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State Items of Interest.

William Swanetz, aged 65 years, died
at New Lisbon from the effects of an over
dose Of laudanum taken for medicinal
purposes.
Elmer Feasel charged with having
stolen harness at Eau Gale, pleaded
guilty, and was sentenced to Waupun for
six months.
The Sank County Agricultural Society,
one Of the best in the State. has taken
new departure and will hereafter be a
stock company.
A quit claim deed to the John G.
Holmes farm has been filed at Kenosha.
This act ends a case that has been going
on for twenty years.
The private car of Oliver and SCOTS
Ministries at Eau Claire was robbed of
goods valued at $500. A colored man has
been arrested upon suspicion.
Gustav Foreman, well-known farmer.
living south Of Kenosha, committed sui
eide by jumping into a we'll. For some
time he has been acting strangely.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. w. Foster of La
Crosse have returned from trip to Sitka.
Juneau, Skaguay and other Alaskan
points, having completed 6,OOO-mile jour
ney, including stops, in a little over two
weeks.
News was received of the accidental
drowning of Mac Kirkwood, son of Rev.
and Mrs I. G. Kirkwood, at Colorado
Springs. Rev. Kirkwood has filed pull
pits at GAINESVILLE, Fond du Lac and Mil
Waukee.
Mrs. Thomas of Chippewa Falls is in
receipt Of letter from her son. r u
Thomas, written from Dawson CITY.
which discloses the fact that the story rel
ative to the sinking of the Iowa was a
hoax.
The Rev. Fatltr William A. Goebel of
st. Patrick's Church, Ripon, has been
appointed by Archbishop Katzer TO sue
coed che Rev. Robnrt J. Roche of James
vile.
Fred Springstead, an Amigo bow. was
killed in the battle aaar Manila on Auy
l. He enlisted in the FIRST Colorado reo;-
ment and went with ;ien. Merritt's ex-
petition.
Assemblyman Joseph W<langer's plant
at Dundas, consisting of cheese box fac
tory, barrel, Neg and butter tub factory
warehouse, lumber and nanufactured
stock. was burned. The loss is SIC. 200 S
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single battles in our civil war. The Span
ish casualties are, OF course far greater
than ours. but are difficult to estimate be-
cause of conflicting reports.
The first defenders of Spanish honor to
fall in the war were undoubtedly killed at
the bombardment of Matanzas, on April
27, the war having been declared by Con-
gress to have commenced April 81. Short
ly after this the cruiser New York fought
some Spanish cavalry at Cabanas, thirty
eight miles west of Havana, without sus-
tanning loss, and on May / Dewey won
his world-famous victory off Manila, at
Ter stopping for breakfast when half way
through. The loss on the Spanish side
footed up 400 killed and over 600 wound
ed. The American casualties consisted
of the wounding of six seamen.
The Nicksburg and the cutter Morrill,
engaged the Santa Clara batteries off Ha-
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next two or three days fighting, in which
the marines did gallant work, Sergt. Maj.
Henry Goode and Private Tauman were
killed and five privates wounded. There
were also some Cuban casualties.
SIMPSONS next bombardment of San
tiago resulted in the killing of an officer
and three men and the wounding of an
officer and twenty men. On June IL the
Yankee fought Spanish gunboat off
Cienfuegos, and Scion Z. Kennedy of New
York was wounded. Three days later the
Spanish general. Joval, was killed in
naval attack on Santiago. "A gunner was
killed at target practice on the Yankee by
an exploding shell. Then Shafter erected
a landing in Cuba and moved upon Slbo-
ney, and the army took up it's share OF
suffering and danger. The daring anu
famous charge of the rough riders and
the Tenth cavalry and First cavalry on
Sevilla Heights, near Slboney, when 1,OOO
Americans fought twice their number,
took place on June a. The killed in
cluded: Capt. Allyn X. Capron, Sergt.
Hamilton Fish, Sergt. Marcus~D. Russell,
all of the rough riders; Capt. Maxlnnl-
iano, Corp. White of the Tenth cavalry,
Corp. Doherty and ten rivates. Mag.
Grow, Lieut.. Col. Alexander y. Brodle,
Capt. McClintock and Lieut.. Thomas OF
the rough riders, and Maj. Bell, Capt.
Knox and Lieut. Byram of the First cav
airy were wounded. as were forty-six 9TH
err soldiers. The Spanards lost 2S5 killed
and wounded.
The Texas shelled the Santiago bat
teries on June %, when a six-inch shell
killed Apprentice Frank e. Blakely and
wounded seven seamen. Shortly after
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-Four days later came the fight in Car
denas harbor, in which the only American
naval officer to be killed in the war met
his death. The cruiser Wilmington, tor
pedo boat Winslow and gunboat Hudson
had entered the harbor to attack some
Spanish gunboats. In the fight shell
burst aboard the Winslow, killing Ensign
Worth Baglcy and four others. phe
Spanish losses in Cadenas included one
medical officer, three sailors. two women,
three children killed; wounded unknown.
The day of this skirmish was also the
day on which the cruiser Marblehead,
the gunboat Nashville and the auxiliary
cruiser Window attacked some Spanish
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WANT TO BE ANNEXED.
A Strong Feeling Among epaniartli In
Cuba for Union with Us.

A Strong Feeling Among epaniardi In
Cuba for Union with Us.
A correspondent of the New York Her
aid who visited Havana since the signing
of peace articles between the United
States and Spain says that the sentiment
of Spaniards in the capital is in favor of
the annexation of Cuba to the United
States. They realize that if a steady and
strong government is not founded it will
be very difficult for them to remain in the
country, representing as they do the
wealthy element. They prefer the idea
of annexation to any other kind of rule,
for they believe it would be the only thing
which would guarantee order and the pro-
lection of all kinds of interests. They
state that a government established under
any other conditions would not last very
long.
The Cuban element. representing fnan-
cial interests and having social standing,
who have taken no active part in warfare,
have similar ideas and believe also that
any other government which might be es-
ablished in Cuba in which certain radical
elements would participate would precip-
tate great disturbances and render I'M
possible all efforts for pacification by the
Government. Among many of the plain
people the feeling of annexation is strong.
I'VE want to belong to the United States
and not to the Cubans,' many Of them
said to the correspondent.
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troops behind improyised breastwOrks at
C;cnfuegos, One seaman was killed and
another was so badly hurt that he died
later. Captain Maynard and Lieut.. Cam
eron Winslow. both of the Nashville,
were slightly. and Robert Volts of the
Nashville. Herman w. kuchneisted, John
Davis and John L. Doran of the Marble
head. and William Levery were seriously
wounded. Many other Americans recelv-
ed trtiing wounds. The Spaniards lost
300 killed and many hundred wounded.
Sampson's hombardment of San Juan
de Porto Rico. an engagement satisfae-
tory in its results. took place the next
day. the Iowa. Indiana. New York, Ter
ror, Amphitrite. Detroit, Montgomery.
Wampatuck and Porter joining i'll the at
tack. The enemy responded with a heavy
FIRE. killing Frank Widemark. a seaman
on the New York and the gunner's mate
on the Amphitrite, and wounding seven.
The ships were unnjured. The Spanish
governor general reported the casualties
in the town as eight killed and 81 wound
ed.
second minor attack on Cardenas
took place, in which seven Spanards were
reported wounded. and on May 81 Com
modore Schlcy hombardcd the Santiago
Notifications. firing on MORO Castle. La
Iocapa and Punta Gorda. Our forces
were unscathed and the Spanish loss was
reported heavy. On June 6 Sampson took
q turn at the forts. silenctng them without
Sustaining loss. On the Spanish side Col.
Ordonez. Capt. Sanchez, Lieut.. 1rizar
and Officers Perez and Garcia were
wounded. An ensign and five sailors were
Killed and twenty wounded.
Five American ships homharded Cal
manera. in the bay of Guantanamo. on
June /. and forty marines went ashore
there from the Oregon three days later.
Then they were Joined by 600 more ma
rincs from the troopship Panther. under
Lieut.. Col. Huntington, and the Marble
head, Vixen and Dolphin ran up the bay
to fire on the Spanish earthworks. The
first battle of the marines took place June
II. when Assistant Surgeon John Blair
Gibbs of Richmond, Va, Sergt. Charles
III. Smith and two prisates We're killed.
The Spanish loss is unknown. In the
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Reinholdt Richter, and SO slightly wound

Rcinholdt Richter, and SO slightly wound
ed.
The last casualty in the navy was the
death of Emanuel Konlouris, coal pass
er on the gunboat Bancroft, who was kill
ed during a recent engagement with
Spanish rifiemen at point of land jutting
out into Cortes bay.
Corporal Swanson was killed by a
shell in Gen. Wilson's advance in Porto
Rico. Capt. Lee and Lieut.. Names and
three privates were wounded. The Span
ish loss has not been reported.
Total Losses in Both Armies.
Gen. Vara del Rey of the Spanish forces
was one Of those killed at Ell Caney. Gen.
Toral declined to estimate the total Span
ish losses there. 1t Is safe to say that
their loss in killed in battle on land and
sea is several times our loss in dead. Ac-
cording to the estimate at hand the navy
has lost: Killed, l officer and IL men Gn-
Guiding Cadet Boardman, Accidentally
shot at Cape San Juan Aug. 10); wound
ed, 3 officers and 40 men. The army has
lost: Killed, % officers and 213 men;
wounded 81 officers and 1916 men. Total
American loss, "a officers and 249 men
killed, 80 officers and 1856 men wounded.
The estimating of the number of Ameri-
can soldiers who lost their lives through
sickness in the war is more difficult mat
ter, because of the lack of complete re-
ports from all hospitals. At present the
Navy Department has no sufficient data
on the matter. AS to the army, $50
deaths is a conservative estimate.
The land that Spain must add to men
and ships in her column of losses includes
| Cuba's 43,319 square miles. Porto Rico
contains $3.50 square miles, and is the
healthiest of all the West Indies. Guam,
or Guahan, is the southernmost and larg-
est of the Ladrone group. If we select
it as our perQuisite in that locality we will
get fertile piece of ground 100 miles in
circuit, thckly wooded, and provided with
couple of Spanish forts and a roadstead.
The Philippines have an aggregate area
of ia 400 square miles. We have taken
thirty or forty transports in the course
of the war.
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A Prophecy OF the Wa.

Poor Cuba had suffered at tho ~.
threshold of this great and free couot,
for more than a century before apy ~
tive intervention was undertaken ~
the United States. Outrage after on,
rage had been piled upon American ci,t
zens who resided there or undertoM =.
trade atsher ports. The present W.
ought to have been fought fifty Years
ago, and it is a long, sad commeDtsrr
on the tAO peaceful conservatism of ths
past that the first man killed in from,
of Santiago in June, 1885, was tha
grandson and namesake of the Sierra
tary of State who held back the hand ~
justice in 1870 when the Virginius af
fair stirred the American people to in
dignation. 1t seems to prove that
whether the war was deferred or not
it must come in spite of the conserya.
tism-in spite of the cost of life and
money.
The thought that it would come was
present in the minds of many, and in
one instance at least seems to have
been developed into q basis for action
Many residents of our city have noted
in the street cars among the advertising
signs which are so prominently dis
played a series of cards which refer to
naval and military lines, and which
have a double interest at the present
hour. Although they were placed in the
cars over a year ago, before the Spanish
war was thought of, their text in not
a few points seems to foretell with ac,
curacy some of the relations Of the war
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Carson Will Is Sustained.

At Eau Claire, Judge Hubbard has tled
a decree in the matter of the protest OF
Henrietta Proctor of ST. Paul against the
admission of the will of William Carson
millionaire, deceased. Judge Hubbard oe-
cides that Henrietta is not the daughter
of William Carson, but Of Samuel ana
Susan Lamb, although Susan Lamb lot
a time left her husband and in lS47 llved
with William Carson; that the sole helrs
at law are the five daughters and the son
of William Carson, deceased, and MS
wife, Mary E. Smith; that William Car
son never acknowledged Henrietta as MS
daughter; that the will is valid and prop
erly executed. The protest is dismissed
and the will admitted to probate.
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Her Jaws Are Locked.

A woman about So years of age was
taken off the Northwestern train at Fond
du Lac, who had the appearance of being
demented She boarded the train at Osh-
kosh and when the conductor asked her
for ticket he received no answer. When
Fond du Lac was reached she was assist
ed off and the police notified. All efforts
to get her to talk were useless. Fearing
she was sick the patrol wagon was sum-
moned and she was taken to the office OF
DR.. Mayham. 1t was found upon exam
nation that her jaws were firmly set and
all efforts Of the doctor to force them
apart were useless. She could understand
what was said, but made no answer.
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Shot by a Burglar.

Joseph Grove, farmer and dairyman
living in the town of Pleasant Prairie,
encountered burglar attempting to rob
his milk house. Hearing disturbance he
took his shotgun in hand to capture the
thief. Nearing the milk house he saw
man come out, whereupon he raised the
shotgun to his shoulder, but the burglar
was too quick for him and fired his re-
volver first. the bullet taking effect IN
Groves forehead. The bullet was de-
Elected on striking and fatality thereby
nrovon@ed
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ward Thomas Levalley of White Plains,
\. v. died in the Key West hospital of
appendicitis caused by overeXertion while
serving on the Yankee before Guanta-
namo and Santiago.
Casualties at Santiago.
In the advance on Santiago of July /.
. and 8, there were killed II officers. POS
enlisted men and II officers, and l, 197 en-
listed men were wounded. At that time
81 enlisted men, of whom many have
since been found, were reported missing.
In the destruction of Cervera's fleet on
July 8. Chief Yeoman George II. Ellis
of the Brooklyn was the only American
killed. Three We're slightly wounded on
the Texas. The Spanish loss has been
estimated at $50 killed and $50 wounded,
including Admiral Cervera himself and
Capt Eulate. Besides this. in the sink
ing of the Spanish cruiser Reina Merce
DIES. Capt Acosta. five seamen and II
marines were killed. and a lieutenant and
II men wounded In the subsequent mu-
tiny of Spanish prisoners on the Harvard
six of them were killed and 10 wounded.
The loss with the Spanish cruiser Alphon-
so Mi. is unknown.
Winthrop Chanler of New York,
wounded in the right arm on July 3, while
landing with a force of % rough riders
and some Cubans from the auxiliary gun
boat Peoria, at Palo Alto.
Gen. Miles. after effeeting his landing
III Porto Rico. at Guanica. has had such
a gratifying time of it that there were
practically no American casualties. Capt.
Gihon Barrett and four men, all Sixth
Massachusetts. were wounded in a fight
before Yauco, where four Spaniards were
found dead and several wounded. On
Aug 6 eight privates were wounded at
Guayama. One Spaniard was killed and
two wounded. Five men were wounded
at Asomanta, Lieut.. J. T. Haines, Fourth
artillery, and two privates were wounded
and corporal killed One man was kill
ed and an officer and Il men wounded
near Hormigueros.
In the fight at Manila July 81, the Span
ish loss was estimated at 800 killed and
LOCO wounded, and we lost nine killed.
nine seriously wounded, including Capt.
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Re.cuer DRAGGED to Death.

Mrs. r. Perry Gates and Howard Suth-
erland Of La Crosse were drowned at
Eagle Bluff, a few miles from there, on
the Mississippi river. Mrs. Gates was
wading near the shore, when she slipped
into a deep hole. The Sutherland boy
went to her rescue and in the struggle
both lives were lost.
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Three Trains in a Heap.

A triple collision on the Chicago and
Northwestern ailway at Bay View cost
the company $4,000. No one was seri-
ously injured. Two long freight trains
had coll;ded. A few moments later a wild
passenger train rounded a curve and
crashed into the freight wreck.
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Returning to Work.

The backbone Of the woodworkers
strike has been broken in the Sixth ward
at Oshkosh, known locally as thev-terr1ble
Sixth The chief Of police and the sew
eral manufacturers state that the Sixth
ward workmen have come back to work
in much greater numbers. All the fac
tories save Fosters have run WITHOUT in
cident and with steadily charging crews.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-08-25

The oldest trained nurse in Enganu
with the exception of Miss Nightllls'l;'
is Mrs. Florence Craven. Her eApels
ence of work in hospitals has eXtenu'a
to Holland, Denmark, Germany 'u'
France. In the Franco-Prusslan Wa" 4ha
volunteering for ambulance WORK, .nr
care was confded to her OF W., w.
station of the 10th army corps NV. w..
ing Metz. The list of hep decorat IUon
is a long one. She possesses lne will WI,
Cross, the Order Of Merit from ' +hp
lam l. for distinguished services ~ e.om
war, a cross with royal crown lions
Empress Frederick, and dls'ln. .nnlp
from other eminent persons 0 opepn
mented by the jubilee medal Oh
Victoria.
8Ss.rn ia G1O on6 lose. IL uuA"ss
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Sorry for EN-,

Il see the Spaniards at Matanzas are
compelled to eat their mules to keep
from starving" remarked the SNORT
man as he laid aside the paper.
'Yes, was just reading about IT.
said the man with the chin WhskerS
1T is too bad; ! actually feel sorry lot
them"
''Who, the Spaniards?"
''No-the mules" - Detroit FREE
Press.
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itself was great show. People were
there from all the country round about to
see the last review of Camp Thomas.
They were not disappointed. The military
panorama passed before them was all
they expected it to be.
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Casualties Were Few.

ii II Army and
Navy Departments
are in possession
of nearly complete
lists of casualties
on the American
side, and Of more
of less accurate es-
Inmates Of losses
inflicted upon the
Spaniards during
the war, which
lasted only ia
days. The double
total is probably
less than that Of
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If, as these active advertisers assert
by the use of Sapolio, there should be.
good market for their useful article
in the Spanish possessions which have
lately fallen under our control. Whether
they were prophesying or not, their an
nouncements are brisk and timely, and
the advice they give is-like the Amerl-
can arms-irresistible.
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GRAND REVIEW HID.
Brilliant Spectacle Witness at Camp
Thomas.

Forty thousand people saw the great
review at Chickamauga. Snodgrass hill
was black with spectators, and their We
hicles formed line of miles. The crowd
came early and waited The assembly in
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LOSSES IN THE WAR.
SMALL NUMBER OF AMERICANS
WE'RE KILLED.

Spain's Loss OF Men Was Many Times
What Ours Wac, and She Has Parted
with MucA Valuable Property-Es-
innate of I<eeees in Both Armies.
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ward Thomas Levalley of White Plains,
y. y. died in the Key West hospital OF
appendicitis caused by overeXertion while
serving on the Yankee before Guanta-
namO and SANTIAGO
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dirt is Sapolio. The campaign in Cuba
has resulted in a loss of life on the
battle field of about one hundred and
fifty, While every evidence points to the
probability that double that number Of
deaths will result from the yellow fever
scourge, which largely originates from
the Spanish lack of cleanliness. No less
a statesman than James G. Blaine
stated publicly that one hundred mill
ions would be cheap price to pay for
Cuba if by proper sanitary measures
we could prevent the annual scare of
yellow fever along our coast.
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If you bet $13 and lose, it's un''
The Opelousas courier., 1898-08-20
The Canalman.

A canalman, unless there happens
to be a member of his family who can
help him, hires a man called 'Hthe
hand" The men who run the boats
come from various positions in life to
become canalmen. Some have been
farmers, who own farms along or near
the canal, and not a few have been
born and lived all their lives on a
canal boat. Perhaps one Of the most
unusual cases is that of a well-educat-
ed man who was formerly a Methodist
minister, but is now, and has been for
several years, living with his family
on one of these boats and driving
mules for a living.
The majority, however, are rough
and Ignorant, and the proverbial
swearing is to be heard in it's most re-
pulsive forms. One notices frequent
ly a lame or crippled man in charge of
a boat, since this is one of the few
positions in which a manned person is
able to carr a livelihood. A canal
mans family, if he has one, lives with
him on the boat during the open sea-
son, and the rest of the year some live
on little plots Of ground, often too
small to be called farms, or perhaps
they may live in n of the larger
towns nearby.-Godey's Magazine.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-08-20
Two Famous Naval "Remarks."

e The answer of Commodore Stock
ton to the Mexican Governor of Cali
fornia, when we took possession of
that country, is worth recalling: elf
you march upon the town (Los An
geles)," threatened the Governor,
s'you will find it the grave of your
men,"
"Tell the Governor" said Stockton,
''to have the bells ready to toll at eight
o'clock in the morning. I shall be
there at that time"
Commodore Tatnall's ''blood is
thicker than water won great recog-
milton in England in 1859. Seeing
the British Admiral, Sir James Hope,
in a tight place under the fire of
Chinese forts, Tatnall calamity came
to his rescue. In SO doing he was
guilty of a breach of neutrality, but
his answer, 'tBlood is thicker than
water" had the effect of condoning
his ofepse.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-08-20
Poultry Notes.

ouA
Feed a variety.
Give breakfast at 6.
Exercise is an egg tonic.
Hens will not lay if too fat.
Milk is a complete egg food.
The starved hen is worthless.
Feed the mash warm-not hot.
Underfed hens r poor layers.
The morning mash is imperative.
Let breakfast be only half a meal.
Oyercrowded focks give few eggs.
Cold quarters check egg production.
Eggs sell better when sent to market
in regular cases.
The laying hen consumes more food
than one not laying.
The early pullets are the profitable
winter egg producers.
Ten hens with one male make about
the proper proportion.
Ten weeks from shell to market is
the time allotted q chick.
Keep cabhages hanging in the honse
within reach Of the fowls.
Egg shells ground to a powder make
. good addition to the mash.
Ten locks, each consisting of ten
hens, are enough for an acre.
Scatter the grain at 400 among
litter, so the fowls must exercise.