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sum" which he was to receive. This pro-
vision regarding the partnership debts was
necessary to the determination of the
amount Of the indemnity which Cerruti
was to be paid. Circumstances, 1t is as
serted, have shown that It was q wise pro-
vision. The partnership creditors have
tried to seize upon this net sum now in the
possession Of italy. Colombia has taken
no steps to protect Cerruti against their
claims and the former government has
been harassed by their opportunities.
The protocol authorized Mr.. Cleveland
Ito do and perform and cause to be done
or performed. all things, without limita-
ton whatsoever, which in his Judgment
might be conducive to attaining in a fair
and equitable manner the ends and pur-
poses which the protocol was intended to
secure"
Under this power. 1t is claimed that Mr..
Cleveland was justified in securing to Ger
ruti the enjoyment of the net sum awarded
him and in imposing upon Colombia the
payment Of the firms debts when. by its
own acts, 1t had taken away from Cerruti
the means of discharging them.
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wHALERs ALL RIGHT
The Bear Expedition Grand Success
Lieut.. Jarvis Hero

SEATTLE, July PA member Of the
Bear relief expedition writes from Point
Barrow, under date Of March q, confirm
ing the news received from Captain futile
that the imprisond sailors had been reached
and that they were better of than had been
expected. Most Of the vessels can be saved
and the men have not suffered seriously.
having subsisted on fish and wild reindeer.
There were 100 men quartered at Caps
Smythe. 76 Of these in the old Kelly house
and the remainder divided up between
Charley Brewers and the old refuge sta
ton, now occupied by Prof. McIlhenney.
They were in want Of food and clothing,
which were at once supplied.
Lieutenant Jarvis, who led the land ex-
petition which arrived at Point Barrow
ahead Of the Bear, made nearly 1000 miles
in 102 days, and his arrival put an end to
the troubles Of the ice-locked men. He
first boarded the Belvedere and was greet
ed by Captain Willard. who at once informed
him of the condition OF the fleet The arri-
val of the tame reindeer and of the Bear
party put an end to the fears Of the men,
and there is no danger OF further distress.
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CABLE CONTAMINATION
Shafter Reopens the Office at Santiago
Placing the Forces

Shafter Reopens the Office at Santiago.
Placing the Forces
SANTIAGO DE CUBA. July 20, via
Kingston. Jamaica, July q, 1015 am
General Shafter has opened cable office
here and Is In communication with Wash
ington regarding the disposition of the
Fifth Army Corps. which consists of those
troops which came with him from Tampa
and the achievements from the four
transports which have since been un.
loaded. Except the Thirty-third and part
Of the Thirty-fourth Michigan, none of the
latter have been in action, but are all
camped In the same place. and so far as
health considerations go. General McKib-
ben seems to have held the opinion that
the Fifth Corps could join the Porto Rico
expedition under General Miles as soon as
Santiago should fall. This was the evident
intention when the invasion army left the
United States, but the condition Of the
men now, according to the physicians and
commanding officers, is such that the en-
tire corps should return north at once.
General Miles has cabled that he does not
need and does not want a single man
among them. and he believes that after
their hard campaign they should be given
q rest of at least two or three weeks. Gen.
eral Skaters messages to the same effect
have been most urgent, and the doctors
say the men should be given a rest of at
least two or three weeks.
The doctors say the men should be sent
into camp in the mountains of North Car
DINA or Western Maine for month.
Washington agrees to this and will do
everything possible, the cable dispatches
say, to carry the army away from here.
But there is a lack Of transports. In ad-
dition to the Porto Rico troops. which will
require forty steamers for their convey
ance, the authorities here are still count
ing upon having to convey the q, 900 Span
ish prisoners to Cadiz. The latter want to
60 as soon as possible, and 1t appears from
here that our government cannot get suf-
flcient vessels, and this fact holds the
Fifth Corps here doing nothing. The men
are anxious to get away.
The cavalry division has been sent into
the mountains at its own request to see If
1t cannot get into shape to Join General
Miles, and II no fever develops the men go
to San Juan de Porto Rico.
The Twenty-fourth Infantry is acting
as guards and as nurses at the hospital at
Juragua, and more of them are needed.
The colored troops are all likely to remain
here to attend the sick and hold Santiago.
General Shafter has cabled to Washing
ton that 1t lie imperatively necessary that
he should have more immunes sent to him
quickly. and the PROBABILITY is that q corps
will leave within the next ten days.
All our men are now encamped on the
fighting line. where they have been for
two weeks, except General Wheelers men,
who have been sent into the hills. General
Wheeler is still Ill, but he resists the pleas
of his friends to return to the United
States.
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NO SIGNS OF PEACE
Will Strike Spain Blow Direct Re
CARELESS of Directors


WARRINGTON July N.-Witnout any
very tangible reason there has been a no
table diminution OF the optimistic express
sions among ofhcials to the enect that an
early peace might be looked for. Possibly
this temporary depression Is explainable by
the fact that private advices, entirely I'M
official In character from sources OF infor-
nation In Europe indicate that the sit
uation IN Spain Is such that there Is no
present hope OF overtures from Spain, the
government or which country Is apparently
IN the most exasperating ignorance OF the
conditions IN America 1t Is apparent to
the omciais that the peace party IN Spain
still feels itself too weak to insist upon
demanding peace, and 1t Is probably work.
ing In quiet way to educate the Spanish
people up to the point where they can
contemplate with resignation the accept
ance OF the minimum peace conditions that
might be expected to form the basis OF the
United States demands II the dominant
party In Spain Is under the impression that
the United States proposes to denude
Spain OF all or nearly all OF her colonial
possessions. It might easily De con1ectured
tnat II would FAVOR protracteo resistance.
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SANTIAGO SCHEDULE
TARIFF DUTIES FIXED BY THE
GOVERNMENT
Shafter Notified to Collect Duties and
Tolls-The Prohibitory List
Fixed

WASHINGTON, July N.-A conclusion
has been reached as to what disposition
shall be made Of the prohibitory list In the
Cuban tariff laws. The only articles re-
tanned on the prohibited list are firearms
and ammunition, oleomargarine, artificial
or adulterated wines and objects Offensive
to morality. Rates of custom duty on the
remaining articles have been decided upor
as follows:
Sugar, raw TX cents pound; sugar, re-
fined, cents a pound; honey, 20 cents 6
gallon; molasses, cents gallon; saccha
rine, $3.50 pound; tobacco In carrots, $1.5'
per 100 Kilograms or 220 pounds; tobacco In
powder or snuff, IS cents a pound; cigars
and cigarettes, $3.50 a pound.
The prohibition in pharmaceutical prep
arations Of unknown composition is re-
moved and the rates fixed are according to
the Cuban law for the individual articles,
to be determined by the customs officers.
Skaters Instructions
WASHINGTON, July N.-In accordance
with arrangements effected between the
war and navy departments concerning the
custom duties to be charged at the port of
Santiago. Adjutant General Corbin sent
the following cablegram to General Shat
ter as special instructions, supplemental
to the general instructions contained in the
presidents proclamation:
You will arrange to collect custom du-
ties and port charges ON goods and ships
entering Santiago or on other places COM
ing under your control. For custom duties
adopt Spanish schedules heretofore applic-
able to Spanish duties, whether goods are
shipped from the United States or other
countries.
abolish 81 tax per ton on cargoes i'm
ported or exported. Require every vessel
entering to pay 20 cents per registered ton
as port duties. No charge for clearing.
Collect present tax of cents per gross ton
on iron ore exported. Collect charges as
per export tariff schedule. This order SUBJ
ject to modification later on"
The herald., 1898-07-22
HANS IN HAVANA
NORWEGIAN CAPTAIN TELLS OF
HIS ADVENTURES
People Starving Everywhere and Vel.
low Fever and Other Diseases
Flourish

l
NEW 1OHh' July N.-On the norwegian
steamer oto "n'cn arrived from mexican
ports were captain Hans Christensen ana
ms wlie ana the mate ana seven seamen OK
the norwegian park sternng' whlcn was
wrecAeo Oh the SuDan coast on June ~
Inree otner seamen, the rest OF the DARK
crew. ehkaseo pertns on saihng vessels d.
<rosreso'
captain Sn.is'iansen sa'o that Spanish
schooner ianoeo nim' MS wire ana ms men
az oalanano on tns soutn sac Q. Cupa'
~neos 'neS were cartieu w ran " 10
vana, where tney spent three Gays. Iney
1e'.."eu ~ ca'aoano anu put " SEQ ="
another spanish saihns crait wn'cn maoe
.ne TRIP 70 tue mexican coas. "l'hous sisn.-
Ins any <American warsn'ps' Sap.am
Snr's.'ansen oeciareo tnat supplies were
.eson'as 0a.apano from 1ucatan anu were
Deins Shipped ACROSS tne isiano 70 havana
Hap'a," onristiAnsen eaieo from n's n@'1's
.anu ~ .ne S.er"ns siA naon.ns aeo w :"
Trip 10 cape Town. soutn AiF'ca' On MS
"euoins 'ouf'
Discnaleins me- CARGO ne s.al.ea Aoi
Appaiacnioia, fia.' "nere ne 'n'enoeo 'aA-
ing ioao Oh iumoer LOT Hnsiaho' In
oense ZOE tne Sterhns was orlven On tne
ou'er euse % series ot reefs I'VE 4l'''es VI.
the southern COAST Oh Nuoa' ane ua'A
pounoeo neavly against the rec. anu a., On
Ooaru aoanooneo nef Al '"o nle ooa.s' lucy
sien.eo 'ne spanish sciloonei 1oSat4o, "o',
OUT ironi snore anu were aaAen VI oo@1u
ana caErAeo 70 oataoano' MISERY anu pov-
erty were seen everywhere IN oa'apano'
scores OF men, women anu cniIuren Sur
ROUNDED .ne strangers Crying ~, ui.Au
lneir ciotn'ns was IN rags anu -. .ooNsu
as II they wou'o Decome sic'nis " ''Aiva-
.ioh II tooo was "''nneiu Aiona 'As'A '"u'n
longer.
II was impossipie 10 heeo tne crlss y. .ns
distressed muitituoe' ana as Mrs' SnI,s-
Hansen ana the seamen passeo th1oosn 'ne
streets the suppncatins tones gave way 70
narsn SHOUTS OF Amer'canos'
captain Cnrisuansen oec'oeo 10 take ms
wiie ana MS crew 10 havana because sinan-
pox ana yellow iever hao become epioe"ic'
and they were a1raio OF contracting one OF
the other. AT every STATION on the route
were seen nooies OK spanish TROOPS VINO
peereo INTO the train'
arriving IN havana on june TO- captain
Cnristiansen sought tne norwegian Con
sui. VINO toio MIN tnat the piockaoe was
s'rictiy enforced ana MS pest cnance 10
leave the is'and was from batapano
accompanied ny Inemper Oh tne consul
iate' the skipper mace tour OK lnspecuon
ABOUT 'ne cap''ai' 1v.oences u tns oe-
siesement were everywhere. BUSINESS was
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Panic Stricken Canaries

LONDON. July IA Madrid special an
nounces that kilograms received from
Barcelona report growing movement in
favor Of the Intervention Of France, and
that steps are about to be taken to formally
invite France to Catalonia. OF which BARGE
Of 1900 miles under her protection.
Another dispatch from Madrid asserts
that the Inhabitants Of the Canary Islands
are panic stricken ct tho prospect OF an
American attack. The wealthy people have
gone into the interior. Great misery pre-
vailu, tfadp 4, - stant6tiIl, and there 4
eon1iderable nllleqfx activitx oyesywhers,
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cERRuT1's CLAIM
The Trouble Between ITALY and Co.
lombia Still Unsettled

AUmUAA QUIZ O0D0ILlSO
WASHINGTON, July M.-There is con-
siderable misapprehension concerning the
exact point of difference between Italy
and Colombia growing out Of President
Cleveland's award on the claims Of Signor
Cerruti for losses to his property in the de-
partment of Cauca in 1885. 1t Is not true,
as generally believed, that the Italian war
vessels are now at Carthagena for the
purpose of requiring the payment by Col
ombia Of the 100000 awarded Italy for the
use Of Cerruti. Colombia has never pro-
tested against this portion of the award and
has paid the installments, the money now
being in the Italian treasury. It will be
remembered that Cerruti was member of
the partnership Of e. Cerruti & Co.. and
that as Mr.. Cleveland found that Colombia
had destroyed his means Of liquidating the
debts of that firm land as he might be held
personally liable for them, and as the chief
purpose Of the award was to place him in
the enjoyment and protection of the met
sum- already referred to, his decision went
further and adjudged to Colombia all Of
Cerrutis legal and equitable rights in all
Of his property Of every description in the
department of Cauca. which had been
called In question in the proceedings, and
required that Colombia on its part should
guarantee and protect Cerruti against all
liabilities on account Of the partnership
debts, and reimburse him 70 far as he
might be compelled to pay any of these
debts which might be established against
all proper defenses he could make. It ID
this provision which Italy now seeks to
enforce The counsel for the Colombia
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to
1869 He
the vburs campaign Of 1888 He the Of
man Of the Third cavalry division the Potomac
:
in
. Of .
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The Panama Freight war

CHICAGO, July 21.-The Southern Pacific
and Panama roads are at cross purposes
over the subject Of transcontinental freight
rates and wholesale reductions of rates be-
tween San Francisco and New York are
being made. The cut in rates Is said to be
spreading over the entire classification
schedule, and the whole transcontlnenatl
business is likely to be involved. st. Louis
and Chicago merchants have appealed to
the interstate commerce commission for
relief.
The herald., 1898-07-22

especially at Lanzarote and Graciosa Is
lands, which are expected to be the OBJ
jectives Of the American attacks, where
strong garrisons are reported to have been
Installed and powerful Batteries erected on
mountains dominating the islands.
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Steamer Kissing

st. THOMAS, July M.-The CompaRnia
Generate Transatlantiquss steamer ole
onde Rodrigues. formeriy tho Transcone.
which was reported yesterday q havipS
neen three days overdue from Porto Plata
een Domingo, y still mishng.
x Il has been supposed that sha ~ -
e2peured ~ = blse'. ~ ysapner x ~ 59S1
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~"@ns NoSN
WASHINGTON, July 21.-Concerning the
naval conveys Of General Niles expedition
from Cuba to Porto Rico. the navy Depart
msnt tonight made public the following
statement:
q Admiral Sampson telegraphs this after
noon to the secretary of the navy that there
has been no delay In furnishing ample con-
voy to General Miles. A day or two ago
the Cincinnati and New Orleans were both
placed at his disposal. The Columbia and
Yale. carrying troops, are both powerfully
armed, says the admirars telegram, and
this h an ample convoy for his expedition
ana to effect his landing. The Annapolis,
Wasp and Lsyden have been ordered from
Nipe. the Gloucester also added, and the
sssD , 70 Ise. o. MAYA, assistance: Il Gen.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-08-10
TAXES IN PHILIPPINES.
Spain Had Worked Out a System of
Absolutc Rohhery

The revolt of the natives of the Phil
ippines is the result of SPANS worse
than prehistoric methods of colonial
government. Misrule on a gigantic and
Uncomfortable scale flourished in this
island empire-"The Pearl Of the
Orient"
The actual number of these islands is
as yet unknown. for the Spaniard
makes an mprogressiye pioneer, but
there are estimated to be about /, 400 of
them, great and small. nesting away
just north of the equator The total
area is in the neighborhood Of 100000
square miles. The population can only
be guessed at; perhaps 100000 Of
souls is fair figure at which to place
it.
The native population is of the Malay
family and from all accounts simple.
easy-going people when left to them
selves, but capable OF both perseyer-
ance and courage Of a high and com
mendable order when keyed ~ to the
fighting pitch. There is often large
admixture Of foreign blood in the Veins
of these Islanders. 1t may he either
Spanish or Chinese, and this mixed
race, "MetiZas," as they are called.
forms one Of the most influential class
es In the Philippines.
The Philippine islander has been
probably the most pcrsistertly taxed
creature the sun shines on in the worlI
TO-DAY, for the Spaniards whole theory
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-08-10

an ingenious system of sp0iliation. HI
wants the natives last copper and gen
orally speaking he gets 1t. One must
take into account in considering this
question of taxation that the laborer d
small farmer in the Philippines earns
on an average of from five to perhaps
- cents day, and work Is no more
steady there than elsewhere, yet be
yielded up by way Of poll tax the neat
little sum of SIS year, while his wife
paid a tax of $14. This tax was col
lected, too. Any attempt at evasion
was promptly and sternly dealt with;
IL the culprit was n man the thumb
screws were used, and if woman she
was stripped and publicly beaten.
But this poll tax was merely the
start. If the native was small farm
er, he must secure license before he
could pick and market the cocoanuts
from his own trees. If he wished to
butcher a COW or bullock or shear his
sheep or cut down tree he must first
pay the inevitable Ii rnse fee. Should
he fail In this he was sold out of house
and home. sent to prison, or what not,
according to the pleasure and whim of
his Spanish master.
He had TO pay q AK If he owned a
beast of burden of any sort-for this
was Spain's helpful method of encour-
aging aim to thrift. E"ery article of
furniture he used was taxed. If he was
a townsman or yillager and wanted to
keep shop he was taxed for the priv
ilege; not content with this, the very
scales and measures he used In the car
rying ON of his business were subject TO
an additional tax. He paid tax when
he married, and taxation kept its Grip
pling grip upon him up TO the hour of
his death, and then the very grave he
filed was made 70 render tribute to his
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-08-10
BANK ROBBED OF ABOUT SO, 900.
Richiand, Mich, Institution Looted
by Six Men

Six robbers secured $1,000 in money
and about $1,000 in notes from the Union
Sank at Richland, Mich, the other night.
Some of the robbers came from the East
on handcar, and evidently had confed-
crates with horse and carriage. The
rig was taken into Augusta and left there
There were three explosions, which awak-
ened many people. Alvin Barnes, who
lives near the bank, was ordered into the
house with threat that they would shoot
him. George Robson and Ed Barrett
saw the robbers, but did not modest them.
The safe is complete wreck, nitrogly-
cerin having been used to open it. The
inside doors were blown out and pieces
went through the plateglass front twenty
feet distant. The chisels and other tools
were left behind. The handcar was dis
abled so it could not be used TO pursue the
robbers. Officers have been informed that
man was seen between Augusta and
Battle Creek walking on the railroad
track, carrying a large satchel and rifle.
No one who saw him dared to make a
move to arrest him. According to wit
nesses, four of the robbers were ON guard
outside the bank, which is q small wooden
building. Three charges of dynamite were
exploded before the Sloney was reached
The bank is owned by y. S. Whitney and
F. III Gilkey
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-08-10
BURTON'S BUSY FOUR MINUTES
What n Mar Can Dream in a Cat Nap
Lasting from 5:42 to 5:46.

What n Mar Can Dream in a Cat Nap
Lasting from 5:42 to 5;4G.
Burton had set his alal n clock for
$50, as he had some writing to do, and
knew that he couldn't steal time for
that purpose ut the office during the
day. When the alarm changed he
awoke, sat up i'm bed, thought laZily
for n moment and utterly forgot his
writing 1t was 5:42-for he looked ut
the unwinking face Of the dial-when
| he settled back for an involuntary doZe
one of those quick little maps that
oyerpOwer man in the short hours of
the morning.
A few moments later he was stand
ing in small Enclosure surrounded by
log walls. A brown horse stamped be-
side him, and mountaineering a
| marvellous resemblance In face and
voice to his wife-was trying to tell
him something. He shook his head,
disengaged his arm from her restrain
ing hand, and tightoned the saddle
girth upon the brown horse. Upon the
horses back he sprung, the walls open
ed and he sped out while behind him
came streaming a tumultuOus rout of
horse and foot soldiery in blue uni
forms, whom he had really failed to
notice before, but who evidently be-
lOnged to the walled Enclosure.
The air was cool, bracing, delicious
the skies bright blue. To right and left
rolling hills of considerable height
We're crowned with underbrush and
struggling trees, while deeper woods
extended to the background. He no
ticed that the leaves were respondent
in red and yellow, and he realized that
October was in all it's glory.
Somehow the ride must have been
short. There was whirl of dust and
coach whiZzed by-not stage coach
of the West, but one of those affairs
with broad tires and cushioned seats
so much In vogue for tallyho parties.
He found himself horse and all, by the
side of the log wall again, and the
coach passed inside. The next instnt
he noticed a puff of white smoke up on
the hillside about 900 feet away. Then
came other white puffs, and the leaves
flew In spots on either side of him. He
called his men called in voice which
seemed to give no southland there
was no noise accompanying the white
putfings up there among the under
brush. His men began to skulk be-
hind trees and walls and opened fire
upon the places whence the white
clouds kept rolling.
A man in black ran out upon the
hillside, emerging from n clump of
brush There was n genral firing and
the man staggered. AS he fell Burton
noticed that he had changed his cos
tune in the moment of the fall and
was now arrayed in n bluegray uni
form. He picked himself up and reeled
back among the trees. There was more
firing and Burton awoke.
Fully believing himself hours behind
his office time. he looked at the clock. Ii
registered SAG. All the events of the
dream had passed before his drowsy
mind in four minutes of actuality.-
Chicago Daily News.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-08-10
WISCONSIN'S RECORD.
FAITHFULLY TOLD IN READABLE
SHAPE.
sheeted Ghost L'rightens ST. Cloud
People Immense Enterprises to Be
Started at Fond du Lac Husbands
Double Crime-Saw Him Drown.
Looking for a Ghost.

Queer stories are atioat concerning n
mysterious apnarition that has appeared
in st. Cloud. Thomas Kane, one OF the
best known residents in that section and
a man who is known for his veracity, tells
the following story of his dealings with
the ghost: 'On Saturday evening | start
ed out to repair the switch on the water
tank and had gone some distance, when
noticed man coming toward me. At
first did not think anything about him,
but as the person drew nearer | saw he
was strange man and was dressed in
white. Upon closer scrutiny | noticed
that the man was not walking but glid-
ing along the rails. When a short dis
lance away / asked him who he was and
where he was going. Hardly had / fin
ished the questions when he vanished in
the air. / felt rather peculiar, but on
Monday night I made the same journey.
| saw the same object coming and when n
short distance away it spread out its arms
to full length and melted away" The
point at which the ghost appears is a lone
ly spot near the railway water tank.