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ed to try the home rule offered by
Spain. He capitulated to the Spanish
forces In order to save his few remain
ing followers and was again ban,sned
to Spain in 1880. where he remained
under surveillance until 1896. when the
last revolution broke out in Cuba. Then
he escaped to France and later to New
York. His movements since that time
and his active participation in the war
are fam iiar to many newspaper read
ers. After coming to this country ne
endeavored to get an expedition to the
island OF Cuba in the steamer Hawkins.
but this met shipwreck i'm a storm ard
the cargo was lost
General Garcia was the last man to
leave the vessel Undaunted by his fail
ure, Garcia made another attempt to
snip stores for the insurgents. this tine
obtaining the ship Bermuda. He was
intercepted, however, by United States
authorities and was arrested on the
charge of filibustering. but was releas-
ed on 5000 bail He forfeited this bail
and in a final attempt landed on the
eastern coast of the island with one CT
the largest expeditions that ever reach
ed Cuba. After landing he succeeded
General Antonio Maceo. in command
OF the troops OF the eastern department,
holding the rank of major general.
General Garcia marched west with
Iltu. AZ Oedtn Garcia was
elected lieutenant general of Che Cuban
army, which position he held to the
close OF the war. During his command
he assaulted and took by siege Tunas,
Guisa and Guiamaro and cleared the
interior OF his department of Spanish
troops. After the declaration of war
between the United States and Spain,
General Miles. commanding the Amer
ican army. sent his representative to
General Garcia and subsequently the
American and Cuban generals cooper
ated in their movement against Santa
go. All the officers who part 'cipated
In the active work around Santiago
bear testimony to the great aid. assist
ance and loyalty manifested by General
Garcia during the campaign.
When the Cuban assembly met at the
close OF the war. General Garcia was
one of the principal advisers and was
elected chairman Of the commission d.
rected to come to the United States and
confer with the authorities here with
reference to the work in hand. No fu-
neral arrangements have been made.
Letters of coincidence were also re-
ceived from Secretary Hay. General
Miles and Senator Foraker. Secretaries
Hay and Alger and Postmaster Gen
eral Smith left their cards. as also did
Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn and
Generals Miles and Gilmore. The sew
eral letters of coincidence were as fol-
lows:
Executive Mansion. Washington. ID.
C.. Dec. 11.-My Dear Sir-I have heard
with deep regret the melancholy news
OF General Garcias death. | beg TO Of
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The NEWS CONFIRMED.
Bryan Has Resigned His Command of the
Third Nebraska.

Savannah. Ca, Dec. 1l-General Kiefer.
who is in command of the remaining
troops OF the seventh army corps since
General Lees departure for Cuba. to-
night confirms the rumor Of Colonel w.
J. Bryan's resignation OF his command.
Both General Lee and General Keifer
endeavored to induce Colonel Bryan to
go TO Cuba. but were unsuccessful. Lieu
tenant Colonel Nifquain of the I'd Ne
braska. w.to will succeed Colonel Bryan
upon the lstters resignation, to-day re-
ceived notice from the Chinese legation
at Washington that the emperor of China
had conferred upon him the decoration
OF the order of the Double Dragon. in
recognition of his services to the Chi
nese residents Of the Republic Of Colom-
bia when he was United States consul at
Panama. Lieutenant Colone. Vifquain Is
a graduate of the Royal Military academy
OF Brussels and served I'm the service OF
the present king Of Belgium lie served
throughout the civil war I'm the union
army and was brevetted brigadier general
by Abraham Lincoln.
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ROPE FOR THE BOOOLERS
A Great Protest Against the Chi
cago Franchise Steal.
BACKING UP THE MAYOR
Resolutions Passed by the Mass Meeting
Demand Municipal Ownership OF
the Street Car Lines OF
the City.

Chicago. Dec. iI.-Central Music hall
was this afternoon filled with citizens
Of Chicago. who had gathered in mass
meeting in order 10 protest against the
extending Of Chicago's street car fran
chises to 80 years. The speakers dwelt
mainly on the question OF compensa-
tion for extension OF street car grants.
but before its close the proposition OF
municipal ownership was extensively
touched upon and received generous
applause.
Franklin II. Head presided and the
speakers were Mayor Harrison. Former
Governor Altgeld. George f. Cole. John
Maynard Harlan and Rev. Father
Thomas Il. Hudnett.
Ex-Governor Altgeld was first to ad-
vert to the subject of municipal own
ership, and his remarks aroused the
greatest enthusiasm Of the meeting
Referring to the alleged use of money
in the city council. Mr.. Altgeld said:
How can we stop this thlng?'
Hang them: get a rope: hang the
boodlers." responded the audience.
The resolutions. which were prepared
In advance. were found Inadequate to
the sentiment OF the meeting and a
resolution was included favorine mum
icipal ownership OF the street car lines
IL not this year. then when the present
grant expired in 1908. The most signii-
cant portions of the resolutions adopted
were as follows:
Resolved. That. inasmuch as the be-
ginning and end Of all present corrup-
tion in the city council are the traction
companies. the directors and stock
holders of those companies should not
be permitted to escape the odium- now
directed against venal public servants
but that they be exposed to condemna-
tiOn as criminals and anarchists. in that
they are organizing corruption and
plotting against the peace and prosper
ity Of Chicago. and inviting conse-
quences as disastrous TO this comrfTan-
ity as any outrages ever devised by
the sworn enemies Of society: and.
Resolved. That the citizenship OF
Chicago stands strong at the back OF
our mayor in his brave fight for the
peoples rights; that IL Is the sense OF
this meeting that the time for munich
pal ownership. n not right now. may
be by the time the present franchises
shall expire"
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fer my heartfelt sympathy in your sor-
row and the tribute of my sincere ad-
miration for his eminent qualities as
patriot and soldier. The people of
the United States will join with the
people of Cuba in mourning the loss
of one to whom the cause Of Cuban lib
erty is deeply indebted. Sharing in
your grief, i am sincerely yours.
WILLIAM MKINLEY.
ITO Senor Don Justo Garcia, etc"
Department of State, Washington
Dec. IL. 1s9s.-M. Dear Mr.. Quesada-I
am deeply distressed to hear this la
mentable news. Cuba has lost a pa
triot and "A soldier who can never be
replaced. The admiration l have al
ways had for him has been greatly in
creased by my too brief personal ac-
quaintance No one could know him
without a genuine regard and affection.
The name of Garcia will be forever re-
vered in free Cuba. along with those of
Marti and Maceo and many others who
have given their lives for their coun-
try. i beg to offer my sincere SYM
pathy to you and all your associates
in this irreparable loss. Yours faith
fully, JOHN HAY"
Headquarters of the Army. wash
ington, Dec. IL, 1S9S.-Hon. Horasio
Rubens. My Dear Sir-It is with the
deepest regret I learn of the death of
the distinguished soldier. patriot and
statesman, Garcia. who has so nobly
championed the cause of his country
for the past "a years. He would have
been an ornament to any country. and
his loss will be great to the cause for
which he has labored so long and so
earnestly. Very sincerely.
NELSON A. MILES"
United States Senate, Washington
Dec. IL. 1898. Hon. Gonzales de QUE
sada: My Dear Sir-I have Just heard
OF the death of General Garc'a. Al
low me. through you. to tender my
heartfelt sympathy with his family, his
friends and his country. on account OF
the great loss they have sustained. As
Admiral Sampson recently said. he was
indeed a grand old man. and I shall
always account IL good fortune to have
personally met him. IL seems aard.
indeed. that just as the cause for which
he did so much is triumphing he should
have been called from life. IL was his
great ambition TO see Cuba free and in
dependent with government chosen by
the people Of the island and ne would
have done more than almost any one
else TO bring all this about. For his
death to occur at such a time must be
a hard blow to all of you. You have
the consolation. however of knowing
his good name and great services and.
character will live to inspire him who
will take up his work and carry II for
ward TO that ultimatum and complete
triumph so justly deserved. Very truly
etc. j. b. FORAKER"
The arrangements for the funeral %
General Garcia have not been COM
pleted. The expectation is that services
will be held at 81. Patrick's church
Tuesday. after which the body will be
placed temporarily in a receiving vault
pending hnal lnterment in Cuba. There
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CITIZENS ARE AROUSED.
They Demand the Resignation ola Police
Commissioned.

Detroit. Dec. 1.-THE resignation Of
Police Commissioner Ralph Phelps was
demanded to-day at a meeting OF rep
resentative citizens. This action Is the
direct result of recent agitation toward
the enforcement Of law and abolishing
OF vice by the Good Government league
OF Detroit and others. Phelps Is charg-
ed among other things with being on
IL liquor bonds prior TO his appointment
as commissioner, when the law express
ly provides that no one shall sign more
than two. and with not being released
from the bonds after his appointment:
with absenting himself from the city
for almost year while police commits
sioner after having accepted the re-
sponsibilities of the office. and with Lot
being in full sympathy with the en-
forcement OF the law. The speaker.
Rev. Walter Hughson. then continued:
we impeach Mr.. Phelps before the
tribunal OF the city OF Detroit for his
incapac.ty and demand that Mayor
Maybury shall. on our behalf. demand
his resignation. The honor OF the city
demands his retirement and IL can best
come about through his resignation. A
large number Of people have lost con-
fidence in him. We want no man in
office who fails to appreciate trust and
respons bility. and we charge this man
with incompetency. We can have little
hope for the sincere enforcement OF
law until there IL a change"
The Good Government league which
sprang into existence at the last cleo
tion. took a prominent part in IL. A
few weeks ago several local divines
commenced crusade against so-called
stall saloons" and have been since
waging relentless war upon them and
other forms of vice as well. This mass
meeting of to-day. which embraced I'm
the audience a number OF the cfty's
prominent business men and politicians.
partook OF the nature OF a combining
Of the forces Of the Good Government
league and all the others who are ae-
tive in the present movement for the
enforcement OF law and prevention OF
vice. The members of the league say
to-day's action Is merely a starter. and
that unless a change Is made in he
policy OF the other city offices, more
charges and demands of designations
will follow.
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ON EASY TERMS.
The spanish Memorandum l. Unresson-
able and Unju-tifabIe.

London. Dec. l2.-The editorials in
the London morning papers express sat
isfaction az the signing OF the peace
treaty. the negotiations foI which. the
Daily News remarks. have occupied
rather A longer time than the war. TIE
Times pretty accurately representing
the views Of the others papers. says
spain has lost her colonies because
her colonial system was founded upon
spOiliation and tyranny. The United
States have not treated her any more
harshly than Germany treated France
in ISL or Russia treated Turkey in
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having been as yet no official recoyni-
tion given the commission by the pres
ident. IL seems unlikely there will be
any official participation as such al
though IL is expected that members
of the cabinet and members of congress
may attend in their individual capacity.
The members of the commission feel
keenly the blow which has befallen them
in the death of their leader. who they
say was a man of intelligence, valor,
energy and probity, i'm whom the great
majority of Cubans had absolute conf
dence. The work in hand, they say.
will continue without interruption and
the ideas and views held by General
Garcia will be impressed on all that Is
done. While IL is possible another
chairman may be chosen by the Cuban
assembly. yet the commissioners say
II Is not essential. as those now here are
thoroughly equipped to take up the
work where their leader laid IL down.
A Cuban Liberator.
New York. Dec. l1.-After the news
Of the death of Calixto Garcia was re-
ceived here. General Palma was re-
quested by the members of the Cuban
commission to start at once for Wash
ington. He was unable to comply with
the request. because he has a child i'll
at the Astor house and because the
general, together with his sons, was the
host to-day of Mrs Ruiz Rivera. the
wife of General Ruiz Rivera, the Cuban
exile, just liberated from a Spanish
penal colony. who arrived on La Cham
payne yesterday.
Treasurer Benjamin Guerda of the
delegation was delegated by his chief
to go to Washington and represent
the Junta in the arrangements for the
funeral. General Palma gave the fol-
loving statement as his tribute to the
memory OF his comrade is arms:
The Cubans will always consider
General Garcia one of the liberators ~
the island and will keep his memory
In grateful veneration. was his per-
sonal friend since our youth. in my
native town of Bayamo and we have
kept our friendship through all the
stirring events that have occurred since
the 1865 war. I feel the loss of n COM
panion and friend. A sad coincidence
in connection with the death of Gen.
eral Garcia is the fact that his young
est daughter. Mercedes. who is hut is
years old. is now III with consumption
in Georgia. whence she was to go With
her mother and father to Cuba TO enjoy
for the remaining months of her life
the liberty and old associations which
the sacrifices of General Garcia had
helped to make realities"
Il. j. Guerda. In an Interview, Said:
General Garcia was the highest type
of true patriot. He devoted his whole
life to the welfare of his country.
There was no sacrifice he did not make
for Cuba. He died in Cuha's service
and his death brings deep mourhIng
into every cabin home"
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1s7s. Therefore. the Spanish memoran-
DUN OF protest is unreasonable and un-
justified"
The article then refers to the difficult
ties facing the United States and ex-
presses confidence that the healthy
vigor and political capacity OF the An
glo-Saxon" will be fully competent to
deal with them.
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Rank of spain Report.

Madrid. Dec. 1.-THE Bank OF Spsin's
report for the week ended yesterday
shows: Gold in hand. unchanged: silver IN
hand. increase. $4,000 peSetss: notes In
circulation. decrease. st.oo pesetas.
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German Occupation.

London. Dec. i2.-rhe Berlin correspond
ent Of the Standard says: 1t is rumored
here that the great powers concerned
have agreed 90 a German occupation Of
the Samoan islands. beginning with
Upola."
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Old Timsr D~~sl

Niles. Mich. Dec. u.-Jsmes shaw. the
only survivor Of the state legislature OF
1876. when Detroit was the capital os
Michigan. died last night aged 81
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-06
INTERESTING MISCELLANY.

A funeral procession in Chicago was
invaded by the horse and wagon of an
expressman, and the processionists had
the man arrested. To excuse himself,
he stated that his horse had once be-
1onged to an undertaken, and always
endeavored to take partin every funeral
that came in sight.
Mr.. F. Abel, of Freeport, n. Y, wit
messed fight between about 800 spar
rows and skunk, at Merrick. After the
first onslaught of the birds, the skunk
fled for 100 yards, but the plucky little
sparrows pursued him, attacked him il
a body, and in less than a minute he was
torn to shreds.
A long speech, comprising over TO-.
600 words, was lately delivered in the
Australian parliament, by Dir. Lecher.
He spoke for IL hours continuously, ex-
cept for two intermissions, one of five
minutes and the other of ten. During
the IL hours he drank two cupfuls of
coffee, three glasses of wine and Is
glasses of water.
To establish kissing record, a young
gentleman in Berlin attempted to take
10000 kisses in ten hours from his
sweetheart's lips. Witnesses and scorers
were present in sufficient numbers to
assure a correct count. During the first
hour there were over 1000 kisses; but
only a few over 1000 for the second;
then the young mans lips became par
alyzed, and he collapsed. Strange to
say, the girl, after the second hour of
the exercise, was as fresh as at the be-
ginning
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Zone Of the Famous Old Roads of America.)
the lack of practical knowledge of the
civil engineers and the lack of theoret-
zeal knowledge of the highway super
ViSOrs.
But, even with this school of men,
who have been educated to build the
roads, there have not been enough to
go around in all the localities where
good roads are needed, and where there
is money to build them. 4 man who
thoroughly understands road construc-
ton to-day may easily get position.
What is needed is the educated man,
who not only knows how to build cost
ly, ideal road, but one who can econom-
ically construct an eight-foot country
road-a man who knows both the the
oretical and practical end of road con-
struction. This is the style of grad
uate which the Rhode Island institu-
ton aims to turn. out. At the
end of the course, they will have grad
uated man who can plan the highway,
draw the contracts, and who is able
to run the machinery to build the road;
man who knows the business from
the hoe handle to the tripod, from SHOW
cling coal under the boiler of the steam
roller to drawing the plans-a road en-
gineer.
There are a >umber of openings
which a practical road-builder may fill.
He may become road expert for the
United States government. BY passing
the civil service examinations of the
road division, department of agricul-l
ture, he will be put on the list of eligi-
bles, and as soon as a vacancy occurs
will receive an appointment from the
government. Then, the builders of road
machinery have a constant call for
men to set up their plants in the various
towns and cities which are constantly
acquiring such equipment. They have
to send with the machinery men who
know all about operating it. AS a rule,
the men they send out are shop hands,
and beyond the rule-of-thumb expert
ence with these identical machines,
they know but little. The builders say
there is 4 constant demand for road
builders with these plants, and that
they consider that this is good field
for young men.
But the largest feld for men edu-
Gated as road-builders will probably
be found as highway superintendent
among the various counties and towns
There are few first-class men in this line
and, with the spread of the good roads
movement. the demand fdR such experts
is growing"
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Again we remark that, as an eye
opener, Mr.. Mckinley is more of sue
cess than as a mill opener.-Atlanta
Constitution.
-Retrenchment and revenue is now
the cry of the administration. Curious
that republicans never grow economical
until there is nothing to spend.-St.
Louis Republic.
A calamity bowler, it seems, is
person who won't make oath that a de-
felt of 100000 per month is indis-
putabIe evidence of national prosperity.
Chicago Chronicle.
The Hanna men have hard work
to hold those who are regular in the
faith. They are impudent when they
reach out for people who were never
Hanna men.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Mckinley prosperity has spread
itself over New England among the OPP
eratives of the cotton mills as well as
through the cotton fields of the south.
The result of this will be that more
hog and hominy" will be raised in the
south, and less cotton, and the farmers
of the northwest will find less demand
for the products of their labor. And so
IL goes all rOunQ the clFcle.-LOHlSEllI
Dispatch.
This aristocratic tendency in the
republican party, its sympathy and toll
erance for the practices of monarchy
and barbaric extravaganza at the eX-
pense of the people, are rapidly alienat-
ing the people from it. But for organ
lied bribery and coercion in the last
presidential election the election of Mr..
Mckinley would have been impossible.
His reelection is out of the question:
Columbus (O.) Press.
The republican party is in trouble
because its own notes are coming due
and it has no way of meeting them. It
promised that its tariff would give
everybody employment at good wages
and put a surplus into the treasury. 1t
has had its own way about the tariff.
and wages are going down while the
deficit in the treasury is piling up. If
the republican party had taken the
ground that commercial and industrial
conditions were independent of the &C
tion of governments. it might be less
disturbed by trade depression.-N. Y.
Journal.
Already almost every one of the
great essentials unuer moOern conul-
tions of life have been trusted" The
laws of trade have, for the most part,
been abrogated by vast accumulations
of capital. Many things are practically
trusted" where the designation has
been avoided. There has been scarcely
week since Mckinley was inaugurated
which has not seen the birth of one of
these gigantic monopolies. The people
must act through their legislatures.
They must act promptly, for their own
preservation and for the preservation OF
peace. For sane. reasoning men, who
have no desire to subvert order or unset
tie the rights of property, will not
sit quiet while 200 odd combinations
sport with the destinies of the country,
even to the matter of very life and
death.-Rochester (N. " Herald.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-06
HINTS ON DAIRYING.

Remember that good care and feed
are as essential as selection and breed
ing.
Decide on your line of dairying, if not
already decided-butter, cheese or milk
for market.
Test every COW, and do not be content
with your herd until it averages 300
pounds of butter or $50 pounds of cheese
yearly per COW.
When your dairy is up to your ideal
standard, be careful not to use male
inferior to your herd, less your breed
go down instead of up.
Stick to your line of dairying and the
breed Of cows which you begin with,
keeping the blood pure. Mixing breeds
promisciously works badly.
If you choose cheese-making or milk
for market, see that the butter fat is
in small globules, so that they will not
readily separate from the milk.
Be sure to select a male that is from
family better in your line of dairying
than your herd. This is guaranty of
improvement in the offspring.
If you choose butter making, see that
your cows give milk rich in butter fat.
and that the fat is in large globules, sc
that it will readily separate from the
milk.-Colman's Rural World.