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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-06-17
PROMOTION FOR SAMPSON.
VIII be Commodore and May Possibly
Reach Higher Rank.

VIII be a Commodore and May Possibly
Reach Higher Rank.
Washington, June 14.-Acting Rear
Admiral Sampson, commanding the
forces operating in the West Indies,
whose actual rank in the navy is that
of captain, will become a commodore
on the Sd proximo, by the statutory
retirement of Rear Admiral William
A. Kirkland, commandant of the Mare
Island, Cal, navy yard, who is now
the ranking officer of the navy. In
the event of successful performance of
the important duties assigned him in
the West Indies, including the capture
and occupation of Santiago de Cuba
and San Juan, Porto Rico, of which
his friends have no doubt whatever,
Captain Sampson is also assured of
further promotion TO the actual rank
of rear admiral, being the highest
rank to which he can attain, unless
congress shall recreate the grade of
vice admiral for his special benefit.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-06-17
REPORT FROM SAMPSON.
Bodies of Marines BarbarousIy lIutiIateo
BY Spaniards.


Washington, June 15.-The navy de-
partment has posted the following bull
letin:
''Mole st. Nicholas, June 14.-Lieu-
tenant Blue has just returned after a
detour of seventy statute miles of OBJ
servation of the harbor of Santiago de
Ceba.
''He reports Spanish feet is all there.
The Spanish attacked vigorously the
camp at Guantanamo. An outpost OF
four marines were killed and their
bodies mutilated barbarously. Surgeon
Gibbs was killed. SAMPSON"
All the officials here were very loath
to believe that the Spanish force
which fought the marines at Crest
Heights had been guilty of the horrible
mutilation of the bodies of soldiers.
The first press reports by some of the
officers were supposed to be based upon
the horrible wounds inflicted under
certain conditions af range by the
steel-clad bullet of the Mauser rifles.
Admiral Simpsons report, however,
seems to remove all doubt on that
point, for his surgeons undoubtedly
would be able to distinguish at once
between the effect of bullet and of
a machet
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-06-17
DON JUAN DE ROSC.
Bpaniard now conducting operations in
Canada)

Canada.)
than was supposed. He says Captain
General Augusta has concentrated 90
900 men for the defense of the city, and
his batteries of artillery are asserted
to comprise 100 long range guns.
1t was officially announced today
that Senior Du Bose, the former Span
ish charge d'afaires at Washington,
and Lieutenant Carranza, the former
Spanish naval attache at Washington
have been invited" to leave Canada,
owing to the Canadian authorities
having intercepted letter which Lieu
tenant Carranza addressed to the min
lister of marine, giving an account of
the condition of the American forti6-
cations"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-06-17

HE name of Sebree
is as well known
and as distinguish
ed in Missouri as
that Of Benton.
Long before the
war the Sebrees
were looked up to
in Jefferson and
Howard counties
as men of brain
and brtwn. Old
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-06-17
STORIES TOLD AT MADRID.

spaniards Claim No Steps Have Been Taken
in the Direction of Peace.
Madrid, June l5.-The minister of
foreign affairs, Duke Almodovar de
Rio, told the newspaper men today
that the Spanish government has not
taken any step in the direction of
peace negotiations. The minister also
said he had not received any conirma-
ton of the report OF the third attack
On Santiago.
The minister of war, General Correa,
declared tie situation at Manila better
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-06-17
TROOPS FOR SANTIAGO.
First Formidable Expedition Has
Left Key West.
General Shafter in Command, VIII Lano
10000 Soldiers, The Pick OF the
Army, Somewhere Near
Santiago.

Key West, June 13.-The long-de.
layed invasion of Cuba has begun The
flower of the army, under command Of
General Shafter, has sailed for San tia
go, in thirty-two transports, with a
strong convoy of warships. The expe-
dition was made up of nearly twenty
regiments of infantry of from 500 to
$50 men, including, besides four regi-
ments of the Fifth army corps, four
regiments of artillery. The total
force of regular infantry was about
II, 900 men. There were also two reg
iments of volunteer infantry, about
1000 men, and two squadrons each
from the First, Third, Sixth, Ninth
and Tenth cavalry, about 1000 men,;
eight troops of volunteer cavalry taken
from Roosvelt's rough riders, $50 men;
four batteries of light artillery, 400
men, and sixteen guns; two batteries
Of heavy artillery. 200 men and sixteen
guns; the battalion of engineers, 200
men; signal and hospital corps, etc.
about 300 men, grand total of about
10000 men
The regulars were practically picked
men, as not single recruit was taken,
the regiments carrying only the old
seasoned troops.
Following is the list of transports
with the number of men carried by
each:
Miami, 1900 men,
2-Santiago, $50 men.
3-Gussie, 1000 men,
4-Cherokee, 1000 men.
Seneca, 900 men.
6-Alamo-900 men.
7-Commal, $50 men and 176 horses.
8-Yucatan, $50 men.
9-Berkshire, 474 men and TIA
horses.
1o-Whitney, 100 men.
11-Olivette, 400 men and Is horses.
12-Seguraca, 500 men.
13-Blank.
14-Concho, 1900 men.
15-Florida 600 men.
16-City of Washington, 900 men.
17-Allegheny, $50 men and 100
horses.
1s-San Marcos, 100 men and 20
horses.
19-H. Miller, $50 men and 300 mules
2O-Saratoga, 900 men.
21-Leona, 1850 men.
22-Rio Grande, HOO men.
25-Iroquois, $50 men.
Mattewan, 500 men and 4Oc
horses.
27-Morgan.
25-Stillwater.
29-Breakwater.
3O-Cum berland
i-Knickerbocker, 900 men
32-Clinton.
State of Texas (hospitan.
On the sides and on the smokestacks
of every one of the transports which
formed the fleet were painted large
white numbers, and by these mum bers
the boats were officially known, their
original names being discarded. This
was for the purpose of facilitating
signalling by the fagships and other 1
boats of the fleet. t
The troops should arrive off Santiago i
oy Wednesday night, supposing the t
ieet proceeds at eight knots speed, and C
anding operations should begin by
Thursday, for General Shafter will not
'eep his men cooped up on shipboard Y
moment longer than is necessary. 1t
5 not believed that they will be landed
t Caimenera, the point on Guantana- A
IA bay where the American flag now f,
lies over the heads of Simpsons ma W
ines, as that place, while well adapt O
d to serve as naval basis and as o
arbor of refuge for the American re
is not particularly well A
uited for the beginning of military Is
perations. tx
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-06-17
DISTANCE Is NO BAR.
MURDERER DISCOVERED IN
WILDS OF AFRICA.

uad Fled to His Native Clan-But Even
There the White Man Who Knew
Him and His Crime. Came Upon tho
Negro.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-06-17

Some Of the authorizations found in
beer are cocculus indicus. capsicum,
ginger, quassia. NORWOOD, calamus
root, carraway and coriander seeds,
copperas, sulphuric acid, cream Of tar
tar, alum. carbonate Of potash, ground
oyster shells. nux vomica, plertoum
and strychnine.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-05-20
CLAUS SPRECKELs. WIN. G. IRWIN
Claus SpreCkelS 4 Go

b AN * E n -.
HONOLULU. H. l..
San Francisco Agents-The Nevada
Bank of San Francisco.
DRAW EXCHANGE ON
SAN FRANCISCO-Th Nevada Bank
OF San Francisco.
LONDON-The Union Bank of Lon
don, Ltd.
NEW YORK-American Exchange Ma
tional Bank.
Observation-Disclosures National Bank.
PARIS-Comptoir National d'Escomp-
tie de Paris.
BERLIN-Dresden Bank.
HONGKONG AND YOKOHAMA-The
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking
Corporation.
NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA
Bank of New Zealand.
VICTORIA AND VANCOUVER-Ban
of British North America.
TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING
AND EXCHANGE BUSINESS.
Deposits Received. Loans Made on
Approved Security. Commercial and
Travellers Credits Issued. Bills of Ex-
change Bought and Sold.
COLLECTIONS PROMPTLY AC-
COUNTED FOR.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-05-20
A FEW CURIOUS THINGS.

The wasp made the first paper.
There are forty-eight kinds of the
house fly. a falcon can fly $50 miles
an hour. The Peruvian condor's wings
are sometimes forty feet from tip to
tip. Arctic animals turn white every
winter Piccini wrote 200 operas.
Name one of them. A Chinese flower
is red in the sunlight and white in
the moonlight. Jeffrey Hudson was
only eighteen inches high at 90 years
of age. flea as big as man colld
jump from Pittsburg to Cleveland. 1t
never rains between the first and see
ond cataracts of the Nile. The CO.
coanut tree is the most valuable 1T
all trees to commerce. The West IN
dia humming bird weighs only TWEEN
ty grains. The Chinese fish with lit
tie birds. The best bridge builder in
the world is the common spider.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-05-20
DESERVES A BETTER FATE.

What the popular song writer's are
doubtless preparing with the best in
tentions to do with Consul General
Lee represents fate which that gal
land gentleman is far from deserving.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-05-20
RAW SILK.

Raw silk to the amount of 81 $40
bales for America, and 1924 bales for
Europe, was shipped from Yokohama
during the nine months ending last
March.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-05-20
REGARDED AS A DUTY.

Il lost my appetite and became
weak. At last / was taken very sick.
My attention was called to Hoods
Sarsaparilla and | took bottle and
it made me feel better. / have taken
five bottles and am now well. / feel
it my duty to tell you what Hoods
Sarsaparilla has done" Mrs. A. Ever
sen, Wedderburn, Oregon.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-05-20

HOODS PILLS are the favorite
family cathartic. Easy to take, easy
to operate.
The Lamar register., 1898-04-09
RECENT FICTION.

THE Cruci1xion of Philip Strong,
by Charles NJ. Sheldon. Is. says Bishop
Vincent, IA wonderfully strong and
effective contribution to the Christian
literature OF this age. Every minister
ought to read it-and everybody else
Paper binding, - cents; cloth, 20. Ban
croft Book Company.
From the Bancroft Book Company.
Denver, we have also received the fol
lowing stories-all Of them new and
Interesting: "a Man and a Woman
by Stanley Waterloo, S1.25. ".Iust n
Summer Affair."" by Mary Adelaide
Keeler: 80 cents AN Innocent Cheat
by I. C. De Leon; 30 cents. ''rhe
Brown-Laurel Marriage" by Lands
Ayr; 80 cents.
The Colliery Engineer Company of
Scranton have recently issued n hand
book for miners and prospectors enti-
tied placer Mining" with introduc-
tory chapter regarding the recent gold
discoveries in the Yukon valley, the
routes 10 the gold fields. outfits re-
quired and the more important mining
regulations. II is compact and valu-
able work. Price. S1.00.
The principal contributeJ article in
the American Monthly Review of Re
views for April is entitled Political
Germany" and was written expressly
for the American Monthly by DR.. Theo.
dor Barth, the eminent German pub
licist. leader of the Liberals in the
Reichstag. and editor of the Nation.
Or. Barth is well known in the United
States, having frequently visited here.
His article is Illustrated with the por-
traits of all the representative leaders
in modern German politics, and is nj
together the most complete and lucid
exposition of the latest problems and
policies of German craftsmanship that
has yet appeared.
In the April Century. in "A Famous
Sea Fight" Claude H. Wetmore de-
scribes the engagement between the
Chilian and Peruvian ironclads off the
coast of Bolivia in 1879, the paper be-
ing fully illustrated. In n supplemental
article, Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, as
Eistant secretary of the navy. discusses
flights Between Ironclads," with ref
erence to their significance and prior
ity.
The Lamar register., 1898-04-09
nurlnr Ms.t. ana rrn,l.Ion..

Chicago, April libby, McNeill &
Libby have received orders from the
United States government for $50, 900
pounds OF provisions, including mess
pork and canned meats, TO be shipped
at once 10 the navy yard al Brooklyn
The Schwnrzschild X Sulzberger Com
pany OF Kansas City have also re-
ceivcd government order for $50, 900
fsSSnds OF provisions for Immediate
shipment to the Brooklyn navy yard
To I'LL this order the plant OF the com
pany has been put at work both night
and day. Other large orders have been
prepared by the government and will
be placed under contract within the
next forty-eicht hours. 1t is estimated
thar immediate government orders for
canned meats alone will amount to
10000 pounds.
The Lamar register., 1898-04-09
The Pnpr ns Mediator.

Rome, April 4.-The Vatican circles
announce that Archbishop Keane,
bishop assistant Mt the pontifical
throne, in the name of the Pope, has
sent 10 Archbishop Ireland the express
sion of the earnest desire of his holt
ness that Archbishop Ireland use his
influence with President Mckinley in
favor of a pacitiatory attitude in the
Cuban question.
1t is explained that Archbishop Ire
land was asked to do this because of
his friendship with President McIlin-
ley.
The Lamar register., 1898-04-09
HANNA seIssRY CASE.
Tho Senate Investigating Committee WIN
say Guilty"

Columbus, o.. April 4.-Senator
Burke, rs chairman for the senate
committee appointed to Investigate
charges ot bribery made against Sen
ator Hanna and his colleagues In the
recent senatorial contest. will make n
report Wednesday or Thursday of this
week.
The report viii find Mr.. Hanna. Ma
tor Dick, Major Rathbon. General
Boyce and T. +. Hollenbeck guilty of
subornins members of the Legislature
or course there will he a fight in
the Senate over adopting the report
hut 1t viii be adopted by vote of
10 to IL, Senator Burke voting with
the Democrats. The report will then
be sent TO the United States Senate
and it VIII devOlve on that body to
say whether or not Senator Hanna
shall retain his seat in the highest
legislative body In the nation. 1t is
said that in the event the matter is
dropped or pushed aside that Hanna
will have to answer criminal charge
in the state courts.
The Lamar register., 1898-04-09
AN ILLINOIS FLOOD.
! sstAwNEErowN SWEPT AWAY,
ms ohks River breaks Through the Leveo
-Epo Hundred People Reported
Dr&wned.

LouieyilIe. KY, April "A special to
the Courier Journal from Evansville.
Indiana. says:
At6 O'clock this afternoon the levee
ut Sbawneetown. Illinois, broke mile
above The town aud from all the infor-
nation that can be obtained here, 1t
is 1farned that a great part OF the
piac9 has been destroyed and perhaps
a iArE< humber OF citizens have been
Sh4Wneetown is twenty-five miles
above Evansville. on the Ohio river
II is n{<uated In a valley of extremely
low nnd. with hills skirting 1t in the
rear ond with a twenty -nve-foot leyee
runnf1k from hill to hill
Thr Town Is very much 10 the posi-
tion of a fortified city. and when the
crce xnve way a mile above town.
under The pressure or the very high
DIVER. The water shot through TWEEN
gy-foot opening and struck the place
ike : hurricane. sweeping everything
before II.
Houses were turned aud tossed about
Ike boxes. The people were not warned
II the break. anh for that reason mnny
were enuEht Those at home sought
rcfu&e In second stories and on house
topA Those in the streets were car
probably n majority were drowned.
O]llHens cnue from the place by
4ktn9 To telephone several miles
aWuy and asked for aid from Evans
sii1e
They said that more than 200 people
were Drowned and they had reason TO
oelieve II would reach 500 or even
LOCO
The water sinnds from twenty to
thirty feet all over the town.
Their are, Of course. no fires or
lights In the place and total darkness
enreiopes the desolatc city. Couse-
quenfiy il was Impossible for them TO
have anything Ike definite inforina-
tton. The men Immediately left the
telephone and no further communlcR.
tion has been had. No telegraph or
tefepbone wires are working and out
side Communication appears lmpossi-
H. AZ 10 O'Clock two steamboats, and
= eouple OF tugs started for Shawnee
town under full head OF steam and IL
y ezpected some Of them viii arrive
therP by n m. They carry large sup
plies OF food and blankets quickly col
k<ted by the city officials
The Lamar register., 1898-04-09
Enrland Coz. wei nnl wei.

London, April tit was semi-ofIi-
cially announced to-day that Great Bri-
tain had made arrangements with Chi
na to take over the port of Wei Hal
Wei, on the Shang Tung peninsula
when the Chinese government has paid
the war indemnity due 10 Japan and
the Japanese troops have evacuated
the place The arrangement, II is
added, was made with the knowledge
and approval of Japan. with which
country an agreement had previously
been arrived at. The latter fact was
kept secret until China had actually
agreed to the lease and the British
aeet had assembled in the vicinity.
1t is said on good authority that
neither Russia nor Germany is pleased
At the arrangement. and it is added
that the island of Leu Kung Tau. at
the entrance of Wei Hal Wei, will be
strongly fortified. while the land bat
teries destroyed by the Japanese can
speedily be reconstructed.
The Lamar register., 1898-04-09
zoIa'- seutencs 1. AnuIlcd.

Paris, April +.-The Court of Cessa-
tion has qunshed the sentence of one
years Imprisonment and 1900 francs
fine imposed on NJ. Emile Zola, the
result Of charges made by him in the
Aurore against the conduct of the Es-
terhazy court martial, but the court
has not ordered trial before another
asslze. The decision is based upon the
fact that the president of the court
martial should have lodged the com
plaint against NJ. Zola, instead of the
minister of war, as ii was the court
martial that WIS assailed by the famous
author and editor.
The Lamar register., 1898-04-09
cA,cAao LAks FaoNr cAsg.
rstary Biis- csv-- FINAL Dcel.ion
Against the scrip Claimants


Washington, April Secretary Bliss
to-day decided the celebrated Chicago
lake front case. The decision Is In
fcf1y pages and was prepared by
Iudge Handkerchief, assistant nttor-
ney general Of the Interior Depart
fnsDt. II reviews the history OF the
yand from 1871 to the present time,
though the various contests
which have been had respecting II in
the Land Department and the courts,
inc3rdlug the United States Supreme
Ccnri
In brief. the decision holds that the
Wufer line OF Lake Michigan coustitut-
I'd The eastern boundary line OF the
seetIon, that by the patent TO kinzie
the land to the water line was con
veyed by the United States, and that
By the conveying OF the patent the
United Stntes ceased to be riparian
proprietor and has no right TO the sub
seqncnt nccretlons which formed the
greater portions of the lands now in
controversy. In conclusion. IL is held
that the land in question is not public
land. and that It cannot be acquired
by the use of scrip or otherwise un-
der the public land laws.
The Lamar register., 1898-04-09
LookINo ron TROUBLE.
Lee and tho British Consul mt Havana
Working in Harmony.

New York, April 4.-The Herald's
Washington special says:
Consul General Lee has been in
structed to turn the American consul
ate over to British Consul Gollan, and
already made the necessary arrange
ments with Gollan TO do so. This Is n
mere preeaution In case General Lee
has to leave suddenly. He is simply
setting his house in order.
General Lee had long conference
with Consul Gollan, who cOurteously
agreed TO do everything in his power
In case Lee receives orders to leave. or
is forced to seek refuge on the Fern
with the other Americans by a sudden
uprising OF the Havana popuIace.
Lee and British Consul Gollan are
prepared to act together in protecting
English and Americans, and in any
case but one OF sudden uprising, VIII
see TO II that the protection offered by
Blaneo is taken advantage of fully.
The remaining Americans Will stick
closely to Lee
The Lamar register., 1898-04-09
A Mnde.orer Crniser.

London. April 4.-The cruiser which
Lieutenant Commander Colwell, Unit
ed States attache here, purchased Sat
urday from the Thames Iron Works,
and over which he hoisted the stars
and stripes, was built by the Thames
Iron Works for Peru. 1t was finished
during the war between Peru and
Chile and the British government
would not allow it 10 leave.
The cruiser has been entirely refitted
during the past year and mo1ernized
at an expense of Sl25,000.
The Lamar register., 1898-04-09
TIL sAsY.

.She is little hindering thing"
The mother said;
81 do not have an hour OF peace
Till she's In bed.
"She cllnEs unto my hand and gown.
And follows me
About the house, from room to room.
Talks constantly.
"She is bundle full Of nerves,
And willful ways:
She does not sleep full sound at nights,
Scarce any, days
"She does not like TO hear the wind,
The dark she fears;
And piteously she calls for me
To wipe her tears.
"She is little hlndcring thing"
The mother said;
.'But stili she is my wine Of life,
My daily bread
The chlldren-what load of cnrc
Their coming brings!
But, OH the grief when God doth stoop
To give them wings.
Emma A. Lente. in Independent
The Lamar register., 1898-04-09
hnANDoNs THE MAINE.
Contract for Salvage Closed and the
Wrerker. NiiI Go North

Nreeker- Niil Go North.
Havana, April 2.-An order was re-
eeiyed here to-day for the closing OF
the contract with the wreckers now Mt
work on the Maine. and directing that
salvage operations should be suspend
ed. The tug Merritt and the barges
Chief and Sharp viii proceed north as
coon as practicable. 1t has been found
impossible 20 save the ten-lnch gun, un-
less dynamite ls used 10 blow the tops
from the turrets
All the other valuable material of
the Maine which was not destroyed by
the explosion or sunk deep in the har-
Dor mud has already been sent north
The bodies Of the victims OF the explos-
ION which have not been recovered,
numbering seventy-flvc or scveuty-siN.
are by this time probably completely
disintegrated, but arrangements can
be mnde with the local authorities
should any bodies appear upon the sur
face, and they VIII be cared for and
shipped north by Ward line steamer.
The Lamar register., 1898-04-09
THE sHAwNEErowN FLOOD.
Forty Bodies Already Found-Poopie Are
Destitute


Ridgeway, ILL.,. April 5.-To-night al
most two score of bodies Of victims of
the Shawneetown flood have been re
covered, and hundreds of homeless
people are dependent upon charity for
food and shelter. The death list is
likely TO be largely increased when
definite information from the negro
quarter, which suffered most, is Sc
cured
The flood burst on these people with
out warning and owing TO the weak
condition OF their shanties they top
pied over In the rush OF water, leaving
their inmates no means OF getting out
of danger. Hundreds Of people who
lived farther from the river front
found safety ON roofs and in upper
stories. or made retreat to the hills
TO the west. These are being removed
as rapidly as possible to places where
they can be given proper care. No
effort has yet been made to search for
bodies. the attention Of the relief par
ties being directed almost entirely TO
the distribution OF supplies and max
ing the homeless as comfortable as
possible. The relief work is well or
ganlzed. Tents and blankets sent by
the governor To-day will be promptly
distributed. Those who escaped lost
everything, and their homes are in
ruins.
The Lamar register., 1898-04-09
rhe ,ralne Net rorgetten.

Washington, AprIl 4.-Although for
the moment the destruction OF the
Maine as diplomatic incident has
been set inside because OF a more press
ing matter, it has rot been lost sight
81, and will be revived as soon as the
pending negotions for the relief of the
faconcentradoes and the evacuation of
Cuba are concluded. Everything that
Rertains to the Maine case has been
frtrusted to ex-senator Edmunds, who
Hnow giving the matter close study
66d investigating precedents in inter
i yn&tional intercourse that bear upon it.
K7e President believes that the coun-
~ will feel confidence In Senator Ed
NRnds' ability to deal with this ques-
lff9A, for no man better equipped could
6ye been found in this or any other
eo4ntry.
~ has not yet been decided what