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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-05-12

ships aided in subduing the forts and
firing on the ships not entirely dis
abled. Nothing could withstand the
accuracy of the American guns. The
Spanish fire grew less brisk, until at
2:50 the commandant put up a signal
of surrender. One fort still flew the
Spanish flag, but the Boston, at close
range. kept on firing. and soon ST.
fenced it, and the flag was pulled
down Our feet again drew of, pass
ing Manila. There was no firing
either on the part of ships or
ports. A conference of comman-
ders disclosed the fact that none
was killed and no material dam
age had been done to the ships OF the
American squadron.
Then followed the second engage
n.ent. The accuracy OF the aim Of the
gunners worked terrible mortality on
the Spanish vessels. The Spanish Rear
Admiral, Patricio Montjoy Paras. on
the flagship Reina Christina, made q
stubborn resistance. and came boldly
cut to meet the advance OF the Olym-
pia. The American guns were concen-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-05-12

Philippine revolution, is due in Hong
kong ON his way from Singapore 70
lead land attack on the Spanish in
the Philippines in cooperation with
Commodore Deweys squadron.
1t is estimated there are now 90
600 enlisted In Havana ready TO hight
for Spain. Rigid rules are enforced
IN that city. sentry lines have hc.n
posted and civilians are not allowed
10 pass through them.
A prominent cabinet officer declared
that the government has assurances
from the leading powers of Europe
that when we have taken Cuba they
will inform spain that the war must
end; and it was his opinion that the
end Will come within 60 days.
IL Is announced That the Argentine
hcpIDnc wIn puDnsh decree OF
ItLtrauLy curing the war between
the LnIted states and spain. Inc
government Will reserve absolute nd
crty OF action In regard to coal.
NJ Ut. JUhnh NeWIounuIdnd, u
SPECIAL Gazette Issued proclamation
by government oihclaI declaring
that Great Britain would furnish
coal W belllgerent ships only to
enable them TO san direct to their
i own country or some neutral port.
Inc rams, winch viii be converted
nto LnlLed states cruiser ana re-
named Yale, arrived after an un-
yenttul voyage and was welcomed
with cheering and waving OF nags.
An ovation was given Capt Wat,
Admiral Sampson with the flag
ship In New YORK and the torpedo
loats Ericsson and Porter Inspected
he harbor at Mariel thirty-hye miles
west OF Havana 1t Is only indif-
ferently defended and is an excellent
place for landing an army OF inva-
ion.
Washington society women Will ask
the women OF the country to join
them in a pledge to refrain from pur-
chasing any article OF French manu-
facture, In retaliation for Frances
present unfriendly attitude. They
propose to form an organization to
be called the woman's patriotic
league.
The concentration OF the army at
Tampa has begun. Eight batteries
! of artillery, the twenty-fourth In
fantry and four companies OF the
ninth cavalry nave broken camp at
;hickamauga and are leaving for
that point. and the brigade head
quarters heretofore established at
New Orleans have been ordered to
Tampa, whittier Gen. Shafter will &c
from Washington. The tenth and
twenty-second regiments left Mo-
bile for Tampa.
1t can be stated that the presidents
Instructions to Commodore Dewey
do not involve specifically lombard
ment of Manila but the commodore
was Instructed to do whatever was
necessary within the limits of civiliz'
ed warfare to take possession OF the
leland and IL bambordment Is neces-
sary to this end one VIII take place
1t is expected however that our
Asiatic squadron will not lombard
Manila unless 1t harbors troops who
are operating Extensively against u.s.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-05-12
CAVE.
w. Il. Montgomery Slept in Selkirk's
Old Home for Three Days.

A man died in Dunkirk, n. Y, last
Monday who once slept in Selkirk S
cave. lie was William Il. Montgomery
and he was born In Manchester, Eng
land, in 1927.
He came to the United States when
he was seventeen, and after working
In Albany for time went to New
Bedford, where he shipped on the
Hydaspa for three years whaling
voyage.
1t extended from New Bedford to
the Irish coast, through Suez, across
the Pacific, to California and the"
around Cape Horn.
When the Hydaspa, upon this voy-
age stopped at the island of Juan
Fernandez for water, Mr.. Mont
away Being signalled to return,
they hurried to the mountains, which
they climbed till they were above the
clouds.
They spent three days and nights
on the island and slept In Alexander
Selkirk's cave, They made fire and
caught and cooked birds and fish. The
ship which was blown out to sea in
a storm, returned the third night and,
locating the boys by their fire, a
party OF armed men secured them
tho next morning in the cave.
When taken aboard the ship they
were tied UP in the rigging and given
twenty-five lashes each with the
cat-o nine tails.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-05-12
HAVANA WOMEN.

casual observer would say there
was very Little difference between the
gowns and costumes of the Havanese
ladies and those seen in the large
cities of the United States and Europe,
says the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
They ctach on to the prevailing fash
ions without much delay, and adopt
them to the extent OF their purses.
One does not see seal cloth or other
furs on the streets even In the winter
months, when the thermometer Is
between 70 and so degrees, although
saw one fur cape for sale in one
OF the shops. II n sale of them ever
occurs, the purchaser is undoubtedly
one who contemplates "A trip north.
Most of the women who appear on
the streets in the 1eytime hood their
faces with black lace scarfs and use
fans to protect their faces from the
sun. Frequently you see young wo-
men walking together dressed exactly
alike. This is so frequent as to Be
noticeable to strangers. On Sun
day afternoon | noticed in front of
fashionable residence five women,
probably members OF the same family,
gowned precisely alike, in a heliotrope
colored fabric. 1t was suggested that
the head OF the family was pleased
with the goods and bought whole
piece. Very few of the women are
pretty. according to the American
standard OF beauty. They age early
and rapidly. and resort to cosmetics
and powders to continue their youth
full looks long after their beauty, II
they ever had any, has passed away.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-05-12

The last national census Of Belgium
was completed in May, 1897. and Its
figures have just been given to the
public. Within the last 95 years, the
population of the country has doubled
itself, rising from three millions to
six millions. But the records of the
larger cities make a still more inter
esting showing. Antwerp. in cen
fury. has risen from $1,000 to $1,000,
an increase OF 1888 per cent: Liege
has advanced from $4,000 to $50 600:
Client. from $1,000 to $1,000. and
Brussels from $4,000 to 1890
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-05-12
MAP OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.

islands Philippines that the exact number Is
Panay Zu eyte Boho
than 400 smaller
miles and population OF
found the old orySpansh officials have
Manila the capital OF the
population $780,
The
world could ,far snohee TO the
united heetso europe
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-05-12

Christina. | am assisting protecting
Spanish sick and wounded. Two hun
dred and fifty sick and wounded In
hospitals within our lines. Much ex-
element at Manila Will protect for
eign residents.
DEWEY PROMOTED.
BY direction Of the president. Secre-
tary Long sent the following cable
gram to Dewey: Washington-Dew
Manila; President in name American
people thanks you and your officers
and men for your splendid achieve
ment and overwhelming victory. In
recognition he has appointed you act
ing admiral, and will recommend a
vote of thanks TO you by congress, IT
Long.
HOW IT WAS DONE.
Hong Kong. May THE story Of
the victory is thrilling. Commodore
pewey's fleet of nine vessels ran the
blockade past the forts of Corregidor
island at midnight OF Saturday April
30. The ships were painted gray, their
light showing only directly astern.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-05-12
COLD WATER ADVOCATES

Moberly, Mo-, May THE prohibit
ton state convention reaffirmed the
national prohibition platform and nom-
mated the following ticket: Supreme
judge. long term, Reuben b. Robin
son of Lamar; short term, j. P. Orr
of Holden; state school superintend-
ent. R. T. Bond of Fayette, railway
commissioner, ] Fred Williams of Sc
dalia.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-05-12

Miss Bertha l.. Gardner. daughter
of the late Prof. D. L. Gardner of the
Platteville normal school. has been
engaged as instructor in ancient
classics of the Monroe high school,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-05-12

The Santa Fe & Pacific west bound
passenger train was held up at Orc
Grande, Cal. Engineer Clifford was
killed, and a passenger injured.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-05-12
WISCONSIN PEOPLE.

w. W. Erwin, the noted criminal
awyer OF st. Paul, was married in
Trempealeau Thursday to Miss Anne
Olive, Rev. William Griffith of the
Congregational church performing the
ceremony in the presence of few in
innate friends at the home of Mrs. J.
D. ingalls,, the brides sister. The
bride was former stenographer of
Mr.. Erwin.
Civil Engineer George w. Brown,
brother Of Mrs. N. M. West, and son
of Robert Brown of Milton, has been
sent by Uncle Sam to Dry Tortugas to
superintend the building of a coalng
station for our navy. Mr.. Brown was
sent last fall with the Nicaragua canal
commission TO Central America. but
was called home soon after his arrival
there to testify in an important legal
proceeding. He is a brother of C. N.
Brown of Madison.
Charles x. Lush has resigned as sec
rotary of Milwaukee's board of park
commissioners. He has occupied the
position since it's creation, nine years
ago. The salary is $3.50 year and
the position is under city service rules.
Mr.. Lush has been for many years the
correspondent of the Chicago Record
and feels that he must give more time
to that work. He will also pay more
attention to his literary work, into
which he has embarked as a profess
sion, since the success of his novel,
The Federal Judge.
Gov Louis Powell Harvey, after
whom the Milwaukee military rendez-
vous is named, was born in East Had.
dam, Conn, July %, 1920, and at the
age of eight years moved to Ohio,
where he was thrown on his own re-
sources before he was Is years of age.
In 1897 he entered the freshman class
of Western Reserve university at
Hudson, o., but left the college before
he was graduated on account of ILL
health. subsequently he became
teacher in Woodward college, Cincin-
natl, and after two years came to Ke-
nosha, then Southport, where in 1S41
he opened an academy. Two years
later he became editor of The South
port American, a whig newspaper.
Under President Tyler he was post
master of that city. In 1S47 he mar
ried Miss Cordelia Perrine, and re"
moved to Clinton, Rock county. That
year he was elected a delegate to the
second constitutional convention OF
the state. Soon after he moved to
Shopiere, whence he was elected a
state senator, then secretary of state
and in 1861, governor OF Wisconsin,
which office he filled during the war.
Shortly after the battle of Pittsburg
Landing, in which the Wisconsin
troops suffered greatly, Gov. Harvey
went to the battlefield with an expe-
dition Of relief While returning
home and boarding steamer at Sa-
vannah on the Tennessee river he
made misstep and fell into the water
and drowned His body was recovered
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-04-21
PERSONAL.

John d. Young, Jr.. of Mt. Ster-
ling, was in town Thursday.
Judge j. VIM. Perry, Of Lexing-
ton, was here several days last week.
Marion Woodland, of Leon, Iowa,
was here from Saturday until Mon
day on business.
Chas. Cook, who is attending
school at Winchester, is visiting
relatives In town. t,
Y Charley Grain, George Kennedy,
Clarence Clayton and Asa Hall, of
Farmers, were here Sunday. +
n Scott Barkley went to Lexington
Thursday to attend the funeral OF
his niece, Mics Carrie Scott.
Barbour Russell, of Maysville,
and Jno. P. Mccartney, of Flem.
ingsburg, were in town Monday.
Deputy Sheriff John Thompson
and Mrs. Mary E. Green, of Rowan
Co we. IRE here last Thursday on la W
business.
Glenn z. Perry left Wednesday J
week for Evansville. Ind, to accepl
q position in the express business
under W. T. Daugherty.
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Craigs.
Old Mrs. Lowry is very poorl

Old Mrs. Lowry is very poorly.
So much rain is retarding farm
and garden work.
Rev. Boots preached here Sunda,
and Sunday night.
l believe I will stop writing ant
give "Clodhopper" room.
Walter Toy, of near Wyoming
visited Robert Toy Saturday night
James Clark and wife, of neal
Owingsville, visited Sam Shults
and wife Sunday.
Butler Toy bought Jersey COW
and calf of Joseph Richart fol
thirty-four dollars.
Died, one day last week, a little
child of Dick Reed; intermenl
somewhere on MAYORS Branch.
Mr.. and Mrs. John X. Jones were
called to the bedside of their daugh-
ter, Mrs. Enoch Sorrell, near
Sharpsburg, who is very sick with
measles.
Joseph Orear, Of Mt. Sterling,
was here last week buying fat cat
tie, which he found very scarce. He
bought one from William Wright,
price private.
The bloom on the peach trees
seemed to all be killed, but since
they have all bloomed out again l
don't know whether We shall have
any peaches or not.
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CORRESPONDENCE.
CONTINUED FROM FOURTH PAGE.
wyoming.

Wyoming.
VIM. Moore, of Roe's Run, was
here Sunday.
Will Feland and Miss Sallie Faris
were in this place Sunday.
Mrs. Oscar Conycrs and Mrs.
Jim Myers visited in Grange City
last week.
w. S. Estill purchased of Sim
Haven. two No. l mules, two years
old, for $40.
Elder T. s. Tinsley preached to a
large congregation at Wyoming
Sunday evening.
Tobacco plants are looking well
in some places. while in others the
beds are being resown.
War! war! war, Most of us are
warning like all creation to make &
living without having to haul off
our coats to lick the Spaniards.
Bum" Snrrell. who went West a
,, few days since with Ed Anderson,
has returned to his native heath.
"No place like home Bum; and
no other girls can smile as sweet as
Kentucky girls.
A nice young mare belonging to
Charley Jones had her shoulder
badly cut on a barbed wire last
week. 1t is a pity that farmers do
not employ some other material for
fencing besides that kind of wire.
The "Old Maids Convention"
will probably be rendered here
soon. We have few "old maids" in
this community, but with the as
sistance of a part of the Owings-
vile troupe We may muster suf-
ficient force to carry out the pro-
gramme.
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Flat Creek.
g Steele is on the sick list.

Lee Steele is on the sick list.
Mrs. John Hedrick is not so well
this week.
Jase Mark can ride out. He has
new buggy.
Your scribe visited on Prickly
Ash last Saturday.
Millard Wade and sister visited
in !Owingsville Sunday.
Born, to James Sutton and wife,
a daughter, on April 10th.
w. B. Powers visited on Prickly
Ash Saturday night and Sunday.
Miss Mamie Fratman is visiting
Mrs. Will Mark and other relatives
Lee Steele sold 6 yearling heifers
to John Dawson last week at SLATE
per head.
Don't borrow The OUTLOOK and
then make light of the items tC
other people.
Miss Sallie McClain visited hel
father, near Salt Lick, Saturday
! aud Sun lay.
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-04-21
Knob Lick.
Fine spring weather.

Fine spring weather.
There are few not done sowing
oats.
The ground has been too wet to
work most all week.
The fruit-that is, peaches, ,plums
and pears-is badly damaged. The
apples are not all killed.
The R. r. Iron Co. have begun
with several teams stripping ore.
They are shipping considerable ore
every day.
There is considerable sickness in
this community, the most being
colds or something like la grippe.
There were three deaths within the
last three days in this immediate
vicinity: the Hardin's little grand
child and George Jones' wife and
babe.
/ notice in the last issue Of THE
OUTLOOK where JAS. X. jackson
predicts if We go into war with
Spain before we are through We
will have the whole world 10 fight
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-04-21
Blue Front Cash Store,

John F. Conner and wife attend.
ed meeting at Fairview Sunday.
George Warner, of Mt. Sterling,
visited b. F. Shrout and family
Saturday and Sunday.
Will Phelps sold nice harness
horse to DIR. G. W. Conner, of Ow-
ingsville; price private.
R. L. Stone, of near Carlisle, was
visitor at Mrs. Frances Hamil.
tons Saturday and Sunday.
! I Clay Tackett and family, of Ow-
Fingsville, were guests of F. f.
Tackett and family Sunday. i
+ T. S. Shrout and family, L. d.
Brother and wife, of OwingsvilIe,
visited Mrs. Nancy Shrout Sunday.
C. S. Ratliff and family, Charles
Harper and wife, of Bald Eagle,
visited Daniel Harper and wife
Sunday.
W. b. Powers and wife, William
Steele and wife, of Flat Creek, were
guests of relatives in the neighbor-
hood Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Mollie Markland. accom-
panied by her cousin John Mark
land, visited her father near Car
Isle from Friday until Sunday.
Mrs. Nancy Shrout, who had
been visiting her daughter, Mrs.
Albert Wilson, near Bethel, for
several weeks past, returned home
Saturday.
Marion Woodland, an attorney of
Leon, Iowa, who came to Owines-
vile Saturday on business, spent
Saturday night and Sunday with
Charles Goodpaster.
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-04-21

l. Misses Eva and Mamie McKin-
nevan were in Mt. Sterling shopping
kQne day last week.
Holman Rice has been confined
to his room for several days with a
severe case of mumps.
Mrs. w. D. Darnell and Mrs.
Willie Steele were in Owingsville
Tuesday week shopping.
Mrs. John Boaz has in her pos
session a set of knives that are
sixty years old, and the knives are
perfectly good yet.
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-04-21
Stepstone.

The stonemasons move to Mt.
Sterling this week.
Miss Allie North, of Salt Lick, is
visiting Mrs. l. Karrick.
Miss Ida Tipton's school closes
at Corinth next Friday. -
Miss Rosa Karrick has returned
from a visit at Salt Lick.
Miss Birdie Hall, of Olympia, re-
turned home Monday, after a pro-
tracted visit to friends here.
Miss Susie Burroughs, of Mt.
Sterling. visited Miss Mary S.
Shrout and Mrs. W. C. Harper last
week.
Joseph d. Conner died of pneu-
monia Saturday night, April Is, at
his home near this place. He was
aged about So years. He leaves a
family of four sons and one daugh-
ter. all grown, and mostly married.
His wife died last April.
H. NJ. Turley is on the sick list.
H. L. Maxey and Mrs. Vennetta
Cassity both have taken a slight
change for the better. Miss Lucy
is recovering. John Alexander is
able to sit up some. John Turley
is very sick with malarial and lung
trouble.
The Stepstone correspondent de-
sires to say to ga lady relative OF
Mrs. W. b. Henry living in town"
that there was no mistake on our
part in regard to the nature of Mrs.
HIS affection. Mr.. Henry request
ed us to send the statement to The
OUTLOOK for the benefit of their
relatives in Bath Go. and dictated
the item himself. Nevertheless. the
relative will probably be glad to
know that Mrs. Henry is recovering
rapidly and is up going about the
house.
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SharpSburg.

b. B. Whaley went over to Car.
lisle on Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Brown were
in Mt. Sterling on Wednesday.
James F. Hurst attended the flu.
neral of Mr.. Glenn at Carlisle on
Thursday.
Joe Wood came over last week
from Winchester and spent several
days at home.
Miss Lena Howard and Miss Hat.
tie Triplett are with friends in
Montgomery Co.
Misses Rosa Dee Allen and Mary
Crockett were in Mt. Sterling on
Tuesday evening.
Mrs. A. 6. Spratt has been poor.
ly for some weeks with something
like heart trouble.
Mrs. j. c. Orear, of Montgomery
Co.. spent last week with her sister
Mrs. S. T. Howard.
j. R. Triplett, wife and little son
Waller visited relatives at Moore.
field Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. W. H. Ratliff and daugh.
ters, Misses Marion and Ella, were
in Mt. Sterling on Saturday.
J Died, about z o'clock Friday
morning, at his home near Spring.
field Church, William Mcclure
aged II years. He was taken with
pneumonia and lived only one week
He was born and raised in this
county. He was a substantial
clever and charitable man, firm ir
his convictions of right and alway'
| ready to condemn the wrong. H.
was twice married. His last wif'
preceded him several years ago. Fl,
leaves two sons,-Samuel, of thi,
county, and Joshua, of Indiana
The remains were taken Sunday a
two o'clock to Mt. Olivet Church
where the funeral sermon wa
preached by Rev. Arrack, of Mt
Sterling, and inferred in the ole
church yard at that place.
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-04-21

Claude Paxton is over again this
week for sport with the fishing rod.
II is hoped he will find clearer
water than he did last week.
Perry Steele and little grandson.
of Stepstone, visited Mr.. Stcele's
daughter at Myers Station, Nicho-
las county, last week. He reports
all well and getting along nicely.
Claude Paxton, of Mt. Sterling,
Joined his family last week and
spent several days with them at W.
II. Daugherty's. He didn't get to
fish any, owing to the muddy water.
L. ID. Harris, who has been res
ident Of this town for several years
and is now special State agent of
the Singer Sewing Machine Co.,
has rented a house in Lexington
and will move his family there
next week.
Oscar Palmer. Of Bethel, now has
charge of the electric-light plant,
Clark Crouch, who established il.
having resigned the management
to GO to the farm, north of town.
rented from Judge w. S. Gudgell.
We are sorry to lose Mr.. Crouch,
who is a useful man. Mr.. Palmer
is a practical machinist and under
stands the business, having been
employed at the plant before. We
welcome him back to town.
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-04-21

School Superintendent Woodsor
p. Perry last week paid to the wild
ow of W. Jasper Lacy $I25, the
sum contributed to the Democratic
campaign fund by Mr.. Lacy, who
was elected to the office, but died
before he took charge of it. There
was no obli cation or claim except
a moral one for this to be refunded,
but it was generally conceded to
be due Mr.. Lacy's family.
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-04-21
GEORGE w. BAsCoM.

Fiscal CoURT.-The Fiscal Court
met here Tuesday and fixed the
county levy for 1898 at 80 cents on
the 500. The State revenue rate
is 52t cents on the 800. The Court
levied 22t cents to liquidate the
SIS, 900 debt contracted under the
old Constitution. They think that
rate will pay the debt and interest
in three years.
The magistrate will be the road
commissioner in his district.
The Court adjourned until called
TO meet again.