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Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1898-05-12
DOMESTIC.

Reports as to the destination of
Admiral SIMPSONS fleet that left Key
West. One says the warships have been
ordered to lombard Matanzas, to raze
the Notifications and to seize and hold
the city so that it can be used as land
ing place for American troops; another
that the feet is on the way to the coast
of Puerto Rico to intercept the Spanish
Cape Verde fleet, which is supposed to
be headed in that direction.
Armour's felt works and curled hair
building in Chicago were burned, caus-
ing loss of $250,0O0.
Cincinnati brewers have added one
dollar barrel to the price of beer in
anticipation of government revenue
tax.
Small streams overlooked their banks
on the Kansas-Oklahoma border and
thousands of acres of grain were flooded
and families driven from their homes.
Several vessels of Admiral Simpsons
fleet started for Puerto Rico in quest
of Spanish warships, and battle will
follow the meeting.
John Monohan, Stephen jenkins and
John Titus fell to the bottom of mine
shaft, a distance of 500 feet, at Duryea,
Pa, and were killed.
Peter Schucher, of Venango town
slip, Pa, shot George Henderson, path
master, and Edward Skinner, and then
committed suicide. A quarrel over a
ditch was the cause. ="
Mildred Brewster, the 20-year-old girl
who shot and killed Anna Wheeler, her
rival for the affections of Jack Wheeler,
was found insane by the jury in Mont
pelier, VT, before which she was tried
fer murder.
Upon the opening of the Vermont leg
islature a resolution heartily endorsing
the patriotism, patience and statesman
ship of the president was passed, as was
also resolution rejoicing over Commo-
dore Dewey's brilliant victory.
The delegates to the national con-
gress of mothers in Washington were
given reception at the white house by
Mrs. Mckinley.
There were $40 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 9th, against 202 the week
anu @Ot Ill TIE CORRESPONDING
period of 1897.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 9Th aggregated
S1,176, 100, against S1,O93, All, 146 the
previous week. The increase compared
with the corresponding week in 1897
was so.
Waterspourts and tornadoes have
played havoc in Arkansas and done hun
dreds of thousands of dollars damage in
Van Buren, Rudy, Winslcw and other
places. ", ...,..'--.s.a.s.
Dennis Burrell (colored) shot and
killed two policemen who were trying
to arrest him for robbery and was him
self riddled with bullets by a mob in
New Orleans.
a dispatch from Fort Worth, Tex,
says that the. destruction of property
by floods in the Grand, Vcrdigris and
Arkansas bottomsi enormous and that
II families have been drowned.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1898-05-12
LATER.

Congress passed resolutions giving
Admiral Dewey a vote of thanks.
Serious bread riots have occurred in
Milan, Italy. Hundreds killed and
streets wrecked in battles with troops
The Oregon reached Bahai, Brazil,
the 9th. Secret instructions given.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1898-05-12
"(Signed) LONG,"
For Relief of Dewey.

are rushing every preparation for the ex-.
petition to the Philippines, and it is hoped
that 5000 men. big supplies of coal, food
and ammunition will be on the way by Nav
Is, the date now set for departure There.
are prospects that the coal will be dis.
patched during the early days of the week.
The record-union., 1898-12-03
HAD THE DESIRED EFFECT.
Venezuela Brought to Terms by
Retaliation of United States.

NEW YORK, Dec. 2.-The Venezu-
elan Government has decided not to
impose further duties on supplies sent
to American Consulates in that country.
The Government imposed these duties
several weeks ago, Notwithstanding the
fact that with one exception, all of the
other countries in the world where the
United States Consuls are located levy
no duty on such imporatations. The
United States Immediately retaliated,
and assessed the regular duty on all
articles sent from Venezuela to it's Con-
suls in this country. The action had
the desired effect and the recent order
has been cancelled.
The record-union., 1898-12-03
Three Men Seriously Injured.

DETROIT, Dec. 2.-An explosion Of
turpentine to-day on the second floor
of Reuthers & Co.'S carving and model
ing establishment, caused serious in
jury to three men. William Lenore, an
employe, was perhaps fatally burned.
jeremiah Jungweith. a member of the
firm, was burned about the face ard
hands. Charles Kummerfeld, an en-
ploye had leg broken The damage
by fire amounts to $1,000.
The record-union., 1898-12-03
The SENATORIAL
CONTROVERSY.
Southern Pacific Company Taking
No Hand in the Contest.
The People Able to Choose a Representa-
ilYs Without Interference.

Chief Counsel Herrin Resents the
Assertions of NJ. II. de Young
and J. d. Sprecke1s That the
Southern Pacific Company At
tempted to Influence the Se-
lection of a United States Sem
ator for California-Those Sem
sationaI Interviews and What
Took Place.
The record-union., 1898-12-03
GOOD GOVERNMENT
CONFERENCE.
Closing Day Of the Convention Hell
at indianapolis.
Municipal System Should ba Uniform In All
Towns of a State.

A City Ought to be Free to Choose
for ITSELF Between the Policy
Of Leasing It's Franchises or
Operating Them for Its Own
Benefit, and Should be Clothed
With Ample Power for Acquir-
Ing and Managing Public Props
critics.
The record-union., 1898-12-03
CONDITIONS CONFRONTING TIIE
ARMY.

Without indicating what disposition
was made of the suggestions contained
in this dispatch, Secretary Alger goes
on to briefly explain the conditions
which confronted the army at the mo-
ment. The Secretary of the Navy was
convinced that Cervera was III Santiago
harbor, and every energy was bent to
The record-union., 1898-12-03

Continued on Sixth Pase.)
The record-union., 1898-12-03
Major General Commanding"
NAVAL CONVOY READY TO
GTART

On June 9th, Assistant Secretary AL
len of the navy wrote the Secretary
of War that by the 18th the naval
convoy from SIMPSONS feet would be
ready to start without regard to the
Spanish ships, and in sending this dis
patch to Major General Miles at Tam
ap, Adjutant General Corbin, by or
ders of the Secretary, directs that
The record-union., 1898-12-03

CONTINUED on Sixth Page.)
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-05-16
Irving a Dead Man.

1t is probably an unusual thing ID
any country for a court to sit in Judg'
ment Oh the dead, but in Il Berlin letter
to the Chicago Record an account is
given of trial in which the accused
was dead man.
1t was not his first trial, That haC
taken place, in his lifetime, and its re-
suit had been sentence Of imprison
ment for Is months. The delinquent
was bureau chief in the tax office OF
Schweidnitz, Silesia, and it was proved
that he had embezzled funds and forged
documents. Soon after his sentence,
however, he showed signs of unsettled
reason, and at length died maniac.
His widow, anxious to clear his mem
ory from the stain that rested upon it,
had the case reopened and proved by
expert testimony that her husband had
been demented at the time he commit
ted the crime.
Thus occurred the peculiar circum
stance of dead man Oh trial The trla
resulted in the reversal of the former
sentence, the court pronouncing the de
ceased not guilty.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-05-16
Taking the Hint.

At home stations the private soldiers
washing is usually done by the married
soldiers wives, who are expected to sew
on missing buttons and do repairs, for
which a small sum is deducted from the
privates pay.
Pat McGinnis had good deal of trou-
BILE with his laundress. Sunday after
Sunday had his shirt come back with
the neck button off or else hanging by a
thread. He had spoken to her on the
subject, and she had promised to see ia
it, but still the button was not on prop
erly.
He got out Of patience one Sunday
when the missing button had made him
late for parade and exclaimed:
''Bother the woman! III see IT l can
give her hint this time anyhow.
He then took the lid of tin black
ing box, about inches in diameter,
drilled two holes in it with fork ano
sewed it on to the neck of the shirt thai
was next to be washed. When his wash
ing came back, he found she had takel
the hint. She had made buttonhol'
to fit it!-Rival.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-05-16
Immigrants and New York.

Ernest Ingersoll writes for St. Nicho-
las paper on the Greater New York
entitled Reasoning Out Metropolis. y
Mr.. Ingersoll says:
The merchants Of New York sent tc
the continent of Europe more ships than
the merchants of other cities, who trad
ed mainly with Great Britain, so that
this city was better known throughout
Europe, and her vessels were the handl-
est for cmigrants from France, Ger
many and Holland. Agents of the New
York merchants and Of the government,
who were seeking and encouraging i'm
migration, could show that this port
was the most advantageous landing
place for man who was going on west,
and the sea captains explained that 1T
was the safest and quickest port to
make because the course lay south of
the stormy, foggy region north of Cape
Cod, and the city was much closer to
the open sea than either Philadelphia
or Baltimore. At any rate immigration
increased in favor of New York as time
went on, and the stream OF incoming
people swelled until in the decade from
1854 to 1894 it amounted to about 000,-
600 immigrants year, 500, G66 arrlv
ing in 1890 alone, not counting those
from Canada and Mexico.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-05-16
A RUsE BOTH WAYS.
How an Actress and Doctor Were Pooling
Each Other.

How an Actress and Doctor Were Pooling
Each Other.
In french theaters the doctor Of the
theator has seat given him for every
performance. He must be there every
evening. Naturally, after he has seen
the same piece a score of times be longs
to be elsewhere and prefers to give his
seat to some of his friends. M. Ernest
Blum says that when he was young
man friend, the doctor of the Theatre
Porte st. Martin, gave him his seat.
Just as he was becoming interested in
the first act the stage manager rushed
up-the heroine had a nervous attack
and required medical aid Blum had
nothing else to do but to follow him.
In the lady's dressing room he found
the manager with anguish depicted on
every feature and the lady wringing
her hands and shrieking.
CHOW, doctor, quick! What's to be
done?"
Blum grew as red as lobster, and
as he could not say anything he just
calculated: elm! Let US see! Let US
see.
He took the lady's hand in wild at
tempt to feel her pulse She shrieEed
more than ever and writhed like a
snake.
"Have you poured any water on her
head:' he asked.
eyes,
"And no effect?"
"None.'
"Then don pour any more. "
After this display Of medical knowl-
edge he continued:
"Give her sniff of eau do cologne"
"Haven't any" was the answer.
"Then go fetch some. "
OF rushed the manager and the stage
manager, and Blum was left with his
patient.
Suddenly she opened her eyes and
smiled.
doctor, " she said, you are good
fellow, aren't you?'
eyes, ma mselle.'
"You must be, doctor, Now listen.
There is nothing the matter with me.
You would have found that out soon.
want a couple of days off. Can't you
manage it?'
"Dolighted!' he replied joyfully.
CHOW, ma 'mselle, you're good fell
low too am not a doctor. | came III
Oh the doctors ticket, so you must not
give him away
By this time the manager and stage
manager came back, each with bottle
of eau de cologne. He told them that it
was unnecessary now. The lady was
quite composed and could appear with
out any danger. But she must have
few days rest. They made wry faces
but granted the holiday. -Philadclphii
Times.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-05-16
He Tricked the Topers.

In the last century nearly every gen
tleman was put to bed drunk. He had
either to drink as others drank or fight
duel. Sir Aubrey de We're, when be
was IS years of age, after days hunt
avoided intoxication at dinner by watch
ing until the others were tipsy and after
that pouring each new glass OF VINE
down his neckcloth, then worn SO large
that the chin was buried in it. When
the last of the topers lay unaer the ia
BILE, he rushed to his bedroom, took a
bath, dressed anew and joined the ladies
at their IL O'Clock tea. The next morn
ing at breakfast all the gentlemen rose
when he entered and received him as II
he had been a prince. They had heard
that he had been unaffected by the WINE
and considered that SO strong heat
was entitled to the highest honors. San
Francisco Argonaut.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-05-16
Claret Not French.

"It is curious, by the way, that the
word 'claret as applicable to red wine
is unknown in France, having indeed
no terser equivalent than the generic
vim de bordeaux, and its origin is by
no means certain. 1t has been supposed
to be derived from the word clair, but
the obvious objection is that it is any
thing but transparent, an adjective
which would be much more fifty asso-
ciated with sauterne or champagne.
Here it may be incidentally remarked
that in England grave is always as
sumed to be white wine, and even Lit
tres Dictionary gives Grave, white
wine from tho environs of Grave in the
Bordeaux country This, like the we'll
known definition of crab, is curious
combination Of blunders. In the first
place, the vim de grave is as often red
as white-indeed one of the four pre-.
miers crus of claret-viz, the Haul
Brion-is grave Secondly, there is
no such village as Grave in the Gironde.
Grave (more often written graves is a
special sort of sandy gravel, and the
vineyards which produce the wine
known by that name extend along the
left bank of the Garonne from just be
low Bordeaux to something like &c
miles southwark.
Skeat derives "claret" from "clear .
the original meaning being clarified
wine, in old French claret, clairet
The word is obsolete in France, al
though, strangely enough, it is still
used in this country. Notes and Que
rinS
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-05-16
The Bad Lands.

In its widest scope the arid region
of the United States comprises half the
territory of the entire country, for to
so great an extent must irrigation be
employed either as primary OF sec
ondary factor in the cultivation of crops.
From about the ninety sixth to the
ninety ninth meridian there is strip
of about $50 miles in breadth which
Major j. W. Powell calls the "subhu-
mid" tract. Within it there is an an
nual precipitation sufficient to insure
crops, but the precipitation is so dis
proportionately bestowed and at such
irregular intervals throughout the year
that the seasons of successful farming
are interspersed with long and disas-
trous droughts Reliance, therefore, up
on moisture directly falling from the
clouds is extremely hazardous and, I'M
supplemented by waters from stream
distribution, it is not generally reposed.
But west of the ninety-ninth and east
of the one hundred and twenty-flrst
meridian, throughout the whole breadth
of the country, from Canada to MeXlco'
there is a district in which nothing
needing moisture greater than that re-
CURED by the, artemisia or the cactu:
can be planted and grown. 1t is re-
gion aggregating about $40, 600 square
miles, territory larger than Arabia,
as large as and not mere arid than tie
combined areas of Persia and India
with their united populations Of
$50, 900, 600 souls. -Liprincott's Mag
aZine.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-05-16
THE FISH'S COLOR.
Able In a Marvellous Degree to AcaQ
Itself to Its Surroundings.

Able In Marvellous Degree to Aca2;
Itself to Its Surroundings.
1t is familiar fact that fishes can
change their colors at will, Many fishes
make remarkable changes. Free swim.
ming fishes most commonly preserve
their normal colors, though these fishes
can change. The fishes that change most
are the bottom feeders. For their OWL
protection from other fishes that woulc
prey upon them and the better to enable
them themselves to capture food these
change their colors to match the bottom
they are Oh SO as to make themselves
invisible. They do this often to degree
that seems extraordinary.
In one of the smaller salt water tanks
at the New York aquarium there are a
number Of small tlattsh. The bottom Of
the tank is covered with coarse gravel.
The great bulk of the gravel is com
posed of pebbles of brownish white, a
sort Of pale iron rust color. Scattered
in this are pebbles If deeper tiESe
with now and then one OF brownlsl
gray or brown black.
The fatfish lying Oh the gravel at tho
bottom of this tank initiate its colors IL
their own backs i'll manner that IL
marvellous. They are Of Il notified brown
like the colors Of the gravel, and The
smallest Of the fat1ish is the mos
wonderful. They are all thin and lit
close to the bottom. The edge OF the lit
tie one blends with it, and its back is ;
wonderful mosaic of browns SO like TIT
gravel of the surrounding bottom tia
it appears to be a part Of it. Even Il
this clear water at little distance tn
fish is scarcely distinguishable. -Nev
York sun.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-05-16
Go to Bed.

The best possible thing for man to
do when he feels too weak to carry any
thing through is to 60 to bed and sleep
as long as he can, says The Medical
Record. This is the only recuperatlon
of brain power, the only actual recu'
neration of brain force, because during
sleep the brain is in a state of rest, IN
condition to receive and appropriate
particles of nutriment from the blood
which take the place of those which
have been consumed by previous labor
since the very act of thinking burns up
solid particles, as every turn OF the
wheel or screw of the steamer is the re-
suit of consumption by fire OF the fuel
in the furnace.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-05-16

John Allen of Mississippi, the wit of
the house, arrived at the Ponce de Leon,
St. Augustine, registered and was as
signed to a room. He had never seen
apartments so extravagantly furnished.
Expensive oil paintings hung on the
walls. The bedstead was of mahogany
and hand carved. Carpeting half foot
thick covered the flooring. There were
vases filled with flowers, velvet covered
chairs, lace curtains, beveled mirrors
end all the other appliances of modern
convenience and luxury.
John became alarmed. He figured it
out that that room would cost as much
per day as his salary as a congressman
would amount to in half week. He
called a bellboy, gave him So and told
him to quietly find out the tariff on that
room. John didn't like to ask the clerk
himself. He was big man, and that
would look little. The boy returned
presently and informed the guest that
the price was $50 per day. Allen went
down stairs, laid down dime and
called for cigar. They didn't sell any
thing but 1.-TWO Bit cigars. He put
down nickel on the newsstand and
picked up New York paper. Twenty
cents more, please" said the clerk. He
got drink and rendered 10 cents
"Where you been stopping - at the
Windsor:" asked the barkeeper Drinks
here are quarter" That settled it
with Allen. He went to his room, gath
cred his grips and took them himself
down stairs. Then he called for his bill.
"Why, what is the matter. Mr.. AL
len? We thought that you were going
to spend some time with us?" asked the
clerk.
Every sorry" replied Mr.. Allen,
"but have just received telegram
that calls me away"
The clerk reached out his hand to tell
him goodby.
"But the bill?" inquired Allen.
"There isn't any bill. You are the
guest of the manager, Mr.. Seavy."
But Allen had to make the bluff
good, and he left on the evening train.
Chicago Times Herald.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-05-16
She WSs Bothered,

A pretty girl newly come to town
from the Pacific coast went out to dine
in Massachusetts avenue Dinner began
with oysters on the half shell. and the
oysters were extremely large The Pa
cific coast girls eyes opened wide when
the oysters were set before her She
took up her fork, and then she laid it
down. Her plate OF oysters was taken
away untouched. .
Don't you like our eastern oysters"
asked the woman whom she is visiting
as they were going home.
IL didn't taste them, answered the
girl. "To tell the truth-well, to tell
the truth, didn't know what tn do with
them. | was afraid it wasn't good IN
to cut them up and | was afraid d
choke if | tried to swallow them whole,
so l had to let them go away. "--Wash-
ington Post.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-05-16
A sixteenth Century Letter.

The following copy of letter, writ
ten in 1895 by a young lady when re-
siding with lady Of rank as attendant
in her waiting room, an office carrying
no mental service with it and much
sought after by the daughters OF gentle
folk, may be interesting:
To nv good Mother Mrs. Farkc, at Brouln
field
DEAR MoTnEH-My humble dutye remem,
bered unto my father and you, Ne received
IN Wednesday last letter from my Father
md YOU, whereby l understand it is your
plcnsure that | should certitie you what times
/ do take for my lutte and the rest of my eHer
cisps doe for the most part playe OF my lulo
after supper, for then communlle my Lacy
heareth me, and in the mornings a1ltr am
reddle playe an hover and my w1lEhtllso
and slferinge after have done my lute' FOR
my drawngo take an hover III the "'cr
nowne and my French at night b"lo1' Sull'l'
Nv I,nGy hattie not been well these toe uayS
she teleth me when she Is well that she "lii
co, If billiard will come and techc me; II she
,,r nv any means she will. hope shall per
formo my tutye to my Lady with all care and
regard to please her and to behave myseltc To
eyerye one else rs it Shall become me hr, bar,
risone was with me upone Fridaye, he heard
me play and brought me dusson OF treblcs.
hod some of him when / came TO London.
Thus desiringe pardone for my rude writinge'
i leave YOU to the Almightie, deslinge Him &c
increase IN you all health and happiness your
.h.d,ant dourhter, REBECCA PARkE.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-05-16
Sir Henry Doultop,

Sir Henry Doulton, who was born in
Vauxhall Walk in 1920, practically
spent his life in Lambeth, where his
father established his pottery in the
year Of Waterloo, and he took an active
part in the business from the old days
of chimney pots, drain pipes, ink and
backing bottles" until the firm became
world famous for it's art productions,
in which, above all else, may be men,
toned its admirable ware bp "a upon
the old Girls de Flandres and other
types of old Flemish and German stone
ware, whose soft, tender colorings are
SO restful and refined. 1t was always a
pleasure to Sir Henry to chat with any
one who was interested in old London
the London when NauXhall was viz
tually in the country; when Nauxhall
gardens, with their 10000 extra
lights" were the resort of the Joe Sed-
leys and the bucks of generation
later; when the now densely populated
suburb of Battersea was given up TO
market gardens and meadows and was
considered remote enough from London
to be the scene of duel between the
Duke of Wellington and the Earl Of
Winchelsea in 1929.
Sir Henry Doulton first made a name
in 1851, when he practically revolution.
lied sanitary matters by introducing
stoneware drain pipes, and he went on
accommodating donors and medals and
in 1870 turned his attention to art pot
terry with equal success. AS man he
was cultured, kindly, devoted to litera-
ture and art, and most charitable and
sympathetic, and he will be immensely
missed and mourned in the great facto-
ry and the larger world outside, in
which he was SO widely known and uni.
versally liked.