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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-08-18
HOME OF SNAKES.
Sixty Eight Large RattIesnakes Killed in
an Hour.

SiXty-Eight Large Rattlesnakes Killed in
Hour.
For years it has been known in the
locality of New Germany in Garrett
county that there was snake den or
rendezvous in the Allegheny noun
tains. The den is IN ledge of rocks
which rises from fifty to two hundred
feet in height, and at certain inter
walls the reptiles crawl out of their
rendezvous and become quite troub-
lesOme: so a day or two ago it was
decided by number of farmers and
others to raid the den.
Armed with clubs, guns and any
old thing that would despatch a rat
tier" they marched in solid phalanX
to the home of the reptiles and were
not disappointed in finding them at
home as they were having a family
reunion on that occasion and were all
in, together with number of invited
guests. A more propitious time could
not have been selected and when the
farmers opened fire they were met by
rattle from the rendezvous that
would seem to indicate that the whole
mountain was hollow and filled with
snakes, each reptile shaking its tail
in a defiant manner.
The fight lasted one hour and when
the farmers retired they looked
around over the field and picked up
siXty-eight rattlesnakes, the smallest
of which is said to have measured
four feet and had ten rattles. Besides
the old ones large number of young
ones were killed. Only a few days
previous party visited the den and
killed eighteen snakes.
1t is understood that Smith. the
Garrett county snake catcher, has
caught seventy-fve rattlesnakes in
the neighborhood of the rendezvous,
and that he has quart cup full of
rattles.
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traffic. Oh, for volunteers to cut the
Cardenas wires of saloon and party
conventions.
MAY this war with Spain teach all
of us the lesson of our responsibility
for social disorder. Somebody is re-
sponsibile for the liquor traffic, and
there's chance for heroism in the war
against it. l haven't any use for the
people who don't do anything-who
simply sit by the fireside. The little
lad in the Scriptures had but few
loaves and some fishes, but they were
sufficient to feed the multitude. My
brother, what's that in your hand
only little American ballot? Use it
then to down the saloon"
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The Wars Best Gift.
never thought it would come to this;
It's strange, but reckon it's true;
For it's jest one country, and jest one flag
And we're all a-wearin the blue!

never thought it would come to this;
It's strange but reckon it's true;
For it's jest one country, and jest one flag,
And we're all a-wearin the blue!
ELIZA CALVERT HALL ,
We have taken Cuba; we hold Puer-
to Rico; the Philippines are within
our grasp. We have learned that we
have the best sailors in the world,
and that our volunteer soldiers fight
like veterans. We find that ship for
ship our navy cannot be equaled, and
that our gunners have lost none of
their fathers skill. But, better far
than this, the war has given us a real
union-true, unQuestioned and indie
structible. 1t exists to-day as it never
has before in our history, not merely
as cold and calculated compact be-
tween States Jealous of each other,
not as the result of~policy or of fear
or of force, but at last as it was in
tended in the beginning by the faith
ers. 1t exists no longer merely in the
mind, but in the heart Of each Amer
lean. Mckinley has had the glory of
seeing the fruition and completion of
Lincoln's hopes and aims.
1t is almost impossible to conceive
how strong and satisfying to Ameri
can hearts the love of the Union has
grown; but the evidences appear on
every hand. The Southland has sup
piled its Hobsons, the North its
Deweys; and who Of us all is less proud
of the one than of the other? Nor
have sectional lines alone been oblit-
Grated. Differences of religious con-
viction have proved equally impOtent
to divide us. What Catholic wavered
in his loyalty because Spain was
wholly Catholic, or what Protestant
failed to show his Indignation when
Protestant Germany threatened to
NEEDLE?
From whatever point we look the
country's solidarity is the great, the
striking fact. During the war poll
tics scarcely exist. Democrats were
as anxious to vote supplies as were
republicans; and republican Presi-
dent honored himself by making
many of his chief appointments from
the ranks of the democracy. Better,
still. if that be possible, has been the
bringing together of all classes of
Americans into the only rightful bond
of national brotherhood and common
citizenship. Where are Bryan's
teachings of class hatred now? Will
it not be as difficult hereafter to make
a Rough Rider hate Roosevelt and
Astor simply because they have mon
ely as to convince him that the price
of wheat depends upon that of silver
since the markets demonstration of
that fallacy? After sleeping on the
malarial ground together, facing fire
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Grand Army Day, Mountain Lake Park,
Maryland.

Grand Army Day, Mountain Lake Park,
Maryland.
The last excursion of the season to
the great Mountain Chautauqua will
be run Friday, August Goth. The
season at the Park this year has been
the most prosperous in the history of
the Chautauqua, and the closing day
will certainly sbe a record breaker,
The most magnificent spectacle ever
presented at this famous resort will
be given. 1t will pay people to come
many, many miles to see it.
The day will be full of patriotism.
The magnificent orator, Homer b.
Sprague, will talk in the morning on
when | was in Jail, or the Bright
Side of Life in Confederate Prisons
In the afternoon magnificent CON
cert of war songs and an address by
Frank G. Bruner, chaplain-in-chief of
the Grand Army of the Republic, on
THE Little Brown Button" He is a
marvellous orator. He is on his way
to the great &. A. Il. gathering in
Cincinnati. There will be a camp
fire of old soldiers with fun and rem
iniscences. At night, great concert
by the chorus under DR.. Pontius. the
Cecilia Lady Quartette, Miss Gertrude
Robinson and her harp, Miss Louise
Robinson and her violin, Miss Upde-
graft, sOloist, and then after the con-
cert Capt. Bob Cook and his Water
Show Company will, on the lake, pre-
sent the Battle of Manila" the most
realistic production which the coun-
tay has seen. A fleet of ten boats are
engaged in great bombardment
Two of the monitors especially built
for the occasion will be blown to
atoms. 1t will be brilliant display
of fire works. On the island fort
will be erected which will be bonn
barded by Capt. Cook and the Span
ish flag will be hauled down and the
American flag raised. 1t will be a
grand and a glorious night.
Excursion trains with plenty of car
room and cheap fare will run from
Fairmont and Clarksburg and inter
mediate stations, returning after all
is over at night. Don't forget this
last grand excursion of the season and
the wonderful events of the day.
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The appointment of Colonel John
Hay, our present Ambassador to
Great Britain, to succeed Judge Day
as secretary of State will be satisfac-
tory to the people of the United
States. Mr.. Hay has undoubted dip
lomatic ability. He has acquitted
himself with distinction as our repre-
sentative in England at a time when
war with a European Power gave
him unusual opportunities of help or
hindrance. He has earned the good
will of the British nation and the
grateful appreciation of his own coun-
trymen. His knowledge of the Euro
pean situation will stand him in good
stead in dealing with the difficult
problems growing out of the war
with Spain.
In sending Whitelaw Reid, the edi-
tor of the New York Tribune, to sue
coed Colonel Hay in the Ambassador
ship at the Court of st. James the
President may not please all the Re-
publicans in the State of New York,
but he has earned credit for backb bone
and as a lover of justice. Mr.. Reid
will serve the country acceptably.
He has richly deserved this reward
at the hands of a Republican Admin
istration. In honoring him the Presi-
dent has again honored the craft to
which he belongs, than which no
other has better deserved such dis
| tinctiOn.
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The surrender of Manila on Satur-
day last completes the series of Phil
ippine wal incidents begun by Com
modore Dewey's destruction of the
Spanish fleet in May. The Bay of
Manila has been held by our fleet since
that event, but the harbur and city
have been held by Captain General
August with great pertinacity
against the Americans as well as the
Filipinos under Aguinaldo. The sur
render appears to have occurred after
the protocol was signed at Washing
ton, but this circumstance will scarcely
be considered of practical impOr!
lance in the final adjustment of the
treaty. Under the terms of the pro-
tocol the United States will occupy
and hold the city, bay and harbor of
Manila pending the conclusion of a
treaty of peace. which shall deter
mine the control. disposition and gov
eminent of the Philippines. 1t will
be interesting, however, to learn Ag-
uinaldo's attitude toward the affair
Baltimore Sun.
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At midnight the drunken ruffians
started out with their torches and
hounds. The authorities knew what
might be expected, but they never
raised hand. Some of the Spanish
residents joined the soldiers and sail
ors, and the sayages rushed out of the
city with blood-curdling yells and
whoOps.
At that time there were no yellow
journals, and newspaper correspond
ents were not, as a rule, recruited
from Bedlam. This will explain why
the brief accounts of the affair in
those days lacked the vivid descrip-
tive touches would be given to such
a story now.
The morning after the hunt groups
of staggering murderers roamed up
and down the streets of Santiago,
boasting of their deeds the night be-
fore.
These monsters seemed to feel pride
and pleasure in their murderous car
nival, and they were never weary of
the subjects. Some of them admitted
that they had hunted down women
and 10-year old girls and subjected
them to such frightful violence as to
cause their death.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-08-18

Thirty years ago, during the great
instruction of the Cubans which
lasted fully a decade, the Spanish
authorities got the notion into their
heads that the Masons were disloyal,
and plotted treason in their secret
meetings. The Grand Lodge had
been in the habit of holding it's SEES
sions at Santiago, and had never been
disturbed by the military officials.
Upon this occasion. however, it
was rumored, that there was trouble
in store for the members of the order,
and they learned that they would be
arrested. 1t was said that the sol
diers had been ordered to burn the
building and its inmates if they were
resisted.
Under the circumstances these
peaceful and law abiding Masons de
cided to have no secret session. They
held a social reunion with open doors.
Without any warning a crowd of
soldiers rushed into the hall, and
with drawn sabres and fixed bayonets,
and arrested the members of the
lodge. The prisoners were told that
they would be sent to Havana for
trial, but, notwithstanding this prom
Use, they were reused from their sleep
at daybreak the next morning and
marched outside the city's walls and
shot.
But the worst was to come. The
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-08-18

According to an old newspaper mar
ratiye of the tragedy, the American
Counsel at Santiago, who was a Ma
son, proceeded with a party of men
to the woods, the next morning, to
see what could be done to help the
sufferers.
He had nine of the murdered wom-
enand children decently buried. The
few who survived would have been
better off dead. Seven We're suffer-
ing from Outrages which cannot be
described.
One girl had her entire breast bit
ten off, and one had been choked to
death in the iron grip of ruthless
soldier.
The Consul returned sick at heart,
realizing his utter inability to do
anything.
Many Masons throughout the world
have fondly hoped that Santiago
would some day suffer for her part in
this crime without parallel. They
wanted to hear of the city's complete
destruction by our siege guns. They
wanted this foul stronghold of Span
ish tyranny blotted from the map.
All this is natural, and yet it is un-
reasonable. Perhaps not one of the
red-handed butchers of 30 years ago
are now living in Santiago.
The survivors are probably scatter
ed over many quarters of the globe.
Justice may not have overtaken them
yet, but their time will come. If they
escape in this world, they will surely
suffer in the next. There is a God of
vengeance as well as God of mercy.
WALLACE p. REED.
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OF the 5000 driven into the woods
at the time of the massacre only 40 or
so were living in 1874. Starvation
and exposure killed some, but others
were murdered, or SO mangled by
bloodhounds that their remains could
not be identified.
The execution of the captured crew
of the Virginius made the Spaniards
more bloodthirsty than ever. One
night the officers and men of the Tor
nado celebrated their triumph and
they drank brandy until they were
like madmen. Something was said
about the widows and daughters of
the Masons, who were hiding in the
woods, and the jewellers got ready for
a grand hunt by torchlight.
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REMITTANCES;

Remttances made by money order, bank
draft, registered letter or express order will
be at our risk if made otherwise, at the risk
of the sender. Address.
THE REPUBLICAN,,
Oakland, Md.
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From time to time in those days
the newspapers limited at these atroc-
tiles, but the outside world did not
interfere, and the Spanish butchers
had it all their own way.
A few weeks after the massacre of
the Masons the widow of one of the
victims, who was about to become a
mother, was charged with robbery
and hunted down by gang of bru-
tai soldiers.
There was no evidence against the
woman. In fact, there had been no
robbery. The victim was placed be-
tween two pine boards, and big,
heavy soldier sat down on the pris-
oner, taking good care to make his
weight felt as much as possible. This
was done to force a confession.
The tortured thing died without
confessing, and her dead body was
left in the woods, where it was par
TALLY devoured by dogs. Similar out
RACES were committed until compar-
atively few of the fugitives in the
forests were left alive.
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A Santiago Harror 80 Years Ago.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
Perhaps a few members of the pres
ent day still remember the horrible
slaughter of mem bers of the Masonic
Grand Lodge which met in Santiago
a generation ago.
The story excited the indignation
of the civilized world at the time 1t
was regarded as~-the blacklist horror
of the century, and it did much to
shape the public sentiment of Chris
tian nations and array it against the
cruel domination of Spain in the
bountiful island which has so long
been regarded as the most precious
Jewel in her crown.
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This is not quixotic and visionary.
1t is the purest of national good sense.
The quixotic thing is belief in the
physical repression of a people. The
discontinued never yet learned to be
contented by being further outraged.
Our own Indian experience ought to
have taught us this. If our congress
men therefore yield to noisy and unre
Elective demands for the control of
our new charges by men armed to ar
que with bullets, we shall not only place
a large burden on our shoulders but
come near to proving ourselves as I'M
worthy as Spain to administer colon
ies.-There is of course another as
pect of the present demand for an
increase of our army and navy. 1t
relates to the fear of outside inter
ference and the tilching from us of
our new frontier trading posts. The
groundlessness of this fear also will
be touched on in our next.
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is strange. If, therefore, in our new
possessions we grant the reforms that
are needed; if we deal fairly with poor
trembling wretches whose souls will
rejoice at the faintest glimmer of
rights, we shall have no serious diff
culties with them. Successful ad-
ministration in such case and in
practically all cases "a lesson Europe
is slow to learn consists in doing JUS
tice and showing religious liberation.
Just men and upright in public posi-
tions at every point we control will
be mightier for peace and for success
than the most imposing army we can
gather together. In fact let it be
said, we doubt the propriety of the
United States taking any outside
territory if there is to be reliance on
mere physical force for it's retention.
We have not been brought up with
such weak, bolstered, crutched ideas
of government.
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wives and children of the murdered
Masons were tried before a court
martial for treason. They were con-
victed; their property was confiscat-
ed, and they were forbidden to leave
the province. At the same time it
was made penal offense for any per-
son to aid these unfortunates.
Without shelter, food or money,
these helpless people fled to the for
esJs, where they lived together and
became one common family. The
women and children were forced to
endure the most barbarous persecu-
ton, and they were frequently false
ly charged with robbing in order to
afford the Spaniards the exciting and
amusing spectacle of a chase with
savage bloodhounds.
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But the worst was to come. The
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-10-13
FORECLOsURE SALE.

Notice is hereby given, that that certain mort
gage, executed and delivered by William
Illerbrun. mortgagor, to Farmers Trust Com
pany MORTGAGE, dated the Slst day of May,
\. D. eighteen hundred and nincty-fve and
filed for record in the Office OF the register of
deeds of the county of Cavalier and State OF
North Dakota, on the 9Th day of August, A.
D. 1895, and recorded in book Is of mortgages,
at page 13l, will be forccloscd by sale of the
premises in such mortgage and hereinafter de-
Scribed, at the front door of the Courthouse in
the town of Langdon, in the County of Cavalier
and State of North Dakota, at the hour of 2
O'Clock p m, on the 4th day of November 1898, to
satisfy the amount due upon said mortgage on
the day of sale.
The premises described in said mortgage and
which will be sold to satisfy the same, are those
certain premises situated in the county of Cava-
lier and State of North Dakota, and described
as follows, to-wit: The north half of the north
west quarter of section twenty one and the
south-haf and the northeast quarter of the
southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of
section sixteen, township one hundred and
sixty-three north, of range sixty west of the
Fifth ?. NJ, containing 40 acres more or less
according to U. ). government survey.
There will be due on such mortgage at the date
of sale the sum of Fifteen hundred and twenty
two dollars and seventy-si1 cents principal and
interest together with the sum of twelve
dollars and ninety cents for taxes necessari
ly paid on said mortgagcd premises by said
MORTGAGE and interest, also the sum of Seven
ty-tive Dollars Attorneys fees for foreclosing
said mortgage as allowed by statute.
Dated at Fargo North Dakota this 23rd day
of August, 1898.
FARMERS TRUST COMPANY.
Il. H. COSHUE, Mortgage.
Attorney for Mortgage,
i-12 Fargo ~ Dakota
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-10-13
FORECLOSURE SALE.

Notice is hereby given, That that certain mort
gage, executed and delivered by William Illcr.
brun, mortgagor, to the Farmers Trust Company
mortgage, dated the 31st day of May, 4. D.
eighteen hundred and ninety-five and filed for
record in the office of the Register of Deeds of
the County of Cavalier and State of North Da-
kota, on the 9th day of August, 4. D. 1895, and
will be foreclosed by sale of the premises in
such Mortgage and hereinafter described, at
the front door of the Courthouse in the town of
Langdon, in the County of Cavalier and State
OF North OAK ota, at the hour of2 o'clock D. M,
on the 18th day of October, 1898 to satisfy the
amount due upon said Mortgage on the day of
sale.
The premises described in said Mortgage and
which will be sold to satisfy the same are
those, certain premises situated in the county of
Cavalier and State of North Dakota and de-
scrlbed as follows, to-wit The southwest quar-
ter or the southwest quarter of section sixteen
ana the northwest quarter of the southeast
quarter of the southwest quarter of section
sixteen, IN township one hundred and sixty
three north, of range sixty west, of the fifth P.
NJ. containing 80 acres more or less according to
L. ). government survey thereof.
There will be due on such mortgage at the
date of sale the sum of six hundred and eighty
seven dollars and sixty-seven cents. PRINCIPAL
and interest together with the sum of five dol
lars ana - cents Tor taxes necessarily paid by
said mortgage on said mOrtgaged premises
and interest, together with the sum of fifty dol
lars Attorney fees for forcclosnS said mort
gage as allowed by statute.
Dated at Fargo, North Dakota, this 18Th day
of August 1898.
FARMERS TRUST COMPANY.
II. n. COSHtS. Mortgage.
Attorney for Mortgage.
i-1O Fargo, y. Dakota.