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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-04-07
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How Satiricali

"Where on earth could she have
picked up so insignificant . man for q
husbald?'
81 haven't any exact information,
but b looks as if he might have gone
with pound of tea. Cincinnati En-
Ouirei
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Comfort and HappinssaA

.Nhen these principles are tri-
umphInt," yelled an agitator, 1--WE
shall have comfort and happiness from
Canad to Mexico, from thu Atlantic to
the hcifc, from Alpha to Omahal''-
YOUTHS Companion.
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500. -.
Ur. e Uetch0n,s Anti Diureiic

DIR. e DetchOn's Anti Diure1c
May be worth 10 you more than 500 II
you have child who soils bedding from IN
contenence of water during sleep. cures
old and young alike. 1t arrests the trouble
at once. 81. Sold by Scheldrup & Fleslef'
Spring Sounds.
"What is that horrid noise in the
hall?"
Henry, suppose, falling over our
bicycles; he forgot that he brought them
down out of the attic this morning. -
Chicago Record.
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lot Even FashionabaT Dressed.
"HIve you an illustrious ancestry,
Perkilsi''
M, can't trace it any further back
than Adam and Eve, and they weren't
INV Rcount. Chicago Record.
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Just His Luck.

ST never saw such chronic kicker as
jenkins is"
whats his latest grievance?"
"Ha found So bill this morning and
il grabbing because q man to whom
he ovid 1915 saw him pick it up. -
CHICAGO News.
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Why He Opposed It.

"Why are you opposed to women on
juries?'
"Well, think the aim of our jury
system should be to have fewer instead
Of more disagreements. ''-Chicago Post
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-13
MUST FIGHT 1T OUT.
All Negotiations Are Off at San
tiagO.

Off Juragua, July 12.-Via Kingston,
Jamaica, July 13.-AI the negotiations
for a peaceful surrender of Santiago
de Cuba ended in utter failure today
and the city must fall by the sword.
General Toral, the Spanish command
er, has finally and definitely refused to
accept Shafter's proposal for an uncon-
ditional surrender, and the American
army now awaits the word of its gen
eral to begin the final struggle.
Just when the attack will be made
depends upon the time which will en-
sue before General Randolph can land
his batteries at the front, as it is def
nitely settled that the forward move
ment will not begin until the army is
fully backed up by the big guns, the
absence of which cost SO many lives
during the previous engagements.
General Randolph's movement began
early this morning and tonight out OF
the ten batteries but one of four guns had
succeeded in making its way over the al
most impossible trail to the trenches at
the front This with the four batteries
already there is not considered by the
American commander as sufficient and
probably a hours more will elapse before
the general engagement begins.
General Skaters second and last pro-
posaI to surrender was sent into Santiago
at noon yesterday. 1t went in the form
of a terse note in which the general point
ed out the hopelessness of the Spanish po-
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sition, surrounded by the American troops
and cut off from reinfOrcements.
Cut off from reinforcements and
without means to combat our fleet
which can hurl shells by the hundred
into the heart of the city, uncondition-
al surrender it was declared was the
only terms to be considered and only
prompt acceptance of these terms could
save the Spanish forces and innocent
citizens from awful slaughter.
The firing which has been going on
at intervals since Sunday afternoon was
ordered stopped when the flag of truce
started for the Spanish lines and has
not been resumed since. No attention
was paid to Gen. Skaters cOmmunica-
ton until shortly after o'clock this
morning, when a reply came under a
flag of truce. Gen. TOraI was as brief
as his foe, saying in effect that if the
Americans wanted Santiago they would
have to come and get it. He declared
unconditional surrender to be entirely
beyond reason and possibility and ex-
pressed himself as ready to meet an
attack at any time the invading army
saw fit to make one.
Gen Shafter accepted the answer as
final and although no firing was or
dered ne immediately began prepara-
tlonS for the coming struggle. Gen.
Randolph'S ten light batteries were or
dered rushed from the landing place at
JuraSua and a, change in the lines was
made. Gen. Lawton's entire division
was moved to the nOrthWard a mile and
a half, his extreme right being placed
at Calmanera on the border of the har-
bor This movement places the Ameri-
can forces in a seTni-circle, entirely sur
rounding Santiago and cutting off the
retreat of the Spaniards except by wa
ter, as our hanks rest at the waters
edge.
The late arrivals of volunteers were
moved up from Juragua and the First
Illinois, the Eighth Ohio and the First
District of Columbia were located in
the trenches vacated by Lawton's men.
Hines battery was swung around to
the north closely connecting with Law
tons forces and now occupies a bluff
from which it can fire directly into the
heart of the city. This is most i'm
portant move as it enables the Ameri-
can forces to shell the city without in
juring the hospitals and public build
ings, which are flying the Red Cross
flags, the present position being such
that shells can be thrown over all the
building thus protected from assault
The little town of Caimanera was evac-
uated by the Spanish troops yesterday
and is now occupied by the Cuban
troops with a few companies of regu-
lars
Scarcely a wounded man remains at
the hospital headquarters here. Al
most all the sufferers have been either
sent north on the returning transports, |
or have been sent on board the hospi- I
tai ship Relief which lies off shore. It |
is most fortunate that the transfer was
made before the rains set in as it is
difficult to provide shelter from the j
storms. A number of men sick with !
fever are stik here
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COMMODORE WATSONS SQUADRON
e1a Canas dronan npes attacks

Watson's squadron for the coast of
Spain, which the naval authorities ex-
pect will occur about the end of the
present week indicates sufficiently the
complete abandonment of any intention
to besiege Havana in the next three or
four months, and confirms the impress
sion that no extended military opera
tions will be prosecuted in Cuba after
the capitulation of Santiago.
The remarkable difficulties which
have attended the investment of San
tiagO and the resulting tedious delays
have served to convince the military
and naval authorities that Havana can
not be attacked successfully with less
than 100000 men and the entire naval
force in the Atlantic. The city, or
dinarily one of the best fortified ports
in the world, has been made more i'm
pregnable in the last two months
through the CeaSeless activity of GEN
eral BlanCO, who has surrounded it
with several chains of strong entrench-
ments and fortifcations. in addition to
the new batteries he has mounted along
the coast. Without the strong vessels
attached to the raiding squadron the
navy would be powerIess to render
effective assistance to the army against
Havana and it is deemed impossible
that land forces alone could secure the
surrender of the city with less than
several months campaign, which would
be out of the question before mid-winter
on account of the horrible climatic con-
ditiOns.
Promptly upon the fall of Santiago,
it is announced, the expedition to Porto
Rico is to be undertaken, with General
Miles in command of three divisions,
aggregating more than thirty thousand
men He win have the cooperation of
Admiral Sampson's heavier ships in the
assault on San Juan and it is his inten-
ton to clear the entire island of Span
ish troops with every energy at his
command. His force will include prac-
tically all the regular and volunteer
troops now at Santiago, the Cubans and
immunes being left to hold that pro-
vince
In addition to the fleet of 48 trans
ports already secured to carry troops
to Porto Rico, including the thirty that
formed General Skaters main expedi-
ton, the navy has consented to the
temporary use of the auxiliary cruisers,
the St. Paul, the St. Louis, the Yale
and the Harvard, to carry regiments,
and a number of other vessels will be
available for the service next week.
The medical corps of the army expects
yellow fever to appear among the
troops at Santiago at any time The
light fevers which are now invaliding
assume malignant types. For this rea-
made that the troops be taken out of
surgeons declare that the horrors of a
and in their emphatic opinion it will be
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equipped. The greater part of the guard
duty has fallen upon them. because of
the fact that they have guns and uni
forms, and in the performance of their
duties many of them have embittered
the whites.
CampbelFs men come from a section
of the state where people are not in the
habit of saluting a, negro and explain
ing their business to him, and the
Egyptians have chafed under the au-
thority exercised over them by the
blacks.
Numerous minor encounters have oc-
Cured and it has been found necessary
to issue orders against the regiments
cause of the danger Of a general con-
f1ict. Last night there was an encoup-
ter which has done more than anything
else to stir up a war.
One of the negroes, James Jones OF
company G, Chicago, became involved
in row with Harry Felix of company
G, Wabash county, and the latter shot
the negro with a revolver. The bullet
struck Jones above the heart and iu-
f1icted a dangerous wound, but it is be-
ieved the negro will recover. Felix
gave himself up and is being held.
The shooting by Felix followed close
upon the chastisement Of drunken
white soldier by a negro, who said the
white man had been insulting negro
women, and the two incidents have
served to engender much bad feeling
Today a requisition was made for the
guns of the Ninth regiment, and the
whites declare that as soon as they ar
rived there will be a change at the
camp, and that they will run things to
suit themselves.
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the officials conveyed the general i'm
preston that the military situation
stands substantially unchanged with
no fighting and no surrender, but that
the chief attention for the moment was
being directed to the health and hygenic
condition of our troops.
The medical officers of the army
decline to make any statement re-
specting the health of the troops at
Santiago, especially in response to
questions whether fever prevails to any
great extent among them. The surgeon
general has received several dispatches
from the chief surgeon in charge of the
medical department of Skaters army,
but if they relate to fever, he will not
say. 1t is known, however, that the
vices of immune doctors and nurses for
work in the hospitals. Before the ex-
pedition to Santiago was made up and
sailed from Tampa, DR.. Stern berg had
sent a number Of these immune ply
sicians to Tampa and they accom-
panied Gen. Shafter to Cuba. Gen.
Sternberg thinks it unwise to discuss
questions relating to the health of the
troops as this may only give rise to
concern, in many cases unWarranted,
to their friends at home
Surgeon General Van Reypen of the
navy distinctly stated during the day
that no reports have come as to any
cases of fever among the naval forces
at or near Santiago. The marine gar
rison at Guantanamo is one the land
force coming Immediately under Van
Revpen's supervision and as to this
force the reports are entirely satisfac-
tory up to date. The surgeon general
received word that the naval hospital
ship SoIace sailed yesterday for New
port News with her load of wounded
soldiers and sailors, Spaniards as we'll
as Americans. She will reach New
port News in about three days.
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ALARM is FELT.
Danger of Fever in the Camp
at SibOney
Is Reported to the Head of the
War Department.
ADVICES ARE MEAGER.
Sampson and Shafter Are
Strangely Silent.
Special Meeting of the War
Board Called.
ADVICES ARE MEAGER

Washington, July 13.-Some concern
is felt as to the situation before San
tiago, largely because of lack of def
mite advices. Nothing has been heard
from Admiral Sampson directly, save a
few messages relating to routine af-
fairs, such as transports. Up to 8
o'clock officials of the war department
stated that there was no news of re
newed fighting from Shafter. At 10
o'clock a special meeting of the war
board was in session at the White
AdJutant General Corbin being among
the participants.
The conference, as far as can be
learned, related to health conditions in
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patches today from Gen. Miles and Gen.
Shafter At the same time the navy
department received dispatches from
the feet off Santiago. They had the eff
feet of arousing officials, both military
and naval to unusual activity and
coupled with this was a under current
of apparent anxiety throughout official
quarters The adV1ceS speedily led to
a war council at the White House at
which Secretaries Long and AIger and
the members of the war board were
present. Adjutant General Corbin also
was at the White House.
Before Secretary Alger went to the
White House he had a conference with
Surgeon Gen. Sternberg who also had
received dispatches from the surgical
corps near Santiago.
1t was stated definitely that no fight
ing was in progress up to the time of
the last report. 1t was also stated that
the fears that the enemy might secretly
draw off some of their forces to the
mountains from the north of Santiago
had not been realized. The city was
still, surrounded, it was said and there
appeared to be no apprehension on the
part of the officers in command that the
enemy would get away.
Much anxiety had been created at the
war department by a press report to
the effect that Brigadier General Duff
field was sick in the hospital. General
DufHeId is a fellow townsman of Sec
rotary AIger and one of his closest per
sonaI associates. The dispatches of
Gen. Miles and Shafter made no refer
ence to Gen. Dufield's going to the hos
pital, so that the press report was un-
accountable, as it was felt that both
Miles and Shafter would have reported
If Gen. Duffield was incapacitated by
wounds or sickness.
While the war council was in pro-
gress, all the usual centers of informa-
ton at the war and navy departments
were closed against inquiry A num-
Der of public men called and to these
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WITH EVERY GUN.
Shafter Says He Will Open On
Santiago Tomorrow.

Washington. July 13.-The war depart
ment has given out the following from
General Shafter:
Headquarters Near Santiago, July 13-
''Adjutant General. Washington:
fYour telegram saying no modification
of orders allowed just received. Have
had an interview of an hour and half
with General Toral and have extended
truce until tomorrow; told him that his
surrender only will be considered, and
that he was without hope Of escape and
had no right to continue the fight.
think it made strong impression on him
and hope for bis surrender. If he re-
fuses I will open on him at p noon to-
morrow, with every gun I have, and 1
have the assistance of the navy, who are
ready to lombard the city with 1s-inch
shells. (Signed) SHAFTEtS.
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the army before Santiago. Information
received today from the Fifth army
corps indicated that there is danger of
fever at Siboney and other points. The
exact state of things reported cannot
be learned and it may be that the re-
dcence was due to lack of definite ad-
vices as to whether fever had actually
broken out.
Burning of Juraguacito.
Copyright, 1898, by Associated Press.)
Off Juraguacito, July II, via Kings
ton, Jamaica, July 13.-The miserable
little town of Juraguacito (Siboney) lies
in ashes tonight. 1t was burned under
the orders of the army health authori-
ties. Almost every building of the fifty
which struggled among the irregular
bluffs was set fire to during the day
and the Cuban inhabitants have fed
to the caves in the overhanging hill
side for shelter.
The action was taken at the urgent
request of Major LIE Caro-, of the hos
pital corps and served the joint pur-
pose of Kidding the hospital camp of the
unhealthy and dirty buildings and drIv-
ing away scores of Cuban followers,
whose presence was a serious inconVen-
ience to the hospital workers.
The burning of the houses also ex-
tended along the trail to the front and
numerous block houses were destroyed
together with dwellings.
The action was decided upon last
night and early this morning the long
wooden building at the extreme end of
division headquarters during the early
days of the landing. and later as
postoffice was set fire to. This build
ing was one of the most imposing in
the city, with its long, broad verandas
and we'll built stoop and as the flames
burst from the windows and swept over
the roof the Cuban dwellers were as
sisted by a detachment of soldiers in
removing their effects and the build
ings were set fire to as rapidly as va
Gated. The old wooden structures, or
dinarly would have burned like tinder
but the heavy rains made the flames
slow in spreading. The dwelling houses
filled the camp with sitting black
smoke which was visible for miles. In
spite of the protests of ragged Cubans,
the work of destruction proceeded
steadily all day
The building in which field telegraphs
and telephone offices were located
shared the common fate.
The work was not completed until af-
fer dark. when the torch was applied
to the last building of the town. The
debris will be cleared away as rapidly
as possible and many more hospital
tents viii be pitched on new sites.
Suspicious Fever Cases.
washington, July 13.-Fourteen sus-
picious fever cases have broken out
among employees of the quartermas
department near Santiago. The men
have been isolated and confidence is ex-
pressed in the ability of the doctors to
stamp out the disease.
The war department received dis
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RACE WAR is ON.
Trouble Exists Between Whites
and Negroes.
Illinois Volunteers May Indulge
in RiOting.
SALUTING OF NEGROES
ArOuses Ire of Aristocratic
White Men
And is Responsible For Impend-
ing Difficulties.
ALUTING OF NEGROES

Springfield, Ill, July ia race war
will take place at Camp Tanner if the
threats of Colonel CampbelI's soldiers
amount to anything. Some OF the mem
bers of the Ninth regiment have been
having trouble with the negro soldiers,
and they declare that as soon as they
receive their arms they will bring
things to an issue. If they do there
will be desperate fighting right here in
Springfield, for there is bad blood be-
tween the two regiments, and if a riot
is provoked the officers will not be able
TO control their commands.
Up to the present time the negroes
have been the masters of the situation
at the camp, for they are armed and
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LAST CABLE CUT.
Communication Between San
tiago and Havana Broken.

Playa del Este, Guantanamo, July
13.-Captain Young of the Hist, com
manding an expedition composed of the
Hist, Hornet and Wampatuck. yester-
day morning, while off Santa Cruz,
succeeding in cutting the cable con-
Meeting Havana with Santiago via
Cienfuegos. Trinidad, the United States
and ManzanillO.
Under cover of the night, Captain
Young went in, facing superior forces.
and located the landing place of the
cable. He remained in hiding until day
break and then cut the cable fifteen
miles southeast of Santa Cruz in ten
fathoms of water Then he cut off $50
feet of the strand and towed the ends
in opposite directions, each for dis
tance of miles
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6 reported that the German boat Irene
in Subig bay refused. to permit them to
attack the Spaniards on Grande Island.
Pear Admiral Dewey promptly de-
spatched the Raleigh and Concord to
investigate the matter On entering
Subig bay the Raleigh opened fire on
the forts, whereupon the Irene slipped
her cable and steamed out by the other
channel.
The result of the fire of the American
warship was that the SpanIards, num-
bering over 500 men, surrendered
everything.
On returning to Manila, the Irene ex-
planned that she interfered ''in the
cause of humanity and offered to hand
over to the Americans the refugees she
had on board. Admiral Dewey de-
cltned to accept them.
Governor General August has issued
a proclamation promising to grant
autonomy to the islands and Offering
the insurgents inducements to join the
Spanish forces. General Aguinaldo, the
tnsurgent leader, in reply said the
overtures of the Spanish commander
came too late.
Attack on All Sides.
Manila, July Via Hong Kong. July
13.-The insurgents yesterday made
vigorous attacks on the Spaniards.
from all sides, with little result. They
shelled the Spanish block houses and
trenches north of Manila, and CAPTURED
the Spanish guns at Santa Mesa
There was a furious musketrv fire all
night long at San Juan, Santa. Ana.
Pasco and Pasayi, the Spaniards reDlv-
ing with artillery and musketrv.
The insurgent artillery is not vet on
Grating.
About 400 native militia at Santa
Ana have Joined the insurgents.
The Insurgents haYe rushed the NAL
ate entertainments pushing forward to
the walls Of the fort, but they had to
retire at daylight. 1t is probable that
the loss was one hundred men on each
side
The Americans and the insurgents
are acting independently, both con-
ducting their own operations and hop
ang to evolve an agreement afterwards
The extent and duration of General
Aguinaldo's influence is uncertain But
it is certain that the Mohammedans of
the south archipelago ignore him and
the insurgents of the island of Luzon
and other regions are content TO usa
Aguinaldo until the Spaniards are ex-
PEELED when there viii be a state Of
chaos unless strong force of Ameri-