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"Dorjco is the result of Being."
"Etebt step upwards in life is by eon
quest, and conquest is by effort."
With the right kind of a republican
candidate in this district Maxwell can
never succeed himself. Schuyler Sua.'
Fobti-six vessels started Wednesday
with 27,000 men, infantry, cavalry and
artillery, from Tampa, bound for San
, tiago, 1200 miles away.
Ex-State Treasures Bartlet
convicted of stealing $300,000 state
funds. The decision has been affirmed
by the supreme court, including the
20-year, penitentiary sentence.
The London Spectator warns the
"concert" of powers in Europe that if
they really want to make America a
first-class fighting power, all they have
to do is to keep on talking of interfer
ence With her in the Philippines or in
the matter of terms of peace with Spain.
That will put Uncle Sam on his mettle
quicker than anything else, and he will
soon have an army and navy competent
to deal with a "concert" or any other
man.
"MANIFEST DESTINY."
It seems to The Joubkax. that those
who now oppose the annexation of
Hawaii, it rightly done, are deficient,
either in patriotism, or the ability to see
that the future welfare of the United
States will be greatly enhanced by an
act that now will scarcely cost us any
thing, and, it seems, is all bnt indispen
sable to the policy that must inevitably
prevail for us as one of the nations of
the earth.
To do our duty, as a collective people,
we cannot ignore the significant situa
tion. Annex Hawaii, and don't be very long
about it, either.
Don't be deceived by old-time philos
ophies, well-adapted, perhaps, to an in
fant nation, so to speak.
As a people, we must recognize the
strength which the God of nations has
given us, evidently for good purposes,
and thus nse it, or we must lose that
strength, and have some other nation
come into the place which we now ought
to fill.
The generosity, the magnanimity, the-
native goodness of the American people;
their clear-cut, accurate and strong,
mental grip, and withal, their courage
and thoroughness in execution are all
plain indications of what we are as a
people, and what lines we must pursue
to hold our own and to advance.
PICKETS RETURN SAFE.
Additional Advices Are Re
ceived From Guantanamo.
A111TAL OF BATTLESHIP TEXAS-
Advaaea Oaard Seat Oat y Haatteg-toa
nrsaaM ay Heaalarda Ttgkt Their
Way Oat, KHUae; five e7 the Bpaalsh
eldlera Me New Meases te Be Added te
Oar Lasts. Dead.
(Copyrickt ISM by Frees PabUahlaf Company)
Port Antonio. Jamaica, June 14.
Ueatemaats Wendell O. Neville and
Melville J. Shaw of the First battalion
of amariaes, who with a party of ma
rines were out on picket duty during
the fight Sunday and wen reported
missing, are safe. They returned to
camp with SO men of company D Mon
day. Daring much of the time they
were absent they were surrounded by
the enemy, whom they fought off.
They report that they killed at least
are of the Spaniards. It is believed
that the Spaniards lost more men, for
alTaight the body of pickets under
Neville and Shaw kept up a steady re
ply to aaealmost constant firs of the
Spanish at short range.
That oar pickets suffered so little
themselves is evidence of the uncertain
marksmanship of the Spaniards. As a
result of the bold attack made by the
Spaniards upon the entrenched camp
of the marines and because of lack of
reinforcements Lieutenant Colonel
Huntington decided to abandon the
crest of the hill ocoupied after the sets
mreofthe harbor. The marines de-
oended to rifle pits on the shore for
merly occupied by the enemy. Here
they will be under the protection of the
guns of the ships and far less liable to
attack. This precautionary step is
justified by the fact that the Spanish
force in the vicinity of Caimanera is
believed to far outnumber the force of
marines ashore.
At K o'clock this atoning the Spaa
iarde, whoso fire had been aileaced with
field artillery, inertly after dawn, re-
on an inland about a mile
the camp. They becan firinsr.
but a three-inch field gun and a few
rifies dispersed them. Skirmish lines
were thrown out front the camp and
the Marblehead shelled the woods.
Daring these operations the heroic bnd
of men under Neville and Shaw were
relieved. There was great joy in the
campwhea they returned. All the
morning the reports of the guns of the
kirmishers could be heard. In the
meaatisM a second three-inch gun was
dragged up the hill to the camp from
the landing.
Daring the morning the Texas ar
rived. It sent ashore 40 msrinm to
jain the defenders of the camp, with
two machine guns. The Spanish on
shore opened fire upon the Texas with
one gas, supported by infantry. Their
tormenting did sot hut long. The
shins aeon put an end to it.
Opr scouts discovered in the woods
occupied by the eaemy last night evi
dences of their punishment. Blood
splotches were frequent. There are
i to be added to the list of out
Tajom, Fla,, Jmne 14. General Oop
singer is im command ef the troops left
at Tampa aad it is belie vedwiU com-
the next expeditioate sail. The
this second exneditkm
wiuMrortoKieo. ..General Fitshugh
Lee's eotpa is not likely to goto Porto
Ska ha will be sent to Cnhawhan
tawliwi iiBiitoatrikn B
I She's AH Right !
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2 Oregon, in 1898, republican by 10,000 m
MM ON THE SB!
1.
Invading Force Has Actually
iftS, Left Key West
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MiFTEB IS IN COMMAND.
Convoyed by Battleships, Gun
boats and Cruisers.
0BDS1 MAJILA. TS00P8 TO 8UL.
OtJa Oalawlly Ketiaed Tba
Are KeadjrFer the Recep-
ef SeMler First Nebraska
ttoO Wttk SaceaA
te ffclllpelaea.
WAonroTON, June 14. The first
ty of iavasioa to Cuba is now well
oa ita way, 88 transport steamships
beariasr 15,000 officers and men, con
Toyed ay battleships, cruisers, gunboats
and auxiliary craft, 16 in number, hav
ing actually sailed from Key West at
daybreak Monday morning. An auth
oritative statement to this effect was
made at the war department, setting at
rest all reports that the expedition was
on its way, or had landed hut week.
The authorities made the announce
saeat for the reason that the time for
secrecy was named and the scout boats
had made saw .that the path was clear
before it, aad that no possible menace
could come from the Spanish ships or
troops, even should the enemy know
that our forces were now advancing
against them. With the expedition off,
official here feel that there will be a
period of comparative inaction for a
few days. By Thursday at the latest,
the transports will be off Santiago and
a large American army will make its
itig on Cuban soil. Admiral Samp
son has cleared the way for this under
taking and little danger is apprehended
in getting ashore. It will be after that,
when the advance is made, that the
actual dramatic development may be
expected. Bythat tiuieit is likely the
American commanders will be indirect
cable communication with the author
ites here. Admiral Sampson has taken
the shore end of the cable landing at
Guantanamo and a force of cable ex
perts are rapidly restoring the line to
working order.
Cable te Be Cenaected.
The progress of this work has been so
satisfactory that one of the leading
officials of the state department said
last night that it was hoped the direct
cable communication would be estab
lished by Thursday. It will put an
end to the dearth of information con
cerning important movements and will
enable the authorities here to keep in
close touch with those executing tho
strategic movements.
The United States regular troops
make up the greater part of the force,
there being but three volunteer organ
isations on the ships. These are the
First New York infantry volunteers,
the Second Massachusetts infantry vol
unteers aad two dismounted squadrons
of four troops each from the First
United States volunteer cavalry, the
regiment which Colonel Woods com
mands and of which Theodore Roose
velt is Lieutenant colonel. Whether
any of these officers is with the two
squadrons named, is not yet known at
the war department It was difficult to
prevail upon the mounted riflemen to
leave then? mounts behing, but this was
a matter of necessity, it is said, owing
to the accommodations for the horses
on shipboard. The best that the de
partment could do at this time in the
way of supplying the cavalry con
tingent for the expedition, was to in
clude among the troops one squadron
of the Second United States cavalry,
fully mounted, with nino officers and
2M enlisted men.
Aside from the men and officers mak
ing up the expedition, the boats carried
avast quantity of supplies, ammuni
tion and war equipments necessary to
maintain an organization of this size
for at least 60 days. Every detail for
the landing of this party is worked out
by the engineer corps of the army.
It will be a laborious process at best,
and will take a full day or more. The
points of landing has been so chosen
that there is little danger of an inter
ruption from the Spanish forces, but
should they attempt to make trouble
Admiral Sampson's ships will insure
ample protection until the troops can
care for themselves. The Spanish fleet
from Cadiz is still almost as much of a
mystery to the naval officers here as
was Admiral Cervera's flying squadron
during the two weeks immediately pre
ceding its inglorious bottling up at San
tiago. Yesterday a report came that
the squadron was unfit for sea. That
would have been credited except that
the department has had information as
late as Saturday to the effect that the
aqaadroa was all ready for sea and was
about to depart. Abont a week before
that it had been told that the Cadiz
had nailed. Having in mind these
reports, the war board
aoaroely knows where to give credence
though it would seem to be an extraor
dinary circumstance that the least
doubt could exist as to the presence in
or absence from the harbor of a popular
city sack as Cadiz of a whole squadron
of warships. However, the weight of
opinion seems to incline to the presence
of the fleet at Cadiz, owing to the bad
condition of the ships. It may be
noted, however, that although acting
upon this belief, as. shown by the be
gianing f the military invasion of
Caha, the war board is taking no an-
of a surprise and by
of scoats has provided forsecur-
lag timely warming of the approach of
any hostile approach to the seat of war.
Desas Met Afraid te right.
The news of the attack by the Span
iards upoa the United States marines
at Gaaatanamo bay Saturday night
was not confirmed by official advices
ap to the close of the day here. How
ever, then is mo disposition to question
the accuracy of the press report and the
has mad a rather sobering effect
the element thsrhss insisted upon
troops forward regardless of
a-eparedaeas Saturday night's
actum shows that the Spaniards are
j not afraid to chuTe boldly upon
WUIICT UMira Wup9 U1U IW HMIISIH
of a bushwhacking disclosed by the
Spanish movements a anything but
"agreeable to the percnn who have been
hoping for a short campaign. A good
deal of surprise is expressed at the fail
ure of that report to mention any sub
stantial aid'received from the insurg
ents by the United States marines
camped on Crest hill. Reinforcements
were sent from our own ships, but it
does not appear in the reports that the
marines had help from the men best
calculated from their experienoe in
jungle fighting to be of service in an
encounter with Spanish guerillas.
Without any discouragement, 'the fight
ing ability of the marines, who appear
to have acquitted themselves with' the
greatest credit so far as concerns their
bravery and steadiuess under fire, the
question has been raised in the minds
of the military experts whether, failing
in any substantial assistance, from the
Cubans who were reported to have been
so numerous in the vicinity, western
soldiers trained in Indian fighting
would not be of more service in a Cuban
jungle campaign. Nothing so severely
taxes -the courage and endurance of
troops as to be shot at from cover by an
unseen foe and only troops trained in
our latest skirmish drill can render ef
fective service in such attacks.
MANILA EXPEDITION.
Major General Otto OSclally MetMed That
Transports Are Ready First Ne
braska toOaOa Kxpedltloa.
San Francisco, June 14. The most
important order issued from army head
quarters yesterday was one notifying
Major General Otis that the steamers to
comprise the second fleet of transports
to go to the Philippines were practic
al iv roarlv for t.tin rMantinn nf hnnna
j to the nnmber of abonfc 4fW0 compris
ing the Tenth Pennsylvania under Col-
onel Hawkins, the First Colorado under
Colonel Hale, the First Nebraska, Col
onel Bratt, two battalions of regulars
from Eighteenth and Twenty-third in
fantry under Colonel French, a detach
ment from the engineer corps and thetwo
battalions of Utah light infantry under
Captain Yonng will raze their camps,
load their tents and baggage into wag
ons, don their Heavy marching gear
and form into columns for the march to
the waiting transports. Colonel Jones
and his two battalions from Idaho will
not be included in the second expedi
tion, the steamer Morgan City which
was to convey them not being ready.
The Idaho men will get away with the
third expedition, which will leave here
about June 30.
All day yesterday a stream of wagons
was conveying camp equippage and
baggage to the different steamers and
this work will be completed today. The
newspapers continue to call attention
to the unsatisfactory condition exist
ing at Camp Merritt and insist that the
location of the camp be changed to pre
serve the health of the civilians living
in that section of the city as well as
that of the soldiers now in the camp.
The transport Indiana from Seattle
and Port Angeles and anchored in the
harbor. The government will take
possession of the ship immediately. The
Indiana is in ballast.
Assistant Surgeon Henry Page, of the
field hospital at Camp Merritt, reports
82 cases of measles and one of mumps
in the camp. The cases of measles are
divided among the various state troops
as follows :
Montana, 6 ; Kansas, 16 ; California,
10 ; Oregon, 3 ; Iowa, 1 ; Regulars, Neb
raska, 17 ; South Dakota, 8 ; North Da
kota, 8 ; Idaho, 12. That the disease
is spreading is evidenced by supple
mentary report that 19 new cases have
beun discovered in the last 24 hours.
KducatorGoes te Chicago.
Oskaloosa, la., June 14. Orion C.
Scott, superintendent of Oskaloosa pub
lic school, has resigned his position to
accept the position as superintendent of
a Chicago subdivision at a handsoi: :
increase in salary. He will have chargo
of the public schools of Berwyn, Clyde,
La Verne and Morton Park, and will be
:ecretary of the school boards.
Teller Fevers Fastest.
Denver, Colo., June 14. The Silver
Republican party's state committee has
adopted resolutions in favor of fusion
with the Democrats and Populists in
the coming campaign on the state, con
gressional and legislative tickets and
appointed a committee to confer with
committees of the other parties with
this end in view. This action was
taken in accordance with the wishes of
Senator Teller.
Four Beys Drowned.
Ottcmwa, June 14. Johnny Whitta
ker, Darwin Wilson, Ray Leeter and
Fred Jepson lie dead in Mclntyre's un
dertaking establishment tonight as the
result of youthful sport on a pond
with 10 feet of water. The boys were
on a raft which capsized ; none of them
could swim and all' sank before help
could be given. The bodies were found
but too late for resuscitation.
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.
General Boca
elected president
ox tne Argentine republic.
Tommy Ryan of Syracuse, met and
easily defeated Tommy West of New
York Monday night im the 14th round
of a 20-rdund contest for the welter
weight championship of the world.
The Northern Pacific company's ship,
Victoria, has not yet left Tacoma for
San Francisco. The Olympia will not
leave Tacoma before the itth, the Ari
zona can not arrive much before July 1
and the Tacoma is still on her way to
China, having sailed May 26.
The farmers of the United States are
drawing upon other parts of the world
for more money at the end of the fiscal
year this year than at any time im prev
ious years: The preliminary reports of
May exportatioas, which have reached
the bureau of statistics, make it appar
ent that the agricultural exports of the
year will reach $886,000,000.
Judges Thomas Gill, Thomas Nevitt
and Robert Lyon of the county court of
St. CUiroounty. Missouri, were brought
to Kansas City Saturday, by deputy
United States marshals and lodged in
jiil for contempt of court in refusing
to call a special election for July 25 to
vote for the compromise of the chums
of holders of railroad bonds issued by
the county 90 years ago.
The busineesportion of the town of
SparUnsburg, Pa., was wiped out by
fire, which started at 1:30 Monday
morning, and is supposed to be of in
cendiary origin. The large business
houses, all wooden structures, with
their contents, wen burned, besides
numerous amaller ones. The loss is
$160,000 and is almaw total. The fire
burned itself out, as the town it with
out if atiag farflltiai
VICTIM fft MCI
Great Bend Murderer Swings
In Public Square.
KILLED THE GIRL HE LOVED.
Tragedy Follows a Refusal to
Receive His Advances;
SHEBUT TJUB8 TO OUTWIT 01.
LyaefciBf Fmrty Beards the Trate WUen
Is te Briar the Mraror to Mia Fre-
Uaalaary BNtiat-Enrage Cltl-
im BaatehThrtr Victim Front
tka SkarlsT and Hi Maa.
Great Bend, Kan., June 14. In the
public square fronting on the principal
business street of this city a murderer
was lynched at 8 o'clock last evening
by a mob of probably 500 persons. It
is estimated that at least 1,000 men of
Great Bend, a population of 2,600 per
sons, witnessed the tragedy. The vic
tim was John Becker, a young white,
man. who on April 8th killed Myrtle
Huffmeister, the 1 6-year-old daughter
of William Huffmeister, a farmer liv
ing midway between Great Bend, and j
Ellinwood, the second station east of
here. Becker was employed by the
farmer and professed passionate love
for the daughter and the tragedy fol
lowed the girl's refusal to accept his
advances. When the girl came to the
stable in the evening Becker shot her
to death, sending eight bullets into her
body, after which he set fire to the
farmer's stables. At first it was re
ported that the murderer had shot him
self and that he had died in tho flames,
but later it became known that he had
fled and search was instituted. On
April 13 a posse of farmers captured
the murderer near St. John, and for
safe keeping he was taken by the sheriff
to Hutchinson, there having been many
threats that he would be lynched if
brought here.
SheriSTTrlea to Oatwlt Mob.
Yesterday morning Becker was
brought hare from Hutchinson to be
put on his preliminary examination.
Early in the day farmers from the
neighborhoodof his crime began coming
into town and by 6 o clock hist even
ing the streets were thronged. Then,
when it became known that" the mur-
.dererer had been granted a change of
venue to.Lyons, and that Sheriff Aber
would take his prisoner east on the
Santa'Fe train last evening, there were
signs of threatened trouble, as a big
crowd began to gather at the railway
depot. Sheriff Aber, appreciating the
danger, took Becker in a boggy and
started for a crossing east of the city,
intending to flag the train there. By
this time the crowd there was openly
threatening a lynching. When the
train pulled up the purpose of the
sheriff's strategy had become apparent
to all. The wouldbe lynchers, quick to
act, boarded the train and rode on.
When Sheriff Aber, at the crossing,
saw the train was crowded to the
guards, he did not flag it, bnt hurriedly
drove back to Great Bend with his
prisoner. At Dartmouth the lynching
party left the train and. started back to
this city, having hired all the convey
ances available there. In the mean
time Sheriff Aber had hurried, back
and had lodged his prisoner in the
county jail.
A few minutes before 8 o'clock the
mob was swarming around the jail.
Evidently believing that he could out
wit the lynchers by flight, the sheriff
rushed Becker out of the jail to Jus
buggy, which was in the street, but he
had no sooner done so than he and his
men and prisoner were surrounded.2S
Secare the Murderer.
The sheriff, aided by his deputies,
made a stubborn defense, and the pris
oner realizing the fate that threatened
him, fought desperately with them.
After they had fought their way back
almost to the entrance of the jail, the
mob, through sheer force of numbers,
prevailed. Securing the murderer,
they bore him away to the public
square. There a rope was drawn
around Becker's neck and, after he had
been beaten almost into insensibility,
the rope was thrown over the limb of a
big tree and he was drawn up. Some
one in the crowd gave the body a push
and as the murderer was being drawn
up his body repeatedly swnng back,
scraping upon the trunk of the tree.
The sheriff and his men kept close upon
the track of the lynchers, but they
were held back fully )o minutes, when
it being apparent that Becker was dead
the mob quickly melted away and the
murderer's body was cut down by the
sheriff and the coroner.
Though guns were drawn and threats
were made, no shots were fired by the
sheriff and his men in their struggle
against the lynchers. Many-of the
lynching party must be known to the
county officers, but there is no very
strong talk of arrests. The sentiment
here seems to be that if ever a man de
served lynching Becker did. Becker
is said to come of a prosperous family
at Marion. HI.
Attorney W. W. Duncan was here
from Marion to defend him, and it is
stated that insanity was to be the mur
derer's defense.
Te Ispect Tesaerarle.
Assunciox, Paraguay, June 14. The
government of Paraguay has appointed
a commission to inspect the engines of
the Spanish torpedo boat destroyer Te
merario in order to ascertain whether,
as claimed bjr her commander, it is im
possible for her to put to sea and to fix
the term of the delay which will be al
lowed her in order to complete her re-'
pairs. This action is a result of the
protest of the United States consul,
taken in view of the neutrality of Paraguay-
Geraaaajr Xeaaeea Sendesalage.
Cape Haytiex. Hayti, June 14. Of
ficials of the Dominican government
having seized at JaIonte ' Cristo, Santo
Domingo, a business house formerly
belonging to Senor Jiminez, leading
the recent abortive revolutionary at
tempt, bnt now the property of a Ger
man oompany, the German consul gen
eral has asked Germany to send a war
ship to that port to protect the com-
pany'a interests.
Tea Haa Adraaesd.
New York, June 14. The duty of
It) cents a pound oh all imports of tea
under the war revenue bill has caused
a boom in the tea market and prices
have advanced.
Fatties; It ladlreetly.
Inski Look here! Is it yon that has
been circulating the report that 1 had
not washed my face Jar seven years?
Sinski No. All 1 said was that if a
wasp wanted to sting you he'd have to
carry a atovel. --London 'Tit-Bita
CUBM FACTS IN BRIEF.
Interesting Items About
Pearl of the Antilles.
the
BE1 PEOPLE AID EES R0i)U0T&
the Frieda! Clttea, the Relay
the Deadly Maehete, the Yellew
.Fever,
tinat
BeveletleaJata aad Their
Fer liberty.
Cuba from east to west is 760 miles
long. Its width varies from 20 to 135
miles. The island, with its dependen
cies, contains 47,278' square miles. The
entire coast line is 9, 200 miles in extant.
The Cubans are the planters of the is
land. The Spaniards, usually govern
ment officials or traders, live in the cit
ies, la the. interior all Spaniards are
known aa Catalans.
The rainy season in Cuba begins in
May or Jnne and ends in November.
The most rain falls in September and
October. The average number of rainy
days in a year is 102.
Thanh tronioal. the Cohan climata
Is am equable one. The thermometer
never rises so high as it sometimes does
in New York, and sunstrokes are un
known.
Mountain chains extend from east to
west throughout tho whole length of the
island. Between the mountains and the
ooast low tructa usually intervene which
in wet weather are overflowed and are
almost impassable.
Cuba has 260 rivers, all small. In
-the low coast lands both north and south
are extensive swamps.
Yellow fever prevails each year in the
seaport cities of Cuba, beginning to
ward the end of June and disappearing
in September. Foreigners only are at
tacked by the disease.
laVlammmmaBBL ' jjl...'1 'w -. JCyBSetff'
HAVANA'S FLOATING DOCK AND THE ALFONSO XIL
IPB!e.S5.Bed? Harsaa'a gnat floating drydock and will doubtless get it". The doe
STdTlr 1 En,taBd towed to Cuba. The cut ahowa tho Spanish cruiser Alfonso XII la
Havana harbor, one of the finest in
the world, is entered from the north
west by a channel which is narrow for
three-eighths of a mile and then opens
into a magnificent bay.
For Havana to surrender before a hos
tile force is not a new experience in
ita history. In the first century of its
existence it was repeatedly sacked by
pirates and buccaneers, and in 1762 an
English squadron under Admiral Pocock
bombarded the city and compelled it to
capitulate.
The revolutionary government of Cu
ba was organized at Cuniaguey on
Sept 10, 1895, when a president and
vioe president were elected and a cab
inet formed.
The general in chief of the revolu
tionary army in the field is Maximo
Gomes. The lieutenant general is Calix
to Garcia.
The headquarters of the Cuban junta
in New York aro at No. 66 New street,
Manhattan borough.
Cuba contains many mineral springs
which are famed for their valuable
healing properties.
Despite its tropical situation the city
of Havana is a comfortablo place even
for summer living. The houses and
dress of the people are adapted to secure
coolness, and the sea breeze by day and
the land breeze by night gratefully tem
per the heat
Cuba has not been generally known
as an iron producing country, yet in
several years before the outbreak of her
present civil war 500,000 tons of iron
ore and 40,000 tons of manganese,
amounting to $8,000,000 in value, were
annually produced for export at the San
tiago de Cuba mines at the eastern end
of the island.
There are more than 200 excellent
porta in Cuba.
It ia little wonder that the Cuban
patriot handles the machete well, as he
is trained to ita use from his earliest
boyhood. To the countryman it is ax,
jackknife, reaper, cleaver in short, it
fulfills every purpose, great and small,
for which a cutting tool is required. In
his private quarrels he uses it with
deadly effect, and face to face with the
Spanish enemy he feels that in his ma
chete he has a weapon which he knows
and which will not fail him.
The boxes in which the Cuban cigar
manufacturers pack their fragrant wares
are made from native cedar cut on the
mountain slopes.
Havana, Matanzas, Santiago these
are the three principal cities of Cuba in
the order of their size and commercial
importance. The exports of Santiago,
the least of the three, amount in times
of peace to $8,000,000 annually.
In the western part of the island is
raised the celebrated Vuelta Abago to
bacco, which has no equal in the world.
The Middle Aged Maa.
"I wonder," said the middle aged
man, "why we take life so hard. At the
very best we have only 75 or 100 years
of it and yet we fume and fuss and
worry all through it I think of it
sometimes. Here I am well, say, 50,
with maybe 20 years ahead. The cold
chanoes are against my getting so many,
but take a hopeful view and say I've
got 2a But that's a mighty short time,
heh? But just think of frittering away
that time in worry !
"When I think of these things, I
make up my mind that, by cracky, I
will 'not worry any more, and, oh, I
think I take things more philosophical--ly
than I used to 1 But let some little
thing come op ! I don't fly all to pieces
over it maybe, bnt it drags and grinds.
And only 20 years to live!
"What a waste of time! What poor,
miserable critters we are!" New York
Sun. .
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Justice Brewer has noted some curi
ous coincidences in regard to the mem
bers of the supreme ooart The judges
are asated on the beach on either side
of the chief justice in the order of the
date of their appointments, thejanior
THE NAVAL RESERVES.
They, hat Beaasea Beld, Qelek
Jaeae a Detya Call.
The readiness, good discipline aad
seamajship of the New York naval mi
litia ware well illustrated in the prompt
ness with which a detachment of 80
men went to Philadelphia, manned the
monitor Nabant and brought her to
New York for the defense of the harbor.
These qualities were again illustrated
when the call was made for a ship's
oompany for the auxiliary cruiser Yan
kee. The entire contingent, from first
lieutenant to landsman, embracing 195
men, was at once supplied from the
New York reserve.
The Louisiana naval reserve has fur
nished a crew of nine officers and 95 mem
for the monitor Passaic, which is to de
fend the harbor of Port Royal, S. C.
The reserve has been called on to sup
ply 1,100 men for manning the S2 gun
boats, patrol boats and torpedo boats
employed in the gulf service, and it aa-'
nounces that it will be able to meet the
requisition.
The first attempt made iu the United
States to establish a naval reserve was
in 1850, when President Fillmore draft
ed a bill providing for a reserve of 50,
0G0 men. Nothing came of the measure.
a eariy as iaou every country in
I Europe had
naval .reserve. England
then had its royal naval reserve of 20.-
000 officers and men and its royal naval
artillery volunteers of over 2, 000 officers
and men.
It was through the efforts of Lieuten
ant J. C Soley, a retired officer of the
United States navy, that the naval re
serve was first established in the United
States. Under authority of the Massa
chusetts legislature he organized a na
val battalion in 1890. New York waa
the next state to organize a naval re
serve. There are naval reserve organizationa
in 16 states, with a membership of near
ly 5,000 men, which could readily bo in
creased to 20,000.
The trained naval reserve man is a
mighty valuable recruit in these daya
He is no landlubber, but has had prac
tical experience on the government ships
assigned for the use of tho naval militia.
He understands elementary navigation,
signal work in all its branches, artillery
and infantry practice, the laying of sab
marine mines and the manning of tugs
and torpedo boats for coast defense.
The naval reserve is demonstrating
that it is practically a second navy. The
drilling, practice and patient learning
the ropes during the past seven years
are showing their good results ia this
time of need.
THE NATIONAL GUARD.
Strength aad Equipment of the Seldlers
of Oar First Reserve.
There are 10,000,000 men liable to
military service in tho United States.
Tho actual strength of all the state
soldiers composing tho national guard
previous to the recent call by the presi
dent for troops was 1 13.4G0 men and of
ficers. A special feature of the national guard
of New York is the efficiency it has at
tained in the military sigual and tele
graph service. The signal corps attached
to a brigade is furnished with all the
improved United States army signal
kits, field telegraph instruments, field
telephones, flash lanterns and helio
graphs, engineering and electrical in
struments. Tho work of a signal corps in state
camp includes besides signaling the
study of engineering, including making
road maps, field sketching and bridge
and signal tower buildiue.
The normal strength of the natioual
guard in New York state is 13,285.
The number of mules iu the state liable
to military service is 942,750.
Next to New York, Pennsylvania ia
strongest in its natioual guard, with
8,547 nien. Wyoming, with a roll of
345, has the smallest enlistment, while
Nevada, with 346 men, goes it one bet
ter. Alaska and the Indian Territory
have no organized militia.
There were warm welcomes in New
York city for the up state militia as
they passed through the town on their
way to Hempstead. Crowds of people
at the railway stations and on the
streets cheered and waved their hats
and shouted words of encouragement
As the men were ferried to Long Island
City the whistle of every tug captain
in sight saluted them vigorously.
A substantial, soldierly set are these
men from ap the state now quartered
at Camp Black. There is lots of fight
in them. Many of them saw active
service at Buffalo in the big strike,
where they learned to know what camp
life really is and how to make the beat
of its hardships.
at the right, the second at the left, and
so on. Before the retirement of Justice
Field on the right of the chief justice
were seated the three colors. Justices
Gray, Brown and White. None of the
associates who sat on the right of the
chief justice had children. Every asso
ciate who sat on the left had a large
family, and all but Judge Peckham had
grandchildren. New York Tribune.
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VICE. Seneca P. Dorr. 8. 8. Bell anil John P. Dorr,
defendant, will take notice that on tho 90th dajr
nf April, 1608, Mary A. Rodgers, plaint iff borein,
filed her petition in the district court of Platte
county, Nebraska, versos, said defendants to
gether with others, the object and prayer of
which are to remove a cloud from the title to
the following described lands: The north half
of the northeast quarter of section sixteen,
township eighteen, north of range two west of
the Sixth P. SL. ia Platte county. Nebraska,
created thereon by reason of judgments pro
cured by each of job, against Michael Kotlgero,
the fee owner of the above described land, at
time said lodgments were procured. The caase
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Yon are required to answer said petition on or
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