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The San Francisco call., 1898-07-01
SPANISH USING RED CROSS FLAGS
 FOR PROTECTION
heavy guns.

ON BOARD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH BOAT DANDY. OFF JURAGUA, June 29, D. m. (via. Kingston, Jamaica, June 30.)-The force of the American army Is being mobil- ized as rapidly as possible in the vicin- ity of Aguadores, four miles from San- tiago de Cuba. The moment the tedious task is completed the attack on Spain's last ditch in Eastern Cuba will be be- gun. When that will begin General Shafter himself cannot say.
 The troops can be moved without serious delay and are pushing forward rapidly, but the movement of the pack trains, wagons, ambulances and artil- lery is taxing the skill and endurance of the officers and men to the utmost. From Baiquiri, where the artillery was landed, to the present point of concen- tration, the road runs through tangle of tropical underbrush, up and down steep hillsides and over treacherous swamp-bordered streams for distance of over twelve miles. Through this continuous thicket the rear guard of the army is cutting it's way.
 Engineers are at work leveling the track and filling pits, while a large
 
 force of volunteers and regulars with axes, aided by Cubans with machetes. are hacking down trees and clearing out the brush. A few light guns have already reached this port The siege guns are not yet within five miles of the vanguard.
 General Shafter left his ship to-day and took up his quarters with General Wheeler at the front His appearance there gave rise to the rumor that an attack on Santiago would occur to- morrow, but the staff officers say to- night 1t is impossible to get the army in shape to strike blow for several days.
 Much amusement has been caused among the officers by the large number of Red Cross flags flying from buildings In Santiago. Seven such flags have been counted to-day and it Is reported that two more were hoisted tonight They were all flying from the lar and most prominent buildings ar officers say the Spanish soldi@
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may end the campaign in that part of the island.
 Men and women, panic stricken, are fleeing from Santiago to avoid the storm of war which is about to break. Many of these refugees have entered the American lines They estimate the strength of the Spanish army at San tiago from Sooo to I2,ooo men. They re- port great scarcity of food in the city. and assert that widespread terror exists among the non-combatants. who dread the horrors of prolonged siege.
 Admiral Cervera and General Linares, according to the general belief in San tiago, will allow the Americans to reap as few benefits as possible from the cap ture of the city. It is Admiral Cervera's S plan, according to the reports brought by the refugees, to blow up his warships the moment the Spanish flag is replaced by the stars and stripes on Moro Castle. General Linares, it is added, has laid plan to blow Up the arsenal and to destroy all the military stores.
 General Linares on Monday issued a proclamation to his soldiers declaring 8 powerful Spanish fleet was on its way with re-enforcements, exhorting his men to defend the city tenaciously until the re-enforcements arrive This pro- clamation, however, is regarded merely as General Linares' method of trying to keep up the courage of his men, Pri-, vately Spanish officers are complaining
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-01
AMERICAN TRANSPORTS HAD NOT YET ARRIVED
 AT MANILA MONDAY

HONGKONG, July 1.-The Japanese cruiser Matsushima arrived here to-day from Manila, which port she left on the afternoon of Monday, June 27.
 She reports that the American trans ports had not then arrived, and that the situation was unchanged. The Spaniards continue to erect defenses, and the insurgents are keeping their position, which is about 2oOO yards from the city
 Food is growing scarcer. The Mat sushima reports also that when she left Manila harbor there were five Ger man and four British warships there.
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 don Bennett
 ALTARES, June 2o, via Playa del Este, June 3o.-The unex- pected delay in getting the siege artillery to the front has led to the postponement of a general as- sault for two or three days. Hun dreds of men are working to i'm prove the roads, which have been washed by the heavy rains, so that wagons loaded with provi- slons and ammunition can be transported. There Is a proba- bility that the siege guns may be carried to the railroad.
 To-day train was fitted up at Altares and a company of infan- try placed on board. In com mand of Captain Fitch the Engi- neer Corps steamed slowly along i'll fear of torpedoes and crept safely across the bridge which spans Juraguasito Creek to within three miles of Moro. where 1t was ambushed by small force of Spanish infantry, which fired on the train from the cha parral that covers the bluff. The engine was quickly reversed, and ran back to Altares. A number of Mauser bullets struck the train, but no soldiers were in- jured. The expedition showed that the roadbed was not under mined and apparently opens a quick method of advancing the heavy guns.
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There were developments of the great est importance at the east of Santiago on Tuesday. General Sh2fter. after careful consideration, ordered General Kent to move with his troops to the north. This order was carried out sue cessfully, and General Kent is now To- cated at. Fl Caney. With General Gar cia's Cuban forces he will press to the north and west while General Wheeler and General Lawton will fill the gap which the advance of these troops will make. Their places in turn will be taken by detachmcnts of the army TOW at General Wheeler's headquarters at Se- villa, while the Rough Riders and some of the regulars will press to the west in the direction of Moro Castle.
 Escape for General Linare, thus will become impossible He will be hemmed in on all sides and completely at Shaf- ter's mercy. Less than half mile now separates the outposts of the two aru es General Linares seems to have
 doned entirely the aggressive policy he formed just prior to the debarkation of the American troops. Stolid and hope less he waits General Shaftcr's on- slaught, determined to sell his military honor dearly. There is certain to be fighting of most desperate character before the city can be taken.
 General Shafter has deferred the as- sault in order to get all the artillery and plenty of ammunition to the front. He desires the battle to be decisive, so it
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ACCOMMODATING ABOUT FIVE MILES
 FROM SANTIAGO

GENERAL LAWTON'S HEAD QUARTERS, Five Miles East of San tiago de Cuba, Wednesday, June 29, 6 F. M. (via Kingston, Jamaica, Thurs day, June 30).-Amertcan troops snant
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Shafter Ready to Strike With Sampson to Crush LinareS
 and CerVera.

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  the direction Sergeant HaIett Asop
  s a 0 i rcom- of 0 bede o
  the Ameriana army o respon and delayed R tesutsn the of he he on hours the wnakeu nfourdn
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FORGED A BLOCKADE RUNNER
 TO RUN ASHORE NEAR SAN JUA

cruise
 sthat a wreu unable prevnt hr from
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ORDERED
 TO LEAVE
 PORT SAID So Camara Must Soon Start Through the Suez Canal.
Commodore Watson Will Be Sent to Pursue and De- StrOy the Spanish
 Fleet.

Special cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted. 1898. by James Cor don Bennett.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-01
General Assault Now Contemplated in q
 Few Hours.
SpaniardS Fire Upon Ameri. cans From Ambush No Casualties Are
 Reported.

Special cable to The Call and the New York Herald Copyrighted. 1898. by James Cor don Bennett
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-11-05
The TROUBLES Of a Prophet.


How hit happen, Brudder Johnsing,
dat yo' dun quit preachin down in AL
albany areddy?"
"W'y, my oh'ch quit payin tenshun
to ennything I say an dun shet off my
salary
"Dey mus be mighty bad lot O. broth
erin an sisterin down dar. -
"No, dey hain't so pow'f lad, but
after went to profsyin | lost all man
ner O control O. the entire gang"
''Dat so9'
''Yaas, you see dun bin profsyin
bout whut comm to pass an whut
gwine to happen to all dem mean mig
gers whut wudden pay de preacher an
collections wuz jest comm in fine twell
one day de sisterin ak me whut kind o.
weather we gwine to hab fur de possum
supper festiful, an 4 tell UNI hit sho
will be- de fines sort, fer bekase I wuz
mighty hongry an wanted de supper to
sho cum off. But, sub, hit rained an
sleeted an cum two er three skykoons,
an den seed my 'fuence wild my way
ard brudderin wuz sholy busted. De
salary collections tuck de drags, an no
matter how exhausted my flock ner
how profsyed dey wuz sho fer de blaz-
in lake, dey jest sot dar an LATED at me
an wuddent pay me hurry red cent ner
gin me de turkey dinner, ner nuthin. .
Atlanta Journal.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-11-05
HODGES.
r~~~~~~~~

Mr.. Chase has purchased a nice
drove Of young swine.
The weather during the past ten or
fifteen days has been very unpropit-
ious for the farmers work.
Prof. VIM. Holland, of Kenyon
High School, spent a short time visit
ing friends and hunting west Of here
the last of the week.
We are pleased to learn that Mrs.
Ringrose, who has been so seriously
i'll that it was thought that she was
very near death, is conyalescent.
A farmer, from this vicinity, few
DAYS ago, took calf to Morris and
also drew some money from the bank.
In the edge of the evening, when he
and his daughter were returning
home, three men waylaid them just
out of town, and tried to climb upon
the wagon. By hitting the leading
man with his whip and swiftly trot
ting his team, they escaped.
Mrs. NJ. N. Tr;pp and son Harold
returned to their home in Kenyon
last Saturday to remain during the
coming winter Mr.. Trip will soon
follow them.
Mr.. j. Catlin,, who has been spend
ing number of months at Larimore,
is visiting a few days this week with
A NJ Mile and family, on his way
home to Goodhue county.
An agent Of Harper Bros, Chi
cago firm, has been interviewing the
farmers of this section Of country
during the past few days, with the
object of getting them to ship their
butter and eggs to them at Willmar,
where they propose TO locate a
branch establishment IN the near fut-
ure. They propose to pay a good
cash price for the produce, and sell
ing groceries to the farmers at a low
figure
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-11-05
MAKING WOOD ALCOHOL.
The Deadly Substance That Thirsty
Topers Sometimes Drink.


1t is necessary first to convert wood
into liquid. The strongest hydraulic
pressure would not squeeze one-half Of
l per cent of the moisture from dry
wood, but by putting the same material
into an iron Eetort and converting it
into charcoal by means of heat the gases
and smoke, to the extent of fully 65 per
cent Of the weight OF the wood, may be
condensed into pyroligneous acid, from
which are obtained wood alcohol, acetate
OF lime and wood tars A cord of wood
weighing A. 900 pounds produces about
2, $50 pounds of pyroligneous acid and
700 pounds of charcoal. The pyroligne-
Gus acid from one cord of wood pro-
duces gallons of 50 per cent crude
wood alcohol, 200 pounds of acetate of
lime and about 20 gallons of tar, besides
30 bushels of charcoal. After the pyro-
ligneous acid is neutralized with lime
the wood alcohol is distilled off, the
lime holding the acetic acid in solution.
After the separation of the wood spirit
the remaining liquid is boiled down in
pans to a sugar, which is.dried, and be-
comes the acetate of lime of commerce.
Acetate of lime is used for making acetio
acid
Fully three-ffths of all the wood al
cohol and acetate OF lime produced in
the world are made in the United States
Over 10, 900 acres of forest per year are
cleared in the United States Wood al
cohol affords perfect substitute for
grain alcohol for manufacturing and
mechanical purposes, and at less than
one third the cost. 1t is used principally
as a solvent in the making of shellac
varnish and in making celluloid and
Photographic paper. It makes beautiful
dye tiRts, is antiseptic and is used for
liniments and for skin rubbing in bath.
houses. Wine and Spirit Gazette.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-11-05
Wearing Glasses.

The care of the eyes is perhaps
one of the most imperfectly under
stood of any of our daily duties.
More ills arise from their misuse
than the public generally appreci-
ate. Epilepsy is frequent result
of eye strain, and careful and in
telligent observation will convince
most people that more headaches
come from abuse of the eyes than
from any other cause. Probably
one-sixth of the adult population Of
this country would be benefited by
the use of glasses, at least during
their working hours. They tire
quickly, have headaches, the digest
i've apparatus is completely upset.
there are pain in the back and gen.
eral feeling of dizziness and nausea,
and the true cause is never suspect
ed. The patient is bilious or nerv-
Gus; has indigestion or liver com
plant The evil is attributed to
everything but the proper cause.
Fit the person to good glasses and
the difficulty yanishes almost as if
by magic. New York Ledger.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-11-05
First Oct. 5-Last Nov. 8
Final Proof Notice.
United States Land Office at Marshall
MINI. Sept. 2Sth, 1898.

United States Land Office at Marshall,
Mimi. Sept. 2Sth, 1898.
Notice is hereby given that the follow
ing named settler has filed notice Of his
intention to make final proof in support of
his claim, and that said proof will be made
before the clerk of the district court, Ste
VEINS county, Minnesota, at Norris, Minn.,
on Saturday, November 18th, 1895, viz:
Timothy ]. Maloney, Hor estead Apph-
licaiion No. 1906 for the s15 ne54 and lots
and 2, section 8, township 124, range A.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon, and
cultivation of, said land, viz. Casper
kucks, George Mcintyre, Frank Lambert
Frank Pashak. all of Chokio, Z. o,
c. P. SHEPARD, Register.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-11-05
In the Wrong Place.
Fer he that fights and runs away
Will Live to FIGHT another daY.

A characteristic story of General Scott
is told in connection with the sword
presented to him by the state of Louis
lana, through the legislature, at the
close of the Mexican war.
He was accosted one day by man
who said: General Scott, had the
honor of doing most of the work on the
sword presented to you by the state of
Louisiana. should like to ask if it
was just as you would have chosen.
"It's very fine sword sir, a very
fine sword indeed, said the general.
81 am proud to have it, There is only
one thing l should have preferred differ
ent. The inscription should have been
on the blade, sir. The scabbard may be
taken from us, but the sword, neverP'
The sword cost about $500, the prin-
cipal expense being in the scabbard,
which was richly chased and ornament.
ed. Exchange.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-11-05
Incident of trolley travel.

"What the dash are you here for?'
said an angry passenger, stepping down
slowly from the footboard of trolley
car. He thought the conductor should
have looked out for him and stopped the
car where he wanted to get off, block
back.
"I'll show you what I'm here for,
said the conductor, reaching for the
bellcord (ting, tingD as he spoke, and
"zip, zip, zip, came the sound of
the motorman's lever turning in the
notches, and
Bz-z-zz-zz-zzp sang the trolley,
and before he knew it the passenger
found himself standing alone in the
middle of the road.-New York Sum-
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-11-05
THE NAMING OF JOHN Bull
DR.. Arbuthnot Was the Man who
Thus Dubbed Great Britain.


DIR. John Arbuthnot, one Of the may
royal physicians to whom the Scotch
city OF Aberdeen has given birth, was
the author Of John BULBS being. al
most forgotten now by all but the
erudite, who remember him as the init
mate Of Pope and Swift, Arbuthnot
christened the British nation in bulk as
John Bull in the political strife Incl
dental to the dismissal of the Wing
ministry of ITO, when the able and
Rvaricious Marlborough saw the begin
ming Of the decline Of his brilliant for
tunes
"The History of John Bull was a
satire on the political events preceding
the treaty of Utrecht in 1713, written
by Arbuthnot. In 1904 he had been Gre
ated physician extraordinary to the
queen in recognition of his services in
saving the life of Anne's husband,
Prince George of Denmark. He had be-
come the queens medical attendant.
position of no mean Importance at
time when SO much depended on the
succession to the crown, and he was
closely IN touch with court life.
''For the better understanding of the
following history the reader ought to
know that Bull in the main was an
honest, plain dealing fellow, cholerio,
bold and of very inconstant temper.
He dreaded not old Lewis, either at
backsword, single falchion or cudgel
play, but then he was very apt to quar-
rel with his best friends, especially if
they pretended to govern him. If you
fattered him, you might lead him like
child. Johns temper depended very
much on theair; his spirits rose and fell
with his weather glass.
"John was quick and understood his
business very well, but no man alive
was more careless in looking into his
accounts or more cheated by partners. +"
New York Herald
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-11-05
First Oct. Is. Last Nov. 20.
Order to Examine Accounts.
STATE OF MINNEsOTA. /

STATE OF MINNESOTA,
County of Stevens, So
In Probate Court, Special Term, Morris,
MINI.
In the matter of the estate of Nils o.
Dohlin, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition of Ola
no N. Dohlin, administrator, of the estate
of NelS 0. Dohlin, deceased, representing,
among other things, that he has fully a i
ministered said estate, praying that time
and place be fixed for examining, settling
and allowing the final account of his adj
1ninistration, and for the assignment of
the residue of said estate to the parties emit
tied thereto bylaw
1t is ordered that said account be exam
ined and petition heard by this Court on
Monday, the 7th day of November, A. D.
1898, at 10 o'clock A NJ, at the Probate Office
in said county, and
It is further ordered, that notice thereof
be given to all persons interested, by pub
fishing copy of this order once in each
week for three successive weeks prior to
said day of hearing, in the Morris Tribune,
weekly newspaper printed and published
at Morris in said County.
Dated at Morris, Minnesota, the 10th day
of October, 1898.
BY the Court:
lSealI GEORGE e. DARLING,
Judge of Probate.
II. T. BEvANS, Attorney for Administrator,
Morris, Mimi.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-11-05
BOXING a BRIDES Ear.

In Lithuania, a province of Russia, it
is customary that the brides ears should
be boxed before the marriage ceremony.
No matter how tender hearted the moth.
er may be she always makes it a point
of administering hearty smack to her
daughter in the presence of witnesses,
and note is made of the fact. The
mothers intention is kind one, though
the custom itself is bad. The reason for
it is to protect the bride should her mar
riage prove an unhappy one. In that
case she will sue for divorce, and her
plea will be that she was forced into the
marriage against her will, and on that
score the verdict of the judge will be in
her favor
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-11-05
POWER IN OUR POWDER.
A Shot From 13 Inch Rifle Sufficient
to Lift BattIeship Eight Feet.

A Shot From a 13 Inch Rifle Sufficient
to Lift "a BattIeship Eight Feet.
Velocity and pressure, - explained
the powder mill superintendent, care
the two main requisites in proving pow
der. The government is very specific in
it's contracts. 1t demands that when
fired under service conditions in the gun
for which it is intended powder must
give to the projectile a mUzzle velocity
of at least a certain number of feet per
second without producing a pressure of
more than certain number of tons to
the square inch. For modern guns the
velocity required varies from 1900 to
Q, 800 feet in second, and the pressure
is not allowed to exceed Is tons to the
square inch. In some of our guns of the
present day the amount of energy stored
up in the powder charge is SO tremen-
dous as to be almost incredible. The
limit of energy upon the projectile can
not be estimated, so vast are the posi-
bilities
'For example, | may cite the Ore
CONS IL inch rifles. Five hundred and
fifty pounds of powder in these guns
impart to an l, 100 pound shota velocity
Of 2, 100 feet per second and the energy
of the projectile is nearly 81, 900 foot
tons. This power is sufficient to lift
such vessel as the Oregon eight feet
out of the water.
"Those screens between the cannon
and the breastworks are electric chrome
graphs 100 feet apart from each other
and the cannon, and they register the
time of the projectile's flight with abao-
Lutte accuracy.
"And absolute accuracy is-what?'
"The millionth part of a second. -
San Francisco Call
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-11-05
Method.

NO" said Senator Sorghum, with
emphasis. II can't talk for publication
today"
"But, senator, in all the years of our
acquaintance this is the first time you
ever declined to let me quote you. !"
81 don't want you not to quote me.
l want you to say decline to be inter
viewed. This is confidential. I've con-
cluded it's time for me to act as if I'd
got to be SO important that dash t talk
for fear of giving something big away. :"
Washington Star.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-11-05
Unknown Genius.

Warren's hall in Freeport, Me-,
has drop curtain which was paint
ed by an unknown tramp. When
the hall was being built, a tramp
applied to the proprietor for some
thing to eat, and was set to do some
painting to pay for it. The owner
wanted some fancy decorating done,
and the tramp was allowed to try
his hand at it, and succeeded SO well
that his work was accepted and now
remains as testimony of the skill
of an unknown wandering genius.
Boston Herald.