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The herald., 1898-05-07
LOS ANGELES HERALD: SATURDAY MORNING. MAY u 1898

full reconnaissance has been made and 1t
seems probable that she will wait to be
escorted by a part Of the fleet.
On land almost the only signs of life are
the continuous efforts of gangs of men to
construct or patch up fort near the end
of the peninsula. The whole town of
Cadiz is surrounded with forts on every
side, and there must be 200 guns in position
but they are small and old-fashioned.
Will Not Abdicate
LONDON, May 6.-The Spanish Embassy
denies that the Queen Regent intends to
abdicate.
A Valid Protest
LISBON, May 6-The United States has
protested against the dispatch of ammuni-
ton, etc., from here to the Spanish SQUAD
ron at st. Vincent, after war was de-
clared.
The Mob at Work
MADRID, May 6.-Another mob at Muir
cha has fired the town halls, pillaged and
fired the law courts and released the pris-
oners from the local JAIL
The herald., 1898-05-07
SINEWS OF WAR
Ex-Secretary Foster Favors a Big
Popular Loan

NEW YORK, May 6.-Chas. Foster, ex-
Secretary of the Treasury, in an interview
here said he is highly in favor of bond
issue to raise money to carry on the war,
and thought that bonds of small denomi-
nation should be provided for.
Bonds of small denominations, bearing
per cent interest would be snatched up
by the people. believe in giving them an
opportunity to show their patriotism, and
at the same time provide them with an
excellent investment" said the ex-Secre-
tary.
''War Is costly and the money must be
raised, and think the people should be al
lowed to help"
Mr.. Foster said he looked for a speedy
termination Of the war
The herald., 1898-05-07
FIRING HEARD
The Nationality of Vessels Engaged
Is Not Known

R PORT AU PRINCE, Hayti, May 6. q
ri Copyright, 1898, by the Associated 3;
ID Press.) The German steamer VAL u
ID DIVA, from Hamburg, on March 21st, ID
Vi for st. Thomas, where she arrived on Il
u April 18th, has put into Aux Cages, u
Il on the south coast of Hayti She re- q
q ports having met British warship D;
81 escorting westward six banks. ma 4
ID tionality unknown, apparently laden u
u with coal. 81
81 On April 26th cannonading was Il
~ heard seward from Jerimie, Hayti, III
u port situated 125 miles west of this III
III place. IL
The herald., 1898-05-07
RISING RIVERS
Doing Tremendous Damage to Arkan-
sas Farmers

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, May 6.-The Ar
kansas river is on the rampage, and has
left it's banks, doing incalculable injury
to property and causing the loss of an un-
known number of lives. The situation is
growing worse every hour. The Verdigris
and Illinois are rushing in great torrents
into the Arkansas. At Van Buren,, miles
of country are inundated, farms in some
instances being eight feet under water.
Several farm houses have been swept away
about Little Rock, and in one instance an
entire family was drowned. Below the
city the situation is very alarming, and
many big cotton plantations have already
sustained heavy dhmagedoA boat sent
down the river to rescue the people along
the river below Pine bluff was unable to
make the return trip. About 100 people
were rescued.
The herald., 1898-05-07
Trouble With Grazers

WASHINGTON, May 6.-The interior de-
partment is having much trouble with tho
sheep men of California, who mistakenly
believed that the regulations in regard to
trespassing in Yosemite park have been
The department has made no
such change in the regulations, which are
and all persons grazing sheep in thcpark
will be vigorously prosecuted for trespass-
ing,
The herald., 1898-05-07

wearing the uniform of the German navy
and presented credentials from the Ger
man admiralty, which will insure him
every proper facility for making observa-
tons. The German government thus will
have Count Won Goeltzen to make military
observations and Captain Won Rebur for
naval observations
The herald., 1898-05-07
Caught and Killed

CHICAGO, May Ga special dispatch to
the Tribune from Tampa says that the
party of three correspondents, who, in
company with Major Smith, Of Gomez's
bodyguard started some time ago to inter-
view Gomez, has been captured by the
Spaniards and beheaded. No mention Is
made of the fate Of the other members of
the party, and the Smith story has not yet
been confirmed.
The herald., 1898-05-07
ll2 S. Spring St.
Opp. the Nadeau
fact that the British naval authorities
have decided to Immediately commission
two new battleships just completed.
Refuse to Enlist

DENVER, Colo, May GA sensation was
caused in military circles today when
Companies A and c of the First regiment
of the Colorado National guard voted not
to enlist in the new consolidated regiment
of volunteers, because they object to the
officers appointed by the governor to COM
mand. Twenty out Of the 70 members Of
Company A, which is from Denver, finally
consented to enlist, but Company c, from
Longmont, refused in body.
The herald., 1898-05-07
The Hospital Service

WASHINGTON, May 6.-The President
has issued an order directing that all the
hospitals of the marine hospital service be
used for the reception and treatment of
sailors and soldiers of the navy and army
wherever necessary. There are about
twenty of these hospitals in all, and they
are scattered along the Atlantic, Gulf and
Pacific coasts. At the time of the Maine
explosion that at Key West was used for
the reception of the sailors who were
wounded on that ship.
The herald., 1898-05-07
Supplies for Dewey

SAN FRANCISCO, May 6.-At the local
navy pay office orders are being issued for
hardware supplies to be shipped to Manila
on the City of Picking. From the nature
of the orders-mac plates, bolts,
nuts and screws-it is believed that the
navy department anticipates that consid-
cradle damage was done to our fleet in the
Philippines.
The herald., 1898-05-07
Asi.E.
A French Visitor

HAVANA, May 6.-7 p. m.-This morn
ing about II o'clock Ell MORO was signaled
by French warship, and at 12:45 D. m. the
second class cruiser Dubourdeu, from Mar
Unique, entered the harbor. She carries the
admiral of the French fleet in the Antilles.
At half-past this afternoon the command
er of the Dubourdieu, accompanied by the
French consul. visited Gen. Blanco.
The herald., 1898-05-07
Fast Time

DENVER, Colo, May Adventurous
hours and two minutes is the record made
by the new Rocky Mountain Limited, which
was sent out of Chicago yesterday after
noon at 1850 by the Chicago, Rock Island
and Pacific railway. The general average
time made on the entire trip was 52.3 miles
per hour.
The herald., 1898-05-07
HONOR TO DEWEY
A New Cramp Steamer Named for the
Hero

NEW YORK, May Constructions have
been sent to the Cramp Ship Building Com
pany by R. A. c. Smith, President of the
American Mail Steamship Company, that
the first of four twin-screw steamships,
now in course Of construction at the yards,
shall be christened Admiral Dewey.
The Admiral Dewey and sister ships are
to be built with special reference to quick
and economic conversion into naval auxil-
larry vessels. AS these vessels are the first
American vessels of their class, built under
the Act of March 3rd, 1891, and are to be
especially adapted for use in the auxiliary
navy. Mr. Smith has determined to name
them and others that are in course of con-
struction, after Admirals in the navy.
The herald., 1898-05-07
SPAIN SCARED
By Possibility of an Attack on the
CanarieS

LONDON, May GA story Is published
here to the effect that the British admiralty
has been notified by the Washington naval
strategic board to remove the British sub
jects from the Canary Islands, and it is
said this accounts for the British second
class cruiser Charybdis being sent to Las
Palmas and leads to the conclusion that
Rear Admiral Sampson may attack the
Canary Islands, which would draft the
Spanish fleet out of Cadiz or give the
United States a naval base from which to
attack Spain.
The herald., 1898-05-07
The Mob at Work
MINES MADE USELESS
By Captains Running Vessels Across
the Gables

NEW YORK, May 6.-The Herald says:
Forty-two single mines, or two grand
groupes," planted in the harbor off Will
let's Point and Fort Schuyler, failed to
respond to their cables when they were
tested in the firing chambers at Willetts
Point Upon closer inspection 1t was
found that the mines were thoroughly out
of order. They will all have to be taken
up and overhauled, put in order again and
replanted.
The Cause Of this defect is the action of
the vessel captains, who have disobeyed
the instructions issued and have taken any
course they wished instead of the one
marked out by the buoys The passage of
the vessels injured the mines.
The herald., 1898-05-07
Speedy Justice

NEW ORLEANS. May e-CorporaI
Cleary of the police force was shot and
killed by a negro, corner Perdido and Ram
part streets. Later the same negro shot
and killed Police officer Trump. A crowd
chased the negro into barn back Of town
and are preparing to burn him.
The herald., 1898-05-07
Missionaries Murdered

LONDON, May 6.-The Colonial Office
today received the names of the American
missionaries who We're murdered during
the rebellion at Ratfunk, Sierra Leone,
West Coast of Africa, as announced on
Wednesday last. They are:
Mr.. and Mrs. Caine and the Misses
Archer, Hatfield and Schenck. The mis-
sionaries, Mr. and Mrs. Burtner, Mr. and
Mrs. Marshall and the Misses Mullen and
Ward are safe at Freetown.
The herald., 1898-05-07
Soldiers for Dawson

OTTAWA, Ont, May 6.-The Canadian
military expedition, comprising about 200
regulars, left this city for Vancouver today,
en- route to the Klondike region, to REIN
force the Canadian forces already there.
The herald., 1898-05-07

the part of all the members of the admins
tration on the subject, there is excellent
authority for the statement that the in
structions Of Admiral Sampson give him
great latitude
The herald., 1898-05-07
COAL PASSERS
Wanted Protection From the Guns of
the Spaniards

KEY WEST, May 5, 10 p. m. delayed in
transmission).-The Mallory Line steamer
Alamo, having on board the detachment of
West Point engineers bound for Cuba, had
a small mutiny today among her iremcn
and coal-passers. These men, on learning
that the Alamo was to proceed to Cuba
with the troops for there, refused to do
duty under the circumstances, claiming
that the steamer is not sufficiently pro-
tected against the enemy. The mutiny
threatened to result in a serious delay to
the ships movements, but the Captain of
the engineers in charge of the troops placed
the mutinous men under restraint, with
strong guard. and the threatened trouble
soon fizzled out.
The herald., 1898-05-07
Colorado Troop0

DENVER, Colo, May 6.-Captain =. B.
Wilcox, U. 8. A., this afternoon began mus
tering In the one regiment of infantry and
two troops of cavalry required under the
proclamation calling for volunteers.
The herald., 1898-05-07
THF P0PE'S ADVICE TO THE QUEEN
IS TO ASK IMMEDIATE INTERVENTION BY THE
POWERS OF EUROPE
All the influence Of the Catholic Church Be Exered Persuade
Her Defiant Attitude and Yield the Demands
Of the United States
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NO INTERVENTION
Great Britain Declines to Join With
the Powers

LONDON. May 6.-Certain powers, it has
been learned by the Associated Press, have
again made overtures to Great Britain
looking to intervention in the war between
Spain and the United States, but Great
Britain persisted in her refusal to take
part in any such move. It IL Z significant
The herald., 1898-05-07

Michigan secures the first honors in the
war through the loss OF an arm by pri-
vaue OF the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS City star.
The herald., 1898-05-07
Gladstone's Condition

LONDON. May &--Ths bulletin fssued q
Hawarden this evening says that HI. 0laae
stones condition II tnchaneps
The herald., 1898-05-07

AS a rule, mans hair turns gray five
years sooner than woman's.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-14
Cnpcr Sauce Cnpers.

The caper, familiar in caper sauce
and used also as garnish for salads, is
imported from Spain and France. Capers
are grown in Italy, but none is import
ed from there into this country.
Capers are sorted into four sizes, of
which the smallest are known CONNER
cially as nonpareils, and the next larger
as surfnes. The next larger in French
capers are capucines, and the largest
capotes, while the next to the largest
and the largest of Spanish capers are
known respectively as capotes No.
and No. ?. The smallest capers are the
most desirable and bring the most mon
ey. French capers sell for more than
Spanish. Capers are imported almost
wholly in bulk in kegs of ! > or IS gal
Ions and barrels of about 40 gallons in
brine or vinegar. A few capers are i'm
ported in glass, but they are mostly put
up in this country. Capers grow on a
bush. New York Sun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-14
NO HUMBUG HERE.
Rock Island Endorsement Is What Counts
with the Rock Island Public.

Rock Island Endorsement Is What Counts
with the Rock Island Public.
You can't fool the public all the
time.
They will find you out at last.
Every time a man is fooled
Another skeptic is made.
Many the remedy that makes the
skeptic.
1t fails to keep its promises
Doan's Kidney Pills bring renewed
faith.
They cure the skeptic.
Plenty of proof of this at home.
Rock Island proof for Rock Island
people.
Our citizens say they cure back
ache.
Cure urinary disorders.
Cure sick kidneys.
Experience has taught them this
is so.
Conviction for every sufferer.
In the testimony of friends and
neighbors.
Read this case:
John Mayer, of 213 Eighteenth
street, proprietor of the Architectural
Iron and Brass works, saws: About
a year ago my kidneys began to trou-
BILE me. They gradually grew worse
until in the spring of 1897 1 was so
bad that was hardly able to move
about. There was such a terrible
pain through my kidneys that l could
hardly sit down or get up without
suffering from sharp, shooting pains
through my back. In the morning /
felt so lame and sore that L could
not get up, and was actually rolled
out of bed, and more than once nv
wife has assisted me to get up. L
had my attention called to Doan's
Kidney Pills and got box at Mar
shall IL Fishers drag store. The first
few doses seemed to relieve me, as l
continued taking the remedy, the
pains grew less. and after using lone
box i was nearly free from them. /
got second box and before had
finished it the trouble left me, and 1
have not been bothered with it since.
If my statement will be of any bene-
fit to others you are at liberty to pub
lish it, for | am only too glad to rec
ommend a remedy of such sterling
merit as Doan's Kidney Pills.
Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all
dealers. Price so cents. Mailed by
Foster-Milburn company. Buffalo, n.
Y, sole agents for the United States.
Remember tire name, DOan's. and
take no substitute.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-14
Notice of Observation-Disclosures
State of Illinois. -


Rock Island County. -
In the circuit court, to January term, =. d.
1922
Thomss Z Smith vs.. Nellie E Smi h. in
chancery-
Anadavit of non-residence of the above
named defendant shaving been fled in the
clerks ONCE OF the circuit court OF said
county. notice i therefore hereby given
TO the said nonresident defendant that the
cornpla' nant filed his bill of complaint in said
court. on the Chancery side thereof. on
the End day OF December. 1925. and that there
upon "A summons issued out OF said court.
wherein SAID suit j. now pending. returnable
on the second d-y in the month o. January
next. ~ + by Law required.
Now, unless YOU. the sid nonresident de-
PENDANT above named. -. lie Smith shall per
sOnaLy be and appear before said circuit court Z,
the first day OF the next term thereof. 10 be
hOldeo at Rock Island in and for the said coun-
". on the second cay in January next, and
plead. answer or demur 20 the said complain
ant Dill OF comrlaiut- the same and the mat
ters and things therein charged and stated VIII
be taken Is confessed. and a decree entered
against you according TO the prayer of said bill
GEORGE W. GAMBLE Clerk
Rock Island Illinois. December >. lsSs.
JAMES NJ BEARnsI-EY, Complainant Solicit-r
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-14
SARGASSC SEA SERPENTS.
Captain D1noN@n's Precise Statement
Backed Up by an Affidavit.

Backed Up by an Affidavit.
1t seems that wo viii have to admit
that there are serpe2ts in the sea, says the
Mobile Register The statement of Cap
tain Joseph Donovan OF the British steam
ship Selma, backed by the signed state
ments of his officers, his helmsInan and
several other members of his crew: cannot
well be discredited. According TO the cap
tain, be saw the serpent on July s, while
the ship was in Sargasso sea, that portion
of the north Atlantic ocean where con-
tinued calm prevails and where the waters
have so little current that II great mass CT
seaweed and other vegetable growth has
gathered. 1t is possible that animals not
found elsewhere on the globe have sur
vived in that little visited and never dis
turoed portion of the sea.
Captain Donovan's story is precise. lie
was 800 mile southeast of the Bermudas;
the day was perfectly clear, and the sea
was like glass. The mate saw a strange
object off the Fort bow, and the captain
examined it with his glasses. 1t was about
500 yards distant, moving in u course par
aliel with that of the ship and at about the
Same speed as the ship. 1t had II body
about 30 feet long, large head, with II
long bill, ard blew water from its mouth
like man when swimming. When the
ship was sueered in the direction of the
monster, it bumped its back and disap-
peared 1t had an immense fin and shag-
gy name.
4 few minutes later the helmsm3n called
attention TO another serpent of the same
general appearance as tho first, but over
goo feet long, this orc being about so
yards in front, across the bow OF the ship.
The monster appeared frightened, and in
swimming it relied up mass of water in
e m hta hair nf 81 font
serpent also had u large fin. Still a third
was seen moment later, close to the
ship-a smaller serpent, 10 or II feet in
length and with fin like the others, and,
as also could be seen, with four large Flip
pers, two on n side. The captain adds that
he had often heard of sea monsters, bus
never before had given the stories credit,
but LOW he is convinced that sea serpents
exist ard that he has seen some of the
largest CT tho species. The statement OF
the officers and crew is as follows:
STEAMSHIP SELMA, MOBILE, July %, 1893.
We, the undersigned, officers and crew of the
steamship Selma, hereby testify that Captain
Donovan's statement is perfectly true. as We
saw the monsters as well as he did
Z. Bowles, chief officer; George Henderson,
second officer: james Buchanan Gordon, chief
engineer: j. William Cooper, II. Hughes, boat
SWANS; II. Brown, y. e; G. Taylor, 4. Is.
imam Mt the wheeD; II. Brownsville y. B.
John Hoffman tcoolll.
Witness to signatures, Thomas Morgan. stew
ard.
The most important feature of the mat
ter is that the description given by Cap
tain Donovan fits very closely the desCrip-
ton given by naturalists of amphibious
animals of the plesiosaurus genus, the
bones of which have been found in Eng
land and which are reported by all au-
tkorities Is extinct
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-14

A bellboy at one OF the big hotels had
a queer experience the other night and
has not yet entirely recovered his pro-
fessional sang froid. at was about
o'clock in de mornin," he said, IAN 1
was de only bell hop in de office when
dis call come from de fort floor. Well,
I went up an knocked, an dc man he
says, Come ill.,.
~ opened de door, an de room was
pitch dark. L want you TO mail dis let
ter, de man says from de corner where
/ knowed de table was, but wait a
minute, says he, till 1 write de adj
dress Den 1 heard de pen a-scratchin,
an he says. Here y are But could
not see nothin at all. 1 was scared, /
tell you. Where are you, mister?' says
1 sort of faintlike. Then he laughs and
says, 'Oh, fergotH an comes to de
door in de light an gives me de letter.
cit was pitch dark, tell you-black
as dat hat of yOurn-an when 1 went
down stairs 1 studied an studied why
de mug should be settin dere without
tuInin on de 'lectrics. 1 didn't find out
till see him next day, an den what
dye t'ink-de mug was blind. New
Orleans Times Democrat.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-14
How She Got Her Name.

Mrs. Day on of Highland Park had
Just engaged new cook. The addition
10 the servants looked promising as she
came in arrayed in all her finery and
waited fer 1.-The missus" to talk with
her before going to work.
"What is your manner" asked Mrs.
Dayton.
.tLay-ourie, ma'aIn," said the Gull
nary expert.
''Lay-ourier' exclaimed the lady of
the house. What peculiar namei
never heard it before in my life. Is that
a nickname or was it given you when
you were christened?"
Its my real name" said Lay
ourie.'' GIVE gone by it all my life. -
How in the world did you come TO
have it's was asked.
my mother got it out of a novel, /"
said "Lay-ourie.
Mrs. Dayton finally asked her to
write it. After much hard work the
owner of the name wrote out i'll a
cramped hand, "L-a-u-r-a."
"Why, that's pronounced Laura, y
said Mrs. Dayton.
"Well, 1 don't know about that
ma am, - said the new cook. my ina
never heard it before, and she called it
'Lay-ou I've been Lay -ourie' for
81 years. and I guess now it's too late
to make q change"
So "Lay- ourie" she remained.-Chi-
cagO Journal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-14
when $1,000 Looked Big.

Divide anything up into pairs and
you magnify it. a certain wise man
took this way to give his wife an idea
of how much 81, 600 is. She had no
idea of money. Her purchases were
enormous. Il happened one day that
her eye fell upon n magnificent ring,
and she coveted it. 1t cost 81, 900. But
what was 81, 900 to her in comparison
with the ring? OF course her husband
consented to the purchase. What else
could a dutiful, affeCtionate husband
do? But he tiled this method of educat-
ing his wife concerning the great price
of the ring. He instructed his banker
to send her the 81 600 i'll small pieces
pennies, dimes, quarters. In came the
money, bagful after bagful. She never
had such an idea of 81, 900 before.
When the money was piled before her,
it alarmed her. The price of the ring
went up hundredfold, and was con-
sidered at once an extravaganza which
she of her own option abandoned. -
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-14
Benutr Passes the PInte.

DR.. L. C. BrcuShton, pastor of the Third
Baptist church of Atlanta. has introduced
an innovation which caused a small sized
sensation with his flock Hitherto six
staid and sober deacons have passed around
the collection plates, but recently six beau
tiful young ladies from the congregation
performed this duty. Their advent caused
many curious changes. Young men and
susceptible bachelors who previously had
been in the habit of dropping small coins
into the plate began to search nervously
for quarters and half dollars. The Young
ladies preserved the gravest demeanor,
making the rounds Of every aisle. not omit
ting to stop before eTery member of the
congregation, no matter of what age or
condition. On counting up the amount
turned in after the service 1t was found
that the collection was larger than any in
recent months.