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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-07-23
LANCASTER. S. O. JULY 20 jS98

stuck roll about a foot long to
Jeems coat tail. Now | tell va
Jsems wus mad. He sed ter me:
Cheeky Ann, do you think it 'ud
he much harm to cuss o littlel"
But l sed: Jeems, don't ye do
it, l reckin 1 spoke q little
sssrnsr then I'd ortter; fer Jeems
replied: "No, Becky Ann, l wont
II can help 1t; but wen pull fer
home tor morrer. If we stay
here . week ~ We intended Pll
'loi.s my rsiiggin. I've bout lost
It now, I'm afsarsd." We got
outen that spinnin' room in
double quick time. Them chaps
wus 20 rude i couldn't take no.
ties u nothin' bus them. So /
can't tell 70 nothip' bout it u ,
thar.
As We wus goin' down stairs
we met tall middle aged man
dressed in grey. l amt bin a
livin' 55 year fer nothin' an es
soon as laid eyes on that man
l set him down to be all that wuz
good an noble. He spoke to us
so pleasantly like, an didn't seem
TO see enything 30 extraordinary
in our appearance, like all the
rest did. Mary said that was
MIR General Manager, an that
every body that knowed him loved,
honored An respected him. Fur.
ther on We met another boss, with
= book an pencil in his ham.
Mary sed that wus the Super.
lie passed us In . hurry an 1
didn't get to look At bim good,
but l seen that he had powerful
keen syss-ths kind that you feel
Hike looks plum down inter yer
hsart, sn' reads il. I msstsily
ssrvsd II I had TO work under
~ supsrscripsscn "a b uishty
keerful how l actsd. Es ws went
through the ofks Of The mill I
seen . tall fslisr with . big mus
tache. ] fsrsit who en- what
Mary sed he wus. But I rsmem.
ber that he looked 20 straight l
wondered if he didn't wear q lace
jacket. l wus glad when we got
outen that mill. Bert got lit
tie niger to curry our trunk in a
wheelbarrer over to their house
an we all put out fer the same
place.
That night Mary an Bert went
to a party. Mary's pa was mighty
perticler to charge Bert to see his
sister back home safe. Bout 12
O'Clock in the night / woke up
persisted mighty nigh to death for
some water. l had fergot 70
bring eny in the room an l
knowed if | got eny I'd have to
get it in the frunt piazer. tried
to go to sleep without it but l
couldn't. l riz and took down
one of Mary's white wrappers an
put it on. It was easier to put
on then my dress. l didn't pull
of my night cap, nor 1 didn't nut
on my shoes. The night WAS
powerful warm an oil tho win.
ders wus up, an es they wus 30
near the groun' jest thought
I'd step out of a winder ruther
then wake enybody up by OPEN
in the doors. So out went. an
when l got roun' the piazer tell
you seen a sight, an l stopped.
The moon wus a shinin', an thar
stood Mary with her he'd hung
down (an' l tell ye her he'd orter
bin hung DOWN an a fellow q
,neelin at her feet nm, n hola;n,
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-07-23
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An Old idea.

Evssy day strengthens the belief Of emi.
nent physicians that impure blood is the
cause Of the majority Of our diseases.
twenty-five years ago this theory was used
a. basis for the formula of Browns Iron
Bitters. The many remarkable cures effected
by this famous old household remedy are
sufficient TO prove that the theory Ia correSe.
Browns Iron Bitters is sold by all deAlssaI
Mexico has bad 55 presidents
during the past IS years.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-08-20
CUBANS ARE PACIFIED.
Express Themselves as Satisfied With
the Government.

Express Themselves as Satisfied With
the Government.
WASHINGTON, Aug IS'-Thomas Es.
trada Palma and other prominent
members of the Cuban revolutionary
party in this country have arrived
here, aud with Gonzalo de Quesada,
the Cuban charge d 'affaires, have held
several conferences on the situation of
the island.
The meetings have given rise to a
renewal of the report that the island
republican administ, alton is chatting
under the present system of control.
President Mckinley and the mem
bers of his administration paid no at
tention to these reports, and member
of the cabinet asserts that there is no
expectation of any official protest
against the system of administration
put in force pending the establishment
Of stable government in Cuba.
"Norepresentatlons from the Cubans
on this subject" he said. "have been
made to this government, nor is any
thing of the sort looked for. The
Cu5ans have expressed themselves as
being satisfied with the present method
of administration and have confidence,
so far as know, in the sincerity of
this government, and will remain
satisfied until the time is ripe for the
establishment of stable government.
The Cubans, the administration be-
lieves, will make no trouble on that
Score.''
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-08-20

Adjutant-General,W Washington: Major
Miley has just returned from Baracoa
and Sagua de .renamo. AT the Two
places there were 1855 officers and
men surrendered, 1921 stands of arms
and 4l3, 200 rounds of ammunition and
five Krupp guns.
Troops were very short of food, but
Is days. rations were given them by
Major Miley, and large amount of
Red Cross supplies landed at the same
time at both places
There troops know nothing what
ever of the destruction of Cervera's s
fleet, the fall of Santiago or any later
events. They accepted the situation,
however, and appeared to be glad of
the opportunity of getting home.
Major Miley states that on the door of
the comma nding officers quarters was
posted bulletin purporting to be a
telegram from the naval commander
at Manila informing Sagasta of his
great victory over Dewey at Manila
and Sagasta's thanks to him for the
same.
"The country in the vicinity of these
towns is in the same condition as that
here-utterly destroyed and grown up.
Inha bitants said that in is months
they would be able to raise crop of
bananas, which was the principal
product.
"A regiment of insurgent soldiers
was found in the vicinity of each place
camped within few hundred yards of
Spanish troops, calmly observing
each other.
SHAFTER, Major G General"
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-08-20
EXTEND THE LIMITS.

The Dalles has had another baptism
of fire, and $3.50, 900 worth of property
has gone up in smoke Whether or not
any part of this loss could have been
averted cannot be told, but certain it
is, the cause could have been removed.
and possibly had the water supply
been better, some of the buildings
destroyed could have been saved. Be
this as it may, the fire Sunday night
is only the fate that awaits every town
built largely of wood, and should serve
as warming to the city authorities in
the future to extend the fire limits and
enforce regulations that will prevent
the building of anything but freproof
buildings anywhere in the business
part of the city.
The enforcement of such regulations
would probably retard the growth of
The Oalles, aud would prove hind
rance to those who have been burned
out, still for the benefit of the city in
the future it cannot we'll be neglected.
We cannot afford repetition of the
fire of last Sunday or that which swept
over The Dalles in 1891. AS matter
of protection the fire limits should be
and the water plant increas-
ed, so that our firemen would not be
hampered in case of a confagration.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-08-20
ALGERS UNFIINESS.

No one doubts for moment that
Russell A. Alger is untitled for th e
post of secretary of war, but the indis-
crimiuate condemnation of him per-
sonally and making him carry the
blame for every error of the war is un-
just and intolerable. Any man in his
place would he forced to rely upon the
work and efficiency and cooperation
of his subordlnates. That errors were
committed-and grievous ones-involv-
ing suffering and loss of life are not to
be denied, and, Alger, if man of sem
sibility, would resign. The truth of
the matter is that his incompetency
for the position was recognized whei
his appointment was first made, and
unfit appointments have
been the great sin of McKinley's ad.
Henry Clay was not the onlylAmer-
lean who would rather have been right
than president-but it does seem that
in the bargains and alliances that Nc
Kinley made and keeps to have secured
the prize ne does not belong to the
Clay standard. The president is being
judged kindly and even 1ndulgently
by the American people, including his
political opponents but suah judg-
ment is not the -forerunner of an ex-
alted position in history. A little of
Lincoln's homely insight-evena little
Of CleYeland's self-oDinionated stub
bornness would be appreciated in the
makeup of the present executive.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-08-20
BEWARE OF COLONIES.

The st. Louis Globe-Democrat is a
firm advocate of extending our terri
torial limits, and is one of those papers
that contends that we should hold
everything we can get our hands upon.
Concerning the Philippines it says:
"Since we have won the Philippines
by the yalor of our navy and by trans
porting an army by ships, the plain
duty ahead is to hold all that has been
gained"
This sounds very nice, and is patri-
otic way of viewing the situation, but
the cost of holding what has been
gained must be taken into account. In
the same article from which the above
quotation is taken, the Globe-Demo-
crat tells us that the great source of
Spain's present embarrassment is the
cost in the past of maintaining her
colonies, and says: "What Spain
most needs is relief from the colonial
drain, the cause of its present financial
Distress"
From this we would infer that the
Spanish colonies have been an ex-
pense to the home government: that
they have taxed the people of the pen
insular government to keep them in
subjection. If this is true, then how
can we expect to control them without
adding extra burdens upon our people?
Spain has found it necessary to main
tain large standing army in the
PHILIPPINES; we would probably have
to do the same. This would cost
money, and the people of the United
States would have to pay it. for under
our system of raising revenue being
indirect taxation, there would be
little revenue raised on imports into
the Philippines, since we would ex-
pect to control the bulk of the import
trade into the islands.
If Spain's colonies have bankrupt
that nation, is it not likely they would
become great burden to the United
States, or possibly bankrupt it3 This
nation can afford to be philanthopic,
but not to the extent of taking bad
contract off the hands of any foreign
power. Even though the valor of our
sailors and soldier has won US the
Philippines, we had better give them
away than to undertake to hold them
at vast expense to our own people.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-08-20
THE PHILIPPINES
ARE ALL OURS
We're Secured in the Re-
cent Surrender.

LONDON, Aug. 19.-The Hong Kong
correspondent of the Daily Mail says:
"Tne terms of the capitulation OF
Manila, as agreed upon Saturday be-
tween General Jaudenez and General
Merritt, includes the cession of the
Philippine archipelago to the United
States.
"An American naval officer who ar
rived from Manila on the Zafiro tells
me that the Americans practically
walked into Manila. The operations,
he says, were confined to the Malate
side of the city, where the SDaniards
had fort and two lines of trenches.
The troops waded through the Malate
river and walked up to the beach as
though going to lunch, meeting prac-
tically no opposition.
II learn when General Merritt went
ashore after the capitulation Of Manila,
he experienced some difficulty in find
ing General Jaudenez, who ultimately
was found in a church among crowds
of women and children"
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-08-20
ONLY SIX
WERE KILLED
Latest Reports From Manila
Battle.

LONDON, Aug. 18.-The Manila cor
respondent of the Times, telegraph1ng
August IA, at noon, says:
'The insurgents made vigorous
but unsuccessful effort to break the
Spanish line at San Paloc last night.
The curious situation remains un-
changed. Although the Spanish army
has surrendered and is laying down its
arms, it still continues to hold the
gates of the citadel and other remote
positions against the insurgents. The
latter have been informed that they
will not be permitted to enter the
town under any circumstances.
''The latest reports show that six
Americans were killed, and 80 wound
ed. The Astor battery, under Captain
March, did excellent service on the
right of the line yesterday, shelling
the blockhouse with it's Hotchkiss
mountain guns ana all charging the
position with revolvers. 1t lost three
men killed"
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-08-20

and send out reports that prices are
going up, when there is little reason
for such belief, for the purpose of
stimulating bidding and getting in a
good speculation in futures, still there
is little apparent tendency in this
direction at present, though it is being
resorted to by some of the spectators.
Despite this there is an undercurrent
of certainty in the deals that future
prices will be higher than now.
Many of the best authorities state that
there exists in Central Asia and East
ern Russia condition of destitutiou
that has not been equalled since the
terrible famine of 1891 and 1892. In
fact all over Europe are the reports
most encouraging for the farmers of
this country.
In an alalysis of the Chicago market
of last Thursday the daily circular of
Irwin, Green & Co., commission mer-
chants, says: "The government report
was largely discounted yesterday, and
after all, is not 80 very bearish, when
compared with the 100 900 estimates of
private experts, as it indicates but
little over 600.000,000. All current
news is so strong it is marvellous that
the market can be kept down bv senti-
ment, or that speculative views do not
become more in accord with facts.
The cash situation grows stronger
daily at ali points. Receipts continue
very light, and the consumptive de-
mand more urgent. There is practic-
ally no contract wheat here. There
are solid foundations for very high
prices for wheat on this CROP"
Taking all things into consideration,
the shortage in the supply abroad and
the lack of surpluses left over from last
year, the outlook for American wheat
raisers is not bad. While prices will
pro badly not rule as high as they did
last year, they should be good, and
from 60 to IS cents may be the ruling
price IN this market when the wheat
is ready to move.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-08-20
HIGHER TAXES THE RULE.

The New York Commercial Adver-
tiser admits that protection is not ad-
equate as a source of revenue and
that hereafter our main reliance must
be on internal taxation revenue duties.
Protection will only vi, ID incidental
revenue. This was being shown be-
fore the war began. 1t was clear that
new taxes must be resOrted to. The
war made the change easy. The new
taxes will remain after the war is over.
The increased interest charges and
the cost of enlarged military and Daval
establishments and of maintaining
bodies of troops in Cuba and elsewhere,
will largely swell the expenditures,
and the requisite money can only be
obtained by keeping up the war taxes.
In this way the war has relieved the
party in power from serious dilemma.
10 impose those new taxes in time of
peace would have occasioned universal
grumbling. But on a war measure,
they are borne without COMPLAINT; and
the people will get accustomed to pay
ing them henceforth higher taxation
is to be the rule.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-08-20
DE WEY is THE HERO.

The war with Spain began and end
ed with the brilliant achievements of
Admiral George Dewey, and to him
will even be attributed the honor of
being the hero of 1898. On May 1st it
was the thunder of Dewey's guns that
sounded the first notes of the war, and
on August 18th he closed the war with
the BON bardment OF Manila. His acts
were daring and decisive, his service
to the nation was greater than any of
our other great leaders. While Shat
ter, Schley and Sampson come in for o
just amount of praise, their names will
never occupy the same place in history
as that of Dewey. They will be ac-
credited with having won wreathes of
laurels, but Dewey will be known as
the man who opened and closed the
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-08-20
Notice to Delinquent Taxpayers.

The delinquent taxes of Wasco
county, as shown on the rolls now in
the hands of the sheriff, are $50, 900, an
amount almost equal to the indebted
ness of the county. Every citizen will
doubtless admit that this state of
affairs should not exist, and that all
taxes should be collected. On account
of hard times in the past the county
court has shown leniency to taxpayers.
but that leniency has reached the
limit, and the court cannot wait longer
on delinquents to make settlement.
For this reason a warrant has been at
tached to each delinquent roll COM
manding the sheriff to collect all taxes
by seizure and sale of property. With
the bodntiful crops now In sight, there
can no longer be any reasonable ex-
cuse for the non-payment of taxes.
The sheriff is bound under oath TO
comply with the terms of the warrants
attached to the tax rolls for the collec-
tion thereof, and has no option In the
matter. Delinquent taxpayers can
save the cost of seizure and sale Of
by settling their taxes st :
once. ROBERT KELLY,
Sheriff and Tax Collector for Wasco County.
Dated August 4, 1898.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-08-20
THE MAN FOR THE PLACE.

There is a peculiar fitness in the re-
ported selection of Major General
Fitzhugh Lee to commadd the military
garrison in Cuba as soon as peace shall
have been concluded. 1t is post that
the former consul general has desired
from the first, and there is no one who
deserves the honor more than he. At
the head of the Seventh army corps
the general can fulfill the prophecy he
made when he left Havana at the out
break of hostilities: 81 CO." he said,
"but I will return"
1t will be different city that he
will go back to. The American flag
will fly over El Moro and the Amer
lean headquarters will be in the palace
of the captain general. Then, and not
until then, will the Maine be finally
avenged.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-08-20
WE NEED A SENATOR.

The Portland Dispatch appears to
be aggrieved at the Times-Mountaineer
for having spoken kind word for
Hon. Binger Hermann, in saying he
was the best representative in con-
gress Oregon ever had. The Dispatch
is so utterly democratic just now that
it objects to democratic paper telling
the truth about republican official,
Notwithstanding the fact that it in
directly lent It's influence to the elec-
tion of the republican state ticket last
June. A paper with such sins to ans
wer for should not be ready TO criti-
else those who give expression 70 tneir
honest convictions.
The Dispatch seems to think we are
severe upon democrats that have re-
presented the state in congress, when
we speak complimentary of Mr.. Her
mann. If speaking the truth is cast
ing reflections upon our eX-representa-
tives, then thev must take the cOnse-
IuChSCos w Z tCdllIl IlIdG Ahl LII
mann did more for Oregon than any
other man we ever had in congress,
and he is entitled to the credit, re-
gardiess of his party affiliation. If
other representatives were less active
than he, it was their fault not his, and
had they been more active, they prob
ably would have been retained in office.
While in congress Herman was not
directly representative of the repnb
lican party, but representative of
the whole state, and should ne
be honored by the legislature with an
election to the senate, he still would
be representative of Oregon. 1t is
very true, as the Dispatch says, the re-
publicans have majority of the next
legislature, and will have the choice
of the next senator, bat Oregon does
not want a senator because he is a re-
publican, but because he is an active,
capable man, and though in the
minority, democrats have a right to
express preference.
1t is all important, not only to Ore
gon but the entire Pacific coast, that
we have the right kind of a man in
the senate during the next six years.
The fate of the Nicaragua canal will
be settled within that time, and that
today is of more importance to the
people of the Pacific coast than any
other one public question. With Her
mann in the senate, our interests
would be better represented than they
would be by Corbett or Simon, whom
the Dispatch woold probably prefer.
What Oregon needs is a senator, not
or political shyster, and the
of the state have good
timber in the present commissioner of
the general land office.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-08-20
FALLEN AMERI-
CAN HEROES.
Names of Men Killed and Wounded in
the Battle Before Manila.

Names of Men Killed and Wounded in
the Battle Before Manila.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. ia special
to the Examiner from aanild, OF
August IA, gives the following names
of those killed during the fighting
which preceded the occupation of that
city:
John Dunsmore, First California.
Edward O'Neil, First California.
Augustus Thoten, Twenty-third reg
ulars.
Clements Bauer, Twenty-third reg
ulars.
Archie Patterson, Thirteenth Min
nesota.
William Lewis, Nebraska regiment.
Robert Mccain, Fourteenth regu-
lars.
Samuel Howell, Fourteenth regu-
lars.
Among the seriously wounded were:
Captain o. Setback, Thirteenth
Minnesota.
Captain A. T. Bjornstadt, Thirteenth
Captain Richter. First California,
in the First attack of Manila,
died on August IA.
Charles Winfield, Third regulars,
lied August 2.
George Perkins, First California,
lied August of pneumonia.
William Robinson, hospital corps,
lied of typhoid.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-08-20
THE OFFICIAL NOTICE.
Dewey Informs the Government of the
Latest Flag-Raising.

Dewey Informs the Government of the
Latest Flag-Raising.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1S.-The gov
ernment has received the following
direct Information of the surrender of
Manila, after com oined land and sea
bombardment last Saturday. 1t came
in dispatches from Dewey, brought
from Manila to Hong Kong in the dis
patch-boot Zairo. The admiral sent
two dispatches, the first one briefly
reciting the essential facts as follows:
"MANILA. Aug. 13.-Manila sur
rendered today to the American land
and naval forces, after a combined at
tack. 4 division of the squadron
shelled the forts and entrenchmtnt at
Malate on the south side of the city,
driving back the. enemy. Our army
time. The city surrendered about
o'clock. The American flag was hoist
ed by Lieutenant Brumby. About
1000 prisoners were taken. The squad
ron had no casualties, and none of the
vessels were injured. On August
Merritt and l informally demanded
the surrender of the city, which the
Spanish encouragement refused.
DEWEY"
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-08-20
AMERICANS WE'RE
MERCIFUL.
They Spared Every Object ut Armed
Defenses and Trenches.

Defenses and Trenches.
LONDON, Aug. 1.-THE Manila cor
respondent of the Daily Telegraph,
telegraphing Saturday, says:
Nothing could be more humane
than the American capture of the
town. General Merritt and Admiral
Dewey's plan was to spare every object
but the armed defenses and the trench
es. Apparently the American losses
were extremely small. The Spanish
entertainments varied in point of dis
tance from two to four miles from the
center of Old Manila.
"Defending this long line of at least
10 miles were not over and probably
under 5000 Spanish regular troops,
volunteers and natives. About half
that number were in the hospital. The
attacking force numbered from 10000
to 10000 natives and 10000 Americans
on shore, and the fleet
In every respect, the advantage was
on the side of the attack. The Amer
ican field guns threw heavier metal
and had longer range than the Span
ish: the marksman ship of the United
States gunners was much superior to
that of the Spauiards. and the men
were stronger and in better crndition.