henry S. Woodruff of Janesville, wide
ly known as the patentee and maker of
the Woodruff trace buckle, and the owner
of Joe Bassett, the trotting horse, died,
aged 70 years.
The Boston store and Hunter's cycle
shop were destroyed by fire at West Su
perior. Adjoining build Inga were dam
aged. Two horses burned. The loss Is
estimated at SB,OOO.
The Euu Claire Telephone Company’s
system was attached by S. J. Heafleld of
Menomonie and J. D. Hills of Eau Claire
and turned over to Emmett Ilorau of Eau
Claire as custodian.
It. M. Johnson, station agent of the
Chicago and Northwestern road at Mari
nette, has Is’cn appointed traveling
freight and passenger agent to succeed
T. C. Miller, resigned.
The factory building of the Iteedville
Manufacturing Company at Manitowoc
was destroyed by fire. Hard work of the
fire department saved stock and lumber
in yards, sheds and kilns.
In a runaway accident at Portage
Thomas Dailey, a well-known farmer of
the town of Marcellon, wis quite badly,
injured. He with his family were mi the
way to church iu Buffalo.
The Diamond Match Company, which
planned to build a $35,000 addition to its
works at Oshkosh, will |>ostpone the
work until peace between Spain and the
United States has been restored.
McKernon & Fox's furniture store at
Spring Valley caught tin', but was saved
after much damage had licon done to
stock and building. The village has just
voted to put in water works this summer.
The women of Eau Claire, who are
carrying out the plan of Gov. Pingroc of
Michigan to help the poor, have twenty
six garden patches ready for plowing.
The use of tho laud has been granted by
the owners.
Sheboygan County is out of debt. The
last dollar of indebtedness was paid by
County Treasurer Wnlvoord when he
cancelled nine bonds of SI,OOO each. This
was the last of s4tt,ot.>o of bonds issued
in 1893 to build the county jail and re
build the court house.
A young man at Racine took more beer
aboard than be could stow away, and he
seized a club and smashed five large win
dows in a building. The window* are
worth $7 apiece and the damage was con
siderable. He paid $25 to the proprietor
and he was lined $3 and costs.
It was reported that the J. I. Case
Threshing Machine Company had receiv
ed an offer to remove its plant to Wau
kegan, HI., and that a site mid $200,000
had liccu offered, the latter sum to be ex
pended on buildings. The officers of the
company would neither credit nor deny
the report.
Superintendent Nevins of the State Fish
Commission, assisted by fourteen men,
two railway companies and the fish car
Badger, is at present engaged hi smoking
the lakes at Wisconsin summer resorts
with white bass captured in nets below
the Chicago ami Northwestern Railroad
bridge at the mouth of the river at Okh
kosh.
The officers of the Northwest Paper
Company of Cloquet, Minn., recently or
ganized with N. 11. Itroknw of Knukauna
vice-president, and C. 1. McNair, general
manager, met at Kaukauna and consid
ered propositions for the machinery,. Ar
chitect C. B. Pride will make the neces
sary surveys and begin work on the plana
for the plant. It is the intention to have
the mill completed this season. •
The La Crosse isdiee rounded up two
youthful desjierndoes who are wanted, it
is alleged, for numerous holdups and
burglaries. One is Hugh Robertson, aged
21, who was committed to the reform
school at Waukesha in 1K92. He escaped
the following year and the Milwaukeo
police spent sonic time looking him up and
failed. His partner, Frank Brown, hails
from lowa. Robertson lias confessed,
will plead guilty and go to Waupun.
Them is a landlady in Chippewa Falls
who is now mourning the loss of all her
boarders. The guests one afternoon hoist
ed a large American flag over the door.
When the landlady saw it she immediate
ly tore it down. It was again put up with
tho same result. The hoarders then be
came indignant and they immediately
packed their trunks and moved out. The
landlady would give mi reason for her dis
like to tho Stars and Stripes. But she's
rorry now.
One hundred and eighty summonses
were made out by an Oshkosh justice on
complaint of J. 8. Fulton, assignee of
the Wisconsin Odd Fellows’ Life Insur
ance Company, against as many ex-mem
bers of the company In Winnebago
County, who are alleged to have been in
arrears to the company for dues when
the company went into the hands of tho
assignee in February, 1897. The amount*
of the claims range from $3 to S2B, mak
ing a total of nearly $3,000.
William Peasley was found on the SL
Paul railway track one mile from Mart
netr. He was bndly cut on the head, and
will probably die. The ennse of the acci
dent is unknown. Doctors think the
wound was inflicted by an early train, or
perhaps by a knife.
Prof. M. C. Palmer, who was graduat
ed from the Whitewater Normal School,
was engaged by the Board of Education
of Sheboygan to take the place of Prof.
Fiedler, as teacher of the sciences toi the
high school. Mr. Fiedler resigned to en
list and is now a member of Company G,
Second Regiment.
The Escanaba River Company was or
ganized at Marinette. The company will
build a logging railroad sixty miles long
from the mouth of the Escanaba river
to Republic through a territory covered
with heavy timber.
While scorching along a highway in tho
town of Dover, Frank Wittowaki col
lided with a cart driven by a Mr. Hager
man. Wittowski was riding with ho
head lent over the handlebars and did not
notioe the approach of the rig. One of
the shafts of th cart penetrated the
young man's ecoin ami broke o#. The
doctor does not think he will fircover.
Wittowski is 18 years of age and reside*
at Norway.
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