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Morris tribune., 1898-08-31
HOW ABOUT IT
General Miles Will Be Asked to
Explain Alleged Statements
in Interviews.
not Known Whether 1t Will
Take the Form of Military
Inquiry.
lit May Be Difficult to Prove That
Miles Has Done Anything
Wrong.
Controversy Deplored as Tend
ing to Diminish the Prestige
of the Army.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 81. When Gen
anrAl Miles returns to Washington he
will be asked for an explanation of re-
sent interviews appearing and the pub
.hcation of certain dispatches which the
war department has not made public.
Whether the investigation will take
1ae course of military court of in
quiry, or private interview with the
president, the secretary of war and
General Miles, remains still to be seen.
Unin the arrival of General Miles,
the war department will not discuss
the matter. Secretary Alger says that
the department will not enter into any
controversy with it's subordinates and
he does not propose to discuss matters
affecuns General Miles during his alb.
Eence.
Think Miles Gave Them Out.
The department is of opinion that
General Miles made public the dis
patches of the secretary, General Shat
ter and himself. Such action, it re.
CARDS as breach of military regula.
cations, but no military court can Sc.
cure proof that General Miles made
public he dispatches if he and the per.
son to whom they were furnished re.
fuse 10 give the information, as sew.
eral military trials have made it set
tied law that no military court can
compel civilian to testify if he does
not desire to- General Miles also may
Rn called 60 account for the interviews,
rs, ii they were not disavowed, they
would PLACE him in the attitude of
criticiz ug his superior officers and SUBJ
Jsct him to military discipline.
= The Controversy Deplored.
The publication of the dispatches,
taken together with previous inter.
Siew3 III the Kansas City Star, were
the topic of conversation among off.
Csrs o. the war department., and al.
ready there is disposition by some to
take sides in the matter, while others
deplore the conditions as tending to
lower the tone of the army, and to do
irrepara bic injury to the service. It is
expected the controversy will extend
20 both houses of congress, and it is
feared viii have an adverse effect on
legislation which will be asked to bet.
aer the army. 1t is generally under.
s&oed thay the regular force will have
a , lie largely increased, at least until
Aae conquered islands are disposed of,
and it Is cared that legislation in this
direction will be hampered by the con.
troversy between the secretary of war
aud the commanding general
Morris tribune., 1898-08-31

A daughter has been born to Mr. and
Mrs. George N. Curzon.
General Buell. is reported to be dying
at his home near Paradise, KY.
The condition of Miss Winnie Davis,
who is critically i'll at Narragansett
Pier, is slightly improved.
President Faure and Emperor Mich.
olas exchanged kilograms in honor of
the first anniversary of M. Faure's visit
to Russia
Colonel John Hay, the retiring Amer.
lean ambassador to Great Britain, will
sail for New York on the steamer leu.
tonic, Sept. "a.
Miss Winnie Davis, daughter of JEFF.
ferson Davis, is seriously i'll at Nara.
gansett Pier, r. I. Mrs. Davis is at
the bedside of her daughter.
Morris tribune., 1898-08-31
RAILROAD NEWS.

The suburban road from Anoka to
Minneapolis will be completed by Oct.
/. At Anoka the line will connect with
the Anoka and Rainy Lake road.
Grain rates to Milwaukee from
Southern Minnesota and Iowa have
been adjusted to the satisfaction OF the
Milwaukee chamber of commerce. The
fight has been going on for years. a !
The completion of the Fosston branch
Of the Great Northern will consider
ably decrease freight rates between
Duluth and Northern Minnesota points.
It is considered great thing tor Du-
luth jobbers.
Special Master Carey has fled reports
in Northern Pacific cases which turn
over 1000, 600 acres of land in Mime.
sofa and North Dakota to creditors Of
the road and slice off that much from
the preferred stockholders.
Morris tribune., 1898-08-31
LABOR NEWS.

The Welsh coal miners strike has
ended, the miners receiving an advance
of about per cent in wages.
The National Typothetae has adj.
journed, after appointing a committee
to confer with the unions on the nine.
hour day proposition.
The National Typothetae, in session
at Milwaukee, has received a formal
request from the International Typo.
graphical and the Presmen's union for
9.hour day.
Judge Valiant of the St. Louis cir.
cult court has rendered a decision in
the case Of Marx g. Hass against Wat.
son and others declaring boycotts legal,
as long as no force or intimidation is
resorted to-
Morris tribune., 1898-08-31

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 31.-Joseph
Matthews, surgeon in charge of the
division hospital at Presidio, says that
since the removal of the troops to
Camp Merriam, the health of the men
has steadily improved. He denies that
typhoid fever is epidemic, the cases be.
ing confined to few companies. In
all the regiments there has been a
marked decline in the sick list since
their removal to the Presidio.
Morris tribune., 1898-08-31
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

The Hawaiian commissioners have
organized. Senator Cullom is chair.
man.
The next congress will be asked to
make the peace footing of the army
100000 men. .apS4--,r
Senator Hoar may become ambassa.
dor to Great Britain. 1t is stated he
can have the place if he will consent.
The pension Office has granted pen.
sion to All Gum, a Chinese subject and
widow of Pascal Martin, sailor Of the
United States navy. This is the first
citizen of China on the pension list.
Postmaster General Charles Emory
Smith will dispatch commission to
Porto Rico shortly to examine into the
postal necessities there and make rec.
concentrations for the esta blishment of
a complete service.
A telegram from Muskogee, I. T.,
says: The vote on the Choctaw. Chick.
asaw Dawes treaty Wednesday went
80 per cent against the treaty. This is
a representative county, and the result
forecasts the defeat of the treaty.
Morris tribune., 1898-08-31
FINANCE AND TRADE.

Sixty.seven carloads of beer have been
ordered from Milwaukee brewing
company to be shipped to the Orient.
The officially between the govern.
ment and the Homestake Mining com.
pany has been settled by the payment
to the government of $50, 900.
The American steamer Alameda,
Captain Ottendorf, has sailed from
Sydney, N. S. W., for San Francisco,
having on board SO, 900, 900 in gold.
Morris tribune., 1898-08-31
UNFORTUNATE EVENTS.

Ice cream poisoned over score Of
summer h11rders at Middletown, N. Y.
Three have died and several others I'm.
doubtedly will die.
The Thingvalla line steamer Norge
sunk the fishing schooner La Coquette
Sunday last on the Grand Banks. Six.
teen Of the crew of the schooner were
drowned.
Twelve persons have been more or
less seriously injured in a collision on
the Flint and Pere Marquette railway
at Port Huron, Mich. None are ex-
pected to prove fatal.
Morris tribune., 1898-08-31
KLONDIKE NEWS.

The steamer Laurada has arrived
from st. Michaels and Dutch Harbor,
Alaska, with 200 passengers and gold
dust estimated at $1,000
News has been received at San Fran
cisco confirming the reported loss of
the stern wheeler Stickeen Chief. The
disaster was doubtless caused by an ex.
plosion and the crew and passengers,
numbering 4S persons, were undoubt-
eddy lost.
Morris tribune., 1898-08-31
NEWS OF THE WEEK
THE LATE WAR WITH SPAIN.

THE LATE WAR WITH SPAIN.
President Mckinley visited Camp
Meade, Pa, Saturday.
General Blanco advises Spaniards in
Cuba to bow to the inevitable.
Friendly relations are being restored
between the American and Cuban mill
itary authorities at Santiago
! Sickness among Porto Rican troops
is on the increase. There are now 500
men in hospital quarters at Ponce.
General Merritt has been ordered to
Paris that he may give what informa-
ton he can to the peace commission.
Brigadier General Ludlow, who re.
Gently arrived at Montauk from San.
tiago, has been ordered to report to
Washington.
The steamer Comal sailed Friday
from Tampa for Havana with !, 900, 900
rations for distribution to the starving
people of Cuba.
Spanish officers who have arrived in
Spain from Santiago say one reason for
their defeat was the superiority of
American artillery.
An order has been issued by the war
department, extending the furlough of
volunteers given leave of absence, from
30 days to so days.
The United States hospital ship So.
lace, having on board "a sick soldiers
and marines, has arrived at Boston
from Santiago de Cuba.
1t has been decided to send home
without delay the Fourth Pennsylva-
MIA, Third Wisconsin and Third. Iii.
nois regiments, now in Porto Rico
Three hundred and fifty sick from
various regiments boarded the Berk.
shire at Siboney. Of the patients left
at Siboney 100 are in a critical condi.
ton.
The friction between Aguinaldo and
the Americans at Manila is disappear.
ing. It is stated that all the insurgents
wanted was assurance of American
protection.
The American com missioners to ne.
gotiate treaty Of peace with Spain
are Secretary of State Day, Senators
Davis and Frye, Whitelaw Reid and
Justice White of the supreme court
Captain Charles E. Clarke, formerly
commander of the battleship Oregon,
when discharged from further treat.
ment at the hospital at New York, will
be granted three months leave of alb.
sence.
Aguinaldo says he is anxious to sup.
port the authority Of the United States
in the Philippines, has brought over
the other rebel leaders to his views and
desires the disbandment of the insur.
gent army.
The business men of Santiago and
planters in the vicinity of the city
have started movement to induce Gen.
erals Garcia and Castillo to permit the |
Cuban soldiers to return to service on |
the plantations
Two enlisted men of the Sixty ninth
New York volunteers, were killed i'll.
stantly, one fatally and six seriously |
injured in wreck which occurred on
the Louisville and Nashville railway
near Birmingham, Ala.
On the recommendation of Washing.
ton, bank of exchange will be estab-
Lished at Santiago The scarcity of
small coin is great inconvenience,
and cause of much trouble among
the soldiers and local merchants.
The courtmartial at Fort Meade in |
the case of Dr. Duncan of the Twenty.
second Kansas found him guilty of
Decorating the grave of Confederate
officer at the Bull Run battlefield, and
be was sentenced to an Imprisonment
Of FIVE years
Morris tribune., 1898-08-31
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS ITEMS.

George N. Russell of Michigan was
elected president of the American
Bankers association.
Eau Claire, Wis, won first prize OF
$1,000 in the Knights of Pythias drill
contest at Indianapolis.
Anglo American commissioners have
decided not to make their deliberations
public until the work is completed.
In the course of ten days couple of
hundred Japs will come east over the
Great Northern on their way to Phila-
delphia, where they will take charge
of the new cruiser being built there.
"A triennial convention of weather
bureau meteorologists will be held at
Omaha in the middle of October. The
convention will be opened by Professor
Willis L. Moore, chief of the bureau.
Ferd w. Peck, commissioner general
for the United States to the Paris ex-
position, has appointed the governors
of the different states as vice presidents
of the Lafayette memorial commission.
The supreme lodge, Knights of
Pythias, has adjourned after a very
stormy session. The following officers
were elected. Supreme chancellor,
Thomas G. Sample, Allegheny, Pa;
supreme vice chancellor, Ogden H.
Feathers, Wisconsin. The men elected
were on the slate of the present ad.
ministration.
Morris tribune., 1898-08-31
BOTH ARE ALIVE.
Bjornstad and seebach OhiclalIy Reported
as Recovering.

AS 4sGCUVoEAnBs
ST. PAUL, Aug. 31.-To set at rest
all doubts in the matter Governor
Clough cabled Colonel Reeve of the
Thirteenth Minnesota for information
as to the fate or condition of Captains
Bjornstad and Seebach. The governor
has received word that both are not
only alive, but are nearly recovered
from their wounds.
The same cablegram reports that
Sergeant Carleton, Company E, Cor
poral Williams, Company E, Private
Crowel, Company G, Private Little,
Company F, are improving. First
Lieutenant Bunker, Company G, Pri-
vate Lawrence, Company Fl, and Pri-
vate Luhmann, Company K, are re.
ported very sick.
Morris tribune., 1898-08-31
SPORTING NEWS.

Oct. / has been fixed as the date for
the Corbett. Mccoy fight
Major Taylor, the colored cyclist, de.
feated Michael at Manhattan Beach
and broke the mile record.
The Terrible Greek" and the "Strong
jap wrestled at Atlantic City. The
Greek was so badly injured that he is
not expected to live.
Kid Mcfarland of New York, got a
we'll earned decision over Jack DAILY of
Wilmington, Del, after fighting %
clean rounds before the Greater New
York Athletic club.
Morris tribune., 1898-08-31
A Clever Boy.

While reading Addison's "Sir
Roger De Coverley' recently the
subject of belief in ghosts arose in
the class. Naturally in this pro-
gressive age all the scholars scorn-
ed the idea. One boy was especially
vehement in his denunciation of
spooks.
but" persisted the teacher,
merely to develop his thinking pow
ers, Shakespeare seems to have be-
lieved in ghosts.
That's all right" retorted the
boy. 81 know more than Shakes
peare d!"-Cleveland Plain Deal
er.
Morris tribune., 1898-08-31
Merritt ON the China.

MANILA, Aug. SI.-The United States
transport China has left here, having
on board Major General Merritt and
his staff. The general is bound for
Paris, where he will take part in the
Spanish American peace conference.
Major General Otis is acting governor
Ut Manila. Generals Greene and Bah
cock with their STATS, are bound for
Washington.
Morris tribune., 1898-08-31
Bloodr need ofa sai1nr.

PORT TOWNSEND, Wash, Aug. 81
Andrew Larson, sailor, shot two In
dian women and then killed himself.
One Of the squaws is fatally wounded,
the other seriously. They were in.
mates of a disreputable house.
Morris tribune., 1898-08-31
Was the oldest Jurist in Illfno;s.

KENosHA, Wis, Aug. 81. = Judge
Horace Taylor of Rockford, Ills, died
suddenly at the sanitarium here. He
was the oldest jurist in Illinois. and
was master in chancery for the last
thirty years.
Morris tribune., 1898-08-31
Live Stock Prices at St. Paul.

HOGS Market steady with Saturday.
Range of prices, $36O@3s71<.
CATTLE Good cattle steady.
Sales ranged at So. 30@3.50 for stockers;
$1.7503.50 for cows; $500 for hsifers
81 1004 40 for steers
SHEEP : Steady.
Muttons, So. so; lambs S4.50@50O
Receipts: Hogs 600; cattle, 5000; sheep,
4 500; calves, 90.
Morris tribune., 1898-08-31
Hobson Reaches Santiago.

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Aug. S1.-The
steamer Segurance arrived during the
morning, bringing Lieutenant Rich.
mond Hobson, who will superintend
the efforts to float the sunken Spanish
cruisers Cristobal Colon and Infanta
Maria Teresa. Lieutenant Hobson had
an enthusiastic informal reception
from General Lawton, with whom he
viii be quarteEed while in Santiago.
Morris tribune., 1898-08-31
Three Moutbs, Leave Of Absano.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 81. = Captain
Charles E. Clarke, formerly commander
of the battleship Oregon, when dis.
charged from further treatment at the
Sospital at New York, will be granted
three months leave of absence.
Morris tribune., 1898-08-31
sioux City Live Stock.

HOGS Market for common So lower:
others steady. Range of prices, 81 COG
'375.
CATTLE Fairly active; feeders
steady; others 1Oc lower.
Sales ranged at $435@5. Is for beeves;
$160@450 for COWS and heifers; $3.75@
4.3o for stockers and feeders; $A75@5 40
for yearlings and calves
Morris tribune., 1898-08-31
roultry. Butter and ERga

POULTRY-Live, in brisk demand.
Spring chickens TO-; hens 7@71c:
: turkeys, 6goscs ducks T@71<e3
BUTTER-Firm. Creameries 800
17c; diaries, 12@l7c.
EGGS-FiPm;- fresh. 1sck
Morris tribune., 1898-08-31
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Price of Wheat at Duluth.

WHEAT Cash No. hard, 6S11c; No.
l Northern, 67Zc; No. Northern, $3.50:
To Arrive No. hard 6521c; No. l
Northern, 643<c; September, $3.50; De.
cember. GIG; October, 63Nc.
Morris tribune., 1898-08-31
Live Stock Prices at Chicago.

HOUSEWARES weak to 1oc lower.
Heavy weak.
Sales ranged at So 7o@415 for light
$3.60@410 for mixed; $3.50@4.05 for
heavy; So. 50@3.65 for rough.
CATTLE-Market generally 10c lower
Sales ranged at $4.000460 for beeves
$1,000 30 for COWS and heifers; So. 500
4.30 for Texas steers; SS.1004 go for
stockers and feeders $3.6O@4.5; for West
ern rangers.
SHEEP-Market for good grades
steadr others weak.
Sales ranged OF $2.s0@4.65 for natives;
$3.50 44.60 for westerns; 5.75@6.10 for
lambs
Receipts: Hogs, ss,oOO CATTLE $4,000;
sheep 1900.
Grain aud Pr0visiOA Prices at Chicago
WHEAT-August $3.50; September,
641S@641zc; December, 6l55@6sS May,
CSC.
CORN-August, soc; September S0@
SO1ss; December, 3O1zo; May, s21<G321So.
OATS-August. 1890; Septem Der, 1870
December 1870; May, 22@2s1Sc.
PORK-August $ss5; September,
$3.50; October, 1887; December. 1896;
January, 1919.
Morris tribune., 1898-08-31
Grain Prices at Minneapolis.

WHEAT-August closed, 800; Sep.
tember, 6ONc; December, soc; May,
61Ic. On Track-No. hard. 66<c:
No. Northern. 65Hc: No. 2 Northern,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-10-20
Court House New.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
A. w. Mauk administrator, to
Nicholas Bowers, II acres in Ben
ton township, consideration $187.
Jacob Lecrone and wife to Johna-
than Reedy, 40 acres In Marion
township, consideration $1,000.
John w. Work and wife to Dam
iel Walters, lot 473 of Bowen's adj
dition to the village Of Logan. Con-
sideration $1,000.
Charles E. Bowen and wife to
Elizabeth A. Johnson, So acres
more or less in Benton township,
consideration $3.50. h.
| William N. England and wife to
Mary A. Lappen, 100 acres in Green
township, consideration $4100.
Peter Wyncoop and wife to
Emma Baraff, 60 acres in Salt
Creek township, consideration $500.
William Bradbury and wife, to
the incorporated village of Murray
City, part of lot 65 in the village of
Murray City, consideration 5000.
| Charles p. Stacy and wife to
William Dawley, 100 acres in
Ward township, consideration
5000.
z. Williams administrator, to c.
7. Stacy, so acres in Ward town
ship, consideration 1920.
| MARRIAGE LICENSES.
William Lane and Elizabeth See.
shOltz. .g
Lewis Hedges and Falena Bow.
sher.
Edmond r. Clark and Emma
Heft.
Samuel Coy and Lydia Davis.
Joseph Popoery and Fahy Wilma
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-10-20
Gibisonville Items.

We are having nice weather and
a warm fall which is good for the
late corn as there Is plenty Of 1t.
Mr.. J. A. Cupp is suffering with
a car buncle on his hand at this
writing.
DIR. Miller is kept busy now there
Is great many sick in this COM
munity this fall.
Mr.. David Lama's two children
have very sewers case of dipther-
la, DIR. Miller is attending on them.
The store room tha. is being built
by Gold and Evens Is now ready
for the roof, they say 1t will be fin-
ished and ready to begin store
there by the 10Th Of this month.
Dollison brothers will run a store
in it which will please some of
Roberts old friends to see him In
business again.
Our little village is improving
fast, there has been two new build
ings went up in the past summer.
The Lancaster Oil Company is
talking Of commencing to put a
well down close to this place in the
near future, which will make times
a little better for while.
The Kansas folks all started for
their homes last Friday.
Mrs. Rouse is poorly at present
suffering with cancer on her face
Mr.. Frank Jackson has moved
to Millviile where he expects to
make his home in the future.
Mr.. Sam Kline has gone to Michi.
gan where he expects to move his
family as soon as he gets place
fixed to move in. We wish him
success in the future, as he is just
starting out in married life.
Mrs. DR.. Williams of Topeka
Kansas who has been the guest ol
l.. D. Woods for the past two weeks
has returned to her home.
Mr.. III. l.. Brashares will com
mence his school in the special dis
the second Monday In this month
this is the third term he has taught
in the school. and the scholars al
welcome him back again.
DR.. Walker is still poorly at thi'
writing.
Mr.. Charley Calverts buried
their baby last Sunday. 1t dice
of cholera infantum.
You KNOW WHO.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-10-20
HOckiug County
Sunday-school Association In Session
Tuesday and Wednesday.

The annual convention of the
Hooking county Sabbath-school as
sociation was held in the Presby-
terian church on Tuesday evening
and Wednesday. The attendance
was not good. 1t is somewhat sur
prising that there has not been
more interest taken in the work in
Hooking county and when such
splendid and gifted speakers as
Marion Lawrence can be heard,
any church in Logan should be
crowded. Mr.. Lawrence made a
splendid address on Tuesday even
ing and on Wednesday morning
gave an interesting talk on the
method and object of the organiza-
tion. Hooking county is lacking
in township organization.
The election of officers for the
coming year took place and result
ed as follows: President, F. M. Nc
Kay; secretary, w. L. Kreig; treas
urer, E. P. Price.
The executive committee con-
sists of president, secretary and
treasurer and four other members,
making seven in all. Miss Margret
Saumenig, Mrs. R. B. Longstreth,
A. M. Brown and e. o. Lehman
were selected on executive com.
mittee. President 8. H. Bright was
in court and his address "S. s.
Work; the outlook in Hooking
county" was not given. There was
a short discussion of the subject by
members present and adjournment
for the noon hour.
In the afternoon two splendid pa
pers were read by Mrs. r. d. Long
streth and Mrs. r. @. Caughey
Rev. Hill, of New Plymouth, gave
a talk on the Country Sunday
School. The session closed with {
talk from Mr.. Lawrence who tool
up the 23d Psalm and showed The
beautiful lessons taught therein
Journal Gazette.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-10-20
"Care and Culture OF Dependant and
Delin quent Children"

Rev. and Mrs. H. s. Orne of
Syracuse, N. Y, who are travelling
through the U. s. in a Gospel wagon
arrived in Logan enroute for the
south, where they will spend the
winter. The family live in the
wagon and have been in eighteen
States covering over 5000 miles.
Mr.. Orne is making special study
of pauperism and phrenology. He
says that hereditary and environ
ments breed criminals, poorhouses
and prisons confirm them. From
90 to SO per cent of the criminals
in the country, which have increas.
ed so per cent during the last ten
years while the population has on.
ly increased 25 per cent, come
either from no homes or, bad homes.
Mr., Orne spent Sunday at our In
firmary conducting services there
also at the Childrens Home. Tc
our reporter he said "both places
rank high among similar institut
ions in this and other states he has
visited. His suggestion to the
board of directors was the removal
at once of the Childrens Home tt
another portion of the county anc
the introduction of the industrial
departments, thus raising thu
the children to useful citizenship
by training head, heart and hand
Mr.. Orne claims that 80 per cent o
dependant children could thus b,
saved from life of sin and shame
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-10-20
POLLS CLOSED.
UNUSED BALLOTS
DESTROYED.

SECTION %. The county executive COM
mittee Of each party having ticket to be
person to be present as inspector and witness
and inspect the counting of the votes In each
precinct, md who shall be admitted to said
voting place. and who shall be entitled to q
copy of the certificates provided for in this
act, but no other person excepting the elect
lon officers shall be admitted to said polling
mediately upon the close of the polls, the
number of electors entered and shown on
the poll books as having voted, shall be first
judges and the clerks and before any other
or further proceedings, the president or
chairman of the board shall make proclama-
tion In loud voice outside the polling room,
certified on the poll books. There upon the
Judges shall, in the presence of the clerks and
inspectors ABOVE provided for, destroy the
ballots remaining unvoted. ~.