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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-06-09
sTE:ARNs COUNTY PoPULIsrs.

The populists of Stearns county
seem to be brim full of rank ingrat-
itude and decidedly empty of COM
mon sense. At the county con-
vention at St. Cloud on Monday,
the veteran workers in the cause,
the men who have given life and
responsibility to the movement in
the county, as in wider fields, were
ruthlessly slaughtered. Hon. Kit
tel Halvorson of North Fork, was
defeated as delegate to the state
convention, receiving only about
one-third the vote cast, and P. j.
Seberger and L. D. Foster met with
like treatment. After the defeat of
the ex-congressman, the North
Fork delegation very properly left
the hall in disgust. after speech
by Delegate Streter denouncing
the action of the convention. and
accusing the majority of being
traitors to the cause. A delegation
of eighteen fusionists was then
unanimously selected to the state
convention and these with four
others were named to the congress
Sional convention the 18th inst.
The resolutions affirm allegiance
to the Omaha and st. Louis plat
forms; pledge the party to coop
crate with the democrats and silver
republicans" and endorse Judge
Baxter for the bench.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-06-09

Wear our foot Form Shoes.
Every pair warranted. None better
made. Jacob Bros. g Mack.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-06-09
ron sUPREsrE JUDcEs.

The HERALD is impressed with
the conviction that the Republican
State Convention would act wisely
in recognizing the candidacy of
Judges Mitchell and CAVITY, whose
terms expire next January, for re-
election. Both are able men and
stand high in the'estimation of the
best menat the bar in the state.
1t would commit the party to the
wholesome policy of placing the
judiciary of the state where it be-
longs above and beyond party
politics.
Judge Buck, whose term also ex-
pires with theirs, desires to retire.
He has so expressed himself. He,
too, is democrat. The republic
cans will be called upon to nomi-
nate his successor, and several
very worthy men have been sug-
gested. Among them all, Walter
Ayres of Duluth, has no superior.
He is an able lawyer, attested by
his large and successful practice.
A close student, strictly honorable,
laborious, clear-headed and practi-
cal, he combines the elements
which commend him to this prefer
ment. He has been in active prac-
tice in Duluth during the past ten
years and more, and has gained
more than local distinction by
reason of his ability and thorough
ness. He is the peer of any law
yer in the state, and his exalted
character commands universal con-
fidence. The strength of the
bench would be maintained to the
fullest by the election of Mr.. Ayres.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-07-29
GOT SEVEN SHIPS.
Story of the Naval Skirmish at
Manzanillo-Gunbo Drlv-
en- Ashore,

Playa del Este, Guantanamo, July %.
The following is the official account of
the latest naval victory-that at Manza-
nillo-told by Commander Todd Of the
United States gunboat Wilmington in his
report to Admiral Sampson:
AT o'clock on the morning of July
IL, the vessels on blockade duty in this
vicinity, the Wilmington, Helfa, Scorpion,
Hist, Hornet, Wampatuck and Osceola,
approached the harbor of Manzanillo
from the westward. At 1880 the Will
mington and Helena entered the northern
channel toward the city, the Scorpion and
Osceola the mid-channel and the Hist,
Hornet and Wampatuck the south cham
mel, the movements of the vessels being
50 timed as to bring them within effective
range Of the shipping at about the same
"At 1850 fire was opened on the ship
ping and after a deliberate fire lasting
about two and half hours three Spanish
Purciama Conception, were burned and
destroyed. The pontoon which was the
harbor guard and storeship there probably
Tor ammunition, was burned and blown
up. Three gunboats were destroyed.
One other was driven ashore and sunk
and third was driven ashore and is be-
Ieved to have been disabled. The firing
AA1AAHSsA4ACO ~ q 1dASc WulCH WAS
believed to be beyond the range of shore
artillery. TWAS continued until, after
gradual closing in, the shore batteries
opened fire at, comparatively short range
when the ships were recalled, the object
of the expedition having been accom-
plished and the ideas of the commander
in-chief carried out as understood them,
that is, to destroy the enemy's shipping,
but not to engage the field batteries or
forts. ,:-t
mo casualties occurred on board any of
our vessels. Great care was taken in d.
recting the. fire that as little damage as
possible should be done to the city itself
and so far as could be observed little if
any was done"
Madrid, July %, la. ma private dis
patch from Havana says that an Ameri-
can force landed near Manzanillo, prov
ince of Santiago de Cuba, on Tuesday
evening. The Spanish troops guarding
the approaches of the bay, the dispatch
adds, opened fire on the invaders, to
which the Americans replied. An at
tack on the town by sea and land was
expected by the time the message was
sent. The crews of the Spanish gunboats
which were sunk reached the land, and,
according. to the Havana message, saved
most of their kits. $3.50 :ts$,. =. 81; =.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-07-29
FLOWING MADE EASY.
A New Invention-A 'sStone Dodxer'
Plow.

"a AVG" AutSAx4Ou-kA -SyOuS DOUKS1'e
Plow.
From The Farm Implement News.
The Fuller & johnson Mfg. Co., of
Madison, Wisconsin, have brought out a
new implement, namely, riding pillow,
that is attracting much attention where
ever it is seen. Heretofore there has been
very serious objection to the riding pillow
where there is stone. In striking stone
not only has there been danger of break
ing the pillow and harness, but the blow
on the shoulders of the horses was very
injurious, and worse than all, the driver
was in danger of being thrown off and
injured. These, objections are overcome
in this appropriately named "stone dodg-
err plow. When it strikes stone the
plow part only is raised up and slides over
the stone and pulls itself into the ground
again without any action on the part of
the driver. The sulky part is not raised
at all. A boy or an old man who can
handle the team can thus readily do the
blowing.
So much interest has been taken in
this plow wherever it has been shown that
the manufacturers have adopted a novel
plan to aid in presenting it's manifest ad-
vantages to the farming community. They
are having large number of models made
and in any section where there is no sam
pie pillow that can readily be seen, any rep
utable farmer can, by writing to the
company, have model sent to him by ex-
press for inspection, without expense to
him. the company paying the expressage
both ways. The farmer, after examina-
ton, simply returns it to the express Office,
The model is nice piece of work. It
weighs only ten pounds. The plOw is
made as a single plow for three horses
and as a double or gang for four horses.
"A very effective potato planting attach
ment can be had with these plows at small
extra cost.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-07-29
SITUATION INANIl \.
Spanish Being Gradually Driven
Closer to the City.
REBELS Ar E ACTIVE.
The First Of the American Troops
Have Taken the Field Flag
ON Wakes Island.

& Manila, July 10 (via Hong Kong, July
~. The insurgents are gradually getting
artillery into action against Pondo. Santa
Meso and Malata. The lighting ID tlesul-
tory. The Spaniards have been driven
from the trenches outside Malate and the
Insurgents are strongly entrenched near
the walls Of the forts. The insurgents
have begun to lombard Malate fort and
have struck the telegraph company's cable
house. & q GsE.ssz
1t is said on semi-o6icial Spanish au.
thOrity in Manila that the recent news
from Cuba is "a vile English fabrica-
ton, that in reality the Spaniards have
been victorious, that Admiral Camara' .
squadron has cOaled at Singapore and is
expected here on July 25. %sasI%
American Troops Advance.
New York, July OLA special to the
Journal dated Cayite, July 10, via Hong
Kong, July %, says: The entire regiment
today to Janbo, only two miles from the
Spanish lines surrounding Manila.
The California troops have been thrown
ont, by Gen. Anderson to form the ad-
vance of the attack in force. South Ma
Mia is to be captured first. The Colorado
and Utah batteries are being landed at
rarang9e directly. from the ships. The
ASASA CAASS ~ AHA SUluulSSI0s Will tAC
rest of the artillery, will land ut Malabon,
Just north of Mamma. ,s VI e$' ..
Brig. Cen. Francis V. Green, formerly
colonel of the Seyenty-first regiment of
New York, is in command of the advance,
; Gen. Anderson remaining in Cavite.
Aguinaldo is OMciOus.
Hong Kong, July 22.-Letters received
here from Cavite dated July 10 differ from
the advices received direct from Manila.
The former say the insurgents have been
repulsed near Malatao and that they are
now making: less progress. There is also
said to be much dissension among them,
owing to alleged bribery upon the part Of
priests
Aguinaldo, it is further said, refuses to
be subordinated to the United States. He
does not realize his position, as evidenced
by his appointment of cabinet, his
declaration of independence and the for
NAL hosting of the insurgentD nag.
About 1900 Americans, it also appears
from the letters from Cavite, have been
landed half way between Manila and Ca
vite and the United States cruiser Boston
has gone to support them in case of an
emergency.
Manila, July 1S.-(Via Hong Kong,
July 22.)-The British steamers Curtis
and Nyanza have arrived here with coal
for the American feet.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-07-29
A Strange Use for Bibles,

1t seems that gold-leaf for decorative
purposes is, as a regular matter of bust
ness, packed in little books made up of
the unbound pages of Holy Writ cut to
the requisite size for the purpose, and
stitched together. On inquiry, I learn
that the practice of packing the material
in this way is a well-esta blished one, and
that the Bible is selected for this purpose
because, as a rule, the type is more even
" set, and the printing generally finer
and better executed. On the other hand,
hear from other sources that the use
of the Bible is looked upon as sort of
guarantee that the leaf is of the best
possible quality. It appears that the
Book of Common Prayer is also en-
ployed for the same purpose. Gold-leaf
books are made up and supplied to the
trade by an enterprising firm in Birming-
ham. An enterprising gentleman in Lon
don also supplied them. It is evident that
the books are made up from the sheets
in which they leave the press, and before
they are folded.-Ceylon Standard.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-07-29
Santiago Hospitality.

Among the behnties of. Santiago are the
saloons, for instance, says Collier's Week
". Through an arrangement of colored
paper and little coiored lamps they sue
coed in q gaudiness which even the quit
zal cannot eclipse. In the consuming
tion, however, there is compensation. The
naranjada, drink made Of oranges, af-i
fects the tonsils as music affects the ear.
There is also concoction Of white al
monds, which is love and poetry in LIQUID
shape. Then, too, there as gin. 1t DIFF
$fers from our own. In just what fash,
ion the writer is insufiiciently toxicol!o-
quial to state. But It il very beautiful.
and whether it be the Ingredients or the
climate, or both, it is capable Of frequent
admiration without after effect. On the
occasion of the writer's first visit to a
fonda he ordered some. subsequently,, ii
accordance with the Oriental custom in
vogue there, he clapped HIS hands. The
waiter came, he asked the bill, and was
told that It was paid. IT then appeared
that q native, noting that the writer was
III stranger, had, in accordance with an.
other custom, settled the score and gone.
1t is q Cuban way, and b very pretty
one, Of offering the freedom Of the town
"a freedom, parentheticall which the
troops may be trusted 10 take without Of
sfering Of amy kind.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-07-29
A PONDEROUS FLOWER.
The Blossom Weighs Fifteen Poands
z nd - = Yn,.11 WITH.

The Blosson Weigh. Fifteen ponrd.
:, ,d i. !. w., WA. ,''''s
i, ~ Z, 8 u J. =.
last century has made known none ID
more remarkable than the hnsa m M .;ta
fi,esia rs =, .r;ras ne 49, S.s
fnrs, IN ms, ,,,ho +, 1naS taon slr
sernnr a. Rsnaniasn ~ S.,n,atr.' Va u ko s
at one lime nm tanr ~ IN ;.,a 81 Was
Gonna niad nv Tadv eu sue ~ ,,s,alu, ac
and unite = narty - Enrans s S arn anI
natives. Suddenly ther sjinhtsd mn, NM =
Hover ar nrosiirinns s;,t md ro.,e,Ia;,,..
otior more thana vnr., aI = rspuis !. :
weirhinr fsfteen .onnis Tts enIas, anu =
sliehf nranre pottIsJ VII, WV. s,a, Was
whife The whola th;ns ,;w;S ~ v' ,,;s...a
IN carrinn ;nseets atar \, s aa
showed tho mimi tn cnns,st = ae...'..
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-07-29
THEY WERE PACIFICOS,
Not Regular Cuban Soldiers Who
49, Precipitated the Trouble ssz>,s
4 g: S at SANTIAGO. 80

New York, July 22-Senor Gonovar,
who arrived on the Seneca on Wednesday,
acted as interpreter under Gen. Garcia at
Santiago. Before departing for his home
in St. Augustine he called at the junta
and spoke of the conditions at Santiago
when he left there. He said: while it
is true that there is bad feeling on the
part of the American troops toward the
Cuban soldiers, it is due to mistake.
The mistake was in taking pacificos for
Cuban soldiers. The regular Cuban troops
were at the extreme west Of the American
troops during the action. The Americans
We're working in trenches, where they
had great difficulty in obtaining their food
supplies. While there party Of pacificos
passed them coming from the depot where
provisions were distributed. The Ameri-
cans were hungry and when they saw
the Cubans supplied with an abundance of
food and believing them to be Cuban SOL
aiefs, they formed a bad opinion, which
has grown into prejudice.
inspection ST the Cuban hospitals
showed that they contained several hun
dred soldiers, an evidence that the Gu
bans did some fighting"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-07-29
Wisconsin Patents.

Patents for the following Wisconsin
inventors are reported for this week by
Erwin, Wheeler & Wheeler, So and 50
Loan and Trust building. Milwaukee,
Wis. These attorneys will furnish the
Inventors Handbook free:
John H: Ayhart, Dedham,- Ia. harrow;
Thomas Caswell, Cherokee, Ia, hay rake;
Niels A. Christensen, Milwaukee,, Wis,
Cooper, Adair, Ia, gun sight; VIM. Dodge
Burlington, Ia, game device; R. Harris,
zson.. lilwaukee, Wis, electric motor; Jennie
Mevey, Winona, MINI, hook; N. Kaufr-
ment; Anthony stolz, St. Paul, Mimi. soil
heating device.
n A. Christensen, Milwaukee, means for
suspending air pumps; e: NJ; Hall. assgr.,
La Crosse, combined cigar tip cutter and
match safe; w. $. Johnson and II. Winken-
werder. assgr.. Milwaukee. electric motor;
Geo. Sattler, Elkhart, runner attachment
for bicycles; II: sievers, assgr:. West Bend.
thill coupling; c. G: Theleen, Kenosha, bow
guard for vessels; B. w. Tuttie, deceased,
]. L. Tuttle, admin, Shullsburg, stock wa
terer; H. Wichmann, New Holstein, wind
mill
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-07-29
MINING IN ALASKA.

Rich Quartz Rock Accidentally Dis
covered on Nine-Mile Creek.
A correspondent of the San Francisco
Call forwards the following from Juneau,
Alaska, under date of July 4:
1.-THE latest strike on the other side of
the divide is one Of quartz. One thou
sand men at least have made locations OF,
the rock of Nine-mile creek, which pours
lake with the prosaic name of Mud, which
is few miles this side of White Horse
Rapids. 1t is a quartz of free-milling
gold, easy to work. No excitement at OF
around Dawson has ever exceeded that oc-
casioned by this discovery. s.
'This is how the discovery was made:
A goldseeker, in dipping his felt hat into
the stream to catch water to drink, picked
up quart of sand, which he, after slak-
ing his thirst, panned out, with the re-
suit that a number Of fakes Of gold as
large as, but thinner than, flake gold, re-
manned in the dip of the hat. ~. -,
The gravel bed was small, and a hunt
was at once begun for the origin of the
gold, which was located in the quartz on
the sides Of the creek. Every man now
going to Dawson drives stakes on Nine
mile creek On any kind of rock. Not less
than 100 men, who have been lucky in
making the best locations, will remain on
Nine-mile creek, and not proceed to Daw-
son. - VI ~ "a
''Some of the quartz, pounded up in a
mortar, shows quantity of gold that in
dicates that it will run 5000 to the ton.
The whole top of the earth is mountains
and rock, and if the ledge holds out fabu-
lous wealth is yet to be ground out on Mud
lake. 5:%sr - !. 5.s5ss
STEAMBOATS, now carry goldseekers
from Lake Bennett to Dawson in three
days, returning on the up-current trip in
ten days, fare down 500; from Dawson
to Bennett, $3.50. There are now four
steamers on the Lewis Yukon run from
Lake Bennett. One small craft, the 1r-
win, which plies between Bennett and
White. Horse Rapids, is reported to have
cleared $4,000 since the opening of navi-
CATION in May. The shores of both lakes
are shipyards which are vet far from
deserted. By these steamers by way of
Dyea, Dawson is only four days from Ju-
mean and eight days from Puget sound
fNGold hunters are leaving Wrangel and
the Stickeen like rats DESERVING sinking
ship. Every steamer which comes north
carries many men and outfits from Wran-
DOL >, Fa=f.rel .$$sy
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-07-29
YOU WILL REALIZE THAT THEY
LIVE WELL WHO LIVE CLEAN-
LY," IF YOU USE
SAP POLIO
Education in Finland.

Consul Smith at Moscow has made re-
port to the state department in regard to
the education Of children in Finland.
"About 38 per cent. of the population of
Finland" he says, ''can read and write.
There are 400 schools, supported in part
by the government; twenty-one of these
are intermediate schools. Each of the 46G
districts has an inspector besides a board
of directors. Children commence school at
the age of 10; from Z to 10 they re-
ceive instruction at home from the parish
priest. Co-education has been most sue
cessful in these schools. In Finland wom>
en- share in all industries, and are esl,e-
cially capable as teachers. Both men and
women teachers receive careful instruction
and preparation. They are treated with
the greatest difference. nor are their duties
confined to the schoolroom: they exercise
a supervision over the selection of books
for home reading, and during the summer
vacations they accompany the children On
excursions, giving them lessons from ma
fura ~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-07-29
TRANsPO RTS ARRIVE.
Got 4 Hearty Welcoms from Ad-
I',iral DeWey,s Fleet Camps
Being Formed.

Es5 fyh,oo .Ss -, Et3a = 49, ~, :.
gncaeo, III, July THE Record
prints the following cablegram from John
Il. McCutcheon, its staff correspondent:
With Admiral Dewey's Fleet. Manila
Paw Jnlv ~ 51v;a IJnno xeor. I,,iv o. I
...Tha Ifnitaa st.tas 20 $3.50 .s,,:a '
naiaN S11 s.ases ,unnspvfu Iaina,
! SoaoH' senator ana zeaiahaia, bringing
the second detachment OF American
troops, under Gen. Greene. have arrived,
The China. Gen. i;re4ne's a.rshin FIN.
iahad 10 ,onn in,,rnav :, tbs ft..rns,, 80
the 10th and entered the bay. Tie ether
transports did not come within sight Of
Corregidor until after dark, SO they lay
outside until morning. All the ships re-
ceived hearty welcome from the war
ships in the bay and from the American
soldiers at :Cayite. The transports
steamed all the way from Honolulu in an
absolute calm, and the $3.50 soldiers have
its. When this dispatch is sent they still
remain on the transports, and there are
Indications that they may take the field
near Manila against the Spanish imme-
diately on landing. A.z 3ss =
Beginning the Movement ON Manila.
The movement of American troops look
ing to the capture and occupation of Ma
Mia may be said to have begun, for the
frst OF Gen. Anderson's troops to take the
field, comprising battalion of 800 men,
on the 10th inst, marched to point two
miles beyond Paranaque and two miles
south of Malate, where they hold an in
trenched position at Gajunds. Gen.
Greene and Gen. Anderson today are
making reconnoissances in the vicinity of
Malibon and Bakor for the purpose of To-
eating convenient camps above and be-
low Manila, preparatory to the shore work
which will follow Admiral Dewey's bonn
bardment of the city or its peaceful sur
render by the Spanish authorities.
+ Forming camns About the CITY.
~Twontv-fo,,r :, a,, and of,;oors nndor ~,
Dnboce have formed q camn At Tamho
1;out Ciart no naoda = datnp- - The o;tv
and selected camping places for more
troops, which will be put into the field as
rapidly as possible.
In consequence of the news Of the out
come of the naval battle off Santiago it
is believed in the feet and by the troops
that Immediate action is, to be taken
against Manila. The Spanlards in the
city are reported to be disheartened and
despairing on account of the return Of
Admiral Camara's feet to Spain.
Ra;s;uv the E1ay IN waL.. 1s,.rd
~, ~ To,,x+t &c I'll, o., Ha.
~ ~ se Inc n re LIZ va July zen. Greene
ada no VI r He o nsns neiu UNIQUE
ceiS s ,, icy lanueu on axes Isl
a..ra ~ sni11., unnn coTal Ieei pc
.w S .nS i L:Naal anu .nt Aaurone Isl
str;s, anu r hois.eI o,e. ~ me staIs ana
t;a,I. g. LIZ ne 20! '!oA CDser T a.
;.iamJ %I NJ 80 ieo,u y: :ne slsH. 1ne
s;t.1 .an.a NV oee" '1"A'eo oeAoie LUZ
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-07-29
MUCH PEACE TALK.
Asserts that the War will
Soon End.

A Member or the spanish CABINET
Asserts that the War will
Soon End.
Madrid, July 22.-9 a. m.-The minister
of public instruction, Senior Gamazo, is au-
thority for the statement that peace
honorable to the Spanish army-will short
" be concluded.
The newspapers again express the opin-
ion that the difficulties in negotiating
peace twill be increased by the exacting
demands Of the Americana"
All the lights at Or near ct. Sebastian,
which is q fortified city situated On q
small peninsula in the bay of Biscay,
have been extinguished in view of the
possibility of an American attack.
Paris, July 22.-The Matin today pub
fishes a paragraph saying that while moth
ing definite is known, it is rumored that
Senior Leon y Castillo, the Spanish am
approach Gen. Horace Porter, United
States ambassador to France, with q view
of opening secret peace negotiations.
Up to 3 o'clock this afternoon, there
had not been any meeting between Senior
Castillo and Gen. Porter, although it is
said possibly such meeting may develop
from the situation. .=. :.
Any negotiations, however, will be kept
absolutely secret until they have reached a
stage when they will assume an official
Gen. Porter, the American ambassador,
said to representative of the Associated
press: You cab deny III the most em-
phatic manner that any peace negotia.
tons have been opened up to tine present
moment. ! cannot conceive what orig
mated the Mathis statement"