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The Springfield herald., 1898-05-20
STATE ASSESSMENTS,
Board of Equnliz ,tion VIII Seek Advice of
the Supreme Court.

Denver. May 13.-rhc Supreme
Court will be appealed to to determine
what the basis of assessment will be in
Colorado during the year 1898. This
was decided upon as the only way out
of the difficulty at this mornings
meeting of the State Board of Equali-
zation. Attorney General Carr was in
sructed to draw up the boards conclu-
sions in legal form and present them
TO the Supreme Court at the earliest
opportunity. Some of the questions
that will be asked of the court are
these:
on what basis shall the assessment
be?
AS the law plainly states that the
assessment shall be ar full cash value
what is the duty of the Board of
Equalization in the matter when the
county assessors persist in assessing
individual and personal property mt
from twenty 10 sixty per cent. less than
its actual cash value?
Has the Board tie power to increase
the assessment of any county that as
scsscs below Il cash value. and can the
board legally increase or decrease the
aggregate of any county to make it
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II Is not n common occurrence that a
friendly word should be the means of Civ
ing nearly iorty years OF happiness and
health to the person needing the advice it
carried. This was the case with Mary
Lingnrd. Al twenty-five she was dragging
out her days i'll misery. At siNty-one she
finds herself so active and strong she can
do work that would shame many younger
woman. and looks back on thirty-six
happy. henlthful years of industry. But
let her tell her story:
"Thirty-six years ago had great trouble
with my liver. The doctors allowed that
there were tuinors growing OH it. and they
blistered my side in All effort to give me
relief. l was at that time earning my
living as a tailorcss, but for five years,
between the pain in my side and the
blisters l was in constant misery, and
work was n drag to me, with no prospect
OF relief; fortunately for nc, however, n
friend advised me to take DIR. Ayers Sar-
saparilla, and finall v persuaded me to take
a regular course Of it. when ] first COM
nenced taking the Sarsaparilla my side
was SO painful that could not fastcn my
dress and for n time l did not get any
relief. but my friend advised me to per
severe and relief was sure to come, and
come it did. This happened, as / say,
thirty-six years ago. MY liver has never
troubled me since, and during these years
have passed through the most critical
period of a woInan's life without any par
ticular trouble, and to-day, at siNty-onc
ycnrs of age, am active and strong. and
able to do days work that would upset
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The castle seemed to wake up and
two quick shots came whirling De-
tween the mastS of the American ships
The Iowa and Indiana returned the
fire, and their firing WAS both active
and effective. AT this point the moni-
tors Puritan and Terror crcpt up ana
opened fire from their small guns.
1t took only seven shots from the guns
of the American fleet to make of Nor
ro castle n crumb!ed pile of ruins. Her
guns ceased TO speak. Her gunncrs
were killed or had fed.
Then began the fire on the land bat
tcries and foriticattonS about the gov
crnmcnt buildings across the harbor.
Soon the governors palace was i'll
ruins. The Spaniard fought well. but
they were overwhelmed ut the outset.
The city was not surrendered and
Governor Macias would not desert his
post.
Washington, May 13.-At 7:20 this
morning the Navy Department re-
ccivcd the following dispatch from Ad-
mirnl Sampson. 1t is dated st. Thom-
as. May 12th. and is as follows:
\ portion of the squadron under my
command reached San Juan this morn
ing at daybrpnk. No armed vessels
were found in the port. As soon us it
was sufficiently light | commenced at
tack upon The batteries defending the
city. This attack lasted about three
hours and resulted in much damage to
the batteries and incidentally to IL por-
tion of the city adjacent to the batter
les. The batteries replied to our fire.
but without material effect.
one man was Killed on board the
New York and seven slightly wound
ed in the squadron.
No serious damage to any ships re-
suited.
tSigncD SAMPSON.
The Navy Department officials We're
at IL loss to know how his dispatch
reached st. Thomas until the Associat-
cd Press announced the presence of
the Yale ut st. Thomas.
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And what it led to.

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MARY I.ISGARD, Woodstock, ont.
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OF its friends; those who have tried it and
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the blood is a radical remedy for every
form of disease that begins i'll tainted or
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Some cases are more stubborn than others,
but persistence with In. Ayers. SarsGpa-
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Mary Lirgard began with bottle, and
went on TO n course OF DR.. Ayers Snrsapn-
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that medicine that could cure disease
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THOSE SPANISH SHIPS.
Probably Coming up From the South-fiy
Ing SQUADRON Sails,

Probably Coming W, From the south-fly
Ing Squadron Sails.
New York, May 12.-Ihere have b en-
rumors to-day from variety of
sources that Spanish warShips were
approaching the American coast.
The steamer Menantic reported
sighting foreign vessels off Nantucket.
Captain Brunst of the German
steamer Sophia Rickmers reported N,
Halifax that while crossing the New
folIndland banks he was chased by Il
Spanish warshp. The Inter was very
speedy and fired three shells ut the
I,ickmcrs. but the latter being an
cightccn-knot boat and the weather
becoming liazy she got away. Captain
Irunst says the Spaniard was tor
redo boat with three tunnels and was
very low in the water.
The report which is of most import
ancc came to the New York Herald
from Martinique. 1t was to the effect
that Spanish torpedo boat had put
into II port there and that five Spanish
wniships had been sighted going north.
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SMASHED THE FORTS.
SAMPSON ATTACKS PORTO RICO
The Qualifications of San Juan Were Dc.
moiishcd In Short Order-CItizens Fled
to the Country.

Denver, May 13.-The Republican
this morning prints the following spe-
cial from New York:
A cable from st. Tl:omas, Danish
West Indies, says:
Admiral Sampson has bombardcd
the batteries mt San Juan, Porto Rico,
and laid them in ruins.
Shortly before dawn today Admiral
Sampson was stcuming slowly down
the northern coast of Porto Rico, and
coming TO Il point within easy range
of San Juan. gave orders to opGA fire
ON the batteries.
In his fleet We're the flagship New
York. the monitors Puritan and Ter
ror. the battleships Iowa and Indiana.
the cruisers Detroit and Montgomery.
the torpedo destroyer Maytiower the
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week at the earliest. SO far no stores
have been received aboard the vessel.
but she has been coalcd.
WILL START TUESDAY.
Colorado Volunteers Will Then Leave for
San Francisco.

Colorado Volunteers Will Then Leave for
San Francisco.
Denver. May 1I.-Thc First regiment
of Colorado volunteers will leave this
city Tuesday morning for San Fran
cisco en- route 10 the Philippine islands.
1t is expected that two weeks from
Tuesday will see the Colorado soldiers
on board II transport on their way to
Manila. where they will join Admiral
Dewey.
The fact that the troops would not
leave this city before Tuesday WAS
decided upon at late hour last cvcn-
ing mt II consultation held in the quar-
tcrmnster'S Office in the Equitable
building. between Chief Commissary
Agent Barr. Captain Smith of the
quartcrmaStcr's department and Colo
ncl Irving Hale. the commander of the
troops now in camp at Camp Adams.
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Fopelcss Inrdlid.

ago and there has been no return of the
disease Tho cure was eifectual and per-
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Gus n result. We feel rojoiced over the
restoration of our son, and cannot help
nut feel that DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People are the most remarkable medi-
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No odiscovery of modern times hns proved
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These pills are sold in boxes Mt so cents a
box or SIX boxes for $3.50, and may be had
of all druggists, or direct by mail from DR..
Williams Medicine Co, Schenectady, NY.
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POURING INTO SAN FRANCISCO

Troops being Concentrated for an Ad.
vance Upon Mnr1:..
San Francisco, May - = Regular
troops and volunteers ar, pouring into
san Francisco. and II week or ten days
will see 10000 men in camp mt the
Prcsidio. a notable addition to the
force now stationed at the Presidio
was furnished to-day by the arrival of
the First battalion, First regiment of
Orcgon's former national guarG. num-
herring about 800 men. The quota
from the Wcb-foot state will be COM
pletcd in a few days by the arrival of
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According to this they nre headed for
Porto Rico. 200 miles away, where
SIMPSONS fleet is.
Fort Monroe. May 13.-Commodorc
Schlcy's squadron sailed at daylight
this morning.
1t Is understood that the navy de-
partmcnt mt Washington has received
positive news that the Cape Verde
fleet has been sighted off the coast of
Martinique.
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During the past two months the Bal
timore and Ohio Railroad company has
received lilo new box cars, 1,239
double hopper gondolas, and 224 coke
cars OF the order Of $3.50 recently plac-
ed with Pullmans Palace Car COM
pany, the Michigan Peninsular Car
works, the Missouri Car and Foundry
company and the South Baltimore Car
works. Deliveries are being made as
rapidly as the cars are completed.
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SPANISH CABINET CHANGES.
Several Members WI.hdraw-Mny BE Fn'
vorable to Peace.

Madrid, May 1s.-It is said that
Scnor Morct, secretary for the colonies,
and Scnor. Gullon. foreign ministct,
have resigned. Admiral BermeJc
minister of marine. and Count
Niquena, minister of public works, are
also said to have resigned
The retiring ministers offered vali-
Gus excuses, such as illness and wcnri-
ness, for their Withdrawals. SenOr
Sagnsta begged them to remain until
the indemnity bill had been passed
but it is believed ut to-nights Cabinet
council the designations became deti-
mite, though it is impossible to verify
the exact situation at this hour.
1t turns out that Admiral Bcrmcio
OH learning of the Cavitc disaster, told
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Santa Fe Route Train Service.

No extra charge is made on Santa Fe
Route" limited trains between all points
Fast vestibulcd train for all points east
leaves Denver at p. M, Colorado Springs
9:i0 p. M. Pueblo 1l:05 II. m. daily run
ming solid to Chicago, via Kansas City
without change, carrying Pullman palace
sleepers and chair cars making direct
connections for all points in Texas.
The shortest and most direct route to
California and Mexico points. All dining
cars and eating houses under manage
ment of Fred Harvey.
For full information, rates, time cards.
etc. address j. T.. Hail. General Agent,
Denver, Colorado.
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brcech-loading rifles from sunlcn
Spanish mcn-or-war. Also stores from
arsenal in my possession. Am matt
tanning II strict blockade. Add Argos
to list of destroyed vessels. El Corrco
probably El Cano. (SlGnedD Dewey
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Dcwey'H lTOnOrs,

The action of Congress in thanking
Admiral Dewey will keep him upon the
active list of navy until he is ~ years
old. 1t will give him full pay when he
retires and II corresponding increase of
pension for the benefit of his family
after his death. 1t also gives him the
privileges of the floor.
The Springfield herald., 1898-05-20

Bills of Fare In Fashionable Rcstaurants.
The question has been mooted over
and over again whether French and
German dishes upon the bills of fare
is or is not an improvement. Many
pretend that before their Introduction
cooking was coarse. No bill of fare
presents attractions to the dyspcptic
but even they can be cured by Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters.
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neautx Ia Hood Deep.

Clean blood means clean skin. No
beauty withoutit. Cascarets, Candy Cathnr-
tic cleans your blood and keeps it clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all i'm
purities from the body. Begin to-day to
Danish pimp!es, boils, blotches, ,blackheads,
and that sickly bilious scompleNion by taking
Cascarets,-benuty for ten cents. All drug
gists. satisfaction guaranteed. lOc. CSC. 6Oc-
The Springfield herald., 1898-05-20

Look. Isabel. | got first-class hat
from a secondhand clothes dealer"
Yes: that is one of your old hats l sold
him yesterday"
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During the recent battle at Cardcnas
n Spanish shell struck the Winslow.
piercing the charge of guncotton in Il
torpedo without exploding it.
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Mr. Barr notified Colonel Hale, who
visited the army headquarters to as
certain when the troops could be sup
piled with rations, that ii would be
impossible for the department to issue
10 the men their necessary rntions be-
fore Monday night or early Tuesday
morning. lie went ON to say that the
bulk of the rations that the men would
take with them would have to come
from Omaha. and that the remainder
would be taken from the stores at
Fort Logan.
The supplies at Fort Logan will be
brought to this city some time Sunday
or Monday. Those that have been or
dcred from Omaha cannot possibly
arrive in Denver before Monday noon
or afternoon. 1t will take some time
to issue the rations 10 the men that
they will require en- route to San
Francisco.
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To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarcts Candy Cathartic 1Oc or go.
II c. C. c. fail to cure. druggists refund money.
The Springfield herald., 1898-05-20

Dropsy treated free by DIR. II. II. Green's
Sons, of Atlanta, Gn. The greatest dropsy
specialists in the world Road their adver-
tisement in another column of this paper
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The son of the late General William r.
Sherman. the Rev Father Thomas Shcr-
man. has been appointed chaplain of the
Fourth regiment. Missouri national guard
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What is II prophet. Uncle Jim?'' "a
prophet? He Is n person who is always
surprised at the way things turn out.
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Before We're married you told me
you We're Il drcamcr-an idle dreamer"
sit up with you at night because you
have insomnia" :"
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MADAM, these flowers will look well on
your hat: they are n perfect copy OF ma
turc.' Then l don't want them; show
me something original"
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Lieutenant CallSins of the Olympia is
famous as Il writer upon naval science.
He has taken at least five gold medals for
prize essays upon professional subjects.
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FITS permanently tuToi. 'onts nervousness after
first day OF Dr. klincs Great Nerve Restorer
send tor FREE 5000 trial bottle and treatise
DR. II, II, KLINE Ltd 93l Arch St. Philadelphia, Pa
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No-To-Bnc for FIFTY Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak
men strong. blood pure. Soc. 81. All druggists
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"How could Penelope marry that bow
legged mann She doesn't mind it; he
matches her dachshund.'
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Doctors say we ought not to think
after u meal. We'll, ! have to think
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What Is an cncorc?" "It is the song
the singer feels, the worst about If she
isn't asked to sing it,
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as Dodder indolcnt?' "lndolcnt? He's
too lazy to split an iniintivc."
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20 mamma, Johnny swore nt me-"
why, little Kit. what did he say?" He
told me to shut up
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New York. May PA Hong Kong
special of this date says shat II trading
vessel from the Philippines reports
having witnessed the destruction of II
Spanish warship by the United States
gunboat Concord at Iloilo. The iigh:
is said to have lastcd two hours. nj
the end of which time the Spaniard
went down with colors flying. Thcr"
were no casualties on board the COD
cord, and no damage was done the
gunbont. There are, il is alleged, only
two other Spanish war vessels III
Asiatic waters. and one of the Sc is IN
dry dock ut Hong Kong. while the
cruiser Boston Is searching for the
other, under ort.ers to engage and sink
IT. 7----- |-s------
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AN ANCIENT CUSTOM,

From Republican Traveller. Arkansas City, ,KaA
Pilgrimages to some shrine of st. Vitus,
to cure the disease known as st. Vitus'
lance are no longer made Tho modern
way of treating this aiiiiction is within
reach of every household, as is shown by
,he experience of Karl A. Wagner, the
eleven-yenr old son of George Wagner, of
ll3 9Th St, Arkansas City, Kan. The
'ather tells tho story MS follows:
"Over year ago" he says, karl was
aiken with st. Nitus' dance and continued
20 grow worse during five months he was
inder physicians care. His tongue be-
.ame paralyzed and we could not under
stand II word he said. He became very
thin, lost tho use of his right leg and
seemed doomed TO become hopeless in
valid. We hnd about given up hope when
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Dewey Sends Another Mcssngc.
Hong Kong, May 12.-Secretary Of
the Navy: There is little change in the
situation since my last telegram. l
am transferring TO transports steel
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conform with the constitutional provis
ions on the subject!
Has the state aduitor the right to IT,
fuse to receive for filing the abstracts
of assessments from county Isscssorl
unless he is convinced that the law has
been complied with and that the valu
at6ns were arrived ut by taking Il cash
basis for all property:
These and many other nuts that the
members of the board deem are too
hard for them to crack will be sub
mttcd TO the court. The courts de
cision will be final. As the board will
ask for clear. concise opinion on the
questions involved. it is expected that
n decision satisfactory to both the as
SCISSORS and the state board will be
rendered. so that the extension of the
assessment can be proceeded with
minus delay and confusion for this
year ut least.
1t is proposed 10 have the assessment
law changed by the next Legislature
in accordance with any suggestions the
Supreme Court may make in this case.
The assessment of railroad property
will be therefore postponed until the
decision is handed down.
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lie Nnt D.crI.ch.

10 Not Deceived.
The Union Pacific railroad makes the
quickest time, Denver to Chicago. Ask
about it: ticket office. 9il 17th street.
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lition. / was
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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-09-10

The coal mine fire at Connellsville
which after burning slowly beneath
the surface for twenty-six years breaks
out in all its violence is one of the
startling incidents of mining life.
Coal is such an extensive deposit in
Pennsylvania that in the operation OF
the vast number of mines it is prac-
tically impossible to keep some sec
tions of the coal seam from catching
fire once in while. When the fire
is started, to extinguish it is task
beyond the power of man unless the
circumstances are favorable. Slowly
the fire eats its way into the vein,
burning over wider areas as the fuel
in immediate reach is consumed, fam
ming itself into fierce crater of ruin
when it breaks through the crust OF
earth and finds access to air to feed it
with oxygen, daily threatening new
fields and finding new opportunity
with every new opening or old works
that it penetrates.
Mine fires have been among the
problems that operators encountere
through all their experience. Some
in both sections of the state, in the
anthracite and the bituminous regions,
have proved obstinate and destructive,
and all the ingenuity OF man has failed
togain the mastery over them. Pitts
burg penn Times.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-09-10
His Interest in the Tree.

A man stood on the bank of Chap
man creek in Dickinson county the
other day and gazed long and curious
ly at big cottonwood tree that stood
we'll down on the bank, and then to q
reporter he told of the interest felt by
himself in that particular tree. In
1869 cloudburst in the vicinity
flooded Chapman creek and washed
away many farm houses. While the
flood was at its height one Peter
Bergman saw a baby floating along in
the torrent. He rescued the child,
and then with his shirt torn into
strings tied it up in the branches of
a cottonwood tree beyond the reach
of the water. There the baby re-
manned nine hours before being taken
to place of greater safety. The name
OF this baby was John Bostwick, and
lie it was who stood and gazed for the
first time in many years at the old
cottonwood tree that had served as
his asylum. kansas City Journal.