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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-06-13
WANT HARVEST HANDS.

Not Enough Men in Kansas and OKLA.
homa to Gather the Wheat Crop.
KANSAS CITY, June 13.-The reported
lack Of sufficient help in Kansas and
Oklahoma to harvest the big wheat
crop has caused the western railroads
to offer very low rates to harvest bands.
The Santa Fe and Pittsburg and Gulf
roads announce that between June IA
and June 30 their agents in the states
of Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas,
Texas, Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska,
Excluding st. Louis and Chicago), will
sell tickets to harvest hands permitting
three men to ride on one ticket to
points in the wheat belt of Kansas and
Oklahoma. Transportation will be is.
sued to parties Of four or five at the
same rate, one.third of one fare per
man. Agents have been instructed to
use discretion in the sale Of these tick.
cts and to make the rate only to men
who are apparently laboress.
Other western roads, it is said, will
make the same rates
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STATUS QUO ANTE BELLUM
Tho Only Conditions Upon Which Spain
Wishes to Negotiate for
Peace


MADRID, June l3.-The camraign
inausurated by some of the foreign
newspapers in favor Of peace between
spain and the United States is not
approved here. In the opinion Of sew.
eral Spanish generals, Spain is capable
OF continuing the war in Cuba for two
years, even under the most unfavora BILE
circumstances. Therefore, they add,
1t Is useless TO talk Of peace unless it
implies return to the status quo ante
bellum
The government, it is added, has not
received any suggestions Of peace from
the powers, and III political circles it is
declared that if such a suggestion We're
received the government would politely
decline TO entertain a. on the ground
that Spain has decided TO pursue the
war 10 the bitter end.
Dispatches received here from Cuba
announce that yellow fever ss ravaglng
Rear Admiral SIMPSONS fleet, the
province Of Santiago de Cuba being, it
IS claimed, the hotbed of the disease
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H0BS0N, HERO
Admiral Sampson Tells the Navy
Department of the Merrimac
Exr'oit.
The Naval Constructor Planned Il
and Begged to Be Placed in
Charge.
Commander Miller Relinquished
His Place With Great
Reluctance.
Admiral Cervera Sent a Letter
Extolling the Bravery of
the Men.

WASHINGTON, June l3.-The navy
department. has posted the following
bulletin giving detailed official report
from Admiral Sampson on the heroism
OF Lieutenant Hobson and his men in
sinking the Merrimac in the Santiago
channel:
United States Flagship New York,
off Santiago. June 3, 1899. Permit me
to call your special attention to Assist.
ant Naval Constructor Hobson. AS
stated in a special telegram, before
coming here, l decided to make the
harbor entrance secure against the
possibility of esress by Spanish ships
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LIEUTENANT RICHMOND p. HoBsoS.

by obstructing the narrow part of the
entrance by sinking collier at that
point. Upon calling upon Mr. Hobson
for his professional opinion as to sure
method of sinking the ship, he mani
tested the most lively interest in the
problem. After several days consider.
alton he presented solution which he
considered would insure the immediate
sinking of the ship when he reached
the desired point in the channel. This
plan we prepared for execution when
we reached Santiago.
Hobson Asked for the Job.
The plan contemplated crew of
only seven men and Mr.. Hobson, who
begged that it might be entrusted to
him. The anchor chains We're arranged
Oh deck for both the anchors, forward
and aft, the plan including the anchor.
ing of the ship almost automatically.
As soon as found / had collier to
work upon, the details We're completed
and diligently prosecuted, hoping TO
complete them in one day, as the moon
and tide served best the first night
after our arrival Notwithstanding, the
hour of 1 o'clock in the morning ar.
rived and preparations were scarcely
completed. After careful inspection
Of the final preparations. was forced
to rellnquish the plan for that morning,
as dawn was breaking.
Mr. Hobson begged to try it at all
hazards This morning proved more
propitious, as prompt start could be
made. Nothing could have been more
gallantly executed. We waited impa.
tiently after the firing by the Spaniards
had ceased When they did not reap
pear from the harbor at o'clock, l
Feared They Had All Perished.
A steam launch which had been sent
in charge OF Naval Cadet Powell to res.
cue the men appeared at this time,
coming out under persistent fire of
the batteries, but brought none Of the
crew. 4 careful inspection OF the har.
Dor from this ship showed that the YES.
sci Merrimao had been sunk in the
channel. This afternoon the chief Of
staff of Adm raj Cervera came out un.
der flag of truce with letter from
the admiral. extolling the bravery OF
the crew in an unusual manner.
Icannot myself too earnestly express
nv appreciation Of the conduct Of Mr..
Hobson aud his gallant crew. I wen.
ture to say that q more brave and dar-
ing thing has not been done since
Cushing blew up the Albemarle.
Referring to the inspiring letter
which you addressed to the officers at
the beginning Of the war, l am sure
Won will offer suitable professional
reward to Mr.. Hobson and his com.
panions.
II must add that Commander J. NJ.
Miller relinquished his command with
the very greatest reluctance. believing
he would retain his command under
all circumstances. He was, however,
finally convinced that the attempt OF
another person to carry out the multi.
tnde of details which had been in prep.
arotion by Mr.. Hobson might endanger
its proper execution. therefore took
the liberty to relieve him. for this rea'
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st. Paul Union STOCK Yards.

SOUTH ST PAUL June H.
HOGS-Market 5000 lower. Range of
prices, S3.ooG39o.
CATTLE-Narket for good fat cattle
l0,92oc higher than last week; grassy
COWS and ulls l5 q 2oc lower More tat
cattle and good stockers wanted
sales ranged at S4.O0G .. % for stockers;
81 40936O for COWS; $500 for heifers;
Si00@4.25 for steers
SHEEP-Market steady; good demand
for good stuff
Sales ranged at So 75G4 25 for muttons;
S].OOGo2 20 for spring lambs
Receipts: Hogs, 500; cattle 50;
calves 70; sheep 25
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ana those OF Agninaldo. Admiral
Dewey has promised to prevent mas.
sacre should the insurgents capture tho
city. VIZ
Inc Spanish governor has been not;.
ned that unless he withdraws tho nr;oe
put upon the head OF the insuruent
leader, Aguinaldo, he will get no
quarter. Otherwise the rules of civil.
lied warfare will be strictly adhered 70
AS result of this price being placed
on his head, three attempts have been
made to take Aguinaldo's life.
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GOES Up
tirst American Flag Raised on
Cuban Soil Run Up at
Guantanamo.
keyen Hundred Marines Land
Under Protection of Guns
Of WaNhips.
|onor of the First Successful
Landing Belongs to Captain
Clark.
lain Forts Not Captured But 1t
Will BE an Easy Matter
When Desired.

0a Guantanamo, Cuba. Friday, June
wa Port Antonio, June l3.-The
lyl,lon Of Cuba by tho American
tsca. ,esan today Six hundred mar.
i, have pitched their tents about the
King ruins Of the outer fortifca.
E., &. Guantanamo, and tho Stars
li stripes for the first time float Oh a
E4asA flagstaff in Cuba.
I Captain Clark and the bat,leship
.ga belong the honor Of accomplish.
i The t.rst auccessful landing Of the
|ag. Forty marines from the battle.
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VIII Take 1t Tn mmediata,v

WASHINGTON, June lS. - Senator
Frye. who. IN the absence Of Senator
Davis, is acting as chairman of the
senate committee on foreign relations,
said that he would ask the senate to
take up the Hawaiian annexation reso.
luton as soon as it should pass the
house
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son only. There were hundreds Of vol.
unteers who were anxious to partici.
pate; there were 100 from the Iowa.
nearly as many: from this ship, and
large numbers from all the other ships,
wv. T. SAMPSON
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FRED GRANTS PROBLEMS.
SON OF the General Plans and Executes n
Few New Maneuvers.

Son OF the General Plans and Executes n
Few New Maneuvers.
CHlCKAMAUGA NATIONAL PARK.
Tenn, June l3.-The event Of the day
at Chickamauga was the execution Of
General Fred Grants battle problem.
In this problem were number of new
and difficult maneuvers, and 1t was
watched with great interest by thou.
sands of officers and men. Tho man.
euvers were all carried out, according
to General Grants excellently con.
ceived plan and the fact was demon.
strated that many of them would be
very useful In actual conflict The
battle began at 7 clock. and was con.
cluded before noon.
There were two columns in the for
nation. The first, consisting Of the
First Vermont. Third Tennessee and
Eighth New York regiments was com.
manded by Colonel Clark of Vermont,
and was formed along the vineyard
road
The second column, consisting of the
Fourteenth New York, Second Ne.
braska and First Missouri, under COM
mand of Colonel Charles }. Bills OF Ne.
braska, formed on the Thedford road.
and up the first hill the two columns
met, when tho struggle was begun IN
earnest. When this was finished, Gen.
eral Grant threw the two columns to-
gether to ward OFT supposed attack
from some direction which he was sup
posed to have knowledge Of in advance.
General Grant was highly pleased with
the way in which tho maneuvers were
were executed, as were also General
Brooke and all other officers present.
IL. Moincs River Rising Rapidly.
DEs MONIES, Juno l3.-Ihe Des
Moines river has risen four feet IN the
past "a hours and is rising four inches
an honr. The water has reached the
stage but few feet below tho gauge
of tho food year ago.
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had l1Ans of CadiZ FOrtification.

GIBRALTAR, June l3 An American.
IL Is reported. was arrested at Alge.
cer!as, on the Bay Of Gibraltar, SPAN.
last night, charged with beng in pos.
session OF toe plans ot he fortitications
at Cnllz
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Poultry, Butter and Eggs.

CHICAGO, June II.
POULTRY j Live, dull. Spring
chickens, ls1a9lsc; turkeys. t97c;
ducks, cy6lac
BUTTER Firm. Creamaries, 100
l5Hc uairics llG l3,
LGG>-Steady. Fresh, Jl2c
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CAPTAIN CLARK.

i Went ashore this morning. and oc.
l'e.' the left entrance Of the bay un.
'ae iroopship Panther arrived with
y marines. These, under the com.
la4 4 Lieutenant Colonel Il. w.
arrived at $ o'clock and
''Aih half an hour they had burned
a0iidings Of tho Spanish camps,
y . Ai.i set fire to tho miserable little
AaSo which crouchcd on the beach
yer 'he hilltop Of Guantanamo.
Juat Like a Picnic Party.
: Ae whole operation Of silencing the
'A' and landing the forces was as
y as placing Sunday school picnic.
y Aarblehead. backed by tho Vixen
: Dolphin opened fro OH the earth
.'As The shores to tho right OF the
uahee were lined with guns and rite
! but the Spaniards stampeded after
E1s few shots. The city Of Guam
Eta'ho t.., lies four miles up the bay and
',.ie n Spanish gunboat came down to
y The shore batteries. But she stayed
|. 'ong enough to turn around.
tAerous shots were fired by the
'sa'ards. but not one landed and no
Trt'leans +. were injured.
.ue main fort lies within the city
.''s and 10 still to be reduced. but 1t
n uo' In difficult position. and the
lef'can officers say it can be taken
=, ~ minutes when desired.
- .ne marines will hold the position
W. ~ The arrival Of the expected troops,
'.e meantime scouting in the vican'
|. Win tho Marblehead, Vixen and
PUN lying BY to protect them.
,s war Admiral Sampson now has .
nv uof and base Of supplies on the
~ l.. s'de OF the island, aud troops can
'anded 1t will
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LATEST MARKET REPORT.
Dull nth Grain.

DULUTH, June II.
WHEAT-Cash No. l harl. sl.l2:
No. northern, Sll0; No. North .rn.
sl.O!. To Arrive No. hard, sl'2; No.
! Northern, 81 II; July, sl.l3, s.ptelu-
Der, 15Ac
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Minneapolis Grain.

MINNEAPoLIS. June IL.
WHEAT-June closed at 81 1877; July,
N.l31a; September 7424,; December,
7lssc. On Track-No. | hard, sl.l4.;
No Northern, 81 lol1.
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Was PrOmutlY LYnchad.

WEIMAR, Tex, June 13.-Constable
Lee Wall was killed by George Wash.
ington, a negro, who tried to make his
escape but was captured. He was later
hanged to an electric light pole by 500
people.
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NO DIRECT NEWS.

Hut 1t Is Again Rumored That SANTIAGO
de Cuba Has Fallen.
NAPE HAYTIEN, June l3.-There is
no direct news from Cuba, but the
rumor Is again current that Santiago
de Cuba has fallen.
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R POSSESSION OF MANILA

'ed That battle for Possession
The Philippine Capital IL
\, Now On.
NJ" YORK. June IA special
'.sfam from Hong Kong says that
'''e Tor the possession Of Manila 10
"osfess between the Spanish forces
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S. G. p. Jones, Milesburg, Pa. writes:
Il have used DeWitt's Little Early
Risers ever since they were introduced
here and must say have never used any
pills in my family during the forty years
Of house keeping that have given such
satisfactory results as a laxative or
cathartic.
Cook & ODEE.
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Chicago Union stock Yards.

CHICAGO, June IL.
HOGS-Marllet active. averaging loo
lower.
sales ranged at sl7o1eio5 for light; !;
s3.S5L4.1O for mixed: s}.s594 10 Tor
heavy; s.. S5uS i.05 for rough.
CATTLE-Market slow. unchanged
sales ranged AT S!.4oU no for cows ana
hei.ers; s.. 81, ~ tor Texas steers; SiO)
W4eo for stoclsers and feeders; S4.JJ d
i 10 Tor beeves.
SHEEP-Marke, steady.
sales ranged at $. ,oGa.0 % for natives;
S5.4olo.O) for Westerns; SID 30 for
lambs.
Receipts: Hogs, 1900; cattle, 20o;
sheep 4,OoO
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Chicago Cram and FroVisions
CHICAGO. June IL.
CLOSING PRICES.
WHEAT-June. 96c; July, Soc;
September, '3's,; December, 1889.
CORN-June, 53e; July, 1890;
September, oi34c.
OATS-Junc 2oc; July. 24l4c; Sep
tember, 2l7.c May for 1859, ois.c
PORk-June, Sy.67; July, s9.67; Sep
tember. S9o
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Gated. but the fate OF the other two il
still a mystery. There is enough wreck
age on Delivers Point to account for
these two vessels. the James Holmes of
Belfast and the Marcellus of Bucksport.
but nothing has been found that can be
said to identify either as having been
dashed to pieces on the jagged rocks.
What remains OF the George w. Jewett
lies on the beach at Delivers Point.
but the four bodies which are at Glouces-
ter have not been identified as those Of
the men who formed a part OF her crew.
The Clara Jane lies high and dry on
Great Brewster at the entrance of Bos-
ton harbor. Is miles away, after being
blown across the bay and by some mir
acle through the rocks which have
proved a graveyard for many a vessel.
The crew is SAFE having been saved by
the life saving crew of Hull.
Great interest is manifested in the
report that the bodies of IL men had been
picked up just on shore, and are now at
Baker island, about three miles from
here. An effort will be made TO reach
the island and have the bodies taken to
the mainland for identification and per-
haps solve the mystery OF the Marcellus
and the James Holmes.
Such a wholesale destruction of craft
has never been recorded on Magnolia's 5
rocky shores. Notwithstanding the his
toric tale that surrounds the reef Of
Norman's Woe, which lies but mile
from the scene OF Tuesdays disasters.
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THE MARRIAGE QUESTION.

New York. Feb. 3-Catholic laymen Of
the United States are about to present
TO Mgr. Martinelli a petition urging him
to issue pronunciamento regulating
the marriages Of Catholics 20 Protestants,
says the Washington correspondent OF
The Journal and Advertiser. The pre-
liminary papers OF this petition are i'm
the hands OF n committee, awaiting the
approval OF certain bishops before being
placed in the hands of the delegate The
petitioners desire that Mgr. Martinelli
make universal rules regarding the con-
ditions on which the Catholic church will
permit one of it's members to marry a
non-Catholic. and also the nature Of the
ceremonies with which such a marriage
may be attended.
The Catholic laity has long contem-
plated this step, but the present action
has been fastened by Archbishop Kaine
OF st, Louis. He recently arrived from
Rome. bringing with him what he Says
is a papal brief regulating the laws Of
matrimony in the metropolitan see Of St.
Louis
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WRECK OF THE BRIGGS.

Boston, Feb. 3.-Captain j. Il. Phil
lips of Taunton, the managing owner
of the three -masted schooner. Charles
A. Briggs. wrecked at Nahant Tuesday
morning during the blizzard. was I'm this
city yesterday seeking definite informa-
tion concerning the wreck. The
schooner. sailed from this port Jan. l6
for Philadelphia. There she loaded a
full cargo for Portland. She was com
manded by Captain A. Wentworth Of
East Boston, a well known navigator,
who had followed the va since boyhood.
He was captain OF the Royal Arch when
that vessel was lost some years ago,
and narrowly escaped with his life.
Captain Wentworth was about so years
old and leaves a wife and three children.
The first mate OF the vessel was j. j.
Young, 80 years OF age. belonging in
this city. He leaves a idow. John
Haley of South Boston. aged 81. was
steward Of the vessel. He leaves a wife
and one child. The engineer was Jo-
seph Charleson. a native OF Norway.
aged 25. The other members Of the
crew were: Isaac Andrews OF Mary
land, aged 30: Harry and Lewis Mill-
ken. aged % and 21. respectively. natives
OF Maine. and Emanuel Cain of New
foundland. 81 years OF age. The Briggs
was the first three-masted schooner ever
built in New England which was
equipped with steam for hosting an
chors and sails Mr.. Phillips also owned
the four-masted schooner John Paul.
which two years ago was totally wrecked
on Point Judith.
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NoN-UNIoNIsTs DIsPLEAsED.

New Bedford, Mass. Feb. S.-The dis
satisfaction regarding the distribution
OF money received from outside collec-
tions has extended to the non-union
weavers. and in some cases there are
open threats that If the mills will open
their gates the non-union help will go to
work. 1t has been figured out that the
collections thus far received from out
side sources. II divided per capita. Will
amount TO s cents apiece among union
and non-union help combined. Leaving
out the union weavers. th-~per capita
division would amount TO about 10 cents
each. In consequence Of this condition
OF things the weavers have decided that
they will assist only the most needy cases
-among the non-union help A meeting
Of non-union weavers has been ordered
for the afternoon. when the matter will
be talked over
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STRUCK A PLOW ENGINE.

Woonsocket. r.. L.. Feb. 3.-The fire
alarm and telegraph services were not in
terfered with to any great extent. but the
city was isolated the greater part Of
Tuesday. as the Consolidated road did
not fairly resume train service after the
blockade Monday night until yesterday
morning.
Much Of the delay on the western d.
vision OF the consolidated was due to q
collision at Uxbridge, Mass, Monday
might. when a passenger train ran into
the rear OF plow engine. Engineer
Thomas Lyonds Of the passenger train
and Mrs Benjamin Babon Of Worcester
were badly cut and bruised. and most Of
the passengers suffered slightly from
the shaking up. The lights and the
steamheating connections broke, and the
passengers, eight in number, spent the
night in cold and darkness until about
a. m. when they were taken. four at a
time. on an engine to Uxbridge "A mile
distant, where they were quartered in q
hotel
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TELEGRAPHIC BREvITIEs.

party of 20 men from Worcester.
Mass. and vicinity left yesterday for the
Alaska gold fields.
The Mcintyre block, I'm the heart OF
Winnipeg. was destroyed by fire yes
terday. The loss will be in the neigh
borhood OF 100000.
The cloth market in Fall River. Mass.
continues active, and sales OF 30 900 TO 20. =
600 pieces have been disposed OF within
a day or two for delivery extending
until April.
a dispatch from Bermago, Lombardy.
says that six girls were killed and many
others seriously injured at Raasonice
when the roof OF spinning mill coll
lapsed I'm the storm.
Inousands of sneep are reported 60
have perished from cold and starvation
in western Wyoming. The cold has been
intense for SO days. CARIBOU county has
100000 sheep. end flock masters th@e
fear the loss will amount 10 25 percent
Losses among cattle will not be so heavv
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The conference adopted a lengthy plat
form OF principles in the form OF an adj
dress TO the Republican voters of the
state. IL declares the condition of poll
tics in the state to bs disgraceful. and
that this condition has been brought
about by the expenditure of money to
corrupt and debauch the voter that the
free Will of the party in convention has
been defeated and men are nominated
and elected to office who give fealty TO
and are submissive to an individual
leader and the disposer of public patron
age. who now dominates the party and
uses IL for the political and financial ag-
grandizement of himself and those he
chooses To participate in the spoils. This
domination, the platform declares. con-
troiled all legislation IN the last general
assembly. A review of'the record of the
last assembly is made. in which atten-
ton is called to the ale ged padding OF
the payroll with officials as a reward for
support in the election of United States
senator: the efforts TO take from the
treasury thousands of dollars for pre-
tended investigating committees and
junketing trips. and more than 81, ,000. 600
for the purpose. either unlawful or use
less, which failed by reason Of the in
terposition OF Governor Hastings. Num-
erous bills. ii declared. were introduced
merely for the purpose of extorting
money from the corporate and other
interests Of the state as the price of pre-
venting the passage of obnoxious legis-
lation
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OUT OF THE DRIFTS.

Fall River. Mass, Feb. 3.--Fan River
Is slowly creeping out from beneath the
snowdrifts, although still almost iso-
lated from the outside world. The storm
completely blocked traffic in the city.
and no trains arrived from outside un-
I'll late Tuesday afternoon. All tele-
graphic and telephone communication
was destroyed with the exception Of the
telegraph wires to New Bedford and
Newport Business was paralyzed. and
the cotton mills were the only places
where any attempt TO continue work was
kept up. They all ran on full time. al
though many of the operatives reached
their work only after severe struggle.
The running of the mails has established
communication with the outside world.