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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-04
Especial Correspondence

While on bis way from San Francisco
10 Manila with ammunition and sup
plies for Dewey's feet, Capt. Henry
Glass. commanding the United States
cruiser Charleston, made short stop
at the island of Guaham, or Guam.
and took possession of the Ladrone
group in the name of the United
States. Capt. Glass had very little
difficulty in adding the islands to
Uncle Sans possessions, as they were
defended by less than 100 soldiers and
miserable fort. armed with anti
quated guns. When the Spanish COM
mandant noticed the approach of the
American war vessel, he did not have
ammunition enough to return what he
and his men considered the American
salute. They were amazed to hear
that a state of war existed between
Spain and the United States. and sol
EMMY protested against being made
prisoners. Their feeble objections
were unheeded, of course, and the
garrison was taken to Cavite, and the
only American living at Guaham, was
made provisional governor. The
whole expedition partook of the ma
ture of a comic opera plot; and hui
morous as it was, it will be repeated,
no doubt, when one of our ships gets
ready to take possession of the Car
oline and Paloa islands, two other
small Spanish groups in Pacific
waters.
To the United States the value of
the Ladrones is at present principally
military, as furnishing harbors and
coaling stations, but under an en-
Heightened government there seems no
reason to doubt that with proper Gull
tiyation the cotton of the islands
would equal the product along the
coast of South Carolina, the sugar
would rival that of Cuba and Puerto
Rico, and it is said that the tobacco of
the Ladrones has favor equal to
that of the famous Vuelta Abajo val
ley. Any development within limits of
climate and soil is possible under
civilized and humane government, and
the. Ladrones may have before them
future as great as that which lies be-
fore Puerto Rico.
The Ladrone group consists of
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which are inhabited, the rest being
mere dots on the ocean, the tips of
volcanoes which have sunk beneath
the sea as the crust of the earth at
this point subsidized. The principal
islands are Guaham, Rota, Aguijan,
Saypan and Tinian; but the largest,
Guaham, which has an area of about
200 square miles, forms nearly one
half the land area of the entire group.
Lying as they do almost directly I'M
der the equator, they have every va
riety of tropical product, and under
proper conditions their population
might have become wealthy from ag-
riculture alone, but the blight of
Spanish rule has dwarfed and ru-
ined every industry. The people work
no more than they are obliged to, and
in the tropics really no one is COM
PEELED to work, for an abundant sup
ply of food grows without culture,
and clothing and shelter are almost
unnecessary.
The story of the discovery of the
Ladrones, according to a recent
writer, is one of the romances of
history. Ferdinand Magellan, or Fer
nando Magalhaens, his real name,
was an enthusiast of the Columbus
type, man who knew what he want
ed, and was determined to get it.
Magellan had been to the Moluccas
by sailing round the Cape of Good
Hope and crossing the Indian ocean,
but after Columbus had made the
discovery of new continent Magellan
felt satisfied that the Moluccas could
be reached by sailing directly from
Spain to the west. For long time he
could not secure a hearing from any
body, but after years of waiting his
enthusiasm made an impression, and
finally he secured commission as adj
miral in the Spanish navy. with a
fleet of five ships, the crew numbering
altogether 236 men, and on Septem-
Der 20, 1919. he set sail on his voyage
of discovery. The starting of the
fleet was a great day in Seville. A
splendid feast was held, high mass
was celebrated in the cathedral, all
the captains and men from the ships
marched in solemn procession from
the palace to the church, escorted by
the mobiles of the court and the local
fnilitary All Seville turned out to
honor the occasion, and the day was
one long to be remembered, on ac-
count of the splendid pageant which
was presented in the streets of tbs
about 20 islands. only. Ave or six OF
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NO IMMUNITY FOR "IMMUNEs."
There Are Competent Authorities
Who Say One May Have Yellow
Fever Several Times.

1t is very true that the southern
troops will be better able to stand the
climate of Cuba than the northern sol
oiers, but when authorities on the SUBJ
ject of yellow fever hear the ideas of the
administra ton on the subject of So
called ''immunes" they enjoy quiet
laugh at the ignorance displayed.
''Immunes" exist, but because per.
son has had yellow fever once it does
not follow that he will never have it
again. He may have it twice during
one epidemic, and should he be exposed
to it the next year he may have it twice
more.
The people of the gulf states are ac-
customed to tropical heat and malaria,
but those who enroll their names as
''immunes" know well the risk they run.
Surely these ''immunes" will make no.
BILE soldiers, for they realize fully the
danger of invading Cuba, while the
northern and western men can only
imagine the horrors of yellow jack"
He has never been shut up in city
where the air is rank with poison, where
all business is at a standstiil, where
death reigns supreme, where corps OF
noble men band themselves together for
the purpose of caring for the sick and
suffering; and each day when the roll
is called and this one or that one fails
to answer, the rest look at one another
and ask: ''Who ueXt?"
The southern troops generally are
anxious 10 go to the front, anxious to
heal the old scar by fighting for "Old
Glory" and willing to run the risk Of
fever to show their great loyalty to
Uncle Sam.
have been consulted on the immune
question, and each and all agree that
raising regiments of so-caued sim
munes" is absurd. Among these au-
thorities is DR.. J. c. LeHardy, health
officer at Savannah, Ga, who has writ
ten several volumes on the subject of
yellow fever and who has practiced IN
several epidemics.
When appealed to by correspondent
of the Post, he said: 1.-THE general be-
lief is that you cannot have yellow fever
twice. This is an error due to the want
of exact knowledge.
''Some persons never have it, but /
have treated others four times during
one epidemic, three times with black
vomit. have treated others three times
and many twice. Again.. have treated,
III 1854, persons who had the disease in
1920 and 1899. In 1s4s attended num-
bers who suffered again in 1854. In 1876,
the last time we had the fever in Savan-
nah, had patients who had been the
victims of three previous epidemics.''
DR.. lie Hardy also stated positively
that the yellow fever belt does not in
clude the gulf states, but extends from
south Florida to South America, and
that as long as the sanitation of any
southern city is good there win not be
state of epidemic.
When asked why natives of the West
Indies rarely suffer a second time from
yellow jack" the authorities all agree
that it Is because they avoid inhaling
the poison by keeping out of the infect
ed localities at night and in the early
morning--Wash;rgto Post
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Marriage by the Glove.

In Holland, says Scotch paper, mar
rage by proxy is allowed. This is the
so-called marriage by the glove" and is
usually put in practice by Dutchman
who is sojourning abroad, and wanting
wife, is too poor or too far off TO re-
turn home for one. In such a case he
writes home TO a lawyer. who selects
one eonforinable to the requirements OF
his client. If the gentleman approves,
he next sends the lawyer a soiled left
hand glove and a power of attorney.
which settles the business. A friend
marries the woman by proxy. and she
is thereafter promptly shipped of to
her new home.
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rful southern metropolis

powerful southern metropolis of
Spain.
The expedition sailed from San
Lucar, at the mouth of the Guadal-
| quivir river, on one Of the most event
! full voyages ever known in the history of
| Spanish exploration. Like most Span
| ish expeditions in that day every man
was combatant, even the priests of
| the ships, who were also the histo-
| rians, having suits of armor made be-
fore leaving home, SO that in case of
necessity they might bear hand in
defending the ships.
Proceeding in southwesterly direc-
ton, Magellan crossed the Atlantic
and touched the coast of Brazil,
thence sailing south, looking for a
passage. He entered the La Plata river,
supposing it to be a strait leading to
the Pacific, but after discovering his
| mistake proceeded on his way to the
south, and on October 21, 1920, sailed
into the strait which separates the is
| land of Terra del Fuego from the main
land. He called the passage ''Strait of
the Eleven Thousand Virgins in honor
of st. Ursula's feast, but it has ever
since been known by his own name.
A month was spent in exploring the
passage and the surrounding country,
in planting crosses here and there and
taking possession of the continent in
the name of the king of Spain.
On November 20, 1920, Magellan
cleared the strait ard started north
west in the expectation that within a
few days he would come to the Moluc-
cas-. Knowing nothing of the extent
of the Pacific, he and his crews were
brought to the last extremity before
they finally sighted land. Three months
and eight days were passed on the Pa
cific, the men had eaten the last NOR
sci of bread and the little water that
remained was yellow and fowl when on
March 6, 1921, the Ladrone islands APP
peared on the horizon straight ahead.
Magellan was kindly received by the
natives, the necessities of the Span
iards were all supplied by the islanders,
and the visitors would have been sat
isfed TO remain a considerable time
had it not been for the unconquerable
propensity of the natives to thievish-
ness. Everything on the ships that was
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Juan.)
without exception, are given up to the
negroes and poorer classes, who
crowd one upon another in the most
appalling manner. The population
within the walls is estimated at 10000,
and most of it lives on the ground
floors. In one small room, with a finn
sy partition, a whole family will re-
side.
The ground floors of the whole town
reek with filth, and conditions are
most unsanitary. In a tropical coun-
try, where disease readily prevails, the
consequences of such herding may be
easily inferred. There is no running
water in the town. The entire popula-
ton depends upon rain water caught
on the fat roofs of the buildings and
conducted to the cistern, which occu-
pies the greater part of the court
yard that is an essential part of Span
ish houses the world over. butthat here,
on account of the crowded condition,
is small. There is no sewerage except
for surface water and sinks. while
vaults are in every house and occupy
whatever remaining space there may
be in the patios not taken up by the
cisterns. The risk of communicating
the water is great, and in dry seasons
the supply is entirely exhausted. Epi-
denies are frequent, and the town is
alive with vermin, mosquitoes and
dogs.
The streets are wider than in the
older part of Havana and will admit
two carriages abreast. The sidewalks
in, T,1o
modate only one person. The pave
ments are of composition manufac-
tured in England from Stag, pleasant
and even and durable when no heavy
strain is brought to bear upon them,
but easily broken and unfit for heavy
traffic.
The streets are swept once day by
hand, and, strange to say, are kept
clean. From it's typographical situa-
ton the town should be healthy. but it
is not The soil under the city is clay
mixed with lime, so hard as to be al
most like rock. It is consequently i'm
pervious to water and furnishes a
good natural drainage. The trade
wind blows strong and. fresh, and
through the harbor runs a stream of
sea water of not less than three miles
an hour. With these conditions no
contagious diseases, if properly taken
care of. could exist; without them the
place would be a veritable plague spot.
Besides the town within the walls,
there are small portions just outside,
called the Marina and Puerta de
TERRA, containing 1000 or 5000 inhab
itants each. There are also two sub
urbs, one, San Turce. approached by
the only road leading out of the city,
and the other, Catano, across the bay,
reached by ferry. The Marina and the
two suburbs are situated on sandy
points or spits. and the latter are sur
rounded by mangrove swamps. The
entire population of the city and sub
urbs, according to the census of 1887,
was $4,000. Tt is now estimated at 3d.
600. One-half of the population con-
sists of negroes and mixed races.
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the rim is removed. line the inside of
the box and over both sides of the cover
put white sheet wadding sprinkled with
lily of the valley sachet powder and
tackled here and there in order to keep
it in its place. The cover is to be fas-
tened to the box with bits of tape used
like hinges, and the whole thing lined
inside and outside with pale green crepe
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-04

stripes or figures. A yoke of plain
white chambray stitched with white or
black can be worn with this dress, and
lapels, belt and cuffs of the fancy cham
bray can be used for trimming.
In using this strong material it is best
not to combine it with lightweight
goods which will wear out long before
the chambray loses its first neWness
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-04
4 Local North Pole.

A note from a recent report to the
French academy by Mascart states
that north pole had been found at
Kotchetooka, village in Russia The
magnetic needle assumes vertical po-
sition at this point, and the horizontal
needle remains in equilibrium in all
positions The latitude is So degrees
north
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-04
Economical Marketing.

Marketing economically does not
mean purchasing things at the cheapest
rate. Itreally involves the higher talent
of selecting wisely and we'll Small
quantities and no waste is one good
rule to remember. Have just enough
not piece too much
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-04
Baked Annie cu.tara.

Stew one pound of good cooking sp-
plies, pared and cored; when heated add
half a pound of g-anulated sugar; pre-
pare custard.as usual and pour over APP
pies and bake. Whipped cream served
on the custard is great improvement
If preferred less sugar can be used in
the custard.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-04
He Believed An It

81 suppose" said the farmland, who
was looking for job, that you be-
lieve in the eight-hour system go
That's what do" replied the farm.
er. II work eight hours in the fore.
noon and eight in the afternoon, but
along about haydn and harvest time ]
occasionally put in two or three hours
xtra."-Chicago Evening News.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-04

a yard, but it wears so well that you
soon forget the first expenditure.
A very comfortable dress for a little
girl is a sailor suit in tan chambray,
made with blouse and plain skirt. The
skirt is bordered with q, band of lighter
weight chambray which comes in
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-04
A STRANGE sfreau

One of the strangest streams in the
world is in East Africa. 1t flows in the
direction of the sea, but never reaches
it. Just north OF the equator. and when
only few miles from the Indian ocean,
it flows into desert, where 1t Students
and completely disappears--S. Z. sus
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-04
A PLAY-DAY DRESS.
just the Thing for q Little Girl 10
Wear at a Mountain or Sea-
shore Summer Resort.

There comes a very heavy chambray
which is warranted to wear from one
season to life time-with the chances
in favor OF the life time. It is most
useful for children's dresses, as it is
positively beyond ripping or tearing.
The chambray costs about IS cents
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-04

A dainty and useful handkerchief case
may be made Of a square box, such as is
used for stationery, by removing the
rim of the cover in order that only a
square pastebcard will remain. When
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-04
SUMMER PALM LEAVES.

No
proach tin beeziness
manb
Al
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-04

A watch ticks I57.6so, 900 times in q
year. and the wheels travel s.sssz miles
per annum.
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HANDKERCHIEF CASE.

How NimbIe Fingers Can Produce n
Very Charming and Useful Bit
of Fancy Work.
The times., 1898-06-29
COUNCIL OF WAR.
The Cabinet Holds n Long and Inn
partant Session.

The Philippine situation, the West In
dian campaign and the proposed plan or
carrying the war across the Atlantic into
Spain shared equally in Cabinet deltbera-
tons Yesterday. Secretary Day was the
only absentee. his department not being
represented at all. and the session was
longer than usual.
Secretary Alger laid before the Cabinet
the latest intelligence from Admiral
Dewey
Advices from diplomatic representatives
abroad expressing the probable attitude
Of Sne various European mowers when
called lub6n to- witness the spectacle Of
American war %aged IN the Old World
were laid beforeehe Cabinet by Secretary
Long France. aGermany and Russia are
understood to be deeply concerned over
the Administrations determination. lately
made public. 10 attack Spain, and the two
first particularly are expected 10 look
with marked ,disapproval upon any such
move Their attitude, however, will not
influence the plans of the Administration.
The Cabinet is said TO have been unani-
nous in urging the speedy departure of
Commodore Watson for the shores OF
Spain.
Secretary Long also represented to the
ministration in making public its plan of
carrying the war into Spain had been
fulfilled. After adjournment he said:
The Navy Department is in receipt
of official information to the effect that
Camara has not yet entered the Suez
Canal with his Cadiz fleet. He is still at
| Port Said. AS yet we have no official
confirmation of the press dispatches say
| ing that Camara win be denied the privi-
| iege of coaling at Port Said
The Secretary intimated that there is
every reason to believe that Camara will
| turn back In fact, the Administration
| is quite confident of 1t. Thus the attempt
| to intercept his progress to the Philip
| pines by making public the plan of at
| tacking Spain has not been without effect.
Secretary Long declared that Admiral
Dewey would be able to meet with sue
cess any possible exigency that might
| arise In the Philippines.
| Referring to the Cuban blockade pro-
! clamation he said: THE proclamation
! has no significance other than desire
to more completely cut the Spaniards off
| from outside assistance and cOmmunica-
| tion Henceforth the blockade will be
made stronger than ever at all points.
The times., 1898-06-29
The omciaI Lies of Spain.

(From the New York Evening Pcst.)
Who is deceived by these lying Spanish re-
ports? Certainly not the officers who send them.
Surely not the authorities who receive them.
Even the Madrid press houts them. They seem
TO be put cut to fool the people to tho top Of
their bent. Yet the government does not ap-
pear to think that the people fooled.
Sagasta is about to sound the country through
his agents-his caciqucs, as the Spanish call the
men less elegantly known to us as ''bosses''-
seeif the general sentiment is in favor OF seek
ing peace. But why should Spain humble her
self TO ask for peace il the official accounts of
the war have not been mass of lies? 1t is ad-
mitted to be sure, that there have been IN
pleasant occurrences in the Philippines; though
Admiral Camara is now sailing to set that all
straight But in all other respects, the war
has been according to the official Spanish version,
one unbroken series of glorious victories for the
Spanish arms The invader has been b.oodily
repulsed at San Juan. at Matanzas at Cardenas,
at Cienfuegos, at Santiago. His ships have been
battered and his dead left in heaps. Why sue
for peace when everything is going swimmingly
There is an air of farce about the whole af-
fair which would be endlessly amusing were il
not SO ghastly. Must the Spaniards be lied to
like so many Chinese? Is the war to end with
the residents OF valladolid and Valencia believ.
ing, as the dwellers in central China are said
to do to this day, that the enemy was iDglorious
ly beaten?
The times., 1898-06-29
THE DEFICIENCY BILL.
1T VIII BE Put ON Its Final Passage
in the Senate Today

Mr.. Allison called up the conference re-
port on the sundry civil appropriation bill
yesterday in the Senate and said the con
feres had been unable to agree. The Sen
ate, on his motion. ordered another con-
ference.
Mr.. Hale called up the general def
cheney bill. The first formal reading of
the bill was dispensed with and all the
committee amendments which had been
printed were agreed to. Mr.. Hale gave
notice that he would call the bill UP to-
day Immediately after the morning bust
ness and put it on its final passage.
He also stated that there were few
more committee amendments which will
be offered today.
The bill carries over s22s, 100000 an in
crease of nearly $2.OO8.OOl over the House
bill.
| The following are the Senate amend
ments which are of local interest:
For rent of vault in building on First
street. between B and c streets north
west from July first. eighteen hundred
| and ninety-seven. to July first. eighteen
| hundred and ninety-eight. six hundred
| dollars.
( For payment of the awards, under con-
/ demnation. for land taken for the exten-
| sion of Connecticut avenue from Florida
| Avenue TO Waterside Drive. 10 be charged
/ wholly to the revenues of the District OF
| Columbia. two hundred and thirty thoas-
| and dollars.
One hundred fire alarm boxes for use
1 in the outlying suburbs. which have re-
| Gently been built up. Sl2, 800
| The force of the Health Department Is
! increased by provision Tor one sanitary
and food inspector at a sa-ary Of {l,2C0 Pc.
1 year.
The amount for fuel for public school
| buildings was increased TO 200.
Two thousand dollars is provided foI
the support of prisoners in the District
| of Columbia jails.
Mr.. Hoar asked and obtained the con.
! sent of the Senate yesterday for the com
| mittees on the Judiciary and riyilege.
and Elections to sit during the session:
| OF the Senate for the remainder of thi:
| session of Congress.
The times., 1898-06-29
WEDNESDAY. JUNE %, 1898.
What rs the Mntter:

What is the meaning Of this reported
concentration of seven German war
ships in the harbor of Manila. saluting
the Spanish flag as they steam in and
apparently ignoring the fact that the
place has practically been occupied ana
is in the possession Of the United States
Of America?
What news is it the Administration
has from Admiral Dewey that the
American people ought to know but
which is withheld by the State Depart
ment?
Are German professions of friendly
neutrality open TO question, OF are the
interests Of forty German subjects il
Manila of such a character as 10 de-
mand the presence of a large squadron
of cruisers and gunboats to protect
them?
What is this new international com,
plication? The country wants to know