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SPANIARDS FLED TO SANTIAGO.
Not One of Them Encountered After Fridays
Battle.

NEW YORK June GA special from Playa del
Este says: The American troops within four
miles Of Santiago. Two brigades Of Gen. Lawtons
division, in command OF Gen Chaffee and Col. r. H.
Hall, Of the Second Massachusetts volunteers, last
night and today moved forward past the village Of
Sevilla where the Spaniards expected to make
stand, and occupied the hills to the right and left
Two miles beyond, out in front Of the American
forces and occupying the roads leading to Santiago is
a force Of 1900 Cubans under Gen. Carlos Gonzales
The entire Cubah army, under command Of Gen. Cal
ixto Garcia is massing for cooperative attack
Santiago
There Spanards in the entire country be-
tween Baquiri, where most Of the American troops
were landed, Santiago The retreat Of the enemy
after yesterdays battle apparently became rout,
which did not end until the fortihcations around the
city were reached.
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ALMOST FACE TO FACE
WITH SPANISH ARMY.
American Advance '"ard IL "'"i"
Four Miles of santiago, ana In
view of the city.

Cop,r.-htei. fSs by the Associated l'T'f7s'
ON BOARD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
R0AT DANDY. OFF JARAGCA, Sajnr-
sav - n va Kingston. June u, SO .
-n.-rvfe troops Of ts.e United states and
snat7 arc almost face - face. and less
than four miles apart. Tonight the TaeNe'
lines At certain points are within ha4lsHg
distance of the enemy. X seems certain
;sat tbs battle og Santiago ns;ss, cesne
ysg-h!, q waek The irools ara AL ashore
brre and a. ralau.ri. With 'he exception o.
! e~yg scattered companies ;ha; have gone
forward. TIE supplies are s4Tic1cn: 70 ga
aaie the army - sustain we~k's caaEn-
r.aixn at both san6tny Tse!nis an.3 tt = tre-
uevea the required supplies win au ae
ash3-e by Ttaee~lay. tae 9Th. Gen. S1after
aal3 20 a Correspondent: ot the Associated
Press today:
y an satts1io,i with he progress hat -
being made The 3sse11l % rka ite1 ia st"%.
hut ccrs. Ier.a- the G:11feyf facilities AID
rha exrx-zr4 nature Il tsle lau1iag places.
ths, -7sn naya fone we't. / Only d - al yae
t4r.efax - efficient sa}~g-.5e3 - 1rEla t1e
t-7os.rs.e~t ca Stn.tazu. an 2naols %
sav w~en Il az tzke pace / an Hz9ch
fs!st3@esi 81; 1he gallant co.-duct ~ oJs rsefs
in re actlag4 ~ Sesiiss yesterday. and
sate their 600. ARD YeierA1l-.iNs ToF& 4 2e
T1rtoTy VAS esrngssese
Ger. Wheeler. IN RS o~iasAl rer-s~t. g'.aes-s
;he ~a-rNr % dead 81 - engagenea' IL
ses}sa As fw~afy-,vgo. sna the wc9n1ed s.:
.--.wse- seventy and e.gaty.
TIE 7s. so.ss;y Ok the Asaz-rtcaa troops are
ROW Ae-e. OK =, The sroat 81 ne vicinity o.
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II was on a tugboat and accompanied
The steamers out 20 sea over the bar"
said Mr.. Richardson last nigh; az The But
Ter They rode the waves without the
slightest apparent difficulty. as far as
could be observed. Old sea captains at
Astoria said that the steamers would reach
s.. Michael almost as soon as the Hum
bol4t. It was the opinion among sea.ar-
Ing men that both the steamers would have
10 trouble % any kind in making the pass
age to ST. Michael unloss extraordinary
weather should be encountered
The first information received of the
disaster came in a telegram sent by J l..
Kelly. al engineer. who w3s stationed on
the Thompson. and who was IN charge
ot the river steamers. representing the
company He said that when gat hours
out a. SEA the Gameoock and s,aghound
tounderel and became wa,e-.ogge.i. The
telegram concluded wt:h the statement
tslss, tno Thompson had put back 20 As
loria. reaching there this afternoon.
4 i2lzaee .sely wired for further par
tlcalars and have jus. rec>lye4 them.
Kelly says that 70 lives were .os.. Tae
two river boats are wateri0sEed and have
heeu made practically worthless. They
ara beyond repair. aa I understand fheir
condition. Taere was TWO ge-; ot water
on top - ;he.- main decks ard the upper
works are badly hat,e-e-! by to acton -
TIE waves On ;hs iolas % tae steamers
were loads of eors.wooI and Oregon 6r.
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Il IL Rumored That the Heavy Iron
sion to Enter the Canal, for Fear
They Might Ground and O0strucr
NavfgatiOn-It u Intimated That
IL the Fleet Docs Go tn the Philip
pines IL Will Not Attempt to He
capture Manila, but Will Stop mt
Some Other Port and Hold IL.

LONDON. June S.-Iioyd's agent at Port
Said teiegraphs tha, a squadron consisting
OF the batueship Pe.ayo. the armored
cruiser Enperador Carlos V. the torpedo
boat destroyerS Osada, Audaz and Pres
perina, the transports Patricia. Buenos
Ayres, the Isla de Panay. Colon. Cova
Donga, Rapida and San Francisco has ar
rived.
Are Waiting Orders.
PORT SAID. June 26.-Adm!rai Cam
ara's squadron Is in the harbor awaiting
orders. II consist OF the battleship Pelayo.
Admiral Camara's flagship. the ironclad
Emperador Carlos Quintos two armored
cruisers. three torpedo boats and five trans
ports carrying 1000 troops.
Has Not Asked to Coal.
CAIRO. June 26.-Admiral Camara has
not ye, asked permission to coal a, Port
Said.
Madrid Expected 1t.
MADRID. June 26. p. m.-The arrival
OF the Spanish feet at Port Said causes
no surprise here. Admiral Camara having
announced that he was going to the Phil
ippines.
Mny Not 3e bound for Manila.
WASHINGTON. June e6.-Al.hough Ad-
.niral Camara's squadron is at Port Said.
there is still doubt Il his vessels are bound
for the Philippines. Rumors reach here
that the only ironclads IN the squadron.
the Pelayo and Carlos V, have left the
squadron and have returned 10 Spain. SO
that Caufara no longer possesses a force
that would threaten Dewey. II this be
so, either the Spanish have realized the
folly of leaving their hoInc ports unpro-
tected, or they have received information
from the British government that The nav
CATION OF the Suez canal cannot be teop-
ardized by allowing such deep. heavy
draft unwieldy ironciads to attempt the
passage.
Some attention has been attracted by
special from Madrid 10 d British paper,
saying tha. Camara's purpose is not TO at
tack Dewey, bu. 10 seize and hold with
ships and troops another island in the
Philippine group. II is suspected II this be
so that the object is purely diplomatic.
the Spanish government being anxious 10
truthfully assert. In the event peace nego-
tiations are forced upon II, that the Unit
ed States is not in such complete occu-
pancy OF the Philippines as would justify
a demand fer their retention as one OK
the terms Of peace
Camnra Can't Coal mt Port said.
LONDON. lure "a dispatch from
Cairo says: II Admiral Canara coaIs al
For; said he would not. under the neu-
+rauty law. b~e allowed 10 enter the sucz
canal. 7, IS supposed II ne traTer@'f' the
canal that he VII endeavor 20 obtain coal
at O.,ex,k. on the GIf or Aden-
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Copyrishted. is9S. by the Associated PresA
JURAGUA, Cuba. June es. n. m. ner
Associated Press Dispatch FTat Dandy.
via Kingston. jamaica, June Is, 10 a. u.-
The initial fight of Col. Woods Rough
Riders and The troopers OF the First ana
Tenth regular cavalry VIII be known In
history as the hattie Of la Quasglla. That
1t did not end In the complete slaughter
or The invaders was not due 10 any mis-
calculation in the pan Of the Spanish, for
as perfect an ambuscade as was ever
formed in the brain Of an Apache Indian
was prepared. and Lieut.. Col. Roosevelt
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The stern wheel river steamers Stag
hound and Gamecock, after laboring OF
the Columbia river bar. opened up their
seams Saturday night and with the COM
Ing OF the dawn went down as did the i'll
faied Jane Gray OF Flat;ery not month
before, Without loss OF life. however. and
not quite SO far down, as hundreds OF feet
OF light lumber. tightly lasaed TO their
awash.
They were bound for the mouth OF the
Yukon river, in tow Of the staunch ocean
steamer Elihu Thompson, which left here
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and his men walked sqnareiy into II. For
an hour and a half they held their ground
under perfect storm Of bullets from tho
front and sides. and then Col Wood. a.
the right. and Col. Roosevelt, at the leet.
led charge which turned the tide of
battle ard sent the enemy flying over he
hills toward Santiago. II Is now definitely
known tina, fifteen men on the American
side were Killed. while sixty were wound
cd or are reported 10 be missing. II ,s
Impossible TO calculate the Spanish iosses.
bat II IL known they were far heavier .han
those Of the Americans. n least as regards
actual loss OF life Already thfr,y-saven
dead Spanish soldiers have been foand
and BARRED while many o,aers are un-
doub'ed.y Tying in the thick underbr,iss.
The wounded were all renewed.
A complete l.st Of tho killed. wouna.a
ard missing on the American siae. revis-
ed a; p. m. Saturday. is as follows:
Killed.
Capt. Allyn X. capron. FTrs, L. 3. v.
cavalry
s"rg'. Hamilton Fish jr.. Troop l.. First
L q V. cavalry
sergt. Doherty. Troop A. Tirs. T. s. ".
cavalry.
sergt. Marcus u. Russell Troop q Fi-.,
I. s y. cavalry. Sergt Russell lived 4.
Troy. y ". and waS formerly colensl
on Gov. HHrs stan
Pr'"ate Leggett. Troop 4. First L. =. ".
cavalry.
Private Henry Hcrner. Troop c. rr-S
l.. s. =. cavalry.
Private MIden " Danssn. Troop L.
FRS; T.. q V. cavalry.
Private W T irwin Troop T. Firr. ~,
8 Y cavalry.
Private g. Lennoc. Troop X. F4rs, regu-
private p work. Troop n. Firs. r.gu.
lar cavalry
Private Krupp. Troop H. Firs, regular
cavalry
Private stark. Troop \. First regular
cavalry
Private ---. Troop 4. First regular
Private Kelby, Troop K. First regna-
cavalry.
Private Barlin. Troop X. FRS, ree1,lsr
cavalry.
Mai James EeI. First cavalry. shot IN
the leg.
Cast Thomas T Knox. Ffrs; cavalry.
shr' IN IRE sto-na ~ serious
T.3eIs Pryan pirs. cavalry
Private Frank tooth. Troop A. rirss
volunteer cavnF~y
Private George Br.xton. Troop z. Teuts
tavalry
Private = F.. Tsaler Troop 9. FTrss vos.
uafe@r cavalry.
Private Joseph Dole. Troop p. volu.-
Private Jchn r. Keoae. Troop L. voiun.
tesr caxaify.
private VI T. Newconsb. Troop y. vol
auteer es~alsy.
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CHANNEL NOT BLOCKED.
The Vesuvius Successfully Passed Inside Where the
Merrimac Lies

NEW YORK. June 26.-A special from Port An
tonic says: The Merrnac does not block the harbor
of Santiago. The cruiser Vesuvius while looking for
trouble few nights ago. passed tho Merrmac went
up the channel made observations Of the harbor and
returned to the fleet. Captain Chadwick fears that
Hobson and his brave fellows took the vessel too far
into the harbor before sinking her. AS the collier now
lies it is said battleshp could easily pass the Mer
rilnaC.
AaSaSsSaAASnAASaAaS 1n~n>aHaAan>Aan,n~.~
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Continued oE T2Ss :
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FIFTEEN REGIMENTS
ORDERED TO MOVE.
troops VIII Leave Chickamaugn at
once. Hut Where They VIII He
Sent Is Not known.

tHIIkAMAIGA NATIONAT. pArK
June 2s.-It is no longer a question tina, n
Earge force OF troops are about To be
ordered from Camp Thomas 10 the front
An order was issued by command of Mai
Gen. Brooke today which virtually amounts
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RIVER STEAMERS
MEET SUDDEN NDI)k.
S:;aghound and Gamecock
Founder While at Sea.
ALL LIVES ARE SAVED.
Eight Hours OFF the Mouth of the
Columbia River.
ALL LIVES ARE SAVED.

Bound fer the Yukon, in Tow Of the
Elfhu ThomDsOn-Wtth No TrOu-
ble Anticipated, mt Midnigh ht
Comes the Sig nal OF Distress-Pas-
sengers Frightened beyond All
Reas0n-RescufnGT Them In small
B0ats-Capt. Fishers Trying Ex.
pertence at the Point OF . RevOlv.
eF-Carg0 Keeps Vessels A0Oat.
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Fought Like Veterans at the
Battle of La Quasina.
NOT A MAN Fl!NCHEO.
Ambushed by a Stronger Force
But Rout the Enemy.

The Spaniards Were In tho Thtckcts~
While the Americans Were E1~
poaed tn Fire ia the Open. Hut the
Boys Held Their Ground and
When the Word Came Dashed
Forward and Sent the Spanfards
Flying Pel Nell Into SanttmEo-
The Spanish known Losses Were
Three Times as Heavy a. Ours,
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quiet as there was TO imneiiate danger.
The passengers were running about she
decks Ike deneated persons. with their
life preservers on ana their possessions
piled up In proniscaoas heaps / went hack
TO the Thompson and securing more boats
returned 70 the wrecks
a. this time we were thirty niles az
sea. Reaching the Ganecock. We com
menced transferring the passengers and
crew. Capt FISHER and Two or three men
refused TO leave their boat- He had a
crew OF thirty men and fourteen passen-
gers The S.aghound. in charge OF Capt.
Lane. had about the same number OF peo-
PIE aboard. and few Of his men stood by
him also. refusing 10 leave the boat The
others OF the crew behaved well. but the
passengers On both boats were like crazy
people.
About this time ths plot schooner San
Jose came UP and took the Gamecock in
tow. while I took care of the other boat
All who wanted to be transferred were
safely taken care OF and a few OF their
personal effects were taken aboard the
Thompson. The tow lire and chains re-
manned intact. and / attributed the fact
Of the breaking UP Of the boats 10 their
extreme length. which was Ie6 feet.
Capt Fisher. Of the Gamecock. had a
trying experience Friday night Even
befora ne signaied Us. many OF the passen-
gers. most of them from Missouri and
Kansas, who never before had seen the
ocean. came TO him with revoivers and
threatened to shoot him IL he did not put
back 10 port. Fisher kept his head and
cooliy told them 10 so 10 bed and he would
keep them safe. But many OF them both
cred him all night"
No Trouble Anticipated
William A. Richardson, OF San Francisco.
general manager OF the Yukon Trans
portation i Commercial Company which
owns the steamers S;aghound and Game
cock, reached Seattle yesterday by train
from Portland, and intended 10 board the
steamer Humboldt here and go north on
her Mr.. Richardson was at Astoria FRI
day when the nl-sated steamers passed
out over the treacherous bar al the mouth
OF the Columbia, in tow OF the steamer
Euhu Thompson.
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10 an order Of fifteen regiments 10 Cuba.
In accordance with this order. The first
division of the first corps and two brigades
OF the Second division OF the same corps.
Will form an expedit.onary force and are
ordered 10 be Immediately prepared ana
equipped for active field service
The following bgisades are included In
this order:
ftrst Division.
First brigads--Commarsiet by Gen. Ernst
and composed Of the Eighth Massachusetts,,
Third Wisconsin and Fifth Illinois.
Second brigade-Commarded by Gen.
Sanger and composed Of the Fourth OHIO.
Third Illinois and the Fourth Pennsylva-
nIa-
Third brigafe--Comman;ed by Gen. Wiley
ard composed OF the Sixteenth Pcnnsyl-
vania. Second Wisconsin ard First New
Hampshire.
second Division.
F'yyt brigade Commanded by Col Gard
ner and composed Of the Thirty flrxt Mich-
!gan: one Hundred and Sixty Eighth In
diana and First Georgia
Second brigade-Command by Gen.
Mckee ara composed of the First West
Virginia, one Hundred and Fgft!eth Tnt1-
ara ard Twelfth New York
The oricr does not specify just when
these troons VIII go forward. or 10 wha;
point they all be sent for s1nbarkatlon.
h,1t /; is Understood ;aat they all 20 TO
Tampa for tirec, departure for cuba That
the orser means an almost immediate move
was signlasi by tie general rush th.s
afternoon. The or8uance department re-
ce!yea large stores. ir-lad.nE Springfield
slaes and other equipments sufficient; 20
complete tho fitting out of twenty regi-
uaen;s. Az soon as the stores arrive they
were rushed 70 enc various regiments for
which ,hey we're lnfeuiei
The order was received wt'h .n'hslgsaas,
among all ths regiments affected
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Just a week ago 20 pick them up at Asto-
ria. Eighty-tive men aui women. the pas
sengers and crew OF me two steamers.
We're saved hy boats from the Thompson
without much difficulty. as only a rncder-
ate SEA was an. When Il became evident
that the steamers would not sink on ac-
count of their deck load. the Thompson
again attached her tow lines 10 the more
than halt-sub ubr1srgcd wrecks and towed
;hem back over the Columbia river bar.
arriving a. Astoria early yesterday morn
ing
The Staehound and Gamecock were two
OF the finest river steamers ever bullt Tor
<he Yukon river trade, and no one thought,
when they steamed down the Columbia %
Astoria. that they would be brought back
total wrecks II = fcw hours. X was The
general opinion th4i they woul! nave ,.ttle
trouble getting 20 -. Michael. They were
80 zee. IN ,easth. ana - 'hts tac: Is a.
ty!butel their iaa5i.jty - stand the ocean
swell They were va.uad q; nearly So ~.
aad insured for halt tAat amount
Engineer heii,'s story.
Engineer Kelly. = the Euha Thompson.
5s}ls the following story ot IA strange
double wreck.
I'VE lc.: the Columbia river Friday evan
.rx a.ta far weather ard sa;r sea, 4;
l. o.c,e,k Fg.3av night the G,.-necock dis
played s Ted lsa; as also ia the sag.
hound. a-cA was .ae rrNcaaNerte3 sjxnal
- seF1-er ~. T1.7r.Tsxo- slowed DOWN
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-09-17

Dizziness distinguishes the social sit
uation, if popular opinion is to be TAX
en- as authority, and during the past
week functions have been somewhat
rarer than showers. Perhaps the UNI
deniab,e frequency of the latter has
something to do with the indisputa-
bic dearth of the former. However,
social Lincoln is never wholly tor
pid, and life continues to assume kali
iesioscopic aspects, even under such
hampering conditions as steady down.
pours ard unreasonable cold, though
al insist that it is too late and too
carry to expect many social diver
sions.
This is the season of the ''home re-
turning" The past two or three
i weeks have brought many from the
lakes, the seaside, the mountains, Eu-
rope, Canada and all sorts of delight
ful places, where the breezes in Lin
cc,n were less cool than during the
past week.
| Through the kindness of Mrs. w. @.
| Bell, we hear of the virtues of one
spot, a favorite with Lincoln people,
that lodge in the wilderness with the
name suggestive of spicy zephyrs.
Pine. Colorado, forty miles or so up
the Platte canyon, a quaint little town
(very little when the summer visitors
have departed). Pire make an ideal
SPOT for those who would find re-
treat ''in the heart of the hills"
Mrs. Bel, who returned some three
weeks since and party of friends
are to be duly credited as mountain
climbers of Mudaunted courage, they
having made the ascent of Mt. Evans
and returned to their camp at its
foot in a single day. A splendid
climb.
Those so happy as the summer with
the Lincoln colony" at Pine, declare
the life to have been one continuous
picnic"
But the summer is over and gone
Already we have news from late so
journers that the SNOW has swept o~
er the mountains, and breezes am
frosty at Pine.
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al

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Mayer have re-
turned from their summer sojOurn in
California.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sherwin, who have
been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Funke.
left Wednesday.
Mrs. DeNoon and daughters of East
Lincoln have been spending couple
of weeks in Omaha.
Mr.. Winfred HAN returned this
week. Mr.. Hall viii pursue his stud
les in the university.
DIR. and Mrs. Wolcott came from
Grand Rapids, Mich. where they have
summered, last Saturday.
Geroge Burr came in from Fairmont
Monday morning after pleasant week
spent in that pleasant place.
Rev. and Mrs. Speer, II. ID. Brown,
ard Alice Rymer went to Palmyra
Tuesday to attend a convention.
Mrs. Robert Simons and daughter,
Miss Adele Simons. of Denver are
stopping with Mrs. T. J. Usher.
Mrs. DeNoon went TO Sious City to
day to visit some time with her moth
er before her return to LINCOLN
Rev. Speer and wife returned the
first of the week after pleasant vaca-
tion week, spent visiting in Indiana.
Mr.. Eames, the noted pianist who
has ben secured by the university
school of music, is TO arrive next Mon
day
Mr.. Lee Schureman is enjoying a
visit from his mother and brother who
arrived from Jacksonville, ILL.,, last
week.
Mr.. Zahn. at the head of the merch-
ant tailoring department of Paine &
Warful, reports business on the in
crease in the finish fabrics.
M. and Mrs. Oliver Rogers are ex
pected home today. Mrs. Rogers
spent the summer at her cottage on
Middiebath Island, Lake Ellie.
Miss May Reed of Crawford and
Miss Lou knight of Morgantown, Ind.
are visiting with Mrs. J. A. Merriman
of Thirtieth and Starr streets.
Miss Jennie Guile, who spent her
summer in Denver. came home last
week. accompa MED by her aunt, Mrs.
NJ. A. Tully, who returned to Denver
Saturday.
A recent arrival in East Lincoln is
Mr.. Metcalf and family from ST Louis.
Mrs Metcalf is known as a musician
of ability. The family will reside at
1900 Vine st.
Miss Edith Bently left for Brook
iyn Thursday expecting to continue
her kindergarten training in tina,
city Miss Bentley viii finish her
training this year.
The concert which was to have been
given by the young people i'm Mr. Oar
neh's mission class last night, has
been postponed until the evening of
: Friday, the 23rd.
: Miss ThedOra Auman spent her
three weeks vacation in Weeping Wa
= ter and Pawnee, returning Monday to
n take up her work as assistant in Emo
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Mrs. w. A. Noel of Beatrice arrived
Friday.
Miss Edith Morgan went t o Omaha
Friday.
Royal Said Dressing. 25c per bottle
at Hanson & Evert's.
Mrs. Summers and children are Wis
iting Mrs. /. NJ. Aitken.
George Mckinney went to Omaha
Friday to take i'm the fair.
Mrs. Dundy.who has been the guest
of Mrs. Ogden, left Thursday.
Mr.. Fred Miller and family will leave
Lincoln soon to reside. in Boston.
London Table Sauce, 15c per bottle,
at Hanson & Evert's, 1926 O street.
Miss May MORRISON of Hampton will
attend the state university this year.
All kinds of fresh fruit at lowest
prices at Hanson & Evartis, 1925 o st.
Cards are out announcing the mar
rage of Miss Minnie Millar and Mr.. J.
S. Matthews.
Miss Alice RICHTER departed Tues
day for Sarcy to take up her work in
the seminary.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-08-12
LA80R !; SCARCE.
Men Leave Saw Mills and M'nes
& TO Go to the Harvest
,s#t%t ~ Fields. -,, l..,.,. -

DULUTH, Mimi. Aug. 9.-There 10 a
great ecarcily Of labor In this section
owing TO the rush u men to the
western harvest fields. The Gram
berry Lumber company. Mitchell 4
Mcclure and Wright & Davis have
prac tically suspended operations on
their logging roads because they are
unable to get men. One saw mill IN
Duluth shut down for several days
last week because no men were to
be had. All Of the mines on the Yer
million and Mesaba ranges are rum
ming shprt-handed and the range
railroads cannotg get enough men to
keep up their section crews. The
same scarcity Of common labor ex-
lists In Duluth. The Street Railway
company has $l0,0t0 worth OF i'm
provements to make and can not get
men. .-4. ..