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THE ST. PAUL GLOBE
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1898.
We Aim to Be Asc_raio.
The Globe Prints the Assooiated
Fress News.
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BRANCH OFFICES:
Row York 10 Spruce St
WafthiiiKton Corcoran Building j
Chicago Room 'X_._No._B7V.'. -hington St
Ihe Democratic State Ticket.
Governor JOHN LIND. Brown county
Lieut. Gov J. M. BOWLER, Renville
See. State J. J. HEINUICH. Hennepin
irer ALEX. M'KINNON, Polk
Auditor GEORGE N. LAMPHBRB, Clay
Attorney General. .JOHN F. KELLY, Ramsey
Clerk Supreme Court.Z. H. AUSTIN, St. Louis
Judged |THOMAS CANTY, Hennepin
Supreme DANIEL DUCK. Blue Earth
Court. |WM. MITCHELL. Winona
SATTJRDATS WEATHER.
Fair; Warmer.
By the United States Weather Bureau.
MINNESOTA — Fair; warmer; southerly
i
win
WISCONSIN Partly cloudy weather; warm
lay, light variable winds.
NORTH DAKOTA— Fair; warmer; southerly
win
.: DAKOTA— Partly cloudy weather;
warmer; variable winds.
MONTANA Fair; warmer; southerly wlnda.
IOWA .. fair; continued low temper
ature; variable winds.
YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURES.
The Northwest.
St. Paul 54 Prince Albert G4
Duluth 48 Calgary 56 I
Huron 54 Medicine Hat 62
Willi:. on 56 Swift Current 62 I
Havr» G>; Qu'Appelle 60
i Viinnedosa il :
ford 7' Winnipeg 50 '
Buffalo 60-74! Montreal 62-66 1
a 66-74 New Orleans 71--. j
56-64 New York t^-74
Cincinnati 7. -7- I Pittsburg 72-78
YESTERDAY'S MEANS.
Barometei 20. 1S
43
Relative humidity 60 |
AS mi at >> p. m North
Weather Partly cloudy
erature 59
Minimum temperature 38
Daily • 21
Amounl ilpitation in last twenty
four hours 0
RIVER AT 8 A. M.
Danger Gauge Change in
Station. Line. Rending. 24 Hours.
St. Paul 14 2.7 0.0
La Croase 10 1.6 —0.2
Davenport 15 1.4 — 0.2
St. Louia 30 5.9 *1.0
— Fall. *I.i3e.
Tlie river will remain stationary in the
vicinity of St. Paul from now to Saturday
night.
.\. te — Barometer corrected for temperature
-- _'. I _ Lyons, Observer.
ATLANTIC LINERS.
NEW YORK— Arrived: Campania, Liverpool.
LIVERPOOL— Arrived: Lueania, New York.
QUEENSTOWN— SaiIed: Canada, Boston.
SOUTHAMPTON— SaiIed: Fuerst Bismarck,
New York,
London Sailed: Victoria, New York.
led: Furn. .sia. New York.
ASSEMBLY HALLS SCHEDULE.
Saturday— lron Molders' union. Bakers' union,
Brewery Workers' union.
TODAY'S EVENTS.
METROPOLITAN— WiIbur Opera company in
"The Cirrus Clown," 2..-..0 and 8:15.
GRAND -Mathews and Bulger in "By the
: Si a Wav b," 2:30 and 8:15.
"Cuba," Uni ersity avenue and Gro'.to sre t
8 1
fair, Hamline, exhibits, racing and
sham battle, fighting to begin at 2 PM.
Palm Garden, Eighth and Wabasha streets,
."' . 2 and 7 P.M.
St. Paul vs. Milwaukee, Lexington
Park. 3:30 PM.
ption to Senator C. K. Davis, Comm _■-
J club. 5 P.M.
meeting. Central High
' A.M.
Travelers unable to huy The St.
r«iul (-Io!.. on any train entering
St. Paul will confer a favor on Tlae
_lohe company by promptly notify
ing them of each instance.
Is Tom Piatt playing: Spaniard to
''■ Roosevelt's rough rider?
The man with the keys to the jail
lr. always a candidate for the position
of gr. at liberator.
If Secretary Alger doesn't let the
r boys parade, they will at least
parade iheir grievances.
Hung Chang isn't losing anything
.ting kicked out of a cheap gov
ernment like the Chinese.
A ba< carat scandal has broken out in
Germany. Why don't the royalists
quit playing baccarat until they learn
how to play it?
The sultan's neck is getting so it fee's
like the c. rvlcal vertebrae of anybody
else. Nobody has had time to walk
on it f>r nearly a year.
Prof. Packard Is out with a long
essay to prove that man is evolved
from the fish. That ought to be easy. ,
About half the men are still "fish."
Let's not fight with Spain over Co
lumbus' bones. Let the Castillans have
them if they want them. Columbus
would be ashamed of himself If he
knew what a lot of trouble he is pri
marily responsible for.
Cornell university has just been giv
en charge of 30,000 acres of woodland
in the Adirondacks. When jobs are a
little slow in showing up for the Cor
nelllan with the berlbboned diploma
he can take to the woods.
Prof. Kreibel, a candidate for the
Pennsylvania legislature, called Sena
tor Quay a liar, a thief, an embezzler
and a robber of widows and orphans
The senator has given him a chance to
prove his allegations by suing him for
libel.
There are several Democrats around
this year, even in Vermont. Only sev
enteen Democrats were elected to the
legislature of that state in 1896. This
year thirty-three are known to be
elected, with several close districts to
hear trom.
Si» McKinley tried to keep Miles in
the background, fearing he would be a
formidable candidate for the presi
dency. Bleas Mc Kin ley's dear little
s.hil, he will find a sufficiently formi
dable candidate in the field two years
hence, but he will be a rock-ribbed
Democrat.
Democracy Still Lives, Even in
Vermont.
The fact has escaped the attention of
our luminous H. publican contempora
ries of the Twin Cities that an election
was held ln Vermont, the other day,
which resulted in some marked Re
publican losses, and per contra some
marked Democratic gains. Quick to
Beige upon such vital questions as the
disarmament of Europe and the dis
appearance of Li Hung from the seats
of tlie mighty, and prompt to recom
mend proper measures for the settle
ment of great international matters,
they are notoriously lacking in their
grasp of such purely local affairs as
this Vermont election.
Yet it is no trifling matter for such
a rock-ribbed Republican state to lose
fully 20 per cent of Its majority, even
in an off year. In the legislature the
Republicans lost twenty-two members,
as compared with the results in a sim
ilar off year four years ago. Vermont
does not often hold out hope and*
encouragement to Democrats beyond
her borders, but this is the case
this year. If her Democrats
can accomplish so much, what
may not the Democrats of other and
more equally balanced states do in
November?
The issues which the Vermont Demo
crats pressed to the front were closely
related to the management of the re
cent war, such as the criminal neglect
of our sick and wounded in the war
camps and Algorism. Then there was
the vacillating course of the McKin
ley administration in its treatment of
its platform pledges of two yoars ago,
and as for Republican profligacy In
general lt always is and always will be
an issue. The question of territorial
expansion also played Its part, the neg
ative side of this question taken by the
Democracy being that of the two fore
most Republicans of the state. United
States Senator Morrill and former Sen
ator George F. Edmunds.
"The Philippine.. ..till belong to
Spain," Insisted Mr. Edmunds in de
fining his position upon the question
which still worries the imperialists,
and added, "except the city of Manila
and. its bay and environments, which
are in our possession in the same way
that a town and port In Maine were in
possession of the British in the 'war
of 1812. If we are to have them, they
must either be ceded to us by treaty or
coi quered by the further prosecution of
a tropical war at almost the most dis
tant point of the habitable globe.
"Supposing, as I do not, that the
declaration of congress, approved by
the president, that the situation in
Cuba and not expansion of territory
was the sole cause of war, was not
sincere, and that now being strong
and Spain being weak we are at liberty
to take what we choose for human
ity and material advantage, would it
not be better to take Spain itself? It
is not well governed. Its people aro
infinitely more capable of being wel.
g< verned and of governing themselves
than the whole or any part of the
Philippines. Most people would agree
with me that this would be __bked.
The material advantages of commerce
supposed to flow from expansion would
be vastly greater, if we are to be self
ish crusaders, lf we were to seize the
best aS_l so return to the old way that
'he may take who has the power, and
he may keep who can.'
"Having a coaling station in the La
drones and perhaps in the Philippines,
the more isolated the better, the pos
session of these islands would, I think,
be a detriment to the United States.
The profit and lo?s account would show
a balance against us which would have
to be made on our side of the account
by the places and profits such as fol
lowed early British rule In India. The
possession of large territories will, un
der our form of government, lead to
their admission as states, having an
equal voice with the states of our com
pact republic in making laws for our
selves. There is no just ground for
claiming the Philippines."
The former senator's views still have
weight with many Republicans of his
state, and it is well known that his
friends recorded their approval of them
by voting the Democratic ticket.
Vermont is not the only Eastern
state in which Republicanism ls out of
gear. In Pennsylvania there is turmoil
over the Quay machine. In New York
the Piatt machine is preparing to run
to cover. In Connecticut the anti-ma
chine Republicans are getting in be
hind John Addison Porter, the private
secretary of the president and a candi
date for governor. In Ohio Republicans
are sullenly glowering at Hanna, and
right here In Minnesota the Republic
an campaign starts off poorly, lags
fearfully, in fact, If we may believe the
St. Paul Dispatch. All these evidences
of diminishing interest ln Republican
candidates cannot fail to encourage
Democrats everywhere this fall. This
is a Democratic year, if Democrats
generally will do their duty. In Ver
mont Democrats have shown us how.
Some brainless Republican paper
shouts: "Where were the Democrats
during the war?" Where, to be sure?
In front of Spanish guns at Manila,
at Matanzas, at Santiago, at Coamo.
They did the fighting while Russell
A. Alger and his cohorts at Washing
ton were paying political debts, set
tling political grudges, "financing" and
mismanaging the mobilization of the
American army. No Democrat flinched
when bullets were flying thickest, and
no Democrat will flinch when the bal
lots begin to fly in November. Demo
crats made a clean score in the war,
and they face to the east without re
grets and with courage to do their
duty as thoroughly In the calm of
peace as In the storm of battle.
I.sj .siturie of the Republican Cam
pnlj?n.
Minneapolis Republicans are complaining of
the lassitude and apathy of the voters of the
state and criticising the state central com
mittee for not "stirring things up." Minne
apolis is not so warm. Itself. She couldn't
fill a little theater on the occasion when Sen
ator Davis opened the campaign for her, and
but for the attendance of rural visitors and
the Lincoln club, of St. Paul, the greatest
orator of the party would have spoken to
empty seats. Furthermore, the Minneapolis
Republicans have nominated a most excellent
candia te for mayor— as we le3rn from the
committee, and infer from the silence of the
principal newspapers— and is being supported
in tho listless and Ineffectual way that
makes no votes. Minneapolis Is evidently
waiting for the rest of the state to do the
voting, as it did two years ago, when, as It
did then, it will complacently fold Its hands,
lay back its ears and Bay "I done tt."--__!
Paul Dispatch.
THE ST. PAUL GLOBE SATURDAY — -SEPTEMBER 10, 1898.
The Minnesota Press.
It Is a humiliating state of things, but
ln the light of recent events there ls no get
ting away from the fact that the Sixth dis
trict Republican committee are hopelessly
disgusted with Page Morris.
His high-sounding words In Washington
and his flunking in the face of a light ln Min
nesota ls a positive proof of what the St.
Paul Dispatch Bays, that "a man with long
hair ls no better than a. Populist," a phrase
whioh the Dispatch evidently alined at the
Duluth congressman and his femi-dude ap
pearance. He enter into debate with an ora
tor? Oh. no!— Pine Poker.
• • •
It is sad to note that now when votes
are going to be so badly needed there are over
500 good Republicans here in Stillwater dis
franchised.—Stillwater Prison Mirror.
• • •
John Lind will carry Douglas county this
fall with a larger plurality than he did two
years ago. The total vote of the county
may not be any larger than that of __! on ac
count of the number the new election law
has disfranchised, but it is safe to say that
Llnd la more popular in this county than he
was two years ago when ho received 1,696
votes to l 'lough's l,t;s2. it must be remem
bered that '96 wa. a presidential year, and
also that the gold Democrats worked against
Llnd. Thero are no Gold Democrats now
most of them will be found voting the Peo
ple's ticket this fall. Wo have heard Re
publicans say that the reason why Lind car
ried this county at tho last election was be
cause of ('lough's unpopularity, but this can
not be so, for Clough received 136 more votes
than Knute Nelson did for the same office
in '91, only two years before.— Alexandria
Citizen.
• • «
Tho Minneapolis Times is very anxious that
Gov. Clough should not be counted as one
of the supporters of Mr. Eustis. Of courso
that is a matter concerning only Mr. Eustis.
and if he thinks Gov. Clough more to be de
sired as an enemy than as a friend it is his
own affair. There are gentlemen still living
in Minneapolis, however, who might be in a
position to give Mr. Eustis somo valuable
advice on this poiut. William Drew Wash
burn, for instance.— Princeton Union.
• ♦ •
C. R. Davis, of St. Peter. Is one of tha
ablest mon the state ever had in the legis
lature. He has served with distinction in
both the house and the senate, but he com
mjt-a* tv>a {",__!_ c. '-0 Cf I'.Ot v o" u * f" r C.
■ K. Davis for United States senator, and henco
was slaughtered by order of the machine
when he came up for renomination last week.
Ability and value to the public cut no figure
when Fealty to the Republican machine ls
called Into question. — Northfield Independent.
FIRST INDIGNITY.
Brick Hurled at Admiral Schley _
1 'Irk Lieutenant.
SAN JUAN DE PORTO RICO, Sept. 9 —
The American evacuation comis sioners, at a
meting held yesterday afternoon, decided to
notify Capt. Gen. Maclas that they wero
present and ready to proceed wi.h business.
A communication to this effect was drafted
ln ko. _ courteous terms. It aßked where and
when the Spanish commissioners could m: et
tho Americans. Lieut. Sears, Admiral
Schley's flag lieutenant, delivered the com
munication to the captain general, driving
to the palace in a carriage. At the gate of the
palace a brick was hurled at him from the
side-walk. Being an old base ball player he
was able, partly, to ward the missile off with
his hands, and It fell, striking him on the
ankle, but doing only slight injury. This ls
the first incident cf the kind since our ar
rival here. The lieutenant did not deem it
advisable to lodge a complaint, and the po
lice made no arrests.
The American comission^rs are detei mined
to brook no delay, as Indicated by their RC
tion. Although Capt. Gen. Ma "la* re-ognizel
their presence by official visits, they have
not been notified of the appointment nor tha
names of the Spanish commissioners, and the
names of the latter have not been officially
gazetted, in spite of the fact that it is un
derstood unofficially that Generals Ortega and
Vallerino and he auditor of war, t_mor Aguil
ar, comprise the Spanish commission. Tha
thirty days expires on Sunday, and lf the
Spaniards are not prepared to proceed on that
date they will be asked to explain matters.
SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Sept. 9.— About
neon today the American military command
ers received a reply from Capt. Gen. Maclas
to their communication of last evening. Capt.
Maclas 6aid the Spanish evacuation commis
sioners would be ready to meet the Americans
at the palace, tomorrow morning, at half past
10. Later in the day. Gen. Brooke, Admiral
Sohloy and Gordon held a conference at the
Hot . Inglaterra regarding the attitude they
will assume at the meeting.
SPAIN'S LATEST NOTE.
It Bears Upon Affair., ln the Philip
pines.
LONDON, Sent. 9.— The Madrid correspon
dent of the Standard says:
"The government recently forwarded to M.
Cambon, French ambassador at Washington,
a long and strongly argued statement regard
ing the Philippines, which he will communi
cate to the American government verbally.
"Spain protests against the capitulation of
Manila, because made two days after the
protocol w_s signed. It says that the revenue
from the Manila customs may continue to
be devoted to the service of the Philippine
loan of IS7I, and, finally, it insists upon com
pelling Aguinaldo to 'liberate 1.000 Spaniards
now in his custody, most of whom were placed
there, the note asserts, by Admiral Dewey."
AN ASSASSIN'S BULLET
Missed Queen Wilhehnlna, bat
Struck au Attendant.
BERLIN, Sept. 9.— The Lokal Anzgier
say 8 that a fortnight ago an attempt was
made to assassinate Queen Wilhe'.mina near
Amersfort, province of Utretcht, on the roaj
between Casel Soosldyt and Barra.
A man emerged from behind a tree and
fired a revolver at her majesty. The bullet
missed the queen, but ploughed the cheek
of a lady in attendance. The would-be a _as
sin was arrested. He is supposed to be an
English anarchist.
AN ENTERPRISING YANKEE
Han Formed a Body Guard to I»ro_
ieet the King of Korea.
LONDON, Sept. 9.— A special to a news
agency from Shanghai says that Clarenc R.
Greatheart, the American adviser of th.^ ki;ig
of Korea, has recruited a strong force of
foreigners at Shanghai to act as a body guard
for the king, who is said to be afraid to trust
the Koreans.
Queen WU holm In a at Home.
THB HAGUE, Sept. !).-Tho queen of tho
Netherlands and her mother, on their return
here from AniEtei dam, were received with the
■sme ceremonial that marked the slate entry
of the royal party Into Amsterdam. The
streets and houses wer.> magnificently decorat*
ed and the cheering was ecntinuoud through
out the passage of the procession from the
railway station to the palace. A Epecial
religious service was held at St. James church
today, for Queen Wilh _niira. It was a beau
tiful and impressive ceremony.
Prince August 111.
BERLIN, Sept. 9.— Prince August Wilhelm,
fourth son of Emperor William, is suffering
from di_theria. The younger children have
been removed, and the empress alone remains
at the New palace with the patient.
DEATHS OF A DAY.
Chippewa Falls, Wis., Sept. B.— Uigel Col
lette, aged forty-one years, s druggist, del
last night at 8 o'clock.
Hastings, Minn., Sept. 9.— Mrs. B. M. Hail
died yesterday at her home in this dy 0 f
consumption. Mrs. Hall was ihe daughter of
Mrs. Samuel White, and had lived all her
life in Hastings.
KANSAS CITY, Sept. 9.— David R. Ri c «
aged 48 years, son of Gen. J. H. Rice, editor
of the Sedalia Capital, and brother of the
United States consul at Vancouver, is dead
here, of Brighfs disease. He was born near
Atlanta, Ga.
PARIS. Sept. 9.— Stephane Mallar.no, the
well known essayist and poet, Is dead.
Dwelling. House Burned.
Mrs. Pauline E. Sehultz's one-slorv frame
cottage ln the roar of 165 Mcßoal 6treet was
totally destroyed by flre at 1:30 this morn
ing, it was Insured for $500.
Opposed to the Canteen.
Hamline M. E. church has adopted a reso
lution asking for the abolition of the army
can tee- '
DIARY OFJNTIRE TRIP
Continued from Flrat Pag*.
leaving Honolulu," being a little over
twenty-two hours. It la very slow
time for the City of Para, hut the or
ders forbid koing ahead of the other
boats, so we will have over three weeks
on the trip when it could he made in
sixteen days,
July 11— At 12 o'clock we had gone
24?. miles in the last twenty-four hours.
Signal came from the Morgan City
that the stokers had retired, and she
lost time for three or four hours, then
steamed up agajn. The water has been
Quite smooth since leaving Honolulu
and the weather very hot, but not un
bearable, and rio'bodv has suffered yet
from heat. Whole schools of flying
fish can be seen most any time, but
rot a bird of arty description is seen.
Most of the men are sleeping on
deck with nothing but a blanket and
pillow, rather than go below and sleep
on a mattress.
July VJ -Last night we had a hard
rain storm, and some of the men, sleep
ing on the deck and on the hurricane
deck, whore there was no canvas, got
drenched and had to pick up and go
below for shelter. The distance at
noon today for the twenty-four hours
was 236 miles. The same relative po
sition is kept to the other boats, and
signals are understood without diffi
culty.
July 13 — Distance for twenty-four
hours to noon today 243 miles. Today
being the 13th was a day for celebra
tion for the Thirteenth regiment, and
an appropriate programme was ren
dered by members of different com
panies. Capt. McWade, of Company
A, acted as chairman, and singing,
recitations and band music was the
order for an hour or more.
July 14 — Many mattresses were
thrown from the Morgan City today,
which leads us to b?lieve that some
contagious disease has broken out on
the boat. The signal came from the
Ohio that a man had died, and flags
were placed at half mast on all the
boats. Distance for twenty-four hours
to noon 242 miles.
July 16 — We went to bed last night,
on Thursday, the llth, and woke up
this morning, on Saturday, the 16th,
having crossed the meridian from
which the time was reckoned, distance
246 miles.
July 23 — Things have been so much
the same that I have not had anything
.to write for several days, but today
at about 2 o'clock we came In sight of
some outlying islands of the Ladrones,
the most interesting of which was an
active volcano, the Favallon de Pajaro,
which we sighted about the middle of
the afternoon. It ls a symmetrical
peak rising from the water, the sides
tapering as perfectly «S though hewn
by a sculptor. The smoke issues from
the peak, and could be seen for several
hours before we reached and passed it.
In the early evening, as darkness came
on, we could see the reflection of the
moulten mass against the sky, giving
a weird appearance to the scene. The
volcano is 1,035 feet in height, with a
base of perhaps a mile, while just to
the southeast and apparently attached
to It is a small jagged mound.
July 27 — Today has been cooler and
rainy. The sea has been rougher also,
and we have seen a good many birds,
which is a good indication that we are
getting nearer land. At 4 o'clock today,
occurred the death of Fred Buckland,
a bugler of Company E. He had had j
several attacks of inflammatory rheu
matism, which has affected his heart, |
and an attack of pneumonia added to j
his already weakened condition was j
more than it could stand. His family !
lives in England and he had served j
eight years in the English navy. He
was born on an English "transport and i
has spent a good part of his life on j
water. The flag was placed at half
mast, and at 5:30, after short services
by Chaplain Cressey, he was buried at
sea.
July 30 — All day yesterday and today
we have been In sight of land, which
we first sighted early yesterday morn
ing. The first land sighted was the
north coast of Luzon. We passed with
in a couple of miles of the shore and
by the aid of glasses one could tee
people, and buildings could be seen now
and then. The country is covered by
heavy vegetation. The sight of land
and the near prospect of landing has
had a beneficial effect upon the men
who are getting very tired of the trip.
July 31— We arrived at the mouth of
the harbor this morning at 11 o'clock,
where we now are and the orders are
to get all mail together and leave with
the adjutant to be mailed at the tiist
opportunity. The trip has been very
successful with the Thirteenth Minne
sota. Having very little sickness on
board until the last Wi ck, when several
typhoid fever cases developed.
The only death occurring on board
the City of Para was that of Fred
Buckland, a musician of Company E.
Three measle caeos have developed on
the trip from Honolulu. Frank H. Sea
well, of the hospital corps; Private
Judson Smith, of Company M, and Pri
vate Herbert Sperry, of Company E.
The typhoid cases are Privates Leslie
Pa den, Francis Morgan, Geo. Scoville,
Harry Hart, of Company E; Everette
Harding, William H. Bell, of Company
G, and David Small, of Company F.
James Vetenberg, of Company L,
has been laid up with inflammatory
rheumatism. William Baylor, of Com
pany L, with bronchial pneumonia, and
Godfrey Anderson with appendicitis.
FIVE ABOUT TO START.
Private Communication From J. C.
Bennett, the <luiii_ »rmii._er'H Cleric
(By Courtesy of .lames P. Porter.)
ON BOARD THE CITY OB 1 PARA,
Manila Bay, Philippine Island?, Aug. 4,
1898.— We arrived here Sunday, July-
Si, after a tedious old voyage of three
weeks, from Honolulu. I wrote you
from there telling of the trip from
'Frisco out. We were treated fine in
Honolulu, and hated to leave.
We were obliged to leave five of our
men in hospitals in Honolulu. Gen.
Merritt s.leamed out and made for Ma
nila a diy before we did. He was on
the Newport. We had five steamers
in our fleet and no escort.
It was certainly a nervy Yankee
trick to sejttd five transports loaded
with troops and, supplies 7,000 miles
away from home, with no protection
whatever. There were seven deaths
on our trip across, but only one mem
ber of the Thirteenth died. His name
was Fred Buckland, Company E, and
he died of heart disease, July 27. We
buried him pt ocean the same day. It
was a very sad affair, I assure you.
The general health of our regiment
is good, and we'i'e all anxious to get
ashore and start the excitement. The
boys of the other expeditions are on
shore and entrenched between the in
| rurgmts' line and Manila. The Span
! lard* are sjill pooped up in Manila,
i and the Insurgents have the town sur
rounded, The VDons" and "Rebs"
fight every night, but up to Sunday
evening our' boys had taken no hand.
Just about dark on that night one of
our men fired at a Spaniard and the
"stuff was off" at once. The firing
lasted nearly all night and was resum
ed ln the morning. Our loss was re
ported to be ten killed and between
fifty and 100 wounded. We could see
and hear the firing from where we
were, blit could not tell what was going
on. We supposed the scrap was be
tween the Insurgents and Spaniards,
but learned the truth the next day.
Qen. Merritt makes his headquarters
In Cavite, and Gen. Aguinaldo hangs
out at Baker, not far from Cavite. The
insurgents are not helping us at all,
and It Is very likely we will have to
fight them before we get through.
There are some Indications that Ger
many may take a hand. She has five
warships here and keeps her eye in the
game.
The Monterey has Just arrived, and
now we are In shape to go after them,
and the fun Is likely to commence any
time.
We did not hear of the fall of San
tiago and the defeat of the Spanish
fleet until we arrived here. We also
heard that Hawaii is the property of
Uncle Sam. Ia It so? Every man in
the Thirteenth hopes lt ls.
The weather here is warm and rainy.
This is the wet season, and I supjaose
we will get plenty of rain before it is
over. Before this letter reaches you
we will have Manila or know the rea
son why.
THK SOLDIER'S FAREWELL.
(Poem written by Private Tew, of Company
. , and read at an ocean recital.)
Farewell, dear Columbia, thy shores we aro
leaving!
And light hearts grow sad as thy hill, fade
from view;
We know that at home many true hearts ar 0
grieving,
While trembling lips murmur a loving
adieu. ■
Let bright angels whisper in words low and
tender,
And tell dearest mother that all will be
well;
May spirits of grace ever guard and defend
her.
Are the last fervent words of a soldier's
farewell.
Dear land of the free! Noblest birth of the
ages!
The fairest domain under heaven's blue
dome!
Thy record is brightest on history's pages.
And proud is each soldier to call theo his
home.
We love thy green fields as they wave in
their beauty,
Thy hills, plains and mountains and sweet
smiling sky;
The lives of thy great men shall teach us our
duty,
To live like true heroes, or bravely to die.
Though sick, faint and weary with no kind
heart near us.
Or heavily marching o'er blistering sands
Unfurled ln its glory thy banner shall cheer
us.
When fighting for justice in far distant
lands.
Ah! than, we will fondly remember the
bowers.
The lake, the cool brooklets and each shady
dell *
Where in boyhood we played when creation
was ours,
America, land of our birth, fare thee well!
June 27, m^*** * **"' ComifUX7 P "
ACHING FOR A FIGHT.
A Private From Company G Thinks
They Are Entitled tot Some Work.
(By courtesy of John B. Pewters.)
Another family made happy yester
day was that of John B. Pewters. A
letter from their son John was received.
He is a member of Company G. He
writes:
We have lots of terrible rain right
along, and the rankest water that I
ever drank. Why, it is near the boil
ing point most of the time. We have
a clever way of washing our clothes.
We get a long rope, tie our clothing on
the end, throw them overboard, and let
them drag along for about a half an
hour or so, then they are nice and
clean and we hang them up on the
gang ropes. Loftus, Allen, Bell, Rice
and "Tom" Galvln are all well.
July 31 — We have been running down
the coast for two days against strong
head winds and torrents of rain. We
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are now entering the bay of Manila.
There is an island on our left from
which was fired the first shot. We have
just passed a small sailing boat, the
first seen in twenty-one days.
The transport Morgan City is so slow
that we have had to wait an hour or
two every day for her to catch up to
us, and we running only at about half
speed. AYe have now arrived at Ca
vite, and can see Manila right across
the bay. We have seen the wrecks of
several Spanish ships sunk by Dewey
at the great battle of Manila. We are
now at anchor ln the harbor of Cavite,
protected by Dewey's fleet. There are
many transports of other expeditions
on the bay, United States battleships,
etc., etc.
We have just received news from
shore that the American army is
ir arching on Manila, and that the ad
vance guard is only about one mile
from the city. It is said that Gen.
Merritt will now advance with the en
tire army and take that city and
stronghold by force.
We are just aching to get ashore and
get right Into the middle of the fight;
and I, fur one, want to get a whack at
those Spaniards after coming almost
9,000 miles. We at least want to get a
shot at them. We expect to go ashore
today. But talk about water here!
Why, it romes from above, it ls in
front, behind, on both side?? and below.
We have all been supplied with forty
rounds of ammunition today, and that
means something. Besides all ammu
nition has been removed from the hold
and pil^d up in the dining room. Camp
utensils are being removed. So I guess
we will have the pleasure, of shooting
a few Spaniards before thirty-six
hours. Tou will not hear again from
me until Manila and the Philippine isl
ands Qfe captured.
IN MANILA BAY.
Henry Prnnslhorst Says the Newi
From SnntlaKO Ren< "lies Them.
(By Courtesy of H. 11. r.randhorat.)
H. H. Brandhorst, of 438 Bast Ninth
street, received a letter from his broth
er, Henry Brandhorst, one of the musi
cians of the Thirteenth band. Among
other things he writes that the voyage
was rather dragging and became weary
before tney reached Manila. "But," he
continues," "It is over at last and we
have Manila, life or death before tui
now. I have a memorandum of the trip
and in that way I am going to mail lt
to you to keep for me. Most of the
boys would have been glad to turn back
shortly after we left Honolulu, and say
that they will never turn out again.
We can see Manila from our ship, and
we are very near Cavite, where we will
land and have to march around the
harbor for thirty miles to reach Ma
nila. The other regiments who arrived
before us are all or mostly landed, and
are scrapping already, and last night
we could hear the firing very late. I
slept fo soundly I did not hear It, but
some of the others did. and some said
they could see shells burst in the air.
It was said today that we will bave
to fight the insurgents, as they will not
recognize Merrttt. I suppose they want
to rule themselves, and also that the
Spaniards have offered to surrender to
Dewey, if he will protect them, as they
fear tho insurgents. The Monterey
has not arrived yet, and this morning
we heard that the Hawaiian islands
had been annexed, and that the Phila
delphia would stay at Honolulu, and
as soon as the Monterey gets here we
are going to demand a surrender of Ma
nila, as we have about enough troops
to hold it against the Insurgents or
ethers now. We also heard from the
jackies on the U. S. S. Concord, that
Santiago had fallen, Spanish fleet lick
ed and only 800 Americans killed to
6,000 Spanish killed and 8,000 captured.
Hope that is correct and am sorry so
many Americans were killed. Can see
the wrecks of three Spanish ships that
were sunk by Dewey. Well, I will
write again as soon as possible and
hope to get some mail from home
soon."
HAD A MOCK TRIAL.
One of the Bright IncldentM of Iho
I.onu, TedlouM Trip.
(Written for The Globe.)
Perhaps the most amusing entertain
ment of the trip to ManllT was fur
nished by Company D on the evening
of Aug. 2, while lying in the harbor
anxiously awaiting orders to land. The
affair took place in the main saloon,
and consisted of a jury trial, complete
ln every particular. The desire for
equal representation in the distribu
tion of food has by this time so thor
oughly become a part of the composi
tion of the boys that an arraignment
for the offense immediately suggested
the idea of grub, and no difficulty was
experienced in finding a man who late
ly had a biscuit stolen from him. The
crime was at once fastened upon
Charles Odell, by reason of his some
what abnormal appetite. Court was
opened at 7:13. Company D, the prose
cutor, was represented by C. VV. Ney,
an attorney well known in St. Paul.
The defendant was represented by G.
A. O'Reilly, also a St. Paul attorney,
Counsel for the plaintiff was assisted
by Martin Few, late of the law de
partment of the University of Minne
sota, and for the defendant by Pey
son Colwell, also of the University of
Minnesota.
The chair was very ably filled by
Judge Kelley, of Company D. After
the usual scrapping a jury consisting
of thirteen men was impaneled and
the trial commenced. The plaintiff
showed by an unbroken chain of evi
dence that O'Dell stole the biscuit. The
defendant then, by an equally strong
chain of evidence, proved habitual
drunkenness on the part of one of the
plaintiff's witnesses; insanity on the
part of another, and criminal intent on
the part of a third. In this condition
the case was sent to the jury, after
brilliant addresses delivered by Attor
neys Ney and O'Reilly.
The jury returned a verdict of guil
ty, but recommended mercy on the
ground that a man capable of stealing
a biscuit from William Perrine was too
valuable to spend his time in prison.
The sentence of the court, very sol
emnly delivered, was that Odell be
obliged to bathe three times each day,
and in addition eat the biscuit, which
portion of the sentence had already
been ably performed by the defend
ant's attorney.
FROM CLARENCE BUNKER.
Two Interesting. Letters From Htm
Reached St. Paul Yenterdny.
(By Courtesy of C. S. Bunker.)
Following are two letters received
yesterday from Clarence Bunker, who
is now en route for home on furlough
from Manila, where he was wounded
during the enoounter there. They are
published by courtesy of Gen. Bunker:
On Board Steamship City of Para,
July 29, '98.— "We are now in sight of
the Island of Luzon, upon which the
City of Manila is situated, and a long
ana tiresome trip we have had of lt.
We expect to land on Sunday, that be
ing the thirty-third day out of San
Francisco. The men on our ship have
stood it splendidly, there only having
been one death. We were compelled
to leave four or five men who were
very sick in Honolulu, two of whom
we don't expect are alive now. The
young man who died on board died
last Wednesday, at 4 o'clock, and was
buried at 5. The climate is so warm
we have to bury the dead immediately.
In this expedition we have the steam
ships City of Para, Indiana (flagship),
Morgan City, Valencia and the Ohio,
these carrying in all about 4,000 men.
The other ships have had seven deaths
already. There has nothing of Interest
happened since leaving Honolulu. 'I
enclose two badges which I received,
one with the Hawaiian word "Aloha."
meaning "greeting," was pinned on
me by Mrs. Dole, the wife of the pres
ident. The other explains Itself. I
also enclose a picture of our regiment
marching past the palace of the ex
queen ln Honolulu. The foliage there
and vegetation was something beauti
ful. We left there on a Friday four
weeks yesterday
"One of the engines broke down and
we had to put back ln port for a day.
Our leaving there was very tiresome.
The only thing of interest was our
coming to the island of Farallon de
Pajaros (a Spanish possession) whioh
is nothing but a volcano, and an ac
tive one a/ that. We went within
about a mile of it just at dusk. It
was beautiful to see the fire coming out
at night. We could see it almost all
night long. A week a_ro it started to
rain and it has kept it up every day
since. I suppose lt will until October,
when the nice weather commences.
"We haven't as yet suffered with the
heat, but then we haven't worn much
In the way of clothes. I have been
very well except for seasickness."
"On Board City of Para. Aug. 4 '9R —
"We are in Bay of Manila in front of
the town of Cavite and are inside the
line of battleships. The Charleston
Olympia, Boston. Baltimore, Raleigh
and others. Manila hasn't been taken
as yet. In front of it there are five
German men-of-war, five English two
Japanese and one Belgian. The Monte
rey arrived this morning and made a
fine showing. The two expeditions
that arrived before us are In trenches
and are having a hard time of it as if
rains hard every day. We expect to
land and go Into trenches tomorrow
or next day. Every night we can sit
on deck and watch the Spaniards shell
Insurgents' and our camps. We can
see the guns when they are fired and
the shells when they explode. Wh^n
we take Manila we will have to flght
the Insurgents, as thry are nothing
more than an armed mob. and all they
want to do ls to plunder and pillage the
town. In fact, their battle cry ls^ 'One
hour in Manila.' The Spaniards fear
them more than they do us. In fact
we expect them to capitulate on condi
tion that we will protect them from the
insurgents.
"In Baker bay, where we are are
eleven Spanish boats sunk by Dewey
They are all within sight. When wa
go into the trenches we leave our
trunks on the ships, and take only
what clothes and bedding we can carry
officera and all. The roads are Impas
sable, and everything has to be landed
through the surf. We won't Pee our
trunks until we are In town. Will try
and get this on a boat that leaves for
Hong Kong at 4 lf I can."
WITH CAPT. BJO_ NSTAD.
Two Letter* Received by the Brother
of the Popnlnr Officer.
(Ily Courtesy of llorman Bjornstad.)
Herman Bjornstad, brother of Capt.
A. W. Bjornstad, who was reported
killed at Manila and afterward learned
to be alive, though severely wounded,
• yesterday received two letters from
members of his brother's company. *
me letters were written before the
troops landed, and consequently could
contain nothing concerning the con
inc!°_ °l Capt - Blornstad. The follow
i_ni S r_T n Ser eeant Carl Albrecht,
living at 54 Aurora avenue:
On Board Transport City of
aYJ a Y^ Ufir ' 2> -Dear Friend:
3 _.m__? qUlte a nice tr, P from
Honolulu except that the last few
days it has rained a great deal. It
has been pretty cool, though, m we
are not so uncomfortable. On the even
ing of the 14th we passed the 180 th
meridian, and, as a result, the next day
was the 16th. On the 23d we passed
an active volcano, which extended out
of the water. We could see it far
ahead of us, but did not pass it until
after dark.
The flrst death aboard our ship oc
curred Wednesday, when the bugler
of Company E died, after an illness
of a week. Soon after death he was
buried at sea. During most of the trip ■
the sea has been quite calm, but since
yesterday there has been a heavy
swell dead against us. Sometimes the
boat is away out of the water, and
then drops hack into it again, with the
stern thirty feet higher than the bow.
We expect to land at or near Ma
nila some time tomorrow, so have been
busy all day cleaning up. We were
each provided with forty cartridges
yesterday. We have been told to hand
in our letters, so I will close.
Following is a letter from Alexander
Gray, also of Capt. Bjornstad's com
pany:
On Board Transport City of
Para, Manila, Philippine Islands,
Aug. 2, 1898.— Dear Friend: I write to
let you know that we arrived here all
right. The climate is very warm, and
rain falls most all of the time. There
are some very flne battleships in Dew
ey's fleet. There are other battleships
here from England, Germany. France,
Russia, China and Japan. The Span
iards and the Americans are fighting
every night, and we can sit on deck
and watch the flash of the cannon all
night. We expect to land tomorrow,
and then we will have a hot time of
lt, as we will have to wade ashore ln
about four feet of water, for about a
quarter of a mile, and where we are
going to camp the mud Is four feet
deep, so I am told. I don't see any
fun in the prospect, do you?
Won't it be glorious, old man, to see
Old Glory floating over Manila, and I
should like to be the one to run the
flag up. The Thirteenth regiment Is
going to do outpost duty, the worst
kind, as we go in advance of the rest.
We are waiting for the Monterey, so
the city can be bombarded. This will
be done some time next week. We
will have to check the insurgents, as
they want the city. Keep out of the
army, Herman, I have had enough of
it, but things may be different when
we get into action, but it is tough to ba
penned up on a boat for six weeks, on a
tropical sea, without any exercise. I
will close now, but will write to you
after our first fight and tell you how
many Spaniards I kill.
FROM COL. F. W. AMES.
E. W. Goddard Receives an Inter,
cstiiifr Letter From Him.
The following is a portion of a letter
reseived by E. W. Goddard, of Minne
apolis, from Lieut. Col. Fred W. Ames.
It bears date of Manila bay, Aug. 4.
It says, after telling about the stay at
Honolulu:
Friday morning, July 29. we sighted
Cape Eugano, on the northeast coast of
the Island of Luzon, on which Manila
Is located, and after crossing the north
coast of the same, passed Into the stor
my China sea, and here experienced our
first stormy, rainy weather.
Rain! Why Billy, we don't know
what rain is in the states. It comes
down in bucketfuls, and the best illus
tration I can think of which will give
you any idea of it is standing under
Minnehaha falls during the dry season.
On Sunday morning. July 31. we steam
ed into the harbor, and at last came to
anchor behind Admiral Dewey's invin
cible fleet, amid the cheers of the Jack
tars and the waving of flags. Here we
received the news that the Spanish
fleet at Santiago had been destroyed
and the city taken, and the officers and
men danced and yelled and cried with
joy.
We are anchored off the point called
Cavite, on which were situated the bat
teries, arsenal and barrack the
Spaniards, and almost on the same spot
where the Spanish fleet lay when Dew
ey fought them to a finish, just thirteen
weeks to a day previous to our arrival.
Here lie the wrecks of their entire
.navy, sunken in the bay, nothing but
spars and smoke stacks visible above
the water, and Cavite occupied by the
insurgents and our troops In the bar
racks. • i %
At 10 o'clock tbis morning, the Mon
terey steamed ln amid the booming
of cannon and cheers of thousands of
loyal sailors and soldiers, and at last
we feel safe from Germany and 17.'..
for she is considered the mosl ' rraid
able fighting ship in Binootn water in
the world. I never saw such ._i».h .
asm in my life. Here, 11,000 nUIM '
dear old Minnesota, we felt at home
and safe from harm, from the sea at
least.
The situation here nt present is as
follows: The insurgents surround (he
city, but are not strong enough to take
it. The California, Nebraska, Colorado,
Pennsylvania, Eighteenth regulars,
Utah battery and Astor batt?ry are
camped on the bay about 1,000 yards
from the Spanish linos, anl wo v. ill
Join them tomorrow or next day- G*n.
Merritt and Admiral Dewey do r.ot :n
--tend to act In conjunction \ h the
insurgents, because it is a well kn .\n
fact that they Intend to sack an I
lage the city, ravish the women, nnd
murder the Spaniards, if they .nee
succeed in getting inside. When the
proper time comes our -nd
to ofi'er terms for either surra. 1 r or
capitulation, whioh, if properly
ceded to by the Spanish, will r suit
in our defending the people and ci:y
from tho bloodthirsty Insurgents. If
the Spanish do not give In to those
terms, it Is only a question of a short
time when we shall capture the city,
but it will be a hard proposition then
to keep the insurgents from looting the
same.
I think when this is properly brought
to the attention of the Spaniards, thoy
will give up and our army will occupy
the city and its fortifications. The in
surgents and Spanish don't fight during
the day, but almost every night we st
h ( ao on deck and watch the flash of
the artillery and listen to the report of
the same. We will have to be landed
In small boats and wade ash ere in the
surf, as there are no wharves here.
Billy Dunn and Harvey Rogers are
well and getting along fino. While out
In the middle of the Pacific ocean we
stopped for a short time, and I saw
one of the boys dive off the deck Into
the ocean, and when he came up who
should it bo but Billy Dunn. I yelled
to him, ordering him to got on board
instantly, as the sea ls full of sharks,
and he obeyed promptly.
Harvey Rogers is still acting as our
postmaster, but our mail now is most
ly going home instead of coming from
home.
We hoped to escape the sad sight of a
burial at sea, but at last lt came and
almost In sight of land we burled
Frederick Buckland, bugler of Com
pany E. Ills parents, who live ln Eng
land, have been notified. Well. Billy,
I'll say good-bye. Read this to
the boys of No. 44, and remember your
absent brothers. I hope we shall all
live to see you again in the near future.
Let the papers know that you have
heard from me.
Private Proper Dead.
CAMP WIKOPK. Sep*. 9.— The death Us*
from the general hospital today Included
Oeorge Proper, Comrany B. Third infantry.