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Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-03-24
THE BLOCKADE IS ON
WarshipS of the Powers Guard
ing Cretan Ports Against
GreCian Vessels.
Situation on the Island Nov
Described as One of
Expectancy.
Any Attempt to Remove Greek
Troops by Force Will
Be Resisted.

LONDON, March 22.-The Athens cor.
respondent of The Chronicle says tina,
all the Greek newspapers protest
against the blockade, and the question
is raised as to whether the Turkish
vessels will be allowed to enter Gre.
tan ports.
The Chronicles correspondent al
Canea says the Moslem beys object tc
autonomy, because they fear they will
be compelled to leave the island with.
out compensation for their large land
ed interests, which are heavily mort.
gagged TO Christians. Moslems own two.
thirds of the lands in Crete, but the
whole country is practically in the
control of the insurgents.
Greek Commander VIII Res st.
The Chronicles correspondent at
Canea says the Italian officers have re.
turned from the camp of Colonel
Vassos in the center of the island and
they report that he has declared his in
tention to resist any attempt to force
the withdrawal of the Greek troops.
He said he would himself tear up every
copy of the autonomy proposition that
came his way, and he gave them the
impression that he intended to assume
the offensive.
The situation in Crete may be de.
scribed as one of expectancy. The fact
that the blockade had formally begun
during the morning was generally com.
municated from Canea to all points in
the island.
Pillaging still continues. Three
Turkish soldiers who We're caught in
the act of pillage fired on the gen.
darmes, who returned the fire, killing
one of them.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-03-24
Relics of Roman Occupation.

LONDON, March 22.-Recently while
excavations were being made in the
vicinity of the Bank of England, the
workmen came upon an interesting
find At depth of about IS feet, sew
eral articles of Roman times We're dis
covered These included small beau
tiful vase of glazed red Samian ware,
having the makers name stamped i'll
the bottom of the vessel. There were
also the necks and handles of some
large wine bottles These relics have
been placed in the Guild Hall museum.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-03-24
is CISNEROS DEAD?
Reported at Havana That His Successor
Has Been Chosen.

Has Been Chosen.
HAVANA, March 22.-It is reported
from Camaguey, that Salvador Cis.
neros, president of the Cuban republic.
is dead that Vice President Bartolome
Masso succeeds him as president and
that DR.. Carpolt, ex-professor of Ha-
vana university, will be appointed vice
president. General Quintin Bandera
has returned to Camaguey
A large body Of insurgents is con-
centrated near Sancti Spiritus and
combined movement of Spanish troops
against them is expected.
For the last few days Captain Gen.
eral Weyler has been greatly annoyed
by serious affection of the throat,
with suppuration of the glands of
esophagus. On Wednesday, after a
consultation Of his physicians, it was
decided that for time the patient
must have absolute repose.
General Gomez is reported to be ON
the west side of the Moron trocha.
Railroad travel is very unsafe.
Trains out of Havana are frequently
fired upon.
The feeling in Havana against the
paper money is increasing. The Span
ish merchants are growing louder i'm
their complaints, and confidence IN the
governments ability or intention to re-
deem the paper is lessening. Five dol
lars in gold is worth So. 80 in the paper.
This state of affairs worries the palace
more than the fighting.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-03-24
SITUATION IN WISCONSIN.
Reports Show the Flood Is Subsiding a
All Points.

Reports Show the Flood Is Subsiding at
All Points.
MILWAUKEE, March 22.-Reports re-
ceived from all portions of the state
show that the floods have subsidized AT
all points except in the Milwaukee
river just north of this city. In the
latter river the water is still running at
a high rate. Estimates of the losses
range all the way from 100000 to
$500, 900 in the state.
The river is within two feet of the
highest point ever reached and the
water is backing up in the sewers in
some of the downtown districts. The
water at the head of the river has sub.
sided some and it is thought that the
worst is over here.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-03-24
DISORDERS IN ARMENIA.
Many Natives and Turks Reported to
Have Been Killed.

CONsTANTINoPLE, March 22.-Reports
have been received here of very
serious disorder at Tokal, in the dis.
trict of Asia Minor II is said that
many Armenians and Turks have been
killed AS yet there are no details as
to the exact cause of the outbreak
The city of Tokal is on the Yeshil-
Irmak river, and has population of
about 10000, The government has
established extensive works there for
refining the copper produced by the
mines of Arghana- MAIDEN, near Diar-
bekir. 1t is in the heart of the old
province of Armenia.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-03-24
CONGRESSMAN RAUFY

CONGkESSMAN BAILEY.
New Leader Of the Minority in the House
of Representatives.
the bill and pending amendments will
be voted upon. The committee on ways
pnd means, by the terms of the special
order under which the house will oper-
hte, will have the right of way in the
matter of amendments, and such
amendments can at any time
supsrsede Pending Amendments
pf individual members, a provision
Enade to give the committee the fullest
power to perfect their bill. The de-
pate will be opened by Mr.. DIngley,
Pie chairman of the ways and means,
for the majority. Either Mr.. Bailey
Ept Texas the selected leader of the
minority, or Mr. McMillin of Tennessee
wlll reply. Mr.. Bailey has ten.
#cered to Mr.. McMillin this priv.
Plege In Difference to his long
Fervlce on the ways and means COM
nlttee, but it is not yet decided wheth-
ef the latter will avail himself of the
pfoner. The night sessions of the
eouse during the general debate will
NJ given up almost entirely to set
peeehes by new members who desire
ose' tneir views in the Congressional
tNcoro tcr the benefit Of their constit.
$pents
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-03-24
Children Fatally Burned.

MILWAUKEE, March ga special to
The Wisconsin from Kiel, Wis, says :
Two daughters of John Ellenbeck,
living in the town Of Holstein, Mani
towoc county, aged and years, were
fatally burned while playing in a gar.
ret, their dresses taking fire from a
stovep:pe which passed through the
room. Mrs. Ellenbeck was seriously
burned in endeavoring to save her chill
dren
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-03-24
|lyCRESS WILL TALK
,ss eill On in the House and
.he Arbitration Treaty
in the Senate.
,,o, Branch TO Sit From 10
!, the Morning Until
Late at Night.
o,a, Debate Ends Thursday
and a Vote Will Be Had
on the 3lSt.

70 DISTINCTION, March 22.-The pro-
L..mme of the tariff debate, which
e..rea in the house today, is simple
e, arduous. The house will sit from
N o'clock in the morning until ii
[,,,ock at night, with recess from
rntl each day for dinner. The
Lsreral debate will close Thursday
fiobt, Beginning Friday the bill will
T. read for amendment under the
kminute rule until 8 o'clock on the
Eollowlug Wednesday, March 81, when
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-03-24
Residents Rescued with Difficulty.

PEORIA, Ills, March 22. AT 3 a. IN.
the Conigsky block on North Adams
street was discovered in flames and
some 20 people who occupied the sec-
ond and third floors were rescued with
much difficulty. The building was
practically destroyed with all its con.
tents while the Murphy and Farrell
blocks adjoining were both badly dam.
aged.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-03-24
Cooler Weather stops the Rise,

DUBUQUE, Ia, March 22.--Cooler
weather stopped the rise of the Missis-
sippi here. Charles City reports rise
of four feet in Cedar river, while at
Cedar Falls large force of men and
teams worked all day and night build
ing dikes to protect the people on the
low lands from the united floods of the
Cedar and Shell Rock rivers.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-03-24
The Elkhorn Out of It's Banks.

OMAHA. March 81 The Missouri
river has risen less than foot at Oma-
ha during the day, and the ice is run
ming very freely and not gorging as
frequently as was feared. The tribu-
taries in the state are doing the most
damage AT Norfolk the north fork of
the Elkhorn has overfown its banks,
and the valley between there and
Pierce is one vast sea Of water.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-03-24
ON THE FRONTIER.
Greek Military Preparations Continue
with Ceaseless Activity.

ATHENS, March 22.-Some of the
Greek sharpshooters at Pramanda
opened fire on the Turks during the
day and it was only by the most ur.
gent efforts of the Greek officers that a
conflict was averted. The Greek mill.
tary preparations on the frontier con-
tinue with ceaseless activity. At
Korpsaina the officials seized 1000
sacks of -four destined for the Turkish
troops at SangOra.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-03-24
Attached Stuart's Pavilion.

CARSON CITY, March 22.-P. j. Dom
ahue, the San Francisco architect who
constructed the big arena for Dan
Stuart, has plastered an attachment on
the building to recover the money
which he claims is due, according to
the contract made by Stuart. The first
attachment is for $299, and the second
for $7d.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-03-24
Rear Admiral Walker Retires

WASHINGTON, March 22.-Rear Ad-
miral j. G. Walker has been placed on
the retired list of the navy by opera.
ton of law on account of old age His
retirement makes long list of promo
tions in the service and vacates the
office of chairman of the lighthouse
board
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-03-24
HOHENLOHE DENIES.
German Chancellor Says the Emperor
Condition Is Excellent.

Condition Is Excellent.
NEW YORK, March %. The World
says: The World cabled to Prince Won
Hohenlohe, the imperial chancellor of
Germany, and to Baron MarschaI Won
Bieberstein, the imperial secretary of
state for foreign affairs, that dispatches
sent to the United States from Europe
represent that Emperor Williams con-
dition is grave and that his malady is
assuming the form of insanity. In re-
sponse The World received this official
message:
1.-The condition Of the emperor is ex-
cellent."
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-03-24
Turks Well Prepared

LARIssA, March ga party of En-
glishmen and Americans who succeed.
ed in getting to Elassona reports that
the Turkish forces there are at least
$4,000, with 100 field guns, and another
hundred at Veria. They say many Ger
man officers are among the Turkish
troops, and heard it reported that Prus-
sian officers are expected shortly.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-03-24
Absolutely Pure.

asphaltum deposits, which was insert
ed i'll the bill by the senate, was so in
tense that it was stricken out by unan-
imous consent.
After the appropriation bills We're
passed resolution for extra mileage
and stationery for this session of con.
gress was adopted.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-03-24
THROUGH A BRIDGE.

Train on the Northwestern Goes Into
Sauk River.
MILWAUKEE, March ga freight
train ON the Northwestern went
through bridge near Port Washing
ton, and 10 cars went into Sauk creek
The locomotive was on the bridge
when the engineer heard the crash.
He opened the throttle and the engine
cleared the bridge before it went down.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-03-24
suspeot Commits Suicide.

Houston, Tex, March 22.-The man
eecently arrested at Valley Mills as
Joseph Blanther, the San Francisco
murderer, committed suicide by taking
morphine in the county Jail. He was
teaching school at the time OF his ar
rest and stood well in the community.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-03-24
"meNOMENT REJECTED.

e reservation Clause Strick-
W en- From the Indian Bill.
Aushas aasshi4N,eToN, March 22.-The house
FqsttoIt,a1 ou through the two remaining
kultr.,e ler appropriation bills, the agr
Rpd;an OIL carrying SO, 1872 ,9O2 and the
Thu u ~. Ol4 carrying $3.50, 22O.
ahe nror; Sen!'ment of the house against
lnp n slon ons IN the Indian bill open
he lana en'fy' under the mining laws,
Iioo 'anas ~ n, IN the Uncompaghre reserva.
osaa' containing gilsonite or
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-03-24
RAILROADS IN BAD SHAPE.
Will Take Some Time to Replace Bridge,
in South Dakota.

in South Dakota.
YANKToN, S. D., March 22.-The two
gorges in the Missouri river here are
firm. The whole Northwest is water.
bound and the railroads are ali in bad
shape Of the three roads which run
in here the only one having connection
with Eastern traffic is the Milwaukee,
and it is compelled to use transfer
boats at Vermillion and Sioux City.
After the water subsidies it is estimated
that it will take 10 days to replace
bridges.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-03-24
LOST SIX HUNDRED.
Uruguayan Insurgents Defeated by the
Government Forces.

MoNTEvIDEo, March 22.-It is Off
cially announced that the government
forces have defeated the insurgents in
a battle near Melo, killing Chief Chi
quito Saraiva. 1t is announced that
the insurgents lost 600 killed and
wOundad
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-03-24
REPORTED FROM MADRID
Battle i'm the Philippines in which the
Insurgeut Loss Was Heavy.

MADRID, March 22.-Another battle
has taken place in the province of Man.
lila, Philippine Islands. The govern
ment troops stormed the insurgents i'll
their trenches. The insurgents lost, it
is stated, 800 killed and had many
wounded. The government losses,
killed and wounded, did not exceed 20
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-09-03

Miss Fannie Beck, aged one year, OF
Boston, is considered by many, with
good reason, to be the most precocious
child in the country. Before the lit
tie girl was five months old she began
to talk, and within month she was
able to speak huently, She did not
commence with the harsh cultural
sounds usually heard from most babies.
but framed her words completely aud
accented her words correctly The
cbild's attainments at the present
time discredit all the stories Of pre-
cocious children for which Boston, ac-
cording to the comic paper, is so
famous. When Miss Fannie was
eleven months old she began to crawl
about the floor, and now at her twelfth
month she walks without hesitation
about the room, climbs the stairs and
goes all over the house, apparently
with the greatest ease. Her latest sc-
complishment has been to cut six
teeth, which are said to be unusually
large for child of her years--or
rather months. At the present time
she weighs more than forty pounds
New York World.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-09-03
SCENIC BEAUTIES OF ALASKA.


Ever Fresh Variety Plains Like Flowery
Seas -DenIEens Make wIldncss wilder.
70 the lover Of wildness Alaska of
fers glorious field for either work or
rest; landscape beauty in a thousand
forms, things great and small, novel
and familiar. as wild and pure as par
adise. Wander where you may,
wildness ever fresh aud ever beauti-
ful meets you in endless variety; ice
laden mountains, hundreds of miles of
them. peaked and pinnacled and
crowded together like trees in groves,
and SO high and so divinely clad in
clouds and mir that they seem to be-
long more to heaven than to earth; in
land plains grassy md fowery, dotted
with groves and extending like seas
all around to the rim of the sky; lakes
and streams shining and singing, out
spread in sheets of may embroidery
in untrsceable, measureless abund-
ance, frightening every landscape,
aud keeping the ground fresh and
fruitful forever; forests of evergreens
growing close together like leaves of
grass, girding thousand islands and
mountains in glorious array; noun
taius that are mountains of the work
of ice, mountains monuments of vol
capic fires; gardens filed with the
fairest flowers, giving their fragrance
to every wandering wind; and far to
the north thousands of miles of ocean
ice, now wrapped in fog, now glowing
in sunshine through nightless days,
and again shining in wintry splendor
beneath the beams of the aur6ra-sea,
land, aud sky one mass of white radi.
ance like star. Storms, too, are
here as wild and sublime in size an1
scenery as the landscapes beneath
them, displaying the glorious pomp
of clouds on the march over mountain
aud plain, the flight of the snow when
all the sky is in bloom, trailing rain
floods, aud the booming plunge OF
avalapches aud icebergs and rivers in
their rocky glens; while multitudes of
wild animals and wild people. clad il
feathers and furs, biting, loving, get
ting a living, making all the wildnesS
wilder. Century.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-09-03
HUMOROUS.

The Rescuer-How did you come
to fall in? The Rescued-I didn't
come to fall in. 1 came to fish.
She--what do you think of my por-
trait? He-Sincerely, it is not beau
tiful, but the likeness is perfectl
Brown-My son has very extravn-
giant ideas Stone-He doesn't look
as If he had many of them, however.
Benedict (proudly)-My wife kisses
me goodnight regularly. Rounder
bitterly Women are suspicious crea-
lures, amt they?
"No, madame, we can't take back
that waist; you have worn it. !" ''What
il / have? You advertised it as
'ehangeable silk -
''Now that you have your new silk
umbrella, you can throw that old cot
ton one away" "Oh, no. I'll save
that for rainy day"
''Hargreaves was somewhat in his
cups last night, eh2" 'If were
called on to express it. 1 would say
that he was in his kegs"
Mrs. Jones-I saw young Mr.. Ho-
bart kissing his mother-in-law very
affectionately at the depot today. Mr..
Jones-Hum She was going, was
she?
Mrs. KiYer - For mercy's sake,
Mary, what are the children quarrel
ing about? Mary-Its only in fun,
mem; they be playing they're mar
ried.
He-Does it make you nervous
when rock the boat? She-Yes; but
L should have remembered that all the
the people who rock boats are not
dead yet.
81 have taken life to save my
own" "What do you mean2" 'If L
hadn't taken that Life of Grant the
woman book agent would have talked
me to death. F"
''How did Jones lose his position in
the weather bureau?' ''Why, he
made seven correct predictions out of
ten, and they thought he must be de-
pending on guesswork.
Mrs. Youngish-oh, Bob, what
shall 1 do? Baby is crying because 1
won't let him pull all the fur off my
new muff. Mr.. Youngish = Well.
that's all right. Give him the cat!
Lovely woman will never be per-
fectly happy until somebody inyents
watch that will run accurately when
it is wound up only at irregular in
tervals about thirteen times a month.
De Bangs-I bought shirt at this
store-can / change it at this counter?
Saleslady (somewhat embarrassed)-
Well, er, don't you-you think you
had better go where you can have
more privacy?
''Of course you will write only on
one side of the paper, said the pro-
fessor in the college of journalism to
his new pupil. eyes, sir" replied
the pupil, who was willing to learn.
(which side shall write on?"
''It is a pity" said the minister of
foreign affairs, chat we have not a
better navy. There is nothing like
first-class fleet to back up a diploma
tist." Correct" said Abdul Hanid.
ga battleship in the hand is worth
two ultimatums in the bush.
Mrs. Crimsonbeak (soberly) - Are
you sure your fiancee viii make
good home body, Eli? Do you think
she knows anything about mending.
for instance? Cholly Commonwealth
About mending, mother? Why, that
is her very strongest poiut. / saw
her mend busted tire once in just II
minutes by the watch.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-09-03

The Charleston News and Courier
thus explains the origin of South Car
olina's sobriuuet, "the Palmetto State:"
"on June %. l77i, force of less than
100 Carolnians, under command OF
Moultrie, protected by the rude for
LITIGATION on Sulliyan's Island. In
Charleston harbor, made Of the trunks
Of the palmetto, repulsed the attacks OF
n British fleet under command of Sir
Peter Parker, and when the State Of
South Carolina was organized, the
State seal. which was first used in
May. 1777. was made to commemorate
this victory. A palm tree, growing
erect ON the seashore, represents the
strength of the fort, while at Its base
an oak tree, torn from the ground and
deprived of its branches. recalls the
British feet. built Of oak timber, over
come by the palmetto"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-09-03

There are I10 mountains in Colorado
whose peaks are over twelve thousand
feet above the ocean level. Forty of
these are higher than fourteen thou
sand feet, and more than half of that
number are so remote and rugged that
no one has dared to attempt to climb
them, Some of them are massed with
snow, others with glaciers over their
approaches, aud others are merely
masses of jagged rocks. - Denver
Times.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-09-03
NO. 81.
WE'LL GET ON THE BRIGHTER SIDE.

Toll In the cities. and till the ground;
The world Ia green and wide.
And some OF these days, whom the world
turns round
Well get on the brighter side
Sow and reap, and work. a.S weep
For the blessings that are denied
Aud some Of these days, In tho morning
rays.
Well get on the brighter side
Some OF these days. 10 the thorny ways
VIII the lilies OF joy abide;
The birds will sing, and the bells will ring,
And wen get on the brighter side.
Then toll in the cities, and till the ground.
Whatever may be denied
For some of these days, when tho world
turns round,
Wen get on the brighter side
Atlanta Constitution.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-09-03

A eolored woman, Priscilla Fitzger-
aid, has Just died in Philadelphia at
the age of ll5 years. She was at the
mouth of the Mississippi when the
battle Of New Orleans was fought, so it
iE said.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-09-03

Mr.. Gotrox-What would you ex-
pect me to do for my daughter if you
married her?
Georgia Goodthing slightly en-
barrassed) )-You-er-wouldn't be
willing to die for her, would you?-
Judge.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-09-03

Gould we bvs draw the curtains
That surround each others lives,
Bee tho naked heart and spirit,
Know what spur the action gives,
Often we should lind ii better,
Purer than we judge we should;
We should love each other better
II we only understood.
Could We judge all deeds by motives,
See the good aud bad within,
Often we should love the sinner,
All the while we loathe the sin
Could we know the powers working
To overthrow integrity,
We should judge each others errors
with more patient charity.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-09-03
lr va kNEM

II we knew the cares and trial,
Knew the efforts all In vain.
And the bitter disappointment,
Understood the loss and gain
Would the grim, external roughnss.
Seem, | wonder, just the same2
Should we help, where now we hrder2
Should we pity where we blame2
All. we Judge each other harshIy.
Knowing not life's hidden forces
knowing not the fount OF action
Is less turbid at its source.
Seeing not among the evil
All tho golden grains OF good
oh we'd love each other better
II VIC only Understood