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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-21
OCCUPATION OF MANILA.
Cabinet DevOtes Much Time to Its
DiscussiOH.

DlScusolOAs
WASHINGTON, May 2o.-At the cab
met meeting today much time was
devoted to discussion of the occupation
of Manila and the Philippine islands.
The discussion as to the Philippine
expedition bore on the question Of what
the United States troops would encoun-
ter there The population of the ISL
ands, the fighting force of the Span
iards in that quarter. and the geo
graphical phases of the occupation of
the islands were considered State
ments as to the troops which Gen
Merritt's force will have to cope with
were submitted. They ranged from
6 900 to 20, 900 Spanish -soldiery but the
conclusion was reached that the num-
Der could be successfully counted on
as about 10000
A significant feature of the session
was the absence OF any discussion
of the. military and naval movements
as to Cuba or the Spanish fleet. This
was one result of the policy which had
been agreed upon among the members
Of the presidents cabinet, and, aside
from Secretary Alger and Secretary
Long, very little Is known by the cabi-
net as to what is going on in the seas
south of the United States.
This is in line with the administra-
TONS former policy of holding any
communication that might be taken
advantage of by the enemy, in view
of the frequent chance conversation of
the individual members in which such
news might be unintentionalIy made
known
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sary to call upon the navy for convoys
to take troops to Cuba.
There are indications that the mill
tary expedition will make its real start
from Key West. unless the atmosphere
clears, through the"destfuction or dis
appearance. from Cuban waters, of the
Spanish feet. If the start is made from
Port Tampa the shjpsawith their heavy
loads of troops andNstQres will be ex-
posed to attack almost thirty hours.
not allowing for the possibility Of
spending additional time off the Gu an
coast, waiting forslap opportunity to
land. On the othert hand, if the start
is made from Key West the final stage
OF the journey wille|be 5reduced to the
daylight hours of one day.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-21
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets All
druggists refund money if 1t fails to cure 26c,
The genuine has L. B.. @. on each tablet.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-21
BELATED NEUTRALITY.

Austria Moved to Act Mt the EIey-
enth Hour.
LONDON, May 21.-The Vienna correspon-
deIt Of the Morning Post says:
1 am informed that the apparently super
nuous expression of Austria s neutrality IN
the present war was prompted at the elev-
enth hour by a desire to counterbalance the
ehects of her sympathy with Spain abroad
and particularly in the United States, where
the Austrian subjects might be seriously
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-21
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Second-clase rates 81 less than above All
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GLOBE WANT COLUMNS are increasing
weekly. Every one who has patronized
them find they never fail to bring good
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-21
THE EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF FIGS

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Is due not only to the originality and
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only, knowledge of that fact will
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given to millions of families, makes
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as it acts on the kidneys, liver and
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LIBERAL TO GEN. MERRITT
DEPARTMENT WILL GIVE HIM
-.<ssss~. As&sffSr
WHAT HE WANTS

At Washington 1t Is Believed That
the Vanguard of the Expedition
Will Set Out Today From the
Golden Gate--The Date of Gen.
Merritt's Departure Is Uncertain
as Yet.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-21
CERVERA'S HIDING PLACE
SANTIAGO DE CUBA THE CEN
TER OF WAR INTEREST

The City One of the Most Strongly
Defended Along the Cuban Coast
"A Place of Historic Importance
In the Story of the Island and the
Scene of the Infamous virginius
Massacre.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-21
MILES MISSION.

Gen. Miles had long consultation
this mornfngsswith Secretary Long, and
these repeated meetings are construed
here to mean that a point has been
reached where the army finds it naces-
The evening times., 1898-12-14

derful future before it, and already is
the great truck garden section of the
State for early vegetables and tropical
ter resort and fishing and hunting coun
try.
Sitting now at my front door. behind
screen of the finest wire work, | can
look out on to one of the most beautiful
of landscapes, the blue waters of the
bay ripping in the sunshine, the long
leaves or branches of The cocoanut trees
bending and swaying with a pleasant
rustliug, while the crimson blossoms of
the hibiscus bushes are nodding good ma
turedly over the gray stones of the wall
at the mocking bird playing hide-and-
seek among the ginger plants; and just
beyond the wall, on the path leading up
from the water. and bordered on both
sides by banana trees. there comes a man
who has just landed at the wharf with a
string of sea trout for me; he wears a
frame over his head covered with mos
quito netting, and, as they say here, is
"batting himself with a green branch
that I saw him break from my favorite
guava tree. OF course / shall buy the
fish, which will cost a mere trifie, but il
will take at least ten minutes to clear the
kitchen of mosquitoes that viii come in
with the sea beauties, for, as my fisher
man says. "they are very bad this morn
ing
If he were visitor he would have to
brush or be brushed off before he could
enter with the palmetto brush, that takes
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Ell PATIO.
4 GHme Resembling Football Once
Played by HOrsemeE.
From BadInington Magazin

tFrom Badmington Mnglzine.)
When and where and how the game of
"el patio first arose | have never heard:
probably it was not invented or intro
duced by any person. but came into eX-
istence by chance, and being admirably
suited to the disposition and habits of the
horSeman on the pampas (where / imsg-
inc the game must have had its origin
1t quickly grew in favor and took deep
root in the country. Unlike most out
door games ii retained its original sim
pie. rude character to the end. PATIO
means duck; and TO play the game duck
or fowl, or, as was usually the case,
some larger domestic bird-turkey. gos-
ling or muscovy duck-was killed and
sewn up in 4 piece of stout rawhide
forming a somewhat shapeless bail. twice
as big as football and provided with
four loops or handles of strong twisted
rawh,de made of a size convenient to be
grasped by Il mans hand. \ great point
was TO have the ball and handles Sc
strongly made that three or four powerful
men could take hold and tug until they
dragged each other TO the ground with
out anything giving way.
Whenever it was resolved in any place
to have a game, and someone had offered
TO provide the bird. and the meeting place
had been settled, notice would be sent
appointed time all the men and youths
living within Il circle of several leagues
would appear on the spot. mounted OIL
their best horses. On the appearance OF
the man on the ground carrying the duck
the others would give chase; and by and
by he would be orertaken, and the ball
wrested from his hand; the victor i'm his
turn would be pursued. and when over
taken there would perhaps he a scuffie or
scrimmage as in football only the strug-
glers would be first on horseback before
dragging each other to the earth Oc-
casonally when this happened couple
of hot-headed players. angry at being hurt
or worsted would draw their weapons
against each other in order to find out
who was in the right or--to prove which
was the better man.
But, fight or no fight, some one would
get the duck and carry it away to be
chased again. Leagues of ground would
be gone over by the players in this way
and at last some ONE, luckier or better
mounted than his fellows. would get the
duck. successfully run the gantlet of the
people scattered about on the plain and
make good his escape. He was the victor
and it was his right TO carry the bird
home and have ii fnr his dinner This
was. however, a mere fiction; the man
who carried off the duck made for the
nearest house, followed by all the o.hn~s;
and there not only the duck was cooked
but vast amount OF meat to
feed the whole OF the players
When the dinner was in prepa-
ration messengers would be dis
patched to neighboring houses to invite.
the women; and on their arrival dancing
would be started and kept UP all night
The game of .'el pato,' abolished a
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WOMEN DIPLOMATS.
The Russian Government Finds
Them Most SuccessfuI

tffom the London NALL
II imitation be. as We are told the sin
cerest form OF flatteTy a decision of the
Russian minister of public instruction.
which has just been promulgated should
be regarded peculiarly gratifying to
Englishmen. although the object in view
is calculated TO furnish them with serious
food for reflection.
The satisfactory results obtained in In
dia through the various women's missions
established there of late years have beer
studied with great interest by the Rus
sian government for some time past
writes a correspondent from ST. Peters
burg.
The excellent means that such a system
would present for the classification of
Oriental races was fully recognized and
several years ago as Il tentative meas
ure, special facilities for the study of
several Oriental languages were accorded
10 carefully selected group of lady stu
dents at St. Petersburg.
The result appeared so satisfactory to
the Russian government that arrange
ments have now been made by the minis
ter OF public instruction for the imme-
diate opening of special classes. reserved
exclusively for women. at St Petersburg
and at Moscow, in which besides receiving
instruction in one or more Oriental Ian
euages, the students are required to follow
will enable them to profit by the peculiar
facilities they-as ladies--wiu enjoy of per-
Sonal intercourse with the families OF Ori-
entail personages.
skillful LADY diplomatist :" it is rec
ogniZed in Russia. is often far more valu-
able than one of the sterner Sex.
In the ordinary course of diplomacy in
the East diplomatic agents are brought
into contact with men alone \ lady. on
the contrary, could not only exert her
influence in the highest quarters through
the families into which no man could
penetrate, but often employ it also with
no less success directly upon Oriental
statesmen themselves.
This, indeed is no new feature in Rus
sian diplomacy. The immense infiu-
ence upon European politics exercised by
at least three Russian ladies. in whose
salons in Paris some of the most mpor-
tant political events of the century were
organized, is a matter of history.
Their influence was not lessened by the
fact that they We're carefully represented
as being by no means favorably regarded
at the Russian court
This. however. is the first time in which
regular attempt has been made to give
ladies a. special training for the secret
service of the corps diplomatique
With certain, exceptions the students
must all have passed through the regular
course OF thorough instruction in medi-
cine. and it is significant that, except Chi
nese. the Oriental languages taught in
these casSe are not those spoken to any
extent in any part of the Russian empire
as at present constituted, but are almost
exclusively those of races dwelling beyond
the present Russian frontiers, and espe-
cially i'll Persia, Afghanistan, and India.
The evening times., 1898-12-14
District Building Notes.

J. NJ. A. Watson has been appointed a
temporary clerk at the District Building
with a salary OF sl,2oo per annum
The Commissioners yesterday promu-
gated an official order. directing that the
Free Public Library be insured at Sl35c9.
Third class steam engineers licenses
have been granted to I.aMonte X. john
son, William i. Gallagher and William
f. Tonkin.
The felow-olerks of the late Thomas II.
Wilkes, of the Sixth Auditors Office, who
died last Saturday, have adopted suit
able resolutions Of coincidence.
The Commissioners yesterday dismissed
the charges against Policeman j. I. Bass
ford who was recently tried for neglect
Of duty by the police rial officer.
Major Sylvester announces that the law
requiring residents and agents to clear
snow from pavements four hours after 1t
has ceased falling will be strictly en-
forced.
The time for the completion of the i'm
provements on the Eighth precinct police
station has been extended until Decem-
| ber 81 without penalty. The contractor
is j. NJ. Dunn.
| The Commissioners yesterday notified
] J. A. Johnson -of No. 4GS Fifth Street
| southwest that he cannot subdivide his
[
| assessment for 1884
| Contracts for the construction of sewers
! have been awarded by the Commissioners
/ as follows: New Jersey Avenue and
| Tiber Creek high level intercepting
! sewer. northerly portion, to T. B. Jones
! & Co; sewers A and b, to Adam Nc
| Candlish.
/ The charges of ntoNiCa tion. neglect of
duty and conduct unbecoming am officer,
which was preferred against Pc ceman J.
! T. Fitzgerald in the police trial court No
/ vember - last have been dismissed by the
| Commissioners upon the recommendation
| of Major Sylvester
Orders were yesterday issued by the
| District Commissioners as follows: That
| a vitrified block driveway be laid under
! the permit system in front of No. 1919
/ Kenyon Street northwest, at an esti-
! mated cost of So That the time for the
| completion of the contract for grading
| North Capitol Street be extended sixty
days, without penalty or cost OF inspec-
| ton.
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MOSQUITO TIME.
A Period When Social Life Is Srs-
pended in Florida.
(From IIarper's Bazaar. J

ffOm HifperS iSaZaar.)
/ shall never forget the feeling | had
when one of my neighbors said, at the
beginning Of the season. oh Well there
are not many days when you cannot
drive into town in the middle of the day
for the mail" | did not understand her.
but / do now. / also know of several
other families who have regularly pre-
pared for the mosquito season by laying
in a stock of sewing and reading, and
who announced, when the season began.
that they did not intend 10 gn ,,ilt or to
receive until it was over, so that practi-
@cally all social life is at stand
still. invitations usually ending with
Weather and mosquitoes permitting"
The moonlight nights in this little cor
ner of the earth are glorious, but We
have only been able 10 enjoy them from
our front piazza steps once IN nearly
two months, and then only for a brief
half-hour, while a strong sea breeze
swept in over the bay; at the same time
friends living a mile away have sat out
on their piazza, "every evening for a
while"
I am writing of life on The coast Of
Florida more than 300 miles south of st.
Augustine; and a part of the country
that. in spite of mosquitoes, has Won
The evening times., 1898-12-14

long time before / was born, was nothing
but memory of Old and middle-aged men
when | grew to boyhood and began to lis
ten with interest to the tales of my elders.
The most delightful old yarn-spinner, or
historian, of the vanished days | remen-
her at that period was a gaucho neighboT
named Francisco de la Cueva, familiarly
known to us as "Pancho, a dark iniu,
wiry old fellow of over seventy. The rea-
son why one of his innumerabla stories
Of the past stuck in my mind was he
cause Ii touched on an historic event of
peculiar and melancholy interest 10 every
Anglo-ATgentine-I mean the disastrous
attempt on Buenos Ayres by a British
army. But there is also in the narrative
glimpse OF the grand old game OF ''el
pato;' and It IS curious al this distance
OF time to see, as by fash Of lightning
the men of those days absorbed in a
pastime which was so much - them nd
Is now so completely forgotten.
The evening times., 1898-12-14
ARRIVALS AT THE HOTELS

NiRard's-A. II. Carrigsn, Washington, Ark
Riggs-L sperIy, HARTFORD II. snowden, Phila-
deplIia.
81. James, BogeTt, New York; G. p. Scott,
Philadelphia; G. Nj. Parker, Baltimore.
Meiropolitsn-G. Fl. Rose and wife, Cumber-
land Nd; c. NJ. Shelley, Alabama; Ed. Ashheim,
New York; T.. w. Kerr, North Carolina.
National-J f. Caldwell, Chicago; M NJ Mar
tin Fort Scott, Kan; J. S. Wilson, Chicago; J.
S. Cox, Michigan; w. II. Sickles, New York.
Raleigh-E b Hardenbergh, Pennsylvania; c.
r. Wright Pennsylvania; J. Penteiract, Pitts
burg; H. C. Laying, New Iorki E. S. Ross,
PitsbuTg.
shoreham.-M. Nav, Brooklyn; A. N. Fragner.
Brooklyn; w. r. Balsinger, Pitssburgi S. l.
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CROCKER,
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TIE ALPHA MEDICAL
ASSOCIATION,
Incorporated under the laws Of the Dist-ic; q
Columbia

Incorporated under the laws Of the Dist-ic; a
ColumbIs.
Has been organized to benefit the citizens Of
Washington and is ready to enroll members
The members are charged i've lS5l dollars prr
year for membership
This membership entities yoH 20 the SERVICES
qure and 10 all necessary medic .uzs and ssrgi, Il
appliances for that year free ti charge
This fee Of i've (Sj} dollars covers the head q
the house II the head vi the house Is '.Ir.l..'t
IT VIII cost p cents per yesr. each. for his Wife
and children Thus, Il a b. comes d member
and he has wife and three children, il viii
cost six tSGl dollars for scar f5r the entire
family
The association will employ tie best Phesiciaas
and You may hive yogr choice You may visit
the Physicians Office. teirPhon, one Of the
Physicians and the Physician Will visit ycu az
your home.
The best OF everything in tue Wy Of medicines
and appliances viii De used aad prompt and eli
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service, which it guarantees.
I"u are entitled 20 call and the Physician
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whatever. Iod are in full benefits As soon ~
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Fer further Information apply at the ofice Z
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Miller and wife, New York; F. Wallace San
Francisco; A. II. Merrill, L. 5. A.; c. V. Kip.
New York; J. s. Minger.
Arington-W L. A. Buckley, Connecticut; J.
ID. w. French. Boston; Mr.. Bolts and wife, Bos-
ton; A. Mcdonald. Cincinnati: w. p. Orr, Phila.
delphia; Miss J. VI. Kennedy, Ohio; ". Chapman,
New York: William Shafter, L. S. A.; R. H.
Noble L. s. A.; E. H. Plemmer, L. s. A.; Mrs
l.. b. Robbins, Michigan; Mrs ". Reed, Balti-
more; Z. L. King, Baltimore.
Ebbitt-C. Tyrrela and wife, Chicago; ]. B.
Damai, Philadelphia; o. W. Scott, Illinois; r. J.
Milkln, New York; G. L. Arps. Norfolk, Va; W.
II. Chaplin. Massachusetts,; E. A. Nolinberg, New
York; c. s. Nernly and wife. Indiana; c. Starr
and wife, U. 5. A. Miss S. C. Eaton, Pittsburg;
W 5. MckumVer, NJ w. Hissey, J. P. Naming,
9. E. Richardson, S. w. Jarvis A. Cheney, W.
W. Runkle, F. G. Naming, ID. t. Flower, all Of
Ohio.
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the place of the front door bell during
mosquito time; for the brushing opera
ton is a noisy one. All out-of-door work
must be attended to in the middle of Tho
day, when the mosquitoes are less troub-
lesome.
The evening times., 1898-12-14
You Won't Ask for Finer oysters

than those you get at the "Aihambra,'
4th & z N z. Fat. fresh salt W ter Oys-
tiers served in every style. Wash. Brew
cry Co.'S delicious beers. Good music
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take real interest. The Regular is looked
upon as one who makes a trade of war.
He is all right, and useful in his way,
but he seldom comes back. To love him
is to commit oneself permanently to war
and it's deprivations But the volunteer
goes only for the war. After that he is a
man of peace, and there may be some
comfort with him. During the war he is a
man of action and ambition. He may
not achieve half so much as the Regular
alongside of him, but we love him and
glOrify him for what he does achieve be-
cause we know war is not his regular
business. For principle or sentiment
he adopts it for the time being, and he
makes vigorous war while the occasion
lasts.
One deluded young man in st. Louis.
who was himself inclined to enlist, al
lowed himself to be dissuaded from his in
tention by a girl of whom he was over
fond. But he had a fast friend in the
battery who went. He and his sweet
heart went to bid the volunteer good-by,
and the girl, for pOliteness, doubtless,
asked souvenir. The volunteer gave
her a button from his unifOrm-iust an in
significant piece of brass. And now that
girl is more worried than If her lover had
and demands that she throw away that
souvenir. That she will never do, and so
strange is the heart of woman, it is a
question among their friends if he will
ever be able to give her a souvenir that
will command equal devotion. Edmund
Marsh, st. Louis, Mo.
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| it, to bring the vessel in. No6ne making an
swer, he took the line in his mouth and swan
in. made it fast, and called Pull in not
| withstanding sentinel was standing within
few feet of him.
1t was also the same Capt Lewis who,
when Col. Bunch, in the evening, while the
fight was going on, ordered one of his men to
| cut the cable and push off the vessel, went to
the bow, revolver in hand, and swore that
| the first man who touched that line until the
last man was on board would be shot. /
mention all this because was present, and
think it due to brave mans memory.
1.-The officers of the expedition, as we'll as I
can remember, were: Gen. Lopez. Com
mander-in- Chief; Gen. Gonzales; Theodore
O'Hara, Colonel of the Kentucky regiment,
and Lieut.. John L. Pickett; Maj. T. T.
Hawkins VIM. Hardy, with myself as Senior
Surgeon, and a young man named Kennedy,
Assistant; Capt. Titus, Adjutant, from Penn
sylvania; Capts. John Logan, John Allen,
Albert Johnson, and Knight, all from Ken
lucky, and Capts. Robertson and Wilson, from
Cincinnati. The Colonel of the Mississippi
regiment was Bunch, and Col. Wheat COM
manded the Louisiana regiment. | do not
remember the names of other officers. O'Hara,
Pickett, Hawkins, Allen, johnson, and l
served curing Inc TeDeIilon III the Confederate
army. Wheat had command of a small regi-
ment of what was known as Louisiana
Tigers" and was killed in the third year of
the war.
81 am &c years old. have told that l was
a Confederate soldier, and suspect that you
were on the other side; but our patriotism is
of that order which can respect man as a
friend who stakes his life on what he be-
lieves to be his duty, no matter on which side
he may fightn