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The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-02-22
From The Star and Times.

Girls in the different stages of
life have their first name changed
either of their own accord or 9th :
erwise. Often times they change
the spelling of it by dropping or
adding letters and substituting
others that sound the same, but
are different in appearance. A
case is reclled of woman who
was chr1stened "Mary." When
she grew up AMI went to school
she dropped the ''r" from her
name and it was "May." Later
when she began to shine in soci-
ety's sphere she substituted sc"
for ''y" and newspaper reporters
were notified to spell it "Mae. "
About year ago she was married
and now she is plain "Ma."
About two hundred friends of
the Klondikers were at the depot
Monday morning to bid the
boys pleasant good bye
and wish them the best of luck.
A great many from the shops with
a fair scattering of ladies were on
hand for the final we'll wishes till
the boys come back again. AS the
train was pulling out three lusty
cheers from the by ISLANDERS were
the last things heard by the de-
parting argonauts. Their plan is
to stay in Minneapolis until
Wednesday afternoon when they
will leave with their car over the
Northern Pacific. There are not
many parties leaving for the gold
fields better equipped than the
Hudson delegation. They have
good health, are young and IN
every way capable of making the
venture. In case of failure they
are provided with letters of credit
so that they can return to the
states and begin their work again.
They will see good deal of the
country during their absence and
will be thoroughly informed
about Alaska and its resources.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-02-22

no small measure due to the ex-
cellent training Of the band at the
hands Of Mr.. VIM. Holsopple of
Ellsworth. Mr.. Holsopple un-
derstands his work thoroughly
and he has the complete conf
dence of the band boys and all
others who saw his excellent work
Friday evening.
The embellishments Of the con-
cert were provided by Clarence j..
Dodge and Otis Johnson who need
no introduction. They are always
drawing cards in any public enter
tainment with which they affiliate.
Miss Alice Cummings rendered a
selec tion and Miss jennings also
contributed to the evening S
pleasure.
River Falls may justly feel
proud of her Amateur Band, a
more gentlemanly, sincere and
good looking class Of young gen
tlemen is difficult to find and add
to this the natural talents of some
of the boys for music and we can
safely prophesy complete success
of their laudable undertaking.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-02-22
Died.

LESTER. the home of his
daughter, Mrs. J. G. West. IN
this city, Wednesday morning,
Feb. Is, 1898, Ezra n. Lester,
aged "a years, 5 months and 8
days.
Mr.. Lester went peacefully to
rest at s o'clock, after a serious
illness of several months.
The deceased was born Sept. 9,
1913, at Lyme, New London Co.,
Conn. He came TO this state In
1856 and soon after settled in the
town of Clifton where ne has
since resided most of his time.
He leaves an invalid wife and
four daughters, the latter of
whom were by his bedside during
the greater part of his illness.
Mr.. Lester was man loved and
respected by all. The funeral
took place Thursday at 10 o'clock
A. NJ, Rev. Mcintosh officiating.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-02-22
Married.

FANN1Na-HADEN-At st. JOS
eph's church, Ell Paso on Feb.
II Mr.. James Tanning and Miss
Johanna Hayden. Father Dur
en- performed the ceremony.
Mr.. Tanning is employed on
the street car line at Minneapolis
and has also nice farm near New
Centerville, Wis. The bride is
tie only child of Mr.. and Mrs.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-02-22

Last Monday Thomas Browell
had the misfortune to saw the
fingers of his right hand very bad
ly, requiring the services of a
doctor.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-02-22
The Amateur Band Concert.

last Friday night simply for the
sake of "Sweet Charity did you
not feel at the close of the pro-
gram that after all the gift to the
Lar ger charity was credited to the
band2 The excellent rendering OF
the selections-some Of them ex-
tremely dificult-together with
their generous response to the
numerous encores brought the
boys more than ever before into
the confidence and sympathy of
our people in general. We would
not be understood, however, as
insinuating that the band has not
been appreciated here fore, but
we do maintain that it might have
received more encouragement
especially from sources that
would bring financial support,
which is one Of the essentials if
the bows are to continue their
work.
1t is quite noticeable that when
an outsider often of mediocre tai
ents gives an evening here that
the local press and people in gen.
eral pay all due attention to such.
This is very good and we would
not have it otherwise, but do we
not often forget our home talent?
We take whatever good things
they give us as matter of course
just as we forget the indispensable
utility of air simply because it
costs us nothing. 1t is from the
efficiency Of the home talent that
our churches. schools, civic So
cieties and all other clvilizing in
Auences are fed and projected.
We need not love Caesar less
but we can love Rome more and
demonstrate that love by the pro-
per spirit of support. This sug-
gestion is for the encouragement
of our local talent in general and
the band boys III particular.
Some will excuse themselves by
the plea that they paid the adj
mission fee and that was the all.
sufficient. Why does the COM
munity build good school houses
and engage good teachers? What
means the beautiful churches with
their able ministers? Why ex-
pend money in street grading and
the identifying of public grounds
and buildings? 1t is largely be-
cause the good judgment Of our
citizens appreciates that to at
tract, community must be at
tractive. In other words it is
that justifable pride of home and
community that presses It's die of
progress upon every w1de-awake
citizen. Behind this necessary
financial support there must be
the living spirit of sympathy and
encouragement. A word of de-
serving commentator spoken at
the proper time has sent many a
boy along the road of usefulness
and sometimes of fame. Don't be
afraid to tell the boys how we'll
they did from the fear it might
give them the s'bjg head. Let
them have the big head. 1t is a
good thing. It will enlarge the
brain capacity of any boy and
then nature will take care of the
supplying of the brain material.
The fact that the Opera Hall was
crowded to It's full capacity is in
evidence of the friends of the boys
whose nun beers are legion. Seat
ed in q semi-circle upon the stage
and dressed in their uniforms the
boys made a pleasing picture.
The success of the concert was in
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-02-22

James Hayden of Martell, who is
one of the best economists and
orderly farmers in that section of
Pierce Co. This happy couple
have known each other since
child hood, having been born at
Whitewater, Wis. They will
make their home for some time in
Minneapolis and later on they ex-
pect to come back to live on the
farm among their large circle of
friends, whose best wishes for
their happiness and prosperity &C
company them through life. Mr..
John Farwell of New Centerville
and Miss Nellie Kelly of Pleasant
Valley acted as groomsman and
bridesmaid respectively.
Observation-Disclosures, Feb.
81, at st. Bridgets church Mr..
Henry McDermott of New Rich
mond and Miss Addie Giles Of
Gertrude. Father Duren made
the ceremony solemn and I'M
press1ve. When the young and
stylish couple was ushered up to
the alter the first time it was &C
companied by witnesses of whom
Charles McDermott, Brotherofthe
groom, acted as bestman and
Miss Mary, sister of the bride, as
bridesmaid. The paster then
made an address dwelling on the
i'm portance, dignity and sanctity
of the matrimonial state. Thrice
more were they ushered up to the
alter during high Mass, once to re-
ceive the brides blessing, then
holy communion, and lastly the
church's blessing for both and to
hear the words of parting counsel
from the pastor. Miss Mabel
Langdon rendered the music at
the high Mass. The newly mar
riied couple have host of friends.
They are beth young. The groom
has been engaged as machine
agent; the bride is known far and
wide in these two counties as
successful school teacher and is
a sweet lady. Their home will be
at New Richmond.
SP1cKER-KEITH-In st. Paul,
Feb. 81. 1898, Vern Spicker and
Miss Annie Keith of this place.
Mr.. Spicker was formerly
resident of this place but is now
living in South Dakota, where ne
L Lu.lo
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-05
TWO CENTS.
ANDERSON VETERAN.
Commander of Manila Troops Has a
Record

New York, July 5.-Gen. Anderson,
the commander of the troops which
have just reached Manila, is a veteran
of the civil war and is considered one
of the most level-headed officers in the
service He was in Alaska, a colonel in
command of the Fourteenth regular in
fantry, when war was declared. The
Fourteenth was Immediately ordered to
San Francisco. Not long after that Col.
Anderson was made a brigadier general
of volunteers, Six days after the evac-
uation of Fort Sumter, on April 90 1851,
Gen. Anderson enlisted as a private in
company A, Sixth Ohio infantry.
His genius for military affairs was
noticed almost Immediately after he en-
listed, and after little less than a
months service in the volunteers he
was made second lieutenant of the Sec
ond, now the Fifth cavalry. He came
out of the war a captain in the Twelfth
United States infantry. In March, 1868.
he was made a major and transferred
to the Twenty-first infantry. On June,
the Tenth infantry, with which he serv-
ed until he received his lieutenant col
Onel's commission on March 20, 1897.
Then he was transferred to the Ninth
infantry. On September 6, 1886, he was
made a colonel and transferred to the
Fourteenth infantry. He was made a
major of volunteers on August 1, 1864,
for gallant services in the battle Of the
Wilderness and on the same day he
was promoted to be a lieutenant colonel
for gallant services at the battle of
SpotsyIvania Gen. Anderson's son,
Thomas NJ. Anderson, Jr., is q, second
lieutenant of the Thirteenth United
States infantry, which was in the fight
at SANTIAGO
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PANDO IS THERE.
News of His Arrival at Santiago
Reaches Washington.

Washington, July 5.-Secretary Alger, on
leaving the cabinet meeting at 1890, said
that the president had sent telegram to
Admiral Sampson and General Shafter
asking them to confer as to what the
present situation demanded. Secretary
Alger said that it was his understanding
that the bombardment had not begun, nor
would it take place until after a perfect
understanding between the two officers
had been reached. It is expected that
the two officers will reach a conclusion
as to the advisability of Admiral
Sampson making an attempt to
enter the harbor and assist in the bonn
bardment of Santiago. Transports with
troops will be started Immediately to re-
inforce General Shafter and will continue
to go forward as long as the general may
think it necessary to make his victory
certain and decisive. General Aiger also
said that when all the facts have come to
be heard it would be seen that the ex-
treme heat and the severe work done by
the troops have contributed as much to
our losses at Santiago as the fre of the
enemy.
The war department has been Informed
Of the arrival of General Pando at Santi-
ago with reinforcements for the enemy.
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shown to the latter's cabin, but he
made every effort to bear bravely the
bitter defeat that had come to him. He
thanked the captain of the Gloucester
for the words of congratula ton offered
on the gallant fight and then spoke
earnestly of his sOlicftude for the safety
of his men on shore.
He informed Captain Wainwright
that Cuban soldiers were on the hills
preparing to attack his unarmed men
and said he thought his sailors had suf-
fered enough in their battle with the
American forces and that he was will
ling to surrender his entire command
but he asked that some protection be
given to his men until they could be
taken off in the American vessels.
Captain Wainwright had heard similar
reports from his own officers regard
ing the presence of Cubans in the brush
and he sent a guard of armed sailors
ashore to prevent the Spanish prisoners
from being mOlested.
Story of the Fight.
Copyright, 1898, by Associated Press.)
BY the Associated Press Dispatch
Boat Wanda to Port Antonio, Jamaica,
July 5.-Admiral Cervera's fleet. con-
sisting of the armored cruisers Cristo-
bal Colon, Oquendo, Infanta Maria
Teresa, and Vizcaya and two torpedo
boat destroyers, the Furor and the
Pluton, which had been held in the har-
Dor OF santiago de cuba Tor six weeks
past by the combined squadrons of
Rear Admiral Sampson and Commo-
dore Schley, lies today at the bottom of
the Caribbean sea, off the southern
coast of Cuba
The Spanish admiral is prisoner of
war on the auxiliary gunboat Glouces-
ter formerly Mr.. J. Pierpont Morgan s
yacht Corsair) and 1000 to 1,5OO other
Spanish officers and sailors, all who es-
capped the frightful carnage caused by
the shells from the American ships, are
also held as prisoners of war by the
United States navy.
The Spaniards, when they found they
would be permitted to live, adapted
themselves comfortably to the situa-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-05
CERVERA SPEAKS.
Says He Would Rather Lose at
Sea Than in the HarbOr.

Copyright. 1898. by Associated Press.)
Off Santiago de Cuba, July 4, per the
Associated Dispatch Boat Cynthia II,
July 5.-The first and only statement
concerning the recent naval battle
made by the Spanish commander, Ad-
miral Cervera, was to a correspondent
of the Associated Press on board the
battleship Iowa. 1t was as follows:
Il would rather lose my ships at sea
like a sailor, than in a harbor. It was
the only thing left for me to do
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-05
IN THE CANAL.
Spanish Fleet Again Starts For
the Red Sea.

Port Said July 5.-The Spanish fleet
under the command of Admiral Camara,
consisting of the Pelayo, Carlos ",
Patricia, Rapido, Buenos Ayres, Isla
de Panay, San Francisco IsIa de Luzon,
San Augustin and San Ignacio de
Loyola, has entered the Suez canal
The Spanish torpedo boats which
were with the fleet have been ordered
to NIessina. Sicily
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-05
AUGUSTUS SORTiE.
He is Driven Back by the In
surgents at Manila.

London, July "a special dispatch
from Manila, dated July 2, says Capt.
Gen. August made a sortie for the pur-
pose of repairing the aqueduct which
supplies the walled city and in an en-
deavor to communicate with Cen No
net.
The insurgents concentrated their
troops and opposed the sortie, forcing
the Spanish commander to return to
Manila.
The insurgents are said to have suf-
fered severe losses and the Spaniards
are reported to have had fifty men
killed and $50 wounded
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-05
DEWEY is NOTIFIED.

Hong Kong, July 5.-The British con
sui here has notified Rear Admiral
Dewey that the Spanish feet has
passed through the Suez canal.
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Race With CristObaI Colon.

The Cristobal Colon was the fastest
of the Spanish ships, and she soon OBJ
tanned a lead over the others after leaV-
ing the harbOr, and escaped the effects
of the shots which destroyed the other
vessels. one steamed away at great
speed with the OREGON. New York
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-05
Epidemic Like Blind staggers.

Mcpherson. kan, July 5.-Frarmers west
of Mcpherson report new disease among
their horses. About a dozen have died
and the disease is said to be spreadins,
turn round and in a short time IS dead
Some have called it blind staggers- 50
fnarN SnrgaonS.
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Cervera Took Hig eung.

London, July "A dispatch to the Even
ing News from Madrid says that after
Fridays battle at Santiago de Cuba the
guns belonging to Admiral Cervera's feet
were reshipped preparatory to the squad
ron's sortie from the harbor.
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Spaniards Surrender.

The officers and men on board then
escaped to the shore as well as they
could with the assistance of boats sent
from the American men -Of-War, and
they threw themselves upon the mercy
of their captOrs, who not only extended
to them the gracious hand of chivalry
but sent them a guard to protect them
from the murderous bands of Cuban
soldiers hidden in the bush on the hill
side, eager to rush down and attack the
Unarmed. defeated but ValOrOus foe.
One after another of the Spanish
ships became the victim of the awful
rain of shells which the American bat
tIeships, cruisers and gunbOats poured
upon them, and two hours after the
first of the feet had started out OF San
tiagO harbOr, three cruisers and two
torpedo boat deStrOyerS were lying on
the shore ten or fifteen miles west of
MOrrO castle, pounded to pieces, smoke
and flame pouring from every part Of
them and covering the entire coast line
with a, mist which could be seen for
miles.
Heavy. explosions of ammunition oc-
CURED every few minutes, sending curls
of dense smoke a hundred feet in the
air and causing a shower of broken iron
and steel to fall in the water on every
side. The bluffs on the coast line ech-
oed with the roar of every explosion,
and the Spanish vessels sank deeper
and deeper into the sand or else the
rocks ground their hullS to pieces as
they rolled or pitched, forward Or side
ways, with every wave that washed up
on them from the open sea-
Admiral CerVera escaped to the shore
in a boat sent by the Gloucester to the
assistance of the Infanta Maria Teresa,
and as soon as he touched the beach
he surrendered himself and his com
mand to Lieutenant Morton and asked
to be taken on board the Gloucester,
which was the only American vessel
near him at the time, with several of
his officers, including the captain of the
flagship. The Spanish admiral, who
was wounded in the arm, was taken to
the Gloucester, and was received at her
gangway by her commander, Lieuten-
ant Commander Richard Wainwright,
who grasped the hand of the gray
bearded admiral and said to him: Il
congratulate you, sir, upon having
made as gallant a fight as was ever
witnessed on the sea-"
Lieutenant Commander Wainwright
then placed his cabin at the disposal of
the Spanish officers.
At that time the Spanish flagship and
four other SpanishN vessels had been
aground and burning for two hours.
and only one of the escaping feet which
could not be seen at this point was the
CristobaI Colon, but half a dozen curls
of smoke far down on the western hori-
zon showed the fate that was awaiting
her
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AVENGED THE MAINE.

ton, rolled their cigarettes and began
playing cards among themselves.
The American victory is complete, and
according to the best information OBJ
tainable at this time, the American yes
sells were practically untouched, and
only one man was killed, though the
ships were subjected to the heavy fire
of the Spaniards all the time the battle
lasted.
Admiral Cervera made as gallant a
dash for liberty and for the preSerVa-
ton of his ships this morning as has
ever occurred in the history of naval
warfare.
In the face of overwhelming odds.
with nothing before him but inevitable
destruction or surrender if he remained
longer in the trap in which the Ameri-
can fleet held him, he made a bold dash
from the harbOr at the time the Amer
leans least expected him to do so. And
fighting every inch of the way, even
when his ship was ablaze and sinking
he tried to escape the doom which was
written on the muZzle of every Ameri-
can gun trained upon his vessels.
The Americans saw him the moment
he left. For an hour or two they fol-
lowed the Spaniards to the westward
along the shore line, sending shot after
shot into their blazing hulls, tearing
great holes in their steel sides and COW
ering their decks with the blood of the
killed and wounded.
At no time did the Spaniards show
any Indication that they Intended to do
otherwise than fight to the last. They
showed. no signals to surrender even
when their ships commenced to sink
and the great clouds of smoke pouring
from their sides showed they were on
fire but they turned their heads towards
the shore, less than a mile away, and
ran them on the beach and rocks, where
their destruction was soon completed.
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Cervera Heartbroken.

Soon after Admiral Cervera reached
the shore and surrendered he was taken
to the Gloucester at his own request
There was no mistaking the heart
broken expression on the sea-
mans face as he took the proffered
hand Of Captain Wainwright and was
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Maria Teresa Led.

It was about 8 o'clock in the morn
ing when the flagship Infanta Maria
Teresa passed under the wall of Morro
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