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WESTERN NEWS DEMOCRAT
VOLUME XIII
THE DAYS BOMS
SUMMARY OF LATE NEWS
BY WIRE
AEE GIVEN MORE TIME
EVACUATION OF CUBA TO BE
EXTENDED A MONTH
The Gold Output of the World in
1897 Increased Nearly 30000
OOO Over the Preceding Year
South Africa Holds First Place
Evacuation of Cuba
Reports from the American evacuation
commission in Havana indicate the season
is not yet sufficient advanced to make it
even reasonably safe lo send any large
number of American troops to the island
According to the latest advices it probably
will -be December 1 before additional
troops will be required in Cuba This
statement in connection with the assur
ances that the Spanish officials are ear
nestly trying to complete the evacuation
of the island has tended to reconcile the
authorities to a postponement of the date
for the complete evacuation a month be
yond the date originally fixed
Gen Wade the president of the Amer
ican commission at Havana has informed
the war department lhatCapt Gen Blanco
Jaas offered the Spanish soldiers to securer
their honorable discharges from the army
and give them back pay if they desire to
remain in Cuba The Spanish commis
sioners on the evacuation commission esti
mate tiiat about 15031 soldiers will avail
of this offer but Jen Wade believes that
the actual flgtire will be much larger
BIG OUTPUT OF GOLD
increase of -Nearly 30000000
Over the Year 1S9G
The director of the mint in his annual
report says
The value of gold produced in the
United States during the calendar year
1897 was 57JG3000 The South African
Republic holds first place producing gold
to the value of 57G J3S61 Australasia
55684182 and Russia 3245763
There was a notable increase in the pro
duction of gold in the world during 1897
over 1116 The United States increased
4275103 The South African Republic
made the remarkable gain of 13851192
Australasia increased 10502249 and
Russia 1709970
The United Slates produced during
the year 53S6000 tine ounces of silver
and Mexico 539I3H0 line ounces a de
crease for the United States of 4974800
fine ounces and an increase for Mexico of
825675S line ounces
While many or the most productive
silver mines of the past are closed down
the increased production from lead and
copper ores has offset this loss
The worlds production of silver 103
096090 line ounces is large in excess of
any previous year that of 1895 when the
production was 107500963 ounces being
the next largest
At the average price of silver for the
year I e bullion value of the silver dollar
was 0467
THREE MEN DROWNED
Small SkilT Capsizes in Lake Mich
ijran One Body Recovered
A Chicago dispatch siys A small skiff
in which Louis Baben son of a wealthy
brick manufacturer of Kvanslon William
Schaffer and another man whose identity
has not yet been established capsized in
Lake Michigan about live miles off Wil
met Sunday and all were drowned The
men started out duck hunting A high
sea was l mining and after drifting out
about the miles the boat was overturned
The unfoitnnate hunters clung to the
overturned craft for over an hour but
weighed down -with their heavy canvass
coats the pockets of which were tilled
with ammunition they lfnall sank The
bod v ol Schaffer was recovered
INDIANS SENTENCED
Offending Pillagers Fined -00 and
lleeeive Terms in Jail
The trial of the Bear Island Indians
who surrendered at Jlu Leech Lake
agency and went ino the United States
30urtat Duluih for trial on Hie charge of
resisting a United States officer at the
agency on September 15 last was coui
pleted Saturday evening After being ut
thirty five minutes the jury at 6 oclock
brought in a verdict of guilty in each casu
and sentence was- immediately pns cd by
Judge Loehien With nut two reception-
each was lined 100 in addition to a jail
sentence
Strangle Her Children
Eliza Bennl wife of a well-to-do me
chanic of Toronto strangled her three chil
dren Ethel aged S Stanley aged 3 and
Harold aged 11 years The woman is
evidently demented She said she did not
want them to grow up wicked
Cottou Mills Shut Down
The Chace Sagamore Wampanoag
Weetamore and Stafford cotton mills at
Pall River Mass shut down Saturday in
accordance with the agreement of print
cloth manufacturers to curtail production
lor four weeks
Lillian Russell Free Again
Lillian Russell is again free from matri
monial ties Signor Perugini whose wife
she had been since January 21 1891 Sat
xrrday received a decree of divorce in the
chancery court in Jersey City
ers
THE WEEK IN TRADE
The Business World as Seen by
It G Dim Co
R G Dun Cos Weekly Review of
Trade says With a growing foreign de
mand for American products exchange is
influenced mainly by political uncertain
ties abroad While Europe waits for the
outcome between England and France
about the Upper JSiIu the financiers of all
European countries are trying to foice
upon each other the burden of providing
cash for the enounous demands of the
United Slates England has so managed
as to make France and Germany
send most ot the gold and the
resulting war ot exchanges between
foreign nations checks for the mo
ment the movement of gold this way Yet
these and all other causes do not so far
hinder business as to prevent an excess
over the most prospeious years The out
go of wheat staggers all prophets of dis
aster but while the price has advanced 3
cents at the west the rise would have
been much greater but for the feeling that
the enormous foreign demand may not
last
While cotton spinners are said to have
agreed upon a selling agency and a cur
tailment of production there is a better
demand for staple goods anil prospect of
a still better demand in future In woolen
goods also there has hcen a marked im
provement during the last week and bet
ter sales with extensive inquiry There
is much hesitation in the iron and steel
trade partly because the outcome of the
various combinations in Bessemer pig
steel rails bars wire nails and the like
cannot yet be definitely anticipated Fail
ures for the week have been 221 in the
United States against 221 last year and
24 in Canada against 36 last year
MARCHANDS REPORT
Fails to Mention Gen Kitcheners
Arrival at Fashoda
Maj Marchands report telegraphed
from Cairo to Paris does not mention the
arrival at Fashoda of Con Kitchener It
only gives an account of the incidents of
the expedition with an elaborate descrip
tion of the loute followed the places oc
cupied the manner of occupation the
raising of the flag the force left at each
point and treaties of submission concluded
with the tribes in addition to referring to
the encounter with the dervishes It is
believed in certain quarters that Capt
Baratier is the bcaier of a verbal report
which the French authorities are not will
ing to trust upon the British telegraph
lines
The report telegraphed only goes so far
as the beginning of September- and says
hat on August 20 supplies of the party
were abundant The reason for the omis
sion of any mention of the arrival of Jen
Kitchener at Fashoda is said to he the fact
that the report of Maichand was not read
A hen Capt Barallei left Fashoda
TELLER IS DISAPPOINTED
If They Cannot Have Silver Dnitleni
They Will Vote tor Fusion
Regarding the decision of the Colorado
supreme couit awarding the name and
emblem of the silver Republican party lo
the Broad or anti Teller faction of that
party Senator Teller said 1 am disap
pointed at the ruling of J he court which 1
consider indefensible It makes the em
blem an agency of fraud on the voter
instead of a protection as intended by the
statute The silver Republicans will vole
the fusion ticket which will be filed by
petition It will take more than a decis
ion of a bare majority of the court to dis
courage the tine fiieuds of silver Our
enemies may have the emblem hut tin
fusion ticket will be elected ly a great
majority
COL BRYAN EXCUSED
From Testifyinjj Before Investigat
ing Commission at Jacksonville
The war investigating commission con
cluded its labors ai Jacksonville Fla
Saturdu I h co imiissioii spent lour
days in Jacksonville Col W J llryan
of the Thiid Nebiaskn was called before
the committee Friday lie asked to be
3xcused Troiii testifying leqiie sting that
his lieutenant colonel he examined in his
You will 1 hae no doubt understand
my reasons for the request said the col
anel
1 think the icquost very proper and
reasonable responded Covernor leavei
and as the commission consented to tin-
concession Colonel Iryau was escu eil
with the request that he send up nis iieu
enaut colonel
Sam Daughter Weds
Mrs Kalheriue R lipin daughlei ot
miilionarc S W Alleiton of Chicago and
Hugh Richard Johnstone son of the tale
Judge Edward Johnstone of Keokuk
Iowa were married in New York cilyand
started at once for Kurope on a iiue
months tour Satmdav
Killed by n Ireinatttre ttxplosiun
During the tiring of the president si
iute atKokomo lud Friday James Jouei
was instantly killed by ihe premature ex
plosion of a cannon Another man waj
seriously injured and may die
lii Hung Chang as a Benedict J
Newspapers received Thursday from
llbng Kong and Yokohama published tlni
amazing statement that Li Hung Chan
and the dowager empress of China hav
been secretly married-
Drey fust in Paris
An evening newspaper in Paris an
nounces that Captain Dreyfus is already
in Paris and is now confined in the fort
ress at Mont Valerian lo which he wa
secretly brought I
X
VALENTINE NEBRASKA
NAVAL STATION AT SAN JUAN
Orders Issued Placing Admiral
Schley in Command
Admiral Schley has by orders of the
navy department been placed in command
of the naval station at San Juan de Iorto
Rico So far the department has no
knowledge of the value or the naval prop
erly contained in this station when it was
evacuated by the Spanish officials Ad
miral Schley has requested that he be per
mitted to retain in service for a time two
or three civilian employes who are ac
quainted with the station This Jias been
granted It is the intention of the depart
ment to send another naval officer to re
lieve Admiral Schley of the command very
soon and to maintain a permanent station
at this most important strategic point in
the south
BIG STRIKE ABOUT OVER
Injunction Against Cleveland Wire
Workers Disenheartens Men
The backbone of the big strike at the
American Wire Works at Cleveland Ohio
operated by the American Steel and Wire
Company has been broken though
-Walter Gillctt the leader of the men de
clares to the contrary The granting of
an injunction restraining the strikers from
interfering with the operation of the mill
by Judge Hammond in the United States
circuit court undoubtedly disenheartened
the idle men About 100 of the strikers
have gone to work in the American mill
and the II P nail mill owned by the
same company and others will follow
ILLINOIS STRIKE SITUATION
Superintendent Lukens Released on
Bond Warrants Tor Others
Superintendent Lukens filed a bond
Friday at Virden 111 and was released
from arrest lie left for Streator and was
accompanied to the train by a heavy guard
of troops Warrants for the arrest of T
C Loucks president and W S York
secretary of the Chicago Virden Coal
Company were issued Deputy Sheriff
Webster went to Chicago to serve them
Several shots were fired after daylight
Friday morning at the stockade around
the shaft creating considerable excite
ment
It May Mean Something-
Adispatclr from Portsmouth Eng says
Ihe admiralty issued orders that no dock
yard repairs be commenced upon ships of
reserve squadrons unless it can be com
pleted within forty eight hours
Balloouists Turn Miners
A letter has reached Vancouver from
St Michael saying that the balloouists
sent out to search for Andree weie there
They have given up their balloon trip and
staked twenty five claims
Offers to Loan to Transvaal
A dispatch from Pretoria says that Mi
Hope representing an American syndi
cate offers to loan the Transvaal govern
ment 12500000 at 5 percent and 24 per
cent commission
Bookkeeper and 10000 Gone
It has been discovered that Chas J
Nciiniug of Louisville Ky a bookkeeper
in the Bank of Louisville is a defaulter to
the amount of 8000 to 10000 and has
lied
Hanged for Killing- Soldiers
Seven Mussulmans who were tried aim
ouvicted of murder of Brbish soldiers on
he Island of Crete during the recent out
break at Candia were hanged Wednesday
Railroad Tunnel Caves In
Tunnel No 27 on the Cincinnati South
ern at Ilarrinian Tcnn caved in Thurs
lay for the second time in a week The
cavein is said to be an extensive one
Proctor Re Elected Senator
The Vermont legislature met in joint
session Wednesday and re elected Red
field Proctor United Stales senator
ttARKET QUOTATIONS
Chicago Cattle common to prime
300 to 500 hogs shipping grades
300 to 4ii sheep fair to choice 2r0
to 9475 wheat No 2 red 53c to GGc
orn No 2 30c lo 32c oats No 2 22c
to 24c rye No 2 40c to 50c butter
choice creamery 20e to 22c eggs fresh
14c to 10c potatoes choice 2e 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 53c -to 00c corn No
2 white 20c to 31c oats No 2 while 24c
to 20e
Sr Louis Cattle 300 to 375 hogs
350 to 400 sheep 350 to 475
wheat No 2 70c lo 72c corn No 2
yellow 30c to 32c oats No 2 22c to 24c
rye No 2 47c to 4Sc
Cincinnati Cattle 250 to 525 hogs
300 to 400 sheep 250 to 450
wheat No 2 GSc to 00c corn No 2
avixed 30c to 32c oats No 2 mixed
J4e to 25e rye No 2 50c to 52c
Detroit Cai tie 250 to 550 nogs
f325 to 400 sheep 250 to 450
wheat No 2 07c to 50c corn No 2
veliow 31 r to 33c oats No 2 white 20c
to 27c rye 50c to 51c
Toledo Wheat No 2 mixed 08c to
iOc eorn No 2 mixed 31e to 32c oats
No 2 white 22c to 24c rye No 2 50c
to 51 e clover seed 435 to S445
Milwaukee Wheat No 2 spring t4c
to One corn No 3 30c to 31c oats No
2 white 24c to 20c rye No 1 49c to 51c
harley No 2 44c to 40c pork mess
775 to 825
Buffalo Cattle good shipping steers
300 to 575 hogs common to choice
350 to 425 sheep fair to choice weth
ers 350 to 500 lambs common to
extra 500 to 000
New York Cattle 300 to 550 hogs
300 to 425 sheep 300 to 500
wheat No 2 red 75e to 70c corn yj
2 3Sc to 39c oats No 2 27c to 29c
butter creamery 10c to 23c eggs West
era 18c to 19c
OCTOBER 27 1898
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STATE OP NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON
DENSED FORM
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Mysterious Mnil Robbery Near Al
liance Two Pouches Orc for Ln
colntand One for Black jfiills Cut
Open Amount Taken Unknown
Mail Robbery Near Alliance
A daring and mysterious railway rob
bery at or near Alliance in the noitn west
ern part of the state occurred Oct 15
Two letter pouches one destined for Lin
coln on the east bound Burlington train
the other for Black Hills and Montana
points on the westbound were cut open
and registered letters and packages of
value taken The robberies were dis
covered by the respective mail clerks
after leaving Alliance who promptly
notified Superintendent Butler at Lincoln
The amount stolen is unknown but many
letters were taken The postal author
ities are at work on the case No suspicion
attaches to the postal clerks
Pound Guilty of Robbery
Thejnost important case ever tried in
Brown County and one which occupied
the attention of the court a week was dis
posed of when Ihe jury found Arthur
Johnson guilty Johnson was charged
with robbing the Elkhorn Railway depot
at Johnstown Johnson is a grandson of
Harrison Johnson who will be well re
membered by the old residents of Ne
braska He resided in Omaha and at one
time was the owner of 103 acres where the
court house now stands He wrote a his
tory of Nebraska The jury recommended
clemency aim Johnson was sentenced to
eight years in the state penitentiary Just
before the judge pronounced sentence
Johnson fainted and it was an hour be
fore ho sufficiently recovered to permit
the court to continue
Guardsmen Will Be Paid
The members of the Nebraska National
Cuard who went to Lincoln witli the First
andSeeond regiments and who were re
jected by the mustering officer are at last
lo bs paid off An order has been issued
by the governor appointing Adjutant
General Barry as the paymaster lo pay ff
these claims and it is expected that shortly
after election ihe men will get their
money The time put in by the men at
the camp before they were rejected was
about ten days each and the total amount
of the claims so far is 5228 83 There are
a few others lo come in which will run
the amount up to fully 7000
Narrow Escape
The eastbound freight which was
wrecked by a broken rail about two and a
half miles west of Wahoo recently was re
moved and trains were soon running again
Fourteen freight cars were off the track
and six loaded wih grain were smashed
into kindling wood The returning ex
cursion train had a narrow escape having
passed over the same track nor an hour
oefore the freight The excursion train
was heavily loaded with children relurn
ig from the exposition No one was in
iured in the freight wreck though a re
port was out that three tramps were mxd
p in the cars of grain
Thieves at Columbus
About 8 oclock the other evening dm
the hour of services at the M tthodist
Church at Columbus thieves entered the
frontdoor of Ihe parsonage just at the
renr of the church by the aid of a skeleton
key and stole nearly everything in sight
A new suit of clothes an overcoat a mack
i tosh about 7 in cash all of the table
niL erware jewelry and other valuables
including Rev Mickles Union Pacific
half fare permit The total loss is nearly
5100
Loses a Leg
Mr Haley a brother of E V Raley an
old settler of Crete while crossing the B
M tracks in that city was struck by a
freight car on the switch The car ran
over the mans leg terribly lacerating the
member Amputation was necessary
Mr Raley came from Illinois only two
days before on bis first visit to the west
ami had just returned from a days sight
seeing at the Omaha exposition when the
accident occurred
Body of Unknown Man Found
The body of an unknown man was found
beside the 13 and M tracks a few mile
from Fainmry Fiom the evidence before
ihe coroners jiry it appears he climbed
u the trucks of the west bouid iram at
Kesterson two miles east of where he was
mind Deceased had been working with
Jautpbell Bros circus His name is nn
tuowu as he signed the circus pay roll
with the nickname of Whiskers
Dedication of Mechanics Hall
The formal opening of the new Mechan
es Hall atiheSate University will occur
i iday October 28 The exercises- during
he day will be at the uuiveisity ami in
Lie evening at the Oliver Theater Go
iloicoiub AssiMaiu Secretary of War
Meifvlejohu ihe faculty of the university
and a lTumber of othei prominent
of the stae will participate
Found Dead
Jans Mickelson ho has lived alone in
a small house at Nebraska City for many
jvars past was found dead in bed Heath
ippareutly resulted from an attack of
paraiys s An iuqieoL wa deenu 1
Caught by a Confidence Man
Emil Wiese and Hans Boeltger of Hen
nington attended the exposition at Omaha
and as a result of their experience with a
conlideuce man they are a watch and 8
Hach wiser
Ponca Woman Suicides
The wife of George Geddes who lives
seven miles west of Ponca took a large
dose of strychnine and died in coiivuImoiis
an hour She had been despondent
for some time
Hurt in Foot Ball Game
Arthur Campbell sou of Mr ami Mis
J A Campbell of Hastings had his rgnt
arm broken just ab vo he wrist whilj
olaying a game of toot ball
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Freight Depot Hunted
Flames were se u insuring from the E
M freight dpol at Kearney a few
mornings since and before lire alarm
could be turned in ill enirebuilding was
on lire Just how the tire started is a
mystery as no one had been around the
building for several hours and there was
but a small lire in the stove The building
and contents arc a complete loss and it is
one of the most disastrous fires which has
occurred in Kearney ior some time
Just what the liss is cannot be ascer
tained but there was a fresh and com
plete stock of goods in tire building that
had just arrived for a new department
store Several cars of freight standing on
the track were also damaged some One
belonging to William Keller loaded with
celery was considerable damaged by
smoke but the cars were not burned The
coal office of the Kearney Coal Company
located near theburned building was also
slightly scorched but nothing was se
riously burned but the depot The build
ing was erected about 1830
3Iatrimonial Infelicity
Attachments were issued at Fremont a
few days since against the property of Dr
J T Clark The doctor who has been a
sirccessful dentist there left town sudden-
j ly leaving a portion of his goods and a
few small debts behind His wife is in
Kansas while the doctor is supposed to be
in Chicago It is reported that the doctor
was too intimate with the wife of a rail
road man and on being found out was
given twenty four hours by the injured
husband to make himself scarce The
railroad mans wife left about the same
time and it is thought she may have gone
with the doctor or arranged to meet htm
somewhere The railroad man lias started
on the trail of the dentist
Must Sign the Certillcate
r Judge Letten of Beatrice has handed
down his decision in the application of W
H Harris of Crete for a mandamus com
pelling G E Emery float representative
committeeman from Gage County to sign
a certificate of the nomination of W S
Grafton for float representative He grants
the writ Leave to file a motion for a re
hearing was granted and the issues will
bo made up and the case taken to the su
preme court The only ruling favoring
the defendant was on the point of the
right of Chairman Grant to vote wnen
tie was claimed
Makes Serious Charges
Herman Aussel a German farmer living
in Cuming County went to Stanton a day
or two ago and entered formal complaint
acainst Herman Hendricks and Henry
Wragge charging them with getting him
drunk on alcohol and then relieving him
of a note for 9253 and 735 in cash and
smeared his face and boly with pine tar
The note was one given to Aussel by Hen
dricks and the object of his visit was to
attempt lo collect the amount Aussel
shows bad treatment and the arrest of
Hendricks and Wragge will follow
Nebraska Bank Closed
National Bank Examiner Whitemore tei
emaphed the comptroller of the currency
October 10 that he had closed the First
National Bank of Neligh It reported
September 2D 1338 Capital stock 50
000 surplus 3037 due to depositors
108055 bor owed money 10000 circu
lation 11263 total resources 183243 A
noiice posted on the door of the institution
stated that it had closed pending an ex
amination and that it would resume busi
ness again
Burglars Frightened Away
An attempt was made at Brady Island
the otfier night to gain tutranee to the
general ineicliaudise store Ol D II Eavey
in which ihe postoffice is located by re
moving the screen and glass fiom a win
dow at the rear of the slore The noise
aroused Willard and Walter two sons of
the proprietor who sleep in the store and
the burglar evidently a novee was
frightened away by two shots neither of
which took effect Suspicion points to
tramps
Still a Mystery
The indentily of the dead Irdy found
east of Wymore over a week ago still re
mains a mystery and notwithstanding the
fact that efforts are being made to com
municate with people mentioned in letters
found a few yards from the body all at
tempts so far have been in vain This
case will probably remain unsolved along
with a iong list of other deaths and mur
ders which have occurred in Gage County
and have never ben solved
Burned to Death
Samuel McDowell aged about 05 lived
alone in a sod house on a small farm about
live miles northwest of Bart ley The com
bustible material of the house was con
sumed by lire and the dead body was
found under debris some distance from
the position of the bed Incombustible
material bad fallen upon the bead and
part of the body and protected them fron
the lire
Found Dead
Fred Curtis of the firm of F Curtis Jc
Son real estate dealers and moneylenders
of Fairmont was found dead in the street
lie bait done his chores about the house
and started out to look for some hogs that
had gotten out of the pen He met several
persons not thirty minutes before he was
found dead Apoplexy is thought to have
been the cause
Catholic Knights
The Catholic Knights of America held
their state congress at Ilartington October
17 and 18 The session was interesting
throughout there being delegates from all
parts of the state present Joseph Rue
sing of West Point was elected state pres
ident for lie next two years The next
biennial congress will be held at Graiu
Island
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Accidental Shooting
While engaged in target practice at
Tamora Dorr Brainerd accidently shot
himself through the foot The attending
physician dots not consider the wound
dangerous
Forgets Mis Board Bill
Prof Corbit who went to Bancroft
several days ago and billed himself as a
clairvoyant left the Commercial Hotel for
getting lo settle a board bill of several
dollars
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ATDIBER 40
One of the oilicers of the battleship
Iowa tells of a thrillinfr scene which oc
curred on its deck soon after Cerora mo
his oilicers came aboard after th destruc
tion of their squadron Captain Eulate
had offered his sword to Captain Evan
and ihe latter had returned it saying that
he could uot accept it from so brave a
man The party was invited down to
the skippers cabin to take something
As Eulate entered the companion way he
stopped ani turned lifted his cap and ia
a most dramatic way extended his arms
and exclaimed Adois Vizcaya At
that instant as if in response to his fare
well there was a tremendous eruption
from the burning cruiser and immediately
after a deafening explosion One of rhe
magazines had blown up Eulate buried
his face in his hands and sobbed It was
some moments before he recovered from
his agitation
After our regiment had marched seven
mile toward Santiago writes a soldier
wo were ordered to go into camp on ths
crest of the high hill which overlooks the
valley in front of San 7 nan We had
scarcely pitched our little shelter tents
when a fierce rainstorm came up It pour
ed down in torrents I naturally supposed
the soldiers would be disgusted tiiat tlj
should happen just after their long tire
some march but when the storm was at
its highest I heard shouts of juy outside
and I ventured to look from under the
sheltering canvas to ee what the commo
tion was about and there stood about naif
of the regiment stark naked taking what
thv called a hath and the harder it rain
ed the more pleased they seemed Maj
Smith looked out and could not resist the
temptation and in a few minutes he too
was enjoying a nice cool bath
ass
A correspondent who journeyed to San
tiago on the transports with the regular-
and the volunteers who set sail from
Tampa describes the way in which tha
men whiled away the time At nigitf hs
chief occupation was singing He says
that if you want several hundred or lOUC
men to sing one sing that song must btj
either a hymn a Sunday school song or
The Suwanee Itiver Almost
every man in the fleet could sing the first
verse of America Nearly all could sing
the first verse and chorus of Suwanee
River But when the leading singer
started up Kock of Ages Hold the Fort
Just as I Am Without One Plea or Je
sus Loves Even Me nearly every man on
the ship would lift up his voice and sing
the song with vigor fervor and degh
o V
The Wasp which goes to the naval re
serves at Chicago was the first vessel to
enter the harbor of Ponce and Midship
man Curtln the graadnephew
Curtin of Pennsylvania went ashore and
demanded the surrender of the place in
a most audacious manner He acted as i
he had a fleet of battleships instead of
the lit tie yacht behind him The com
mandant replied that he was only a sub
ordinate otlicer and was not authorized to
surrender T- boss was up at tlu eiry
three miles away Get him on the tele
ohonc roared the mldshipmife and tell
him that if he does not surrender in hair
an hour Ill bombard the town It wa
ucky for rhe Wasp and particularly fo
roung Curtin that the rest or the flee
irrived very soon
A soldier at Montauk Point graey rc
lited the following incident as an illustra
Jon ot the terrific heat during rhe summer
it Tampa fie said that the company that
he belonged to was ou the tiring rauze
going through their regular target prac
tice and although every one took the
greatest possible care with his aiming
and the company he belonged to was rhe
best shooting company of the regimen tv
every shot missed the target The cautaiit
could not make it out so he ordered the
bugler to sound cease tiring and was
walking up to the targets to x e what was
wrong when about half way up the rang
ae saw a great stream of molten lead The
sun was so hot that it had melted the bul
ets bf fore they could reach the targe
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Dwighx Moody the evangelist is tUl to
lave received SI 250000 for his gospel
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ongressman William Alden Smith of
Mchigan wast newsboy ia Grand Itapids
ly twenty year- ago
General E H Hobson the
piesdent of the Wix rans of the M ext
ra n War served aiso in rhe civil war
Miss Hath White of San Francisco w
said to be jv so striking a resemblance to
the Liberty on tire new dimes that her
Iriends her the model
The death of Byard recalls the fact
that he and hs father were the two Sena
ors fron Delaware just after the close
jf the civil war This i a political fact
virhout a para He
Mss Mary French McKay has become
oromineut in Denver by elaimiug to be the
er woman fencer in the world and of
fers lo prove her title anywhere and at
my ine
Jean Francois Millet fiis who is now
Iraveiiug ia America has said that what
mpressed him most ia this country i j the-
iiisz vent ration ia which his father3
work is held
