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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-04
NOTHING IS READY.
Second Philippine Expedition Will be
Smaller Than at First Intended

San Francisco June 4.-The second
expedition to the Philippines will prob
ably get away from this city by next
Tuesday or Wednesday, but it will not
reach the proportions at first anticipa-
ted owing to the fact that the five ves-
sells which were to have made up the
little fleet of transports are not ready
nor will any of them be ready by the
time stated unless the government hur-
ries the supplies which have been de-
cided upon to make up the cargoes of
the vessels.
So far no supplies of any kind have
been placed on board the China, the
Zealandia or the Colon and the work
of fitting up the hunks for the soldiers
is progressing in a somewhat desultory
manner.
The lack of supplies is the main rea-
son for the delay of the departure of
the vessels. Had ammunition and stores
been received in sufficient quantities
the vessels could easily have left here
early this week.
1t is impossible for the Centennial,
which arrived from Seattle today OF
the Ohio which is due from that city
tonight to get ready in time to start
with the second expedition. The own
erS of the Centennial have received no
word from the government as to what
disposition is to be made of their veS-
sci and she is anchored in the stream
awaiting orders. The Ohio is fully load
ed with coal and so much time will be
saved in this respect.
The steamer San Bias which arrived
from South American ports yesterday
was today inspected by the government
officials and it is generally understood
that the City of Uara which will arrive
early next week from the south will
also be inspected and that these two
vessels with the Ohio and Centennial
will compose the third fleet of transports
to be sent to Admiral Dewey. The gov
ernment is still considering the pur-
chase of the steamer, Morgan City
which is capable of carrying 500 men
in comfort. The vessel can be made
ready for sea in "a hours providing she
is provisioned by the government with
out delaY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-04
TO BLOW UP VAN WYCK.
Internal Machine Sent to New
YOrk's Mayor by Mail.

New York. June A package six
inches long, two inches wide and six
inches deep with wrapping of Manila
paper and tied with a string was re-
ceived in the general postoffice yester-
day addressed to Mayor Van Wyck
The package happened to break and a
dynamite cartridge four inches long
was exposed.
A fuse was attached to one end of the
cartridge. 1t was admitted at city hall
today that such a package had been
received but no further information
was given. The postmark of the pack
age was not divulged.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-04
OFF FOR TAMPA.
The Twentieth Regulars Set
Sail From Mobile.

Mobile, Ala, June Alive transports
carrying the Twentieth infantry, Colonel
Wheaton; Third infantry, Colonel Page,
with companies A, G, D and F of the Sec
ond cavalry, steamed down Mobile river
a 9:20 this morning, en- route, presuma-
bly, to Tampa, but really to Cuba
The transports are the steamers Matte
wan, Saltwater, Breakwater, Aransas and
Logan.
Scenes of enthusiasm all along the river
front where thousands of people had con-
gregated, were witnessed. Whistles of all
the river and bay craft and mills and ring
ing of bells kept up an unceasing din as
long as the transports were in sight
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-04

Baltimore, Nd, June 4-The Merri-
mac was purchased by the government
from the Lone Star Steamship company
early in April. She was formerly the
Norwegian steamer Solveig, and was
nearly destroyed by fire at Newport
News in 1896. She was built at New
castle, England, in 1894 was $50 feet
long, A feet beam and had net regis
ter of 2,193 tons. The Merrimac left
Norfolk where she was fitted for gov
ernment purposes, about a month ago.
Madrid, June 4-The Spanish version
of the sinking of the NIerrfmac in the
channel leading into the harbor of San
tiagO yesterday says:
Two American ironciads were seri-
ously damaged during the engage
The Spaniards also describe the affair
as brilliant Spanish victory.
Copyright 1898 by Associated Press)
Port Au Prince, June 4.-Further news
received here from Santiago de Cuba
confirms the report that the lombard
mem @ment OF that place began at o'clock
yesterday. After the action the Span
iards blew up with dynamite the sunk
en- American collier and have since been
at work clearing the channel so as to
in all probability permit Admiral Ger
vera's fleet to put out to sea should
the Cadiz squadron, under Admiral Ca
mara arrive in Cuban waters to relieve
the blockaded ships.
In the meanwhile the dispatches from
Santiago de Cuba say the Spaniards
pay tribute to the audacity of the
Americans in so cleverly attempting to
block the channel.
According to the Spaniards, it would
be foolishness upon the part of the
Americans to attempt to force the har-
Dor entrance, which is described as be-
ing long and narrow and thoroughly
mined, seemingly forming an insur-
mOuntable barrier.
There are a great number of insur-
gents in the vicinity of Santiago prob
ably waiting for some decisive action
upon the part of the American fleet,
which will undoubtedly be the signal
for land attack upon the town
Madrid, June 4.-The version of the
sinking of the Merrimac, which has
reached the minister of marine here,
Captain Aunon, from Santiago, is as
follows:
"A Spanish vessel in front of Santi-
ago has sunk an American auxiliary
cruiser. All the members of the crew of
the latter have been imprisoned. The
rest of the enemy's squadron immedi-
ately retired
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-04
SHIPS CREW IN PERIL.
Schooner Goes Ashore ON the
Massachusetts Coast.

Chatham, Mass, June Am unknown
three-masted schooner went ashore on
Bearses shoal in heavy northeast storm
this morning. She was too far out for
her identity to be determined and no as
sistance can be rendered, as all the life
saving crews went off duty last Tuesday
night.
vessel struck and she was swept by the
waves in most dangerous manner.
The vessel is apparently from some
Maine port, as she came from the east
ward. Those who saw the vessel from
the shore expressed the belief that she
could not stand the heavy sea and the
crew would go down with the ship.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-04

l. The following order has been re
ceived from+the war department:
Under the authority invested in
him by section 1146, Revised Stat
utes, the president hereby estab-
fishes an emergency ration for
troops operating for short periods
under circumstances which require
them to depend upon supplies car
ried upon their persons. Its COM
ponent parts are as follows: Bacon,
10 ounces; hard bread, 16 ounces:
pea meal 4 ounces, or an equiva-
lent in approved material for max
ing soup; coffee, roasted and
ground, ounces, or tea, II ounce;
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-04

Camp Merritt will receive no further
additions of troops until about this time
next week, when 1900 men will arrive
from Tennessee and another regiment
is expected to reach here from Iowa
about the same time.
The monitor Monterey arrived from
Mare Island last evening. She is ready
to depart for Manila but will hardly
get away before Sunday as she will
wait for the collier Brutus which is to
accompany her and which will not
leave the island until today. The Bru-
tus will stay by the Monterey all the
way down and in case of emergency
will take the monitor in tow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-04
MERRIMAc CREW SAFE.
They Rowed Into the Harbor eno
Surrendered.

Copyright, 1898, by Associated Press.)
Kingston, Jamaica, June 4.-Hobson
and the hero crew of the Merrimac
We're saved in the following manner:
Unable after the sinking of their vessel
to make their way back through the
storm of shot and shell they rowed in
to the harbor to the Spanish flagship
and were taken on board unharmed.
The Spanish admiral under a flag of
truce sent word to the admiral that he
offered to exchange the prisoners, ad-
ding that in the meanwhile Hobson
and his party would be treated with the
greatest kindness.
Washington, June 4.-The only Hob
son in the list of officers in the naval
register is Richmond P. Hobson, a ma
val constructor who is a lieutenant of
the junior grade. He was appointed an
assistant naval constructor in 1891. He
entered the navy from Alabama.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-04
saccharine. grains: salt; "a

saccharine. grains: salt. 64
ounces: pepper. "a ounce; tobacco,
II ounce.
2 The secretary of war directs that this
emergency ra ion be fescrIed t0 only on C
casions arising in active operations, when
the use of the regularly established ration
may be impracticable; that, although its
nutritive qualities permit it's use on half
allowance, it will not be so used except in
cases of over-ruling necessity, and never
for a longer period than ten days; and
that not more than five days emergency
rations be carried on the person at one
time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-04
ONLY A RUMOR.

Copyright, 1898, by Associated Press)
Cape Haytien, June A report is
current here to the effect that the
American fleet off Santiago de Cuba
destroyed the Spanish fleet at that port
yesterday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-04
SNOW IN WYOMING.
Five Inches of 1t Falls at Sher-
man.

Denver. June A late touch Of winter
is being felt in the Rocky mountain coun-
try today. At Sherman, Wyo., where the
Union Pacific crosses the divide, five
inches of snow has fallen. It is also
showing heavily at Central City, Col, and
many mountain towns. In this vicinity
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-04
PREPARING TO FIGHT.
Sampson Orders All the Dispatch
Boats to Leave.

copyrighted, 1898. by Associated Press)
On board the Associated press dis
patch boat Wanda, off Santiago de
Cuba, June 8, via Kingston, Jamaica,
June Am 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,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-04
CAPTURE A TOWN.

Cape Haytien, Hayti, June At is ru-
mored here that the insurgents in San
Domingo have captured the town of Santi-
ago de los Cabelleros, on the Vague river,
103 miles east of this place.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-04

station, where he saw the naval battles
of the Chinese-Japanese war. Before
his assignment to the Merrimac with
the flying squadron at Hampton Roads,
Commander Miller was on duty at the
Brooklyn navy yard.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-04
Will Make Her a Cruiser.

London, June 4-News was received here
today that the steamer Havel, recently
sold by the North German LLOYD company
of Bremen, to the Spanish government
after arriving safely at CadiZ, was brought
to the arsenal to be fitted, in all prOba bill
ity with the guns necessary to make her
an auxiliary cruiser.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-04
MARIETTA GETS In.

Key West, Fla, June 4--The United
States gunboat Marietta arrived today
after long voyage from Valparaiso.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-04
THEY
ARE
HEROES
SampsOn's Men Run the Merri-
mac Loaded With Coal
Into Santiago HarbOr and Blow
Her Up
WHILE YET ON BOARD.
1000 Men Volunteered For the
Service.
But Seven We're Chosen For
the Dangerous Work.
HARBOR NOW CLOSED
Unless the Sunken Vessel Has
Been Dynamited.
Merrimac's Crew RepOr ted to
Have Been Captured.
HARBOR NOW CLOSED
Unless the Sunken Vessel Has
Been Dynamited.
Merrimac's Crew RepOr ted to
Have Been Captured.

Copyright, 1898, by Associated Press).
On board the Associated Press dis
patch boat Dauntless, off Santiago de
Cuba, June 4, via Kingston, Jamaica,
June 4.-Rear Admiral Sampson dur
ing Friday morning decided to close the
narrow harbor entrance to Santiago de
Cuba, 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. Lieutenant Hobson and
six men were chosen and at a. m.
Friday morning the Merrimac, under
her own steam entered the channel un-
der terrible Spanish fire. The vessel
was riddle with projectiles but she
anchored and swung around Lieuten-
ant HobsOn then set off an internal
torpedo with an electric attachment
There was an explosion, the Merrimac
sank. and the channel was closed and
apparently Admiral Cervera will be un-
able to escape.
Kansas City, June 4.-Commander
James NJ. Miller of the Merrimac re-
ported sunk in Santiago harbor, is from
Liberty, Mo-, where his mother, Mrs.
Ann Miller is still living. He has seen
over 80 years of service in the navy,
having been appointed midshipman in
1863. He rose through successive
grades and was appointed commander
last year, just after he had brought
home the Yantic from South American
waters.
For six years he was in the Asiatic
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-04
THE TRAVEL RATIONS.

In lieu of the coffee and sugar portion
of the ration, q cents per day may be al
lowed each man for the purchase of liquid
coffee.
An emergency ration has been provided
by general order No. 49, series 1896. head
quarters of the army, adiutant generals
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-04

Paragraph 1856, Army Regulations, pro-
vides that:
when troops travel otherwise than by
marching. or " hen for short periods they
are separated from cooking facilities and
do not carry cooked rations, the articles
will be issued in lieu of all components of
the ordinary ration They constitute:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-04

Paragraph 1850. Army Regulations. pro-
<1des that "A ration is the allowance for
subsistence of one person for one day. and
consists of the meat, the bread, the vege-
table. the coffee and sugar the seasoning
and the soap and candle compOnentS.''
THE RATIONS.
Neat Components.
Quantities,
Kind of Article. Per Ration.
Ozs. Gills.
FRESH beef ..-.-............. 20
Or fresh mutton, when
the cost does moi exceed
that of beef t............ 20
Or pork -.... E............. Il
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-04

Or peas .................. 2-5
Or rice ................ l 3-5
Or honiny ............ 1 3-5
Potatoes -.....-.......-.. 10
Or potatoes. y 4-5 oZS-,
and onions, is oZS.... 16
Or potatoes. II 1-5 oZS-,
and canned toma toes or
other fresh vegetables
not canned, A oZS.- 16
Coffee and Sugar COmponentS.
Coffee, green .-..........-... / 3-5
Or roasted coffee ......... 7-25
Or tea, green black. S-25
Sugar ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 22-5
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-04

Or salt beef . %
Or, when meat cannot be
furnished. dried fish 80. "A
Or picked fish .. Is
Or fresh fish .... Is
Bread Components.
Flour ... IS
or soft bread ..... IS
Or hard bread ... 16
Or cornme ] .... 20
Baking powder, for troops
in the field. when neces-
sary to bake their own
OIGdQ 1913
Vegetable Components-
Beans 2 2-A
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-04

They are not spies in any sense but
prisoners of war and so far there has
been no disposition shown by the Span
iardS to miStreat such prisoners.
AS to the change wrought in the sit
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-05-05
The Alum Heart.

Many people are suffering from some
form of heart disease who have no idea
of the cause of it.
Any disturbance of the digestive Or
CANS affects the hearts action, and
therefore every food which interferes
with digestion is responsible where
there are troubles of this character.
1t has been discovered that the use of
baking powder made from burnt alum
coagulates the blood very rapidly,
which interferes with its free flow
through the arteries ond valves of that
organ. Formerly alum was used as a
specific for children's Group, but owing
to it's tendency from the causes named
to produce heart failure, physicians no
longer employ it.
In view Of such facts and in view of
the overwhelming testimony of sci
entists as to the poisonous character or
this drug when used for food purposes,
can there be any excuse for the ignor-
ance or unconcern which permits any
one to take from the grocer a package
of alum baking powder, simply for the
sake of saving a few cents in price?
1t is a hoalthful sign that many
states are limiting by law the sale of
the alum baking powder. Very soon
it will be prohibited in all states, or
treated as a poison, as it should be.
But for such laws, how are the alum
powders to be known by consumers?
Where alum powders are not brand
ed as such, nor their sale prohibited by
law, it is better to avoid the use Of any
new or doubtful brand until it has been
analysed. The purity of all powders
may be suspected if they are sold at q
price lower than the price of the best
standard brands. We know the Royal
to be a frst-class cream Of tartar pow
der, and if consumers insist upon hay
ing that brand, they will be sure of q
pure, healthful article. In view of q
recently reported case of poisoning of a
whole family living near Logansport,
Indiana, from the use of alum powder,
it behooves every one to use extraor-
binary care in purchasing their sup
plies. We do not hesitate to recon-
mend the Royal to all who are in doubt
as to the powder they have been using,
as the United States Government tests
placed that brand at the head of all the
tartrate powders. DIV
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-05-05

AMERICAN arms have proved their
efficiency and American sailors have
proved their proves in the Pacific.
And now our feet in the Atlantic squad
ron are anxious to emulate their brilliant
example. The sailors of the North
Atlantic squadron, under Admiral
Sampson, are now fairly itching for a
fight. They are impatient'to show the
world at large and Spain in particular
that they come from the same stock as
the fellows who made such short work
of Admiral Montijo's squadron and
can shoot out victory with just as
much neatness and dispatch. In order
to satisfy this desire Simpsons boats
are taking all kinds of risks. Where
ever there is a Spanish gun on the
Cuban coast, there our warriors are
disporting themselves in the hope that
by their action they may coax some
fire from the enemy's batteries. But SO
far their efforts have not met with any
great success. They may seize fine
prizes right under the busting guns OF
MORO castle but Spain has millions OF
boats and does not notice the loss of a
few. Now that this kind of proceeding
fails to provoke any show of fight on
the part of Blanco and his following
the vessels under Sampson are pleading
for an opportunity to seek out the
Spanish Atlantic squadron. But here
again is difficulty. The don's fleet is
playing game of hide ard seek, in
which they do all the hiding and the
Americans all the seeking. The facts
Of the case seem to be that the inver-
tebrate" Sagasta has not yet been
able to formulate any definite plans.
He is in a great middle, not knowing
what to do with himself or with his
fleet. The probabilities are that should
the President decide to send Simpsons
fleet in pursuit Of the enemy he would
find it wandering about Mignor like in
a state of non compos mentis and, fol-
lowing the fashion set by Dewey wipe
it off the seas thereby materially as
sisting the doubling Thomas, Sagasta,
to real understanding of the situation.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-05-05

WHY is this thus? What is the
reason of all this thusness?" Why is
there so much talk about late state
convention for this year in particular?
If it is the current opinion that public
attention is so absorbed by the war
that politics are not sufficiently engag-
ING to warrant calling a convention
before the excitement has subsidized, it
might not be all together i'll timed to
suggest that the war will have been
won and over IN ample time to give the
politicians opportunity to get their
minds back to normal condition be-
fore there is any imperative need OF
calling a convention
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-05-05

First publication, May 5, 1898.
OTATE OF WISCONSIN, IN CIRCUIT
y Court for Kenosha County.
Herbert E. Butcher Plaintiff Against Matthias
Stahl, Charles H. GOnnermann, Peter Stahl,
Benjamin Stahl, Frank H. Hall. George
Hale, as Assignee Of Dan Head and Com
pany, and John A TOlman Company, a Cor
pOration Defendants.
BY virtue of and pursuant to judgment and
decree Ct foreclosure and sale of the above
named Circuit Court in the above entitled
action, which was rendered and dated on the
28th day of April, A. D. 1897, in favor of said
Plaintiff and against said Defendants, !, the
undersigned, Sheriff of Kenosha County, Wis
consin shall offer for sale and sell at public
auction and vendue at the front door of tho
Court House, in the City and the County of
Kenosha, in the State of Wisconsin, on Satur-
day, the 18th day Of June, A. D. 1898, at two
O'Clock n the afternoon Of that day, the fol-
lowing described mortgaged premises directed
in said Judgment to be sold. or so much thereof
as may be sufficient to pay the amount due to
the Plaintiff upon said judgment for prin-
cipal, interest and costs, together with solicit
or's fees and the expenses of such sale, which
said premises are described in said Judgment
as follows
part of lot one "a, in block fifty nine t59), in
the First Ward of the City of Kenosha, and in
the southeast quarter of section thif tyone (3t)
town number two (2) north, of range twenty
three (23) east of the fourth principal meridian
and particularly described as commencing at
the northwest corner of said lot, the same be-
ing the southwest corner of the lot marked as
Church Ground on the plat recorded May
(since conveyed by said L. A Cass to one
Frank H. Hall, and by said Hall to one Eugene
R. Head and George p. Hewitt): thence east
on the north line of said lot one ID to the west
line of Main street as extended south through
said lot one ~; thence south on said last
named line ffty-eight 1881 feet and to the lot OF
one Francis White: thence westerly on SAID
Francis Whites north line to his isa1d Wh1tes)
northwest corner on the east line OF Kenosha
street or Park avenue; thence northerly on
the east line of said street or avenue to the
place of beginning, ana lying and being IN the
First Ward of the City of Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Terms of Sale. Cash.
Dated Sheriff's Office. Kenosha, Kenosha
County Wisconsin. April 29th A. ID 1898.
JOHN j. ABEL
Sheriff, 4 enosha County, Wisconsin.
Cavanagh g Fisher,
Attorneys for Plaintiff