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The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-12
Grand Duchess Off Charleston.

Charleston, July 1.-The steamer Grand Duchess is reported off the bar tonight, though she arrived there too late to come up to the city on account of the mine fields in the harbor. The Grand Duchess is scheduled to take the next expedition from here to reinforce Shafter, but it has not been definitely settled as to which of the regiments in camp here, the Second and Third Wis consin and the Sixteenth Pennsylvania will go in her.
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Sympathy for Spain.

London, July 12.-The Madrid corre- spondent of the Daily Mall says: Car dnal Vaughn archbishop of Westmin- ster, has written as follows to his brother at Valladolid: T have profit ed by my first opportunity to declare that I disapprove with all my soul the unjust conduct of the United States against Spain, the latter being the least powerful nation and trying to de- fend it's rights"
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Queen for Peace,

London, July 12-The Berlin corre- spondent of the Standards says
 "The queen regent is willing to open peace negotiations with the United States without any mediation of the powers provided the present conditions are not to severe. Her maximum con- cession at present is declaration of the independence of Cuba"
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THE AMERICAN LOSSES.
Adjt.-Gen. Corbin Receives n Revised
 Report From Shafter.

Washington, July 11.-Adjutant Gen. eral Corbin to-day received from Gen. eral Shafter a revised report of the casualties before Santiago on July 1, 2 and 3. It slightly increases the number of killed and wounded as given in his first report, and is as follows: Killed, 23 officers, POS men; wounded 80 off, cers, 1908 men; missing, S1; total, 1, 595. General Shafter is of opinion that the number of missing will be reduced somewhat
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AMBASSADOR CAMBOU.
His Conference With Mckinley Did Not
 Relate to War tn Any Respect.

HeIate tc '" hF hhy hcsptchs
 Washington, July 1.-The French ambassador, M. Cambou, left this af- ternoon for New York. He probably will go to Newport and Bar Harbor before he returns. His call on the pres ident to-day naturally excited much comment and led to reports that Spain had asked for peace through French channels. The subject discussed by the ambassador will be made known in the course of few days, in connection with an interesting occasion, the de- tails of which cannot now be made public, but which when disclosed will show that the conference to-day did not relate to the war in any respect.
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Alleged Roy Burglar Caupht.

John Crowley, fourteen years old, was arrested last night by Detective Ser geant Dennehy on the charge of being implicated with other boys in the bur- glary of Howe's grocery store at the corner of James street and Grand ave- nue a few nights ago.,
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CABLE COMMUNICATION.
Excellent Between Washington and
 General Shafter's Headquarters.

ExcelIeNt Befween~ Washington and
 General Shafter's Headquarters.
 Washington, July 1.-The cable com- munication between Washington and General Shafters headquarters is now in excellent condition, so that it is pos- sible to receive at the department a message within twenty minutes after it is dispatched by General Shafter. Colonel Allen, who is in charge at General Shafter's end of the line, re- ported to the department that he is now engaged in laying a cable from Guantanamo to Playa del Este, which will still further reduce the time re- quired for the exchange of communica- tions.
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BIG FIRE IN CINCINNATI.
The Total Loss Will Reach $15O,OO0-
 The Leading Losers.

Cincinanti, July 11.-A fire broke out to-day in the dismantled warehouse of the McGill Crate and Mantel company and spread to the wards of the E. D. Albro Lumber company and other es- tablishments. Among the leading los CTS are the Albro company, $50,000 on lumber alone; Queen City Mantel and Crate company, $3O,OOO; F. J. Mackey, $20,OO0; Agger & Sanning, furniture company, $25,OOO Collier & Budd Fur niture company. $15,0O0. The total loss will reach $150,000.
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TERMS OF PEACE.
Report from Madrid as to What tn
 United States Demands.

Madrid July 11.-10 D. mt is as- serted that the United States makes the following demands as conditions of peace:
 First-The possession of Cuba and Porto Rico, with a port in the Canaries.
 Second-An indemnity of f4s ,000, GOO (about s24o, ,0O0 0O0)
 Third-The retention of the Philippines as a guarantee of the payment of the lndem nity.
 These terms are regarded as impossi- ble.
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Situation at Grand Canary Island.

London, July 11.-Advices received here to-day from Grand Canary Island, the center of the group of the Canaries, dated July 2, say one Spanish torpedo boat is there and two others are under stood to be in the neighboring islands. Matters are quiet and the reserves are still under arms.
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NO REPORTS YET.
Naval Commanders Did Not Forward
 Them on Cruiser St. Louis.

Them on Cruiser St. Louis.
 Washington July 1.-The appear ance at the navy department this morn ing at an early hour of Ensign Palmer one of the officers of the St. Louis which arrived at Portsmouth yesterday led the officials to believe that he had brought with him the reports of the American naval commanders upon the battle which resulted in the destruction of Cervera's squadron. It turned out however, that the St. Louis had started from Siboney before the official reports on that engagement had been prepared
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B1ANoo REPORTS TO MADRID.
Resumption of HOstiiittes-santfago Ordered to Defend Itself to the End.

HegumDt1On pI
 Ordered to Defend Itself to the End.
 Madrid, July 11.-10:SO D. m.-General Blanco has cabled the government as follows: "The proposal for an uncon- ditional surrender of Santiago de Cuba being rejected hostilities were resumed at 4 o'clock this Sunday afternoon. I ordered Santiago to defend itself to the end. The enemy commenced by a cannonade, setting fire to the wreck of the Alfonso XII, which henceforth it will be impossible to save. The Ameri
 cans also appear to threaten Baturanao bay. The cruiser Pennsylvania, which I had sent with 30,O0O rations to force the blockade at Santiago was pursued bv the enemy and abandoned its cargo. This attempt to revictual the town has failed. The enemy opened the attack on San Juan and Fl Morro at 4:15 p. a. by a fusilade and by guns. Our
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To Join Miles,

Charleston, s. C., July 11.-General arrived here from Tampa and sails on the next transport to join General Miles. No transports arrived to-day.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-12

Headquarters of General Shafter, July 10, p. m., per Associated Press dispatch boat via Port Antonio and Kingston, Jamaica, Monday, July Il, noon.-From o'clock this afternoon until dark the American guns have again been firing a deadly fire into the Spanish lines. Our men are greatly re- freshed by their three days rest and have been fighting with lionlike spirit. The knowledge of the arrival of rein- forcements gives them new enthusi- asm. The artillery Is in place and do- ing effective work. The fire from the Spaniards in the trenches is very weak. The city of Santiago Is almost in dark ness this evening and our men believe that the resistance of the Spaniards is about at an end. They expect gem eral assault tomorrow should the city not have surrendered by daybreak. The Americans are now much better forti- fled in the trenches.
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PREMIER SAGASTA RESIGNS
THE QUEEN REGENT COMPELLED
 TO FACE ANOTHER CRISIS.

Sagasta, It Is Said, Has Advised Her to Appoint n New Cabinet to Consist Largely of q Military EIemeMt-It is Generally Expected That the Resigna- ton Wtn be Accepted The Question of Policy.
 Madrid, July 11--4 p. mt is under- stood that Premier Sagasta has submit ted to the queen regent a question of confidence in the cabinet.
 On leaving the cabinet council this evening the ministers declared that they had mutually engaged to maintain the strictest reserve on the subject of their deliberations. Duke Almodere had an audience with the queen regent to-day and subsequently an important conference with the French ambassa- dor.
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[Copyright, 1898, The Associated Press.}
 Off Santiago de Cuba, via Playa del Este, July 11.-At half-past nine o'clock this morning, after several range f1nd- ing shots over the ridge protecting San tiago from the sea, the United States cruiser Newark opened fire into the city with her eight-inch guns. The signal corps officers stationed on top of the ridge reported the effect of the shots. The New York, Brooklyn and Indiana participated in the firing at intervals of five minutes.
 The bombardment lasted for two hours, when General Shafter reported that the shells were mostly falling in the bay and doing but little damage. The last shot, however, struck a prom inent church in the heart of the city, which was heavily stored with powder and ammunition, causing tremendous explosion. The extent of the damage is not yet known. When the warships ceased firing and before General Shaf- ter had begun land attack a flag of truce was seen coming from the city. The object of this was not known at noon to-day, when the correspondent of the Associated Press left the front.
 At 2 o'clock this afternoon the auxil- iary cruiser Yale with General Nelson A. Miles and staff arrived. Rear Ad- miraI Sampson visited General Miles immediately on his arrival and then the Yale went to Siboney, General Miles and his personal staff landing in a pour ing rain
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SKATER INFORMS SAMPSON
THE BOMBARDMENT IS IN CONSE-
 QUENCE STOPPED.

Only the Very Last Shot Appears to Have Done Much Damage-It Struck Church Which Was Heavily Stored With Power and dAmmunition-After Firing Ceased and Before General Land Attack Was Made 6 Flag of Truce Was Seen Coming Out From the Span- ish Lines,
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The Commodore's Orders on Being
 Appraised of the Enemy's Appearance The Oregon the First American Shin
 to Open Fire--Clever Maneuyre bx schley Saved HIS ship From Beina Rammed-The Tragic Death of Youna Ellts-His Head Shot Off at the Feet Q,
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lCantiRped an SsIsntR RaGs.A.
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years that l used morphine.
About the seventh year I increased
the dose from seven to ten grains every
twelve hours, or twenty grains a day.
At first l did not experience much
change in the degree of pleasure, but
in a week or ten days. I began to feel
restless when l was in bed and also
found it much harder to go to sleep.
When l slept I now had bad dreams,
and In the course of a month or so /
noticed that my nerves were commence
ing to be unstrung; my hands began
TO witch and my arms to jump, very
often when | was sitting and perfectly
quiet my head would be jerked to one
side or backward. While L was asleep
at night would jump in bed; my limbs
and arms would contract with a jerk
that would shake the bed, and on two
occasions the shocks We're severe
overcome these l increased the guam
tity of the doses, and at the same time
1 was increasing the evil effects.
I was now using from thirty to thir-
ty-five grains day. I think of the
awful days and nights that 1 passed,
and 1 wonder how it is that I am. alive
or that / am not an inmate of some
asylum. / could not sit five minutes at
a time without my eyes closing-with-
out my head falling forward, only to be
jerked back again as by some unfore-
seen force. My hands and arms
twitched and jumped, in spite of me,
worse than ever. l did not know what
to dc. / became alarmed, ard. of
course, like all other 'fends," took more
morphine, and not only increased
the dose, but took it oftener. I now
made 1t my business to take ten grains
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for Hpo Thit had it. 1t oldfashoned muz-
:. It is difficult down Burman in the jungle and
1t was the next day before they came up with their
o. M had fouDs Of shots them bns s@
Just VALENTINE charged in him at the head Of ms
Vent nte down zEa So
carved up rof into e reguaon Sizes only Tor
a9 fake he Ssns tGG fer he beloved OUT XII n
Bring him here and search him at onee said valdn
groggy while the sergeant up wound they
no hoG ef ba af @Geh s
% &p init Hs
Then they got back to Thayetmyo as quickly as they
the shape charpoy which they from the woon of
When Hpo init brought back by the police he
the
To guard against his attaining Nrvana by fuke, as
it were he was to be crucifed head d. dow owl
difficulty in explaining to them that the government could
So put h o fs Just ike the T
a Rad S seep bs "a. e oS IN v said The
opened his q shining instruments no .'''.s' anu
comnissioner for eonmttai hearing as 1T We're
' ruby and with
their dha e the or % the eye of
they did not bother their they you'd let Hpo
dWe o Ava % a e b had
, They begged e the Deputy commissoper to give Hpo
Tint promise of pardon he would only disclose where he
II cant do that" he said, "for the wounded sahib
may die the doctor fshed for the bullet
Hpo Tht will have to swing - N'
But If the Beda might be recovered they would paw to
Valentynes family his full good English SOW
ereignS
- The Deputy Commissioner anxious o recover
the JeWel as they were he promised Hpo that if
he would tell where it was it would help him When
1 viii tell said dpo Thit, because easy for
the Thak1ne to get it; and then Thakne
Der at the time of the sentence" ~
me court was as silent the craven image of
Buddha itself they waited for Hpo Thit to speak
PUTTING the palms of his hands together in front Of
ms race In the form of suppcation Hpo Tht said: The
req stone when took from the Kyoung the
Iofehead OF the Buddha is in the
hred 1t from my gun the last time because had no bull
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s,aI It was the stolen ruby the night was being made
Kyegng win the 0i across the r0a' IN the ph00hsss
the hoarse roar Of the Phoongye and the Of Bud
heart failed him0he dropped it again in the box and
passed silently swiftly out into the Burmese night
As he disappeared small figure glided out from be-
hnd penang mat which served as curtain to "
1t was Mi Mira. "Ho no. Hpo Thit: because Moung
a0 0d M Ma of h9 Nj % the
DO With you you would have VALENTINE Thakne make
Then She disappeared behind curtain again. and
e U p no the and only the outside
are Ta o m and obc ore @ THAT
and also were oun s and Hoe T u the
Il think that this fools game" said Val
search I While Vii NV Where sha
the opium is not there and he has the ruby, there
So once more the continued interrupted
search OF the box There was nothing beyond pair Of
and Houng ourays silken headdresses, many them
49, That the ruby gone facer to Hpo Tht first,
the balls of opium had disappeared but that he had
Wth the p had h me
SF Shdh sass hn ssT a
wore their hair and hadn't when they
%h sa sRWe to The sepIs b san shv
it to the oc s fa him then will he tell her to take
for would be discovered that he had stolen it. he
bungalow. $3.50 f - ~ e
AS he approached cautiously he could see
her Inoner ana 1ather sitting the
nestly discussing something ''They will decide: I will
walt ne muttered, squatng his heels the side of
the road. = " -
Then MI MI MIRA came out. and started
DRIED MADAM toward the superintendent
That Hpo Thits chance
IF tell about it, he said az he left her will
swear that you and Moung ouray stole it gave it to
me aG hsd H no 1 k to You should
'Rsl Res Sf ffo %5Rted to
In the morning she told VALENTINE It. and in an
a e Of po1iea yrar oloe
ing after Iipo Thit But Hpo had gone. one more
dacoit had been created His brothers. Thuggie's
gun had gone with him. The Thuggie didn't know that
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ty or thirty minutes after taking NOR
phine pleasant sensations would creep
over me from head to foot-languor at
tended by leasant thoughts.
1t would seem as If l was only half
asleep. My eyes would be wide open,
but would notice no objects around me
in the room. 1t was as if l were float
ing in the air. l could hear soft and
sweet music. as if from an Aeolian
harp. Dreams that came and went
in rapid succession were of the pleas
ATTEST. Again / would be in beautiful
gardens and among flowers. L could
hear the sweetest songs. Air castles
were presented to my view in countless
variety in all conceivable forms and
grandeur.
During all these pleasant dreams and
half-awake thoughts l could feel the
poisoned blood tingling through my
veins and making me feel as if l never
wanted to move again, and at the same
time the drug intensified every phan-
tasm which my brain could conceive.
THESE dreams would last for three or
four hours and then I would fall into a
sound sleep.
During the daytime the drug would
act upon my system in an entirely diff
ferent manner. About twenty min
utes after the dose l could feel the
blood rushing through my body and
giving me, as it were, more strength
and also a lightness of step which 1
had not before. 1t would at the same
time, dull my mind to all cares and
troubles, blotting out the darker side
or life and forcing me to think only of
the present. These sensations would
also remain for three or four hours and
pass away. But the feelings were al
ways the same during the first six
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every SIX hours or forty grains day.
On the tenth night after 1 had COM
menced to use morphine that way I had
retired to my room about o'clock in
the evening and taken a dose, and
thought / would lie down on the bed
until 1T should begin to work on me,
ana then L would get up and go out for
Whlie. l dropped into sound sleep
at once. l remembered nothing until 1
aWoke at l a. m. | was still lying
crossWise on the bed, but the head of
the bed was soaked with blood; my
nandS and arms were cut in several
places, and l was cold and chilled
through; l lighted the gas, and what
slght! There was not a pane of glass
IN the window. Every one of the eight
had been broken, and the frame was
smashed. l had thrown my alarm
clock through the window and also sew
eral other things which were on the bu-
reau
l tried to think and remember if I
had mad dream, but my mind was
blank. had risen in my sleep and
made sad havoc of my room and win
dow and then lay again on the bed. 1
did not know anything of this until 1
aWoke three hours after it had taken
place.
From that time on, if there was ever
such a thing as hell on earth,' surely
was IN 1t. | could not sleep at night.
would lie all night with my eyes
Wioe open, my arms ar limbs jumping
around in the bed, and / prayed for
morning to come, when 1 knew I would
go to sleep. During what sleep / had
there appeared to me the most awful
slsnts ana scenes that one could ever
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-03-13
LIFELONG
BRITTLE HGHINST
THE
INSIDIOUS DRUG.

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very hard to drop off on the last eight
grains per day, but L could not do that
and perform my work. / found it hard
er to quit on the last eight grains
than all the other.
After a while the night work began
to tell on me and l once more began to
increase the doses of morphine SO as to
keep up to my work. In a short time
l was again using twenty grains day.
but I never got above that quantity
for the two. years I was with the
Southern Pacific Company.
/ soon fell off in health and weight
again. I was worse than ever before
/ was reduced to 125 pounds. L was
afraid to go to bed and when I lay
down 1 would set my alarm clock so
that it would wake me every hour. If
| allowed my arms to go to sleep it
would take three or four hours before
l could have any use of them l would
have to get somebody to rub them for
me and bandage them and pour hot
water on the bandages. Often I would
have to hire some man to work in my
place for night, for / would not re-
gain the use of my arms in time
Finally the pains in my back and side
and my arms got SO bad that I had to
resign. That was in 1897, and / came
to San Francisco at once and took
cure for the morphine habit, and in
few weeks I was on the road to health.
GEORGE BABCOCK.
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imagine. Dreams Of falling from great
heights, often of being murdered. were
nine huge giants and COLLINS danced
around my bed, making the most
mucous faces and gestures Horses
ran over me, and all kinds of animals
hoWled and snapped around my bed.
When l now think of the hideous
dreams and Nightmares that daily and
nlghtly We're ever before me l wonder
that L did not lose my mind I had to
give up work. | was losing in weight.
had the most dreadful pains across
my back and around my feet. The
blood that used to be sent rushing
through my veins was now stagnant
and would hardly flow. AT times I
could hardly feel the beating of my
heart. My arms would go to sleep and
would have to rub them for an hour
at a time and put my wrists in hot
water to get the blood moving again.
When the effects would wear off
some L would commence to sweat and
on the coolest days in winter, with six
inches of snow on the ground, hot per
splratlon would stream from every
pore In my body. At the same time I
would be shivering with cold. Water
Wound run in streams from my eyes,
nostrlls and mouth. 1t would be inn
possible to swallow A lump would
arise in my throat, and if 1 tried to
swallow 1T would makeme feel like
sneezlng, but l could not sneeze. and
the trying to sneeZe and to swallow aft
the same time would nearly choke me-
IheSe symptoms would remain until
could get another dose of morphine.
During the railroad strike of 1894 7
went to work for the Northen Pacific
Railroad, brakng between Portland
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and Tacoma. I was on the night
freight and many times I have had
very narrow escapes from death. Often
L nave gone to sleep on top of a freight
car, with my feet hanging over the side
and under the influence of morphine,
with the train dashing around curves
at the rate of thirty-five and forty
miles an hour. Once while I was stand
ing up on a car went to sleep, and los
ing my balance I fell over, but man
aged to catch the brake and so saved
myself. That was enough warning for
me, ana SO 1 resigned at once.
| was then using fifty grains of NOR
prime day, and / knew that must
either let up some or die. There and
then l made up my mind to reduce the
quantity Twas taking, and at one stroke
cut the dose in half, taking only
twenty-five grains day.
l suffered the agony and tortures of
hades for five or six days, but 1 had
made up my mind, and 1 would sue
coed or die in the attempt. I remained
indoors and after eight or ten days
mad the victory. In two months 1 re-
duced the dose again, cutting it in
two and making it twelve or thirteen
grains day. had another hard bat
tie and won. After that I reduced the
quantity little at a time until I ar
rived in San Francisco. the last of 1895.
when was using only eight grains
every twenty-four hours.
/ now began to regain my health
and soon went to work for the South
ern Pacific Company. When / began
to use morphine 1 weighed 200 pounds.
/ had to work now from in the even
ing until in the morning. 7 tried