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Arizona republican., 1898-06-25
THE HISTORIC HARDTACK.
How the Hard Bread of the Soldier
 is Made.


 Once more the historic hardtack be- comes ar army staple. For more than thirty years Uncle Sam's soldiers have been eating the soft bread of peace. Now they are making the acquain- tance of the hardtack of war.
 The volunteer regiments that have gone to Chickamauga or Tampa were the first to know what it is to make a neal Of hardtack alone, for in many
 instances this ration was the only one the commissary department could fur 1ish t1;em on short notice. The men of the Seyenty-first New York regiment were glad to get even hardtack re- gently, for while still in sight of their homes they were cooped up on trans port without any provisions for near ly twenty-four hours.
 The hardtack of today is a far diff ferent article from that which was SUD- piled to the boys of 1861. Instead of being a great round disc half an inch thick and almost as impenetrable as ar nor plate, it is furnished in thin squares the size of an ordinary crack ST. It is somewhat thicker and not So brittle as the soda cracker, being palat- able and easily eaten.
 The hardtack of the civil war was made from inferior four mixed, with little skill and so thick that it re- quired stout teeth to bite it. The olf campaigners used to say they could use
 hardtack as a plate on which to cut their meat, and that when they wanted to break it they took it to the company
 blacksmith. What they really did wal
 to soak it in coffee, and many an olt
 soldier will tell you that in this wa! he has made many a welcome meal. | Hardtack is intended only for fielt
Arizona republican., 1898-06-25
NOtme to Creditors.

Estate of Jesus Bermrdes, deceased.
 Notice is hereby given by the undersigned: administratoR of the estate of Jesus Berm udes,. deceased. tothe creditors of and all persons. having claims against the said deceased, to. exhibit them,, with the necessary vouchers, within four months sftsf the first publication. of this notisat to the said administrator at his butcher shop in the town of wiekenburg Ari-- zona, the same being the place for tho trans- action of. the business of said estate in said county of MaricopA
 YGNACIO GARCIA, Administrator of the estate of Jesus Bermudes, deceased.
 Dated this 18th day of May, ls9s First. published in the Arizona Republican May l4, 1898
Arizona republican., 1898-06-25

Candy Catha-sic. cnre constipation forever IAc. 25c. If c. c. c. sail druggists refund money
Arizona republican., 1898-06-25

Tie justice court of Clifton has been unusually busy this week attend ing to the cases Of those Mexicans that persist in beating their wives. Judge Locker has no patience with this class Of offenders and usually gives them Ehe full limit of the law.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1898-07-19
Was Sch1ey's Victory
Account given by an
eyewitness.
How Admiral Sampson stole
the Honor

Juragua, Cuba, July 1.-The battle
between the Americans and Spanl' rds /
on the water was witnessed by the cor
respondent OF the Associated Press from (
a positation almost at the elbow OF Com
modore Schley.
When the Spanish feet was sighted
tie Iowa was swinging mile turtter
out than the rest OF the squadron, try
ing to fix her forward Pinch turret,
which was out OF repair; while the In
diana was doing the same thing to her
forward l3-inch turret. The absolutlv
available ships in the squadron, there
fore. we're only the Oregon, Brooklyn
and Texas, although later Capt, Evans
and Can't. Taylor fought their ships.
Navigator Hodgson was on the
bridge OF the Brooklyn and was the
first to observe the moving smoke al
the entraec OF the harbor. Is not
that smoke moving?" he said to the
lookout, who, after minutes inspec-
ton with long glass, dropped it ex-
citedly and fairly yelled, There is
big ship comming out of the harbor,sir'
Hodgson, who is & particularly cool man
looked once himself, and than graspine
the mepaphone. shouted CATER bridge
there. Tell the commodore that The
enemy's fleet is coming out"
. Commodore Schley was sitting unde
the awning on the quarterback, Com
to the bridge he said: Raise the sig
nal to the fleet" and turning to Capt
Cook. who stood near, he said, "Clea
ship for action" Then he went Tor
ward and took his place on littl
platform of wood running on the ont
side of the coming tower, which Ina
been built for him.
The men with yell went to the
guns and the rapid preliminary orde
were given Schley, glasses IN han
watched the first ship tura out m
start for the west. Still he gave !
signal to fire or move. The Gregg
opened with her l2-inch shells and II
Indiana and Texas followed suit. b
\the range was long one Still Il
Brooklyn waited, Down below q
coal was being forced into the iurnat
every boiler was being worked al
every gun made ready to fire.
In the meantime the Oregon began
turn to the west and the Texas b
moved closer and was damaging t
leading ship, the Infanta Maria Tere'
.'They are all coming west, cir, shout
Lieut.. Sears.
Gull speed ahead, open fire. shout
the commodore. "Fire deliberately q
DON'T waste n shot" he added.
orderly carried the word to the turre
In an instant the Brooklyn's teri
Sand 5-inch batteries OH her port 81
onened and the cruiser headed Tor
point in front OF the first escaping sh
firing and receiving fire from two
them,
Then Commodore Schley saw that
first ship was comming ont from
shore headed direC tly for the Brook
with the evident intention OF ramm
her. lizard aport with your nell
shouted Schley, and the cruiser be
10 GO around, the smoke coming !
her tunnels in big volumes Qui'
she turned and quickly her Dig
ram was pointing at tie hfst s.
The Inianta Maria Teresa had to E
in to avoid being rammed. The 81
from the Texas and Oregon, with
terrible storms OF shell from the Br
lyn had done there work and
smoak began to appear pouring
hei decks
At 10 O'Clock the entire Cape
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1898-07-19

Oregon were pounding at the Colon and
the ifrein desultory sort OF way and
rapidly losing ground, she turned to-
ward shore. At J. 10 she hauled down
her flag, and, with yells of delight the
men poured out of the turrets OF the
two ships.
Az the big ships moved in on the
could be seen coming over the horizon
| from the east, but she was fully twelve
miles away. A boat was lowered from
the Brooklyn and Capt. Cook went a
board to receive the surrender. The
rear admiral in charge sail with tears
in his eyes / surrender unconditianslly
to Commodore Schley. We were badly
hurt and could not get away"
While Capt, Cook was returning &c
the Brooklyn, the New York, with Real
Admiral Sampson, came along, ran il
between the Brooklyn and the prize anC
ordered Capt. Cook TO send the p.Ison-
ers on board the New York.
Commodore Schley, seeing this, mag
phoned over. ~ request the honor o
receiveing the Surrender of the officer
OF the Colon"
No answer was vouchsaied him iron
the New York. and the ship that ha,
not fired shot took the honor.
Commodore Schley then raised til
, pennant: "a glorious victory has Zee
i. won, details later"
The answer from the New'York was
Report your.casualties. The Brookly
! was hit twenty-six times, but only on
: man, Ct II. Ellis, killed, and only on
y man, j. II, Burns. fireman, wounded
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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-20

the end that his courage would save him,
they were warned that the chances were
all against his recovery. The remains
were taken to Berlin, Nd, for interment.
Major Handy was born in Virginia, his
father being prominent Methodist cler-
byman. While under age he entered the
Confederate service and served with gal
lantry during the closing months Of the
war. He was employed by the New York
Tribune as special correspondent during
the Cuban troubles, and won distinction
by his report of the Virginius massacre.
Later he became managing editor of
the Philadelphia Times, and subsequently
the editor of the Philadelphia Daily
News. He moved to Chicago in 1893 to
accept the position Of chief Of the bureau
of publicity and promotion of the World s
Columbian Exposition.
At the close of the fair he went to
New York and engaged in literary work
and newspaper correspondence for year.
He returned to Chicago as editor Of the
Times Herald in 1895, when the paper
was purchased by II. III. Kohlsaat. Last
year Major Handy was appointed by
President Mckinley as special commits
sioner to the Paris exposition, where he
rendered valuable service.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-20
INDIANS ON THE wARPATH.
seminoIes Reported to BE killing and
RaidinR.

seminoIes Reported to Be killing and
Raiding.
There is an uprising in the Seminole ma
tion. Two hundred and fifty braves went
on the warpath Tuesday and left a trail
of blood and ashes. The Indians are seek
ing to avenge the recent burning of Lin
coin McGeisey and Palmer Simpson, two
Indians of the Seminole tribe who were
accused of numbering Mrs. Simmons at
Maud postofiice, in Oklahoma.
The redskins went to Maud and massa-
cred twenty-five men, women and chill
dren of the homesteaders. After killing
every white person they could find they
fired the town and 1t is in ashes. Many
of the victims were scalped by the saw
ages. and other bodies were otherwise
mutilated according to Indian traditions.
The redskins then marched on Earlsboro,
o. T., swearing vengeance on every white,
regardless Of age, sex or condition. Their
march through the country was marked
at every point by bloodshed and fire. The
Earlsboro inhabitants had been warned
and a train conveyed every woman and
child to Dallas. A train was dispatched
bound for the scene Of the reported mas
sacre under orders from Federal Judge
Springer and having on board all the
available deputy marshals under command
of Capt. Brady. The Secretary of War
was wired to order troops from Fort
Reno. The general officers of the Choc-
taw, Oklahoma and Gulf road ordered out
a special train from Shawnee bearing vol
unteers armed with Winchesters to inter
cept the Indians and prevent further
bloodshed. There Is general alarm
throughout the Southwest and grave fears
harder
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-20
Notes of Current Events.

A Boston boy has been christened with
fourteen names, one of them having thir.
ty-five letters.
A trap gun set by Joseph Butler, near
Orange, N. j., for chicken thieves, shoots
and wounds his own employe.
The Storrs lecturer in the Yale law
school course this year will be ex-Post-
master General William l.. Wilson.
r. ]. Bryan has been appointed receiver
of the -Kenova Land Devel-
opment Association OF West Virginia.
The increase of last years gross earn
ings of the Canadian Pacific Railroad
over 1896 is officially stated to be $3, 1885,
196.
Peter s. McMahon Of Albany, N. Y,
crazed by cigarette smoking, stood in
front of n mirror and fired a bullet
through his heart.
James A. Nolan, lawyer Of Topeka,
Kan. who escaped from the Kansas State
insane asylum about two months ago, was
arrested at Buffalo, n. Y.
The Yale basket ball team decided to
take n Southern trip during the Christ
mas vacation, the first ever undertaken
by Yale basket ball team.
An eel three feet long was taken from
one of the city water pipes in Balti'
more residence the other day. or course
there was only one, but under such cir
cumstances one was a good eel.
Receiver Trumbull of the Gulf and the
South Park railroads has announced that
the earnings (estimated) of the two lines
In 1897 were S3,54T ,5S5, an increase of
S445,S69, or 14.37 per cent over the earn.
ings in 1sq8.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-20
INDIANS IN A FRENZY.
Enraged Seminoles Likely to Take the
Warpath.

Warpath.
A bloody uprising Of the Seminole In
dians is imminent An alarming state of
rioting and hatred exists owing to the
burning at the stake by whites of two
members of the tribe. Unless immediate
steps are taken by the United States au.
thorities the Indians may go on the war
path. Both the Indians who were burned
came from respectable Seminole families,
and their fearful fate has aroused their
friends and relatives to frenzy.
The crime which led to the burning of
the two men was committed on last
Thursday. Marcus McGeisey was the
owner OF some property. On his land
lived white family named Simmons
During the absence of the husband on
Thursday McGeisey went to the Simmons
cabin and asked for q drink of water.
Mrs. Simmons was at home with her
four small children. The Indian was
given the water and he then asked for q
saddle. On being refused McGeisey seiz-
ed the woman, who had her baby in her
arms, and dragged her out of the house.
When the woman attempted to run away
the Indian seized n Winchester rifle and
dealt her a deadly blow on the head
crushing the skull. The woman died in.
stantly.
The feeling was so bitter that the crowd
would not be satisfied with the ordinary
method of lynching, and it was voted to
burn them at the stake. The victims were
accordingly chaned to an oak tree. Fence
rails and dry wood were then piled high
above them, and in few minutes the
Indians were wrapped in roaring flames,
while the timbers cracked beneath their
feet. Never a word did the Indians utter
while being roasted alive. They appar-
emily saw that they were powerless to re-
sist and endured their lot like stoics.
The crowd was composed of not over
thirty men. and the work was done in a
quiet but thoroughly determined manner
According to late information the mob's
work is not yet finished, and will only be
completed when four more Indians have
been dealt with in the same manner as
McGeisey and Simpson.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-20
WINDS AWFUL WORK
NEARLY FIFTY LIVES BLOWN
OUTAr FORT SMITH, ARK.
Many Residences and Public Buildinxs
Ground Into spiinters Dead and
Wounded Are Dragged from the
Ruins by Survivors.
Cut a Wide swath.

Fort Smith, Ark, was swept Tuesday
night from end to end by terrific cyclone,
and Wednesday the business portion Of
the town was in ruins, while the dead lay
in long rows at the morgue. Fifty peo-
pie, it is thought, perished In the fury Of
the storm.
Coming from the southwest the cyclone
swept Fort Smith completely, smashing
everything along the way. The crash Of
falling houses was first heard at IL O'clock
and before the sleeping inhabitants could
rise and seek refuge the full force Of the
storm was upon them. Buildings went
down in heaps on every side. One large
boarding house, struck by the full power
of the tempest, broke in fragments like an
eggshell. Fifteen bodies were taken from
that boarding house Wednesday morning,
and ii is thought that at least twenty-five
victims died among the falling timbers.
The handsome new high school building,
recently erected at a cost of 100000, dis
solved like fabric Of a dream. Two
churches fairly few asunder when the
cyclone pounded on their walls. Resi-
dences went crashing to the ground,
stores and business blocks followed in one
hideous ruin. In q few moments it was
over-the storm had passed and the city
was in ruins.
In the blackness of the night, the up
roar of the falling walls, the cries of the
injured and the hurtling of flying timbers,
| the uninjured citizens were for a time
completely panic-stricken. Toward mid
| night, regaining their self-control as best
they could, they began a systematic in
vestigation of the damage done, and also
utt anIr har fSf fFao xxyhl oh
| had blazed up among the ruined buildings
| For a time it seemed as. il this new dan
ger would add equal damage to that done
| by the wild work Of the storm. Several
| bodies, whether dead or living it is hard
| to say, were cremated in the flames be-
| fore the fire department could overpower
| the blaze.
Morning came and revealed a scene OF
horror and destruction. Among the
| wreckage, torn out of all shape by the
| storm, burned and blackened by the en-
| suing fires, were found more dead, more
wounded. The hospital was full to over.
flowing. The morgue could hold no more
Scores of people who had missed relatives
or friends in the wild uproar of the night
| joined with the searchers, directing, aid
| ing, digging among the masses of mason
| ry, roofing up the fallen timbers and drag
| ging away the shattered beams. No es
innate can be made at this time Of the
| damage done to property.
After tearing through Fort Smith the
| cyclone veered, whirled to the southeast
| and laid in ruins the town of Alma, nine
miles away. 1t is reported that Alma II
almost utterly destroyed and that several
people have been certainly killed, while
many are missing.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-20
Two Kinds of Deficits.

WO Almuo OA DCmSAtos
This from the Cleveland Plaindealef
is an unusually frank acknowledgment
for a free trade newspaper to make:
Certainly during the last six months,
when our revenue has fallen short at
the rate Of over $6,OO0,O00 per month,
our people having been purchasing
more Of our own goods than at any
time for two years previous, and more
money has gone into circulation and
more men have been at work"
Enemies of protection and fair play
would win more respect and obtain a
more attentive hearing IL they told the
truth more frequently. Admissions
from a free trade writer as candid as
that quoted from the Plaindealer are as
rare as white blackbirds.
Deficits occurred with great regular
ity during the four years Of low tariff
and no tariff, and upward of 100000
of Indebtedness was incurred to bridge
over the shortage in the revenues. None
Of the free trade people then had
spasms on that account; 1t Is only since
protection Is once more In operation
that they worry about deficits.
But there are worse things than def
cits, and the Plaindealer tacitly ac-
knowledges as much when 1t bears wit.
ness to the fact that times have been
extremely prosperous in spite of the
shortage Of $6,0O0,000 per month. II
we must have deficits, let us have the
kind that have temporarily occurred
under the Dingley law, where every
body is prosperous, instead Of the VIII.
son sort, when, in addition to deficits
in government revenues, there were
disastrous depletions of the revenues OF
the great mass Of wage earners and
wage payers.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-20
shakespeare Said

Misery acquaints man with strange
bedfellows.
We are such stuff as dreams are
made of, and our little life is rounded
with a sleep.
The uncertain glory Of an April day.
Thou hast some crotchets in thy head
now.
The worlds mine oyster.
This Is the long and short of 1t.
l cannot tell what the dickens his
name is.
AS good luck would have 1t.
hope good luck lies in odd numbers.
TO make him an example.
Oh! II is excellent to have a giants
strength, but II Is tyrannous to use 1t
like giant.
We would. and we would not.
A looker-on here in Vienna.
What's mine Is yours, and what In
yours Is mine.
Every why hath a wherefore.
AS merry as the day is long.
Sits the wind in that corner?
From the crown Of his head to the
sole of his foot.
Comparisons are odorous.
Patch grief with proverbs.
For there was never yet philosopher
that could endure the toothache pa
tiently.
Some Of us will smart for 1t.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-20

Metamora is to have an up-to-date
hotel.
George II. Mayhem, dealer in boots and
shoes at Grand Rapids, has filed chattel
mortgages for $20,902.
The projected railroad from Traverse
City to Suttons Bay is receiving a great
deal of encouragement.
The project Of building an electric rail
road from Battle Greek, through Barry
County, to Grand Rapids, may be revived.
Mrs. J. G. Horton fell on an icy side
walk at Williamson and broke one of
her hips. She will be bad cripple for
life.
Henry Walker, who was accidentally
shot in the shoulder mt Plymouth, was
taken with lockjaw shortly afterward and
died.
The deadlock in the Board of Educa-
tion ut Gladwin has been broken, and J.
w. Howell was appointed superintendent
of schools.
George Z. Hall of Fairfield shot rab-
bit just across the Ohio State line. He
was arrested and his fine and costs
amounted to $62.20.
The State Board OF Corrections and
Charities state that the proposed plans
for the new jail in Ottawa County are a
model i'm every respect.
Charles Hartel, n farm hand working
near Vienna, fell out OF tree while
hunting squirrels. One arm was broken
in two places and he was otherwise In
jured.
The schools at Coloma have been clos
cd on account of an epidemic Of measles.
The trouble in st. Stanislaus' Polish
parish at Bay City seems as far from set
flemcnt as ever.
Mrs. Marshall Bills OF Fairgrove was
accidentally shot through the hand. Her
husband held the gun, and, as usual did
not know II was loaded. She will lose
most of her hand.
The failure of Sheldon & Beebe, Men,
don's grain buyers, has caused much ex-
citemcnt among the farmers In that vi
cinity. There are more than 1900 bushels
Of wheat stored In the firms elevator.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-20
YOUNG GIRL MURDERED.
Her Stcpmother Confesses the Crime
at the Coroner's Inquest.

Her Stcpmother Confesses the Crime
at the Coroner's Inquest.
Louise Wollert, IL years old, was MUIR
dered in her own home at Algonquin, ILL.,,
Tuesday morning. Her step-mother, Mrs.
Christian Wollert, at first said a tramp
had shot the girl. She said he called and
asked for breakfast and when Louise
turned to ask her mother il she could feed
him he shot her in the back. This was at
first believed, but the womans actions
and lack of grief aroused suspicious. FL
nally, while the coroner's inquest was In
progress, she confessed to the murder.
She would not at first give any motive,
but little by little 1t was drawn from her
that she wanted the girl out of the way
because she feared her testimony In q
suit for divorce now pending. The girl
had two bullets in her back and one in
the right arm, and another had grazed her
temple. 1t was evident from the appear
ance of things and the blood marks on the
floor that n struggle had occurred. After
shooting the girl Mrs. Wollert, II Is be-
lieved, set fire 10 n mattress with the In
tention of burning the house. TIE wom-
an was taken to Woodstock and lodged
in Jail.