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The San Francisco call., 1897-03-26
SUMMARY OF THE MARKETS.

SUMMARY OF THE MARKETS.
Silver irmer
Wheat and Barley dull
Corn rather firm.
Oats and Rye neglected.
Hay weak.
Bayo Beans higher.
Onions firm. Vegetables about The same.
Butter Cheese and Eggs unchanged.
Young Poultry lower.
Almonds damaged by frost
Fresh Fruit quiet.
Provisions unchanged.
New York Exchange advanced.
STOCKS OF HOPS.
Lilienthal & Co.'S circular gives the movement
in Hops on this Coast for the last crop year to
March j, 1897. The stock of 1895 Hops on hand
on the l st July 1895. was % 500 bales, while the
crop Of 1896 was 10000 bales, the totals being
credited up follows:
California, oAieS.- ,ouU oo,OOo
oregon ..-......-..... 5,oVo' oo.0vV 0v,
Total al..........2 q. 800 103OU0
This gave available stock of 125,S0O bales, of
which 27,000 bales remain on hand. showing tha
9s, 800 laes into the hands of consumers
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-25
THIS IS SAVAGERY!
WARS AWFUL HORRORS ON THE
ISLAND OF CUBA.
Conditions Under Wey1er's Inhuman
Policy Find No Parallel in Any Stage
of Civilization-Hundreds of Thous-
ands of Helpless Starved to Death.
Sacrifice of Human Life.

hA
An investigation conducted by the New
York World into the horrible conditions
affecting Cuba under the bloody and in
human policy of Weyler discloses the fact
that IS per cent of the 100000 helpless
women and children whom Weyler forced
to live in starvation, misery and disease
in the fortified tOwns-in other words, the
reconcentrados-have persisted. The spec
tacle is the worst presented in any age
or in any stage of civilization. and unless
heroic efforts are made under the more
humane Gen. Blanco the epidemic condi-
tons OF the small towns will annihilate
The remainder of the r~econcentrados.
The World shows that one of the best
places where the country people were con-
lined was the estate Of Central Suia,
owned by the American citizen Perfecto
Sacoste. The actual figures OF the death
rate there show an almost unbelievable
state Of affairs. When the estate was for
tilted Sacoste allowed only the vigorous
men whom he could use during the sugar
season to remain. With their families
there were 1000 persons. To-day there
are not 500 left. The 1900 persisted Of
hunger.
There was no epidemic. Sacoste planted
vegetable gardens for their support, but
walton the insurgents got the produce.
The creek banks are absolutely filed with
the buried. There is not a square yard
of ground about the forts that is not
taken for a grave. Between two slabs
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-25

"Yes, he told me his scheme Of education
and how receptive he had already found
FOUR young mind, what great things he
hoped from its later development, and all
these hopes were cut short by his untimely
death. Eut l I'm glad to see that Mr..
Werner has carried on bis pupils work"
"Mr. Werner has made my life happy"
said Stella. II should have been quite
miserable without him."
She laid her small slender hand caress-
ingly upon Verner's shabby coat collar
and he looked up at her with ineffable
love in his dim old eyes.
"She has been sight to the blind" he
said. "She has been my consolation, and
l have been hers, under, perhaps, not al.
together generous treatment. And now
her ladyship finds that the girl whom she
counted as a burden is the most useful
Of all her dependents"
eyes, l have heard that you are Lady
Lashmar's reader. Lady Carminow told
me about you. And now, if you are going
back to the castle, we may as well walk
together, and you can tell me a little more
about yourself and your studies"
The offer Of such escort would have
been an homer to a young person Of much
loftier rank than her .ladyship's render.
Stella put on her hat without a word.
waited meckly while Nestorius and Yer
ner talked for another quarter Of an hour;
and Their the old man followed his visitors
to the gate Of the little garden, with its
chrysanthenums and l~ate-lingering roses.
and stood watching them as they walked
down the village street. the statesman
tall and erect, the girl slim and straight
and tall beside him.
ITO he cOntinued.)
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-25
MAP OF LONDON IN THE VICINITY OF THE FIRE.
(Shadei portion represents the burned district

crowded with girls when the fire broke
out and it was instantly the scene of .
semi-panic, the frightened operatives
rushing to the roof Of the building and
thence crossing to other buildings and 20
cffecting their escape while the flames
were pouring out of the basement. In
less than n quarter of an hour the flames
had enveloped the adjoining warehouse
and thence they lenped across the street
to an enormous paper warehouse, which
was fully alight in less than ten minutes.
1t is officially reported that $50 ware
houses have been Quilted, and an estimate
of the damage done places the amount ut
nearly f5,OOO,OOO.
C~uriously enough, the territory covered
by this fire is in part the same as that
burned over in 1866. The place of be-
ginning is within 100 yards in both in
stances. The direction is the same. and
the same public buildings-now vastly
more magnificent than then-were inper-
lied while the fire burned what were de-
stroyed then. Since 1866 no fire OF so
great destructiveness has visited the Eng
liSh capital.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-25
Dragon Fly Dimes on Mosquito

Dragon Fly Dimes on Mosquito.
There are two natural enemies OF the
mosquito, the dragon fly and the spider.
The latter, as we know, wages constant
warfare upon all insect life, and where
mosquitoes are plentiful they form the
chief diet Of their hairy foe. The dra-
gon fly is q destroyer of mosquitoes in
at least two stages of life. The larva
dragon fly feeds upon the larva mos
quito, and when fully developed the
former dimes constantly upon the ma
tured mosquito. The dragon fly az q
solution OF the mosquito pest question
is not wholly satisfactory, for while
there is no serious difficulty to be en-
corntered in the cultivation Of dragon
flies in large numbers, yet 1t is mani
testify impossible to keep them in the
dark woods where mosquitoes abound,
the hunting ground Of the 'darning
needle" being among the flowers and
dry gardens where the sunshine pre-
walls. For this very important reason
the scheme Of hunting one kind of in
sect with another must be abandoned
as Observation-Disclosures Star.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-25
Saved His Master.

To the many war stories of which a
horse is the hero must be added a re-
markable incident that m from
Rhodesia to the Sunday Magazine. A
little band of Englishmen was on the
point of being surrounded and cut of.
The order. Save yourselves" was
given.
Captain Grey led the retreat at full
gallop, but a bullet struck him and
wounded him so severely that he lost
his mount. The horse was borne on
ward by the rush in the rear.
Helpless on the ground, within forty
feet Of two leveled rifles, and almost
within reach of a band Of men carrying
assegais, the officer had given himself
up for lost, when, to his intense sur
prise, he saw his faithful horse rush to-
ward him and adopt a position which
protected him from the weapons Of his
enemies.
His first thought was that the animal
had gone mad, but seeing that it show
ed unmistakable signs of comprehend
ing the danger to them both, Captain
Grey made IN almost superhuman ef.
fort to reach it's back.
The shot had paralyzed his right size;
fortunately he could seize the reins
with his left hand, and then by putting
a foot in the stirrup he managed some
how to gain the saddle. One word
"Go!'-and the horse had darted into
safety with rocket-like speed, carrying
his bleeding master on his back.
No assegai pierced horse or man, and
no bullet touched either during this in
cident. Such nobility appealed to the
savage.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-25
SWEPT ~ FIRE
London EcourRed by { Visitation 81
Flames,

One Of the most disastrous fires in Lon
don's history since the great fire Of 1893
broke out in a large block OF buildings
lying eastward Of Aldersgate street and
between that t~horoughfare and Red Cross
street, just after ! O'Clock Friday after.
noon. Over 100 warehouses were de-
stroyed and the loss will probably exceed
{ 100000. The flames were famed BY
a strong wind and were fed by highly In
fammable stocks Of Christmas fancy
goods and flimsy dress materials Of all
descriptions that filled every floor OF tho
six-story buildings in the old street. Con-
s%equently the confagration gained head
way with surprising rapidity and was
soon far beyond the possibility Of being
checked by the few engines which were
early on the spot.
For four hours and a half the flames
had their WI way, and it was only after
more than a hundred engines had worked
for an hour that the chief of the fire
brigade sent out the signal that the fire
was under control. At II o'clock at night
the fire was still the scene Of great excite
ment. Fifty engines were playing upon
the ruins. and tons Of water were pour.
ing into the fiery debris.
Thousands Of people tried to penetrate
the Gordon maintained by a thousand po-
licemen, re-enforcements for whom were
hurried up when, soon after 6 O'Clock, an
increase in the outbreak led Commander
Wells to make a requisition for more en-
gincs upon the outlying stations. The
scene will occupy the fire brigade for
several days, especially in view Of the
grave danger of the collapse of she4ls Of
buildings which fall now and again with
a loud report.
Hamsell street was the scene Of the out
break Of the fire, which was due to an ex-
plosion in connection with a gas engine
on the premises Of Walter Brown & Co.,
mantel manufacturers at No. 80 ON that
thoroughfare. Their third factory wa
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-25
Lake OF lnklike Color.

In the middle of the Cocopah hills, Il
Arizona, is what is known as the Lake
of Ink. Though supplied by beautiful
springs OF clear water the liquid OF the
lake is black and OF an Unlike charac-
ter. The temperature varies from no
degrees to PIG degrees, according to the
location, and the water feels smooth
and oily. According to the Indians,
not only Of the vicinity, but far away,
the waters Of the lake have strong
medicinal qualities, though most white
people would hesitate to adopt the
mode Of treatment prescribed. The in
valid Is buried UP to his mouth in the
hot volcanic mud for from twenty to
thirty minutes. Then he Is carried,
covered with mud, to the edge Of the
lake, into which he Is plunged for from
fifteen to twenty minutes, after which
he Il rolled in q blanket and allowed to
sweat ON the hot, sulphurous sand ~
rock near by. The cures wrought s1S
said to be wonderfu.-Portland Orr
gonian.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-25

DR.. ~HOuGHTON'S DEATH.
Noted Pastor of the "Little Church
Around the Corner" Is No More.

Noted Pastor of the Little Church
Around the Corner'' Is No More.
Rev. George II. Houghton OF New York.
pastor OF the Church Of the Transfigura-
ton, better known as the Little Church
Around the Corner" is dead.
In 1S4S DIR. HOughton, then an ambi-
tious young clergyman, organized the
Church OF the TRANSPORTATION, which was
destined to become in after years world
famed as 1.-The Little Church Around the
more than a quarter Of a century. The
circumstances through which the title
was bestowed were as follows:
George Holland, the actor, and father
Of +. NJ. and Joseph Holland, died on
Dec. 20. 1870. In arranging for the fun
eral, Joseph Jefferson and others called
upon Rev. Mr.. Sabine, pastor of a fash
ionable church in Madison avenue, and
asked him il he would conduct the fun
eral services. Ascertaining that Holland
was an actor, Rev. Mr.. Sabine declined
to conduct the funeral service, and when
asked by Mr.. Jefferson and his compan-
ions il he could tell them where they could
get a clergyman, he remarked that there
was a little church around the corner
where they do such things. The dead c
tors friends went to that little church and
were received with kindly consideration
by Rev. DIR. Houghton. This incident
formed a live theme for talk all over the.
country, and it established 1.-THE Little.
Church Around the Corner firmly In the
affections Of the public, as we'll as OF tho
theatrical profession.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-25

ness before now She fetches and carries
for those two lazy old maids Of yours
Barber and Celestine-I suppose"
She reads very well; that is the only
way in which she is useful to me. And
now. Victorian, let us talk of yourself and
OF the future. l hope you are going to
stay here all the winter-till the House
%reopensy"
would YOU like me to stayy'
"Of course I would, dearest. What
have to live for but your society? Life
is a blank when you are away from me.
The Bishop Of scarborough is to be here
IN a week or so, with his two daughters,
pretty, fresh young girls, and both musi-
cal. should not object to either as q
daughter-in. law. Then there is old Lord
banbury's daughter, the Diana Of North
amptonshire, a frank, open-hearted girl
n a superb horsewoman. She comes
with Mrs. Mulciber, an old friend of mine.
Then there is Mr.. Nestorius. The rest
are all your " invitations. Did / tell
you that Lady Carminow will be here for
a week or two? She wanted to run in
and out us she used when she was a girl,
put l have insisted upon her sending over
her trunks. She will help to amuse Mr..
Nestorius."
N doubt. Mr.. N~estorius is impression
able, and a widower. Lady Carminow
would nuke him a capital wife,"
My dear Lashmar, he is old enough to
be her father"
Greatness is of no age. Nestorius at
nifty is more attractive than the common
herd of young men, and for a woman Of
Lady Carminow's ambitious temper he
would be especially attractive. She has
secured her coronet. She has made her
self a marchioness, and no one can mis-
take her. The next step would be to Sc
cure an ex-prime minister for her hus-
band and slave"
THAT is all nonsense. Clarice is full of
romance"
Lady Lashmar did not argue the point.
She was bent upon masking her batteries
II possible. Men are such %kittle-cattle;
aad il Lashmar once took it into his head
that she was bent on matchmaking he
would set his face against Clarice and all
her charms. She would trust to the chap
ter Of accidents and to Lady Carminow's
beauty, which was in its zenith.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-25
sparks from the wires.

The Burlington road has declared a
quarterly dividend Of. I per cent.
Heavy rains and floods in the south Of
France have closed al railway communi-
cation with Spain.
Garrett A. Hobart has resigned from
the Joint Traffic Association. His suc-
cessor win be appointed at the next meet
ing.
"A catboa& manned BY Andrew Foley,
WAAam aud Oliver Wells. was upset IN 4
sqaall IN Shinnecock bag, X Il and oil
we're ozowued@
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-25
Compulsory Education,

In the Empress theater, Earl's court,
London, an educational congress was
held recently In connection with the
woman's work section, educational d.
vision, Of the Victorian era exhibition,
Of which section the Countess of War
wick is president. Lord Loeb, who pre-
sided over the initial meeting, when
the general subject under discussion
was Education in TIE Colonies" said
he believed that he vLs 20. zsct - stat
Ing that all the great self-governine
colonies had education acts, differing IN
many respects from each other, but all
with one underlying principle. and that
principle was that education wan com
pulsory.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-25

Ex-President Cleveland said to a repre-
sentative of the press: .1The number and
heartiness Of the congratulations we have
received on the birth Of our. son are 90
gratefully appreciated that l wish you
would convey, through the Associated
Press, our thanks to all the kind PEOPLE
who have thus given proof Of their friend
Eness."
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-25

of palm bark for a. coffin ZACH miserable
skeleton has been buried a few inches
under ground.
In the small towns the misery seems
to be growing. The register of the priest
Of Artemisa parish shows a total Of 5000
deaths for a period Of 73 years before the
war. Since Weyler's infamous "Brando"
the deaths have been 5,123.
Seventy-three years Of peace cost not
much more than half the lives lost in one
year of Spanish war. And the dead vic
tins Of Weyler's hate were not rebels.
At Artemisa deaths continue eight to
ten per day. No food is being issued by
the authorities, as there is none there. In
Madruga during October 422 people died.
The town had $500 inhabitants. At
Guines there is shelter neither for the
troops nor for the non-combatants, and
both are dying fast. The "r~econcentra-
dos have absolutely nothing to eat. In
one day, Nov. 10, my informant states
that 600 persons died-all presumably
from hunger.
In one small house the correspondent
found seventy persons. Two dead bodies
lay upon the earthen floor, uncovered. the
packed living ones, most of them seated
upOH llC AlluAs Pdlu Au ultCAtIOu ~ nix
dead. Despair and weakness made them
Indifferent.
At Trinidad the greater majority Of the
inhabitants have nothing left to eat. In
| Ysabel and Cuevitas it is the same. AL
| most all of Guataro's ''reconcentrados'
are dead. And in Pinar del Rio the cor
| respondent Of a Havana official paper
| states that little children scratch with
bloody fingers in the ground for the small
! roots Of sweet potatoes, their mothers
| holding their miserable offspring to sterile
bOsoms."
Nor are the reconcentrados the only
| ones who have persisted and are perish
ing in the horrible war. The Spanish SOL
diers have died rapidly or have become
disabled. AS nearly as can be conserva-
lively computed from official figures, little
more than half are left alive and well Of
the 10000 vigorous peasant lads Spain
sent to Cuba. The figures are:
Died in hospitals. .32, 900
Killed and died on the field. ......12,OOO
Sent back to Spain as shuttle. %, 900
Now in hospitals. IL, 600
lOt0l OUU
OF this enormous number it is improb-
able that more than 5000 met death or
disability from Cuban bullets, ever during
the real fighting Of the invasion and the
elk months thereafter. Gen. Maceo esti-
mated for the World that not more than
1900 Spanish soldiers had fallen in battle.
That was in August, 1896. Since then
very little fighting has been done.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-25

We would rather people woul~ talk
behind our back than get up = surprise
party 'on" ~ In tho same underhand
The Progress., 1897-06-12

suopestion for however true this may be
of the children OF savages, OF barparlans,
it is lot so in regard to the OFFSPRING OF
higher races. The centuries OF culture
and OF organized efforts, that lie behlno
us have been to little purpose If our ba-
bies are not born with tendencies OF a
loftier kind, with energies more definite
ly directed, than the young Fijian. And
it is evident to anyone, who has devoted
some time in watching quite young
children, that those belonging to educat-
ed industrious parents exhibit much soon
er a passion for movement, for activity,
both OF which are likely to develop into
energy. AS soon as affection springs to
life in the heart OF the child, this nat
urol energy becomes anxious to be use
full and if we were only always ready TO
recognize this fact and direct it properly,
there would not be so much need OF COM
planning of troublesome children. They
NAV give trouble if continually rebuffed
instead of being helped to do something,
however small, of real worth, ..-s OF busy
idleness. A child knows reality from
sham as quick as any grown person, and
while he is simple and honest OF heart,
he dispises the sham. Upon the same
principle he likes work, when he sees the
purpose, and has not been taught &c
think it is the duty of others to work Tor
him, and he to enjoy the fruit OF their
labor When the little child comes to us
ready and willing to help in our lies
work, let us accept the loving aid, ard
allow him to be our helper in our daily
| labor en- courage in him the desire for
usefulness. assist him TO become what
God and Nature intended him to be, a
responsible, useful member OF the great
! family of mankind.
S4#
On last Friday night of the last week
The Progress., 1897-06-12
Gleanings fron2
The Social World.
MRS. SARAH ASHER. EDITOR.

The restful night when toil-worn limbs
Draw strength from long, sweet hours;
When natures nectar cups o'brims
To thrill a new lifes tagging powers.
The healing night-which pours its balm
OF silence on our wounded souls,
And shows us, from heights OF calm,
The davis unrest which backwards rolls.
The tender night--whose hours recall
The faces loved so long ago.
Sweet faces folded meath the pail,
OF drifted leaves or drifting snow.
The shining night, whose magic dreams
Touch madden gray to cloth OF gold,
And lead us by Pactolus streams,
And heap cur hands with wealth untold.
The stars have waned, the pearl pink dawn
Flushes the hills, that eastward rise;
And days rich golden gonfalou,
Heralds the monarch OF the skies.
Heralds the thousands hopes that wait
TO gladden. strengthened hearts and
hands,
Awake! Arise! With souls elate,
Fulfill resurgent LIES commands.
STEPHENS POWER OTis.
We read somewhere not long ago the
assertion, that were it not for hunger the
aboriginal man would never have stirred
hands or foot. Discussing this idea, ii
was suggested, that children are natural :
ly INDECENT and need to be compelled be-
fore they will labor; speaking OF long
years of experience we disagree with that
The Progress., 1897-06-12

Miss Hortense Holman entertained the
graduates OF the class of 'Y of the Kate
P Nelson Seminary, together with the,
boarding pupils and teachers OF that re-
nowned Seat of Learning and few
neighbors. The house was handsomely
decorated and brilliantly illuminated Tor
the occasion and tables laden with deli
cate viands and cooling refreshments
awaited the guests in the dinning-rooms.
Elegant silver Souvenirs had beeniprc-
vided by the attentive young hostess for
her class mates, which they found at
their assigned places tied with the colors
OF the class, red and gold; precious mo-
mentoes, not only of pleasantly spent
evening, OF school-life's close comPan-
ionship, but of friend kind and true,
a friend whose affection can be relied
upon.
On Sunday last the House OF Worship
OF Zion Congregation was filled to it's ut
most capacity OF members OF all denomi-
nations to witness the imposing rites of
Confirmation bestowed upon nine young
children, Misses Monte Winter, Anita
Phelps, Flora Strauss, Eva Peiser, Inlia
Rosenwald, Rosa Goetschel and Masters
Sidney Browning, august Loeb and Sol
| Singhusts all Of which delivered heartiful
| prayers and addresses. The services
were most solemn and interesting and
choir music exquisite.
In compliment to the young guest OF
Mrs. VIM. Winter, Miss Minnie Hart of
Jackson, Miss. Mrs. Herman Herold en-
tertained her young lady friends at Eu-
chre on Thursday afternoon. 1t was a
very jovial congenial PARTY that assem-
| bled at the lovely home and enjoyed the
hospitality of that most amiable hostess.
| The prize, a handsome silver file was won