davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-08-04
UNDER POLICE PROJECTION.
Oshkosh Factories Start Up With Small
Non-Union Crews.

Oshkosh Factories Start Up With Small
Non-Union Crews.
OSHKOSH, Wis, Aug. Alive Of the
six big sash and door plaats which
have been closed down for the past
five weeks on account of tho wood
workers strike, have started up again
under police protection. with small
non-union crews. The Foster Haffner
plant did net start on account of not
securing a crew. The. strikers had
pickets at all the mills, but there was
no demonstration, and no trouble, a
drizzling rain helping to keep rhings
quiet. Less than dozen of the union
strikers returned TO work, although the
mill men say they have the names of
many who have agreed to return as
soon as satisfied of protection, and thai
the mills will run without further in.
terruption. The strike has now lasted
nearly twelve weeks.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-08-04
MOVEMENTS OF GARCIA.
CEban General Said to Have Engaged tt
Spaniards Near Nipe.

Cuban General Said to Have Engaged the
Spaniards Near Nipe.
+ PLAYA DEL ESTE, Guantanamo Bay,
Aug. News has been received here
from General Galixto Garcia and the
Cuban forces under him st Mayari,
near the city Of Nipe, on the north
coast of the province of Santiago de
Cuba. The report is that General Gar
cia has been in a heavy fight with
Spanish troops who were trying to eff
feet function with the main body of
Spanish regulars at Holquin.
These Spaniards Were probably the
main body of the force that evacuated
Nipe Bay during the bombardment. 4
large number Of reinforcements had
reached General Garcia and the gen.
eral impression is that he defeated, the
Spaniards in this engagement or at
least held his own.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-08-04
CENSORSHIP is RIGID.

Gibraltar Knows Little Save That Peace
Is Assured.
LONDON, Aug. 4.-The Gibraltar cor
respondent of The Daily News says:
The censorship is daily becoming more
severe and little is known hey ond the
fact that peace is assured It is under
stood that the note from America asks
only part of the Philippines, and that
Senior Sagasta, having replied that the
terms will be accepted, hostilities are
consequently suspended.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-08-04
shafters's Cavalry ordered North.

WASHINGTON, Aug. All the troops
Of cavalry with Skaters army, and
the eight companies of Roosevelt
rough riders have been ordered to pro-
coed to Montauk Point. L. l., for en-
campment. General Shafter has been
directed to use all the transport facil-
tiles he can command and to send the
troops north as rapidly as possible.
The regular cavalry with Shafter CON-
prises eight companies, each of the
First. Third. Sixth, Ninth and Tenth
cavalry. all dismounted, and fonr troops
Of the Second cavalry.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-08-04
Dewey's Work at Cavite.

SAN Francisco, Aug. 4.-The Manila
correspondent of the Hong Kong Press
says Admiral Dewey does not confne
his labors to the Olympia. He goes to
Carite almost every day. By his order
and by the speed and. excellence of its
execution the navy yard, forts and bar
racks have been converted in a wonder
fully short time from confusion and
chaos tOneatness and system.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-08-04
The Nebraska Fasion Ticket.

LINCOLN, Neb.. Aug. 4-The fusion
state Aconyention, after continuous
session during the night reached an
agreement on the head OF the ticket.
Following are the nominees: W. A.
Poynter, Populist. governor; e. A. Gill
bert. Silver Republican, lieutenant
governor; John T. Cornell, Populist.
auditor; w. F. Porter, Populist, secre-
tary ofstate; Q. j. Smythe, Democrat,
attorney general; Jacob Wolfe, Popu-
list, commissioner public lands> and
buildings; w. r. jackson, Populist,
superintendent Of nnhlic instruction.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-08-04
G0AMO OCCUPIED.

Advance Column of American Army
Takes Another Porto Rican Town.
FoRT OF PONCE. Porto Rico, Alg. 4.
via St. Thomas, d. w. l.. Aug. Am
.s2utpostsof the American army has, now
halted .at'C oamo, about two-thirds of
the way to Aibonito, on the road to
San Juan. Colonel Huling's column,
advancing this morning, met a detail
sent out to reconnoitre, which reported
that there was no sign of the enemy.
They said the Spanish had retreated to
Aibonito. The column entered Coamo.
The citizens reported that the Span
iards had carried away all the money
that wasinot secreted.
The stories of Spanish barbarity
have been exaggerated. There are no
evidancessef assaults on women and
children.
General Macias is at Aibonito with
probably 1000 regulars.
General Stone mt Ajuntas.
General Stone went this morning to
Ajuntas, where Spanish outrages were
reported on Saturday. He will occupy
the town, proclaim American rule and
push on to Arcte on the north coast.
General ;Garretson's brigade arrived
this afternoon from Yauco, Is miles
distant The brigade consists of the
Sixth Massachusetts, the Sixth Illinois,
four batteries of the regular artillery
and the battalion of regulars. Its ar
rival was loudly cheered by the citi-
zens of Ponce.
The protected cruiser Columbia,
reef while entering the harbor Of
Ponce, has been foated off without in
jury.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-08-04
Killed a Negro Intruder.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. "A specialize The
Post Dispatch from Wichita, Kan,
says: At Anodarka, o. T., aenegro
named Barrett was killed while trying
to enter the room of Miss Phoebe
Stokes, school teacher at that place.
Miss Stokes heard him opening win.
dow, and fred six shots into hissbody,
killing him instantly.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-08-04
Tuesday. Aug. y.

b.
The Swiss American Saengerbund in
session at Columbus, O., has selected
Toledo as the place Of meeting in 1901.
Martin Thorn was put to death in
rthe prison at Sing Sing, at 11:17 a. M.
for the murder of William Gulden-
snppe.
The St. Paul and three other Amer
lean liners which have been used as
auxiliary cruisers will now re-engage
in peaceful traffic.
The second annual meeting of the
League of American Municipalities is
in session at Detroit Five hundred
delegates are present.
Six colored on-commissioned off,
GERS who rendered gallant service at
Santiago have been appointed second
lieutenants in colored regiments.
Ephraim w. Sells, the elder Of the
Sells brothers, well known circus men,
died at Columbus, o., Of Bright's dis
ease, after an illness of several months.
Mr.. George G. Goschen. first lord Of
the British admiralty, has arranged to
organize naval reserve among the
Newfoundland fishermen, 500 of whom
will be drilled by experts sent from
England.
Wednesday, Aug. 8.
Speaker Reed has been renominated
by exclamation.
The Interstate commerce commission
has begun probing the Canadian Pa
sific mat ter.
James r., Corbett has posted $500
for match with Bob Fitzsimmons or
Jim Jeffries.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-08-04
Skaters August 1 Bulresin.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 4.-General Shat.

WASHINGTON aug. 4.-GeneraI Ehaf.
ter has sent the following sanitary re-
port for Aug. /: Total sick 4,239; total
fever cases 8. I79; new cases of fever
$50; cases Of lever returned to duty
679; depths on Aug. /, Is.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-08-04
Monday, Aug. I.

A tally.ho was upset in Chicago,
badly hurting 10 young people.
The British. American international
conference will open at Quebec on
Aug. 70 next.
A Milwaukee judge has decided that
the new national bankruptcy law in.
validates state laws.
Statistics for the year show the bal.
ance of trade to be in favor of the
United States.
Opelika, Ala, has deadly political
fight and race war in one, colored Pop
ulists being the alleged aggressors.
A Madrid dispatch says that a band
of 300 Carlists recently appeared near
SEQ du Urgel, in Catalonia, and troops
are pursuing them.
The London Times announces that
the Royal Ulster Yacht club has ar
ranged to challenge for Americas cup.
The New York Yacht club will be mott.
fed of the decision Immediately.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-08-04
Queen of Denmark Not Ill.

COPENHAGEN. Aug. 4.-The reports
OF the indisposition of Queen Louise of
Denmark, mother of the Princess of
Wales, are untrue. The visit of the
Princess of Wales. who started for CO.
penhagen, is perhaps made earlier than
expected, but family reunion had
been arranged for August. The queen
drove out in the afternoon.
Only the senate will meet in extra
session. the president holding that the
volunteer army is to serve its full two
vaars if rennired.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-08-04
Saturday, July 80.


The Populist state convention at
Austin, Tex, has nominated Barney
Gibbs of Dallas for governor.
Spain is reported ready to cede Cuba
to an American protectorate, give up
Porto Rico and coaling station in the
Philippines.
Miss Jessie Schley, who went to
Madrid in the hope of an interview
with Premier Sagasta in behalf Of
peace, has returned to Paris.
The United States revenue cutter
Gresham has been successfully raised
and put together, and will leave for
Boston as soon as she ships coal and
supplies.
Spain will not be allowed to unduly
delay peace negotiations. She will be
made to find such course expensive,
as she must bear the cost of uninter-
rupted war operations.
News has been received at Victoria,
B. G., of collision between the steam.
ers Hamlin and Mcdonnell on the
Stickine river. The Hamlin was COM
pletely wrecked and the Mcconnell
sustained serious injury.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-08-04
NEWS CONVERSATIONS.
Thursday. July IS.

The Prince of Wales is progressing
SO favorably that it has been definitely
decided to remove him to Cowes on
Saturday.
Wednesdays statement of the condo
ton of the treasury shows available
cash balance, 1868, 9s7, 977; gold reserve,
$3.50, 8S9,3u1.
Spanish troops in Porto Rico are
being withdrawn from the outlying
towns and are concentrating upon San
Juan. The defenses of the capital are
being strengthened.
Mrs. Albert Bowker, for % years
president Of the Woman's Board of
Missions, is dead at her home in New
ton, Mass. Mrs. Bowker was the
originator Of the society of which she
was president.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-08-04
Friday, July 80.

rrluay, ouly 80.
The steamer Hum boidt brought down
100000 in gold and $l,O00,000 in
drafts.
A severe hailstorm in the vicinity of
Bradley, S. D., completely knocked
out thousands Of acres of grain.
Louis Kempner has been made post.
master of. Santiago. Army and navy
mail to Cuba, Porto Rico and Manila
will pay the 2.cent rate. General mail
will pay 5 cents.
Congressman J. A. T. Hull, chair.
man of the house military affairs COM
mittee, was renominated by acclama-
ton at the Seventh Iowa congressional
district Republican convention.
Lord Herschell, P. c., G.. @. B., for.
merly lord high chancellor, the head of
the British commission to settle the
differences between the United States
and Canada, has arrived in New York.
Eddie Duffie of Boston and Jimmy
Michael, the Welshman, have been
matched to race 25 miles Or purse Of
s., 500, winner to take ALL The race
viii take place at Willow Grove on
Saturday, Aug. &.
The Press., 1898-12-15
A Turkeys Lament.

An. distinctly I remember It was only last November That they chased me through the bacl
 yRrd
 And across the old barn floor! Val.antly and we'll 1 fought me Till at last the villains caught me And prO,'er ded then to trot me To the aX beside the door: Hut. ashamed. they let me go, for was bones and nothing more Skin and bones and nothing more. Now. see fl is December. And no doubt they will dismember Me. for all my fatter friends Have gone to that other shore; I've grown pale from apprehension, For of late some marked attention Makes me think it's their intention To cut off my legs and serve me As a reedhird from the store Just Teedbird. nothing more!
 Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Press., 1898-12-15
THE CHRISTMAS BRloADEs.

Blare O the trumpet and roll O the drum.
 A glitter of little tin blades, And led by their cute little captains. they
 come
 The curly haired Christmas brigades! Was ever an army so fair to view? And it's marching straight to the hearts
 of you!
 What shall we do 'gainst an army like
 this, That is blest of tho angels above? It comes but to challenge il mothers sweet
 kiss. And it's beautiful banner is love! ture never was army fair to view, Or marched so straight to the hearts or you!
 Come on with the trumpet. the little toy l drum! Come on with the little tin blades! Our hearts beat welcome and cry to you, "Come. Oh, curly haired Christmas brigades! Come on. little heroes in gray and in blue, And we'll capture and kiss every soldier of you! -F. L. Stanton.
The Press., 1898-12-15
Two Pointed Questions Answered.


 What is the use of making better ar ticle than your competitor if you can not get a better price for it?
 Ans.--As there is no difference in the price the public will buy only the better, so that while our profits may he smaller on single sale they will be much greater in the aggregate.
 How can you get the public to know your make is the best?
 If both articles are brought prominent ly before the public both are certain to be tried. and the public will very quickly pass judgment on them and use only the better one. This explains the large sale on Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. The people have been using 1t for years and have found that it can always be depend ed upon. They may occasionally take up with some fashionable novelty put forth with exaggerated claims, but are certain to return to the one remedy that they know to be reliable, and for coughs, colds and croup there is nothing equal to Cham berlain's Cough Remedy.
 Sold by E. K. Taft, Stafford Springs HI. F. Cady Stafford
The Press., 1898-12-15
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
items of local interest taken from the columns of The Press, thirty years ago.l
.ecenber, IS, 1888.


 J. Wesley Dfmmock. the cholister at the Congregational church, has a large singing class in training, and propose s soon to give a public concert.
 J. M. Weeden & Co.,, who havefor some time carried on the business of threa making in Willington, have lease the whole upper floor of the Stafford Loom company's shop in this village, and will remove their bussiness here. They will make their own spools, making 8 market for small birch wood. They will employ from thirty to fifty girls when they get started. besides other help.
 Owing to the scarsity of work in there line, Howe & Converse have been com- pelled to discharge the larger part of the hands In their machine shop. BIRTHS. Hs.-Staffordville, December II, 1868, son to Stephen Ford. MARRlED.-Hartford, December 10, 1868, by Rev. c. A. Skinner, Austin E.. Kibbe and Marcus E. Davis, both of Somers.
 New York, November, %, by Rev. H. c. Potter, Calvin Whiton of Holland and Carrie J. Lathrop of South Coventry. Willimantic, November, g, by Rev. Ed. gar F. Clark, Carlton H. Bassett of Willi. mantle and Addie E. Snow of willington. Monson, November 15. hy c. H. New ton, Esq. Warren O. Rogers of Mon on and Mary Jane Rider of Stafford.
The Press., 1898-12-15
FATHER CHRISTMAS.
A sumgeHtfon to the Boys For Chris
 .un

A suwgeHtIon to the Boys For Chrint-
 mas Celebrations.
 Why couldn't our boys get up some holiday plays similar to the immemo- rial "Father Christmas" play, in wbich the lads of Merrie England have so much fun? The origin of this play is lost in antiquity, but it deals with knights and their adventures, certain of which challenge and fight the fol- lowers of Father Christmas, and are in turn routed, till Father Christmas and the Black Knight cope in mortal com- bat, the latter, of course, being worstad.
 The boys are dressed in fantastic style, with tall paper caps on and pa per fringe around their jackets, wear ing masks to conceal their identity. They are called the "mummers, and go from house to house of their friends, invariably receiving a kind welcome and little treat at the end of the per formance. They also take up penny collection, and everybody has penny for the mummers who afford so much amusement.
 In our early history there is abun- dant scope for the youthful playwrights, and the object of their performances in holiday week might be some charity in which boys are the beneficiaries, such as treat of "goodies" to dozen news be ys or bootblacks, 10 get supplies for sick boy or the like.
 The Indian in our early history is as good as the knight element for a stir ring play for mummers-Massasoit and his tribe, in war paint, feathers and blankets, on the one side, and on the other the prim Puritans, in broad brimn d hats and short brooches.
 Or the Fot ahontas and Powhatan drama, with JChn Smith, the hero, and band of cavaliers to make it lively. The boys of Boston Common and the red cnattd Il Britishers was an CT isotie tC inspire their fraternity of today, and il would be great tuL IOr our laddies in Christmas week to dress up and illus tIate the va!ur of thelr ancestors, as | their English cousins annually com memorate some otherwise forgotten achievement of feudal days. delphia Record.
The Press., 1898-12-15
The Kissing Ball.

A gresn ball 10 suspend over the Christmas dinner table is made by fas- teniug two keg hoops together, one with in the other, turning each way like an open globe Irvine princess pine around each hoop and put ill sprigs of holly here and thele. This indeed is similar to the old "kissing bunch," which is seen in many old fashioned homes in England. Two wooden hoops, one pass ing through the oIh her. decked with ever greens, in the center of which is hung "crown' uf rosy apples and a sprig of mistletoe. Beneath it there are much kissing and romping and the carol singers stand beneath it and sing their E1ugs.
The Press., 1898-12-15
HE SOUANDERED MILLIONS.
The Wildly Reckless Financial Career of
 Baron Albert Grant,

Raron Albert Grant.
 One of the most dramatic if not ac- tually one of the largest failures. so far as the liabilities were concerned, was that of Baron Albert Grant of Emma mine" notoriety. Grant was the un- crowned king of the financial world of bis day and generation He made mil lions almost as deftly as the late MT. Barney Barnato. and he spent them right royalty. He bought Leicester square and presented it. free gift, to the people of London. He gave din ner to nearly thousand city magnates at cost which was popularly reputed at the time to have exceeded 100 guineas a head, and which, in any event, un- doubtedly established a record in ex- travagant dinner giving which has yet to be beaten.
 And he started ont to build palace in Kensington which should knock spots off all other private residences, past, present or to come. ything was got up regardless of expense. The ballroom walls were inset with panels of pink Italian marble, costing 800 guineas each. In the entrance hall were four pillars of porphyry, worth e4, 900 The building was scarcely finished when the crash came. and it remained for long a brick and mortar white ele- phant on the hands of the trustees in bankruptcy. Eventually most of the in terior fittings and decorations were dis posed of piecemeal. The grand staircase, which had cost to build some e40, 900. being acquired by the representatives of the late Mime. Tussaud for a trifie over fourth of that sum. It now forms the main approach to the upper and principal suit of rooms of the new ex hibition buildings ill the Marylebone road London Mail
The Press., 1898-12-15
Adorntnx the Christina. Tree.

The foliage of a Christmas tree may be brushed here and there with muci- lage and then sprinkled with common salt and a very pleasing result is ob- tained. A pretty drapery for the tree is made by cutting long strips, about four inches wide, of tissue paper, then cut, ting it closely, partly. but not entirely,
 across the widths, making fringes. If the strips be dampened and held over a hot stove, the fringed edges will curl and look quite ornamental. -Omaba
The Press., 1898-12-15
Where Toys Are Made.

The greatest toy producing districts are the Thuringia mountains, sometimes called the Thuringia forests; the an- cient city of Nuremberg, in Bavaria, and the region of the Erzgeberg moun- tains. The most interesting of these To- calities is the Thuringia mountain dis trict Situated in upper Saxony, its time and industry are entirely given up to the production of playthings in pa pier mache, china, glass, wool, wood and fur.-Baltimore Herald.
The Press., 1898-12-15
Chri.tma. Table Decoration.

Avery pretty decoration for the table at the Christmas dinner is tiny Christ mas tree. Candied fruits and gilded and silvered walnuts make it bright and seasonable, while little frosting with the powder that comes for the pur- pose makes it beautiful object under the glitter of the lights. The tree will be trimmed and prepared for you by any florist and should be planted in a fancy low vase or dish. The picturesque dwarf evergreens that come from Japan are most effective when used in this way, and yet they are such costly treas ures that few who own them are will ing to make table decorations of them. Philadelphia Ledger.
The Press., 1898-12-15
CHRISTMAS IN THE ARMY.
How the Soldier Boys Celebrated
 During the Sixties.

How the Soldier Boys Celebrated
 During the Sixties.
 The Army of the Potomac, under General George B. Mcclellan, was camped about Washington from August, 1861, to March, 1862, and most of it in Virginia as far down the Potomac as Alexandria, as far up as Chain bridge and as far out toward General Beaure- gard and his tenacious Americans as Munson's hill. Early in December word came to the soldiers that railroad and express companies would carry free packages intended for Christmas pres ents and dinners for the soldiers.
 That year there was Christmas din ner for every mess. From the rich homes of the large cities had come the best in the market. From tens of thou sands of farms had come the daintiest dishes that mothers, wives, sisters, daughters and sweethearts could pre- pare.
 On Christmas, 1863, the army was shivering along the rivers Rappahan- nook and Rapidan, and as far out as Cul- peper Court House. It was too cold, and the men were too poorly housed to en- joy the day. It was not a holiday tC many-a day of misery, instead. That was the coldest Christmas the south had seen for 30 years. and it has not seen one like it since.
 Christmas dinners were the order of the day in 1864. The army was strung along behind Notifications from Rich mond to below Yellow House, on the Weldon railroad, distance of nearly 40 miles. The sanitary and Christian commissions had arranged to supply the army with a Christmas dinner. Few men were overlooked Except that in 1861, it was the happiest Christn as for the Union arm y since the trouble began. There were many signs that the next Christmas would Ire enjoyed at home, and so it was by all who escaped the hot times from March 29 to the evening of April o. after fHant and Lee met al AppOmattOx. - Milwaukee, Sentinel.