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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-07-29
SPANISH TRICK.
Attempt to Blow up an American Supply
Ship with an Internal Machine.

Attempt to Blow up American Supply
Ship with an Internal Machine.
New York, July 26.-In letter writ
ten to prominent Official here, Cap
tain William Brickley of the refriger-
ating and supply ship Port Victor says
that an attempt was made to blow up
the ship when she was three days out.
He said that a box containing thirty
pounds of dynamite and guncotton was
found on the main deck of the steamer.
A clocklike mechanism had been ar
ranged, by which the explosives were
to be set Off The box and explosives
were thrown into the sea.
The Port Victor left New York on
July IA. The box was made of two
and one-half-inch lumber, and was
jointed and grooved. 1t was IS inches
high, 20 inches wide and nine feet long.
When the box was opened. another
box, made of the same kind of lumber
and nearly as large, was found inside.
This was opened and inside were found
the dynamite and guncotton. The up
per of the inside of the box was lined
with numerous wires connected with
clocklil1e mechanism, as described by
the captains letter, though the letter
did. not state at what time the mechan-
Ism had been set to be exploded. Cap
tain Brickley wrote that he and the
steward threw the box overheard. They
did not inform anyone else on the ship
of the occurrence. with the exception
of an expert officer, who examined the
machine for Captain Brickley.
The Port Victor is known as trans
port No. ?. She carried 500 tons of Red
Cross stores, as well as large guam
tity of supplies from the United States
commissary department. At Tampa
she was to have taken on $500 quarters
of fresh beef.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-07-29
MILES In PORTO RICO
ADVANCE GUARD OF THE ARMY
HAS LANDED.
All Energies Bent Toward fastening the
the Other Notwithstanding
Effected Seventy Miles
From San Juan.

st. Thomas, D. w. l., July &c. The
has been landed near Ponce, on the
southern coast, Ponce is located on
the south of the island, about seventy
miles distant from San Juan 1t is the
second city in size, and is headquarters
of the Spanish military government,
but is not fortified
The war department is hurrying for
ward the remainder of the expedition
and it is expected they will arrive as
fast as they can be landed. Such pro-
gress has been made that it is hoped
that all of the troops will be on Porto
Rican soil within week at the latest
As was expected General, Brooke and
General Haines sailed today from New
port News to join Miles and that most
of General Brooks command will be
embarked tomorrcw. The work of
embarkation at Hampton Roads is be-
ing conducted with much less difficulty
and delay than was expected. Colonel
Hecker, in charge of the transporta-
ton division of the war department,
who has just returned from that place,
has reported to Secretary Alger that
it is well suited to the shipment of
the troops. Consequently the secre-
tary ordered all of General Grants
brigade, 5000 men, from Chiclsamauga
to Newport News.
The transports are not being con-
voyed as on their journey to Santiago,
the authorities deeming such precau-
tionS unnecessary.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-07-29
Rich MINING REGION.
Surprising Feature OF the Eiondike Gold
Discoveries on the Benches.

Surprising Feature of the ESiondike Gold
Discoveries on the Benches.
San Francisco, July &C. II. Vines,
who represents New York syndicate,
has returned from the Klondike, which
he regards as the richest mining re-
gion in the world. He said in an
interview:
what greatly Impressed me is the
wealth and extent of the bench claims.
As an instance, | saw a claim on the
ninth tier, in French gulch, which APP
peared to be 1000 feet above the creek
bed, which was turning out $1,000 per
day. What extent of territory this class
of ground covers, no man knows, and
the development of the digging win
probably occupy years. As to quartz
lodges. after careful investigation,
am strongly inclined to the belief that
they no longer exist in that region.
AS to the future possibilities, | would
say that they are apparently inn
mense."
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-07-29
LONDON WAR REVIEW.
American Plan for Santiago's Government
Commended.

AHerlcau ran Tor >antiaKo1s
Commended.
London, July 25.-The Times. in it's
weekly war review, expresses the opin-
ion that the measures taken by GEN
eral Shafter for the protection of life
and property at Santiago de Cuba will
exercise a definite influence upon other
parts of the island, where it will be
understood that Spanish loyalists are
not to be abandoned, whatever hap
pens"
McKinley's instructions for the gov
eminent of San tiago the article con-
tinues, which form completely with
the pledges given before the war, es-
tablish a precedent that proves happy
augury in relation to American expan-
sion.
With reference to European criticism
of Commodore Watson's projected
cruise to the Spanish coast, the article
repeats the already avowed conviction
of the Times that the policy of the
United States will not be modified
thereby. The writer compliments Ad-
miral Dewey. in regard to the attitude
of Germany at Manila, with having
played difficult game" with conspic-
uous ability
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-07-29

Washington, July 23. Arrangements
are being perfected at the war depart
ment for the establishment of mill
tary garrison at Honolulu. Orders were
issued for battalion of the Second
regiment of volunteer engineers to
proceed to Honolulu, IN company with
the First regiment, New York volun-
ceer infantry, Colonel Barber com
handing, which is to constitute the
first garrison of United States troops
stationed on this newly annexed terri
tory of the United States.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-07-29
Fever Spreading at Santiago.

Washington, July ga dispatch
received by Adju tant General Corbin
says that 900 new cases of fever of all
classes were reported in his camp be.
fore Santiago July "a. As the same
dispatch reports only four deaths-and
none of them from yellow fever-from
among the hundreds of cases of fever
known to exist in the camp, the war
authorities are more than ever in
clined to the belief that the cases oil
yellow fever are of mild type.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-07-29
QUEEN LIS MANIFESTO.
Protest Against Annexation and Demand,
for Crown Lands.


San Francisco, July est is rumor-
ed among the intimate friends of Lii
uokalani, former queen of the Hawai-
ian Islands, that when she reaches
Honolulu she will issue statement or
manifesto to the people. As soon as
she has informed her people of the re-
suit of her mission she will publicly
protest against the transfer of the is
lands, and will present her claim for
the crown lands, coniscated by the
republic, which consist of nearly 1,000,-
600 acres and which yields yearly in
come of over 500, 900. She will also
present her claim for between $500, 900
and $500, 600 collected as rentals by the
republic. Prominent American law
yers, it is said, have been engaged to
handle the case against the United
States government.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-07-29
coLoRED TROOPS ATsANTIAGo
Evidence Shows They Fought HeroicaIiy
Under "A Cross-Eire.


Washington July ga special re-
port received at the war department,
from the surgeon in charge Of the
wounded soldiers who came up on The
relief ship Olivette, states that the
character and location of the wounds
received by the members of the TWEEN
ty-fourth and Twenty-fifth infantry in
dictate that they were in an almost I'M
precedented situation at the time of
the battle of San Juan, as number Of
them received bullets almost simultan-
eously which were fred from a dist
ance and from very short range, indi-
eating a heavy cross fire.
Other evidence shows that num-
Der of them fought on steadily after
being wounded and until ordered out
of range.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-07-29
MONTANA LAMB FLEECED.
A Miles City Cattle Dealer Who Needs
Guardian.

Chicago, July 26.-Samuel Duane, e
cattle dealer from Miles City, Mont,
came into the Harrison street police
station last night and asked to be sent
home, IS he was without money to buy
a ticket Dunno first came to Chicago
July IS, and was robbed of four pack
ages of bills, each containing $500. He
told the police he was on his way to
the Polk street depot, preparatory to
making a trip to Canada, when a wo-
man called him into a doorway and
robbed him of the packages. Immedi-
ately after reporting the loss of s., 600,
Dunno went out again and lost sl4f in
the same manner. The next day he
did not appear at the police station and
was not seen by the authorities until
last night. He went to Canada from
Chicago and there lost his trunk and
has not been able to recover it. When
ne came back to Chicago on his way
home to Montana he had sos, and in
an unexplained manner he parted COM
pany with that. The police fear he is
unbalanced mentally
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-07-29
THE BALLOON IN WAR.
The One Used at Santiago VIII Take Part
in the Porto Rican Campaign.

Washington, July 26.-The signal
service has succeeded in reclaiming
from the battlefield of Santiago the
tubes which supplied the military bal
loon with pure hydrogen gas, and they,
with the balloon itself, have been
brought over to Tampa on the Adria.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-07-29

The tubes will be recharged immedi-
ately and the whole apparatus will be
dispatched at once to Porto Rico to as
sist General Miles in his campaign
there. The balloon is said to have
proved of great value in the Santiago
campaign, and from the character of
the country in Porto Rico where mill
tary operations must be conducted, it
isb elieved that it can also be used to
advantage there.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-07-27

who render first AL are not supposed
TO dress the wounds of the men whom
they pick up and carry to the rear,
but their business is to bandage
broken limbs SO that the bones do
not chafe and scarify the flesh, to
make the men as comfortable as pos
sible and in all cases to stop hemor-
rhages. They know the anatomy Of
the human body well enough to apply
compress bandages at the proper
places and prevent the flow Of blood,
and they know also when and how to
administer stimulants and restora-
tives.
"When the man has been carried to
the rear to the field hospital the work
of the first aid men is over, and the
patient goes into the hands of the
regular medical officers. The treat
ment is the same as IL would be in any
well-regulated hospital. There are
points and features about Q hospital
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-07-27
HOW TO FURNISH A vERANDA.
A Pleasant warm Weather Room For
Country Houses.

country houses.
Every year the veranda is becoming
more and more an integral part Of the
house beautiful. It is no longer
merely shelter from the elements,
sparsely furnished with chairs, but is
a living room and treated as such, and
is furnished with the same taste and
care that are bestowed upon the rest
of the rooms. OF course, 1t goes
without suying that both the textile
and furniture employed must be as far
as possible weather proof, but this is
no handicap nowadays, as rugs and
materials that defy rain and snow are
to be had in the greatest variety--ex.
cept directly on the seashore, where
the dampness and high winds make il
impossible. An outdoor room, netted
in so that the lights at night will not
attract troublesome insects, prettily
and comfortably furnished, should be
part of every country house. Cur
tains made of colored awning cloth and
hung with nall brass rings on a
slender galvanized iron rod, SO that
they may easily be pushed forward
and back, are both useful and pretty,
although some people prefer Vene-
tian blinds or the rattan shades, which
now come for verandas of any width
desired. Hammocks, Of course, are
the natural lounging places for YER
anda room, but they are now made
much more elaborately than formerly,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-07-27
man and the man who aids him are
both 10 be protected.

man and the man who aids him are
both TO be protected.
A difficulty that has been carefully
considered lies in the removal Of the
wounded from the cruisers decks to
those Of the ambulance ship. II is
believed, however, that this difficulty
has been surmounted by an arrange.
ment that is as admirable as it ia sim
pie. II merely consists in placing
the injured man on q mattress in a
hammock, lashing him to the ham
mock, and then by means of safety
hooks attached to the end of stretch
er-bar to the boat from the ambulance
ship, which lies alongside. This
action can be performed, unassisted,
by two men, so far as transporting
the injured man from the place where
he falls to the boats crew is con-
cerned.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-07-27

with valances hanging on either side,
and piled up with cushions of many
colors.
The accompanying sketch shows
one which filed corner of the yer.
anda of a seaside cottage last summer.
The shape is an irregular elongated
triangle, with two sides against the
walls of the house, and consists of q
frame foot high, on which is a mat
tress covered with India rubber cloth.
Over this is o buttoned covering Of
green denim, with Aounce, and the
drapery consists Of an old sail and q
fish-net, which is held up by pair Of
oars and a crab-net, all Of which
have been well.seasoned by wind and
weather,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-07-27
AN ARMY AMBULANCE IN CUBA.

ior surgeon becomes the commanding
officer. The tent or building is
guarded and protected by q detach-
ment of troops detailed for that pur-
pose, the hospital flag is hoisted, and
in case OF defeat and retreat the
wounded are moved under cover of a
guard in ambulances to o place of
safety-if possible.
The pouches carried by the hospital
corps orderlies contain crossed-bar
wire for splints, four roller bandages.
six gauze packages, four first.aid
packages, one iodoform sprinkler, one
Esmsrch iourniquet for arresting
hemorrhages, half an ounce of carbol-
lied vaseline in q tube, two ounces of
ammonia in a glass bottle in leather
case, two ounces of plain gauze, one
ounce of lint, one irrigator, one bottle
OF ligatures, one pair scissors, one for
ceps and needle. holder, one diagnosis
book, one case of pins and needles,
three ounces of chloroform in glass
bottle in leather case, half yard of
wire gauze for splints, one hypo-
dermic syringe with tablets aud q
small medical case containing tablets
of acetanilid, camphor and opium,
quinine, cathartic compound and anti
septic.
The hospital corps pouches contain
each six rolled bandages, two yards of
gauze, one ounce Of absorbent lint,
one iodoform sprinkler, one tourni-
quet, one-half ounce carbolized vase
line, one spool Of rubber plaster, one
pair OF scissors, one jackknife, two
ounces OF ammonia, one case of pins
and needles and four first aid pack
ages.
The regulations provide that cor
porals and privates of the hospital
corps shall, in active service, carry
canteen Of water, q knife of approved
pattern and the hospital corps
pouches.
The handling of wounded ON ships
OF war is o subject which is engross-
ing the attention Of the naval author.
tiles of the world. The vessels util-
lied for this service must be swift
steamers Of fairly good capacity SO far
- room for the sick IL concerned, and
yet not Of too large size to prevent
quick turning and darting around and
among . feet Of vessels. The treat.
ment Of the crew OF such craft 10
preoisely that accorded the Rcd Gross
briGade. II d an unwrittsn Law OF
evarv aivilixsd nation that : voundsd
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-07-27
aREwsoME SCENES ON THE HOSPITALS

wounds which under the present ar
rangements would not be necessarily
fatal. A notable example was General
Albert Sidney johnson, of the Con-
federate Army, who was shot in the
thigh at the battle of Pittsburg Land
ing. His surgeon was about to attend
to him when he heard that another Of
fcer, of whom he thought much, had
been wounded. He asked the surgeon
to minister to the other officer, and be-
fore the medical man returned to the
place where Johnston was resting,
surrounded by his staff officers, the
General had bled to death. There
were similar cases on every battlefield,
and we should see the same distress
ing scenes in this war if the medical
service had not been improved"
In the National Guard commanding
officers may cause to be enlisted in
their hospital corps or transferred to
it from compani - men suitable for
such service to the number of twelve
for regiment, eight for a battalion
or squadron and two for each signal
corps, company of infantry or battery.
These men form separate and dis
tinct command. They wear badge
on the sleeve above the elbow of
each arm, which is described as
lozenge of white cloth, containing in
the centre Geneva cross of red
cloth.
''Drills and practice in making and
handling litters may do much toward
perfecting the hospital corps and fit-
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-07-27

The regulations prescribe that there
shall be one hospital steward at every
post, and two hospital stewards if the
garrison has six companies, and one
for every additional six companies.
At every post of two companies there
is an additional acting steward, and
three privates are detailed for hos
pital corps duty at every post, and
this number is increased when the
post consists of more than two COM
panies. The stewards and acting
stewards are men who have some
knowledge of pharmacy; many of them
have been licensed to practice as drug
gists, and the privates who are selected
to act with them are always chosen
because of their general intelligence,
and even in time of peace these men,
by constant practice, attain high
degree of proficiency in first aid to the
injured.
''But the Government has gone still
further in the matter" said Colonel
Burns, the officer in charge of the
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-07-27

ting its members for actual service, /"
said an army surgeon, "but it re-
quires actual field work to bring out
the true value of the organization.
The first aid to the injured instruc-
tion has made it an easy matter for
the litter bearers and the members Of
the hospital corps to improvise litters
out Of muskets and straps, pieces OF
wood and strips Of blankets, and the
men oil know how to make bayonets,
soabbards and shos soles take the
place Of splints until permanent
1sssains NAY BE- appiisd Tho nsn
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-07-27
Fire Crackers In China,

The use Of fire crackers is universal
in China, and has been so as far back
as history records. =, 1t is most prob.
able that in the beginning they were
used to frighten away evil spirits.
Now they are most frequently an ex.
preston OF good feeling or of ceremon.
ious compliment. They are used al
weddings, births and funerals; at fes.
tivals; religious, civil and military
ceremonies; at New Year; to salute
persons about to make journey; and,
in fact, ON all occasions out of the
ordinary routine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-07-27

because everything is of temporary
character, but the surgeons kits con-
tain everything necessary for anti
septic surgery, and the temporary
operating tables are kept as clean as
the surroundings will permit. A field
hospital may be dismounted ambu-
lance, a barn or a church or school
house, and no surgeon can make ar
rangements much before he needs it
for the place where he will establish
his headquarters.
"The object is to have the wounded
beyond the line of danger, and when
the place has been selected, the SEN
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-07-27

surgeons, and source Of comfort to
his wounded comrade."
Surgeons who took their first degree
in the Civil War say that thousands of
men might have been saved in the
course of that conflict IL the present
system had been in vogue.
"It was not only the private" said
an Army surgeon, "who failed to re-
ceive proper attention because of made
quate preparations and insufficient
help. General officers shared the same
fate, and died on the battle fields from
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-07-27

The Government devotes much time
10 arrangements for the comfort and
treatment Of its wounded soldiers, and
the medical department of the army
has made so many improvements in
that direction in the course Of the last
ten OF fifteen years that some of the
surgeons who saw service in the Civil
War find new state of affairs at the
present time. During the Civil War
the medical corps was much smaller
than it is at present, and, aside from
the regular medical officers and hos
pital stewards, there were few men in
the regiments who could be utilized
for field hospital work in time of need.
About ten years ago the hospital
corps was organized in the United
States Army, and the system has been
followed by nearly all the National
Guard organizations, with the result
that great hospital corps, working
under identical rules and regulations,
exists in the regular and citizen
armies, and is so we'll equipped and
trained that the battlefield risks have
been reduced. In the United States
Army there are now to every company
of sixty men four who are detailed as
litter bearers. When the companies
are larger there are more litter-bear-
ers, and full company of 100 men
would be entitled to eight men. In
addition to these there are stewards
and acting stewards and pfivates who
are detailed for hospital corps service,
and these men receive regular instruc-
tions in first aid to the injured.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-07-27

More than forty per cent. Of the
British people could not write their
names when the Queen ascendsd
the throne. The proportion In that
condition has now been reduced 10
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-07-27
The Youngest CaptaIn.

Captain Smith, of Company D, One
Hundred and Fifty-ninth Regiment, In
diana Volunteers, now at Camp Alger,
Va, is the youngest Captain in the
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-07-27

volunteer army. He is nineteen years
Of age, and son OF Captain s.. NJ.
Smith, . veteran of the Civil War.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-07-27

The finest tomb in Great Britain is
undoubtedly that Of the Duke of Ham.
iiton, in the grounds Of the Dukes
seat. 1t cost over 81. 900, 900.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-10-21

to the Review, which was made the
official paper, by vote of the council.
Liquor license bonds of John Miller,
with Peter Siberg and Henry Hilles-
helm as sureties. and Polchow & Thil-
gen, with John Adams and Lawrence
Henlein as sureties, were approved.
Aid. Bradley moved that 1000 yards
of dirt at 12t cents yard be pur-
chased of Jacob Effer. to be placed on
Pleasant street across the slough.
The motion was carried.
The lighting committee recon-
mended that an arc light be placed at
the st. Joseph's hospital corner, and
that the two incandescent lights at
the corner of Washington and Sixth
and Fourth streets be removed. This
report was adopted.
The bills were allowed, besides an
estimate of 1926 40 on the Central fire
station contract. The bills footed up
$1,509. The committee on ways and
means was authorized to provide funds
to meet the bills, $4,000 of interest
due Nov. 1st, and other liabilities,
and the council adjourned.