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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-08-31
The Chickamauga Pest hole.

Cb,ckamauga National Park. August
% The last OF this week will see al
most every regiment of volunteers
gone from Camp Thomas. This morn
lug when the Let Pennsylvania left
for Lexington it compelled the removal
Of the lss army corps. By Monday at
tae latest tue Sd army corps will be.
gin 70 move to Anuietou, Ala.
If the railroads ceo haodIe he troops
By Saturday night DOT a single regl
meus will be left 10 the park. With
the exception of the 9Th Uuited States
volunteers, whiod will be Kept here to
guard the hospitals aud Government
property
The removal Of Major Geu. B'eck,
iuridge's headquarters from Camp
Thomas will likely occur ou September
l. The prospects are that the Gsoeral
will establish bis maio headquarters at
Lexington and divide bis time between
that place and Knoxville.
AS fast as trains can be gotten ready
the convalescents are being sent 10 their
homes. Already over four thousand
sick leaves have been granted and there
are yet in the hospitals over l 500 sick
These will be sent home as they are con-
valescent.
There were to day reported ln all
$40 cases Of typhoid fever in the hos.
nitala and siy deatha
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Graphic this morning, referring TO
tine proposal of Emperor Nicholas,
saws: cit would be idle to attempt to
ignore the many and grave dithcul,
ties standing in the way of the at
tairment of the Cars wishes, bat it
cannot be possible to doubt the sin.
cerity of the magnanimous proposal: :"
The Standard says. speaking edi
torialiy of the Cars proposal: Gin
Eueland at least respect and sym
pathy will be felt for the proposal.
it is a conception we'll worthy of the
young sovereign. 1t is painfully
obvious that there are enormous ditfl-
culties to be overcome. which it is
possible the Gear, in his ardor aud
humane enthusiasm. has not mature
" considered. 1t is vision which
has occurred to many minds, but has
always had 70 be dismissed as a mere
dream. The nations age not likely
to cast away the sword unless they
have a better warrant than paper
protocols and conventions. More
over. the moment does not seem
altogether propitious. New armed
nations are arising in Asia and
America, whom it might not be easy
to convince of the safety and de-
STABILITY of abandoning the enter.
prise OF which they have embarked
with SO much energy"
s.The Times correspondent in st.
Petersburg. referring to the propo'
sal, SAYS: "There is reason to believe
that it for1aed the object of communi
cations between the Courts of st
Petersburg and Berlin some time
previously, and in all probability the
support of Germany at least was Sc
cured in advance"
The Times says editorially: "l1
Russia, which has also a great. but
! still undeveloped, industrial future
before her, is becoming fully con-
vinced, as we in England long have
been, that her resources are better
devoted to the bene6cent arts OF
peace than to the destructive, un-
economic energies of war, English
men. as essentially peace loving
people. can only hail the Cars pro.
,ncamant with ,he utmost cordl.
ality as glad tidings of great joy,
which; whatever may be the practi
cal issue, does cast honor upon the
sovereiga's generous aod lofty spirit
and humanity. The difficulties are
great, but nothing can henceforth de-
prive the Gear of having brought peace
disarmament into the sphere of prac.
ticai politics It looks at present as
though all the great Powers might be
willing to enter the conference
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Movements Of Troops
to aid From Santiago.
MORE SICK AMERICANS
START HOME.
GEN TORAL AND STAFF ARE
TO LEAVE THIS WEEK.

Santiago, August %, I IS p M
The transport Roumanian will leave
for Montauk Point tomorrow morn
ing with six hundred and fifty sick
men of the Seventy-frst New York,
Second and Ninth Massachusetts,,
Second regulars. the Tenth cavalry
and the Sixteenth and Twenty. first
regiments. The condition of the
men is extremely bad, the disappoint.
ment over the delays in getting them
away having greatly affected their
spirits. AmbuIauces were found to
be necessary to convey most of them
to the steamer
The transports San Francisco, San
Augustine and Leonora will leave to-
morrow for Guantanamo, Bsrracoa
and Sagua, for the Spanish prisoners
there. The condition of these men
is distressing sod it is probable that
death will claim nearly half of them
before they reach Spain. Their con-
dition is the result of hard living and
the prevailing fever The rations and
medical aid sent from Santiago were
practically too late
The transport Kuickcrbocker ar
rived this morning with the Second
battalion of the fifth infantry Her
trip was delayed through an accident
to her gear at Tampa.
The Second and Third battslious of
Rays immune regiment will leave to-
morrow for Baracoa and Sagua, for
garrison duty at those places
Gen Toral's staff and few other
officers will leave next week on the
Leon XIII. Gen Toral and his staff
are now assisting in the embarkation
of the Spanish troops The general
has received many calls from Ameri-
can officers during the last few days
Gen. Lawton will use Gen ToraFs
headquarters at the building of the
Spanish club as his headquarters, the
palace being too small for the numer
ours officers necessary for the admin
istra:ion
Over 200 Santiago refugees return
ed from Jamaica yesterday, and
others are coming soon, now that
confidence is restored Those who
have returned found their houses
greatly disturbed The Spanish
hospital. as soon as it is vacated,
will be renovated, fumigated and re.
paired for use as a civil hospital Its
location is excellent and it has ca
pacity of 1000
Upon the arrival of Spanish ma,
ior recently it was discovered by &C.
cidept that he had several trunks I'LL
ed with silver jewelry, valuable ar
tic|es and money. evidently the result
of looting the houses OF residents
during the confusion attendant upon
the Ell Caney exodus Large amounts
of money were carried away by
Spanish officers At one house where
eight Spanish officers were living
there was recovered large trunk
which contained two bushels of s1l.
yer and gold, which represented
about $50 600
The soldiers have received only
small sum from our government. to-
bacco and other small necessities.
Otherwise the condition Of the Span
iards is wretched They are sick and
penniless, and distrust the reception
thew will meet on their return to
Spain
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Three Hundred spanlards Killed.

Three Hundred Spanlards Killed.
If go Americans can kill 500 Spsniards in
$50 days days, how many Americans will 1t
take to kill 100 Spauiards in 100 days! Que
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aasweriug the above problem correcti'.
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General Orders Issued.

Washington, August 29.-At 1880
o'clock tonight general orders relating
to the mastering out of volunteers and
granting furloughs were promulgated
oy Adj Gen. Corbi. To those cficers
and men who have served beyond the
limits Of the Uuited States leaves of
absence and fu7lorghs for so days will
be granted respectively, while to those
who have not served outside Of the couo.
try the leaves OF absence and furloughs
will t; iui:ed to 80 days.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-08-31
TURNING POINT
IN HISTORY.
What is Said in the Leading
Cities of the World.

London, August 29.-The papers
are filled with discussions. comments
aud opinions as to the circular of the
Enperor Nicholas. The most world
shaking eveus could hardly have pro-
duced such a coup az this suggestion,
the frui,ios of which is regarded on all
sides as 40 absolute impossibility.
This being holiday season. it is diff.
cult to obtain the opinions of public
men on the subject The religious
world, however. loudly welcomes and
praises the czar's noble initiative M.
merous bishops have already publicly
expressed their views 10 that sense.
Among statesmen interviewed. Lord
Kim berly, the liberal leader, declined
to express hassy opiaiou beyond say
ing that she proposal vas one of the
utmos: importance.
The marquis of Ripon said Il
heartily wish the proposal all success
Sir Charles Dixie. radical member of
parliament for the Forest of Dean, re
marked "The Russian pesce footiog
Of nearly million regulars exceeds the
peace footing of Germany, Austria and
Italy, combined. Thus it has been 10
Russia's power to reduce the land forces
by diminishing her owu in connection
with "a similar action on the part of
Germany.
French public opinion is not pre-
pared for disarmament, which would
mean, as things stand now, an accept
auce of the Alsace-Lorraiue situation.
Naval disarmament would be danger
Gus for Great Britain. Any formal
plan would Involve subsequent breaches
of faith, but if Germany and Russia
will cease increasing their forces We
can follow without a formal agree
msnt -
Lord Frederick Roberts of Kaoda-
bar, commander of the forces in Ire
laod. said 10 reply to request for his
opinion rs will be most satisfactory
if such a proposal can be carried out"
The Earle of Grove calls the czar's
suggestion az Historical utteraoee, %
and earnestly hopes that Great Britaln
Will no; object to conference. No ex.
citemeut is noticeable at the foreign
Office It is understood that special
messenger was sect from St. Peters
burg recently with full explanation of
the czar's proposal.
Naturally all persons and societies
connected with the peace and arbissa-
ton movements are jubilaut. The pope
wired his congratulations to Emperor
Nicholas Immediately and offered every
assistance 10 bis power to promote the
proposed conference.
The Times 10 its financial article this
morning says: ''The czsr's circular
has had good effect upon the markets
as iudicssipg that there is no Immediate
probability OF war. Many people re.
mark the fact that the proposal appears
wheo Russia's power to borrow freely
is almost ended aud when she has
placed herself 10 positions 10 Cbioa and
elsewhere Which can be defended only
at great COST
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750 Typhoid Patients.

Atlanta, Ga , August 27.-Louis
Stratmeyer, Company G. 9th Mary
land, and Michael Edwards. Troop
D, 9th cavalry, privates, died at Fort
Mcpherson to day of typhoid fever
There are now $50 patients in the
general hospital, nearly 500 of whom
are afflicted with typhoid fever.
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THE FRENCH PRESS.

Paris. August 2s.-Tbe French
newspapers generally uistruss the prac'
ticsbilisy OF the cz.r's peace scheme,
aud clearly indicate that France would
make tie restor alton of Alsac- Lorraine e
a prerequisite to her participation 10
the conference.
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-08-31
Spanish Peace Commission

Loodou, August 80 The Madrid
correspondent Of the Daily Mail says:
"The peace commissioners will De
Seuur Leooy Castillo, Spanish anbas-
sador at Paris; Senor Urautia. Spanish
minister at Brussels, the duke Of Najera,
governor of Cadiz; Senator Marcoar;u
aud Senor Abarzuza.
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EFFECT OF THE NOTE IN ITALY

Rome, August 2S.-The Cars
note has made profound impression
here. Some of the newspapers sp
plaud, while others greet the com
munication with reserve or dlstrust
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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-05-19
Gray.

5. G. Handles returned Sunday from
Chicago.
A nice rain has been making the
farmers feel good.
Fred Dreher sold 5000 bushels of corn
to Geo. Gray Wednesday.
w. J. Lancelot is still at Oskaloosa
in behalf of the NJ. b. A.
John Polzine was attending to legal
business in Audubon Tuesday.
w. F. Fisher was attending to bust
ness at the county capital Tuesday.
The M. E. people will paint their
church building and otherwise improve
the same.
Order your Irvine of Greenwaldt &
Groteluschen. They have made no
raise in price.
At a meeting of the school board
Saturday evening Prof. Hoffman, of
Arion, was elected principal and Miss
Swaney assistant for the coming year.
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FiScuS Items.

Andrew Peterson is on the sick list.
w. J. Clapper passed through Fiscus
Monday.
j. II. Norton made a business trip to
Audubon Monday.
Miss Mamie Hight has been on the
sick list for few days.
Most of the farmers of this vicinity
are through planting corn.
superintendent Spencer was visiting
schools in this locality Monday.
Wilson Fiscus and family were call
ers at II. H. Nights Sunday evening.
Mr.. Sorensen is delivering milk to
the Kirkman creamery from Douglas
township.
Boys, be more careful and don't come
after your mail and lay it down and
then go off without it.
Measles are still lurking in the
neighbOrhOOd. There have been several
new cases reported lately.
Charlie Miller, of Harlan, is shipping
his corn from his farm west of Fiscus.
He expects to realize good price.
We understand that some of the citi-
zens around Fiscus were quite alarmed
Sunday when they heard tireing in the
distance thinking it might be the
Spaniards, but it turned out to be some
boys having shooting match.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-05-19
Melville.

Sunday school next Sunday at the
usual time.
Miss Estella Mccain attended the
Missionary convention in Audubon
last week.
County Superintendent r. G. Spencer
was out visiting schools i'll our town
ship last week. EU
The Ladies Foreign Missionary
Society meets at the home of Mrs
Andrews, Thursday of this week.
Mr.. John Gilbert is hauling out lum-
Der for the erection of new house on
his farm just in the edge of Guthrie
county.
The storm Tuesday stopped the
click of the many corn planters which
we have heard so much lately in our
vicinity.
Mrs. Weaver accompanied by Mrs.
Perry are contemplating visit with
Mrs. Viewers sister, Mrs. John Ran
dolph, this week.
Prayer meeting was changed from
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Ross News.

Corn planting is about completed.
John Wagner's little boy is very sick.
Harry Northup lost fine young
heifer from clover bloat last week.
John Rutherford was planting corn
for l.. G. Kopp the first of the week.
John Fry, north of Ross, had fine
horse badly cut in the wire last week.
The recent showers have made a
wonderful change in small grain and
grass. Prospects are hattering for a
crop.
John Stewart, Jr, was thrown from
a horse last Tuesday and badly shaken
up but no bones were sbroken and we
hope he will soon be around again.
The agents for machinery are early
on the ground this season. Mr.. Eli
wood and Lowery, agents for the Deer
ing binder, mowers, hay rakes and
Irvine, were canvassing near Ross this
week. They are fine fellows, but farm
ers are going to get along with their
old machinery as much as possible
until they recover from the old dem o.
cratic times.
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STATE OF Iowa, 90
COUNTY OF AUDUBON, ''
l. f. s. Watts, Cashier of the above nam
ed bank do solemnly swear that the above state
ment is true to the best of my knowledge and
belief. l.. s. WATTS,
Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me tllS 18TH
day of NAV. 1898. w. Nj. BAYLOR,
Notary Public.
COrrect-Attest: -
THEO. +. MORROW,
E. s. VAN GORDER.
CHAS. VAN GORDER,
Directors
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-05-19

through Viola Monday OH his way to
Texas to look at the country.
The dance at Roy Jones last Friday
night was Il nice, pleasant, peaceful
gathering of young people Roy knows
how to run dance.
James Wager is very anxious to sell
his farm and remove TO Texas. When
he gets low enough on the price he
will very soon find Il buyer.
From the wording of one of the items
from Viola published in the Advocate
last week the correspondent appears
to be badly stuck" OH the teacher at
Prairie Hail.
Sam Smith is i'm bad shape with
rheumatism. 1t is IA serious thing for
a farmer to be sick this time of year.
His neighbors were planting corn for
him Monday.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-05-19
Greeley.

Now is the time to work the roads.
Charles Collee has new Kimball
piano.
James Blake has commenced his new
house.
The Hamlin and Lone Star minister
has moved into the Sam Hayes home.
Corn planting is completed. The
seed is growing finely. Pastures are
doing well.
Mrs. n. b. Markham and children, Of
Audubon, visited from Friday evening
until Sunday at the John Weber home.
We wish people would not start such
war lies. How do you expect Il man
to plant corn when the report comes
around that the Iowa is sunk.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-05-19

day for Missouri Valley. Size will re-
main for some time to rest and recup-
crate from the effects of the heavy fall
which she received few weeks ago.
Grandma Hamlin and Mrs. Harvey
Huff have received word from ElkerC
Colorado, stating the death of Luann
Thomas, oldest daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Isaac Thomas, the first of this
month.
The fremen will give dance at the
X. Z. hall Friday evening. This will
be the first firemen's ball given in Extra
for a number of years and 1t is expect
ed that there will be Il large crowd
present.
Jack Bruner and Frank Gault recent
ly had their residences in Extra Heights
freshly painted. This adds greatly to
the imposing air of respectfully which
distinguishes the substantial homes in
the Heights.
The Peters buildings occupied by
AmmOn's restaurant and Bauer's meat
market, and the J. NJ. Thomas build
ing occupied by J. III. Rendleman, have
been given new dress. B. r. Leamon
did the tailoring.
d. w. Powers graders will soon com
mence work on the roads near the
creamery. The road is to be filled IN
and the bridge approaches Widened at
either end. This will be a most com
mendable work as that particular bit
of road has been in bad shape for a
number of years.
The citizens held a meeting Monday
night to make arrangements for the
proper ob-erving of decoration day.
Committees were appointed and active
work has already commenced. A full
account of the prospective exercises
for the day will be published us soon
as the program has been fully made
out.
VIM. Walker will Subdivide his pre-
sent large store room into two rooms
each of the prevailing store room
width. J. Friend Il Son will remove
their stock of clothing from It's present
location into the west room of the
Walker block. 1t is expected that
these new arrangements Will be COM
pleted by June first.
Jacob Fredrcks, one of Extras long
time and well known residenters, died
Sunday afternoon from the effects OF
a cancer in the face which has been
sapping his life and strength for some
time. The funeral services were held
in the Christian church at 2:3O o'clock
Monday afternoon. Rev. McQuerry
preached the funeral sermon. The re-
mains were inferred in the Extra Gem
etery.
Rev. Ii. l.. Wissler was at Waterloo
on Tuesday, Wednesday aud Thursday
of last week attending the A. o. L. w.
grand lodge. Friday he joined Mrs.
Wlssler who was visiting friends at
Des Moines and they returned home
the same day. Yesterday Mr.. Wisser
left for Hampton where he will at
tend the state association of the Con-
gregational churches. On account Of
his absence there will be no services III
the church next Sunday.
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Thursday night until Sunday night on
account of the busy season. Every
body is invited to attend.
Rev. Krell preached out at the
Center last Sunday morning. He
thinks it will probably be his last ser
mon here but will preach at Ross and
Bethel next Sunday If not ordered to
Cuba before then.
The Center school is becoming very
patriotic,yOu just ought to see the flags
floating to the breeze or step inside and
see the decorations All the scholars
seems aroused with patriotism as well
as the school ma'am.
Miss Maggie Workman was taken
very seriously ill Saturday. her sister
Katie is staying with her, having
abandoned her school this week on &C
count of Maggie's illness. At this
writing she was not improving
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-05-19
Viola Center.

Frank Booton shelled corn last
Friday.
Ross Harvey is working for T. T.
Browning.
The street in front of the new store
was graded Monday.
An effort is being made to secure a
daily mail to this point.
Quite number of ladies were visit,
ing at the George Higley home Monday.
Higley and Maurer have sold their
deep well drill machinery to parties
from Extra.
Joseph Wager, of Menlo, came