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Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1898-06-02
wAsHINGToN LETTER.

WASHINGTON LETTER
From Our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON. d. c., May 81. 1898.
That Spanish feet lodged once
too often when it lodged into the
harbor at Santiago, Cuba. 1t
found getting into that harbor
easy enough, but the ships COM
posing the fleet will never get
out again, unless they are
brought out under the American
flag. That harbor is shaped like
a very large bottle with a very
small mouth. Our warships are
outside that mouth aud will not
have the slightest trouble in
destroying the Spanish ships as
fast as they attempt to come out.
1t is possible that our ships may
decide,to go in after them, but it
is not at all necessary that they
should, as a comparatively small
force can keep them where they
are until they are starved out,
and it may be considered good
policy to follow the latter course
and use our fleets for work else
where, that promises better re-
suits with less risk to our men
and ships. The long and narrow
channel to Santiago harbor is
known 20 be heavily mined and
for our ships to go in there would
be extremely hazardous. The
same results can be obtained by
keeping the Spanish fleet shut up
there; therefore it is more proba-
bic tllat.the latter plan will be
| followed.
| The government still maintains
secrecy IN regard to all intended
movements, but the events of the
week speak for themselves and
require. no official explanation.
Gen. Miles. with his staff, is pre-
pairing to go to Florida to take
personal command of the army,
and the president has issued a
call for $4,000 additional volun-
teers. This means business, at1d
immediate business, and there
are good reasons for saying thai
the army is going to move upor
Porto Rico as well as upon Cuba
1t has been the opinion of some
of the presidents ablest adviser:
! from the first that Porto Rict
Should be captured before th'
general invasion of Cuba was pu
into effect. Both are now to b,
done in short order.
Nothing could more strongl7
, emphasize the scarcity of bread
stuff in Europe than the actor
of the French government il
! temporarily removing the duty O,
wteat---S1.35 for 22o. 46 pounds
!, carr1ed into that country. AS
, special inducement to hurry ship
) ments notice is given that tn
usual tariff will be collected o
wheat on and after July 1, b
France. Some persons are dis
c posed to regard this move as
: step in preparing for war, but a
r the French embassy, in Washing
a ton. it is stated to be merely a
J attempt on the part of the go1
e ernment to increase the stock {
g wheat, hoping thus to decreas
i the cost Of living in France.
t The only reply that Genera
e Miles has made to the numeror
h publications alleging him to /
: trying to get the invasion of Cub
pat OF until fall was TO say, "Tt
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1898-06-02
]. S. will in due time bring Cuba

u. S. will in due time bring Cuba
under its control, by judicious
methods and without useless
waste of life. The u. S.
is too great, too strong and
too powerful to commit any
foolish act in connection with the
invasion. AS for myself, | have
only to say that no officer is fit to
command troops who. for any
motive whatever, would needless
| ly risk the life of a single soldier,
either from disease or the bullets
of the enemy. have never sac
riiced the liyes of men under my
command, and | do not propose
to subject them to any unneces-
sary risks in the present cam
paign. :
There was no pretence of COM
petition in the bids submitted by
the Carnegie Steel Co., and the
Bethlehem Steel Co., tor making
the arnor for the battleshlps
Alabama, Il1iuois and Wisconsin,
now under construction. The
bids were for the full limit auth
orlzed by congress to be paid
$500 a ton. The Carnegie Co.
bid for the armor of the Wiscon-
sin; the Bethlehem Co. put in an
exact duplicate for the armor of
the Alabama, and they put in
bids for equal portions of the
arnlor of the Illinois. The bids
of both stipulate that delivery of
the arn1or shall begin next De-
cember and be completed within
one year. That will make it we'll
into 1900 before the ships can be
finished.
That congressional legislation
is complicated machine COM
posed of wheels within wheels,
all of witch must work in unison
to bring success, is very we'll
known to those who have had ex-
perience. 1t was not therefore so
surprising as outsiders might
suppose when it was learned that
the Joint resolution for the an
nexation of Hawaii, which the
house would gladly adopt by a
big majority if it could get to a
vote upon it, was somewhat
tangled up with the war revenue
bill, which is still before the
senate. Speaker Reed, whose
vote in the co.anittee on rules
would get the resolution before
the house by means of a special
rule, had about made UP his mind
to vote for the rule, although
personally opposed to annexa-
ton, when he was informed by
leading senators that it might
endanger the war revenue bill fol
the house to adopt the anne0a
ton resolution. Consequent J
the present understanding is tina
nothing will be done about tht
resolution until the senate ha:
passed the war revenue bill.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1898-06-02

The army of liberation has
encamped its advance forces on
the soil of Cuba, and as soon as
sufficient men are landed an active
campaign will commence for the
capture of Havana.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1898-06-02

ment gives Turner county twenty
three delegates in the convention.
Adjutant General Humphrey
says there will be TO call for
troops from South Dakota under
the presidents second call. Under
the first call the states share was
o25, under the new call 405,
making a total of 1880, and she
has already furnished over 400.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1898-06-02

All indications 11owpoint to an
early advance on Porto Rico with
the purpose of capturing San
Juan, thus giving the United
States possession of that island.
The record-union., 1898-02-20
THE GREAT NAPOLEON.
Alexis de TocquevilIe's "Reco1lec-
tons and Self Revelations.

In his portraiture of Louis Napoleon,
De Tocqueville says that, as a private
individual, he possessed certain at
tractive qualities; that intellectually
however, he was a mediocrity, with q
fanatical trust in his star; that his pas
sion for vulgar enjoyment and his taste
for luxury had increased still more with
the facilities offered by his position; that
his mind was incoherent. confused, filled
with great, but ill-assorted, thoughts;
ana that little vein of madness ran
through his better sense.
This discrimination, which was the
deep Discrimination of man who had
spent his life in plots. was assisted in
q remarkable way by the immobility of
his features and his want of express
sion: for his eyes were dun and opaque,
like the thick glass used 10 light the
cabins of ships, which admits the light.
but cannot be seen through.
The characteristic and fundamental
feature of his mind in political matters
was his hatred of and contempt for as
semblies. The rule of the con-
stitutional monarchy seemed to him
even more insupportabfe than that of
the Republic. Before attaining power he
had had time to strengthen his natural
taste for the footmen class. which is
always displayed by mediocre princes,
by I'll habits Of twenty years OF con-
spiracS spent amid iow-class adventur-
ers, men of ruined fortunes or blemished
regulations and young debauchers-th
only persons who, during all this time.
would have consented to serve him as
o-betweens or accomplices.
Add to this that De Tocqueville looked
Upon Louis Napoleon as "the greatest
and NEST permanent danger, BY this,
tie anti-Republican noblemqn did not
iaean danger to the Democratic Com
monwealth. to whose existence he was
Indifferent, and whose very principle he
disliked. but an impeachment to a mon
archical restoration of the Legtimist
or Orleanist character. Yet he con-
fesses that he had said to the danger
Gus pretender:
y viii never serve you in overthrow
ing the republic; but | will gladly strive
- assure YOU great position in it: and
/ believe that ali my friends will end by
entering into ray plan. The Constitu-
ton can be revised. Article IL, which
This is an object which we will gladly
help you 10 attain.
Such was the proposal made and the
counsel given by De Tocuueville to the
man whose heart. according TO that min
ister's own description. was in Shakes
peare's words, "a closet lock and key
of viliainous secrets. karl Blind in the
Forum.
The record-union., 1898-02-20
"TKEATER SICKNESS"
a New Disease Discovered by a
French Physicians.

''Theater sickness is the name of the
new disease recently discovered by the
eminent French physician, DR.. Mort
cole. which is at present a topic Of q
good deal of discussion in scientific and
lay circles in Paris. The doctor de-
clares that ''thaater sickness" and sea
sickness resemble one another. take
their victims entirely unawares, and
prey especially on women. The symp-
toms consist of gidtliness, loss CT con-
seriousness, a deep faint, and in per-
verse cases the maiady causes death.
tt seizes a victim after he has gazed
long at the stage, and more commonly
in tragedy than in comedy. and. in
brief, ii constitutes a species of asphy-
xia. When men feel "theater sickness"
coming on they become, according TO
DR.. Morticole. oblivious to all consid-
GRAFTON of locality and put their heads
between their knees, while women feel
The record-union., 1898-02-20

The Emperor is a HohenZollern. a
family whose greatness dates back to
Frederick William, the Great Elector,
in 1640. The Emperor is just past 80
years of age, and is vigorous and err
ratio. His disposition was affected i,y
the attempts to assassinate his father,
who died aged 81 years, on June 10.
1888. The young man at once became
William H.. Emperor of Germany, King
of Prussia, eighteen times a duke, twice
a grand duke, ten times count, fifteen
times a seigneur and three times mar
grave. His mother was the first child
of Queen Victoria, and this leads to the
suggestion of William as the successor
of Queen Victoria. In 1878 he mar
ried Princess Victoria of the disposses-
sed Schleswig Holstein family. The
marriage was arranged by Bismarck
end Emperor William 1. They have
eight children, the oldest being a boy
10 years OF age.
The record-union., 1898-02-20
New Shirt Waists.

Hundreds of dozens already
here and hundreds more to
come, but these will last day
or two, and we have no doubt
but that we can please the
most fastidious, in style, color,
quality and price. II we cam
not, your money refunded to
you. They are cut with the new
blouse front, new sleeve and
yoke back, and are made from
percale, dimities, lawn and Or
gandies-hgured and lowered,
in all the new colorings which
predominant this spring, as
well as many of the old, and
they're priced according to tex
ture at from soc upward to the
limit on such goods.
The record-union., 1898-02-20

an inclination to recline with their feet
at an acute angle above their heads, so
excessive is the vertigo. Fortunately,
cases of .'theater sickness are as yet
the exception rather than the rule. A
theater where all the mems heads
would be bowed down between their
knees, and where all the women were
to have their feet in the air, would fur
nish a strange mixture of the mourn
full and Of the hilarious.
The record-union., 1898-02-20

A beautifully illustrated account OF
winter trip to the Sahara Desert, by
Professor Angelo Heilprin, is in the
March number of Appleton's Popular
Science Monthly" New York;. Pro-
fessor Heilprin's attractive style and
reputation as a careful scientific OBJ
server promise an instructive and en-
pertaining story. Under the title An
Apostate Democracy there is sharp
criticism of the degeneration in Amer
acan methods of Government, by Frank
lin Smith, who has during the past two
years achieved an enviable place
among writer's on modern economics
by his arraignment of some of the most
glazing of our political and education
al abuses. The Pioneer Scientific So
ciety of the West, the Academy of
Natural Sciences of st. Louis. is de-
scribed by Professor Frederick Starr
of the University of Chicago, in an IL
Illustrated article. The Problems of
City Populations is the title of the
concluding chapter of Professor Rip
ley's papers on the Racial Geography
of Europe" The long series of arti-
cles which this brings to a close forms
probably the most important contri-
appeared during recent years. They
were the Lowell Institute lectures Of
1896, and are promised to the public in
book form in the near future. An in
teresting illustrated sketch entitled,
Fabric marked Pottery: discusses
the probable origin of the cord mark
ings which are SO commonly found on
aboriginal American ware Tax
Of in Acf &c 1a H.
ject of David A Wells sixteenth chap
ter in his series on The Principles of
Taxation There are many other pa
pers and the usual departments.
1.-THE Critic of February 18th calls
attention to August Strindberg, a
Swedish author, distinguished in his
own country and in France, but seldom
heard of on this side of the water. He
IS a comparatively young man, and has
led a rather remarkable life-a fact
which does not surprise one who sees
the portrait of him which accompanies
this article. The biographer. Mrs. Fri
da Stephenson Sharpe, is an Icelander
born and bred. though there is nothing
to indicate her foreign origin in her
very idiomatic English prose. The
same number contains two photographs
Of Daudet-both of them taken last
year; one of them after death. A por-
trait of Nine. Modjeska as Marie Stu
art. drawn by the distinguished artist,
Robert Blum. accompanies a criticism
of her temperance in that role in New
York. The Leading reviewer a long
and carefully written appreciation Of
American Contributions TO Civiliza-
ton" by President Eliot of Harvard
The House of the Prodigal Sons" is
the very attractive title of a story by
Harold Martin in this months 'Har-
The record-union., 1898-02-20
Black Figured Mohair
Skirts.

Ladies' 5 and Z gore Figured
Mohair Skirts, with the new
fan back. These are all full rus
tie lined, velveteen bound bot
tom, perfect and graceful in
hang. These are in a variety Of
brocade patterns medium,
small and large; some with 1us-
ter SO rich and pattern Sc per-
feet as to vie with the brocaded
salk-these we have in FIVE lines,
priced at Sc so, So rs, 81. 50 25
and SIS, according to quality of
material used.
The record-union., 1898-02-20
Ladies' Black Serge
Skirts.

Ladies' Atwood Black Serge
Skirts-5 and z gored, with the
now fan back; these are full
rustic lined, bound bottom, per-
feet in cut and hang, and It's
not necessary to speak of their
durability everybody knows
the properties which underlie
the popularity of serge. They
are priced at SO rs, So and So,
according to quality.
The record-union., 1898-02-20
Separate Black Silk
Skirts.

These are n very rich lot of
skirts, which one of OUR buyers
bought way under price. We
are not going to put a mark
bearing their worth or actual
value on the face of it, but we
are going to mark them ex-
tremely low, considering their
value, Sc so, So SO and $40,
are the prices we have placed on
them. There is a choice in this
lot, and they'll go rapidly at the
prices placed on them.
The record-union., 1898-02-20
EMPEROR WILLIAM.
The Present Ruler of the German
Empire.

The present Emperor of Germany.
William H.. was born January -, 1889.
in the Crown Prince palace in Berlin.
The same day his grandmother, the
Queen of England, inquired by cable,
is it fine boy?"
The record-union., 1898-02-20
Special at ST. o5.

Ladies' Black Figured Mohair
Skirts, neat pattern with rich
luster. They are the 7-gored
style, rustic lined and ve1veteen
bound bottom, hang perfectly
and are well made. Special
price, 81 65.
The record-union., 1898-02-20

Spykes-I see by the papers that cleo
tricity has been applied successfully to
the forcing of early small fruits.
Spokes-Then suppose that succeed
ing years will see ohm grown straw
berries on the market earlier than US
ual.-JIdge.
The record-union., 1898-02-20

Dumbeton-I notice that Stirrup, the
popular jockey, has gone insane.
Flasher-Yes; but he finds congenial
employment right along.
Dumbleton-Don't say. In what
way?
Flasher-Thinking up names for rae
ing hSrses.-Riehmond Dispatch.
The record-union., 1898-02-20

She never complains of her hus-
bands ill-treatment of her." remarked
SQuildlg. She suffers in silence
If she suffers only when she is 81
lent" replied Mrs. McSwilligan, she
doesn't suffer long at time Pitts
burg Chronicle Telegraph.
The record-union., 1898-02-20

DO you think I can see through you,
sir?" Indignantly asked the small man
of the tall fellow who had crowded in
front of him as the procession came
along.
Certainly responded the tall man.
Don't you observe that I'm bow
legged ?"-Chicago Tribune.
The record-union., 1898-02-20
,,z%6@gdukzz2'
New Separate Skirts and Shirt Waists.

Take look through line of Separate Skirts; they
have been unpacked Some few exclusive novelties among
them and piece out wardrobe for little just
More Shirt Waists unpacked One of these Sep
aate Skirts with Shirt and your wardrobe O. K
till Spring Dresses doe
The record-union., 1898-02-20
At l2ac yard,
PerCales, Double
Texture, lldC ward.

We are known throughout
the city and country as being
Headquarters" for Rercales of
all grades and widths. We pre-
sent again to the trade for 1898
Eigh-gradePercal in a series
of designs and colorings more
extensive in variety than we
have ever shown. Styles suita-
BILE for all uses. Designs for
Shirt Waists, soft in effect, yet
striking and pretty. For wrap
per uses we have a varied as
grounds in the latest foulard
effects.
The record-union., 1898-02-20
SPRING NOVELTY.
Separate Skirts.

SPECIAL AT 81 75-This line
consists of some and z gored
separate skirts for ladies made
from new spring goods. They
are principally checks and small
broken plaids; are perfect in
hang, and quite pretty in the
new combinations of spring col
orings, and are very superior
values at special price, 81 rs.
The record-union., 1898-02-20

Your husband seem to be a pretty
easygoing sort, eh?''
Don't you believe nothin' of the
kind. 1t is the hardest work in the
world to start him goin' at all'-Cin-
cinnati Enquirer.
The record-union., 1898-02-20

Take the future as it comes,
And though it may look black,
Never borrow trouble for
You cannot pay it back.
The record-union., 1898-02-20
THE HUMORISTS.


THE HUMORISTS.
DO you think I can see through you,
sir?' Indignantly asked the small man
of the tall fellow who had crowded in
front of him as the procession came
along.
Certainly responded the tall man.
Don't you observe that I'm bow
legged ?"-Chicago Tribune.
Dumbleton-I notice that Stirrup, the
popular jockey. has gone insane.
Flasher-Yes; but he finds congenial
employment right along.
Dumbleton-Don't say! In what
way?
Flasher-Thinking up names for rae
ing h3rses.-Riehmond Dispatch
Spykes-I see by the papers that cleo
tricity has been applied successfully to
the forcing of early small fruits.
Spokes-Then 1 suppose that succeed
ing years will see ohm grown straw
berries on the market earlier than US
ual.-JIdge.
She never complains of her hus
bands ill-treatment of her. remarked
Squildig. She suffers in silence
If she suffers only when she is 81
lent" replied Mrs. McSwilligan, she
doesn't suffer long at time. Pitts
burg Telegraph.
Your husband seem to be a pretty
easygoing sort, eh?"
Don't you believe nothin' of the
kind. 1t is the hardest work in the
world TO start him gcin' at all"-Cin-
cinnati Enquirer.
DO you mean to tell me that you
have found a large number of men who
are willing to put all they possess into
common stock and share alike?"
Certainly" replied the socialist
Why not? There isn't one of them
who has a cent to his name Wash
ington Star.
Penalope-Why don't you learn to
ride wheel?
Miss Antiaue--Im afraid of getting
a bicycle face
Peneiope-But that's the very reason
l suggest it.-Yellow Rock.
Take the future as it comes,
And though il may look black,
Never borrow trouble for
You cannot pay it back.
Harold-Nothing is the matter With
my fiancee except her father is TOO
healthy.
Clarence-Well. he'll be sick enough
when You get in his family.-Up-to-
Date.
She-Has your friend a good mem
Dry?
He-Well. yes; it's good to him. He
always forgets when he owes a fellow
any money onkers Statesman.
Guest--What a beautiful touch that
pianist hasi
HostI guess l. know it: he touched
me for q hundred before he came
Town Topics.
Jim-Ehat has. become of your
wheel?
Jake-oh. the druggist attached it
for money due for plasters and arnica.
Judge.
will you have your sausage now.
sir?" said the waiter to Mr.. Dillingham;.
Yes. I am prepared for the wurst."
Harlem Life.
The record-union., 1898-02-20

Guest-What a beautiful touch that
pianist hast
Host-I guess l. know it: he touched
me for a hundred before he came
Town Topics.
The record-union., 1898-02-20

enalope-Why don't you learn to
ride a wheel?
Miss Antique-I'm afraid of getting
a bicycle face.
Peheiope-But thatis the very reason
| suggest it.-Yelow Rock.
The record-union., 1898-02-20

DO you mean to tell me that you
have found a large number of men who
are willing to put all they possess into
common stock and share alike?'
Certainly" replied the socialist
Why not? There isn't one of them
who has cent to his name Wash
ington Star.
The record-union., 1898-02-20

She-Has your friend a good mem
Dry?
He-Wen, Yes; it's good TO him. He
always forgets when he owes fellow
any money onkers Statesman.
The record-union., 1898-02-20

will you have your sausage now.
sir??" said the waiter to Mr. Dillingham;.
Yes. I am prepared for the wurst."
Harlem Life.
The record-union., 1898-02-20

Jin-Uhat has. become of your
wheel?
JalSe-oh, the druggist attached it
for money due for plasters and arnica.
Judge.
The record-union., 1898-02-20

Harold-Nothng is the matter with
my fiancee except her father is 100
healthy.
Clarence-Well. he'll be sick enough
when You get in his family.-Up-to-
Date.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-08-16
A NAVAL OFFICER EXPIRES.
RI. Adm. Kirkland, COmmandant of the
Mare Island Navy Yard-A Short
Sketch of His Life.

VALLEJO. Cal, Aug. 13.-Rr. Adm.
Kirkland, commandant of the Mare
Island navy yard, died Friday even
ing.
The funeral will take place from St
Vincent Catholic church Of Vallejo on
Sunday. The remains have been en-
balmed and will be placed temporarily
in the vault at st. Vincent's cemetery.
Later they will be removed to Brook
Ign, n. Y, for interment beside the
remains of his daughter, who is buried
there.
RI. Adm. w A. kirkland was appointed from
North Carolina July ?, 1850; made midShip-
man June 20 1858; lieutenant, March 49, 1859;
lieutenant commander, July Is, 1862: COM
mander. March 3 1869; captain, April 1, $50;
commodore, June %, 1898, and rear ad miral,
March 1, 1895.
He would have been placed on the retired
list on the I'd of ist month were it not for the
present war. He had been anxious to retire
from active duty. as he had purchased a home
at San Diego. where he had intended to make
mis- home when placed on the retired list.
He served at sea for eight months as rear adj
miral; total sea service % years and nine
months; shore or other duty IS years and eight
months. At the time Of his death he was COM
mandant of the Mare Island navy yard. He
was well-known on the Pacific coast and pOpu-
lar among both naval officers and civilians.