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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-07-28
Postpone the Bids.

WASHINGTON. July 26.-The navy
department has been obliged to again
postpone the date for the receipt OF
bids for the construction of the torpedo
boats. It has now been set for Aug. rs
upon the representations Of ship build.
cts on the Pacific coast that otherwise
they would not have sufficient time to
get their bids through by mail.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-07-28
The Westfield lind. } News prints the

The Westfeld lind. News prints the.
following in regard to an old resident
of that place: Crank McAvoy, for
many years in the employ of the L.,
N. A. & G. Ry. here, says: Il have
used Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy for ten years
or longer-am never without it in my
family. consider it the best remedy
of the kind manufactured. l take
pleasure in recommending it. " 1t is
aspecifc for all,bowed disorders. For
sale buy Hanson & Emerson.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-07-28
Miss sch1ey at Madrld.

MADRID, July 20. - Miss Jessie
Schley, delegate from the Peace So
ciety of Paris, has arrived at Madrid
with the intention, it is asserted, Of
interviewing members Of the cabinet
with a humanitarian object. I
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-07-28
More Batteries for Miles.

WASHINGTON, July 26.-Batteries A
and B of Pennsyl vania, now at New
Orleans, have been ordered to Porto
Rico. There was some doubt about
the destination of these batteries, but
it has now been decided to send them
60 join General Miles where they will
be used in the attack upon the defenses
OF Porto Rico.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-07-28

. CHICAGO, July 2s.-The American
Wire and Steel company Whose gen
5eral offices are In Chicago has submit
{ ted new scale Of wages to the EN-.
ployes of its wire, nail and galvani zed
mills at Anderson. Ind, and has closed
the mills down until the men accept.
The new scale amounts practically Il
reduction though the officials claim
new machinery will keep wages at the
same level.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-07-28
Proposing aD Arm lat &C.

LONDON, July Get is announced
in a special dispatch from Madrid, that
the Spanish government has drawn up
a message addressed to the government
at Washington proposing an armistice
for the purpose OF discussing the terms
upon which peace with the United
States can be arranged
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-07-28
sugar ship ON Fire.

: SAN FRANCISCO. July 70. "A private
dispatch received here says that the
ship Kenilworth, bound from Hilo,
Hawaii, for New York, with a cargo
Of sugar, has put into Valparaiso. on
fire. Both the captain and mate are
reported dead. tE
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-07-28
Ermantrout ReDominated.

READING, Pa, July 81. Congress
man Ermantrout has been renominated
for congress by the Democratic con.
ferees OF Berks and Lehigh counties,
which compose the Ninth congress
sional district.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-07-28

Three More Regiments From Tampa.
WASHINGTON. July 26.-The war de-
partment has decided to send the First
Florida, Second Georgia and Fifth
Maryland regiments, now at Tampa, to
Porto Rico,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-07-28

Fifth Cavalry Ordered From Tampa.
WASHINGTON, July 26. The Fifth
United States cavalry has been ordered
from Tampa to Porto Rico.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-21

the proper means were not at their dis posal.
 Captain Glass of the Charleston aston ished the Spanish officers by telling them that his guns had been fired. not as a sa- lute, but as a demand for surrender. The Spaniards, cut off entirely from the out side world, were quite unaware that war had been declared between the United States and Spain.
 Lieutenant Braunersreuther, with a force of marines, went ashore, notified the Governor Of the condition of affairs, and demanded his surrender. This official, Senor Jose Marina, was thunderstruck. He and his staff were taken on board the Charleston, and the next day started for Manila, after seeing the Stars and Stripes This was one of the ludicrous incidents of the war, an incident worthy Of opera bouffe.
 On June 20 the Cuban campaign may be said to have fairly gotten under way. General Shafter'S forces arrived in the transports off Santiago at noon. 4 con- ference was held between General Shaf- ter, Admiral Sampson and the two Cuban leaders, Garcia and Rabi, during which plans were formed for the landing of
 A foreign cable announced that an en- voy from the Kaiser has submitted to Sa- gasta proposition that Germany should establish protectorate in the Philippines and pay Spain 800 900 600 marks for carry ing on the war in Cuba
 JUNE 21-Hasty preparations were made for the landing of the American troops. Five hundred inSurgent troops were transferred rom ASerrduerOS to Nuldpd- bo. increasing the force already there to 1000 men. This force. under General Cas- tillo. was designed to attack the Spanish force in the rear at the time of landing the American troops at Baiquiri. To mis- lead the enemy as to the real point of landing General Shafter requested Gen eral Garcia to send a force of 800 men to attack the little town of Cabanas, where 1t was reported the enemy had several hundred men intrenched.
 JUNE 22-The troops were successfully landed at BaiQuiri with very little resist ance, the New Orleans, Detroit. Castine, Wasp and Suwanee smelling the woods back Of the beach. The Texas had one man killed.
 General Duffield and four battalions of his brigade left Camp Alger bound for Santiago.
 CamSra's fleet was sighted off Pantil- larin Island, proceeding in the direction of Suez.
 JUNE 23-The monitor Monadnock and the collier Nero sailed from San Francisco to reinforce Dewey in the Philippines.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-21
VII. CERVERA'S FLEET SUNK.

JULY S-Cervera's fleet was entirely de- stroyed w..ile attempting to leave the har- Dor Of Santiago. An interview having been prearranged between General Shafter and Admiral Sampson, the latter, in the flag ship New York. left the fleet for Sibonev. When the flagship was about four miles east of her blockading station and about seven miles from the Morro the Spanish squadron was seen steaming out of the harbor's entrance.
 The New York turned and steamed for the escaping fleet. flying the signal to close in toward the harbor entrance and attack vessels, but our ships had already. in acordance with standing orders at once engaged the Spanish ships with the utmost spirit and Vigor, and in the course of running fight, which continued until 20 minutes past l p: m., the latter were tory, with its splendid credit to officers and men, was won.
 The movement of the Spanish vessels In broad daylight seemed suicidal as in- deed 1t was, but Admiral Cervera had twice received orders to leave Santiago and go to Havana, and although he well knew he was sending his fleet to deStruc- tion, he simply obeyed orders.
 That evening Admiral Sampson sent the following disDatch to Washington: "The fleet under my command offers to the na- tion as Fourth of July present the de- struction of the whole of Cervera's fleet. Not one escaped. It attempted to escaD ship, the Cristobal Colon, had run ashore sixty miles west of Santiago, and had let down her colors. The Infanta Maria Te- resa, Oquendo and Vizcaya were forced ashore, burned and blown up within twen- ty miles of Santiago. The Furor and Plu-
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-21
SANTIAGO CAMPAIGN.

JUNE 24-The advance on Santiago be- gan and the first day march resulted in severe fighting. Of the American forces fifteen men were killed and fifty wounded. Among the killed were Daptain Allyn Ca Pron and Sergeant Hamilton Fish Jr., both of the First Volunteer Cavalry known as the Rough Riders.
 At a point near Sevilla known as Las Guasimas the Rough Riders and the First and Tenth cavalry ran into an ambush, and a whitening fire was opened upon them. Only for a moment did our troops waver. Then they pushed forward and, driving the enemy from the trenches, routed them by brilliant charge. The fiOhting lasted for an hour Colonel Roose- welt of the Rough h4uers was in the thick yjf the fight, leading his men and encour- aging them against odds that might have appalled, a more seasoned body of fight ing men.
 The Government purchased eight ocean liners to carry troops to Porto Rico.
 The Cortes was dissolved by a decree of the Queen Regent, and martia4 law was
 JUNE 2GGenerai Wheeler, whose forces occupied Sevilla, reported that he had interviewed two men who had just left Santiago. They said food was very scarce and the soldiers were killing mules and horses for food. Five wagonloads of wounded were carried into Santiago and the Spanish losses were heavy.
 JUNE 26-Wheeler's brigade halted in the neighborhood of San Juan, within two miles of Santiago. He was reinforced during the day ny 5000 Cubans, led by Gen eral Garcia.
 The Red Cross vessel State of Texas reached Guantanamo Bay and tents were immediately erected. The vessel then pro- ceeded to Siboney,. where a temporary hospital was established.
 JUNE 2-Four thousand troops com prising the third expedition to the Philip command of General Arthur MacArthur.
 Announcement was made that Admiral
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-21
BEGINNING OF THE END.

JULY B-Six thousand troops embarked at Tampa for Porto Rico. General Miles, to take charge of the Porto Rican cam paign, left Santiago on the Yale.
 Captive Spanish officers asserted that Linares had made a scapegoat of Toral, and that the latter would be court mar tialed.
 JULY 21-A statement of the Govern ment's policy in regard to Porto Rico con- tained the information that the island once taken, would be retained by the United States.
 The Massachusetts, Dixie, Gloucester Wasp. Cincinnati. Annapolis, Leyden, Yale and Columbia lett Guantanamo for Porto Rico with more than three thou> sand troops.
 General Leonard R. Wood, formerly in command of the Rough Riders, was made Military Governor of Santiago
 JULY 22-Lieutenant HobSon called on President Mckinley in obedience to a let ter of instructions from Admiral Samp- son, to urge the necessity of attempting 10 raise the Maria Theresa. CThe Spanish warship was raised and was lowed to Guantanamo on September 24)
 Admiral Sampson captured Nipe, a har- Dor on the northeast coast of Cuba, for a naval and military base of supplies.
 General Miles and his Porto Rican ex- petition arrived at Mole St. Nicholas. sailed from San Francisco for the Philip. pines with troops, under command of Brigadier General H. G. Otis.
 Five troops of cavalry were ordered to newport News for embarhation on trans ports for Porto Rico. From Tampa five transports sailed for the same destina> tion.
 JULY 24-Cubans in Santiago prepared a petition to President Mckinley, pro- testing against the treatment which had been accorded to General Garcia, ana asking that the city be given to them to govern.
 Commodore Watsons departure for Spain was postponed indefinitely.
 JULY 25-General AnIes landed a de- tachment of his troops at Puerto de Gu aniea, near Ponce. There was skirm- ish between Spanish troops and the crew of the Gloucester's launch. All the transports were taken into the harbor.
 General Merritt, commander-in-chief of the military expedition to the Philippines arrived at Manila
 JULY 26-M. Jules Cambon. the French Ambassador at Washington, at the re- quest of the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, conveyed to President Mckinley a message which first opened the way to peace negotiations. A request was made for terms under which the United States would be willing to end the war
 JULY N-General Shafter's report on
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-21
REV w

ton were destroyed within, four miles of the port. Our loss, one killed and two wounded. Enemy's loss, probably several hundred from gun fire. explosions and drowning. About twelve hundred prison CTS, including Admiral Cervera. The man killed was G. H. Ellis, chief yeoman of the Brooklyn"
 In the meantime General -Shafter had been demanding the surrender of San tiago. At half-past s a. m. he sent mes sage to General Toral, In command of the Spanish forces in the city, saying that un- less there was an immediate, surrender t T Santiago would be bombarded. To this General Toral replied that the city would not surrender. A return message was sent by General Shafter. saying that he would give the non-combatants until noon of the 9th to leave the city.
 history of the United States since the very first itself has brought so much pride to the American people a this. The en, tire nation went wild over our second great naval victory, which seemed not less miraculous than that of Dewey at Manila.
 Admiral Dewey cabled to Secretary Long. that the United States troops had been landed and comfortably Quartered at Cavite.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-21

was still responsible to Madrid. Toral merely assuming temporary command of the Spanish forces. Under this date he wrote to the Spanish Minister of War that the cause was hopeless.
 General Miles arrived and took com mand of the army.
 JULY 13-Generals Miles and Shafter had long interview with General Toral, the truce being extended until noon the next day. In response to a dispatch to Washington. General Miles was notified by the Secretary of War that he might accept the surrender by granting parole to officers and men, who would be per, mitted to return to Spain, the United States assisting.
 JULY 14-General Toral formally sur rendered his troops with the understand ing that they would be returned to Spain. In his report to the Secretary of War under this date, General Miles said that arrangements would be immediately made for carrying out the further instruc- tions of the President
 JULY 15-Admiral Sampson's chief of staff went to the front and informed General Shafter of Admiral Sampson's eX- signatories to the agreement of capitu- lation. This Shafter declined to permit.
 The Harvard arrived at Portsmouth. N. H., with 1908 Spanish prisoners, half of whom were III from fever.
 JULY 16-It was announced that the surrendered forces numbered 12,000 men in and near Santiago, and that the number of troops to be returned to Spain would number, all told 24,000.
 JULY 17-Santiago surrendered formal ly, and at noon the American flag was raised over the house of the civil gov ernment. The ceremony was attended by perfect order.
 The second military expedition from San Francisco arrived at Cavite, General Anderson having 5000 men under his com naQd.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-30
return of All Our Divers.

KEY WEST, Fla, March 29.--The light
house tender Mangrove arrived here from
Havana this morning, bringing guns and
wreckage from the Maine. The survey
steamer Bache arrived here this morning
from Havana. The Mangroves departure
from Havana without the United States Off
cial is said by an officer on board to
have been due to change of orders rem
dered necessary by the unexpected quiet in
Cuba. 1t is absolutely denied that her trip
to Havana was connected with any routine
matters or premeditated by the department.
All of the divers of the United States navy
who have been at work on the wreck of the
battle ship Maine returned from Havana
on board the Bache Captain Chadwick,
United States navy, who went to Havana
to investigate the feasibility of further
wrecking work on the Maine, was also
passenger on the Bache. 1t is believed
Captain Chadwick finds the work to be i'm
practicable. The officers of the Bache and
Mangrove say everything is outwardly calm
at Havana but that talk OF an anti-Amerl-
can demonstration and riot continues.
Captain Evans who came on the steamer
from Tampa to-day is here to take COM
mand Of the Iowa. The Annapolis arrived
this afternoon
The torpedo boats tonight made mimic
attack the flag ship New York and the
battle ship Indiana, the largest number of
such boats ever employed in the United
States navy in an evolution of this kind par
ticipating.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-30
BLANCo FEARS TROUBLE.
Says a Demonstration May tie Precip
itated by Americans.


itated by Americans.
WASHINGTON, March 29.-The State De-
partment gives no confirmation of reports
that official advices from Havana state that
riots headed by the WeyIer element. are
apprehended 1t appears however, that
Captain General Blanco has sent COM
munication to washington in which he says
he believes that a demonstration may be
precipitated at any moment by an element
made up of certain Americans of strong
anti-Spansh tendency now at Havana.
General Blanco states that he does not fear
any disturbances and riots coming from the
Cuban people The suggestion that the
Weyler element is threatening riots is en-
phaticaly repudiated by the captain gen
eral who expresses complete confidence in
his ability to preserve quiet among the ma
tive population. He is convinced, he says,
that a riotous demonstration at Havana
amounting to an overt act designed to pre-
cipitate war between the United States and
Spain is being systematically fomented by
a certain class of American citizens. Blanco
clearly and unequivocally declares that the
presence of American correspondents IN
Cuba makes the situation, in his view, more
The New York Heralds correspondent
Yesterday autographed from here: 'Ha-
Vand quiet Is III udllSeE Oh DelIlS UlSluiDCu
by another outbreak such as occurred in the
Cuban city just before the late second-class
battle ship Maine dropped anchor in its har-
bor Consul General Lee has cabled to the
State Department that the situation is crit
ical. There is danger Of further riots grow
ing out of the intense anti-American feeling
among the Weylerites. In the light of Cen
eral Lees dispatch the administration au-
thorities are as much concerned about the
situation in Havana as they are over the
fear that Congress will attempt to force the
hand of the President. 1t is now regarded
as one of the danger points of the situation.
The Navy Department is keenly on the
alert The State Department transmitted
Consul General Lees message to Secretary
Long and he at once informed Capt. T. w.
Key West of the character of it's contents.
Captain Sampson is in direct communica-
ton with Consul General Lee, and at the
slightest sign of trouble a message from the
consul general to the naval officer will re-
suit in the arrival of a man-of-War at Ha-
vana harbor within four hours"
In answer to the foregoing the State De-
partment to-day posted the following: "A
telegram from General Lee shows there is
no occasion for the alarming reports as to
the situation in Havana.
Advices received from Havana by the
Spanish legation here to-day say that per-
feet quiet prevailed throughout the island in
the elections held yesterday for delegates
to the Spanish Cortes. The result was the
choice of twenty-one Autonomists and nine
Conservatives. This large majority for the
government the advices say, indicates the
confidence felt in Cuba in the cOuntrys
policy Notwithstanding the natural embar-
rassnent created by the outside situation.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-30

CINCINNATI, o., March 29.-The body of
Lieut. f. w. jenkins, of the Maine. was ac-
corded tender and beautiful tribute on its
arrival here to-day. the first given the
faithful officer since the body started on its
Journey to Pittsburg for burial. The
demonstration was necessarily brief, as the
body arrived over the Louisville & Nash
Vile road at 4:05 and was transferred at
the Pennsylvania passenger station to the
Pennsylvania train which left at 4:3O
O'Clock. Undertaken Sampson, of Pittsburg,
came here to meet and receive the remains.
and constituted the only escort that has
came known to-day that the body would
reach here it did an arrangement was
hastily made by which a company of the
Sixth Infantry, under command of Captain
Wetheril, was detailed by Col. M. A Coch-
ran. of Fort Thomas, TO do escort duty.
Colonel Cochran. Lieutenant Colonel Egg
bert. and nearly all the officers or the regf-
ment we're also present. Gen. B. r. Cowen.
commander of the Ohio Commandery of the
Military Order of the Loyal Legion. and
some twenty-five or thirty members of that
order, We're present. When the train
rived eight soldiers removed the box con-
tanning the dead officers body and escorted
at present arms and the officers and mem
bers of the Loyal Legion uncovered, the
band playing dirge. When the remains
were safely deposited in the car the troops
moved out. the band as II passed the fu-
neral car giving out the inspiring strains of
THE Star-spangled Banner" The COM
pany was followed by the army officers and
by the members OF the Loyal Legion. The
ceremony was simple and brief but intense
~ impressive.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-30

NEW YORK, March 29.-The movement
of trained artillerymen to Fort Slocum
where the new Seventh Artillery. under Col.
William Sinclair, is mastering, is now going
on. Additional preparati ons are being made
there for putting the post in a completed
state of defense. Bids were opened in the
army building to-day for the transportation
of fifteen twelve-inch mortars from the
Sandy Hook proving grounds, where they
have been tested, TO Fort Adams at New
port, r. |. These mortars are each twelve
feet long and weigh 5000 pounds apiece,
making the total weight to be conveyed 435.-
900 pounds. The guns will be transferred
with a twin screw lighter as soon posi-
bic after April 3. The government will
mount the guns in the new mortar battery,
which is expected to keep the guns of a
hostile fleet from getting within range OF
the cottages on Newport island.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-30
Preacher Arrested on Serious Charge

SAN FRANCISCO, March I9-Constable
Barnsteil, of Kings county arrested Rev.
George e. Morrison, until lately a resident
of Hanford, where he occupied one of the
pulpits of that town. in the city to-day.
The prisoner was taken to the city prison.
Morrison is said to be wanted by the au-
thorities of Carson county, Texas, to
answer to charges of embezzlement and
forgery. He is also suspected of murder.
While residing in Carson county his wife
died suddenly under suspicious circum-
stances it is alleged. Morrison left Texas
suddenly and went to Topeka, Kan. He
held for a time, but that the Texas au-
thorities did not send for him and he was
released. He then went to Mexico, where
he worked in the mines. He has just re-
turned from there and was dressed like a
miner.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-30
TRAIN ROBBERS FOILED.
One Wounded by the Express Mes
senEer-Fireman Also Injured.

LOS ANGELES, Cal, March ,29.-Meager
details have been secured here by the Santa
Fe Railway of an attempt to hold up the
west-bound Santa Fe passenger train near
Grant, N M, early to-day. The train was
tagged some distance from the lonely sta
ton and slowed down The fireman and EN-
gineer, however, suspected the cause of the
tagging and were moving ahead when the
robbers opened fire and wounded the fire.
man. The train was stopped and five
masked men approached. Express Messen-
gen Fowler stepped from the. train and
opened fire with brace of pistols. The
robbers were unprepared for this and fed.
One of them was severely wounded by Fow-
Ter, but his comrades got him away. Fowler
joined New Mexican officers, who are now
following the trail. The train proceeded
west