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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-03-11

1t is reported by the Islander that
two Canadian mounted policemen had
came into Skagway with two sleds in
tow on which were strapped two men
who had frozen to death.
Insurance companies of all kinds,
fire, life or marine, are 10th to take
Alaskan risks at any rates.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-03-11


Oyster Bay, on the line of this county
was, on Wednesday last, tried before
Judge Hodgdon and jury, at Shelton
on q charge of burglary, alleged tC
have been committed at Detroit, ir
Mason county. He was defended by
Mr.. Israel, of this city, and the jury
after an hours deliberation returned Q
verdict of not guilty. A like verdict
was rendered by jury in the same
court, in the case of Chas. Dickiser
indicted for assault to kill.
1t is always sad to part, especially
with old friends, but where the sever
ance of social ties is accompanied by
a substantial benefit, the smart il
robbed of q part Of its sting
The announcement, therefore, that
our townsman, 10. Cheim, con
templates a removal of his bust.
ness to Tacoma, after having been SC
many years a prominent factor Of ouI
business life, is somewhat modified by
the promise to close out his present
stock at "your own figures" 10. says
says that he means all he has an
nounced; that he has positively made
up his mind to go. and that goods will
be "remorslessly slaughtered" (the
expression is somewhat old, but in this
instance has not lost its fOrce) until
the close of this month.
Another attempt was made to bur-
glarize the N. P. depot Monday night.
Entrance was effected by the window,
and the change till was pried open,
but nothing taken as it held only a
few postage stamps. There was said
to have been money in the safe, but
this time it was not made the objec-
tive point of attack. Probably the
nocturnal visitors held to the very
belief that safes are only
used as decoys nowadays, as objects
enlisting vast expenditure of muscu.
lar energy without any adequate re-
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-09
IT WAS ScHLEY'S BATTLE.
Sampson Not Present at the Beginning,
and Watson Didn't Get There TIL
After the Fight.

WASHINGTON, July 6.--The navy de-
partment had no additional details on
the humiliation of the Spanish feet,
and it was said that the dispatches
from Sampson and Watson giving the
essential facts were not likely to be
followed by more minute details except
through the mail. Admiral Sampson was
not present when the engagement be-
gan and COMMODORE atson's dispatches
of Monday night indicated that he had
reached Santiago after the fight. In
the absence of both Sampson and Wat
son, the direction of the fight would
have fallen to Commodore Schley, and
being in the heat of the engagement
on the flagship Brooklyn, it seems
probable that he gave the signals
by which the American ships maneu-
vered and selected their various points
of attack. The department officials
feel the same sentiments of gratitude
for all the officers participating in the
great battle, and it is felt that each of
them contributed to the utmost ac-
cording to the circumstances of his po-
sition.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-09

Xivin, climb out of his way, leaving the
lad to make the same leap untram-
meled, and to follow him as he toiled
along the face of the wall, until easier
travelling was reached.
The feat was for the hunter to make
the leap of eight feet, and to land on
the narrow ledge so lightly that thera
would be no rebound, for the slightest
would throw him backward, and it was
impossible for him to tur so as to
jump more than one-half the distance
to the rock from which he first sprang.
\ more delicate feat cannot be i'm
agined, and it would be hard to find an
athlete that would attempt it; but
pausing only long enough to lay aside
his baggage and carefully to poise
himself, Frohmaur gathered his mus
cles and made the leap just as NiviE
came up behind him.
The heart of the boy throbbed fast,
for he felt more misgiving than did his
parent, and unfortunately it was well
founded.
The veteran chamOis hunter landed
on the ledge, seemingly as lightly as a
feather. He had gagged the distance
and the effort required with marvellous
skill; but there was just a trife of a
rebound.
He threw out his arms, desperately
clutchingforsome slightprotuberance;
but, alas, there was none, and nothing
could save him from going backward
but for the presence of mind displayed
by his son!
just as the father was in despair,
something pushed against him, and he
Immediately recovered his balance.
Are you safe, father?"
As the boy asked the question, he
was leaning forward over the %ravine.
with the crooked end of the stall
pressed against Frohmaur's back.
Xivin was quick 10 detect the miscal-
culation of his father, and he saved him
by the artifice which was to simple
that nerhaps it was all the more re-
markable on that account.
And then, incredible as it may seem,
Nivin, the daring boy, without casting
aside his staff or sack, took the same
perilous leap, the father uttering no
protest, for he felt that such dangers
were a part of the profession he had
adopted.
Xivin accomplished the p~erilously
delicate feat successfully, and climbed
after his father without accident.
Cr--.r. r. IL l..
found, and late at night they reached
their home in the mountain valley far
below.-Golden Daya
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-09
SJCCoR FOR THE STARVING.
large C~onsIgnments of Food Being Loaded
for Distribution In uba-Ths
Work of Relief.

WASHINGTON, July 6.-Ths plan OF
feeding the starving Cubans ~is.proceed-
ing systematically, despite the atten-
ton which the authorities are obliged
to give to the war. These plans are
being carried out BY the commissary
department of the army. Large con-
signments of food are being loaded on
the steamer Port Victor, at New York,
viz, $1,000 pounds of corn meal, 562, 900
pounds of -four, 10000 pounds of
bacon, 10000 pounds of coffee, $50, 900
pounds of sugar, 10000 pounds of soap,
$4,000 pounds of salt and 1900 pc unds
of pepper. These will be made up into
rations and distributed over a wide ter.
ritory to the Cubans.
This is but one of several consign-
ments, as the work of relief has been
going on for the past two months,
hundreds of thousands of government
ratlons being distributed. The sup
plies will now include refrigerated and
cold storage beef, for Cuban troops and
the reconcentrados. The first con
signment of this kind will leave
Tampa on next Saturday, and will be
sufficient to last until the next consign-
ment of refrigerated beef goes for.
ward.
Foreign Representatives Ask Further De-
lay.
The action of the foreign representa-
tives at Santiago has been an addi
tional reason for deferring the bonn
bardment. 1t was made known late
yesterday that one of Gen. Skaters
dispatches stated that these representa-
tives had Joined in a request to him to
put off the Smelling of the city for
another brief period, until their
respective colonies could be removed.
This accounts for the departure of the
foreign war ships from Santiago har-
Dor, as they are bearing away the for
eign residents in the period befers tha
bombardment begins.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-09

his greater experience, took the lead,
but his son was only the necessary das-
tance behind him.
Steadily and carefully they went up
ward. until at last they reached a table
of rock, along which they crept on their
hands and knees, until they finally at
tanned the point of observation that had
been their destination for the last two
hours.
Our friends were now within safe rise
shot, and the father had given Xiyin to
understand that the game was his. 1t
was with the GOODNESS and precision of
aveteran, therefore, that the lad pointed
his rifle, took deliberate aim and fired.
Before the smoke lifted from the muz-
zle of his gun, he saw the chamois spring
to its feet, make a couple of bounds.
and then disappear over the edge Of the
cliff.
They were pretty certain where the
dead animal would be found, and the
hunters began picking their way down
| ward.
The hooked slaves they carried were
indispensable, it may be said, and they
used them with the skill of the Alpine
guides.
Frohmaur was some distance in adj
vance of Nivin, when it became neces-
sary for him to make a dangerous leap,
which may thus be described:
\ Chasm several hundred feet in depth
yawned before them. Directly in front
uo- n cO1i1 moSc of rOcES raachiDp hun.
dreds of feet upward, and a strong ledge
extended along the face of this wall, Of
fering a firm support to whatever foot
was placed upon it.
But the frightful difficulty will be
seen. 1t was eight feet away. and the
ledge was no more han eight or ten
inches in width. 1t was as if a person
should leap directly against the side
of a brick house, at a great distance
from the ground, there being a projec-
ton of several bricks on which to sup
port his feet, but not the slightest OBJ
ject for his hands to grasp.
When it is remembered :nat each
hunter carried his staff and reick sack,
and that the slightest rebound must
send him topping backward into the
abyss, the leap will seem impossible.
And vet Frohmaur had made it more
than once, and with scarcely any hesita-
ton ne prepared to attempt it again.
His momentary hesitation was that
he might study whether there was any
way of utilizing his staff. An amateur
would be apt to think it of the highest
use; but the Bavarian saw that it would
be a hindrance. He therefore decided
to leave his reick sack and staff behind
him, as Xivin could easily reach them
across the intervening space to him.
Then he would take the burdens of
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-09
An Effort to Repair the Aqueduct that
Carries Manila's Water Supply.

LONDON, July Ga special dispatch
from Manila, dated July 2, says Capt
Gen. August made a sortie for the pur-
pose of repairing the aqueduct which
supplies the walled city and in an
endeavor to communicate with Gen.
Monet. The insurgents concentrated
their troops and opposed the ~sortie,
forcing the Spanish commander to re-
turn to Manila. The insurgents ara
said to have suffered severe losses, and
the Spaniards are reported to have had
at least so men killed and upwards
Of $50 wounded,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-09
An Entire Family from Kansas City Among
the Lost.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, July 6.-Among
those on La Bourgogne were the entire
family of John Perry, of the firm of
Keith & Perry, n of the biggest coal
and lumber firms in the southwest.
They included Mrs. John Perry, Kath-
crime, aged6 years; Misses Florence and
Sadie, twins. aged about 2Oyears, and A.
Perry, aged11 years. Mrs. Perry, with
her two youngest children, had me
the older daughters, who had just
graduated from an eastern college, in
New York, all proceeding to France
for a summers outing.
Mrs. Joseph II. Durkee, also among
the ships passengers, was an aunt of
Jed II. Durkee, of this city, who man
ages the j. II. Durkee Coal Co. S inter-
ests here. She was supposed to be
travelling with the Perry party.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-09
Passengers from Cleveland, o.

CLEVELAND, o., July6.--E. A. Angel,
of the local law firm of Webster, An
CELL & Co., was a passenger on the La
Bourgogne. He was on his way to
Switzerland to join his wife and two
children.
De Scott Evans, the former Cleveland
artist, was also on the Inflated ship
With him were his three daughters
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-09
Comments of the CromartyshIre's Crew.

Comments of the CrOmartyshire's Crew.
The crew of the Cromartyshire COM
ment freely upon the fact hat only
one woman was saved out of 300. Near
ly all the irst-class passengers were
lost, those saved being steerage and
sailors. Prof. La Case and his wife
were in the water eight hours, cling
ing to a raft, before they were picked
up by a boat from the Cromartyshire.
They lost everything but what they
stand in, including money and valua-
bles.
According to the latest figures there
were los persons saved, of whom LOG
were officers, sailors, firemen, walters
and other ships people, while SO pas
sengers escaped.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-09

TEN MILES WEST OF THE ENTRANCR
OIL THE HARBoR OF SANTIAGO DE CUBA,
July 3, 4 p. m, via Kingston, Jamaica,
July 4 (4:5O p. m.)-For hours after
Admiral Cervera went aboard the
Gloucester, a prisoner, the Infanta Ma
ria Teresa, Almirante Oquendo and
Vizcaya continued to burn, and every
now and then a deep roar, accompa-
MED by a burst of flame and smoke
from the sides of the ships, would an
nounce the
Explosion of More Ammunition
or another magazine. As the flames
shot higher and higher above the decks
of the magnificent vessels that had
composed Admiral C~ervera's feet, many
of those who witnessed the scene felt
it had a strong connection with the
destruction of the American battleship
Maine in Havana Harbor, five months
ago.
A Maine Ohicer's Hour of Triumph.
Lieutenant-C Commander Wainwright,
the commander of the Gloucester, was
executive officer of the Maine at the
time of the disaster, and, although he
remained in Havana harbor two
months after the explosion, he lived on
board the dispatch boat Fern and
steadfastly refused to set his foot with
in the city until, to use his own words,
the time should come when he could go
ashore at the head of a landing party
of American blue jackets. To-day it
was his ship that sank two Spanish
torpedo boat destroyers and afterwards
received the Spanish admiral aboard as
a prisoner of war.
Wainwright Watches the Flames.
From his position on the bridge OF
the Gloucester acknowledgements
Wainwright watched the flames and
smoke as theyenveloped the decks of the
three greatest warships of the Spanish
navy, which were Don to be reduced to
nothing but shattered masts and
twisted smokestacks protruding above
the water, similar to that other picture
in Havana harbor. 1t was not strange,
therefore, hat he remarked to his
brother officers beside him:
1.-THE Maine Is Avenged"
Just then the Pluton and the Furor
sank. The Gloucester's boat picked up
as many of the survivors as she could
find on the shore. The prisoners of
war included the captains of
both boats. None offered any resist
ance, and were glad to go to the Glou-
c~ester, as they feared an attack from
the Cubans.
Rounding Up the Survivors.
A number OF the survivors, including
officers of the Furor, who, it was re-
ported, had their legs shot off, were
scattered all along the coast for some
distance and could not be found.
Three officers and six men of the
Pluton escaped from the shore in one
of their own boats and pulled to the
press boat Wanda, where they re-
manned until their captain, who was
held a prisoner on the Gloucester, or
dered them to join him on the latter
vessel.
A Remarkable Feature.
The most remarkable feature of the
combat was the fact that, notwith-
ing the utter destruction of the
Spanish fleet and the hard fight
those ships made even after they
were on fire, the American vessels
should escape without injury. The
only possible explanation of this is the
poor Workmanship of the Spanish gum
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-09
AWFUL OCEAN DISASTER.
The French Liner La Bourgogne
Sunk in a Collision off
Sable Island.
HUNDREDS OF PASSENGERS DROWNED.

h Lost in Many Cases the Victims OF
Assaults from the Brutal Crew Which
Appropriated the Boats and Left Weak
Women and Children to Drown or
Pushed Under the Waves.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-09
THE MAINE IS AVENGED"
So Said Lieutenant Commander
Wainwright, as He Stood Upon
the Gloucester's Bridge.
BURRIAG WRECKS ON THE CUBAN SHORE.

Scene of Destruction that Lasted for Hour
After Cervera's Squadron Had Been
Beached and Deserted by the Men Who
So Bravely Endeavored to Escape with
Them, e.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-09
A Desperate Fight for Life.

Mehelini Secondo, an Italian steer
age passenger, is among the saved.
When he got on deck he found a raft
with five men on it. The raft, how
ever, was tied and chained fast to the
deck and no sailors were near to let it
loose. None of the five men had
knives. The ship sank rapidly and
they were all precipitated into the
water. He was in the water 20 min
utes and alone, the other five sinking
before his eyes. He came across a boat
which he tried to get into. He event.
ually succeeded, but not before a des-
perate fight with her crew. He was
battered with oars and showed with
boat-hooks. He managed to seize an
oar, however, and pulled himself to the
boat and climbed in.
Savages Manned the Boat.
August Pourgi vas eager to give
your correspondent an account of his
experience. He was in the water about
half an hour and attempted to get into
a boat. He was seized when he man
aged to get half in and thrown back
into the water. Again he tried to en-
ter the boat, but the savages who
manned it were determined to keep
him out. He managed at last to get in
and to stay in. Clinging to the life
line of a boat not far away he saw his
mother, and, as if his trials were not
enough, he was forced to watch a man
shove her into the ocean with an oar.
She neve rose. He said the man was
saved, and was almost sure he could
recognize him.
Cursed the French Sailors with Passionate
Earnestness.
Fred Niff1er, a Swiss, was the most
iovial and contented of all the an
fortunate passengers. He lost all his
money and clothes, with the exception
of a pair of pants and a shirt, but he
laughed, now and again cursing the
French sailors with passionate earnest
ness. Neffler got into a life-boat with
some others, and remained there until
he reached the water, when he thought
it was time to leave. He swan for a
long time before he was picked up. He
saw an Englishman attempt to get
into a boat, but the men in the boat,
who were sailors of the La Bourgogne,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-09
A Remarkable Feature.

The most remarkable feature of the
combat was the fact that, notwith-
ing the utter destruction of the
Spanish fleet and the hard fight
those ships made even after they
were on fire, the American vessels
should escape without injury. The
only possible explanation of this is the
poor workmanship of the Spanish gum
ners, which has been so well demon
strated in every other conflict of the
war.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-09

The third officer of the Cromarty-
shire said that one half-drowned
wretch whom he pulled over the side
some hours after the collision seized
his life belt and asked the steward for
his knife. He cut a piece off the life
belt and started to eat it saying it was
all he wanted.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-09

In military circles it is considered
that Gen. Shafter has been checked,
that Rear-Admiral Sampson has been
baffed, and that the aspect of the war
has been changed, but the universal
expression of opinion is that peace is
impossible until something occurs
which is satisfactory to the national
feeling.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-02-03
INFORMATION FoR pENsloNER o


RenAt0 Committee Adopts Het OF Rules tD
Govern Consideration Of Pension Meas
ureB
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2s.--The senate
committee on pensions has adopted the
following rules, which will be of gem
ernl interest TO those concerned in
pensions;
Consideration will not DO given to any bill
which has not first been submitted to the PEN
sion bureau for adjudication unless conclusive
proof Is presented that the claimant has no
pensionable status before the bureau.
Where original pension or increase OF pen-
sion has been allowed by special aot, no propO-
sltion for additional pension will be entertained
by this committee
Bills proposing TO pension children OF soldiers
will not be entertained except In cases where
the child has been ldiotlc deformed, or other
wise mentally or physically inCapaoltated from
birth or early childhood and then only In cases
OF restitution
Bills for Increasing pension by special act
which have been granted at the maximum rate
under the act OF June "a, 1890, will not be given
consideration, except In cases Of actual destltu-
tlon or extreme physical disability.
No Widows pension will be granted by spe-
cial act In excess Of the maximum rate allowed
by law except In cnses OF destltution.
This committee will not give consideration to
any bill to restore TO the roll the name Of q
widow OF o soldier whose pension was forfeited
by remarrlage unless she was the wife OF o SOLE
der during the war and is now q widow In
actual need
AS Arule bills for original pension win DO
given consideration In preference TO those for
increase,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-02-03
FOR A POWDER FACTORY.

Uncle Sam VIII Expend sos 900 for an En-
terprise to Supply Our Naval Vessels.
WASHINGTON, Jan. est is regard.
ed as settled that the naval appropria-
ton bill, now being framed by house
subcommittee, will contain three inn
portant items namely, $1,000, 900 for
smokeless powder, 100000 for reserve
ammunition and S93, 1000 for the estab-
lishment of government powder fac
tory. The matter of having an ample
supply of powder in order to meet the
requirements of our naval vessels in
an emergency has received care
full consideration from members of
the committee. AS long as the
old style black powder was in use a
supply could be secured on short no.
tice. Now, however, with the general
adoption of smokeless powder, the OPP
portunities for speedy supply are said
to be much reduced.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-02-03
A PERCEPTION" TO STARR.

Old-TIme DesperadOes Greet Their Conn
Fade Upon His Arrival at states Prison.
COLUMBUS, o., Jan. 9S.-Henry Starr,
leader of the daring gang of train and
bank robbers which has been terroriz-
ing the citizens of the southern states
for the past ten years, was received at
the Ohio penitentiary to serve eight
years for robbery and one for man.
slaughter. Starr led the gang that
robbed the bank at Bentonville, Ark,
of $50, 900 five years ago. He was once a
member of the famous Dalton gang
of outlaws, the surviving members
of which are all in the Ohio peniten-
tiary. When the news of Starts ar
rival was heard at the prison score
of old-time desperadoes applied for
special permission to see the retired
chief. Unusual as these requests were
they were granted, and one by one the
men who once terrorzed the people Of
Oklahoma, Arkansas and Texas fled
in. The prisoners talked over old
times and inquired after former COM
rades
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-02-03
Defends Princeton University.

PRINCETON, N. j., Jan. 31.-A large
audience gathered at Princeton uni
versity chapel yesterday to listen to
President Patton's address on temper
ance. In the audience were ex-Presi-
dent Cleveland and several other sign
ers of the Princeton inn liquor license.
President Patton strongly defended
the university against recent attacks
and denounced them as unjust. Drunk
enness is not increasing among stu
dents, he said, the tendency being in
the opposite direction. All students
are cautioned against the use of alco-
holic liquors and warned that intoxi-
cation means expulsion.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-02-03
Convicts for Sale.

ATLANTA, Ca, Jan. %, Georgia will
auction off her convicts, about 1900 in
number, on April 1. From those to be
sold into servitude are excepted boys
under 10 years of age, such aged dis
eased and infirm convicts as in the
Judgment of the commission should
not be hired out, and such convicts
under one and twelve years sentence
as may he hired to the county author
tiles under the provision of a state
law. Those who purchase the convicts
will be allowed TO resell them.