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tion might not reach Santiago until
tomorrow or next day.
General Shafter was rather expected
to run ahead of the ..1ieet and the
troops, and to arrive at Santiago or
Guantanamo somewhat before the 9TH
er vessels, taking the risk, which is
not regarded as great, of meeting with
Spanish cruisers. The assumption by
naval officers is that any danger of
that kind would be greatly reduced by
sending one Of the convoy vessels along
with the Seguaranca as a guard for
the commanding General
One officer Of the army who has seen
a great deal Of service, and who has a
high opinion Of the ability Of the Unit
ed States army, expresses the opinion
that the campaign against Santiago
will be short one and that it will not
be superior fighting ability alone that
will give the victory to the men under
General Shafter. Although the United
States soldiers are not all properly
clad, most Of the men, having shoes,
they have plenty Of food and medical
attention.
The case Is quite different with the
Spanish soldiers Their commissary
- Ddu, OWllS W IIc ItIlcS Oh the
officers to the welfare Of the men, with
whom they make no sacrifices. Ex-
cept in garrisons unusually well taken
care Of, the hospital service is made
quate, and to that Indifference is to be
attributed the great mortality of the
Spanish troops.
This officer said the same conditions
are found in districts where Spanish
military habits are followed. The
United States forces will be superior as
much for the reason that they are fed
and paid. as for their greater energy
as race. 80. ~
The War Department still keeps Sc
cret the exact point of the landing of
the military expedition to Santiago. It
may be at the first harbor, and it may
be at the last. Some suggest that
there is reason to believe that both
east and west approaches may be made.
The early reports from General
Shafter, following his landing and OBJ
servation of the situation, are expected
to give the department an idea of the
probable duration of the campaign.
That information will also instruct the
department as to whether plans al
ready adopted provide a sufficient num-
ber of men to do the work. If not a
sufficient number, whatever it may be,
will be hurried forward to assume
complete success at the earliest possi-
Bile time.
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the attack on Charleston under Ad-
miral Dupont. He was in the attack
on Fort Fisher as Executive Officer Of
the Quaker City. In 1886 he was COM
missioned Lieutenant Commander, and
in 1872 was the Executive Officer of the
Colorado Magship), and commanded q
battalion Of sailors in the attack on
Fort Mckee. From 1891 to 1893 Cap
tain Casey commanded the Newark,
and more recently the New York. Dur
ing the time he was stationed at the
Brooklyn navy yard he and his family
were very popular in New York So
ciety. Troops of the 400 visited the
navy yard and learned all about war
vessels that the head officer could tell
them, or rather all that he could make
them understand. He was made Cap
tain In 1889.
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mostly from the United States, those
of 1875 being divided among the great
nations as follows: The. United States,
$5.664,OOO; Great Britain, $755,0O0;
China, S299, 600; Japan, $4,000: Ger
many, $243,OO0; Australia. STA, 900.
The largest items in the list Of imports
are: Groceries and provisions. $500
OS5; machinery, S343, 1O5; fertilizers,
$780, 2,239; cotton goods, $311. .S91; cloth
ing, $292, 2,559; hardware and agricultu-
raj implements, S27S, ,267; grain and
feed, S213,573; lumber, 1855, ,242; to-
bacco, S194. .S36; flour, 169, 900; building
materials. $1O2, ,639, and besides these
scores of articles ranging in value from
500, 900 downward.
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MORE SOLDIERS COMING.
A Special Train With Minnesota
Recruits Leaves Portland.

PORTLAND (Or.), June 10. - Early
this morning special train over the
Northern Pacific arrived with $40 men
and commissioned officers to recruit the
Thirteenth Minnesota Volunteer Regi-
ment to it's maximum. They left short
ly after for San Francisco in a special
train over the Southern Pacific. In ev-
cry seat Of the train boxes of lunch and
pail of Strawberries had been placed
early in the evening by the women of
the Oregon Emergency Corps The
seats and walls of the cars were bright
ened with flowers in profusion.
PORTLAND (Or.), June 19-Twenty-
seven recruits left here for. San Fran
cisco tonight to join the Second Ore
gon Volunteer Regiment in Manila.
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support of the wealthy classes to pro-
vide further necessary munitions
1t is lamentable,' he said, that we
have been unable to dispatch a fleet
to the Philippines. Our lack of fore
sight has cost us dear, and ought to
serve as lesson to US in the future
to strengthen our navy at all costs.
am determined to dispatch vessels to
Manila. 1t would be an unpardonab BILE
crime to ! abandon our heroic soldiers
there without an attempt to aid
them"
SPANISH SQUADRON SIGHTED.
GIBRALTAR, June 19.-The Captain
of a British steamer which arrived here
to-day reports that he sighted the
Spanish squadron off Cape Gata, a
promontory of Spain on the coast Of
Granada, forming the eastern limit Of
the Gulf of Almera.
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SPANISH HONOR INsULTED.
Not Pleased With Message to Ger
vera Regarding Hobson.

MADRID, June 1919 p. M. - The
statement that President Mckinley has
sent to Admiral Cervera. and General
PandO messages saying that he would
hold them personally responsible for
the lives of Lieutenant Hobson and his
men has produced a disagreeable i'm
preston here in military circles, as
showing that President Mckinley dis
trusts the military honor of the Span
iards, who, on their part, despise all
threats. Such messages, it is declared,
render the future exchange of the
prisoners most unlikely
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WILL COST SPAIN DEARLY.
The Lack Of Forethought in No
Sending q Fleet to Philippines.

LONDON, June 2O.-The Cadiz cor
respondent Of the Morning Post" says:
'sThe real object of the visit of Cap
tain Aunon, Minister of Marine, to
Cadiz was his desire to attend the
trials Of new rocket. so powerful
that on it's explosion near an ironclad
so great displacement of water would
be produced that the vessel would be
engulfed.
IT interviewed the Minister Of Ma
rine while here He admitted that the
Government had given him an unlim-
tied credit to purchase war material,
adding that they relied. upon the royal
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An Observation.

"Of course" said Willie Washington,
"it's nonsense to say that the women
of Spain are anxious to actively enga ge
in an effort to annihilate Americans"
II don't know rejoined Miss Cay
enne, reflectively. II understand that
great many of them are engaged in
the manufacture of cigarettes. ."-Wash-
ington Star.
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On the KIoudike.

Stranger-Who is that detected look
ing man coming up the trajl?
Gold Miner-That's the feller that
has jist struck the richest mine in the
diggin's.
who is that cheerful-looking man
with him."
Hes the chap that's got er half ton
Nv hoss meat stored in his cabin
Ainslee's Magazine.
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Passenger Train Wrecked.

ROANOKE Va). June 19.-Norfolk
and Western passenger train No. 4
was wrecked to-day two miles west
Of Shawsville. Engineer Herner, Fire
man Sadler and Mail Clerk Francis
were killed. Half dozen passengers
were injured, but none seriously.
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COMMODORE CASEY.
Won a Reputation as a Fighter
During the Civil War.

The President of the United Sta .es
has recently promoted from Captain
to Commodore Silas Casey of the navy
He has fine reputation as a fighter
which he won during the civil war
He came out Of the Academy in 1860
and was Executive Officer of the gun
boat Wissahickon, which took part in
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Trouble in PIeasanton Hon Fields.

PLEASANTON (Cal), June 19.-The
mop fields near Eere are the scene of Sc
rlous trouble among the Chinese and
japanese laborers. During a quarrel
over the labor contract Chung Lee
Killed Chung Sing with an AK on Fri
day. A general strike is now on against
Touii, the Japanese boss. About one
thlrd OF the crop has been picked. and
the managers of the company are offer
ing inducements to the men to return
to work
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Real Wise.

Said Simple Simon to the pieman.
What kind Of makes your p"
Said the pieman to Simple Simon, "The
kind housewives prepare" Said Simple
Simon to the pieman, II don't like that
kind OF cook" Said the pieman to
Simple Simon. You're not as simple
as you look. New York Journal
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Russia Declines China's Request.

LONDON, June 20.-The Pekin cor
respondent of the Times" says: Rus
sa has declined China's request that
she should allow the new Chinese cruis-
erS from Germany to dock at Port
Arthur, unless the foreign officers
aboard them are exclusively Russian.
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Funeral Of Miss Sophie Gro+..

SAN FRANCISCO, June 10. - Miss
Sophie Grote, late Grand President Of
the Young Ladies' Institute, was buried
to-day in Calvary Cemetery. A feat
ure of the funeral procession was the
presence Of 900 members of the Insti-
tute and Native Daughters of the Cold
en- West, who marched ahead OF the
hearse and participated in the ceremo-
nies at the grave
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CENTRAL AMERICANS
Ihe People Generally Side With
the Spanish.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 10. - The
Pacific Mail steamship 4Company's
steamer Newport, which has been char
tered as transport, has arrived from
Central America. According to stories
told by her passengers, the Central
Americans side with the Spaniards in
the present war, although the Govern
ments OF the several republics are
strictly neutral and profess friendship
for the Americans. The natives think
that Spain is getting the better Of the
war, as Spanish agents spread all kinds
OF stories about the reverses of the
Americans. The news of Dewey's vic
tory was received with great surprise.
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Colorado Recruits En- Route West

PUEBLO (Col), June 10. - Laden
with flowers and with food for a week,
supplied by the Soldiers Aid Society.
ninety eight recruits for the First Col
orado, now en- route to Manila, left for
San Francisco tonight in command Of
Lieutenant Hidwell. The armory and
union depot, whence they took their
departure. were thronged with cheer
ing people.
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Murder in the Second Degree.

PLACERVILLE, June 19.-The Jury
IN the case OF the People against Ly-
man s. Bell. after being out fourteen
hours, returned verdict Of murder in
the second degree this morning. Bell
had been on trial for a week for the
murder OF Richard Murray at Indian
Diggings, in this county. in March last.
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HAWAIIAN ISLANDS,
Growth Of Our Commerce Since Ex-
istence of Reciprocity Treaty.

NEW YORK, June 20.-The Hawaii
an Islands, their commerce, finance,
production and population, form the
subject of a series of tables which will
appear in the next number of the
Summary of Finance and Commerce"
issued by the Bureau of Statistics, says
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Brigadier General Otis Entertaina.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 19.-Briga-
dier General II. G. Otis entertained at
luncheon to-day Attorney General and
Mrs w. II. Fitzgerald, Miss Fitzger-
aid, Miss Ware of Ross Valley, Major
Foote Of Wyoming, Colonel Kessler Of
Montana and the staff officers Of the
Third Brigade. After the lunch music
was furnished by the band of the Sew
enth California Volunteers.
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SHAFTER'S ARMY
OF INVASION.
But Little Anxiety Regarding Its
Whereabouts.
Not Expected to Reach Its Destination Be-
fore To-day or Tomorrow.

Though It May Be an Easy Task
to Capture Santiago, Prepara-
tiOns Have Been Made on the
Assumption That the Spanish
Will Make a Resistance Equal
to That Which Would be Made
by an Equal Number of Amer
lean Troops Holding a Like
Position.
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Struck by Lightning and Killed.

JACKSONVILLE (Fla.), June 19.-
When about to go in bathing this even
ing, James T. Gatewood, private steno-
grapher to General Fitzhugh Lee, was
struck by lightning and instantly killed
Gatewood was from Richmond, Va.
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Ice artiffcially manufactured by the
use of chemical mixtures Is not late
idea by any means, the invention
dating back to 1883.
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ARMoRED CRUISER CARLOS v.

sells the Spanish consists inch rifles and five
inch rapid proect weighing each
the minute
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-12-06
TROOPS ORDERED TO CUBA.

Second Division Of tho Seventh Corps Ex.
pected to Leave About Dec. 10.
SAVANNAH, Ga, Dec. 8.-The Second
division of the Seventh army corps, the
Second division hospital corps and the
signal corps battalion Of the Seventh
army corps have been ordered to move
as soon as possible from Savannah tt
Havana, Cuba. Major General Fitzhugh
Lee has issued an order to this effect.
The men will 60 as soon as possible
It will take abont Is transports to carry
them. The Second division will GO
under command of General Edward B.
Williston. The regiments in the Second
division are the One Hundred and Sixty.
fourth Indiana, Second Illinois,, First
New York, Fourth Virginia, Forty
ninth Iowa and Sixth Missouri.
Though these are in the nature O.,
hurry orders, it is not thought troops
can leave here before Dec. 10.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-12-06
NO EXCITEMENT At MANILA
Result of the Paris Convention
Anticipated.
COMMERCIAL CIRCLES RELIEVED
Some of tho American Volunteers Dis
gusted at the Prospect of Remain
ing ON Garrison Duty.

MANILA, Dec. Slowing to the fact
that the result of the Paris convention
has long been anticipated here the
agreement of Spain to cede the Philip
pine islands to the United States created
no excitement. The Americans made
no demonstration. Commercial circles
were relieved. Spaniards were indiffer
ent and some of the American volun
teers were disguised at the prospect Of
being detained here now fighting i
finished.
Aglinaldo is certain to assume a con
ciliatory attitude, because his position
is daily becoming more untenable. Hi
rival intriguers are becoming uncontrol
liable, especially since funds have run
short, and the outlying provinces have
become disaffected. Although neve.
much more than a fgurehead Aguinaldt
has been consistently temperate and the
authorities have no reason to fear that
he will depart from this policy. Never
theless, the native newspapers continue
to publish inhammatory articles.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-12-06
PROPOSED BY SPANlARDS.

International Tribunal to Fix RESPONSE.
bility for the Maine Explosion.
New YORK, Dec. "a special from
Paris says: The drafts of articles have
been submitted by the Spanish commits
sioners relating to the nationality of in.
habitants of coded territory, the juris-
diction of courts, the continuing Of
grants and contracts for public works,
services in the coded territory and
kindred matters.
The Spanish idea is that, having
yielded in the main principles, they will
gain important advantages in the de.
tails.
One article provides that the United
States and Spain shall appoint an inter.
national commission Of seven experts,
each country to name one of its citizens,
one Briton and one Frenchman, with q
German to be the president. This com.
mission is to determine responsibility
for the Maine disaster. If Spain is re-
sponsible, she is to send q warship tc
salute the American flag at New York.
If she is not, the United States are t1
pay all the expenses of the commission.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-12-06
Matters Under Consideration
# Outside the the ]. Limits ;a Of the,!
I Original PROTOCOL.
Seek to Learn the Intentions OF
America and Not Expose
....y: spain's Position.
Discussions Cover a Wide
Range and Are Practically
Without Result.

WASHINGTON, Dec. st can be
stated positively that no hitch has &C.
CURED in the proceedings of the peace
commission at Paris, and an impression
to the contrary in certain quarters prob
ably arose through misunderstanding
Of the phase those proceedings have
reached. With the acquiescence by the
Spanish commissioners in the American
demands set out in the original protocol
all danger of a failure to reach the point
Of signature of peace treaty disap.
peared, and that such q treaty will be
forthcoming, covering at least all Of the
protocol points, is considered assured
What is now going on in Paris is ne.
gotiation respecting certain objects
which the United States government
seeks to accomplish in that manner in
stead of resorting to the more usual, but
more tedious, method of correspondence
between the two governments. -,
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-12-06
SPANISH WAR OFFICE BUSY

Carlist Scare Compels Them TO Take Ex'
:, traoriinary Precautions.
LONDON, Dec. 3.-The Madrid CORE.
spondent of The Standard, forwarding
his dispatch from the frontier, confirms
:he activity Of the Carlists at Mora del
la Riviera and adds:
The authorities, probably with view
of avoiding the provocation of out;
breaks, do not seem to be displaying
much activity in stopping the spread Of
the propaganda against the government,
which agents in many parts of Spain
are openly denouncing. The war office,
however, is active in placing the army
on war footing. There is much anxi.
ETY. at both the war and home Offices.
Although no Carlist bands have ap.
peared it is singular to note the general
uneasiness. The general apprehension
is that Don Carlos will not provoke a
evil war unless he can count upon seri'
GUS su, port in the army and in public
opinion of which no symptoms are yet
rprcentible
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-12-06
FIRST CUBAN COURT.

Impressive Ceremonies Attend It's In.
auguru ton ut Santiago.
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Dec. 3.-The open.
ing of the recently organized Cuban sll.
preme court was All impressive cere'
mony. Chief Justice Echevarr1a and
the associate justices, prior to the open
ing, called at the palace, where they
were received by General Leonard
Wood, after which, with General Wood
and his aides, Mr.. Robert Porter and
others, they were driven to the supreme
court chamber. General Wood, in q
few tactful and forceful words, opened
the proceedings, delivering the court, in
the name of the United States govern.
ment, to the chief justice and his asso.
ciates and demanding from the public
implicit obedience to the courts de.
cisions and DEGREES. Chief Justice
Echevarria replied and the first session
of the first purely Cuban court was then
opened.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-12-06
BUT TEN PER CENT SICK

improvement Shown in the Health o.
Troops at Manila.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.-That there is 6
decided improvement in the health Of
the troops in the Philippines is showr
by the following message from Genera
Otis, commanding at Manila:
percentage of sick Nov. 80 10 1-8, a.
against IL is Oct. 81. November deaths
20 as against As for October. Sick rate
in command about the same as among
troops of other governments serving II
tropical countries. One-third of present
sick suffering from typhoid aud mala
rial fevers, one-sixth from intestinal
troubles and the remaining half Of all
ments slight in character.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-12-06
JAMES GRAVEL Loses.
Tho Supreme Court Says the
Boom Co. Has Secured
& s5& Rights ,..,,ss

From Saturdays Pio,seer Press: ..@
James Gravel's verdict against the
Little Falls Improvement 4 Naviga-
tinn company 10 set aside By. a re-
versal Of the l,wer court he claimed
damages from the overflow Of his
lands, due to log jams by the com
pany's Blooms. IL. 10 decided that
general navigation rights would not s,
permit the company TO food his
land. But he had granted riparian
rights til the Sauntrv company. who
had transferred them to the Boom
com pa nv, and that right included
the inciden t al flooding of his land In
case Of a JAM. Syllabus::@ :.ssia '*:..,
Held following former dpcision),
that the defendant had no right IN
the exercise III the public right III
navigation to construct booms and
piers in the Mississippi river. the
natural and necessary effect Of which
would be to produce ''big jams"
which would cause the water Of the
river to riae above it's natural height
and overflow riparian lands situated
above "high water mark"
4 conveyance by the; riparian
owner granting the right to- erect
certain piers. bOoms and asserting
works in the river construed anG
held that unnecessary implication it
gave to the grantee the right t"
overflow the land Of the grantor y
far a. was necessary to the beneficial
enjoyment Of the right expressl.
granted for the purpose for which
the grant was made. ~.
Order reversed. $%
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-12-06
Relief Tor British Colonies.

LONDON, Dec. 3.-In order to relieve
the distress in the West Indies, the gov.
eminent has decided to grant Barbados
10000 and st. Vincent e25,00O, and tt
lend to each the sum of e5O,OO0.
Wisconsin OmcIsl Returns.
MADISON, Wis, Dec. 3.-Ohicial re-
turns of the late election show that Ed
ward Sco6eld, Rep, for governor, re-
ceived 173,060 votes and Hiram w
Sawyer, DEM, 1882, making SEQ
fields plurality 80, 1877.
Salvador Revolution Ended.
WASHINGTON, Dec. "a cablegran
received at the state department say
Ahe revoluti,n in Salvador is ended.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-12-06
CONCESSION FOR SPAIN.

Granted Commercial Advantages in tho
Philippines for Ten Years.
LONDON, Dec. 3.-The Madrid CORE.
spondent Of The Daily News says: II
is officially announced that the Spanish
peace commissioners have secured con.
cession granting Spain commercial ad.
vantages in the Philippines for 10 years.
An effort will be made to obtain a sim.
liar concession in the Antilles.
The Carlist agitation is being ex.
plotted by the bourse and it is therefore
necessary 10 take alarmist news with q
grain OF salt.
FIGHTING Is RENEWED.
Turks Said to Have Suffered Defeat ut the
Hands of the Rebels.
81, COEsTANTINOPLE, Dec. St is re-
ported that there has been renewed
fighting in Yamen, the. principal divis-
ion of Arabia, one of the chief towns of
which is Alden, the British naval station
on the gulf of that name. !. The Turkish
troops are said to have suffered serious
defeat between Hodeida and Sana.
The rebels in the Tais district are
said to have hoisted the British flag.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-12-06
OPINION OF DIPLOMATS.

Foreign Military Occupation Of Pekin May
Become Necessary.
LONDON, Dec. 3.-The Daily Chronicle
publishes the following dispatch from
Shanghai: The opinion is growing in
diplomatic circles that a foreign mill
tary occupation of Pekin may become
necessary 49,
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-12-06
Returned to Her Owner,

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. --Acting Secre'
tary Meiklejohn has directed the return
to her owners at Santiago Of the Reina
de Los Angeles, taken by our govern.
ment during the past year. There was
some question as to the right of the
government to the vessel as the result Of
which the above action was taken.