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AROUND THE EARTH
OCCURRENCES THEREIN
FOR A WEEK
NAVYSGREATRECORD
LOST BUT SEVENTEEN MEN IN
LATE WAR
Considering the Engagements
Fought and the Terrible Damage
Done to the Enemy the Record
Is Absolutely Unique Other Items
Navy In Late War
Seventeen sailors killed and eighty four
casualties all told was the total loss suf
fered by the United States navy during
the war The figures have just been com
piled at the navy department In Dewey s
great fight at Manila bay not a man was
killed and every one of the nine wounded
returned to duty In the battle of July 3
off Santiago one man was killed and
eleven wounded The latter all returned
to duty In the attack upon the forts at
the entrance to Santiago July 22 one sailor
was killed and eleven wounded of which
only seven were able to return to duty
The heaviest loss of the navy was at
Guantanamo There were twenty two
casualties in that 100 hour fight and of
the list six marines were killed Of the
wounded nine returned to duty
In the battle with the forts and gunboat3
off Cienfuegos the list aggregated eleven
wounded and two killed One man is still
under treatment
The battle between the torpedo boat
VHrislow and the revenue cutter Hudson
wHh the Spanish land batteries and ar
tillery ft rces at Cardenas resulted in five I
deaths The WQunded afterward returned
to duty
In the bombardment of San Juan the
casualties numbered eight- with one
killed One ofthe wounded was invalided
home while six returned to duty There
were for other casualties occurring in as
many engagements and that completes
the list of naval losses
Consideiing results obtained the list is
said to be the most remarkable in the
naval history of the world
FEARS AN INDIAN ATTACK
Ferris Minn Citizens Arming to
Fight Hostile Indians
A special dated Monday from Ferris
Minn a smalPtown north of Leech Lake
says
A report reached here late this evening
of the killing of a white man near Bear
Island during the day
Settleis living near the Lndian reserva
tion are secU ing shelter in towns along
the railroad A band of Indians number
ing about 150 is reported his evening
camped within two miles north of this
town Aimed citizens are guarding the
town expectiug an attack during the night
or early morning
Indians professing to be friendly were
at Graceland one and one half miles west
of here this evening trying to purchase
ammunition
MURDERS HIS WIFE
Grime of a Colorado Doctor On
balanced by Opiates
Dr O F Mentzer of Telluride Colo
ihoi ami killed his wife without provoca
tion Sunday II i then pointed liisievoiver
at V E Monroe of Cleveland a brother
of Mis Mentzer who was visiting her
Mon i oe grappled with the murderer and
in the tight that ensued the doctois skull
was fractured It is believed he will die
of his injuries Monroe was not arrested
Dr and Mis Mentzer foimerly lived in
Denvei She left turn on account ot hU
-cruelty and obtained a divorce in Chicago
They weie lemurried six months ago Mis
Mentzer being assured that the doctor had
reformed It is thought ho was addicted
to the use of opiates and was not at all
times in his right mind
APPLAUD SAGA STAS PROPOSAL
Spanish People Weary of tie Policy
of Isolation
The Madrid correspondentsays There
fias been a remarkable revulsion of public
feeling against Spains traditional policy
of isolation and neutrality and the papers
Rre applauding Sagasta for urging at the
last cabinet council the necessity
of Spains taking an interest in
the affairs of tlio far east This change of
feeling is due to the Spanish lesentment
of Englands too friendly attitude toward
the United States during the war
Many petitions have been presented to
th government in favor of reductions in
the peninsular army but they have elicited
wily the declaration by Sngasta that
owing to the attitude of the Carlists a
deduction is impossible
Commodore Watson Hurt
Two coaches of the west bound overland
passenger train left the -track at Colfax
Cal Sunday The only person injured
was Commodore Watson who goes to take
eoramand of the Mare Island naval station
CTlfe commodore was thrown against a
window and sustained a slight scalp
wound
Cannibals Are Very Aotive
News from Australia by steamer is lha
the head hunters the cannibal natives of
Rendova have of late been extiemely
active They captured a village and after
slaughtering many inhabitants returned
home with thirty prisoners These Yera
tilled and eaten at a barbaric -east
SLAIN BY A WOMAN
Brother of Presidents Wife
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George D Saxton a brother of Mrs Mc
Kinlay was shot dead at 610 oclock Fri
day evening in front of the residence of
Mrs Eva B Althouse widow of the late
George Althouse 819 Lincoln Avenue
Canton where he Is presumed to have
made a call Five shots were fired three
of Which entered his body Mrs Anna C
George has been placed under arrest on
suspicion of the rtfurder Saxton was un
causcious when neighbors arrived to in
vestigate the cause of the shooting and
was dead when the physicians and officers
arrived the former having expressed the
opinion that death was instantaneous
three bullets having entered the vital
spots Ilis position indicated that he had
been on the step to the Althouse residence
when the shots were fired
It is common talk that Mrs George
made frequent threats of taking Saxtons
life Many of these throats are said to
have been sent through the mails and the
federal grand jury sitting in Cleveland
last fall indicted her for alleged improper
use of the mails Mis George gave bond
and the indictment so far as is known is
still alive
Sample C George the husband is now
reported to have been married to a second
wife more than a year He is reported
married in Wheeling to Miss Lucy Gra
ham Alliance and the marriage was kept
a secret until after the settlement with
Saxton on the charge of alienating his
wifes affections As soon as George got
his damage money from Saxton he an
nounced his second marriage Mrs Gcoigo
claims Saxton deceived her and deserted
her for another
CLEARING UP AN OLD MURDER
Dying Woman Tells Story of the
Decapitation of Victim
Eleven years ago Louis Ball was foully
rnuideied at Washington Court House
Ohio his head being cut oif with a r z r
and his head and body laid across the
railroad track in such a manner as to
make it appear that he had been killed by
a railroad train Abraham Huffman was
arrested for the crime but was leleased
for lack of convincing evidence Oiheis
were suspected but it looks now as if the
deathbed confession of Mrs Jeffieys of
Hillsboro Ohio just made in tho
presence of four persons whom she called
to her death chamber will reveal
the identity of the murderer Mxs Jeff
reys implicated herself another woman
four men giving their names She
said that she held Balls head while a man
2iit it off with a razor that the blood was
allowed to flow into a tub which was after
wards concealed under a house and that
the other woman held Ball on her lay
while his head was being cut off Tha
men carried the body and head to the rail
road track to cover up the crime The
persons implicated live in and about the
city A big sensation is looked for
STRIKE ALARMS PARIS
Sixty Thousand Men Now Idle in the
French Capital
The strike of laborers in Paris has ex
tended to nearly all the building trades
and it is feared the railroad men will joir
the movement Work on the cxhibitior
and underground raihoads has complete
ceased Sixty thousand men are on
strike and the situation Is causing con
sternatiou The attitude of the strikers i
increasingly aggressive and fights betweer
the strikers and tho socalled blackleg
are incessant involving the interventior
of police troops and mounted guards whe
have been obliged to lepeatodly charge
the strikers There is great apprehensior
lest agitators turn the strike movement lc
political ends
BOUND FOR PHILIPPINES
Number of Spanish Troops Have Ar
rived at Singapore
Dewey has cabled the navy depart men
that ho is advised hat a number of Span
ish troops have arrived at Singapore
bound for the Philippines- to le enfoice
tho Spanish garrison
Big Theft of Lumber
1 James R Wicker and John C Gentry
owners of a saw mill in the South Parkt
and Benjamin Wolf and Matt Dolphin
have been arrested on a bench warrant
from the United States district court
charging them with the theft of 50000C
feet of timber from government land in
the South Park Colo John L Russell
government timber inspector caused lb
arrest to bo made
No Successor to Winnie Davis
The Virginia grand camp of Confederate
Veterans in session at Richmond adopted
a resolution to the effect that there could
bo no successor to Miss Winnie Davis as
the Daughter of the Confederacy tho
title having expired with her death
Money Disappears from a Bank
A Winnipeg Man special says At
noon Thursday 60000 in bank notes was
missed from the vault of Maulsons bank
here The vault had been opened by the
regular combination Officials and police
refuse to give any details
Mrs Botkin Must Stand Trial
GoYcBudd of California decided that
MrsCordelia Botkin must go to Deleware
to stand trial -for the murder of Mrs J P
Dunning and Mrs Joshua Dean He will
honor the requisition of the governor cf
Delewaie
Reduced the Price of Coal
The operators of 111 have an
nounced a reduction of 25 cents a ton for
coal They claim that with negro labor
t hey can mine and sell coal cheaper than
with unipn labor
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Mismanagement Charged in the Na
tional Linseed Oil Co
A second bill praying for a receiver for
the National Linseed Oil Company has
oeen filed in the United States court in
Chicago by John R Evans of Indiana
Mr Evans avers that ho owns 1150000
worth of tho companys stock and repeals
he charges of mismanagement made in
the first bill It is declared in the bill that
ippointment of a receiver is imperative in
order to sccuie the interests of the stock
holders
FIGHT CALLED OFF
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WESTERN NEWS DEMOCRAT
VALENTINE NEBRASKA OCTOBER IB 1898
BOSTON GOES TO CHINA
Bails for Manila with the Gunboat
Petrel Emperor Not Dead-
The United States cruiser Boston and
the gunboat Petrel accompanied by the
collier Nero havs left Manila Bay for
China The Chinese legation in Paris
publishes an official communication form
ally denying all reports of the death of the
emperor of China
The German warship Kaiserin Augusta
has left JKiro Chou for Taku at the en
trance of the Pei IIo River with thirty
marines who were sent to Pekin to act as
a guard for the Gorman legation there
Prince Henry of Prussia will command
the squadron in China
PRAYS FOR A RECEIVER
Attempt to Pull Off the
Mill Abandoned
The Corbolt McCoy fight has been de
lared off At a meeting in New York of
the men interested in the fight Wm B
Sray manager for McCoy showed a let
ter he had received from David Nugent
Manager of the Hawthorne Athletic Club
of Buffalo in which he stated that owing
o the many complications that had arisen
the club had decided to call the match off
Murderer in California
Chief of Police Lees of San Francisco has
oeen requested by tho Denver police to ar
vest R O Becker supposed to be hiding
m that city Becker is charged with the
oiurder of Otto Goctte a sheep herder
who disappeared from his ranch foity
aiiles from Denver two weeks ago It is
supposed that the murder was committed
ror the purpose of robbery as his sheep
were sold for 8200 by a man supposed to
be Becker 5
Ijittle Girl Commits Suicide
A special from Dallas Tex says Jen
nie the 14-year-old daughter of J II
Stephens who lives in Gonzales tried to
commit suicide by eating the heads of 212
parlor matches She died a day later
After eating the matches Jennie regretted
her act and tried to save herself by eating
bacon and lard Instead of being an anti
dote for the phosphoius poison the lard
r and bacon hastened her death
Granulated Sugar Reduced
Tho American Sugar Refining Company
of New York has made another rediu ion
in its prices All domestic grades were
reduced of a cent bringing granulated
sugar down to 5 cents It is reported
that Howell Co representing the Na
tional and Mollenhauer opposition re
fineries are quoting granulated sugar at
5c C
Admiral Howell Relieved
Admiral Howell has been relieved of
the North Atlantic squadron and his flag
ship the San Francisco has been ordered
out of commission at Norfolk The com
mand of the squadron devolves upon Coiu
modoie Philip whose flagship the New
York is at tho New York navy yaul
Life Loses Its Charms Early
Al Curry a youth of 21 ended his life at
Mount Hope Kan by taking morphine
because his father ordered him to leave
home and never return He had been
snmi what way waid and his father had
1 elped him out of several difficulties
MARKET QUOTATIONS
Chicago Cattle common to prime
10 Mft tn CH HO lnro cl iSnrnf fnn
Jf 1U UVVt UUfeO DUIUUlUk hKlUlil
300 to 9400 sheep fair to choice 250
to 475 wheat No 2 red G4c to 66c
corn No 2 29c to 30c oats No 2 21c
to 22c rye No 2 45c to 47c butter
choice creamery- 18c to 20c eggs fresh
13c to loer potatoes choice 27c to 35c
per bushel
Indianapolis Cattle shipping 300 to
550 hogs choice light 300 to 400
sheep common to choice 300 to 450
wheat No 2 red 05c to 67e corn No
2 white 29c to 31c oats No 2 white 24c
lo 25c
St Louis Cattle 300 to 550 hogs
350 to 400 sheep 350 to 450
wheat No 2 06c to GSc corn No 2
yellow 29c to 30c oats No 2 22c to 24c
rye No 2 46c to 4Sc
Cincinnati Cattle 250 to 525 hogs
300 to 425 sheep 250 to 425
wheat No 2 07c to 69c corn No 2
mixed 30c to 32c oats No 2 mixed
23c to 25c rye No 2 47c to 49c
Detroit Cattle 250 to 550 hogs
323 to 400 sheep 250 to 425
wheat No 2 67c to G9c corn No 2
Uow 30i to 3lc oats No 2 white 25c
lo rye 49c to 50c
Toledo Wheat No 2 mixed 67c to
C9c corn No 2 mixed 29c to 31c oats
No 2 white 21c to 22c rye No 2 48c
to 49c clover seed 375 to 385
Milwaukee Wheat No 2 spring 63c
to 64c corn No 3 29c to 31c oats No
2 white 23c to 25c rye No 1 46c to47c
barley No 2 43a to 45c pork mess
775 to 825
Buffalo Cattle good shipping steers
300 to 575 hogs common to choice
Sf0 to 425 sheep fair to choice weth
ers 350 to 500 lambs common to
Jxrra 5700 to 575
New York Cattle 300 to 575 hogs
P300 to 450 sheep 300 to 475
wheat No 11 red 73c -to 75c corn No
2 35c to 36c oats No 2 25c to 27c
butter creamery I5e io 22c eggs West
oru I6c to 18c
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FIGHT TO THE HEATH
HOSTILE INDIANS ENGAGE OUR
TROOPS AT BEAR ISLAND
Major Wilkinson Five and
Many Reds Are Killed General Out
break of the Savages and Attack on
Minnesota Settlers Is Feared
Hostile Indians and the small detain
ment of troops under General Bacon met
in deadly conflict at Bear Island hike
Leech The casualties of the two days
fighting are six soldiers of the Third in
fantry including Major Wilkinson and
Sergeant Cobb two friendly Indians and
many Pillagers killed nine soldiers
wounded The number of Indians killed
is unknown The Pillagers carried their
dead to the rear as rapidly as they feE
The Indians have learned that pine trees
do not afford the protection they did in
former years The Krag Jorgenson bul
lets plow through two ordinary trees As
soon as the Indians learned this they fell
back The redskins proved to be wonder
ful marksmen however nnd spotted their
men
Reports from Deer River say that there
are about 400 Indians within five miles
of that village comprising the White
Oak Winnibigoshish and some of the
Leech and Bow String hands They are
camped on the banks of Bnll Club lake
It was reported that they were holding
a war dance and they may yet be called
MAJOR M C WILKIN SOX
Officer Killed by Minnesota Indians
on to assist the Pillager braves A couple
of runners were in Deer River from
Leech lake and it was learned through
men who knew them that they were
scouring the section calling councils and
asking assistance at Leech lake
An instructor in the Indian school at
the agency says that despite protestations
of friendship the agency Indians are in
an ugly mood and when they talk unob
served and freely among themselves their
sentiments are warlike He fears that
trouble will come from this source before
the affair is settled People in and around
Walker are apprehensive cf the outcome
and are demanding that the redskins be
pursued until they are broken in spirit
and thoroughly cowed They say that if
the trouble is allowed to drop now it will
be but a short time before they again
bqcome defiant and that life and property
will not be safe
Inspector Tinker has wired the Secre
tary of the Interior asking for at least
5000 troops Three companies of infan
try under Lieut Col Harbach number
ing 215 men and divided into four detach
ments landed on Bear Island to re-enforce
Gen Bacon A Gatling gun and
1000 rounds of ammunition accompanied
one squad which left Walker for the
scene of hostilities A slaughter of every
Indian on the island is predicted unless
the tribe surrenders or retreats beyond
reach of the troops now in the field
Rumors have spread that the Bear lake
savages are being re enforced in large
numbers n by tribes from Cass and Red
lakes A general uprising is feared by
settlers in northern Minnesota The War
Department issued orders for three more
companies of soldiers at St Paul to pre
pare for service The calling out of a bat
talion of Minnesota volunteers was also
authorized
FIGHTING RECORD OF THE THIRD
Regiment Was in Thickest of Fight
at Santiago
The Third United States infantry which
was sent against the Bear Lake Indians
was one- of the first regiments to move in
1EKC1I LAKE AGEXCV
the late Spanish war and underwent all
the hard fighting in Cuba For several
years it has been stationed at Fort Snell
ing Minn It was first sent to Mobile
and later was transferred to Tampa The
Third accompanied Gen Shaffers expe
dition and landed in Cuba June 21 It
was one of the first regiments to take up
the inarch fromBaiquiri to Santiago It
narrowly escaped the fire sent into the
ranks ot the rough riders and was being
hurried toward the firing line when the
Spaniards lied Fora time the Third was
stationed at Siboney doing guard duty
with the Second
On July 1 the Third participated in the
fight on San Juan Hill and covered itself
with glory bylaking an active part in
driving the Spaniards from their trenchps
The regiment lost heavily m the second
days fighting and throughout the cam
paign occupied posts of danger v
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RESIDIKJE OF CHIElF AT BEAR LAKE
FKAR AN UPRISING
Minnesota Farmers Greatly Dis
turbed by Hostile Actioa of Indians
Excitement prevails along -the line of
the Northern Pacific from St Paul to
Brainerd The people although quite out
side the region of danger appear to think
a general Indian uprising is at hand and
to feel that in any such- event they ought
to be at the front Farmers in blue over
alls hickory shirts and slouch hats
troop to the trains and ask questions of
the conductor and the passengers as to
how go the fortunes of war at Leech lake
As a rule none of the questions is answer
ed a c all satisfactory to them but still
the country people come and stand about
the platforms patiently waiting for news
At St Paul the Fourteenth Minnesota
volunteer infantry is holding itself in
readiness to go to Leech lake The citi
zens of St Paul are much agitated over
the situation and wired the authorities at
Washington to send at least 1000 soldiers
Bear Island in order that further
slaughter of brave men may be averted
If there is nervousness among the peo
ple between Brainerd and St Paul it is
as nothing compared with the state of
mind of those further on in the direction
of the seatof trouble These farmers and
villagers feel they have a very personal
and immediate interest in developments
and this interest leads them to stay awake
of nights within arms length of their
rifles
Reports from the region of Cass lake
tell of increasing alarm there Whether
it be justified or not men are coming in
from their farms bringing their wives
and children and such effects as they can
carry and with their dogs trailing at their
heels They wish to atlly themselves with
their white brothers of the villages for de
fense against the belligerent Chippewns
who ar meandering through the woods in
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The Bear Islander who was rescued from
United Staes Marshals aud who Is the
cause of all the trouble
small bands painted and equipped for
massacre
TROOPS TO PROTECT SETTLERS
Minnesota Artillery Batteries Or
dered to Leech Lake District
Batteries A and B Minnesota artillery
were ordered to proceed at once to Walk
er in the Leech lake district as a pro
tection to the settlers who in fear of an
attack by the Pillager Indians petitioned
Gov Clough for assistance Both bat
teries are equipped with two Gatling guns
two rifled cannon two brass Napoleon
field guns 150 sabers seventy five car
bines 100 Springfield rifles and 3000
rounds of ammunition They are in com
mand of Captain Bennett of Minneapolis
and Captain Avery of St Paul
Soldiers Fought Bravely
Speaking of the conduct of his men un
der fire Gen Bacon said No sSldiers
ever put up a gamer fight and consid
ering that four fifths of the men were re-
emits their showing avbs one of which
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every American soldier may feej protjd
Poor Captain Wilkinson died like the
brave officer that he was
JEALOUS WOMAN MURDERS
Mrs McKinleya Brother Is Sliot to
Djeath at Canton Ohio
Canton Ohio is in a state of great ex
citement over the murder of George D
Sax6n the brother of Mrs McKinley the
Presidents wife Mrs Anna C George
was arrested on suspicion of being the
murderess Saxton was shot down short
ly after dark by a woman in front of the
house of Mrs Eva B Althouse a friend
of Saxton and a widow who not long ago
instituted peace proceedings against Mrs
George alleging that she had threatened
her with violence and death Saxtona
lifeless body was found prostrate on the
ground with three bullet wounds in it
Neighbors descriptions of the woman
who shot Saxton tallied with that of Mrs
George She is a tall graceful woman
more than ordinarily good looking and
not yet middle aged
Saxton was one of the successful busi
ness men of Cantori and was possessed of
considerable property He was 50 yeara
old The murder is supposed to be the
outcome of tronble of lobg stnndingTje
tween Saxton and the George family
growing out of the formers relations witn
Mrs George
Saxton lived in the upper stories of his
business block and when Mrs George
came to Canton six years ago from Co
lumbiana County leaving her husband be
hind she opened a dressmaking establish
ment in the Saxton block Some months
ago Sample C George the husband of the
woman sued Saxton for 30000 alleging
the alienation of his wifes affections
The case was settled by Saxton paying
the husband 1825 In a number of oth
er cases Mrs George was plaintiff against
Saxton and she several times created
scenes in the Saxfon block in which offi
cers were obliged to interfere Last fall
the Federal grand jury indicted her
charging improper use of the mails ia
sending threatening letters to Saxton
News of Minor Note
Ute Indians are suspected of setting for
est fires in Idaho
Chili is threatening war with both Ar
gentina and Peru
Over 10000 men marched in a big pa
rade in Brooklyn as a public protest
against blasphemy
Great alarm has been caused in Havana
by the wholesale pardon of criminals by
the Spanish officials
Zinc has taken another jump coming
within 1 of the highest price on record
reached four weeks ago
Andrew Adams formerly a newspaper
reporter at Providence R I is to inarr
Princess Kalulani of Hawaii
Dairy products sold in Kansas last year
were valued at 6000000 an increase of
over 15 per cent over preceding year
The ultimatum of the powers to Tur
key demands that her troops and officials
be withdrawn from Crete during October
Mrs Julia F Trout has sued Mrs Bar
bara Frieh for 10000 at Buffalo N Yt
for saying she used pads to fill out hez
figure iv
Elbridge T Gerry and Robert Goelet
have become citizens of Newport R I
to escape the high rate of taxation in New
York
The Government has placed an order
for smokeless powder at Santa Cruz Cal
which will keep the plant busy for twa
years
The overdue transport Senator en route
from Manila to San Francisdo was dam
aged in a typhoon and had to be repaired
at Honolulu
The ignorant masses of the Philippine
revolutionists demand absolute indepen
dence though utterly incapable of self
goveriment
Three hundred men are to be recruited
in San Francisco to take the place of the
men with Admiral Dewey whose terms
of service expire
Edward Tomkins of Camden N J had
himself locked up in the Camden jail to
prevent himself from obeying an impulse
to kill his family
Two tea plates each 200 yeare old were
sold for 1250 and 0 respectively at
the old Satteerthau mansion Fallingston
Bucks County Pa
The residents of Abingdon Pa and vi
cinity are raising a fund to have the high
ways patrolled at night to prevent the
depredations of thieves
The house and furniture of M Emile
Zola will be sold to satisfy a judgment
obtained against him in the libel suit grow
ing out of the Dreyfus case
Corporal Edwards of the Seventy first
New York regiment who has been miss
ing since the battle ot San Jose Hill was
found in a hospital in Brooklyn
Mrs Annie Kline Rickert once a fa
mous Confederate spy is now president ot
the Stockton and Tuolumne County Rail
road a sixty mile track in California
The visitations of the supposed ghost ot
Peter Christiano who was murdered in
Orange N J some time ago are terri
fying the Italian community of that town
Bev A S Orne of Syracuse Ohio who
has made observations in nineteen States
says that 95 to 99 per cent of criminals
confined in prisons were neglected chil
dren