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The Springfield herald., 1898-05-06
Local and Personal.

G. w. Rouse was a visitor in
the city yesterday.
Crit Allen returned from the
,Cimarron yesterday.
David Moore, of Gallienas. Ok,
was in town this morning.
II. ID. Homsher Il Co. has re
cieved fine bunch of bananas.
Owing to the bad roads the At
lanta mail did not leave until to
day.
Fred Willis, the Villas English
man, was a purchaser of a necktie
at the social.
W. ii. Henkle, from the Cimar-
ron, was hunting horses in this
vicinity Saturday.
l.. A. W1kon went to the Lepel
ranch, today, to see how his cattle
stood the storm.
Mr.. Brooks came over from
Minneapolis TO attend the social
and cat his share of ice cream.
L. A. Wikof, wife and Allen,
took trip to Minneapolis and
Villas recently, visiting friends.
Our correspondents must have
all gone to war, as we failed to
receive any communication this
week.
Lindsey Allen, the "a circle
hustler, was in this vicinity, Sat
urday, hunling for hands TO build
fence.
DR.. Homsher obtained Il leave
OF absence, from the store, and
spent Il day at ;ile ranch, this
week.
Eugene Wallis, of Stonington.
was in town paying taxes and
transacting other business, We'd
nesday.
Miss Marsh, who has been teach
ing school in the Tanner district
and brother, were in to the goclal
Saturday night.
Otho Cole, who has been hold,
ing down a claim near blackberry,
Oklahome, for the past winter,
returned home Wednesday.
A Mr.. Connorley, wife and tath
,er. from eastern Kansas, was trav-
cling through the county, this
week, selling bibles for Boston
firm.
Eldon Allen Sundayed at
home and left Monday, for Butte
Greek where he will ride the
fence line while waiting for the
roundup.
Mrs. Geo. Brown, who Is con
templatng a trip to Missouri and
intended to start this week, has
been delayed on account of the
bad weather.
n, At
about 5000 head of cattle, Friday
that had been brought from New
Mexico, IN their pasture, in the
north east part of the county.
Clerk of the district court, Math
ews, has been informed by the
district judge that under all prob
abilities there will be no district
court held at Springfield this term
The school meeting Saturday
was not as well attended by the
patrons of this district as should
have been, Brown, Homsher and
Vanorsdol we're the directors
chosen.
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newspaper or magazine drop in
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Q. n. BLESS, Secretary.
1PUBLIC No. IS. |

An ACT TO preven. forest fires
on the public domain.
BE 1T enacted by the Senate
and House OF Representatives OF
The United States of America in
Congress assembled, That any
person who shall wiliHIly or ma,
llciously set on fire. or cauae to be
set on fire, any timber, under
brush, or grass upon the pubic
domain, or shall carelessly OF neg
ligenlly leave Or suffer fire to
barn unatlenGcd near any timber
or other inilummabIe material,
shall be deemed guilty Of q nIs
leneanor, and, upnn conviction
thcreQ! III any district court OF lie
United States having jurisdiction
Of the same, shall be fined i'll :"
sum not more than five thousand
dollars or be imprisoned for Il term
Of not more than two years, OF
both.
SEC 2. That any person who
shall build camp fire, or other
fire, in or near any forest, timber.
or other lnfiammable material up
on the public domain, shall, be
fore breaking camp or leaving
said fire, totally eXtinEuish the
same. Any person failing to do
so Shall be deemed guilty Of a
mlsdemeanor, and, upon convict
ION thereofin amy district court Of
the United States having Juris
diction Of the same, shall be fined
in sum not more than one
thousand dollars, or be imprisoned
for a term OF not more than one
year, or both.
SEC. 3. That IN all cases aris-
ing under This act The fines col
lected shall be pad into the pub
lie school fund OF the county in
which the lands where the ollense
was committed are situate.
Approved, February 81. 1897.
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CIRCULAR FOREST FIRES.
General Land Office, Washing

General Land Office, Washing
ton, ID. O., March I3, 1891
For the information ofalt con
cerned, attention is called to the
following act Of Congress, ap-
proved February q, 1897, entitled
An act to prevent forest fires On
the public domain"
Registers and Receivers, United
States Land Offices, and Special
Agents, General Land Office,
should promptly report to the
proper United States Attorney all
information they may receive rel
ative to the violation orthe pro.
visions OF this law.
b. 4. BEST, Acting Commissioner,
~ ,-f,
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or more.
The continued cold, damp
weather of the past week has
been rather severe on cattle IN
this part OF the country. The
Sleet and SNOW oi Wednesday,
caused many cattle TO drift and
there Will probably be some loss.
T.. X. Curran was up from the
l'imarron, Monday, gathering np
Il lew articles Of furniture that he
had left. He saws the Cimnrron
country is good enough for him
and thinks it beats the flats for a
place to live. lie reports the
people as industrious and clever.
Jesse Iannar has traded his
ranch s miles north west Of town,
for the Rouse Il Cole place at
Carriso. This gives Mr.. Tannar
one Of the best ranches in Baca
county for the raising of stock,
for farming or gardening, as it
has water, the essential thing, IN
abundance, and cGn be easily IL
rigated.
Unless the late cold spell has
killed the buds, the fruit prospects
are exceptionally good so Tar i'll
this county. Peach trees are said
to be so full of bloom that If one
halfthe prospective peaches grow
the trees will be loaded. Sheriff
Cole predicts that his orchard
alone will furnish enough peaches
to supply The county, II nothing
happens to it.
Some OF our citizens thought
Commodore Dewey OF Admiral
Sampson had sailed up Cat Creek
and was bombarding the town,
from the shooting that was going
on in The south end, the other
night. 1t proved to be, however,
l.. a. WikoT who was out dispos
ing of some OF the surplus cats
that inhabit the town. with his
shot gun. Let the good work go
on.
Thos. Hays came over from the
Breslin ranch long enough Mon
day, to close up a trade in real
estate with j. +. Harrison. He
exchanged his ranch house south
OF Springfield for the Harrison
property IN the north east part of
town. Mr.. Hays may move to
town sometime next fall but IN
tends to live On and farm the
j. w. Wilson place this summer.
He expects, however, to hold his
ranch south of town and may
build another fence and run his
cattle there.
The social, Saturday night.
was not as well attended as might
have been expected. Those pres,
ent, however, had very ENJOY
able time eating lcecream, sing
ing and playing games. The
corps relied 81 which was very
good considering the size Of the
crowd. While we are not poising
as critics, yet, we would suggest,
that If the corps would be mere
liberal in measuring out, and
give hetter quality, OF eatables'
their socials would be better pat
ronlzed by the people.
l.. f. Mathews, family and
mother. made their farewell visit
to Springfield, Saturday aud Sun
day. They departed this week
for their home on the Arkansas,
near Coolidge, Kansas. The Ma
thews have, for the past 5 years,
been in the cattle business on a
ranch south of Villas, and have
been very successful. George
Mathews, who has leased the
place on the river and to which
has taken his cattle. expects to To-
cate permanently, with his moth
er, on the railroad.
Jesse Z. Harrison, the all around
man about town, proved his use
fullness again Wednesday even
ing, Dv gong out to squire Cor
dons, through the storm, to inform
that worthy official that his pres
ence was Immediately wanted in
town to perform a marriage cere-
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TUESDAY -THuRsD AY-s ATcHpAf.
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WEDNESDAY.
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PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY.
A Resolution Proposing Union With the
southern Church Introduced.

Winona Lake, Ind, May 23.-At the
Presbyterian general assembly to-day,
after devotional exercises led by Rev.
William @. White Of Youngstown. Ohio,
a resolution was introduced by Rev.
Horatio j.. Olmstead of Galveston pro-
viding for an uninstructed committee
of five to confer with q ike committee
from the Southern Presbyterian church
looking to a union of the two denomina-
tons. 1t was promptly referred to the
committee of bills and overtures, where
similar orders were already under con-
sideration.
There being no miscellaneous reports,
the assembly proceeded at once to the
consideration of the report of the board
of missions to freedmen. The board re-
ported that II began the year under the
encouragement incident TO the burning
of its main educational institution. The
record of the year was n of retrench-
ment.
The report says: 1--WE have pushed
conom TO the verge of parsimony, but
in spite of all efforts the board ended it's
year with a deb Of SIS, 062, an increase
of over 81. 200 since 1897. This was due
to a DECREASE Of s3,22S in contributions
received. The schools operated have
been reduced from 81 to SO OF all grades.
Under the board are 1877 ministers, 500
churches and 200 teachers. The total re-
ceipts' were SIPS. 900. of which the
churches gave $50. 429 and the Women's
Board $45. 15s. The expenditures aggre-
gated. including the deficit. slSS.375.
The board of education reported that il
had on its rolls the names of S14 candi-
dates for the ministry, 153 of whom
were accepted last year. II rejected the
applications of % names. The income
of the board was sec, 361. an increase Of
sS76 over 1897.
The assembly was addressed by DIR.
Edward III. Cowan. secretary OF the
board. and by several colored commits
siOnprs.
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enters Montana on the east in the
drainage of the Yellowstone, and. fol-
lowing this river to its head waters.
crosses over the divide and descends
into the Missouri river valley, passing
through BoZeman and Helena. From
the latter place il continues westward
and crosses the Continental divide;
thence, following the drainage of the
Missoula river and Clarke's Fork of
the Columbia. il enters Idaho. This
state is very narrow i'm the latitude In
which the Northern Pacific railroad
crosses il. but the road makes a long
detour i'm order to get around Lake
Pend Oreille.
I'm crossing Idaho and Montana a
distance of about $50 miles is traversed.
The region except in the valleys ad-
jacent to BoZeman, Helena and Mis-
soula. is sparsely settled, and the diff
culties in the way of the examination
of the lands, extending as they do 80
miles on either side of the road, are
great, these difficulties increasing gem
orally toward the west until the noun
tains of Western Montana and Idaho
are reached. where they are very great.
the country in these localities being. as
a rule, without inhabitants or roads.
and IL being necessary to have a camp
outfit to reach lands at any consider
able distance from the line of the road.
Up 20 June 80, 1897, the public lands
disposed of by grant to the Northern
Pacific in Montana and Idaho amount
ed to o $500. 900 acres. The amount
that the railroad is entitled TO is some
thing over %, 500, COO. The total amount
examined and classified up to June 80.
1897, by the four commissions in Idaho
and Montana was 1921 $50 acres"
HOSEORD
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Troops In Fine Condition.

Chickamauga National Park. Ga,
May 23.-Maior James r. Ward. recent
ly i'm command of the 5th corps at Tam
pa, reported here to-day to General
Brooke, having been assigned by the war
department To the command OF the Sd
corps, now being formed here.
The first division of the LIST army corps
was reviewed to-day by Major General
James ii. Wilson and Inspector General
Breckenridge N STAFF. the latter care
fully inspecting the lines and declaring
himself very much plased at the APP
pearance and conduct Of the men in the
field. The lines were formed with re-
markable rapidly and precision. Then.
in a column of companies. hat is, each
company marching in line. one behind
another. the division advanced in splen-
did form. 1t was a grand sight to wit
ness and all the veterans I'm the camp
enjoyed the unusual spectacle.
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Graham In Command.

Washington. May 23.-Mat. Gen. Will
liam NJ. Graham formally assumed
command OF Camp Alger to-day. So
far as selected. his official stan consists
or Major Laid, 9th cavalry. quarter
paster; Captain Little. depot commits
sary, n Maj. NJ. G. Martin. depot
quartermaster. His personal staff will
be Lieutenant Summerall, 9Th artillery:
Lieutenant Devere. sd infantry, and
Major Heistand. formerly President
Mchlnleys military aide. General
Graham has established his h%eadquar-
tiers In the Graham house. about a mile
from the camp proper. The %headquar-
ters are on a knoll overlooking the
camp and beautifully located. General
Graham made a thorough inspection of
the camp to-day. paying particularly
close attention to the sanitary ar
r-angements. Tonight $3.50 men are in
camp. and the ota will be swelled to-
morrow to about 1000.
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CUBARS ARE NETTLEO
Severely Criticised by United
States Army Officers.
ARE GOOD ~BUSHWHACKERS
They Promise Brilliant Exploits in a
Short Time-Exaggerated Reports
by b Governor of
Porto Rico.
Copyrlght Isss by Associated Press.

Copyright lSSS by Associated Press.
Key West, fla May 23.-The Cuban
officers are greatly nettled by the criti-
cism of United States army officers who
say the Cubans are unable to make an
offensive campaign. They say that the
Cuban army is about TO distinguish it,
self by brilliant operations. United
States army and naval officers have a
poor opinion of the Cuban forces. The
rank and file are brave and willing
enough. 1t is conceded, and they are ex-
cellent bushwhackers, but they are be-
lfeved to be without anything like real
military training.
some of the New York newspapers re-
ceiVed here refer to the forts at San
Juan de Porto Rico as using smokeless
powder in answering the fire from Ad-
miral SIMPSONS squadron. but thi is
an error. Nor is there. probably, any
foundation for the Madrid statement
that the crew Of the French cruiser Ad-
miral Rigault dc G%enouilly cheered the
Spanish forts at San Juan. After the
bombardment ADMIRAL SIMPSONS
squadron hauled away. The Spanlards
undoubtedly believed that the attack
would be renewed The French cruiser
took advantage Of the cessation of firing
To rush out Of the harbor. and it seemed
to those on board the associated press
dispatch boat Dauntless that the
Frenchmen were badly frightened and
thinking of anything but raising a cheer.
The Spanish consul at st. Thomas re-
ceiVed reports from the captain gen.
eral of Porto Rico, among them, state
ments that the bombardment lasted I'M
til IL o'clock; that the Iowa was badly
disabled, so much that her bow sank
deep in the water and that the com
mander of the French cruiser sent a
fiery message To Paris d~enouncing the
bombardmcnt as brutal and i'm viola
tion of the rules of war. As a matter
of fact. the French officers and the Off
GERS of the United States cruiser Mont
gomery exchanged visits at ST. Thomas
and were very friendly. the Frenchman
saying that the bombardment was con-
Quoted in line with the best methods of
modern warfare.
The Spanish consul at St. Thomas in
quired OF the Dauntless IL there were
any signs of the expected uprising i'm
the Southern states. He declined an in
vitation to dine on board, saying his
presence on an American vessel. and
particularly the dispatch boat of the
associated press. would be calculated
to cause a grave scandal.
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supplied with money. He wrote as
many as 100 letters a day. and this. to-
gether with the discovery that he was
travelling under an assumed name. re-
suited In his arrest to-day. The case
will be thoroughly investigated.
Everything now waits on news from
the fleets. on he arrival to-day OF
the Iroquois, Santiago and Cherokee, 81
transports are now at the port. every
one fitted ready for embarkatlon. These
ships will easily accommodate $1,000 or
$4,000 men, somewhat over the total
number OF regular troops in camp here.
Ii is thought SO hours after rders are
Issued To embark every man, horse and
pound OF supplies can be placed on
board the vessels in waiting.
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A SIMPLE CEREMONY.
Arrangements for the Funera of Eng
lands Grand Old Man.


London, May 24-In accordance with
the wishes OF Mr.. Gladstone and the
family. expressed I'm Herbert Glad
stones letter to LORD Salisbury accept
ing a public funeral. the ceremony will
be the simplest possible. There will
be no state pageant or flowers; only
mourning dress will be worn. and the
chief feature will be the representative
gathering In Westminster Abbey OF all
classes and Institutions in the king
dom.
The Prince Of Wales and the Duke of
York will be among the pallbearers.
The Duke OF Connaught. the Duke OF
Cambridge and Prince Christian OF
Schleswig = Holstein Sonderburg will
precede the coffin. Political ~associa-
tions will no be represented. but the
members Of parliament will attend in
procession. headed by the speaker OF
the house of commons. the Rt. Hon.
william Court Gilly.
At a meeting OF members of the
American colony. held last evening at
the Holborn restaurant. IL was decided
TO send expressions OF sympathy to
Mrs. Gladstone. The suggestion was
made that the United States erect a
monument. a state OF the union on
tributing a block of stone for the base.
A committee was formed nde the
craftsmanship of DIR. Won Well to take
further steps in carrying out the sus-
gestion.
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Washington Burea of the Standard,
No. 1415, q Street, NJ. w.

Washington, May 20.-In the event
of an additional call for troops. which
is now anticipated by war department
authorities. it need surprise no reader
of the Standard to learn that Senator
Lee Mantle has been authorized to
raise the Fourth regiment of Independ-
ent United States cavalry. If such a
regiment Is called for and senator
Mantle becomes its colonel 1t will be
recruited from Montana and the neigh
boring states, largely, however, from
Montana. Either six or eight compan-
les of troops might be raised in the
state for this regiment and ii would
become peculiarly Montana's own reg
iment. Senator Mantle is known to
have expressed in a modest manner his
willingness to enter the service and do
what he can to aid our arms. The ex-
ample of patriotism shown in the vol
untary offer of a United States sena-
tor to take the field is too striking to
be refused, and the president will un-
doubleday commission Colonel Mantle
If the additional troops are called for.
Senator Mantle himself will not dis
cuss the probability of his enlistment,
but one of his colleagues says: Man
tie would make an admirable officer;
just the man to rouse great enthu-
siasm among his men and to do good
work in the field. His ability and ex-
perience are unquestioned. He was
brought up in a manner that make him
thoroughly familiar with ~hardships
and with the camp life. rough riding
and gun practice incident to the cav
airy service. He would be an officer
from civil life who would know how
to form a company without a prompt
err and how to mount a horse without
a derrick. He is in perfect physical
health and would surely make his
mark, particularly in command of
such zealous, brave and hardy fellows
al would be sure to enlist from the
mountain states in his command.
II know how Mantle feels about it"
continued this enthusiastic colleague of
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DECISION ON A FOUL.
Fourteen and n Half Rounds tive
Joe DAILY aud Kid Mcfarland

.""s
Joe o'y an" NJ" "ernrt'"""-
New York. May 3.-Jack DAILY of WIZ
mington. Del. got a decision on a foul
over Kid Mcfarland of this city after
having fought fourteen and a half rounds
in the Lenox Athletic club Tonight. DaIy
was the favorite in the betting. s1Oo to
$40 being laid on his chapces Rotb men
turned the scales at Is2 pounds at 3
o'clock this afternoon and when they
stripped tonight they were In excellent
trim.
The bout was a rattling good one while
Il lasted. but from the eighth II was very
evident that DAILY would get the better
OF Mcfarland. as the latter lost control
OF his temper Mcfarland sprung a new
| blow in the second round. a left lab in
| the face quickly brought down to the kid
| news. While both men cunched repea ted
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Ordered 10 Vancouver.

Vancouver Barracks. Wash. May %.
Orders were issued to-day by COM
mand Of Major General Merriam. direct
ing the End battalion ~ the LIST regiment
OF Washington volunteers. under COM
mand Of Colonel j. II. Whoiley. now
stationed at Tacoma. to proceed without
delay to Vancouver barracks and take
station. The battalion. consisting of four
complies, 416 men n officers. Is expect
ed to arrive here Wednesday or Thurs
day. Lieutenant Colonel James n. ALI
son received orders to-day relieving hin
from duty as chief commissary of the
Department OF the Columbia and direct
ing him to proceed to Falls Church. Va.
and report to Major General Graham.
End army corps. as chief commissary Of
ficer on his staff.