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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-05-26
Hale Dec,tne. the Jud~.hip.

MINNEAPOLIS, May l9-W. E. Hale
has announced definitely and finally
that he will not accept the appointment
to the district bench made Monday by
the governor. HIS business relations
with his present clients, as we'll as the
demands of his practice, will not per.
m { him to accept, he says.
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vii, ballast the Iowa Central.

ELDoRA, Ia, May 1.-THE Iowa
Central road, over which much OF The
traffic between the Twin Cities and St.
LUIS is done, has given ST. Paul
firm the contract for ballasting the en-.
tire roadbed. One hundred thousand
tons of burned gumbo will be used in
the work
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chinese paper. Favor an Alliance.

SHANGHAI, May l9.-The newspapers
here and public opinion in general
strongly favor an Anglo American
alliance as proposed in the speech
which Mr.. Chamberlain, secretary Of
state for the colonies, recently made at
Birmingham, Eng.
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Cant possibly live "a hours" an
swered DR.. Burton. He has lost near
" every ounce of blood in him.
"Well, see no reason for making an
arrest said Hendricks. "I'll run up
to that room and look round. Which is
it?" he asked, turning to the landlady.
"Second floor, back, : she answered.
81 hope, sir, you won't blame me-
had no idea that Mr.. Alien
''Not the least in the world" inter-
rupted the detective, turning up the
staircase doctor, you and Kola wait
fer me in the street.
Twenty minutes later Hendricks
emerged with package under his arm.
II have found the missing papers,
he said "They are all in apple pie Or
der. Allen was a villain.
AS they were walking toward Four
teenth street Lampkin asked:
"Will it be necessary to make the
fact public that Mr.. Benton intended to
take his own life?'
"No," replied Hendricks. "You and
Kola must never mention it. l prom
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Suiu.
ised Ralph not even to allow his sister
to know. The other facts, along with
Aliens slow death, will be enough for
the bloodthirsty reporters.
At Fourteenth street Hendricks
stopped.
81 must leave you," he said. II see
my car coming"
"Where now?" asked Lampkin.
"To East Orange, was the answer.
81 want to tell the young people about
Allen and return these papers. like
that boy Ralph, and Montcastle isn't
half bad"
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I. SYNOPSIS.

Chapter 1.-The body of Jacob Benton is
found murdered on the lawn near his house.
III, III and IV.--Minard Hendricks, de-
tective, takes up the case. He finds a note
book on the lawn belonging to Montcastle, q
revolver near the body. partly burned
match and footprints leading but a short
distance from the body, where they sudden
" end. V. VI and VII. Hendricks sends
for bloodhound. A clock which stopped
at 2:So a. m. indicates that Montcastle left
the house at that time, and his bed has not
been slept in. Miss Benton is suspected.
NIu.-Hendricks catches Ralph Benton
burning an envelope. The bloodhound ar
rives. IN Brooks Allen declines to meet
the dog, and Ralph Benton seems to avoid
him. The dog tracks the murderer only a
short distance. Kit is discovered that
Benton had i large amount OF insurance in
favor of Ralph, Miss Benton owns her en-,
gagement to Ralph. XII.-Hendricks and
Dr. Lampman consult. Farnhall, Benton's
lawyer is concerned about missing papers
of Benton's.
Hendricks calls on Lampkin in disguise,
and, making himself known, the two visit
Farnhall, pretended professional reader OF
character, who has invited those suspected
of the murder to visit him, expecting to trap
the murderer FarnhaH fails. XIV and XIV.
---Kola, an East Indian, holds seance, at
which the party are present. The murdered
man is made to appear by photograhy. Al
len faints. Ralph is arrested. XVI and
XVII Hendricks tells Ralph OF chain of
evidence againsr him, and Ralph explains
that, coming home on the night of the muir
der, he found his fathers body, with a note
stating that Benton was intending to commit
suicide. Desiring tokeep his fathers suicide
secret, Ralph goes away secretly, cover
ing his tracks. XVIII, XIX, Xxx, XII aud
NNlI.--After various experiments and ex-
aminations Hendricks discovers that the note
stating that Benton was intending suicide is
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1.-The carriage when it left the boat
on this side turned down town instead
Of up The driver whipped up bis horses
and drove fast. l instructed my cabby
to keep them in sight"
And he did it. of course" put in
the detective. Il see it in your eye
''They stopped at lodging iouse,
S45 West Thirteenth street They
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H0LD-FAST c'a ahs et li"e

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A quantity OF fine Burbank seed po-
tatoes. Enquire of G. S. Johnson,
sHoboken.'
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-05
MATCHlESS BRAVERY.

Washington, June 4.-The navy de-
partment posted the following bulletin:
Navy department at o'clock received
the following dispatch from Mole. Hay
ii. June 4: Succeeded in sinking the
Merrimac in the channel of Santiago at
y. m. June g. This was carried out un-
der command of Naval Constructor
Hobson and seven men. BY a flag OF
truce from the Spanish admiral. Ger
vera. sent in recognition Of their brav-
cry. am informed all are prisoners Of
war. two slightly wounded. request
authority to approve an exchange. IL
possible. between these and prisoners
at Atlanta. Six Of the Spanish squad
ron are in the harbor of Santiago. un-
able to avoid being captured or de-
stroyed. SAMPSON"
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A HEROIC EXPLOIT OF COOL DARING
Reward Is Store Hobson Who
the Merrimac Under a Storm Shell
in Santiago

country yields abundant fruit and vege-
tables, and everything is favorable to
the good sanitary condition of a well
disciplined army.
The rainy season. the insurgents say,
is not a serious drawback where camps
can be quickly formed on drained eleva-
tions. The island already shows the
erect of the beginning of this season.
Showers occur daily, and soft. white
rain mists are seen on the slopes every
morning. The smoke and fires of the
burning plantations are being eXtin-
guished. and luxuriant nature is rapid
ly healing many of the ravages of the
war. These tropical storms at night
are wonderful exhibitions of electrical
pyrotechnics. At times the lightning
flashes on the horizon line and looks
like the regular firing of guns from
distant fort. Again. the entire heavens
seem afiame i'm vivid glare, and forked
tongues of fire appear to run down the
mountain sides. Drenching rain falls
for an hour or two. then the skies
clear and all is calm and serene; full
moon and brilliant consultations of the
tropics appear in all their glory as the
black clouds roll away on the horizon.
Such storms are confined almost Who'll
ly to the coast, only going out to sea
occasionally off a cape or headland to
wake up a squall Ships sailing along
the coast in calm seas and clear skies
are witnesses to the beauty and gran
deur of the land storm without feeling
the slightest effect of these disturb
ances of nature a few miles distant.
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Washington. June 4.-From early
peared on the street containing the
brief statement of the sinking Of the
Merrimac in Santiago harbor, the off,
cials of the navy department awaited
with intense interest Official confirma-
tion and explanation of Admiral Samp-
son. In the afternoon the story came,
lacking i'm detail. it is true, giving in
rough outlines sketch of American
heroism that will live through genera
tions to come. There is no doubt that
the name of Hobson is destined to be
bracketed with that of Cushing's
among American naval heroes, and, in
deed. IL was the opinion of the majority
of officers who scanned the associated
press account of the sinking of the
Merrimac that the exploit surpassed i'm
brilliancy and as an exhibition of cool
daring even Cushing's famous attack
upon the Albemarle. Reward surely is
awaiting these American heroes, and
Acting Secretary Allen has so pledged
himself after consulting with Secre-
tary Long, who is still confined to his
room by a lame leg. Promotion and
medals are the least that they can ex-
pect at the hands of a grateful people,
Moreover. they will not languish in n
Spanish prison IL the authorities here
can bring about their release. For half
an hour after SIMPSONS bulletin was
displayed on the walls of the navy de-
partment. Colonel Carter. assistant ad-
jutant general, had taken the prelimi-
nary steps to arrange for an exchange.
of prisoners and was learning just how
many Spanish officers and enlisted men
were still held i'm captivity at Fort Nc
Pherson, Georgia. where they had been
taken from the prizes captured by the
American naval vessels.
In addition to these, the navy has
just turned over to the military authori-
ties at Fort Monroe for safe keeping
another Spanish officer. supposed TO be
of high rank. but who has so far man
aged to conceal his identity. The off,
cials are confident they have more than
enough Spanish officers to offer as a
ransom for the one American officer and
seven enlisted men held by Cervera
The officers and all took note of the
generous recognition by the Spanish ad-
miral of the bravery of the Americans
and his kind treatment of the prison.
ers, and ii can be guaranteed that the
admirals lines will fall in as pleasant
a place as any captive has a right to
expect should he be overcome in the
end and forced to surrender to Samp-
son.
The naval situation is believed to he
entirely satisfactory. Notwithstand-
ing the Spanish reports of the clearing
away of the Merrimac. II is not believed
for an instant that Sampson will sub
NIT to losing this so dearly purchased
advantage. and he can be relied upon to
prevent theUemoval of the obstruction.
With the Spanish fleet Gagged inside
the harbor. there to remain until they
are starved out or surrender. Sampson
will be free to detach most of his pow
erful squadron for service elsewhere
Tnis means, according to common be-
lief. an immediate attack upon San
Juan.
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of the fleet. but says that he and Com
modore Schley saw them about the
same time, and that as his signals went
up to the flagship conveying the fact
that he had sighted two of the ships.
Commodore Schley's were run up. COM
municating the same information to
him.
For six days Captain Sigsbee and the
st. Paul lay of the harbor. expecting
hourly to be attacked by the spanish
torpedo boat destroyers. With his run
ming lights doused and all side lights
out. he cruised off and on about Is
miles from the shore. under darkened
skies and with steam at low pressure.
The use of searchlights to sight any
torpedo boat that might he lurking
around ready to attack the ship would
have revealed his presence to the
Spaniards at Santiago. and this was
what the captain did not wish them to
learn. With every opportunity of at
lacking him, the two 30-knot destroy
ers remained in the harbor all the
time. and Captain Sigsbee accounts for
this conduct on their part as due to the
desire of the Spanish admiral not to
permit his presence tn be known.
Commodore Schley had established
an effective blockade of the port be-
fore the st. Paul steamed away. on
leaving Santiago Captain Sigsbee made
for Mole st. Nicholas. and from there
cruised to the west until he met Ad-
miral Sampson, from whom he received
dispatches 10 the secretary of the navy.
The next move Of the st. Paul will
probably be i'm the direction of Porto
Rico. and as soon as she is coaled and
provisioned Captain Sigsbee says he will
sail again. He leaves here to-day for
New York. and will probably pass out
of Sandy Hook with his vessel Sunday
or Monday.
The junction Of Admiral SIMPSONS
squadron with that already blockading
Santiago under Commodore Schley
seems. according to Captain Sigsbee's
calculations, to have been effected on
Wednesday. the 1st.
The presence of so many heavily
armored American ships off the harbor
in which Admiral Cervera's cruisers
have taken refuge. is taken here to
indicate a purpose on the part of the
commander of the American fleet to re-
duce Santiago at once by a naval as
sault rather than wait for the tedious
cooperation of the land forces dis
patched from Tampa. Ii is argued here.
with some force, that siege operations
against Santiago from the land side
would, on account of the rugged char
acteristics of the surrounding country,
with ordinary field artillery the besieg-
ing forces would be no match for the
guns of the Spanish men of war inside
the harbor.
The general expectation in naval and
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CALLED FOR VOLUNTEERS.
Four Thousand Men Wanted to Take the
Merrimac In.

Four Thousand Men Wanted to Take the
Merrimac In.
Copyright fs9s by Associated Press.
on Board the Associated Press Dis
patch Boat Dauntless. of Santiago.
June tvia Kingston).-RearA Admiral
Sampson during Friday decided to close
the narrow harbor entrance to Santiago
by sinking the collier Merrimac. loaded
with coal. in the channel. He called for
volunteers to go to almost certain death.
and 1000 men offered themselves. Lieu
tenant Hobson and six men were chos-
en-. and at 4 a. m. Friday morning the
Merrimac. under her own steam, en-
tered the channel under a terrible Span
ish fire. The vessel was riddled with
projectiles. but she anchored and swung
around. Lieutenant Hobson then set
of an internal torpedo. electric attach
ment. There was an explosion. the Mer-
rimas sank. and the channel was closed.
and apparently Cervera will be unable
to escape.
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ALL CABLES CUT.
Cuba Cut on From All Connection with
the Outside World.

Cuba Cut ON From All Connection with
the Outside World.
Copyright 1898 by Associated Press.
on Santiago de Cuba. June 9. p. m.
per Associated Press Boat Wanda, via
Kingston. June 3.-The last cable
strands binding Cuba to the outside
world were cut this afternoon by a cable
vessel conveyed here by the United
States dispatch boat Dolphin. This
black sea crab dived all day along the
coast hour by hour. and II is claimed at
length brought up the barnacle-clus-
tered cable strands and snapped them.
and tonight Cuba is wholly isolated.
The first cable picked up was that run
ming TO Kingston. 1t was found early
this morning. The coast loop connect
Ing Santiago and Guantanamo was then
cut. Proceeding to Guantanamo. the
cable vessel finally grappled and sew
cred the Haytien cable.
This ends the cable cutting operations
begun a month ago, when the Marble
head and Window lost fve men in a
fight of Cienfuegos. where three cables
were crippled and several hundred
spaniards killed by shells from the war
ships.
The strands cut to-day were the only
ones remaining. except a few coast
loops. and those will probably be sew
cred in a short time.
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THE MARIETTA ARRIVES.
A Long but Uneventful Passage Around
the Horn.

Key West, Fla, June 4. $50 a. M
The United States gunboat Marietta,
Commander F. NJ. Simmons, arrived
here at 1880 o'clock this morning from
San Francisco. which port she left on
March 16. The trip was uneventful.
and there was never case of sickness
aboard. Much of the voyage was made
i'm company with the battleship Oregon,
and the first question of the Marietta's
officers was as to the Oregon's where
abouts.
After the Marietta passed Cape Horn
she kept a sharp lookout for the Span
ish torpedo gunboat Temerario. which
was supposed to be hunting for the Ore
gon. The Mariettas officers were very
anxious to meet the Spaniard, and they
say that IL a meeting had taken place
she would have surely sunk her. Dur
ing the entire voyage they sighted only
half a dozen vessels. The Marietta left
Rio Janeiro on May g. The men on
board had heard no war news later
than the first bulletin of Rear Admiral
Dewey's victory at Manila.
The Marietta anchored on her arrival
here and hoisted a flag for a doctor.
Pending his arrival no one was allowed
to leave or come aboard the vessel. and
the correspondents of the associated
press shouted a brief summary of the
war news to the officers, the report OF
which caused much laughing and re-
joicing The Marietta is painted black.
Her course was through Providence
channel and she saw no warships in
West Indian waters.
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SIGSBEE'S REPORT.
He Discovered the Presence of Cervera
at Santiago.

New York, June 4.-If the slightest
sembiance Of doubt has been entertained
by the members of the war board and
the authorities OF the navy department
as to the precise location Of the Spanish
fleet. il was entirely removed. says the
Washington correspondent of the TTi-
bune by the receipt of important infor-
nation from Captain Sigsbee of the
auxiliary cruiser st. Paul. who came on
Immediately after reporting his arrival
at New York TO Admiral Bunce. and
communicated to Secretary Long ad-
vices from Admiral Sampson and Com
modore Schley, both of whom he left a
few days ago. the former then on his
way through the windward passage and
the latter holding tight the Spanish
vessels behind the harbor defenses of
Santiago.
Perhaps no officer Of the navy is more
familiar with the type of cruisers now
at Santiago than the former commander
of the Maine. and. having seen three of
them lying at anchor in the last four
days, he Is positive that the fourth is
there as well. The last occasion that
Captain Sigsbee met the Vizcaya was in
Havana harbor, where she lay not two
cable lengths from the Maine. and while
there Captain Sigsbee not only carefully
noted her qualities and type. but Sc
cured drawings and accurate descrip-
tions of the warship.
He has impaired to Secretary Long
the experiences of the ST. Paul and of
Commodore Schleys squadron in trap
ping the Spanish admiral at Santiago.
Captain Sigsbee does not take full
credit for having discovered the ships
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HE HAS DRIVEN THE
CORK into THE BOTTLE
Santiago Report That United
States Troops Had City San
tiago Being Stormed by Insurgents

he did indeed escape. There was no
such chance for the men who took the
Merrimac into Santiago harbor under
the guns which SchIey's report de-
scribed as of great power and over
nests of submarine mines. any of which
was sufficient to crush in the bottom OF
the ship.
basis OF conviction that the Merrim9c
was purposely sunk in the channel ID
the fact that the ship was of little val
ue as a naval vessel She had broken
down in her machinery and was kept
at work only with difficulty. This is
just the kind of a craft that would be
selected to block up the channel She
is of iron and therefore not likely to bs
easily moved by the spaniards. Then
she was empty and SO of no immedi-
ate value to the fleet. Another reason
for believing the Merrimac was pur-
posely sunk is the small number Of the
| crew aboard. according to reports.
There seems to have been just enough
men on board to sail the ship and keep
the engines moving. The norman crew
OF the collier was about 40 men. 90
that the others must have been taken
of in advance.
AS TO the change wrought in the sit
uation by this bold exploit. IL Is said.
IL will now be possible to draw on .
larger part of the American fleet for
service elsewhere than at Santiago.
perhaps at San Juan or Havana, for
instance. A small force Of two moni-
! tors and cruiser would suffice to keep
| guard at Santiago. for all that Is nee
essary now is to be able 0 bring
enough guns to bear upon tLs channel
to prevent the spaniards attempting to
clear away the wreck by the use OF
torpedoes and to prevent the escape OF
small torpedo boats that might be able
TO pass over the Merrimac's hull
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Copyright 1895 by Associated Press.

Copyright 1888 by Associated Press.
Cape Haytien. June 4. 1916 p. m.-Dis-
patches received here say it is reported
in Santiago de Cuba that United States
troops have been debarked at Punta
Cadrena. The dispatch adds there was
heavy cannonading yesterday at SAN
tiago de Cuba and that extraordinary
commotion prevailed at that place. All
the Spanish troops. It is said. were con-
centrated at the fortificstions in the SUI
burbs and 1t is understood among nom
combatants that the insurgent and
American forces were making a grand
attack on the landward side.
In the evening. the dispatch goes on
to say. at a distance Of about eight
miles on the coast, 20 American war
ships. five of which were cruisers. could
be seen. 1t was believed in Santiago de
Rear Admiral Sampson and Commodore
Schley.
The steamer which was blown up at
the entrance of the harbor OF Santiago
was the Merrimac. a former English
collier of 1000 tons. 1t is now under
stood that this vessel was sent in for
the purpose of sinking 1t and thereby
filling the channel so that the spanish
warships could not leave the port in
case Admiral Camara's fleet arrived off
the Cuban coast.
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PREPARING FOR ACTION.
Admiral sampson Ready To Strike a
Blow at santiago.

Copyrlg,., 1898 by Associated Press
On Board the Associated Press Dis
patch Boat Wanda. off Santiago de Gu
ha. June (via Kingston. Jamaica, June
D.-An hour before sunset tonight. as
dark rain clouds lying low over the
coast line foreboded the usual tropical
storm. and the united fleet of America
lay OFF the mouth of the harbor of San
tiago de Cuba, fianked by little fotil-
la of dispatch boats, Rear Admiral
Sampson siGnalled the torpedo boat Por-
ter to run alongside the flagship.
The nature OF the admirars orders
were soon known. for the Porter rushed
alongside the newspaper dispatch boats
in turn and megaphoned: The admiral
directs you to move ten miles south and
take station for the night" This
meant business of serious import for the
fleet before morning. whether a dash
into the harbor or otherwise will prob
ably be known on the arrival of the
second associated press dispatch boat
at the nearest cable station to-mor-
row.
All Indications shows that southeast
ern Cuba will be the scene of active
military and naval operations for some
time. Here are assembled the squad
rons of great fighting ships. and look
ing down upon them from the adjacent
hills are the watchful bands Of insur-
gents forming the outposts of General
Gsrcia's army. which Is strong enough
unaided TO strike the Spanish land
forces a hard blow. and IL reinforced
by the American army of invasion. to
seize and hold the entire eastern half
of the island.
Talks with Garcia's scouts show that
they confidently expect American troops
soon. They say this is the best part
Of the island for the landing and ac-
climatization of our troops. Well drained
and healthy camps can be established
on the high table lands that lie on the
sea front or on slopes of the mountains
at any desired altitude. Pure water is
found in the springs and mountain
streams, while the fertile surrounding