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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-08-27

Senator Stephen B. Elkins, in re-
cent interview, gave utterance to SEN
timents almost identical with those
of Douglas, when he said:
CAS- for the Philippines, we should
certainly retain what has been taken
at so much cost. There are two rea
sons why we should keep them. The
first is, that they are harder to give
away than retain, and the second is,
that if Germany and England and
good enough for the United States.
THE great struggle OF the future
will be for territory. All the foreign
powers want territory in order to ex-
tend their markets. We want terri
tory for the same reason. The Re-
public will last thousand years, and
a hundred years from now we would
be willing to pay half a billion dol
lars for the Philippine Islands, which
we can now have for the asking. We
need these islands in the future as an
outlet for our people, while for the
present they will become our home
markets. We need them as an in
centiye for the increase Of our ship
ping and for the building up of our
Navy until our flag is once more
seen on all the seas. We need them
because they mean so much to the
Pacific slope, a section which is de-
serving Of as much encouragement
and attention as the Atlantic coast.
1T is idle to ask whether we can
assimilate or govern the population.
OF course we can. My faith in Re-
publican principles is unlimited. l
believe that our Republic is the great
est government on earth, and that
we can give the Philippines a better
administration than any other power.
We have already solved two race prob
lens.
1--WE have disposed of the Indian
and are making a good citizen of the
negro. Besides this, we have alb
sorbed Is, 900 600 foreigners, giving
them the ballot and intrusting them
with voice in the management of
our affairs. Does any one mean to
say that the Republic which has done
so much for the worlds civilization
and progress as the United States
must halt and hesitate in meeting the
great opportunity which is now be-
fore us? If we should fail in our
plain duty we would make a grave
mistake.
Hawaii, Cuba. Porto Rico and the
Philippines-these are our four jewels
and we cannot part with one of them
without suffering iucalculable loss.
Trade, commerce, shipping, mauufac-
tures-iu fact, everything that con-
tributes to our material weliare-de-
pend upon our taking advantage Of
the wonderful opportunity which
something more than mere fortune
has placed in cur grasp"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-08-27

The gold reserve is now 5000, ooo,-
600. Not so bad considering the fact
that we have just completed foreign
war in a most satisfactory manner.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-08-27

In another column of the Herald an
old army officer tells why our soldiers
have suffered for the necessaries OF
life during the war with Spain.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-08-27
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
For House of Delegates.

EDITOR HERALD. Please announce h..
c. GERLING, Of Martinsburg. as the
choice of Gerardstown district Republi-
cans for the House of Delegates.
GERARDsTowN.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-08-27

Senator Elkins will be pleased to
send on request to lawyers and others
interested, copies of the Bankruptcy
Act until his quota is exhausted.
Requests should be sent to his Wash
ington address.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-08-27
NATIONAL EXPANSION.
Our Manifest Destiny Opinions of
Two Prominent Statesmen.

There are those who imagine that
the issues growing out of the war are
new, but never was there greater
mistake AS long ago as 1858.
Stephen A. Douglas. one OF the great
est statesmen of the ante bellum per-
iod, said in speech at New Orleans:
'It is our destiny to have Cuba,
and it is folly to debate the question.
1t naturally belongs to the American
continent. 1t guards the mouth OF
the Mississippi, which is the heart OF
the American continent and the body
Of the American nation. It's acquisi-
ton is matter of time only Our
government should adopt the policy
Of receiving Cuba as soon as a fair
and just opportunity shall be present
ed. !"
In the same speech he made this
broader declaration of his belief IN
American destiny:
II am in favor of expansion as fast
as consistent with our interest and
the increase and development of our
population and resources. If that
principle prevails, we have a future
before us more glorious than that
ever existed. Our republic will en-
dure for thousands of years. Progress
will be the law of its destiny. \
The more degrees of latitude and
longitude embraced beneath our Con-
stitution the better"
In the Senate the same year he set
forth his .unhesitating confidence in
the beneficial results of expansion:
al believe the interests of COM
merce, of civilization, every interest
which civilized nations hold dear,
would be benefited by expansion. "
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-08-27

Bar silver is worth 90 cents an
ounce and Mexican dollars sell for 40
cents. There has recently been quite
an advance in silver, which is one of
the benefcient results OF a stable cur
rency.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-08-27

Congressional Convention at Key
ser next Wednesday.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-08-27

No such thing as summer com
plant" where DR. Fowler's Extract
of Wild Strawberry is kept handy
Nature 5 remedy for every looseness
of the bowels.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-08-06
MUST THRASH INSURGENTS.
Dewey and Merritt Telegraph That
Large Army Is Needed.

Washington, July 30.-A dispatch from
Admiral Dewey announces that Aguinaldo
has assumed bold attitude of defiance
and that it would take large force from
this country to subdue the insurgents
The following has been received at the
war department.:
Hong Kong, July 30-Adjutant Gen.
eral, Washington, Cavite, July 25.-Ar-
rived today about II. Health of com
mands good. Remainder of the feet
about four days in the rear. All the
troops assigned me will probably be need
ed MERRITT.
General AIerritt's expedition included
the transports Ohio, City of Paris, Indi-
ana and Morgan City, which left San
Francisco June %, carrying 5000 officers
and men under Brigadier General Near
thur, the steamer Valencia, which sailed
on June 2S with 500 men, and the flagship
Newport, which sailed on June 20 with
500 men under the immediate command
of General Merritt
Altogether there were 5000 officers and
men in the third party. The first expe-
dition carried 250l men, and the second
carried 35l5 men, so that General Merritt
now has under his command ii ,0l6 men.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-08-06
PERU TO BUY WARSHIPS
SINISTER PURPOSE SAID TO BE BE-
HIND THE MOVE
IL Is Hinted That the south Ameri-
can Republic Expects Trouble
with the United States and Is
Preparing Her Navy.

New York, Aug. 1.-THE Panama steam
er Advance reached this port yesterday
with Commodore Carlos FeITyros of the
Peruvian navy, who is en- route to Paris
for the purpose, it is said, of purchasing
warships for the Peruvian navy. Rumors
have been current in Panama prior to
July !, those on the Advance said, when
Commodore Ferryros arrived there on the
steamer Santiago from Callao, concern
ing strong agitation throughout Peru
against the United States, owing b. diff
ferences between the two countries, exist
ing since 1885. There was therefore some
significance in the utterance of President
Pierola at the opening of the Peruvian
congress at Lima last Thursday, referring
to the issue raised between Peru and the
United Substituting from 1885. During
the height of the anti United States feel
ing in Peru there was considerable talk
about North America being unable to pro-
tect its Pacific coast line on account of
the Spanish war and that a Peruvian DEM
onstration Whereabouts might compel the
United States to modify her demands.
1t was also limited that secret agents
had been sent to Europe for the purpose
of purchasing war vessels and that an
important move might be made at an
early day. These rumors were partially
confirmed by Commodore FerTyros' adj
mission that he was on his way to Paris
and that the object of his mission to Eu-
rope was to purchase warships for the
Peruvian government. No little excite
ment was caused in Central America
when the information that Peru was tax
ing steps to strengthen her navy became
known.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-08-06
ARE PREPARING FOR PEACE
STEAMERS ARE GIVEN BACK.
Army and Navy Officers Think the
War Is Practically Ended-War
ships Ordered Home for Repairs
Volunteers VIII Return This
Month.

New York, Aug. Ia special to the
Tribune from Washington says:
Army and navy officers consider the
war practically ended so far as actual
hostilities are concerned and that there
will be no occasion hereafter to fire a.
hostile shot except in the slight resist
ance that may be offered by the Span
iards to the progress of American forces
in General Miles brilliant Puerto Rico
campaign.
The first step has already been taken
by the orders issued yesterday returning
the st. Paul and the st. Louis to New
York as soon as they could leave the
West Indies. Their guns will be taken
off at once, their naval officers detached,
including Captain Sigsbee and Captain
Goodrich, and as speedily as the vessels
can be restored to the condition they were
in when the navy acquired them, they
will be delivered to their former owner,
the American line
The Harvard and Yale will be given
up week or so later and the navy will
then cease paying $4,000 a day for these
four vessels, which, for the last few
weeks, have been used exclusively by the
army as transports. Perhaps the army
will be able to charter the vessels for
time, or at least until the owners con-
slider it advisable to undertake the res
toration of their transatlantic voyages
1t is almost certain that the war de-
partment, if compelled to send addition
al reinforcements to Manila, will prompt
ly impress these vessels and hurry them
around to the Pacific for that purpose
The naval authorities have also shown
their confidence in the result OF the peace
negotiations by ordering at least three
of the heavier warships to New York to
make repairs. The Indiana will come
north soon as Admiral Simpsons flag
ship and is expected to go into dry dock
by the middle of August
According to the naval authorities the
prospects are that all the volunteer Off
GERS, as well as the men who care to be
relieved from naval service, will be able
to return to their homes by September /.
This refers of course only to the naval
militiamen, whose places on the regular
warships will be taken by enlisted men
and released from the auxiliaries as
quickly as the latter vessels are put out
of commission.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-08-06
BANKRUPTCY LAW IN EFFECT.
Not Much business VIII BE Done Be
fore November.

Washington, Aug. This is the date
set for the new bankruptcy law to 20
into effect, but on account of an over
sight on the part of the trainers of the
law it is not expected that there will be
any important business under the new
law before November !.
The law provides that the United
States supreme court shall frame. rules
for proceedings in bankruptcy, but as the
supreme court had already adjourned
when the measure was passed and does
not reassemble until October, no rules.
forms and orders for procedure can be
issued by the court until it reconvenes.
The law also provides that petitions for
voluntary bankruptcy shall not be fled
until after the expiration of 80 days, and
petitions for involuntary bankruptcy un-
til the expiration of four months, so that
there will be little business done under
the new law until November.
The district courts, however, have been
empowered in case the necessity arises.
before October, to make their own forms.
and rules of procedure, which will have.
binding force and effect until the SUI
preme court meets. 1T is not anticipated
though, that the district courts will take
such course to any great extent, owing
to the future complications likely to
arise.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-08-06

The largest proportion of single per-
sons is found in Ireland and Scotland,
and the smallest in the United States.
In Ireland 81 per cent, in Scotland So per
cent, but in the United States only 80
per cent are in that condition.
Prince Ahmed Safeddin of Egypt has
been sentenced to seven years imprison-
ment for trying to murder Prince Fuad.
He has been ordered besides to pay over
$4,000 for his victims doctors bills.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-08-06
THE ARMY IN PUERTO RICO.
Troops Capture RniIroad-Nauco
United States city.

PONCE, Island of Puerto Rico, July
30, 3 p. M, via st. Thomas, Aug. L.
General Miles hourly expects the arriv-
al of the transports having on board
Brigadier General Schwans division of
6000 men, and also the Mohawk with
the Fifth regular cavalry.
General Henrys division, consisting of
3400 men, and including 26 pieces of ar
tillery, has been ordered to march i'm
mediately to Yauco from Ponce to be
ready to join in the movement north to
San Juan.
The Sixteenth Pennsylvania regiment
was sent this morning toward Juanadiaz,
eight miles north of Ponce, en- route 20
San Juan.
Word reached here this afternoon that
the Spaniards were numbering native Pu-
erto Ricans, violating women and indulg-
ing in general outrages.
The first real resistance is expected
when our troops reach Aibonito, 80 miles
northeast of here.
Miles says he has no intention of MAX
ing a landing of troops at San Juan, es-
pecially as the place is only roadstead,
where transports are liable to suffer from
prevalent storms.
The railroad from Ponce to Yauco is
now in possession of our troops General
Stone found five mines on the track.
These were destroyed and the track is
uninjured.
Our troops found II Spaniards in Yau-
co hospital, all of whom had been wound
ed in Tuesdays fight.
Proclamations have been issued by the
authorities of Yauco as a United States
city, expressing delight at annexation
and the administration of General Miles
and welcoming our troops.
The mayor of Ponce has called upon
the residents of that place to exercise
calmness and circumspection under the
new and desirable conditions.
Miles has issued lengthy orders of in
structions to General Wilson as military
governor of Ponce province and the city
until General Broole's arrival. 1t is of
the same tenor as the instructions which
Miles gave to Shafter at Santiago. Both
orders are based on the administration
instructions given to General Merritt re-
garding the government of the Philippine
islands.
The question of proper discount on Put
erto Rican silver gives some trouble to
General Miles, but he says this will set
tie itself in due time.
Chaplain Chadwick of the Cincinnati
introduced to General Wilson this morn
ing two of the leading Jesuits of Ponce,
representing a thousand churches and
their dependents in this province. The
priests wanted information regarding
their support and General Wilson said
under the constitution of the United
States it was not possible to apply any
government money for church purposes.
Spanish volunteers continue to come in
and give themselves up.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-08-06
LIVES LOST IN A FIRE
THREE DEAD, FOURTEEN HURT.
Early Morning Fire in a Chicago
Hotel-Those Who Became Panic
Stricken Suffered, the Cool Ones
Escaped Safely.

Chicago, Aug. Three killed and IA
injured is the record of a fire that broke
out at $3.50 o'clock this morning in the
Berwin hotel OH North State street, start
ing in a bicycle repair shop adjoining
the hotel.
The flames spread to the basement Of
Che hostelry and then making their way
to both the front and rear stairway, cut
off the escape of a dozen .uests Some
in the panic that ensued jumped to the
sidewalk and sustained broken legs and
arms, others waited in their apartments
and were rescued, while most of the
guests made their way out of the build
ing by means of fire escape leading into
an alley.
The dead are:
H. A. Tiedman, musician, residence in
California, dropped from a window on the
fifth floor and was instantly killed
Anna Paulin, % years of age, whose
home is in Minnesota, was burned to
death on the fifth floor.
An unidentified man, remains burned
beyond recognition.
Fred Siemen, who jumped from bed
room window, had both wrists broken
and was internally injured.
The Injured.
Two men, names unknown, jumped
from the upper floor and are at the hos
pital unconscious.
Edward Seaman, proprietor of the CT
gar store at the Palmer house, jumped
from the third floor and was seriously in
jured.
r. s. Hill, seriously bruised.
j. V. Dolson, severely bruised
H. c. McCleary, overcome by the
smoke while hanging on window ledge,
dropped to the street below and probably
fatally hurt.
Miss Catherine Murphy, jumped from
second story, right ankle broken.
DIR. Belknap, burned slightly.
Mrs. E. H. Twilight and baby, overcome
by smoke, rescued by fremen.
Miss Marie Kennedy, Frustrated from
excitement.
Miss Emma Sharkey housekeeper at
the hotel, jumped from second story win
dow, ankle sprained
One of the guests on the second floor
swung himself out upon the ledge of the
window, peered at the flames for a mo-
ment and then deliberately jumped to
the sidewalk. He landed ON his feet but
fell into the gutter helpless. A number
of others followed. Among them was
Siederman, who jumped from the fifth
floor and was killed.
Miss Marie McCabe and Miss Schroeder
were carried from the second floor by
Daniel OLeary, the well known race
horse man.
Mrs. Earl, an artist, was rescued from
the second floor by fremen.
Morris jacobson, his wife and their son
Edward were carried from the second
story by firemen.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-08-06
Three Reported Killed.

Seattle, July 3O-A freight train was
wrecked on the Seattle & international
last night II miles from this city. A
boy and two tramps, whose names have
not been learned, are reported killed. The
journal on a fiat car loaded with tele-
graph poles broke, ditching the train.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-08-06

st. Louis, Aug. George Thompson
colored, was hanged this morning. Death
resulted from strangulation. The crime
for which he was hanged was the poison
ing of Joseph Cunningham while sexton
of st. Peters Episcopal church in Sep
tember. 1895.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-08-06
Election I'm Alabama.

Birmingham, Aug. Election is be-
ing held in Alabama today for the gov
ernor and all the state officers, including
the members of the supreme court, mem
bers of the lower house of the general as
sembly, half of the senate and officers in
the various counties.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-08-06
ALL AROUND MARKET REPORT
Wheat Quotations, Wool Figures,
and the Price of Produce.

Following are the Spokane quotations.
Wholesale prices are given unless other
wise quoted:
Wheat at the Country
points: Club, bulk 4Sc, sacked 49c; blue
stem, bulk Soc sacked sic. At Spokane:
Club, bulk Ace, sacked 52c; bluestem,
bulk sic, sacked 53c.
Oats-At Spokane, f. o. b., $1,000.
Barley-Country points, f. o. b., 700
75c per cwt.
Rye Country points, f. o. b., zoe per
cwt.
Flour-Per barrel-Gold Drop, S4.25;
Big Loaf, $4.65; Banner, $500; Plan
sitter, $3.50; Superb, $425; Spokane, "a !;
Snowflake, $4.25; whole wheat, $4.25;
rye, So; graham, $4.
Feed-Bran and shorts, $ll per ton;
shorts, $l2; bran, $40; rolled barley, $40;
chicken feed, $lS@l9.
Hay-Timothy, So per ton; baled tim
othy, $40; wheat hay, $7.50@S.5O; oat
hay, $3.50; alfalfa, $40.
Eggs-Ranch, $3.50.
Corn-Whole, 1913; cracked, $24
Wool-Fine medium, 6@7c per ID; me-
dunn, SAGE per h.
Produce-Fancy creamery butter, 40
and 60-lb tubs, l9c. per Id; 5, 10 and 20
lb tubs, poe; prints, 22c; California but
ter, 25@2Gc Id: country butter in rolls,
he per Id; cooking butter, lOc; eastern
creamery, prints, 23c; cheese, twin, full
cream, l2lc; cheese, twin, skim milk, 81
@l0c.
Negetab es-Potatoes 81 per cwt; cab
bage, 81 per cwt; turnips, 81 per cwt
cucumbers, 35c per doz; onions, $3.50 per
cwt; beans, l-2@l 3-4c per ID; carrots.
$3.50 per cwt.
Poultry-Chickens live weight 100
lie per ID, dressed l2@l3c; spring broil-
ers, $3OO@350; turkeys, live, ll@l2e;
dressed l2@l3c; spring ducks, dressed
$4@4.50 per doz, geese, live lO@llc,
dressed 1902 lie.
Meats-Beef cows, live S2.S5@3.l0 per
cwt; dressed $6@7; steers, live $3.50
$50, dressed $s@S.50; hogs, live S4.5O@
AIS, dressed $6@6.50; mutton, live 4@
4 lie, dressed SOS lie per Id; dressed
veal, 7@Sc per Id; lamb, IL IL whole
sale.
Metals.
San Francisco, Aug. l.-Silver bars,
81 3-4c
Mexican dollars, 46@46 l-2c.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-08-06

Colon, Colombia, July 20, via Galveston
The latest advices from Cartagena IN
dictate that there is no scare whatever
over the presence of the Italian squadron
at that port.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-08-06

During the naval battle at Santiago,
in which, Cervera's fleet was destroyed,
the Oregon alone fired l776 shells The
destruction caused by some of the shots
was fearful.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-08-06

Seymour Keyser postmaster at Nam
helm, n Y, has an apple tree which was
brought from Holland in the seventeenth
century. 1t still bears fruit.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-08-06

now going through right along and fine
lot of concentrates is being saved. No
shipments have yet been made, but it will
not be many days until there viii be a
regular supply of them coming down
from there. 1t is gratifying to the peo-
pie of Wallace to see dirty water coming
down Nine Mile again after the stream
has run clear for over six years.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-08-06
Revival i'm Pierce Mines.

There appears to be somewhat of re-
vival in mining in the Pierce district,
Idaho, especially in quartz, since the wa
ter supply has run low. Today a force
of six men left Kendrick for Pierce to
commence work on the Crescent mine,
which has been shut down for some time
owing to break in the pump, which has
haen ranaired
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-08-06
Pleased with DIRTY water.

The Black Cloud mill is running regu-
larly, everything moving along smoothly.
For the first two or three days it was
run on waste to let the machinery get
in shape for regular work and joints fill
up so as to be water tight, but ore is
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-08-06

Flax is being successfully grown near
Victoria, in southern Texas.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-08-06
Strike on the Rock Island.

Parties at Wallace from DeBorgia,
Mont, report that the men working on
the Rock Island have struck four feet of
shipping ore at a depth of 2G0 feet. Some
of the ore brought over here is enough to
make stir in any mining camp. The
ledge where it was cut is 10 feet between
walls, and there is some ore all through
it, although it is of little value except in
the four foot streak.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-08-06

San Francisco, Aug l.-Silver bars
81 3-4c.
Mexican dollars, 46@46 l-2c.
Lake copper-Quiet; brokers', $ll.62l