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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-04-21
Torpedo Boats And Destrouers.

Every decade brings marked change
and improvement in all branches of
naval warfare. Great Importance IS
attached nowadays to torpedo boats
and in the next war they are ex-
pected to play most important part.
Torpedo boats are from 100 to It's
feet long and draw only about five feet
Of water. They can therefore sail in
the shallow waters oil river and BAYS
where the large warships cannot 20.
They can move faster than the
swiftest battle ships, and because of
their small size. low free board and
rapid movements can DO their mis-
chief without much danger iii being
sunk by the guns of the larger enemy.
The most favorable time for oper-
ating atorpedo boat is at night. 1t
viii steal quietly, like an assassin. to
within three or -four hundred wards
OF sleeping battle ship. discharge
with considerable accuracy. under
water, a projectile Of destruction cap
able Of wrecking the staunchest
man-of-war that floats. and then dart
away, perhaps without having even
been seen. torpedo boat carries
froni 20 to p officers and men. three
or four l-pounder rides and about the
same number Of torpedo tubes.
Battle ships have two means Of de-
Tense. One is to shoot and sink the
torpedo boat before it gets near
enough to do it deadly work, which i
not easy even in daylight the other il
by network q rings hung III the wa
ter around the warship to keep tor
pedo from striking the ship.
Neither is considered very sure pro
lection.
A torpedo boat destroyer /, much
lik torpedo DAT. but is larger and
swifter, sometimes making speed of
50 to 80 miles an hour Besides tor.
pedo tubes il carries rapid-tiring guns
Of considerable size and is capable 81
running down and sinking the speedi-
est torpedo boats. L can be used
with great eTectin capturing or sink,
ing commercial vessels er It'll firing
lorpedocs into amy sort Il craft
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-04-21
SHEET CAMr. March 30. 1898.

DEAR MoTHER:-We are now above
Dyea about Is miles-when YOU get
this we will be over the summit which
is not half 50 bad as expected You
can see nj kinds of pulling machines
here; there are oxen. horses, mules,
goats and some dogs | Wouldn't have
il man would give them to me-
From +. Pt. it is long level hollow
and to Canon City, but from c. c. it
is son OF gun. When you get to
the mouth of the Canon it looks as if
YOU had 70 come to point and you
don't know whore YOU are going to,
but you wiggle, twist and squirm and
weave up the gorge, some places
straight up 100 or more feet and you
have to look out for the teams sor they
are made at the dog teams and would
run CHIT into us if in the way. The
road was very narrow most all the
way; never saw place equal to il
il all my life.
Sheep Camp is a rotten hole in the
summer time I'll bet when this stun
is all thawed out would no. live
here in the summer for the world
We have got our stun up to the foot
Of the summit and made one pull III
with block and tackle. II will take )
or A days to block and tackle all W
and then all will be well. We camp
down here and 90 up to pull in morn.
ings and take cur dinner with us. Al
foot q summit is place, "the scales
where there is lot of tents all wood
Is got down here unless vou ray from
e cents per IL. - We camp here
whore Wood ard water i plenty ",
MI, III down Sta other side aud pitct
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-04-21
Not always Understood

A fact often overlooked or not always
understood, is that women suffer as
much from distressing kidney and
bladder troubles as the men. The
womb is situated back of and very
close to the bladder, and for that reas-
on any distress, disease or inconven-
fence manifested in the kidneys, back,
bladder or urinary passage is often by
mistake attributed to female weakness
or womb trouble of some sort.
The error is easily made and may
be as easily avoided by setting urine
aside for 81 hours; sediment or set
thing is evidence that your kidneys
and bladder need doctoring. If YOU
have pain or dull aching in the back.
pass water too frequently or scanty
supply with smarting or burning
these are also convincing proofs of
kidney trouble. If you have doctored
without benefit try DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root. the great kidney remedy.
The mild and extraordinary effect will
surprise YOU. 1t stands he highest
for its wonderful cures. Ii you take
a medicine YOU should have the hest
At druggists soc and 81.
You may have sample bottle and
pamphlet both sent free by mail, up
on receipt of three two-cent stamps to
cover cost of postage on the bottle.
Mention The Grant County Herald
and send your address to DIR. Kilmer
x Co, Binghampton, \. Y. The
proprietors OF this paper guarantee
the genuineness of this offer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-04-21
Give the Children a Drink

Called Grain-O. 1t is delicious, APP
petizing, nourishing food drink to
take the place of coffee Sold by all
grocers and liked by all who have
used it because when properly pre-
pared it tastes like the finest coffee
but is free from all injurious proper
ties. Grain-O aids digestion and
strengthens the nerves. 1t is not a
stimulant bat health builder, and
children as well as adults can drink
it with great benefit. Costs about
as much as coffee. Is and 25c. If
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-04-21
II Splendid Chance For Investment.

The owners of the remaining lands
of the Theophilus Chapman Estate
who reside in California, are desirious
Of disposing Of their interests in this
section, consisting of about $50 acres
of choice land No reasonable offer
will be refused. Prospective purchas-
ers will address all communication
with bids inclosed, to Angelo Byrne,
1926 Pine Street, San Francisco. Cal.
5-lmo.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-04-21
Many People Cannot Drink

Coffee at night II spoils their sleep.
You can drink Grain-O when YOU
please and sleep like a top. For Grain
o does not stimulate; it nourishes.
cheers and feeds Yet it looks and
tastes like the best coffee. For nerv-
Gus persons, young people and child
rem Grain-O is the perfect drink
Made from pure grains. Get a pack
age from your grocer today Try it
il place Of coffee. 3 and POE.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-04-21

nit to mail this and to ask for our
mail, for as yet Halle and have had
no letters since leaving Seattle.
Tuesday just after dinner-On sat
urday we took two loads up to a point
about one-half way from here to a
place called Stone House" and sun
day hauled up the balance, which re-
quired the longest and hardest DAYS
work on us and dogs Of any day that
we dave yet put in. Did not like to
do it but had to keep up with the
push; and come what may we will not
get out Of the middle Of the stream
and sit on the bank aud watch the
rest 60 by. We are now about half
mile below the tree line and this
move took US about a half mile above
tree line. You may believe we
reached different climate but not at
all severe. On 10Th on summit it was
20 above zero. and except when
storm is on is not very bad.
Yesterday we used block and tackle
to run goods ur an incline at an angle
OF 30 degrees, and are now ready to
go up another at an angle of about As
degrees, and there is still one more to
60 up before we reach the scales at
foot Of summit. Between these hills
we haul along with dogs. We 60 up
this way-put pully at the top and
use 400 foot rope which is just
right to go up all these steep pitches,
with sled at each end of rope. Load
the lower sled and then six or eight
men Gas it happens) pull down the sled
from the top, when down reload and
other fellows pull down other sled and
so on. II is the one o. X. method Of
getting up these sleeps. Six men
walking down hill can pull 700 lbs.
easier than they can walk up the hill
empty. We got up to the summit this
way and may let oCr goods down the
other side same way. Don't know OF
man in our party that is now sick.
Hal and today went up on past
scales to foot of summit-first time
we had seen it, and the last old hill,
called the pass" looks but little
worse than the pitches | have written
you Of, but it is steepest of all and
longer. There are many paths up
and down, but those that pack up all
60 in one path along which rope is
stretched to hold on by; those that
have sleds get on and shoot down.
Hal is now cooking supper-some
Haii5ut fish that got from an In
dian.
From c. c. railroad on which
much work was done last summer,
connects with Dyea, and understand
will be run down to Llndaman on the
other side 80 that when completed they
contract to deliver goods from ship
docks at Dyea into Lindaman.
There are five pitches way we go up
and are now up the longest and can
easily reach the top in four days
work. VIII take our time as papers
say and those coming out that after
April 9Th prospectors will not be re-
quired to pay duty upon the 1895 lbs.
groceries they require man to 90 in
with While we doubt this very much
we can just as well 60 in after that
date. Officers take duty on summit
now. With love to YOU each and all.
Most truly yours,
H. L. MOSES.
Addenda. This is the eve of March
3oth and have written a long letter
to Uncle Rolla which think | will
mail tomorrow.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-04-21
Don't Tobacco spit or smoke Your Life


Thetruthful startling title Of a book about
No-To-B ac the only harmless guarantee to-
haccn habit cure II YOU want 10 quit and
can't use No To-Bac." Braces mp uicoti-
n{zed nerves eliminates nicotine pOiSonS
makes weak men gain strength, weight and
Vtcpr. Positive cure or money refunded
S0ld ana guaranteed by stone Is H2SSeu.
Book at druggiStS or mailed free. Address
RanGnlYn - New -0rk 10 SurEce $.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-04-21

The money in circulation in the L.
S. is now $23.69 per capita, an increase
OF more than 81. so for each individual
in the country since the adoption of
the Chicago platform. which insisted
that there could be no increase in our
circulation without the free and un-
limited coinage of silver
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-04-21

Richard Guenther has been elected
president of the state board of control
in place of Mr.. Heg appointed to SUI
perintendency Of new reformatory at
Green Bay. Assemblyman n. b.
Treat OF Monroe is the new member Of
the board.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-04-21
Letter From II. l.. Moses.


The letter, Of which the following
is portion, was mailed at Dyea April
?, 1898, just one day before the ava
lancle:
SHEEP CAMP, March Is, 1898.
My DEAR MOTHER AND ALL AT HONE:
We pitched our tents here about 4
this p. m having moved our two last
loads from Canon City today. Here
is the route in Uncle sam land-Dyea
at high-tide mark, then miles north
Finigan' Pts miles on is Canon CITY
at mouth OF Canon, miles on up Is
Sheep Camp, 9 miles more, the Scales.
then one-half mile is the summit. i. e.
beyond the Pass. These are the
usually given distances but are not at
all accurate, tho az the trail goes
winding in and out there are not too
many miles. The Scales" takes the
name from the transportation com
pany. Here are weighed the goods
taken over the Aerial Ry.. which a.
yet Is only in operation from summit
down this far, but it is to be run on
down to Canon City.
We moved drst load from +. 1T. 10
9 9. last saturday This was up
ri er on ice and only took three DAYS.
but from c. c. we come up hill over
much travelled trail and could only
haul 500 lbs. to the load, having on
the four dogs to the load. and could
only make two trips day. tho it
only took two hours to make the trip
up. So much time is taken up to get
wood, water, cook, eat. etc. We
could perhaps have accomplished
more in day than we have so far bi.
we don't care to kill ourselves or dogs
on the start, and we are keeping up
with the crowd and do not care to 90
faster Weather has been very fine
since last wrote: rained little one
morning at f. PIT. but up here we
have no fog. while below had nearly
all the time; generally a little cloudy
IN early morning but rest OIL day clear
bright and pleasant. and Since c c.
was reached has frozen a little every
night, 1t i showing little this al
ternoon first seen up here and will
make our sleds slip better, {. {. il
named for the canon At the mouth 81
which ii is situated.
Canon is a Wild, mountainous rorce.
steep sides; in many places 100 or
more feet high and at the base not
over 20 feet wide in many places. and
over this trail up the canon every
manner Of teams take outfits have
pushed by oNen,donkeys, horses. lacks.
goats, dogs and men. There are
single horse and four horse teams
single pack horses and pack trains
with dog in them. and this is true
Of all animals except oxen and men
they 20 single or in twos. Have seen
II dogs tandem and pulling verv lit
tie Il any larger loads than our four
pull. One team had very small
goat, a smaller dog, and then large
man.
There i also every style imaginable
ot dress quite number II women
and not one Of them good looking
Mrs Elwell i quite good looking. but
then ,he belongs to our party
lnow intend "a Is down Is Dgea
the last thing before pass I'll TIE sum
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-04-21
THURSDAY, April 2I, 1898.

Capt. Chas II. Russell of Berlin is
announced as a candidate for COM
mander of the Grand Army Of Wis
consin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-04-21

The sensation last week among
SPECTATORS was the sale Of Letter, the
wheat king, of 300 900 bushels of
wheat in one day.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-25

LONDON, Sept. N.-The elevation of Mr.
Curzon to the peerage. as Baron Curzon of
Kedleston is generally approved. Lord
Scarsdale, his father, is one Of the four
peers in this country who are in holy or
ders, the others being the Earl of Bos-
borough the Earl of Devon and the Mar
quis of Normandy. Lord Scarsdale is rector
of the little Derbyshire hamlet, Kedleston,
from which the new peer takes his title.
1t is suggested that he may return with a
still higher title. The present barony does
not carry with it q seat in the House of
Lords, as he is given rank among the rep
resentative peers of Ireland, though taking
his title from the English hamlet But it
places his name on the list of the possible
candidates for the next vacancy in the
House of Lords.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-25
At Fort McPhersnn.

ATLANTA, Ga. Sept. 24.-The secretary
of war and party reached Atlanta, at /
o'clock this afternoon. Secretary Alger was
met at the depot by Brigadier General Pen
nington, commander of the Department Of
the Gulf; Lieutenant Colonel William p
Hall. Col. John Simpson and other army
officials, who welcomed him into the de-
partment. Col. r. j. Lowrey, president of
the Lowrey Banking Company, and a citi-
zens' committee composed of Mayor Col
lier and members of the City Council then
escorted the secretary and party to Colonel
Lowrey's tallyho, which bore them to the
Capital City Club, where luncheon was
served. After luncheon Captain Lowrey
drove the party to Fort Mcpherson, where
Secretary Alger inspected the general hos
pital
General Alger spent two hours at Fort
Mcpherson and was shown the hospital,
which is in charge of Maj. Blair d. Taylor
This is perhaps the only hospital in the
service about which no complaint has been
made, and the secretary complimented Ma
jor Taylor highly. There are about six hum
dred patients at Fort Mcpherson, and but
one death has been recorded in two weeks
The party left Fort Mcpherson about 4
o'clock and was driven to Piedmont Park in
time to review the Second Georgia, now
a public reception at the Kimball House to-
night and later was entertained at dinner in
the hotel as a guest of Captain Lowery.
The party left at midnight for Jacksonville.
where it will arrive Sunday morning.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-25
Surgeon Martin Unable to Make Good
His Assertions 10 Gen. Roxnfon.

WASHINGTON. Sept. 24.-In his capacity
as chairman of the Chickamauga Park
commission, Gen. III. V. Boynton has fur
nished the War Department with a copy
of retraction made by Major John c.
Martin, chief surgeon, First Brigade Sec
ond Division, First Corps. of certain state
ments rejecting upon the purity of the
drinking water in the park. The surgeon, in
his testimony before the Sanger board of
inquiry. attributed the large per cent. of
typhoid fever in Camp Thomas to polluted
surface wells and to the contamination OF
Chickamauga creek above the uptalke to the
pipe system. General Boynton says Colonel
Martin made these statements to him III
public, coupled with the statement that the
military authorities were trying to suppress
such information and that the chief sur
geons reports were not true. General
Boynton had the surgeon promptly sum-
moned before headquarters where. after adj
mittinS that he must make his assertions
good or retract them, he wrote:
"Chickamauga Park July 16.
TO the Assistant Adjutant General, Camp
Thomas and Department of the Gulf:
'Sir--I desire, and do. retract each and
every word spoken and statement made by
me TO General Boynton during a private
conversation held in the Read Hotel, in
G Chat5anooga, ,55s Ca. on the evening Of July
the interests of the public service.
JOHN c. MARTIN,
Surgeon and Major
General Boynton has also made a report to
the adjutant general at Camp Thomas, CIV
ing certain observations, in answer to the
published report of the Sanger board criti-
cising the fitness of Chickamauga Park as
camp site. He expresses regret that vari-
Gus favorable opinions of regimental officers
Al Al L.
aud the wholesomeness of its water supply
were not referred to in the report of the
board, which did not also, allude to the
only analysis of the water it possessed, one
pronouncing it to be pure, made by the
chemist of the Philadelphia Boards of
Health. On the other hand. General Boyn-
ton says, by authority of the secretary OF
war, the park board had every spring used
by the troops analysed, and all were shown
to be pure.
General Boynton does not agree with the
boards report as TO the garbage being gen
orally burned" but shows that there was
great laxity in this matter, which continued
up to the time the troops guilty of this neg
lect left the camp The park force of la
borers is still gathering and burning garbage
left by the troops.
General Boynton says further that in the
camps of the Ninth Pennsylvania, Twelfth
New York. Fifth Pennsylvania and Twelfth
Minnesota Regiments, of General Sanger
division, the sinks We're very bad. and SO
near the tents in some cases that sworms of
flies went back and forth from the tents to
the kitchens. and in one case to the officers
mess. The distarace from the kitchens of
the Eighth New York to the sinks of the
men was thirty steps on one flank and fifty
at the center of the camp. and the sinks
were in disgusting conditions.
The unsanitary conditions are quite sufi-
cient to account for disease without con-
demning the waters supply
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-25
CRETE TO BE PACIFIED.
Four Powers Have Agreed to COerce
the Sultan of Turkey.

Four Powers Have Agreed to COerce
the Sultan of Turkey.
ROME Sept. "a. - Within twenty-four
hours Great Britain, Russia. France and
Italy will append their signatures to an
agreement for the pacifcaton of the Island
of Crete, including plan for coercion of
the Sultan into submission. The scheme
has for some time been drafted, but it's en-
forcement was delayed to invite the partici-
patton of Germany which country declined.
At the beginning of the week the four
powers will send an ultimatum to the Sui
tan of Turkey, summoning him to accept
the project and informing him that unless
he does so measures will be taken to enforce
his compliance The powers have irrevoca-
bly, decided to settle the Cretan question
Immediately, and will not hesitate to send
their fleets to the Dardanelles and beyond
if necessary.
The powers have accepted Italy's pro-
posa, which includes the dismissal of the
Turkish troops and functionaries in Crete.
The admrals Of the powers in Cretan
waters have decided that the ringeaders of
the recent massacres are to be tried before
court-martial composed of British off,
GERS.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-25
Chile and Argentina.

LONDON, Sept 24.-The war cloud how
ering over Chile ana Argentina is being
closely watched and has caused uneasiness
here. The idea of an appeal to an arms is
vigorously deprecated, especially, the
Spectator points out, the English investors
will have to contribute to pay the piper.
The Daily Mail urges that Great Britain,
the United States. Germany and Italy make
strong representations to Argentina and
Chile against war and the st. James Ga
zette suggests that the United States sig
Nifty its willingness TO bring pressure to
bear on the two countries by declaring it's
intention of enforcing the arbitrators'
award by war, if necessary.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-25
PEACE COMMISSIONERS WELL.
Arrived at London Yesterday and
Will Go to Paris Monday.

LONDON, Sept. A.-The train with the
American peace commission on board ar
rived here at 1890 p. m. to-day. The COM
missioners are staying at the Cecil Hotel,
where they will remain until Monday. On
Monday they will leave at o'clock in the
morning and will arrive in Paris at o'clock
the same evening.
The commissioners landed at Liverpool
this morning. They are all in good health
and refreshed by the voyage for the work in
store for them. The physical betterment
was most marked in the case of Judge Day.
who said last evening to Senator Davis: Il
am getting we'll accustomed to this sea
travel. 1 like it. and could well enjoy an
other week of it before going ashore This
points to the fact that the chairman of the
peace commission is a much changed man
for the better by the rest of week at sea,
saltwater baths and the bracing air on the
deck of the steamer. His face is ruddy and
his eyes are frightened by added vigor.
The commissioners were received by the
United States consul, Mr.. James Boyle. The
mayor of Liverpool extended to them an in
vitation to attend function to be held this
evening in honor of the British war ships
now here. The invitation, however, was de-
clined, the commissioners deeming it unwise
to accept civil or social courteses before
entering upon the duties at Paris. The COM
missioners proceeded at SIS by a special
steamer to the train. All the baggage of the
commission and its staff. the boxes of rec
ords, etc, were distinctively marked in or
der to insure expeditions and careful ham
ding. The commissioners and their party
occupied three parlor coaches at the head
of the train. followed by two baggage cars
for their effects. The Americans were thus
cut off from the remainder OF the train,
and secured privacy during the run to Lon
don.