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" A1aAHFH9@s aug 1T 2 70 u
o clock today there were no important
peaee developments - the white house
aud 10 indications Of immediate fnr-
/ ther progress of tine situation. though
eablr authority r the sag4sfa govern
meut fer Ambassador Cambdu : sigma
! tuFe T. the peace protocol was hourly
! expected.
secret etary AIger smiled 1t the Boston
/ report nat BIanco had already sur
rendered. and said II vas the first she
pre- ideut hiHself had heard IF t. he
alsO teok occasion 10 deny the reports
that any orders had been fssned 70 com
maHders in the field 70 rest on their
arms pending the signing Of the proto-
col.
Little expectation Il entertained Of q
receipt td5aF of Swain 6 answer regard
ing the peace protocol
NEw Y9HK, Aug. "a special from
Santiago saws General Galixtg Garcia
and his 200 insurgents have stopped
drawing rati1ns and Garcia has left the
province IN high dudge9n because the
United States authorities refused to per
mi. him 10 take up the reius of govern
meut in the province. The last heard
Of him he was west If Holguin. pro
eesding toward Auevitas in the province
Of Puerto Principe. His purpose Il
probably to form junction with Gen.
Gomez. who IS supposed to be in Santa
Clara province.
WAsHEeTOS. D. C., Aug. st il
reported from official sources that Sec
retary Of State Day will resign his office
70 act a. one Of the peace commissioners
10 conclude the fornalities Of the pro
posed treaty Of peace with Spain The
president has requested this as a per
sonal matter Of the secretary and he
will undoubtedly accept. Ii Is probable
that bis successor will remain in the
secretary's Office until the end Of Nc
Kiniey's administration and Secretary
Day after the conclusion Of his duties az
a member Of the peace commission viii
resume his law practice at Canton,
Ohio
SAs FRANCISCO. August "a special
from Manila dated july 81. VIA Hong
Kong August 8, SAYS \ heavy en-
gagemsnt took place between the
American anil Spanish forces at Ma
late The Spanish made the attack,
attempting TO turn our right After an |
hour 3 fighting they were repulsed |
The troops engaged were the First |
battalion Of California volunteers.
Tenth Pennsylvania. First battalion Of |
the Third artillery. regulars. and |
battery A, Utah Our loss was nine
killed and forty four wounded. The |
Spanish loss was upwards Of 200 killed |
and 500 wounded Our volunteers
made glorious defense against up |
wards of 3 600 Of attacking forces. The |
battle ragged three hours. /
4 special from Cayite. dated August |
8. saws: The three transports which I
sailed from San Francisco with Gen. I
Merritt, but which were DELAYED at |
Honolulu. arrived today The monitor
Monterey also arrived.
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Democratic Ticket.

Psr e0asrssaraan. FIFTH Fis;nef
fICGH a DINsM0RE
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For Governor
DAg Is. JONES. of Pulaski
For SECRETARY of State
ALEx &. HULL. u Boone
For z reaauFer
THOMAS = LITTLE. of sebA2tlsH.
For Auditor
CLAY sfoAN. q LaEraaee.
For Att0ruey GeuEral
JEFF DAVIS. ~ Pope.
For Commissioner u STATE Lands
y. CDL9gfIT. - Palzskl
Pof Superintendent 9f Public iastfaeti0a
]. J. DOTNR. of I.suoke.
FOR Commissioner Of Agriculture etc,
FRANK Hill II Washington.
Fer Associate Justice
J. z. EIDDICK. of Cfaighead-
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THE BLUE AND GRAY.
VIII Fraternize Together During q
Three Days Encampment to
ne Held at Van Buren.

A grand reunion and encampment Of
ex soldiers of the Blue and Gray will be
held at the Old Fair Grounds at Van
Buren, on Aug %, "a and 25. A gen
eral invitation is extended to all. Come
and bring we'll filled baskets. Enter
tainment for everybody, speaking sing
ing. reunion and dress parade. The
Blue and the Gray Of Crawford comfy
will show to the world that sectional
lines no longer exist. and. thai knowing
no North, no South our motto shall
henceforth ever be: OsE COUNTRY AND
ONE FLAG.
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PROGRAMME.
AUG 23.

AUG. 23.
Tent stretching, hand shaking and
enrolment Of names. by companies and
regiments, and organize an annual en-
eampment by electing officers and
efecting permanent organization.
AUG. 81.
Reunion, speech making, yarn tell
ing and singing Of old war songs. Fire
works at night.
Aug. 25.
EYeryboly's day The candidates on
the county ticket will have a chance te
present their claims if they desire.
Persons wishing permits for lemonade
stand. lunch counter, swing, etc. can
apply to any member Of the following
committee:
David NJ, Jack, VIM. Loefler, j C.
Sageley, Vim. Bushong, D. T. Bic
Arthur, all Of Van Buren.
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PUBLIC SPEAKING.

The candidates for county offices will
1T IL the understanding, meet the people
in joint canvass. at the following times
and places:
Chester Chester Tp. Aug. 13
Precinct Shepherd Tp. Aug. IL
Graphic Whitley 1p. Aug 16
MOnntaihburg. Mountain Tp. Aug II
Walker Sch. House, Lancaster TIP. Aug u
Rudy, Rudy Tp aug. 10
Mulberry. IaxeY TIP. Aug 70
Precinct Vine Prairie Tp. aug u
Hil'a School House, Lafayette Tp Aug .
Dyer. Dyer Tp. Aug "A
Gum Grove. River TIP. Aug. .
Prairie Grove, KlchlAld Tp. Aug ri
Alma. Alma Tp Aug =
Dora, Dora Tp Aug q
No u. sch. House. Van Buren, Tp Aug 70
Islaek Oak, Van Buren, Tp. Aug. 81
No. IS. Van Buren, Tp. sept l
HafoldtDn Van Buren, Ip. Sept
Van Bufen. Van Buren, TIP. Sept
i. SH.TH. Ch mn Rep Cen Com.
r. d scuTT. eh.m'u Dem. Com.
II /. FfTzHUgn. sec'y Dem. Com.
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Hood Sarsaparilla and Pills for sale
at JOIN o KANE 5 DRUG STORE.
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For circBlt Judge
] II EVANS
For Prosecuting Attorney
GEO 4 MANSFIELD
For Representatives
BERKELEY NEAL
RObI l. kDGEEB
Fof Sheriff
R ? ALLEN
Yof Circuit clerk
" ? zADLER
f0r County Clerk
III - C0cHRASR
For County Judge
a II C0LGR0YB
For Assessor
" II BuRROUGH
For Treasurer
fH0s B swEARIsGES
For Coroner
DR J L DEMENT,
rowssHF TIcKET.
For Justices Of the Pence
cHAs r HARVEY
A s WRIGHT
J O FERGUSON
J II MILLER
r T KNIGHT
For Constable
W j MARTIN
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kLEcTDs xoxba1. sEy7
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If You Want....

July Is, I89,
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Miss Beatrice Weems was taken quite
i'll at Ozark where she had gone to visit
friends first of the week and had to be
brought home for treatment.
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CAMP MERRIAM, Oct. 3O.-We, the un-
dersigned soldiers of the First Tennessee
Regiment, will forever hold in grateful
memory the great service and inestimable
benefits; moral, social, intellectual and
physical, we received from the patient,
resolute and strenuous exertions OF the
ladies of the Catholic Truth Society.
All praise to Mrs. Susan NJ. Theall for
initiating and establishing the hospital
work of this society, which was a sub
lime conception of duty, humanity and
patriotism, and which will remain of i'm
mortal memory for the great good it ac-
complished.
Alvin <. Buslette, lieutenant Company b
c. 3. Ewing, sergeant Com0any H; H
Blound, corporal Company II; Logan T.
Williams, Horace Frierson, Kay Mccall
lister, Walter L. Chester, r. B. Smith
j. B. Roberts, Bayo Soheen, John G.. At
wilson, Charles l.. Eaker, Samuel F,
Clifton, w. II. Williams Alex Sheppard
r. O. Curry, o. w. Johnson, Charles A
Barfield, Thomas E. Hopkins, Harry Lee
Felix D; Fuller Jr.,n James NJ. ,sodwin
Robert L. Moore. Thomas j. Johnson
Frank B. Pool, e. D. Gregory, Edward
Williams, Fayette Wicker, II. II. BADGE, J.
r. Love, Rufus Bowder, John Shelton
James L. Barry Jr., w. Thompson
Walter Cassidy, Frank Green, w. L.
Thompson, John f. Irving and Claude F.
woodland
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Alcatraz to Angel Island, and thence to
the Marin County mainland, where it will
join the. Commercial cable which has
communication with the Preside across
the Golden Gate. A cable will probably
be held in reserve. also-one that could
be laid in a single day-for connecting
of an emergency"
General Greedy is one of the most dis
tinguished officers in the service. He was
In active service throughout the recent
santiago campaign, and his work was of
inestimable value to the Government
During the time when the fleets of Ad-
mlrals Schley and Sampson were seeking
10 capture Admiral Cervera's vessels
the signal corps furnished much of
me Informatlon as to the whereabouts of
General Greedy has risen from the ranks
10 ms present high position, for at the
outbreak of the Civ. War he joined the
1antry as private in Company B. Sub
sequently he was promoted to corporal
ana later sergeant From, 1851 to 1863 he
served with the Army of the Potomac
and took part in the siege OF Yorktown,
the action at West Point and numerous
other engagements, being wounded in the
battle of White Oak Swamp. He served
also in the Maryland campaign, and at
the battle Of Antietam was again
In March, 1868, he was promoted second
lieutenant of the Eighty-first Colored In
Iantry- In April, 1864, he was made first
lieutenant: becoming captain one year
honorably mustered out of the volunteer
service having been appointed second
lieutenant, of the. Twenty-sixth United
States Infantry of Regulars. Later he
served with the Fifth Cavalry and was
prevented major of volunteers for meri-
torious and faithful services. In 1869
General Greedy served on the Western
frontier and in 1871 was sent to Omaha
as a staff officer attached to the Signal
Corps. on March 9, 1857, he was ap-
pointed to his present position, chief sig
nal officer of the United States army'
:, Prior to this, however, General Greedy
mad gained additional hopors owing to
MS Arctic explorations. In 1881 he was
placed in charge of an expedition having
Tor its object the. establishment of a me-
genealogical station at Lady Franklin
Bay. The party unfortunately was ship
wrecked, and after having undergone ter
rible hardships was finally rescued. Since
then General Greedy has made many
searches into Arctic conditions and has
furnished much valuable information TO
the scientific world. During his stay in
California General Greedy will pay a visit
to his brother-in-law, l.. G. Nesmith II e
banker, of San Jose
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Wallace Bonacini who has been ser1-
ously III for seven weeks with typhoid
fever in its worst form at his home in
this city. was able to sit ups for an hour
or two Yesterday. The disease was con-
tracted while Bonacini was employed IN
the mining camp Of the Iron Mountain
Copper Company near Redding, shasta
County The young man was unable 10
talk very much, owing to weakness, ana
was disinclined to state the causes which
led to it, but enough was learned from
other sources to show that he was one OF
many who have suffered from drinking
water that had either been contaminated
by defective drainage in the camp or was
tmpregnated with a strong solution OF
copper. - ,-,-,-,..
The water ordinarily used for drinking
purposes comes from different springs
and crosses a roadway over which there
is considerable travel. and is no doubt
polluted before il reaches the camp,
wooden fiume used as a sewer runs along
close by and the seepage adds to the pol
The water impregnated with probably
sulphate of copper comes from the top
of the mountain, and an iUea of the i'm
mense amount of copper salts present in
the water may be had when it is known
thousand dollars worth of copper MONTH
" therefrom. Added to al this 1t is said
that there is a pig pen situated at the
source of this stream and the water is
full of impurities. The men use bottles,
which contain their drinking water, and
in their hurry are not oVer-parucuIar
where they get it.
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Employees Of the Iron Mountain Copper Com
pany'S Mines in Shasta County
the Victims.
Tins Far # Is Not Known Whether Any Deaths Have Re-
suited, but There Have Been Several Malignant
Cases Of Typhoid Fever

It is practically story Of wholesale
poisoning for it is estimated that nearly
one hundred men left in various stages
of sickness out of the four or five hundred
in the camp and all were more or less
afflicted. -.
1t has been reported that two or three
deaths have occurred the victims being
employees in the mines who had partaken
freely of the water, but it was Impossible
to verify the statement, although 1t IS
highly probable. 1t suffices to say that
the water in Iron Mountain town IS an
swerable for the dangerous Illness or a
large number of men employed there.
Some were confined to the hospital in
the camp, but lack of proper medicine
the camp, Mclaughlin by name; IS SAID
TO be sick at st. Luke's Hospital in this
city, but the officials of that institution
denied all knowledge of the case. a man
named Peal is another who is suffering
in ST. Mary'S Hospital with typhoid fever,
superinduced by drinking the water in
Iron Mountain camp. Edward Blake was
i'll two weeks with a bad attack OF ma
laria, but he has gone back to brave the
danger again.
Another bad case is that Of James Don
ahue, who has been at st. Alarys Hos
pital for two weeks with typhoid fever.
His attendant. Mr.. Finnegan, says that
Donahue was in Iron Mountain town only
two weeks when he contracted the dis
ease. Finnegan says that If steps are not
taken to remedy the evil by introducing
and pure water provided the Iron Noun
tain Company will soon have its camp
deserted, as the men are daily leaving in
large numbers, though they are being re-
placed by men who are ignorant of the
true state of affairs.
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No SWEETS IN
THE BOXES FOR
THE SOLDIERS
Trouble for the Boys
in Manila.
DANGER IN CHRISTMAS GIFTS
ARMY OFFICERS SOUND A NOTE
OF WARNING.
Extreme Care Should Be Taken in
Sending Edibles to the Troops
in Tropical Coun-
DANGER IN CHRISTMAS GIFTS
ARMY OFFICERS SOUND A NOTE
OF WARNING.

The steamer st. Paul, when she steams
out through the Golden Gate for Manila
next Thursday, will carry hundreds OF
Christmas boxes to the boys in blue in
the far off Philippines.
The boys will appreciate these tokens
from home to the fullest extent. but their
reception will be the cause of no little
concern to the medical staff of the army,
for it is anticipated that the contents Will
be apt to work more harm than good
Irdulgent parents, doting sisters ana
love-lorn sweethearts, mindful or the
stories of scant rations that have come
up from the islands, are expected to taKe
full advantage of this opportunity 10
tickle the palates of their absent ones,
with the result that the st. Paul is eE-
pected to carry out the most indigestaDle
cargo that ever left this port, unless one
! takes into consideration a load or scrap
| iron or something of that sort.
People, in making up their Christmas
| boxes, are unlikely to remember thac
! Yuletide in the tropics is in the IhIust VI
| the summer or unhealthy season, and VIII
send off enough candy, nuts, timed plum
! pudding, mince meat, pate oe Iole 8 a9.
| cheese and such provender to make halI
| the army sick. -.
The feeding of the soldiers in the trop-
les has already caused the department
much concern. The regular army raI ,;taS
have been found to be entirety unsulteu
| IN the warm countries and some time ago
S ~ ~ !" Inn of the Commissary Depart
ent from Manila w SR6 f hpFr ag
| thorities in regard to preparing a SullapIe
In4 tia for ~ the men in the tropics. Pork
cOned beef w and pexeeent af IN
sucn alt drate zone. are the cause of much
Ih e1 teisip in the Philippines and it is the
Intention to provide eo1 Tat4ns in keeping
| WIN M tbie fact in view it is not to be
wandered Mtin at that There is, considerable
| concern over the shipping of delicacies by
Siands 70 the troops in Manila.
Arn,y officers who have returned from
+bere among them Surgeon Rethers of
| the First California Volunteers; say that
eHrerv care should be taken to send only
| 1haf will agree with the men during the
| height of summer. Eschew all sweets, is
their advice, and send only such articles
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chicken. cocoa, lime juice, vegetables and
lunch meats, including tongue and
deviled ham Canned plum pudding
candy and such delicacies should find no.
Mace in these Christmas boxes, although
they would no doubt be hailed with joy
by the recipients
1t is a difficult matter to select proper
articles for such a purpose, but these re-
turned army officers say 1t would be much
better to exercise care now and make
some denials than it would to have the
tack of dysentery, the result Of eating
improper food. They say the average SOL
dier at best is none too thoughtful of his
army rations he would be less likely than
ever to heed his stomach were a consgn-
ment of provisions from home to reach
him.
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hither and thither across the field on
their well-trained ponies The field
was somewhat softer than that upon
which the men are accustomed to
play at Burlingame. For this rea-
son Walter Hobart said 1t was tri-
fie slow, but the spectators could not
see il. To them it seemed more thrill
ing than a dozen football games,
with some baseball thrown in for
good measure.
Jack" Casserly. the timekeeper, and
what had been but a moment before
a group of quiet horsemen was turn
ed into a galloping mob in pursuit or
a white wooden ball.
The Reds were the most aggressive
and in moment had the sphere in
their opponents territory. They
worked it rapidly down the field with
but slight loss Of ground and finally
drove It between the posts, scoring
one point.
The second goal was made by
Joe Tobin, who secured the ball
and despite the efforts of Charley
Dunphy TO head him off, scored
again for the Reds. Harry Simpkins
was the man to score the third point
for the Reds.
For the moment the crowd lost
sight of his work watching a race
across the field in pursuit of him be-
tween Walter Hobart and Captain
Harris. This completed the scoring
in the first period or spell of play.
Walter Hobart secured the ball in
the opening Of the second period and
on the fastest horse ran away from
the other players, scoring again for
the Reds.
Charles A. Baldwin broke the spell
of misfortune which hung over the
Whites. They were playing with
every nerve on edge and with every
muscle strained. They had the ball
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SHOOTING IN SUNNYSIDE.
Neighborly Disputes eliminate in
Shotgun and Rifle Practice.

The neighborly disputes of Herman Tie
gel and William l. Colvert eliminated in
the use of shotgun and a rife at 7
o'clock last evening, on Spreckels avenue,
in the Sunnyside section of the city. Tie
gel, who resides at No. II, and Colvert.
who lives next door at No. TO- have wives
and children, and as a consequence neigh
borly disputes arose over the merits and
dement's of each household These little
disputes finally involved the wives of
both households and as a further conse-
quence the husbands took the parts of
their better halves to such an extent as
to become enemies. From bad to worse
the. troubles augmented until Tiegel is
said to have Informed the wife and
daughters of Colvert that they would be
minus the head of the house as he in
tended to make work for the Coroner by
killing ColVert
This information was impaired by COL
verts daughter to her father on his re-
turn from work yesterday afternoon. Not
desiring to be killed without a chance at
his enemy, ColVert entered the back door
of his residence and armed himself with a
rife. He had no sooner done so than Tie
gel appeared on the scene armed with a
shotgun. few words were exchanged
between the two men, when, according to
Colverts story Tiegel raised his gun to
than Colvert fired at him, but missed the
target. This caused Tiegel to make a
hasty retreat for the shelter of his house
from which position he discharged his
shotgun The reports of the guns at
tracted the attention of Corporal NJ Shan
ahan and officers A. Wingler and Thomas
O'Connell, who were on duty in the vicin-
ity.
time to prevent further hostilities. On
fronted by two excited armed men, but
the presence of the men in uniform
ouieted the bloodthirsty combatants anu
thew peaceably submitted to arrest They
were taken to the Seventeenth-street Po-
lice Station, where each made his state
ment to Captain GilIen. Both were ordered
deadly weapon and Tiegel with threats
against life.
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GREELY'S PLAN
To LAY A NEW
CABLE CHAIN
Connecting Alcatraz
With Mainland.
OLD APPLIANCES USELESS
THE NEW ROUTE Is OUT OF THE
WAY OF SHIPPING.
The Cable Will Reach Marin County
Mainland via Angel Island
and Extend Thence
Across the Gate.
OLD APPLIANCES USELESS
THE NEW ROUTE Is OUT OF THE
WAY OF SHIPPING.

In an interview at the Palace last
evening General A w. Greedy, chief sig
nal officer of the United States army, ex-
planned the object Of his present visit to
this coast.
y am here" he said, ''to arrange for
connecting Alcatraz with the Preside in
a roundabout way.
Il put in a system here about ten or
eleven years ago. There was direct com
munication between Alcatraz and the
Preside but that has been abandoned.
The cable there. being in the path of the
shipping in the harbor, was often pulled
up or cut by anchors. The longest cable
lasted there was six months-rather ex-
pensive work This is the worst harbor
in the United States to lay cables in.
l don't think that a cable has lasted
across the Golden Gate more than three
years An elaborate system has been rec
commended by a board here, which l could
not think of putting in.
1.-The cable will probably extend from
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TN HE dashing horsemen OF Burlin-
game Club played match game
of polo in Golden Gate Park yes
terday. 1t was the first contest of its
kind ever held here and was wit
messed by several thousand specta-
tors. Had the brilliancy Of the play
ing been known the grounds would
hardly have held the. people who
would have gone to witness ii.
Play commenced at half past 2. and
for over two hours. with an occa-
sional intermission, the spectacular
sport was on.
The Reds, under the captaincy OF
Joseph S. Tobin, were made up of
Mr.. Tobin, Walter S. Hobart, Harry
r. Simpkins and Frank Carolan. The
Whites were: Captain Harris, U. S.
A (captain). Charles S. Baldwin.
Charles Dunphy and Richard M: To-
hin. The Reds won ultimately by
score of 7 to 2. This would seem 10
Indicate that the game was one
sided. 1t was far from it. however,
the play throughout being of. the
most desperate character.
Honors were evenly divided, each
PLAYER having an opportunity TO dls.
tinguish himself at some pe1od OF
the game Walter Hobart was prop
five ponies. The majority Of the 9th
ers had three each. Joe Iobln,
"Duke" Harry Simpkins. c. A. Bald
win. "Dick' Tobin and young Char
lev Dunphy were all credited with
brilliant plays.
amphitheater west of the deer park.
The carpet Of green lawn with trees
in the background made a beautltuI
setting for the eight men who dashed