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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-09-22
OFFERED TO MORTON.
Cleveland's Secretary of Agriculture
Wanted by Argentina.

Cleveland's Secretary of Agriculture
Wanted by Argentina.
NEW YORK. Sept. 22.-Senor Rocca
who was recently elected president OF
Argentina. has asked J. Sterling Nor.
ton, secretary of the department. of
agriculture under Cleveland, to cCm )
to Argentina and build up for the re.
public just such department there.
The salary offered Mr.. Morton is a
princeiy one, and he Is asked 10 stay
in Argentina for at least year. MIR.
Morton, who is staying a. the Waldorf
Astoria, when asked whether he would
or would not accept, said: .-.
81 cannot tell. l have the matter
under consideration and I must rep.y
next month. But have not decided.
The offer is tempting to me must adj
nit. They started to reform and build
up number Oh things in Argentine.
AS one result of the last election. a
constitutional convention was held,
and that convention declded to MAKE a
namber OF changes. President Rocca,
moreover, is progressive. He likes
America and the American ways of
doing things. H. sent to Boston when
he was president before, AMI got
Horace Mann to go there and lnaugu.
rate a public school sy stem. He wan ted
one like ours and he got it. It is in
operation tie, e today"
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ARRIVED AT SANTANDER.

Cervera and Other Naval Prisoners Now
in Span.
SANTANDER, Sept. 22.-The Anchor
line steamer City of Rome, chartered
by Admiral Cervera to transport to
Spain the Spanish sailors captured at
the battle Of Santiago, VINO were re.
Gently released by the United STATES
authorities, has arrived here from
Portsmouth, N. H.. whence she sailed
on Sept. -. Captain Eulate, the
former commander of the Spanish
cruiser Vizcaya, and the other Spanish
naval officers landed and were mis-
taken for parry of which Admiral
Cervera was q member. The latter,
however, was still on board the City OF
Rome. but crowd of people followed
the officers and cheered for Admiral
Cervera- Captain Eulate refused to
make any statement for publication,
declaring he reserved what he had to
say for The courtmartial.
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Killsl Guards, Seized an Arsenal
and Besieged the Principal
/ Prison
With the Prospect of Liberating
Some Four Thousand Other
1 COnvicts.
Uprising May Prove the Death
aKnell of DreJ fus ON DEVILS
! Island.

LONDON, Sept. PA special disaptoh
from Paris says the deputy represent
ing French Guiana in the chamber has
received dispatch announcing that a
mutiny has taken place among the
eenvicts at Cayenne, the capt. ] Of
French Guiana. The mutineers, it ap-
pears, overpowered and murdered their
guards, then stormed the military store
house and seized thu arms and ammu-
milton there. Tney are now, accord.
ing to the dispatch, besieglng the prln-
cipal prison and it is feared they may
succeed IN freeing the 1000 convlcts
confined in the building. Reinforce.
ments have been TELEGRAPH for to the
Island of Martinique, but it is said they
wall not arrive in time to suppress tae
mutiny. .a~
May Be the Death knell of Dreyfus.
Devils island, where Albert Drey-
fus, the'tormer captain in the F-elch
aItillery@is confined, under sentence
for having sold secrets OF til } war Office
to foreign government, IS Dut short
distance from Cayenne. 1t is possible
that the revolt of convlcts may be the
death knell of the prisoner, whose con-
domination. has SO tired up the French
nation, for his guards are under strict
orders to kill him if any attempt Is
made 10 release him or il there is any
possibility of his esca ping.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-09-22
SPANISH NEED
Senior Rios of the Peace Commits
sion Speaks of the Sit
uatiOn.
Painful Spectacle to See Politi-
clans Tryi to Escape
BIZ
For the Disast, That Have
Come-The Re visibility
Rests on
Need of the Hour Was a Man
Large Enough to Sacrifice
Himself.

MADRID, Sept. 22.-Senor Montero
Rios, president of the senate and presi-
dent Of the Spanish peace commission,
in an interview is quoted as saying:
cit is painful spectacle to see pol
iticians on all sides trying to throw on
zach other the blame for disasters, the
responsibility fer which rested on all
parti IS. I. personally, have Away
favored autonomy for Cuba, Spain
being unable to forcibly main ain her
sovereignty az such great distance. "
Continuing, Senior Rios said: "It is
useless to speak Of our disasters. Has
not the country accused all our gov
ernments OF exhibiting too much weak
ness towards the United States? What
Spain wanted was man ready t. sac
rlfice himself and Who recognized the
impossibility of war with a power Il!
nation, especially a ter years OF u ;eless
conflicts with insurgents"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-09-22
GETTING OUT
Evacuation of Porto Rico by the
Spanish Troops Is Now in
Progress.
Towns Of Aguidillo, San Sebas-
tian and Lares Occupied by
American Troops.
Spanish Commissioners Inform
Americans That Transports
Are En- Route.
Influx of American Promoters and
Spectators at Ponce Still
Continues.

SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Sept. 10
delayed in transmission. 1.-The evac-
uation of the outlying positions occu.
pied by the Spaniards has begun.
Aguidillo, San Sebastian ana Lares
were abandoned by them, and the
troops of General Carr etson's brigade
and the Eleventh. infantry moved in
and hoisted the American flag. The
Spanish troops from the abandoned
positions are being concentrated at
Areicibo, whence they will reach San
Juan by railroad as soon as transporta-
ton is available. They could not enter
the city before owing to its crowded
condition.
On Wednesday the Spaniards will
evacuate the island of Viequez, where
company of American troops, dis.
patched from General Grants brigade
has been landed. The Spanish troops
from the island of Viequez will remain
at Humacao until the Spanish fall back
en- the line of the military road. Span
ish control is now confined toIwithin a
line drawn from Humacao to AobonitC
and from there to Areicibo, less than
one-thlrd of the island.
Transports Are En- Route.
The Spanish evacuation commission.
ers have officially informed the Amer.
leans that they had been notified OF
the sailing from Spain of TWO trans.
ports intended to embark troops here,
and also that40o Spanish soldiers will
sail from here tomorrow en- transport
which is expected from Cdba The de.
parting troops consist of zoo sick men
and 300 memb ers of the en- gineers regi.
ment.
r., The meeting of the commissioners
was entirely without friction, and it
was owing to the good feeling prevail
ing between our soldiers and those OF
Spain that it was dec ded TO allow the
company of Americans to land at the
island OF Viequez before the Spanish
left. -.,. o.. ~. II.
It has been decided to allow Amer.
leans to enter the Spanish lines and
vice versa, in pursuit OF marauders.
This obliterates the neutral zone and il
is believed it will result in the com.
plete suppression Of disorders at
Utuado and other places IN the in.
terror, and afford protection to native
and Spanish residents alike.
In spite Of the fact that some of
them have been aisillusioned, the in.
fux OF American promoters continues.
Most of them are at Ponce and unable
to reach San Juan, owing to the mill
tary regu a5ions. An agent of The
American Sugar Refining company Is
here and many others are seeking bus.
mess opportunities, franchises and
concessions All of them are fretting
over the unavoidable delay.
The condition OF the troops on the
island is not improving. Almost 2,OoO
men have reported sick. General
Brooke is doing all in his power to i'm.
prove the condition of the soldiers and
afford them every comfort possible
He has ordered every military tent on
the island to be fitted with flooring.
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DISPOSITION OF TROOPS.
General Miles Gives Information as tt
Garrison Forces.

General Miles Gives Information as to
Garrison Forces.
NEW YORK, Sept. ala special to
The Herald from Washington, says:
General Miles, when asked how many
regiments Of regulars would be. sta.
toned with the volunteers at different
garrisons. replied:
..About $4,000 regulars in Cuba,
/, 600 in Honolulu, 5000 n the Philip.
pines and 1000 In Porto Rico.
General Miles said that he expected
that Cuba would be garrisoned with
about 90, 900 men; the Philippines with
about %. 600; Porto Rico about $4,000,
and Honolulu about 1900. All the
regulars that were at Montauk, with
the exception Of the Twenty-fourth,
infantry, Second cavalry and Ninth
cavalry will be sent to Cuba and
Porto Rico and the First and Fifth
cavalry were added to the Seventh and
Eighth cavalry all of which troops will
go to Cuba.
General Miles said that the decision
thus to dispose of the troops was
largely result Of the conference held
Saturday between the president, Act
ing Secretary Meiklejohn and General
Miles. The Seventh cavalry, now sta
toned in Arizona and New Mexico.
and the Eighth cavalry, now stationed
at Fort Meade have, however. been
ordered to Huntsville, Ala, whittier
elcst Of the regulars will go. The Sec
ond aud Ninth cavalry, now at Mon
tauk, will go respectively to the De-
partment of Dakota and Colorado.
General Miles said there would be
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-09-22
War Department Says 1t Is in
Pursuance Of an Old
Intention.
A Later Order Desig nates Sew
eral Additional Detachments
to Be Sent.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.-Five regi.
ments now at San Franci have been
ordered to Manila. Arrangements for
their transportation will be made at
once.
The regiments ordered to Manila are
the following: Fifty-frst Iowa, Twen-
tieth Kansas" First Tennessee, First
Washington and detachment of the
First Oregon.
1t was stated at the war department.
that no exigency had arisen which
made it necessary to send the troops
now at San Francisco to Manila, but
that the order issued was in accordance
with the general plan of the depart
ment regarding a garrison for the
Philippines. That plan of garrison
duty included 10000 men for the Phil
ippines. 1850 for Porto Rico, and co.
600 for Cuba. The troops to be sent to
Manila under this order will fill the
complement for that station. The
troops would have been sent before, it
was said, except that the department.
was awaiting the return of transports.
It is not expected that troops now at
Honolulu will accompany those to be
embarked at San Francisco, but that
more troops will be sent to Honolulu
in the near future.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-09-22
ORDERS TO WITHDRAW.

& E 81
Spanish Minister Of War Issues Instruc-
tions TO Evacuats West Indies.
MADRID, Sept. 20.-The minister OF
war, General Correa, has issued in-
structions for the return of Spanish
troops in the West Indies. The troops
are to leave first and the archives, es-
pecially those relating to the war. are
to be brought to Spain, with the arms.
ammunition, flags and materials stored
IN Cuba and Porto Rico.
The minister is greatly incensed at
General Toral for not having sent him a
dispatch on the latter's arrival at Vlgo
(Spain) from Santiago de Cuba, and
said Toral ought to be courtmartialed
for his conduct as governor Of San
tiago.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-09-22
Still, Hold seven s.anort.

MANILA, Sept. 22.-The report that
the list Spanish garrison in the island
OF Luzon had surrendered is premature.
The Spaniards still hold seven seaports
in Albay province. the principal hemp
district The disturbancAs have al.
ready resulted in diminution of the
output of Albay hemp by 25o, 900 bales,
compared with last years figures.
Further fighting se'ms imminent aud.
unless peace is conclu led. the shortage
will be doubled.
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Increased the Number.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.-The war de-
partment has amended the orders rel
alive to the dispatch of reinforcements
to the Phhipl ines, so as to increase
the number by 1851 privates and SO Of
ficers.. These are made up of four COM
panies of the Twenty-third infantry
and recruits for the Tenth Pennsyl-
vania, First Nebraska and First Colo
RADIO. These troops made up the expe-
dition under General King, which re-
Gently left San Francisco in the Ari.
iona for the Philippines, but was stop
ped by the departments orders when
two days out and returned TO port.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-09-22
SHIPPED FROM SANTIAGO.

All but Eight of the Spanish Prisoners
Have Been Sent Home.
WASHINGTON, Sept. ~. - General
Lawton reports to the war departments
that all but eight Of the Spanish pris-
oners have been shipped from Santiago
to Spain. Following is the text of
General Lawton's dispatch: -.
"All Spanish prisoners have been
shipped except eight. one at Baracoa.
seven at Guantanamo. sick. yellow
fever"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-09-22
German Author and oct d. ed.

BERLIN, Sept. 90. Herr Theodore
s'ontano, the German writer aud poet,
Is q cad. He was born in 1Sl9and was
war correspondent during the Franco
Prussian war of 1870. He was cap
tured bnt soon recessed. He wa. the
author, among other works, of 'sTne
War Against France" ssThe War
Againss AUSTRIA" aud PRISONERS OF
War
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Armour Confirms the Deal.

MILWAUKEE, Sept. I9.-P. d. Ar.
mour when seen after the annual meet
ing of the Chicago, Milwaukee and st.
Paul directors, said: ST confirm the
trans ction referred to. The line is not
], be ) transconttnsntal line, but Sim
ply ,e Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
cher !, is no deal connected with it, re-
,atii to the lines between Milwaukee
and Chicago" He declined to discuss
the natter further.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-09-22
SICKNESS INCREASES.
ne-sixth of General Lawton's Force Now

One-sixth of General Lawton's Force Now
on the List.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29.-Sickness
among the troops of General Lawton's
command at Santiago is increasing.
Nearly one-sixth of his force is now on
the sick list, although the numb er Of
deaths is not large according to Gem
eral Lawton's bulletin of the health Of
the American forces at Santiago re-
ceived at the war department.. which
follows: Total sick, 1,222; fever, BAL;
new cases. 80; returned to duty, 30 4;
deaths z
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. schofield peolines to serxe.

w AsHINGToN. Sept. l9.-After half
hours conference with the president,
General Schofeld announced that he
would not serve as a member of the
commission to investigate the conduct
Of the war.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-09-22
sp.ni.h steam .r at New York.

NEW YORK, Sept. l9.-The Spanish
steamer Gran Anita, from Havana, is
the first Spanish steamer TO arrive at
this port since the declaration Of war
with Spain, April u last. The Gran
Anita left Havana Sspt. 10 with 81
cabin passengers and a small cargo.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-09-22
One Dead. Two BADLY sca,de.,

FARGO. N. D., Sept. GA disas-
trous boiler explosion occurred on the
farm of John Pollock. six miles north
of Enderlin. Engineer Eugene Shields
was killed and Fireman Charlie Ever
son and Tankman Bert D.ngman badly
scalded.
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plenty of soldiers for the programme,
as there were left, he said, 1000 vol.
unteersi and 10000 regulars. Those
regulars not needed, will be distributed
at army posts. The volunteers not
needed will, it is expected, remain in
winter camps.
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VERY GLAD TO GO HOME.

Porto Rican Sold ers Much Pleased at the
Prospect of Returning to Spain.
SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, S pit. ~. -
(Deiayed in TRANSMIT: stony. The repa-
trlation of the Spanish soldiers has be-
gun. Four hundred men, OF whom 800
were sick, and eco belonging to the en-
gineer corps, sal ed or Havre on board
the French steam Ell Cha; eau La Fltte.
E ght hundred infantry belonging 81
the Austurlas battalion will sail romor.
row on board the Gamer San Fran.
cisco.
TIE water front wa crowded with
Thousands of people when the Spanish
engineers marched 10 the music OF the
SpaLi quici.step, down to the wharf
wnere they were received by Captain
General Mac:as and General Orte3a
The captain general did not make a
speech but he sLook hands with the
officers and men.
Fear Infection.
TIE residents of Porto Rico and some
of the Americans are alarmed because
OF the ST. anlsh ships returning from
Cuba sop at this port. They believe
there is danger of the introduction of
yellow fever INTO the island from the
Spanish steamer City of Cadiz, as some
OF the men sick on board of htr We're
too i'll to proceed sni were Eh1 ought
ashore. Our commas, oaers viii pro-
test if there is repetition of this.
The volunteers have all be e1 dis.
ban led, and the Spanish soldiers are
engaged N dismanll.ng the armor. es
and barracks and in boxing the guns
and ammunition. They are rel, ling
over tie prospect of an early return 10
their homes.
Rear Admiral Schley has refuse to
purchase the coal stored here, and it
may be purchased for the use OF tEs
United S ates army. @...
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-09-22
old OnBoers For the 1Iilwaukae.

MILWAUKEE,, Sept. 10. AT the Chi
cage, Milwaukee and st. Paul stock
holders meeting held-in this city, only
routine business was done and the old
directors and officers were reelected.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-09-22
Pinkerton Grand Sire.

Pinkerton Grand Sire. ~.-s-'
BOSTON, Sept. 81. Alfred s. Pinker.
ton of Worcester has been unanimously
chosen grand sire Of the sovereign
grand lodge I. o. O. r.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-09-30
A sowing Mountain.

j.. There IL q mountain Of dark brown
basalt On the Columbia River nearly
two thousand feet in height and stretch
ing along the stream for six OF eight
miles. When the white settlers first
came into the country, the Indians told
him this mountain was travelling; that
some day it would move across the
Columbus and form q lake which would
reach from the cascades to the Dalles.
What the Indians said has been found
true in some respects. The mountain
is in motion. Its movement is forward
and downward. The railroad builders
who constructed their line along the
base found the tracks continually
forced out OF place. In some places the
movement has amounted to eight and
ten feet in a few years. Biologists at
tribute the phenomenon to the fact that
the mountain rests on a substratum Of
conglomerate, or a soft sandstone,
which is steadily being washed away
by the current of the big river.-New
York Tribune.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-09-30
Key Concealed in a Ring.

A Cincinnatian but lately returned
from England tells OF q rather novel
innovation in the way of locks and
keys. or to speak more correctly, key.
AT a country place he visited he was
surprised to e his host unlock the
gateway of the place with q small key
tina In some mysterious way was pro-
duced from n large seal ring he wore.
YET the ring was not large enough to
be conspicuous by reason Of its size or
style. AS he expressed solne surprise
In the matter, his host said:
"This is a master key. You see, 1t
slides under the set in the ring. and
occupies no space whatever. 1t will
unlock every lock about the place, even
my dressing bag, my trunk, my bond
box and wine cellar"
He was asked as to the arrangement
in general; whether n key, say Of the
butler, would unlock the front door.
mot at ALL" he replied. 1.-THE locks
are all arranged in suites. The butler
an unlock all the doors that are in his
department, and the housekeepcr can
unlock the linen closets and other doors
under her supervision, but she cannot
get into the buffers domain. And in
every other department about the place
from end to end every one has his or
her key, but I have only the master key.
All of the doors open to me. My valet
can open my dressing a S and closets
but he cannot get a bottle of wine. OF
course, the arrangements in n seal ring
is novel, but it is very handy for me
In the first place l cannot lose it, and in
the second place everything opens to me
without asking a Observation-Disclosures
Enquirer.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-09-30
He Got the Dried Apples.
hoods Pills cure all Liver ms. Is cen

41C 0OG ttuO kJGt0Nk xANHbCSs
The vice president of the Red Cross,
American branch. Mrs. ]. Ellen Foster,
tells an amusing story of sour Teddy"
while in Santiago. He appeared be-
fore the headquarters one day with a
moving request for some delicacies for
his men. His appeal met with the re-
ception 1t deserved, and lie was prom
Used that the next carload should con-
tain some Of the luxuries craved. His
meaning had apparently not been
grasped, and he hastened to explain
that the luXuries nominated in the bond
were no other than dried apples, SO
that the Rough Riders could have some
'.sass like their mothers used to make"
Much amused the committee promised
he should have all the dried apples he
could use on the next trainload. Still,
he was unsatistied. He wanted the ap-
pies, but he wanted more-he wanted
them at once. "But, surely. Colonel
Roosevelt, you don't want to take them
yourself" "Yes, l do" answered the
gallant colonel. The last seen of him
he was mounted on q horse galloping
back to his cavalry, his coat decorated
with stripes and "fixins' and over his
shoulder a huge bundle of dried ap-
Piles. The lines between the pathetic
and the humorous are often closely
drawn as in the present case.-Crite-
rion.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-09-30
Handune Dead Le,.ers,


Eight hundred and twenty-five clerks
find employment in the Postofice De-
partment, OF whom III are women.
Their salaries range from 5000 to ST.
500 a year, and they are engaged In
clerical work and copying. The most
interesting division Of the department
is the dead letter Office. where about
1875 women are employed. Twenty
thousand undelivered letters are re-
ceived here every day. Each clerk il
expected to open $50 letters each day,
and as many more as she can handle.
A record Of the daily number examined
by each one Is kept, and credit for pro.
ticiency awarded. Letters containing
checks and money are given special Ut
tention, and are returned to the sender
if any address can be found; IL not,
they are recorded and placed on file to
await application. Those containing
money may be reclaimed in four years;
after that time elapses they are sent
to the treasury Of the United States,
and are often identified and reclaimed
after many years. Letters containing
no Enclosures are returned to the
writer's IL they contain the address;
otherwise they are not preserved and
no record is kept Of them. There is a
museum Of unavailable articles that
have been taken from the nails; it's
shelves contain every imaginable sort
of things, as diverse in character as a
washboard and a skeleton.-Woman's
Home Companion.