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The record-union., 1898-08-06
THE ORDERS TO MOVE NORTH
The Soldiers at Santiago Will Soon
be on the Way Home.

SANTIAGO DE CUBA. Aug 4, 11:45
a. m. delayed in transmission).-Ma Major
General Shafter has received orders to
remove his entire army north at once.
The six transports here will take the
first shipments, and the embarkation
will begin tomorrow. There is great
rejoicing among the troops.
From the moment Secretary Alger' s
cablegram was received this morning
ordering the immediate removal of the
army north everything has been hustle
and activity at headquarters The
transports here, six in number. have
been ordered to discharge their car
goes and get ready without loss OF time
to take on board the first shipments for
home. Other transports are expected
here shortly, and it is expected that
eighteen transports will soon be con-
veying our soldiers back to the United
States. The Yale and Harvard. among
others. are understood to be on their
way here.
General Skaters orders for the
movement Of his command provide the
following program:
The embarkation of the Third and
Sixth Regular Cavalry; then the First
Regular Cavalry ana FIRST volunteer
Cavalry Rough Riders) will be en-
barked These regiments have been
ordered to be ready to go ON board ship
the, day after tomorrow. For the pres
emit the Ninth and Tenth Cavalry will
remain in camp.
Only the privatel horses of the officers
will be taken. The other horses will be
turned over to General Wood, who re-
mains here as military Governor All
the tents will be left standing, and all
the extra worn clothes and bedding
which may possibly be infected will be
destroyed.
The First Brigade of General Law
ton, under General Chaffee, will go
next. All the men able TO ride will be
put on ponies and taken to the wharf
The others will be conveyed there in
wagons. All the men VINO are suffering
from yellow fever or infectious disease
will be left here. Every precaution
will be taken to provide for the safe
and healthy arrival Of the men north
Thevolunteer regiments will next be
shipped in the following order: First
Illinois, First District Of Columbia. sew
enty-first New York, Ninth Massachu-
setts, Eighth Illinois, Thirty-t third
Michigan, Thirty fourth Michigan.
The record-union., 1898-08-06
VICTORY FOR CONTESTANTS
The Jury Renders Verdict in Par
ker Will Case.

SAN JOSE, August ,. = After being
out since late Wednesday afternoon, the
jury in the George H. Parker will con-
test came into court at $50 this morn
ing with a verdict for the contestant
Mrs. Emma Parker, breaking the will.
This was the third trial of the suit.
In the first the jury was unable 70
agree. In the second a verdict was re-
turned for the contestant. A new trial
was granted.
Mrs. Emma Parker is the widow of
Edward Parker. the only child of
George H Parker. The marriage was
bitterly opposed by Parker. ST., and he
cut his son off with only a life estate.
The widow sued to break the will, on
the grounds of undue influence and in
sanity The jury to-day found that
there had been undue influence. All
agreed to this but one.
If the verdict stands the conteStaEs
becomes the heiress of the whole estate.
which is valued at between S25O,OO0
and $500, 600.
The record-union., 1898-08-06
A GREAT DANGER PASSED.
The Withholding Of Reports as to
Condition of Army at Santiago.

WASHINGTON, Aug 5.-Army Off
GERS are greatly relieved to know from
the Santiago dispatches that what ap-
pears to have been great danger to
the American arms has been safely
passed by.
The reports of the American COM
manders at Santiago, including all the
Major Generals, division and brigade
commanders, which were made public
in the news dispatches yesterday, gave
for the first time to the public news
of the terribly demoralized condition OF
the American army. If this state of
affairs had been known a week ago the
most serious results must have follow
ed. The Spanish Government must
have been excited to refrain from max
ing peace overtures and to prolong their
resistance. The publicity given to
these reports is most strongly deprecat-
ed by almost every official of the Ad-
ministration, but the American army at
Santiago is being loaded upon trans
ports as rapidly as possible, and it is
hoped that within a few days the bulk
of the army NH.l be at sea, bound for
Mantauk. l.. l.
In the place of these weary and bat
tle-wOrn troops will be five regiments of
immunes now due at Santiago, sup
posed TO be proof against yellow fever,
and at any rate gifted with a fresh
store of energy and health to draw
upon.
General Miles has with him in Porto
Rico a force probably equal to the ac-
tual demands of the campaign there,
SO that the heavy reinforcements now
fn ha cl ND
10 be dispatched can be safely diverted
to Santiago or any other Cuban point
at short noice, if occasion should make
il necessary. With knowledge of
these facts, the officials feel tolerably
safe as to the future conditions at San
tiago.
II is supposed that the Government
censor at New York made an effort q
prevent the communication of the facts
stated in the Santiago dispatch TO Eu-
rope, but it is unlikely that he succeed
ed, inasmuch as the same news, being
! freely given out at Santiago, undoubt-
edly must have reached Kingston, Ja-
maica, and have been transmitted t.
| Europe without censorship at the hands
OF our Government. II is said to be
overstating the case to say that General
/ Shafter was rebuked for allowing the
publication of the round robin" for the
Secretary of War confined his commu-
| nication to a simple inquiry as 70
whether the General had given public
ity to the Roosevelt letter and the
round robin" but it is certainly the
| fact that henceforward the effort will
| be made to guard such information
more closely from the public
The record-union., 1898-08-06

north to a camp that had been selected
that as soon as the fever subsided the
men of his command will be moved
north to a camp that has been selected
for them at Montauk Point. On July
Both General Shafter telegraphed
Made known Secretary of Wars
north as soon as fever subsided, and it
had very good effect on the men,
When however, the true condition
was made known an order was issued
to General Shafter to move his COM
mand north as rapidly as possible, and
all ships in the Quartermaster's serv-
ice possible to get to Santiago were
sent there, and the great liners st. Paul
and ST Louis were also ordered there.
AL this was done before the commu-
nication signed by General Shafter and
his Generals was received, and before
Colonel Roosevelt's letter was pub
lshed
''Over 80 surgeons are at Santiago,
and l16 immune nurses have been sent
there, besides the usual hospital corps
that always attend such an army.
There have been less deaths in Santi-
ago by yellow fever than by typhoid
fever in any camp of the same size in
the United States"
Two messages were received at the
War Department to-day from Ponce,
the first announcing the death of a
brilliant young army officer, and the
second from General Miles himself,
touching on the trouble in the Sixth
Massachusetts, which was the subject
of official inquiry by Secretary Alger
yesterday. Details of the latter tele-
gram are not obtainable, but it is ap-
parent that General Miles is deter
mined to repress sternly at the very
beginning any departure from military
discipline, even among the volunteer
element in his command.
AS near as can be gathered, the Off
GERS of the Sixth declined to submit to
an examination which was prescribed
by the brigade officers, through proper
authority, and upon the insstence Of
the latter they sought to resign their
commissions. General Miles himself is
dealing with the case, and if he should
decide to allow these officers to resign
or discharge them from the service Of
the United States-and the latter is pos
sible-the Governor of MASSACHUSETTS
will be called upon to appoint their sue
ceSSorS.
1t can be said that up to this time the
officials are thoroughly satisfied with
General Miles conduct Of the Porto
Rico campaign, and they do not hesi-
tate to admit that the events that have
occurred since his landing in Guanica
fully justify the arbitrary change made
by him in the carefully laid plans of the
department for the conduct of the cam
paign.
The record-union., 1898-08-06
The Lighthouse Station al San Juan
Also Captured.
Gsneral Brooke's Landing at Arroyo Sue
cessfuI = More Transports Arrive
and Are Disseminating Their
Troops at Ponce.

copyrighted. 1898, by Associated Press.I
ON BOARD THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS DISPATCH BOAT. OFF SAN
JUAN DE PORTO RICO, Aug. (via
st. Thomas. d. w. L., Aug 5).-The
Americans have taken peaceful posses
sion of the eastern portion of the
island. Small parties of marines have
been landed, who have lighted the
lamps in the lighthouse at Cape San
Juan and other lighthouses along the
coast They met with no resistance.
Indeed, at Cape San Juan deputations
of citizens came out to meet them.
The warships now in this vicinity are
the Montgomery, Annapolis the Puri-
tan and the Amphitrite. The two for
mer are looking for the troop trans
ports which left the United States and
have scattered all about the island. The
Annapolis rounded up the Whitney. the
Florida and the Raleigh yesterday. and
they are at Cape San Juan
There seems to have been q serious
mistake as to the rendezvous, for no
w. 1hipS 5ol " the same place, and IL
will take several days to locate them
and get them to Ponce, where General
Miles is waiting
OFF San Juan the cruiser New Or
leans alone maintains the blockade.
Captain General Macias has issued a
proclamation, in the course of which he
says:
Spain has not sued for peace. and
can drive off the American boats now.
as l did Simpsons attempt before"
A daughter of the Captain General
is helping to drill the gunners in the
forts. Altogether there are 9. 800 Span
lsh regulars in the city. The troops of
the enemy who are retreating from
Ponce and the other towns on the south
coast occupied by the Americans have
not yet arrived. The German steamer
Polynesia, With a cargo of rum. canned
meats and tobacco tried to run the
blockade this morning, but was stopped
by the New Orleans
SPANISH ADMIT AMERICAN Sue
CESSES.
MADRID, Aug. 5.-An official dis
patch from Porto Rico says: American
cavalry, assisted by the insurgents.
have captured Fuenta and Cabejas. the
lighthouse station at San Juan.
MILES PAYS NO ATTENTION TO
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.
PONCE porto Rico), Aug ) (yia 81.
Thomas, d. w. L)-Major General Miles
is proceeding entirely without regard
TO peace negotiations. Krag-Jorgen-
sens are being issued. The Second and
Third Wisconsin are moving UP to the
Sixteenth Pennsylvania to-day. Colonel
Hulings has captured 5000 pounds of
rice Thus far the enemy has not no
Tested him
Major General Brooke's landing ut
Arroyo is successful.
The troops from the Roumanian, four
batteries of the Twenty-seventh Irdi-
ana, the First Missouri the First Penn
sylvania and the Fifth Illinois are dis
embarking there.
The Morgan troop of the Fifth Cav
airy and the Mississippi comnissori ries
have arrived here.
Lieutenant Hunter of the artillery
was slightly wounded by one of our
pickets last night.
Captain Edgar Hugart, who died OF
typhoid fever, has been buried with
military honors
General Roy Stone is repairing the
road TO Arecibo, but a movement there
is improbable.
The record-union., 1898-08-06
Prince of Wales May Visit Us.

LONDON, Aug. 5.--It is reported in
connection with the Anglo American
movement that strong endeavors are
being made to get the Prince of Wales
to visit the United States and Canada
next summer, and it is added that en-
couragement has been given the idea
in responsible quarters
The record-union., 1898-08-06
Escaped From the County Jail.

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 5.-Edward
Burns. sneakthief, who was yesterday
sentenced to serve six months impris-
onment, escaped from the County Jail
to-day, and has not been recaptured.
He was acting as a trusty, and had ac-
cess to the street.
The record-union., 1898-08-06
SANITARY REPORT.
Were Thirty-Three Hundred and
Fifty-rour Sick ON the 4th Inst,

WASHINGTON, Aug. ). = The War
Department tonight posted the follow
ing:
Sanitary report for August 4th: To-
tai sick. 3,354; fever cases. 2,54S; to-
tai new cases of fever. 5O2; total cases
fever returned to duty $40.
Deaths, August 4th: Joseph Hynes,
Troop r, Ninth Cavalry, malarial fe-
yer; David Mertener. Troop E, Third
(Continued on Fifth Papel
The record-union., 1898-08-06

Continued on Fifth Page.)
The record-union., 1898-08-06

George Jacob Holyoake of England
says that he was the first person To
use the word 'jingo," which he did on
March 13. 1873. in a letter to the Lon
don Daily News
Natchitoches populist., 1898-06-10

of the constitution and use a mine af-
ter the Rthschild pattern to blow up
all government issues Of money ac-
cording to the fashion of Spain in
blowing up the battleship Maine.
The consultations Of the president OF
the United States with Secretary Gage
in the present crisis as to the best
mode of raising money for the war
ought to create much more anxiety
than any negotiations with the treach-
erous Spaniards, because the Spaniards
do not pretend to be working in the
interest of the United States, but Mr..
Gage does. The people of the united
States have recovered from the terri
BILE losses of the civil war, but they
may never recover from the Infinitely
greater losses inflicted through the cum
ming and Vaccinations of the Mach
iavellian who demonetized silver. NO
war with Spain could infict permanent
misery upon the people of the United
States; but Mr.. Cages scheme OF over
throwing the government OF the con-
stitution and substituting an oligarchy
Of bank manipulators might destroy
every vestige Of liberty.-SilYer
Knight t-Watchman.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-06-10
The African In the waoanils.

In case of war with Spain, Gage
will always be the African in the wood
piles He was put into the cabinet by
gold gamblers, re-organizers, stock
jobbers, bank syndicates, money sharp
ers, and usurers Of every name. nature
and description, on both sides of the
Atlantic. He is located where he can
put his tentacles on the throat OF the
nation and dwhere heand his eo-workers
can best suck the blood of taxpayers
Every year, every month, every day.
and every hour in every day, Mr.. Gage
will be working little jobs to make
bondholders rich and the people poor.
While our brave soldiers and marines
fight the foreign foe, The Hessians Of
wall and lombard streets viii march
10 the music of shylock's band. and.
with daggers saarpened by avarice.
win cut away the financial noorings
Natchitoches populist., 1898-06-10
THE English People"

The Chicago pulpit editorializer dis
courses largely of 'the rapidly grow
ing predominancy of the English peo-
ple.' He quotes John Fiske and Jo-
siah Strong in support of his asser-
tions that "this race is In control of
practically all the new land of the
globe; it is the multiplying. populat-
ing stock; it is the fighting stock, too"
He declares that, united, it could, by
influence and arms, command peace the
world over.
The preacher of editorials would not
have been so very remote from the
truth If, instead of ''the English peo-
pie" and this race" he had said the
English-speaking people There is a
difference between the two. Even in
the British isles by no means all of
the English-speaking people are Eng
lish. The Irish and the Scotch are not,
nor are the Welsh, most of whom
speak more or less English. Nor is
it quite correct to speak of the English.
themselves as a race" They are &,
product of the nlingling Of different
races. There is no distinctly English
race. 1t is a mixture OF Saxons, Nor
mans, Celts and Latins that makes the
Englishman.
In other parts OF the world the Eng
disappearing people are English in a
much less ratio than in Great Britain
In this hemisphere they are much more
largely of Irish, Scotch, German,
Dutch, Scandinavian and French orig
in, than they are Of English origin. AS
for our own country, while the Eng
lish have given 1t the language and to
a large extent the political institutions
and civil polity, other nationalities
have supplied most Of the people. And
indeed our political organism is almost
as much Huguenot as English. Then
it must be remembered that England's
laws are the old Roman laws. There
IS very little in all this world all Eng
lish except 1t be the accursed gold
standard that is robbing the people in
ali climes.
The god Of science never hears or
answers prayers.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-06-10
A Dictionary Matter.
He rushed up the steps.

He rushed up the steps.
They were the steps Of the national
treasury.
II want to give my all to my coun-
try" he cried.
He waved a valise.
The valise contained wads of cash.
He had heard there would be war
War is like street car travel.
II eats up lot of money.
"Cuba!" he cried.
The secretary of the treasury came
in.
"Is the government in need OF
money, Mr.. Secretary?"
"It is"
How much?'
Lots. We may be up to our eyes
in war very soon"
Here is a valise full"
Thank you. Here is a government
bond"
"Is it gold bond?"
"No."
What sort of bond is it?"
SIT Is coin bond"
II can't give you my money, Mr..
Secretary, until I get gold bond"
THE law doesn't allow gold bonds
to be issued"
"Then the law must be changed, Mr..
Secretary, or won't lend my money
But thought you loved your
country and wanted to lend your
money for that reason"
"Just so. | love my country too
much to let it dishonor itself by issu-
ing coin bond. Gold bond or moth
ing"
MY dear sir, you are quite right,
but let me call your attention to one
particular"
What is that?"
"The meaning Of the word coin"
what does 1t mean?"
"Gold."
"Are you sure?"
Certain
well, now, Mr.. Secretary, what die
tionary does the government use?"
IAN English dictionary. of course +"
Exactly. But how can know that
when my money is repaid, that the
government won't be using an Ameri-
can dictionary?"-Twentieth Century.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-06-10
NATCHITOCHEs, La, JUNE 10. 1898.

"Inasmuch as railroad and other cor
porate property is not bearing its pro-
portion OF taxation, we demand that
such property shall bear its just and
equal share of the expenses Of govern
ment."
The prominence given to direct legis-
lation in this platform should, and
doubtless will, command thes enthusi-
astic support of all. Direct legislation
comprises the whole Populist platform,
because with actual self-government
all reforms will come as quickly as the
people are ready for them. The Mime
apolis Representative, one of the lead
ing middle f-the-road Populist papers,
agrees with this view of the Oregon
action.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-06-10
Carlisle coauets with popu,ism.


How Populist ideas do grow in pop
ularity! Ex-secretary Carlisle has an
article in the last Forum in which he
advocates radical changes in the sys-
tenn OF electing the president and vice
president. He would retain the cleo
toral college, but would have the cleo
tors divided among the candidates in
proportion to the popular vote for
each. He would thereby give repre-
sentation to minorities, and this is the
essential feature of the Populist prin-
ciple OF proportional representation.
Add to this the initiative and referen-
dunn and the people would then rule
Kansas Advocate and News.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-06-10
Small Bonds in Favor.

st. Louis Globe-Democrat: The nom
ular loan idea grows. The government
will have to borrow large sums of
money IL war takes place. Large
loans will have to be made, and some
of the bonds which the government will
issue should be In small denominations
and be sold in postofflces and national
banks. This will give the people a
chance to aid the government financial
Iy, and to get the best sort of a securi-
ty which can be had In any market.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-06-10
NATCHITOCHES DIRECTORY.
CHURCH SERVICES.

Services at the Methodist church
every First and Third Sundays at II
q. m. and 1880 p. M, by the pastor,
Rev. Fl. Armstrong. Prayer meeting
every Wednesday night at7:3O o'clock.
BAPT1sT-M. E. Weaver, pastor.
Regular services, Second and Fourth
Sundays at II a. m. and p. N. Sun
day school, 10 q. M; prayer meeting,
Wednesday, s p. m. All invited.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-06-10
A System Of MISREPRESENTATION.

The system of government by rep
resentation, as practiced here, is about
the worst kind OF government in the
world. It Is emphatically a system of
Misrepresentation. = Danbury Ameri-
can Freeman.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-06-10
LODGES.

Phoenix Lodge No. 3S. A. F. & A.
M.-Simcoe Walmsley, W. NJ; J. G.
Trichel Jr., Sec. Meets First and
Third Wednesdays at p. m.
Castle Hall No. SO, Knights of Pyth-
las u. P. Breazeale, G. c.; Adolph
L'Herisson, K. of r. & S. Meets
Second and Fourth Thursdays at s
p. m.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-06-10
Tho Cause of Poverty

''Et lis because of monopolies which
we permit and create, and advantages
which we give to one man over another.
that some are tramps and some are
Henry George.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-06-10
PROSPERITY NOTES.

The Selz shoe factory at Elgin, ILL.,,
closed down and discharged 200 hands.
Good workmen, working IL hours
day, were paid only 81 week, and are
now on the township. Cause, a strike
against still lower wages.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-06-10

1AC SClI SuUG ldCIOly at Di5AH, iiA''
closed down and discharged 200 hands.
Good workmen, working IL hours
day, were paid only 81 week, and are
now on the township. Cause, strike
against still lower wages.
Thousands Of small manufacturers
are being forced to the edge OF
the precipice, and soon will be
obliged to obey instead Of command.
They are just now between Hanna and
the deep sea, and must become hire
lings Or bankrupts.-Herbert N. Cas-
son.
A stranger, aged about so, suicided
by carbolic acid in Chester, Mass, the
other day. On a scrap of paper in his
pocket was written: Il am a mechanic
out of work. I am knocked up with
tramping from place to place and can
not get food. I am better dead than
living"
Concerning the possibilities Of an
other great strike OF coal miners,
Thomas Young, manager of the M. A.
Hanna Coal company, extensive opera
tors in Pennsylvania, is quoted as say
ing: "A strike, involving about 10000
miners, will probably soon be in full
swing in Central Pennsylvania. The
operators declare they will not pay the
Chicago scale, and the miners an
nounce their intention to strike"
Business Is picking up. Prosperity
principally prospers In producing pris.
oners. Of 27 new recruits this week.
Is were crimes committed for gain.
or these IL stated that poverty was
their only reason for transgressing the
laW.-Lansing News.
The l,100 operatives of the Whitten.
ton cotton mills, at Taunton, Mass.
have returned to work after a striks
lasting five weeks.
Thomas Murphy, blacklisted rail
road engineer, who was shot by the
marshal Of Medina, O., for begging
something to eat, has died. And the
majesty Of the law has been vindi.
Gated. 1t is crime to get hungry in
this prosperous nation, and death Is
often the penalty.
At the request Of the New York
World, an ex-slave and former owner
OF slaves studied the condition of the
striking mill operatives in New Bed
ford. Both say that the negro slave
was better fed, better housed, more
lightly worked and better cared for
than these mill hands are, besides the
certainty he had that in old age or
illness he would be fed, clothed, hous-
ed, doctored and nursed, where the
mill hand has only charity to depend
upon for these benefits. Every Even
ing.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-06-10
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