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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-07-28

Governor Scofeld last night sent DR..
Fred. w. Byers OF Monroe, surgeon
general of the Wisconsin national
guard, to the badger camps at Chick
amauga, Jacksonville and Charleston
to investigate the care of the sick at
those points and make an official re-
port. The governor has taken this
action in response to hundreds of
letters from all parts of the state COM
planning bitterly against the treatment
of the sick Wisconsin soldiers at the
three southern camps. These letters
set forth that the sick are not given
the medical attendance or nursing that
they should have and that the gov
eminent will not allow home friends
to furnish nurses or hospital supplies.
A number of towns are anxious to do
this and have urged the governor for
the sake of common humanity to eX-
ert his influence that it may be done.
The increasing sickness at Jackson
vile especially has brought veritable
flood of pleading letters to the gov
ernor. His excelency has no official
information as to the number of sick
at Chickamauga and Charleston.
Those who have been at the former
place, it is thought, have mostly
been taken to Fort Mcpherson and
other points Complaints are made
that these transfers have been made
while the sick were in no fit condition
for removal thereby causing unnec-
essary suffering and in some cases
even death. 1t is further complained
that the sick often actually lack the
ordinary necessaries of life. 1t is ex-
pected that Gen. Byers will complete
his investigation within ten days. If
the surgeon generals report justifies
it, Governor Scofield will lay down
hard on the war department to Sc
cure permission for home friends to
furnish trained nurses and adequate
hospital supplies for the sick badger
soldiers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-07-28
IN THE BADGER CAMP.
Boy Dies and Is Buried Far From
Home.

Jacksonville, Fla, July 24-Again
the flag is at half-mast, and another
solemn procession wends its silent way
through the hot streets. C. A. Kaylor
of Company c, Whitewater, Wis, is
dead He was i'll only a short time in
the division hospital with typhoid
fever Kaylor was % years of age,
unmarried, and lived in GAINESVILLE,
WIS, where formerly he was mem
of Company A. His body was inter-
ped here in the city cemetery.
The Whitewater company is the
most unfortunate in camp, it having
suffered a loss of three men by death,
and at present has seventeen men
sick in quarters and at the hospital.
A crowd of officers, including regi-
mental and company, gave river
party which was highly enjoyed by
all. They visited Panama, where the
rough riders are encamped and in
vited these officers to join them. A
dance was the feature of the evening.
Captain R. C. Burchard, Company
B, Fort Atkinson, has gone joyously
hOLuC: LllC plOuO poooOooOI VI a lOul
teen-day furlough. The company is
left in charge of the first lieutenant.
Edward James, Company G, Madi-
son. is ill at his quarters. The doc
tor has visited him, but does net say
what is the nature of the disease.
Part of the tine James is unconscious,
but is having the best of care from
his tent mates, who do not want him
taken to the division hospital.
Regimental Adjutant Olson has
leave of absence for fourteen days,
and during that time will visit friends
and relatives in Wisconsin.
Typhoid fever has threatened to
become epidemic in camp, but the
surgeons now consider it well in
hand. and the majority of those
afflicted are getting along as well
as can be expected. Wisconsin has
very few typhoid patients, about seven
or eight, at the division hospital. 1t
has thirty-two sick In the hospital
aud forty-one in quarters. Those
sick in the quarters are OF course not
serious. and consist chiefly of stomach
trouble and malaria.
Pay day is once more thing Of
he recent past. and camp ie getting
4 thorough cleaning at the unwilling
hands of those who celebrate too en-
For three days the pro-
Jost guards were the busiest people
n the south. and the patrol wagon
sept going from Bay street to the
at a Star Pointer gait,
hilarious boys in various
stages of inebriety and insubordina-
ion. At times it was necessary to
Employ the city patrol wagon and
n ambulance wagon to assist in con-
-eying prisoners from along Bay
treet. soldier cannot walk the
treets with his blue shirt open at
he throat because the provosts have
heir instructions and will positively
top a man and tell him to button
ID his shirt.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-07-28
GORDON'S PATRIOTIC WORDS.
Confederate Veterans Formally En-
dorse War with Spain.

Atlanta, July 22.-General Gordon,
in calling the convention of the con-
federate veterans to order Thursday
said: I'VE are all confederate men
and women, but we are also Ameri
cans and proud of our country.
(Cheers.) God has blessed us as he
has blessed no other nation. 1t be-
comes us, who have been spared by
his providence, to sing praises to him
and want the men whose shouts have
been heard on manv battlefelds to
join in hymn of .raise." The re-
port of the historical committee was
presented by the chairman, Gen.
Stephen D. Lee, of Mississippi. The
report said in part: In the just war
in which our country is now engaged,
our comrades now living and the de-
scendants of those who have passed
away have nobly used the opportunity
to demonstrate to the world, their ar
dor, their patriotism and their read
mess to devote their lives in the de-
tense of this one reunited country"
All the old officers were reelected as
follows: Gen. John B. Gordon,
Georgia, general commander; Gen
Stephen D. Lee, Mississippi, COM
mander of the department of Tenres-
see; Gen. W l.. Cabell. Texas. COM
mander Of the trans Mississippi de-
partment; Gen. Wade Hampton, Vir-
ginia, commander. The convention ad
journed until today.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-07-28
MARRIES HIS STENOGRAPHER.
Convict Spalding Weds Woman For
Whom He Wrecked a Bank.

Chicago, July 24-Charles Warren
Spalding, the convicted ex-president
of the Globe savings bank, and Sarah
Louise Erwin, his former stenograph-
er, were married here Saturday. The
ceremony was performed by clergy
man whose name the parties inter
ested will not divulge. Spalding is
serving an indeterminate sentence in
Joliet penitentiary for wrecking the
Globe savings bank, but for two
weeks has been in the Cook county
jail, where he was brought on a writ
of habeas corpus in order to act as
witness in a suit growing out of the
banks affairs. Miss Erwin is the
young woman upon whom Spalding
layished money and property before
the collapse of the bank, and they
have been anxious to marry ever since
Spaldings former wife secured a d.
VOrce.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-07-28
DYING FROM HUNGER
5000 STARVING CUBANS PITIFUL-
LY PLEAD FOR FOOD.
IMPLORE SAMPSON FOR AID
Native Residents of Cienfuegos Send
a Touching Appeal to the Rear Adj
miral-But Nothing Can Be Done
for This Afflicted Community for
Some Time Yet.
Copyrighted by Associated Press.

Copyrighted by Associated Press
Guantanamo Bay, July 26.-The
following pitiful appeal has been ad-
dressed by the starving people of
Ciefuegos to- Rear Admiral Sampson:
Honorable Sir:-Cubans, old men.
women and children, resident in the
town of CieDfuegos and this neighbor-
hood, are all dying of hunger. The
young men are all in the field with the
Cuban troops and have no shoes or
food. All the provisions in this town
are in the hands Of the Spaniards. The
Cubans cannot obtain a piece of
bread, as it is necessary to send
everything to the field The Weyler
system is in sway. The situation is
terrible. If you, honorable sir, do not
come quick with your squadron to our
help and take possession of this town
we shall be lost. We beg you to pre-
cipitate your operations About 5000
men, old women and children shall
die of hunger in this town. Some Of
these old men have four or five sons
fighting for freedom. This is cur sit
uation, our horrible situation If the
great people of the Unit ed States do
not come quick to our help we are
lost. Fer Gods sake come quick.
Some Cubans."
Nothing can be done for the people
of Cienfuegos until that place is cap
tured. This will not be for some time
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-07-28
SHORTAGE IS $139,947.
Milwaukee Home Building and Loan
Association Wreck Most Complete.

Milwaukee, July 26.-The report of
State Bank Examiner Kidd on the
affairs Of the Home Building and
Loan association, of which John Har-
vey Meyers was secretary and treas
urer, shows that the amount of stock
liabilities is s157,998 and other liabil-
tiles S24,100 The total assets are
$42, ISL. These figures are based on
the showing of the books up to JAN
uary l, since when no record appears
to have been kept. Myers is still at
home confined to his bed. No criminal
proceedings have yet been taken.
There will be no returns to anyone
who had money in the concern.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-07-28
LORD ABERDEEN'S SUCCESSOR.

London, July 26.-The earl of Min
to has been appointed governor gen.
eral of Canda as the successor of the
earl of Aberdeen. Gilbert John FL
liot, fourth earl of Mimic was born in
1S45, has been in the Scots Fusilier
guards, was a volunteer in the Egyp-
tian campaign and commands the
south of Scotland volunteers, with
rank of colonel. He is liberal and
retired from the army in 1870.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-07-28
GERMANS WON'T TALK.

Berlin, July 20.-All official informa-
ton as to the incident in which the
German cruiser Irene figured at Subig
bay. Philippine islands, is refused
here. The German officials will only
ADMIT that differences of opinion be-
tween Admirals D5wey and Won Died
rich as to the right of searching war
ships have occurred, and the German
admiral, Won Diedrich, refused to al
low German warsEips to De searched.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-07-28
PERSONALITIES.

In the cemetery at Santiago de Cuba
is buried DR.. Antomarchi, the ply
stefan who attended the great Napo-
leon in his last illness. He had a
brother residing in Santiago, and after
the emperor's death proceeded thither
and lived at Santiago, exercising his
skill as an occulist gratuitously
among the poor. After his death in
1925 public monument was erected
to his memory in the local cemetery
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-07-28
THREE LIVES LOST.
The Kenilworth, Sugar Laden, Burns
at Sea

BatI, Me-, July pa cablegram
has been received by Arthur Sewall
& Co. from Valparaiso, stating that
the ship Kenilworth, bound from
Hale Island, Hawaii, to New York,
sugar laden, burned. The cable stated
that Captain James G. Baker, First
officer Piper and a boy named Hobson
lost their lives.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-07-28

ward. who spent five years in Alaska
and was one Of the few who settled
on claim on American territory,
returns with nearly $4,000 Of Forty
Mile creek dust. He says that within
a few years diggings will be developed
on American territory that will sur
pass those Of the Klondike.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-07-28
HAWKEYEs TO GO TO MANILA.
Some of Them Already Aboard the
Transport Arizona.

San Francisco, July 22.-The United
States ship Arizona, the last of the
transports secured by the government,
arrived from Tacoma Thursday. A
detachment OF guards from the 51st
Iowa volunteers will go to Manila on
the vessel. The Rio. which sails to-
morrow, will take two battalions of
South Dakota regiments.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-07-28
WALLER BREAKS A RECORD.

Stoughton, Mass, July 26.-Frank
Waller, who started at Norwood Sun
day against the 24-hour paced road
record, finished at 4:49 Monday after
noon. one minute short Of "a hours,
having covered 1858 and 40 miles.
breaking the previous record of 355
miles and 70 feet.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-07-28

That brilliant young American
writer, Stephen Crane, is out with a
novel, The Monster, in the August
Harpers magazine. The scene Of it is
an American village, and so original
are the theme and treatment that a
brief account Of the story can hard
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-07-28

loaded to the guards had just started
up the river. There is a large amount
of merchandise at St. Michaels which
will insure plenty Of food next winter,
if it can be gotten up before the ice
closes nav. CATION
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-07-28
OUR TROOPS LANDING
Discriminating on South
Coast of Porto Rico.
Another Sensational Report
of a Spanish ''Victory.'
Madrid Dispatch Says titles
Was Repulsed.

ST. Thomas, D. W. l., July 26The United States troops
landing the island of Porto Rico Ponce Tx south
Another Spanish Victory"
Madrid July ga private dispatch from San Juan de Por
Rico says that strong American squadron has appeared be
fore Bahia Hondo but that American attempt disembark
repulsed with considerable loss
Spain Doing Nothing to Secure Peace.
London July 26-The Standard Madrid special There
san eneavor keep alive the impression that something
ing behind the the direction of peace but the prev
aent idea that the will continue until the fall of Manila
and the invasion of Porto Rico Peace impossible until there
unanmty in Spain with regard necessary sacrifices
of territory. The ministers, having arrived understand
ing will await the march of The cabinet crisis has been
avered for the time being"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-07-28
OUR SICK LACK CARE
BADGER SOLDIERS NOT BEING
PROPERLY LOOKED AFTER.
BYERS WILL INVESTIGATE

Governor Sends Surgeon General of
National GuaI d to Southern Camps
to Find Out Status of Affairs
Home Friends of Sick Urge His
Excellency to Remedy the Situation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-07-28
COME BACK WITH FORTUNES.
Klondikers Return with Big Bags of
Gold.

Seattle, July 24.-One Hundred and
thirteen Klondikers, on the steamer
Garranne, reached here Saturday af-
ternoon. A most conservative esti-
mate places the amount of gold they
brought at 100000. There are many
who have large amounts, while on the
other hand many are coming out
broke. H. N. Jacobson of Sacramento
is said to have $55, 900. Edward Al
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-07-28

given hereafter Notwithstanding the
figures, the situation seems somewhat
improved. One death occurred today,
Sergeant j. Larnenn, troop G, Sd cav
airy, succumbing to yellow fever at
Siboney. -Shafter."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-07-28

Commodore Watson may release
Spanish political prisoners confined
on the island of Fernando Pc. off the
African coast.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-10
TO BUY SHIPS
 OF WAR IN OLD
 WORLD MARKETS
The Officers of the Government Will Give Their Attention Also to Rifles for the
 Army.
Army.

SdlI OAuCS, M SS AOoSOt @~ ; Washington, March g. ;. < The Secretary of the Navy r : Is making every effort to se- [ ] cure from our naval attaches . and by diplomatic. officers ! o abroad, all informatien ob- < tainable respecting the num- ' < Der of ships building, their ! < price and other data. This [ . will not necessarily interfere ( ! with the execution of the plans ;. , confided to Captain Brownson, ,. < who sailed for Southampton r :, to-day, but rather promises to [ ] assist him materially in mak- { ] ing speed with his inquiries. ( ] Up to this moment not only ,. has the Government bought }. 7. no warship, but it has not even [ < secured an option on one. [ ! There are many applications ( ] comiJ g to the department from < ] persons and firms which de- ;. , sire to sell ships to the Gov ,- < ernment, but in most of these r < cases one of two fatal obsta- ( ! cles are encountered to the ] consummation of the sales. { ] Either the craft offered is not ;. { suitable for naval needs, or the ,- < date of possible completion is ( ] so far distant, from three ! ] months upward, that it can- { } not be regarded as worthy of ;. < purchase to meet an emer- S 5 gency. [
 There is less difficulty experienced n securing tenders of war material such as shot and shell and powder md the Navy Department has almos assured itself of an abundant suppl. ,f certain kinds of smokeless pow fer abroad at short notice. The off ,ials of the department are in dail! correspondence by mail and tele graph with the agents of ammunition houses and besides are now fully ac ,uainted with the plans of domesti
 powder makers for enlarging thei
 plants to meet an emergency. Tn of the armor makin& firms are in consultation with tn, steadily, generally rela i've to the supply of gun forging' md such material for use in the gun shops here and at Waterville, but tn armor is receiving little attention, a
 the armor makers report that the! cannot undertake by any know1 agency to turn out such armor al would be required for modern bat tleship in less than seven months for the reason that tempering ant cannot be hastenet without destroying the value of tn
 armor. Thus, it has been demon strated to the Navy Department, i will not De possible to make the ar nor for the superb battleships, thre
 in number, now building at Newpor News and at Cramps and at tn Union Iron Works in San Francisco In time to render ships far better It is claimed, than any offered iron abroad for sale, available for an. that may arise this year
 The statement was made at tn Navy Department to-day that tn report of the Maine Court of Inquir,
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-10
INSTRUCTED TO BUY ALL
 THE POWDER IN SIGHT.
Commander Brownson to Contract for Every Available Pound of
 the Explosive.

BOSTON, March 9.-It is learned that the most important task which has been assigned to Commodore Brownson in his trip abroad is to buy powder for the use of the navy. The most impor- tant point is that he is not simply told to buy powder, but to contract for all the powder he can get. The supply of powder in the United States suitable for naval use is limited, and ammuni- tion manufacturers are not in a posi- ton to fill emergency orders. It is said that the navy has hardly enough smokeless powder to begin operations.
 An important factor in the manufac- ture of powder is camphor. Practi- cally the entire camphor product Is now used for this purpose, and even if ammunition manufacturers possessed all other facilities they would still be unable to procure this necessary in gredient. No substitute for camphor in powder manufacturing has ever been discovered
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-10

joined good-naturedly in the general laugh which followed.
 Chandler of New Hampshire pre- sented the following resolution. which indicates that the disaster to the battle ship Maine IS to have thorough inves- tigation by the Senate:
 Resolved, That in conducting the in quiry into the cause of destruction of the battle-ship Maine in Havana her bor on February Is, 1898. under resolu- ton of the Senate of February 2I, the Committee On Naval Affairs is hereby authorized to send for persons and pa pers, to employ stenographer and to make investigation by the full commit tee or by subcommittee thereof. the expenses of said investigation to be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate" "
 The resolution was referred to the Committee on Contingent Expenses.
 At 12:4o p. n., on motion ot Davis of Minnesota, chairman of the Commit tee on Foreign Relations, the Senate went into executive session, adiourning at I:35 p. m.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-10
HAS AMERICA BOUGHT
 WARSHIPS OF BRAZIL ?
It Is Stated in Rio Janeiro That One or More Cruisers Have Been
 Sold

NEW YORK, March 9.-From his correspondent in Rio Janeiro to-day Charles R. Flint of this city received a cable dispatch announcing that the Government of Brazil had never au- thorized nor sanctioned the sale to Spain of the Amazonas or her sister warship, which are now being con- structed by the Armstrongs in England
 A Buenos Ayres cable to the Herald says: The Herald's correspondent in Rio Janeiro, Brazil. sends me these ad- vices: The Brazilian Government off cials persist in denying that Brazil has sold any warships, but I am informed on high authority that she has sold one
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-10
SPANISH STATESMEN
 ARE KEEPING COOL,
At the Same Time the Speculators Are Inclined to Deal Largely
 in False Rumors.

MADRID, March 9.-Some people thought the Cabinet council held this afternoon and this evening would de- velop something sensational. but noth- ing of the kind occurred. The Ministers took a common sense view, and the re- suit is that there is nothing new. All is peaceful and calm.
 Officials and the general world have taken yesterdays events in America with a marked lack of emotion, which is more significant than much noise. There is a strong undercurrent of feel ing that it merely means America must be prepared for the worst, but war is not necessary.
 The Bourse took a pessimistic view on endless false rumors, the principal one of which is that the Spanish Charge d'Affaires in Washington, had been handed his passports.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-10

or more of her vessels now building in Europe to the United States
 AS for Spain, 1 am authorized to state that if there were negotiations on her part for the purchase of ships from Brazil the latter country refused to sell, for very obvious reasons.
 Brazil has in the Armstrong ship yards at Newcastle three cruisers of the same type-the Amazonas, the Bar rozo and a third vessel not yet named The vessels reach 300 feet in length and A feet in breadth. They have twin screws. Their tonnage is $500 and their horsepower 7500. They are expected to attain a speed of twenty knots. The cruisers cost G 300 900 each
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-10
Mortars for Pensacola.

ATLANTA, Ga, March 9.-Five car loads of war material for Galveston and three big 10-inch guns bound for Pensacola passed through Atlanta to- night In the Galveston consignment were four steel mortars. weighing Ill., 000 pounds, and two carloads of gum powder The big guns for Pensacola weigh 67,000 pounds each. All of the way bills for these instruments of war are marked rush."
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-10
Catholic Knights Ready.

SPRINGFIELD, IT., March 9.-Major General Lee H. Kadesky, commander in-chief of the uniform rank Catholic Knights of America. said to an Asso- ciated Press reporter that of the 25000 members of the organization, all we'll drilled men, 10000 men could be put into the field within twenty-four hours in case of war.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-10
STAINS NAVAL
 PREPARATIONS.

Copyrighted, 1sss by James Gordon {
 Bennett ,
 PARIS, March o.-The Temps pub fishes q dispatch from davre statine that the fitting out of the Spanish armored cruiser Carlos Quinto is being pushed forward rapidly. A high powered 11-lnch Hontorea gun , has just been mounted in the for ward armor clad turret. A similar gun will be placed fin the after turret.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-10

 % FIFTY MILLIONS GIVEN  aa FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE.

2 WASHINGTON, March o.-The bill putting . into the hands Of the President S5O,OOO,OOO to . be expended at his discretion in strengthening the defenses Of the country has passed both houses . Of Congress, has been signed and is now the law
 . of the land.