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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-07-27
Minnesota Briefs

Paul, was fined s25 for watering his
goods.
Col. Reeve, of the 18th regiment, ac-
knowledges the receipt of Red Cross
funds.
At Rush City, the 10-year-old son of
A. Larson fell upon his jackknife, the
blade of which penetrated his right
lung.
Experts say the Minnesota exhibit
of wool at Omaha is the finest at the
exposition.
The republicans of the 18th judicial
district nominated A. E. G1ddings of
Anoka for Judge.
The Church of the Holy Trinity of
Belle Plain fled articles of incorpora-
ton with the secretary of state.
Insurance Commissioner Dearth has
notified the Western Mutual Life In
surance association at Chicago to show
cause why its license shall not be re-:
voked on account of discrimination
shown certain classes of policy holders.
The state military storekeeper, Cap
tain Converse. has on hand a quantity
of Identification medals. which will be
engraved for the boys of the 18th regi-
ment as soon as they are all mus
tered in.
Private Warehouse, Company E,
14th Minnesota. was convicted at Camp
Chicamauga of having been asleep on
duty and was sentenced to three
months hard labor and to pay fine
of $50.
Charles Christensen, aged ~ years,
fell unconscious in front of the post
Office in st. Paul, the result of sun
stroke. He will recover.
Mrs. Martha Nelson, of St. Paul,
picked up can containing gasoline,
t thinking it was water, and poured into
. frying pan on the stove. An explo-
, sion followed, badly burning Mrs. Nell
son and her son.
Miss Ina r. n. Barbour killed her
: self at Mendoza by pistol shot through
the head. Miss Barbour was formerly
directress of the st. Paul school of fine
arts, and was considered one of the
best teachers of drawing that ever
came West -
An interesting feature of the sum-
mer school which opens at the state
! university Aug. ! will be the depart
ment of domestic science. It will be
!. conducted by Mrs Mary B. James y
Geo. n. Spray. q we'll known attor-
ney, was killed in Minneapolis by the
street cars. He was caught between
!, the tracks AID dragged for nearly q
block
The herald., 1898-05-09
EIGHT FORMIDABLE BATTlfSHIPS'
Are Booked For Long Voyage Across
the Atlantic Ocean
The Canaries to be Siezed as Base For Which to
Garry on the War in Spanish
Waters
SPECIAL TO THE HERALD

OLD POINT COMFORT V May 8The Minneapolis expected to join
the flying squadron this afternoon and the New Orleans has already arrived
The flying squadron growing sz and the belief strongly
taned that destined to strike its first blow the Canary Islands,
ST. Paul. commanded by Captain SgSbe also its here also
understood here that the Iowa will be added making the complete squadron
consist of the Brooklyn Iowa. Massachusetts, Texas Minneapolis,
Orleans ST. Paul and Scorpion With this fleet Commodore Scy
be able resist the attack of squadron Spain could MUSTER would
have trouble sng the Canes and making them the
plies for aggressive against Spain her New
Orleans and St. Paul both expected arrive here
squadron will therefore be ready sail tomorrow. believed only
the arrival of these two cruisers delaying its departure The hospital
ship Soace has left for Key cutter Suwan
charge Of Lieutenant Commander Daniel Deahanty.
The herald., 1898-05-09
VIzCAYA CHASING THE MONTGOMERY
With Fair Chance Of Running Foul Of
SIMPSONS Fleet
The One Question Apparently Most in Doubt Just Now
Is the Whereabouts of the Spanish
Fleet
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS SPECIAL WIRE.


PORT AU PRINCE Hay IT, May S(Copyigh, tS9S)-The United
States Montgomery Commander G. Converse supposed to
have been engaged with much larger Spanish last night northwest
Of Cape en seaport town of ayd its north coast ninety miles
north of Port au Prince
While the French Onde Rodgues from Hav April Is
for yhen por Cape Hayien Spanish wahp said to have
been watching her. taking the steamer for American vessel When the
Rodgues left Cape ayen the Spanish warhp approached her and
allowed her to continue to this port recognizing the French flag
The United States cruiser Montgomery left Cape Hyen after
ward and the Spanar which presumed have been watching for her.
said to have pursued the both Of them putting full steam
The Spnad according the story told by the of the French
gained the pursuit. which witnessed from the bridge Of the
Onde Rodrigus by the officers Of that vessel
The two warships they say in the direction, with the
Spanad behind The latter appeared be formidable vessel and much
larger and faster than the Montgomery.
BY ngha added four discharges of heard which
supposed be the result the Spnd firing the American
ship Darkness further sad prevented any further observations being
made though the French officers the bright that the battle
could have been continued especially the beautifully calm only
mild trade wind blowing from the land
Strange say appears that all the Of the French boat
below supper while this exciting incident occurring but the officers
Of the steamer which arrived here today they confident the Mont
gomey ovemachd and that her escaping
to shore during the darkness.
The herald., 1898-05-09
Porto Rico InsurAents
BY Associated Press Special Wire.


BY Associated Press Special Wire.
NEW YORK, May S.-The Herald
tomorrow will say: Members of the
Porto Rico revolutionary junta in
this city have received advices from
the West Indies, stating that the ma.
tives of Porto Rico have risen at
Junicas and Balamar, and that upon
the arrival of the United States fleet.
10000 men will take the field against
Spain.
According to the letters from tho
island, which have just arrived, the
feeling in the entire island, outside Of
San Juan, is one of hostility TO
Spain, and the capture of the island
by this country will be welcomed by
the better class Of residents. Rob-
ert H. Todd, the secretary of the
junta, said last night that the
Porto Ricans have only been waiting
for favorable opportunity to throw
off the yoke of Spain. He added:
General Blanco has endeavored to
mislead the Porto Ricans by sending
them reports Of victories against the
American fleet. When the truth IS
learned in Porto Rico there viii b
great rejoicing, and Admiral Sampson
will have all of Porto Rico at his feet
the moment he has captured San
Juan"
The herald., 1898-05-09
A BiA Mosquito Fleet

WASHINGTON May 8CSpea to The Head) The United States
thirty days. will have fleet Of torpedo boats half
pdo boat desoyers add Admiral Sampon Atlantic squadron
These mosquito vessels have been under construction for
and fast nearing completion The droys being built at
erresho syad Newport and the torpedo boats places
in Connecticut and Rhode Island One the first things done
dent Mckinley after placed the appropriation of Sooooooo
his hands for the national defense the boats
The secret well kept When the naval strag called
uaon the presidents attention directed strength of the
Spanish its torpedo boats and the American navy
in this respect.
The comparison striking that the president authorized Secretary
Long Immediately enter negotiations with such spbudng firms
could construct torpedo boats The secretary made hundred
torpedo boats and six torpedo boat deoyer Carnegie Co. were given
the contract to make the steel frames Of the boats already filled
their of the work. is expected that within month the
MOSQUITO will be launched.
The herald., 1898-05-09
The Fleet Sighted

PORT AU PRINCE Hayi, May 8-(Copyright 1889 reported
from Cape ayen that SIMPSONS squadron sighted the north The
arrival rumoed late this evening warshp
others at Porto Rico, and battle is expected Tuesday
The vessel which pursued the cruiser Montgomery supposed
been the Spanish warshp Vzcay and suggested that possibly the
Montgomery enced the Spanad within striking distance of Admiral
Sampson The of the German ship Bolivia Captain Bruhn which
arrived today said they heard cannondng the north o'clock this
afternoon
Advces from Cape Hayten that yesterday off Mole ST. Nicholas
Spanish washps captured schooner Cape aytn
The herald., 1898-05-09
Troops for Porto Rico

CAPE HAYTEN ay, May 8-Copyrighted 1.-The Associated
Press dispatch boat Daunt has arrived here According adv from
Martinique the Spanish fleet has not been sighted off the island
governor Porto Rico recently received orders from
Madrid provide aons for He asked
arrival got reply: movements Of Spanish are kept
strictly question be Be prepared"
reported that Spanish washp ST. Thomas on
Thursday but they probably only gunboas from Porto
Rico scouting.
The herald., 1898-05-09
The Fleet Approaching

NEW YORK. May 6-The World has received the following copy
rghted cegm from George Bronson dated Puerto Plata Sano
Domingo May "Domndon officials report heavy cannonadns off the
north Of Monte Crist about fifty miles from here.
M believed here that Rear Admiral Sampson engaging the Spanish
Cape Verde fleet The firing began about o'clock this morning and
terrific The American fleet to arrive Porto Rcan yes
terday The Spanish fleet expected about the time
Sampson here with orders to find the fleet and reduce it. He
will after destroying the Spanish ships begin strict blockade and
sary he will lombard Porto Rico"
The herald., 1898-05-09
And Its Greed Is Composed Of Four
Distinct Negatives
Spain Without Cuba Porto Rico and the Philippines and Her
Fleet the Bottom Of the Sea, Could Never Pay Her
Bonds, Hence This Paintive Prayer for Peace

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The herald., 1898-05-09
Is On the Way

ATLANTA May 8Te Journal has the following cabegm
Cape Haytien, via Hayt:
"sampsons off here the Spanish armada and lombard
Porto Rico"
The herald., 1898-05-09
The FlyInA Squadron

ON FLAGSHIP BROOKLYN, OLD POINT COMFORT, Va
May 8-Th day here miserable cold and rainy and nothing
great interest ansped The Veuvus went out early the day. bound
for West join SIMPSONS squadron but returned p
of heavy weather The Suwan will tonight the
port Neither this vessel the New Orleans has arrived The
latter is expected here in the morning.
The herald., 1898-05-09
BIaneo Made a Mistake

MADRID May 8-An official dispatch Havana says wreckape be-
longing the Cincinnati has washed ashore some
dent may have happened to her. Captain Bancos dispatch adds
that believed the Cincinnati has foundered
The herald., 1898-05-09
More Nonsense

WASHINGTON May 8Secretary Long Bancos report hs
foundeng OF the Cincinnati baSe the ship Key West He
also denies the Montgomery has had engagement expects news
from our fleets before
The herald., 1898-05-09

OIIICIIIIldtI. oIc HdS peen lylng mere
several days, and nothing is wrong
with her.
The herald., 1898-05-09
The Vessel All Riaht

KEY WEST Fla May 3d. 7i5 mThere foundation for Cap.
tain General Ranco dispatch Madrid the United cruiser
The herald., 1898-05-09
Has Not Yet Arrived

THOMAS, West Indies May g. m-The American fleet ha
not yet arrived off Porto Rico
The Spanish Rita and Paula have sought refuge here They
had cargo intended for Porto Rico Later they cleared for
and westward.
The Spanish steamer Alfonso XIII is reported to have arrived San
Juan de Porto Rico
The times., 1898-11-13

the Bassick mine exceeded s350.000. an
average value of $3.50 a ton. Pockets We're
opened giving 600 a ton. So valuable
was the ore that for a time TO prevent
stealing. the miners We're stripped naked
on entering the mine and furnished with
another suit. This they wore during the
shift and exchanged it for their own on
leaving. Dinner baskets were prohibited
and an armed guard stood at the head
of every drift, but Notwithstanding these
precautions it is generally believed that
more than 100000 was stolen, and this
seems not improbable when We consider
that quantities of tellurium ore were met
worth $40 pound.
Excitement and interest grew with
every days Developments and before the
end of 1873 Edmund C. Bassick received
SSuO'VOo FOR an eight-tenths interest, the
largest sum ever paid for a mine UP to
that time in the State. He sold this in
terest to Dennis Ryan, of St Paul, and
t. G. Brown, of New York who organ
lied the Bassick Mining Company. They
are reputed TO have taken immense sums
| cut of the mine. The main shaft reached
a depth of 400 feet with drifts radi ting
| from this in every direction, showing the
ore to exist In the form of a great Chin
rey, but in the course of time the COM
| pany began to run into debt. The prop
| erty was again sold in 1886 and litigation
began, which lasted until May of the
present year, when a decision was rem
| dered in favor of the Bassick hei.s. Bas-
sick died in this city last March. IL will
cost pile of money to get the mine into
| working shape, but millions are believed
to await the people who are willing to
! put up the money, pump out the shaft,
! put in new machinery and inject new
| life into the oId-time bonanza"
The times., 1898-11-13
RICHEST ON EARTH.
Colorado, Utah. and California Hold
Untold Beds of Gold.
q. A. Latcha in The Forun.)

o.. A. Lltcha in The Forurn-)
II a pin be placed at Denver. Col, on
the map and another at Stockton, Cal,
and string be drawn from one to the
other, an air line will be marked. passing
through the heart of a wonderful gold
territory. Slightly to the north of Den
yer is Central City, and southwest of that
city Is Cripple Creek; about thirty miles
to the north of the string Leadville will
be found; in the southwest corner OF Col
orado will appear Telluride. Rico and
other points where gold is mined; Marys-
vale in Utah, almost due south OF Salt
Lake City, VIII appear to the south of the
string: fifty miles to the north of it, near
the line between Utah and Nevada, will
appear Osceola; Deep Creek lies north of
Osceola, and on the southern edge of the
great desert west of Salt Lake; Detroit
and several other rich gold camps are
due east of Osceola; Phoebe lies one hun
dred miles south of the string and the
wonderfully rich gold territory of the
Monkey Wrench District lies southwest
of Phoebe.
Now, north and south of the string will
appear dotted on the map of Nevada the
gold camps of Grant Frieburg, Reveille.
Kawich Valley, San Antonio, Gold Peak.
Hot Springs, Beileville. Candelara and
numerous others Almost under the string,
in California, we find Bodie, and to the
north of it Markleville and other points
all on the eastern slope of the Sierra
Nevada mountains. On the wesern slope
of the great Sierras the string will be
almost on the Utica mine, which is To-
Gated between San Andreas and Sonora.
North and south of the Utica mine are
hundreds of rich gold mines in profitable
operation.
The distance from Denver TO Stockton
is about twelve hundred miles. On no
portion of the habitable globe is there u
region so continuously and enormously
rich in gold as the territory described,
and yet, Notwithstanding this fact, the
progressive Yankee has scarcely made a
start in opening and developing these
riches which have been entombed for
millions of years, and which will remain
so sepulchered until we awaken to an ap-
probation of the fact that the States of
Colorado, Utah, Nevada and California
bear within their bosoms more wealth
than ever was dreamed of by Croesus.
The times., 1898-11-13
BASSLCK kept His word
Never Forgave the Man Who
Once Refused Him Food.
FROM POVERTY TO MILLIONS
After He Made His Strike His Wife
and Daughter Performed the
Houscwork in Their Dingy Mining
Cabin Arrnyed I'm Costly SILK and
Satin.

The news which comes from New York
20 the effect that a corporation known as
the Bassick Gold Mine Company has
been formed for the purpose of working
the famous Bassick mines at Rosita, Col,
recalls the history of one of the most
famous properties in the State, writes a
Denver correspondent of the New York
Sun. The history of the discovery of the
Bassick mine and of its discoverer is
best told by one who was and is familiar
with all the circumstances surrounding
the finding and working of the famous
property.
Edmund C Bassick drifted into Gus
ter County, Col, about 1875 or 1876 Orig
inalIy from the State of Maine, he had
wandered all over-the earth. He is said
to have made and lost fortune in Aus
tralia: he had whacked bulls across the
plains; had been a butcher, saloon keep
er, a sailor. and an all-around prospectOr
and adventurer.
''Wha;ever truth there may be in these
accounts. this much is certain: When
Bassick struck Rosta, with his wife and
little yellow-haired girl he was about as
unpromising a type ever wore jum-
per or pounded a burro across a noun
tain. He had neither friends money nor
hope. Before the little shanty, still point
ed out, where his wife did the washing
for the camp and the little yeiiow-haired
girl fried the bacon and potted the sue
culent bean. the future multi-millionaire
spent his days smoking his pipe and
browsing In the sun. In this same shanty
she who perspired over the washtub and
the little one who saw life through the
mingled odor of grease and steaming
clothes wore later silks and laces. When
fortune came the natural instinct for per-
sonal adornment asserted itself. and
there, amid the dingy. sordid surround
ings of sooty windows, warped board
floors, uncertain and ill-mated furnish
ings mother and daughter wore silks and
laces-ate, slept, cooked and washed in
them.
''As for Bassick, the sense of to him
dInes-unlimited. oilsoaked. tin-boXed sar-
dimes. The day s12 check came down
from Blackhawk for a mere handful of
ore sent up for treatment Bassick was
found before Johnson's supply store
seated on the plank walk, his jaws drip
ping with oil. dozen empty sardine
boxes strewn about him, and dozen 9TH
ers waiting the deft thrust of the horn.
handled knife
Yes. he said. I like these things, ant
now that 1 am rich l propose TO have al
the sardines / want, b'gosh.
Later the Bassicks learned the luxury
of wealth; they returned to the East, Il
be dined. wined, feted, lionized and ter
rorized by the monster called society
The times., 1898-11-13

wANTED-Ladies to know that MRS. LIylNGs-
TON, OF New York, owner and patentee O:
'The self-Adjnsting Garment-cutting Machine.
has taken plrIoTs at 6Cs 12th st. NV, and desires
Inc Measure Of showing this wonderful invention
for cutting ladies' and chidren's garments with
out paper patterns, pencils, weights. screws, or
pins 4 garment can be cut in five minutes. and
perfect fit guaranteed. In order to CONVINCE
the skeptical she will without charge, teach any
oue TO cut garment. SOS offered, Sl2 this
week, which includes machine, instructions in
cutting waists, single or double under arm;
French and tailor bodices, sleeves, skirts, prin-
cess gowns, Louis jackets, box coats. copying
fashion-plates; also matching plaids and stripes.
oe27-lmo
The times., 1898-11-13
SHE MADE MONEY.
A New England Woman, With Forty
Dollars Who Could Knit.
From the Pittsburg Leader.y

From the Pittsburg Leader.)
Up at South Penobscot. Me-, lives the
mitten capitalist of the United States.
Mrs. A c. Condor is the name of this
wealthy Individual, and she distributes
every year from 120o0 10 L. 5.e0e dozen pairs
of mittens. She is a living illustration
The times., 1898-11-13
CUBAN
INFORMATION

An attorney Of this city will go to Havana
December l. He will, for a consideration, under
take to execute commissions, obtain information
and make report. For each client the information
will be definite and reliable. What do you want
to know about Cuba? Before you invest or go
there you should have special knowledge of the
facts. Address ATTORNEY, this Office. 1t
The times., 1898-11-13
Sir Russell Dequi, Psychic Palmist,

Reads human life from
the cradle TO the grave
by A science as unerring
as the laws of grayita-
tion.
So extraordinary are
his marvellous tests in
life readings that they
must be witnessed TO be
beIieyed
The times., 1898-11-13
Mrs. DIR. RENNER,
SPECIALIST

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The times., 1898-11-13
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The times., 1898-11-13
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The times., 1898-11-13

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The times., 1898-11-13
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The times., 1898-11-13

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The times., 1898-11-13
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The times., 1898-11-13

He has read the palms OF Queen Victoria, the
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stone, Bismarck, Grover Cleveland, Mrs Ceye-
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Ny past work in Washington is my future
references II speaks for itself. Sir Russell De
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he has removed to 1912 New York ave.
will positively leave Washington the Sth of
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The times., 1898-11-13
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The times., 1898-11-13
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The times., 1898-11-13

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The times., 1898-11-13
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The times., 1898-11-13

WANTED-Par;ner with sl,5OO to invest in legit-
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own money; no trifing. Address NO FAKE, this
office. nol2-3t