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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-25

Cut uncooked fish in long thin strips,
roll them around the finger and fasten
each roll with wooden toothpick.
Soak half an hour in strong sailed
water, enough to cover, with two table,
spoonfuls of vinegar, and boil about
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-08-09
DUBLIN COUNCIL
Refuses to Cooperate lu Erecting a Statue
60 Gladstone.

Refuses TO Cooperate lu Erecting Statue
60 GIadttope.
DUBLIN, August s,-The municipal
council of Dublin has refused to comply
with the request of the Gladstone me-
mortal society for its cooperation IN
erecting in Dublin statue commemor-
ntiveof the life and services OF Mr.. Glad
stone, similar to those which the society
viii erect In London and Edinburgh.
Mr.. Sherlock, a member Of the coun-
ell, moved the following resolution neg
atlving the request:
"Resoived. That the corporation Of
Dublin is strongly OF opinion that no
statue should be erected in Dublin in
honor OF any EnGlishman until the Irish
people have erected fitting one in
memory OF Charles Stewart Parnell." {"
After several speeches, among them
one by Councillor Thornton, who said
1t could not be forgotten that Gladstone
'laid a heavy hand upon the NATIONAL
lists" the resolution was adopted unan-
imously, amid cheering.
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statement cabied OF the United States
that he had cabled direct to Washington
on the subject Of spain's acceptance OF
the American peace conditions. categor-
icatly and emphatica3y denied that he
had sent any such communication.
The premier added: '"INhe negotior
tons will follow the usual diplomatic
course and NJ, CHmbon, the BIench am
bnssador at Wasmngtos WA present
Spalnis note to President Mckinley. J
MADRID, Aug s 20 p. nt,)-t is said
that as soon as the American reply is
received, Senor SaSastn Will nominate
pence commissioners.
FL Liberal says: "The government re-
celyed On olfer from England to mediate.
The offer was favornbly regarded, but
was not accepted"
III Liberal says further: ''The pres
euce Of q large British SQUADRON near
Gibraltar Is clear evidence Of an under
standing, Il not an alliance, between
England and the United States"
LONDON, Aug. 9.-countess de Cas-
aynlencia, wife OF the FORMER Spanish
arpbassador to Great Britain, appeals
tIhrough the London papers for contri-
birtions to her fund for the Spanish SICK
and wounded. She says:
"Au oficlaa dispatch from Madrid re-
cedyed thls evening, gives "details Of the
alarming Increase OF suffering caused by
The war. There are many thousands
wing in hospitals In San Sebastian, Las
PaImas, Santiago de Cuba, GuaDtana-
mo. without bandages or lint OF even
beds TO sleep upon, owing TO inadequate
funds. And there are many WIDOWS anG
orphans who are In most urgent uee.t OF
reliek"
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Instead OF this signal. came the good
word that the Spanish had surrendered
to this combined readiness for attack.
4-PiehsA bear in mind the variety
and the weight Of the responsibilities
which were upon Admiral Sampson for
the month prior to the great battle
which destroyed Cervera's fleet. HA was
commanding officer OF the whole squad
ron; charged with the blockade Of the
whole Cuban coast; charged with the
detail OF all the movements OF ships;
charged with clerical correspondence
with the department and other officers
and especially charged With preventing
the escape OF Cervera- Remember that
this man, whom you so sweeptngig ac-
cuse, was devoting his days and nights
to these duties. When the attempt TO
escape came. the movemnt to prevent
It, by the attack OF our vessels upon tho
outcoming Spaniards went on like clock
wor; as at Chattanooga. every move-
ment Of that great battle was carried
out, although General Grant was neith-
er at Missionary Ridge or Lookout
Mountain.
II can well understand why the
friends Of our officers should be 30 en-
thuBiastic and earnest-as am In CIV
ing them the credit they so richly, eV-
ory one Of them, deserve for their glor-
IouS work. I cannot conceive Of any
body so mean ns to detract by single
hair from their merit.
Can't UnderHtamd FseIlnE ManifeEted.
But cannot understand why such a
bitter feeling is manifested In many
quarters toward Admiral Sampson,
when all the officers subordinate to him
Ia their reports clearly and cordially
recognize the fact that, although at the
beginning he was by orders from
Washington, going 20 confer with Cen
eral Shafter, yet the battle was fought
under his orders and that the victory
was the consummation OF his thorough
preparation. For myself, know no
prediction for any ofthese gallant men.
l would crown every one Of them with
laurel. I want them all to have their
Just deserts. Every one OF them de.
serves unstinted praise; not one OF
them deserves anything less than full
measure for that days work. And,
therefore. can think OF nothing more
cruel than a depreciation OF the merits
of the faithful, devoted, patriotic COM
mander. .in-chief, physically frail, worn
with sleepless vigil, weighed with meas
ureless responsibilities and details, let
ting no duty go undone; for weeks with
ceaBeless blocking the Spanish SQUAD
ron, at last by the unerrlng fulhllment
OF his plans, crushing II under the feet
which executed his command, vet now
compelled in digniied silence to be as
sailed as vlndietIvely as II he were an
enemy to his country. am sure that no
one more deprecates such an attack
than the officers Of the fleet-commo-
dore, captains and all. Among them
all Is peace; whatever disqalet there
may be elsewhere, the navy Is Eerene.
/ am reminded OF Mrs. Beecher Stoves
beautiful verse:
Far, far beneath tho noise of tempests
dieth,
And silver Snves ch,ne ever peacerully:.
And no rude storm. how fierce seer 1t
Disturbs the sabba,n of the deeper sea.
Truly yours,
JOHN D. LONG.
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SHAFTER'S STATEMENT


Regarding the Publication o6ths "Round
Robin" Signed by the General ondeeEu'
Condition OF Troops,
WASHINGTON, D, c., August 81
General shafter has telegraphed the
President regarding the publication of
the Ground Robin" signed by the gem
eral officers of his command, as follows;
'T can very readily see what intense
excitement the publication must have
oecasloned; great deal more than the
situation warranted. Situation is great
Iy aggravated from the fact that be-
fore nny Of the men were taken ill
they were thoroughly exhausted. AZ
least soventy-hve per cent OF the COM
mnnd had been down with mnlnrial tc-
yer, from which they recover very slow
ly. and are In no condition TO stand IN
attack OF yellow fever or dVsentery.
placed here now in the condition In
which they were when they came here
do not believe they would be In any
particular danger. The regiment OF
immunes that recently arrived Is not
sufterlng nc ali, and don't believe shey
will. They can keep out OF the sun' are
well clothed and well fed.
what put mV command in its present
condition was the twenty days OF the
campaign when they had nothing but
meat, bread and coffee, without chnnge
OF clothes, without any shelter what
ever, and during the period twice as
stormy as It has boon since the surren-
der. Fresh troops reaching here In the
middle Of August, with good camps,
good water. abundance of tentage-
which they win ind here-need not ap-
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RHAFTER opIRrTs
TO SaddIlnE Blame ON Him for Condition
ofslek and Wounded.

To SnddlinR Blame ON AttmaEOr Gonul1toM
ofsleE and Wounded.
WASHINGTON. D. c.. August 81
General shafter, in a report to the war
department, emphatically denies that
he Is responsible for the inadequate pro-
vision made for the sick and wounded
brought from Santiago to che United
States on the Seneca and Concho. Ev-
erVthIng possible. he says. was sent with
the sick and wounded, The matter OF
shortage of water, he says, is ine1cus-
able. he concludes his report as fol-
lows: There is NO excuse for lack Of
food, as there has at all times been
plenty Of that. have no doubt that
many more were put on the ship than
should have been, owing to the great
desire to get home, as they had the fear
OF yellow fever, and were almost wholly
without hospital accommodation.
The sick and wounded had only the
clothing on that they wore Into battle,
and, Of cOurseA that was ragged and
worn out by thu. time they reached
home. There was none to Issue to them
at the time they left and thele own exc
ira clothing they could not got at.
There has never been case Of Su6or-
Ing here that could be remedied by the
means at hand that was not attended
to. The surgeons have worked as well
as any men that ever lived, and their
complaint has been universal lack Of
means and facilities.
'T do not complain Of this. for no one
could have boreseen ali that would be
required, but will not quietly submit
to having the onus laid on me for the
lack Of these hospital facllItes.m
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nnnr.d ln conrt Hound Ynra.;

ST. LOUIS, No, August s.-A special
from Palestine, Texas, says:
Sunday morning the wife Of promi-
nent railroad man and a youna lady
visiting her, were awakened bE n ne
gro in their room. endeavoring to chior-
Oform them. They screamed and he
escaped. Later Dan ogg, negro was
arrested and Identified by the ladies'.
At midnight mob OF 200 men Invaded
the jail, secured ogg and hanged him
In the court house yard. A volley OF a
hundred ehots were fred into the
swinging body. The negroes arc excit-
ed and sullen. claiming ogg was inno-
anNf
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BISMARCK. N. D., August s,-A Gre
tonight has Just about wiped out the
business portion OF this city, Including
banks, newspaper Offices and business
blocks, entaliing loss OF several huns
dred thousand dollars partly insured.
The telegraph oflees we're burned out.
up Many people are homeless. The
liremen were powerless TO check the ln-
ronds OF the IRE, which spread TO scores
Of buildings, licking them up as 20
much waste paper. The origin OF the
flre IS unknown.
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sANTIAGo, laguse 2.


WASHINGTON, ,. c..August s-onO
hundred and twenty-eight sick soldiers
arrived here to-day from Norfolk, Va
They were taken to the Washington
barracks where they were accomm0da-
ted In the hospital buildings near the
entrance to the grounds. The sick sole
dierS were OF the Rough Riders, Tenth
cavalry and some infnntrymen. Other
invalids are expected to arrive here,
quarters having been provided for .
considerable number Of convalescentA
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-08-09
LIGHTNING EXECUTION
OfTwo Noted West Virginia Outlaws In
Roane Comfy.

0fTwo Noted West Virginia 0Gtiaws In
Roane County.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, August s.-A special
to the Republic from Red Sulphur
Springs, W. Va, says:
on Sunday in Roane county the bod
les of Wade Counts, the leader OF the
notorious consolidated Band" Of OUT
laws, and his son, were found under a
tree where they had been struck bV
lightning. Every bone In the elder
Counts body was broken, but there was
no abrasion of the skin except where
the bolt entered his head.
The two we're credited with long
list OF murders, but had never been
brought to justice. Recently officers OF
the law had been 80 active that the
band was practically broken up.
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CINCINNATI, O.. August s.-A spe-
cIal to the Commercial Tribune from
Upper sandusky, ohlo, says: To-day
oliver Barth and his son, aged
eighteen, both lost their lives by de-
scending into n well where there was
"fira damp" The son went down first
and was asphyxiated and the father
descended to help him and suffered a
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SAN FRANCISCO. August s.-A let
ter received by the Alaska Commercial
Company. dated Unalnska, July Essays:
Information received here is to the
effect that an entire party OF twelve
prospectoTs calling themselves the Coli
umbia exploring company, together
with the Rev. II. Weber, a Mornvinn
missionary, his wife and two native pi-
lots. bound for the Muskovlta river,
have been lost
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shafter,s Fsver Pallstan,

WASHINGTON, August s.-General
Skaters sanitary report for August Z
is as follows:
sANTEAGo. Auguss 2.
AaJutant General Of the Army. WASH
ington:
Sanitary report for August z: Total
number of dclS, s,445: tntai number of
fever cases, 2.49s: totai number Of neW
cases 412; total nunber Of fever cases
returned to duty, 4Os; deaths August Z,
II, among them Corporal George Il
Hopper, Company II, Eighth Ohio, yel-
low fever; Ira n. Roger, Company K,
Eighth Ohio, yellow fever; Corporal
Dudley wfison, Eighth Ohio, yellow
fever: Frank Dilslock, Company =,
Eighth Ohio, yellow fever.
(Signed) sHAFTER,
Major General. I.
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Grsnt nrlIsln,s FIr,n Attttuds.

PTHIN, August s.-Great Britain, Il
Is asserted. has adopted a frm attitude
in the matter OF railway concessions in
China. The situation Is now cleared
unless Russia makes counter move,
There IS general satisfaction IN the Brit
lsh settlements,
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SPAlN'S COMMISSIONERS

WiIibs N0mlnatsd nS soon - AmsFlsA'S
Kspfy tS HsesIvsd- ItnEfAnd'S "dOOd
Oniesh" DselIuod.
MADRID, Auguat (s p. m)-scnor
sagagta, when asked to-duy by the cor
respondsnt Of Inc Associated Prcss
wbgther there wlD amy truth in the
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GENoA-Ems, New York.
NEW YoRK-Georgic, Liverpool.
RPOoIS-Aurania, New York.
BREMEN-Friedrlch Der Crosse, New
York,
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VIGOROUS DEFENSE
of the Medical Department Of the United
States Army in Cuba
ASSISTANT SURGEON MUNsON'S STORY

ofthe Operations oat Branch Of the Service at sangoLe
Of Transportation Facilities Crippled s EHOency- Capt
Munson Reflects on General shnsr and has Something to say
About Red Gross Society.
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CONE IN SECTIONS
Spain's Reply to Peace Terms Finally
Reaches Ambassadors Cambon
BUT III WILL NOT Be SUBMITTED

To the President Until TO-ayMuch Speculation the Con-
tents the its Length CODiecured that
tits Accompaniedby Extended Discussion and Probably by Con-
Questions Supposed Have Been Left Open
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prehend serious danger ] thank yph
for the high regard In which you hold
mV command ana the value Of the 8ef-
vice they have rendered. Il pays Tor all
the GaHeFinF We have endured. ] have
read this to Generals Wheeler, LaWton,
Bates and Kent. who concur with me
IN the view expressed above"
The Issuance Of the statement from
General Shafter was the sequence Of Q
conference held at the white house this
afternoon between the Presldept. Sec
rtarg Alger and Secretary Long, II was
felt that the statements made lASto the
condition Of the troops at Santiago
might create q grave impression
abroad. While the statement Rs Issued
was brief II occupied almost an hour IN
utmost precaution vas essential at the
present stage Of the negotiations be-
tween this country and Spain which 4
had been hrst felt might be at least
impeded by knowledge Of the serious
conditions revealed in the appeal sign-
ed BY the Officers there.
The issuance Of the statement was
the result, and Il speaks for Itself,
This evening General shhfter supple
mented his first dispatch with sscond
on the same subject as follows;
SANTIAGO, August 8, 7Gl p. m.
To the Adju.ant General Of tho Army
Washington;
In ctnnsctlon with my telegram of the
80 inst, and In the letter Of the seharal
0fficefS to me Of F1tne date, have tho
honor to say ihat since then have
t8lked Win the division commanders
and they :oin me In saying that the hret
report was made 60 GtronB bPeause az
The weakened ond exhausted condition
OF the command, more than sevsltg-dvP
per cent Of which have been III with =
very weakening Hfaiatlal feVer las; ng
from four to six days. and which leavPd
every man too much broken down to he
ii any service and in no condition 10
Withstand an tfldemic OF yellow fsver.
For strong and healthy regiments coui-
ing here now and little late with
Ilenty OF tentage tt. cover them .Id not
subject 10 any hardshps and Wlth
plenty OF nourlshing food the danger Ia
my opinion ard that Of the division
commanders would be reduced to .
minimum.
(signed) sHAFTER.
Major General.
WASHINGTON, August s.-Genera1
Shafter speaks in high terms Of DR.. La
Garde, and says that he has worked
under "the most diBadvantageous cir
cumstances." From the day the forces
left Tampa until the present time no
says that there have never been suftl-
cient medical attendants or medicines
for the daily wants OF the command.
Three times since reaching Cuba has the
command" he Gays, hbeen almost enc
tirely without medicines" This state
ment. he Gays, Is made to him by the
medical directors and on one occasion
they suggested taking medicines away
from the Spanish hospitals,
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Tho temperature yesterday a6 observed
and Fourteenth sirsstS. was Si folieWs;
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FOR West Virginia, Western PennRyiva-
mia and Ohio, rain; light 70 fresh variable
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-04-18
Natures Balloons.

The island of fire, known by the na-
tlves as The Home Of the Hot Devils
Is a recent discovery in Java. In the
center of a huge lake of boiling mud
and slime exists a phenomenon abso-
lutely unique, and so wonderful that
tourists brave the difficulties of the
long journey inland simply to see It,
Scores of enormous bubbles are formed
IN the sticky slime by the gases which
arise from the lower depths. and these
grow and Increase to an enormous size,
looking like nothing so much as the
large model balloons sent up sometimes
to ascertain the direction of the wind
These bubbles, some of them. attain a
diameter Of five or six feet before they
burst, which they do with loud explo-
sion. The sounds are described as re-
sembling q constant series of heavy
platoon firing
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-04-18

They make short work Of pirates In
China. In July last vessel In charge
of Chung Kwei, the son of a wealthy
merchant at Singapore, while on its
way to Canton, was seized and run
aground by pirates and looted of its full
cargo of silks and money. The Canton
authorities Immediately sent gunboat
down the river and the pirates, twenty
Ia number, were captured. They were
taken in triumph to San Ling, near
Canton, and were condemned by a mil
ltary tribunal and beheaded in the
course of few hours.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-04-18

There is nothing that is more effec-
tive in making the table beautifully
brilliant than we'll polished silver and
clear, shining glassware. What looks
worse than dull, black silver and
muggy-looking glasses, dishes, etc.
Yet how often we see this, and in
places where one would expect every
thing immaculate, and it is absolutely
unnecessary when few minutes
time would make these articles look
as if they were new.
A few drops of ammonia in the
water in which you wash your cut
glass, or any other, will do the work !;
if they are deeply cut, soft brush
and soap will help wonderfully.
For cleaning silver, take equal parts
of ammonia and alcohol and enough
whiting to make quite thick; apply
with cloth or soft brush if the arti-
Gle is at all rough; set aside to dry,
and by the time you have finished
your other articles this will be ready
to polish, which is done with piece
of dry flannel, leaving the article as
shining as new.-What to Eat.
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-:' Recipes.

Cranberry Jelly-Add one teacup OF
water to one quart of cranberries, cook
ten minutes; add two heaping cups of
sugar and cook ten minutes longer;
rub through q colander and pour into
q porcelain bowl. Whom cold turn out
as jelly.
Portuguese Apples-Peel and core
five large cooking apples. Boil in a
generous quarter of pint of water,
with three ounces of sugar stirred in.
Cover the bottom of dish with april
cot jam. When the apples are cooked
soft strain them and lay them on the
jam, raising them in the middle of
the dish. Garnish with preserved
cherries and place cherry on each
apple.
Puree of Broad Beans-Take pint
and q half of young dried broad beans;
soak over night in water enough to
cover; boil in same water with two or
three sprigs Of savory until soft; drain
and press through sieve; add half
teaspoonful of salt; mix an ounce of
butter with dessertspoonful of -four;
add the bean pulp and pint of COM
mon seasoned stock; let it come to
boil; add tablespoonful of butter at
the time of serving. Serve with
croutons.
Broiled Mutton Chops with Nastur-
tium Seed Sauce-Have two pounds of
chops cut three-quarters of an inch
thick from the loin. Trim off part of
the fat and cut them in q nice shape.
Heat the broiler, rub it with piece Of
the fat and lay the chops on it with the
fat edge near the handle, so that the
drippings may run down over the
meat. Broil eight minutes, turning
them often. When done lay on hot
platter, sprinkle with salt and pep
per, dot with bits Of butter, and poar
over it the following:
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WiLES OF THE GUIDE.
Somehow the Best Fishing Grounds
Are Always on the Other Side.

Somehow the Best Fishing Grounds
Are Always on the Other Side.
Being scientific fisherman, he is an
oracle on all matters pertaining to pis-
catorial pastimes. He carries three
tackle-boxes and every tray is full. He
has the finest rods, reels, flies, spoons.
trolley lines, and hooks. He Is pre-
pared to take anything from muskel-
iunge to minnows.
''One thing l want to tell you," he
said to the comparative novice: "At all
these island lakes the fishing Is on the
other side. Stop off at any resort, hire
a guide, tell him you want the best
there is, and it's 90 to 1 he'll pull for
the otner shore, no matter how many
miles have to be traversed. He will
take you to the favorite haunts of the
gamy black bass. Incidentally he will
see that you get few big fish weigh
Ing from fifteen to twenty pounds each,
that you may take tim home and
astonish your friends.
What you really get Il some pickerel
and perch, possibly a couple of wall
eyed pike, few rock bass, and some
sun fish. There is always an explana-
ton for this vast discrepancy between
hope and realization. They day is too
bright; it's too windy; the lakes too
rough, or the appetite Of the fish has
been taken in their desire to get further
upstream. You have the same expert.
ence every day, for these guides are
wiser than serpents and keep you In q
fiutter of joyful anticipation through
an entire season. Figure 1t up and
you'll find that most of your money is
spent in going to and fro from the other
side of the lake.
Last season l dissected some bass
that l bought, found that they were
feeding on crawtish, hunted out the
rock bottom in the lake, and took 15 Of
the gamy beauties in one afternoon.
The guides acted just as though had
jumped gold claim of theirs, but 1
kept quiet and caught bass while fshe
guides kept taking the other fellows
across the lake in the morning and back
at night. Just to make the whole thing
plain, prospect till you find out where
the fish are and then go after them."-
Detroit Free Press.