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The herald., 1898-06-10
SETTLERS TITLES
They Are To Be Made Valid by Special
Legislation

WASHINGTON, June 9.-The portion of
the report of the Conference Committee on
the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill adopted
by both Houses of Congress contains a new
paragraph framed by the conferees pro-
viding a way Of settlement of all contro-
VERSES between settlers on public lands and
to the Northern Railway Company, a sue
cessor in ownership to the land grant of
the Northern Pacific Railroad Company.
These cases in the courts and the depart
ment already number many thousands and
have been the cause of much irritation and
hardship to the settlers. The act applies
to the future as we'll as to the past and
provides that the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company may abandon all the lands to
which it's right is disputed by settlers and
take in lieu other public lands situate in
any State through which the road runs,
whereupon title clear shall invest in the
settler. The same privilege to abandon the
contested land is accorded to the settler. It
Is asserted that the legislation will quiet
10 900 titles in the States of Wisconsin, Min
nesota, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho,
Oregon and Washington, and while pro-
tecting the settler, also frees the Northern
Pacific Railroad grant from further con-
tention in the courts and the government
land department.
The herald., 1898-06-10
PRoHIBITIONISTS
Adopt a Platform and Nominate a
Full Ticket

FRESNO, CAL, June 9.-The platform
adopted this forenoon at the State Con-
yention of Prohibtionists demands the
suppression of the beverage liquor traffic
bylaws enforced by party pledged to this
end.
The right of suffrage, it says, should have
no other qualification save intelligence and
sobriety, nor should one-half of the peo-
pie be DISTINGUISHED in the name of law
and kept so through the untiring efforts of
the saloons against mothers, wives and
daughters.
1t favors the hearty support of the gov
eminent in the present war and pledges it.
self to this end; believing that the cur
rency problem has been largely produced
by brewers and distillers, who, through the
saloons, draw from the workingmans
products, silver, which, changed into gold
is piled up uselessly or shipped away;
protests against frequent tariff changes
to the great detriment of the countrys
business interests and favors a tariff COM
mission; favors an extension of the in
itiative and referendum principle, now
only having an advisory or limited in
huence in law making; civil service rules
should cover all subordinates, but changes
should not be made as to favor unjustly
the party in power; our laws should dis
courage land monopoles by individuals or
corporations; favors legal day of rest
and good sanitary and moral conditions
in factories, public schools and colleges;
favors construction, ownership and man.
agement of the Nicaragua Canal by the
general government.
The following nominations were made:
I TnCn Of Do
The herald., 1898-06-10
CHINA CASHED UP
But Japan Finds Basis for More Heavy
Claims

VANCOUVER, B. c., June 9.-Oriental
advices are to the effect that China and
Japan are having trouble again. Complica-
tons have occurred in China, one after an
other, and now the Japanese consulate at
Shashi has been burned down. The Chi
nese indemnity has been wholly paid, Wei
Hal is evacuated and Japan has assurance
from China that no part of the province of
Flu KEN shall be leased or ceded to any for
eign country. The obligations of the
Shimoneski treaty have thus been fully dis
charged by China and now a new complica-
ton has arisen. 1t seems that rioters at
Shashi raided the japanese consulate, set
fire to the building and also destroyed all
foreign residences along the River Yang
Use. In Shashi district the rioters are be-
lieved to have been instigated by Chinese
officials who were recently discharged from
service. On receipt of the news of the riot
the Minister of the Navy issued instruc-
tons to the commanders Of the cruisers Ia
Kao at Shanghai and the gunboat Maya at
Saysho to proceed to the scene of the dis
turbance for the protection of the Japanese
residents.
H. M. S. Esk has been ordered to the scene
of the outrage. Shashi is situated about
n1ty miles dDONe f1ankOW. Japan has
adopted the method of France and Great
Britain and has obtained guarantee that
the portion of the Chinese empire in which
she is most interested shall not be alien
ated. At the instance of the japanese Min
lister the Chinese government has engaged
that no part of the province of Flu KEN shall
ever be ceded to foreign power. Flu KEN
is the part of the mainland lying opposite
Formosa The treaty relating to the Japa-
nese settlement at Tien Tsin has been signed
by China. France has demanded from
China an indemnity of so 900 taels, the erec-
ton of a church a memorial and the
extension of the railway from Marking in
Kwang 81 province of the coast of Kwang
Tung as compensation for the murder of
a French priest.
1t is officially reported in mandarin cir
cles that Russia has secretly demanded a
lease of not only Kaiu Chau, few miles
from Port Arthur, but also of the Fusch
Coua Sui Preftural, city further north
than the former city. These, with the pos
session also of Kai Pene at the head Of the
Lao Tung peninsula, will give the Russians
entire control of the peninsula.
The herald., 1898-06-10

exhibited by the army officers who saw the
Associated Press bulletins today from Key
West. giving currency to the report that
three Spanish men-of-war had run the
blockade into Havana The very first ques-
ton that rose was as TO the identity of the
ships II the report be true, and more than
one officer Immediately recalled the fact
that the department was still in some doubt
as to the exact whereabouts of all the
Spanish warships not alone of Cervera's
feet but others that had preceded 1t into
West Indian waters. The naval officers
made light of these fears, taking their stand
on SIMPSONS report that six Spanish war
ships were in Santiago harbor. They ad-
mitted that it would be no difficult task for
a warship to run the Havana blockade at
this moment, weakened as It has been by the
withdrawal of the fast and powerful ships
for service al Santiago. 1t is stated, too,
that reports of a recent date from jamaica
were that there were very heavy gales Off
the Cuban coast, and it is comparatively
easy in binding tropical squalls for YES
sci to escape detection while running a
blockade. Still, the impression is general
that If any Spanish warships really passed
the blockade line they were little more than
small gunboats that are numerous along
the North Cuban coast.
A Cable Not Cut
KINGSTON, Jamaica, June 9.-The West
Indian Gable Company is still using the
cable from here to Santiago.
The herald., 1898-06-10
MODERN SURGERY
Somewhat Alleviates the Horrors of
War

WAL
WASHINGTON, June 9.-Surgeon-G Gen.
eral Van Ripon of the Navy is back from a
trip to New York where he inspected the
naval ambulance ship, the Solace, and saw
the sick and wounded brought UP from Ad-
miral SIMPSONS fleet last Sunday, fifty
four in all.
Surgical science has made such a great
advance since the Civil War that there will
be no great loss of limbs and other perman-
ent disfigurements as occurred thirty years
ago. One of the men brought up on the
Solace had his thigh bone shattered by a
piece of Spanish shell. The shell went into
the fleshy part of the thigh, crushing the
bone to splinters and emerging on the other
side of the leg. During the Civil War such
wound would have necessitated amputa-
ton of the leg near the hip. But under the
present methods of antiseptic treatment
amputation was not necessary in this case.
The treatment has already showed that
the limb will be saved. Not only is amputa-
ton avoided but the present methods of
treatmen: do away with much of the in
tense suffering the soldiers of the Civil War
had to pass through. The other wounds
under treatment are not of a serious char
acter and call for no special surgical skill.
The sick men, about forty-four in number,
have no signs of contagious diseases, their
ailments being chronic, such as consump-
ton, heart disease, etc. They were taken
away from the fighting ships as the south
ern latitude will aid in their recovery and
also because sickness on board ship has
depressing influence upon the fighting
crews. The sufferers. both sick and wound
The herald., 1898-06-10
A TEST WANTED
Natural Curiosity as to thevesuvius'
Prowess

WASHINGTON, June 9.-The advocates
of the dynamite gun as weapon of war
fare are urging the authorities here to bring
the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius into more
active service where she can demonstrate
her ability against the Notifications at Sam
tiago and other points of attack. The We
suvius has on board three sizes of dynamite
projectiles, namely, those CARRYING 500
pounds of dynamite, 200 pounds and 100
pounds Another projectile carrying 50
pounds is available, but none of these are
carried by the Vesuvius at present. She
was equipped by the heavier class of dyna-
mite shells asst was designed to give her
real experience as factor in warfare. The
claims made for her have never been SUBJ
jected to the practical test of real war. but
it was believed that the present war would
afford an opportunity for showing whether
this mode of using dynamite was practical
Thus far, however the Vesuvius has not
figured in any of the actions in West Indian
waters, nor have the reports from that
quarter shown that she was among the
ships available for active work. The friends
Of the gun believe that one or two of the
shells containing 100 or 200 pounds of dyna-
mite each landed in MORO Castle would
make short work of that fortress. They
say single dynamite projectile would have
more destructive effect than the broad
side of an entire fleet. 1t is pointed out also
that the elevation of the dynamite guns
suits them for sending dynamite shell high
into the air and then dropping it like NOR
tar ball in the midst of the Notifications
These views were called to the attention of
naval officials today, and the desire was
chance to throw few hundred pounds of
dynamite into Santiago. Some of the naval
e6icers think that the Vesuvius has not
The herald., 1898-06-10
BULLETINS OF THE WAR
CERVERA'S FLEET Is REPORTED
OFF HAVANA
Persistent Rumors That Aguinaldo
With Dewey's Aid, Has Taken
Possession of Manila
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
KEY WEST, June "a boat just ar
rived says fleet of strange warships is
now approaching Havana, composed of the
Vizcaya Almirante Oquendo, Maria Teresa
and Pluton, the most formidable of Ger
vera's squadron. A big naval battle is
soon looked for.
KEY WEST, June 9.-There are persist
ent rumors here, credited by some high ma
val officers, that three Spanish warships
have forced their way into Havana har-
Dor.
KEY WEST, June 9.-Oficers of the
Monitor, which has been on blockading duty
off Havana, and which reached here this
afternoon, to replenish her coal bunkers,
confirm the story that a small American
boat had sighted four strange warships in
Nicholas channel, steaming westward. The
monitor brought dispatches from Watson
to Remey. The fleet is composed of three
cruisers and n torpedo boat destroyer. Ma
val strategists here believe the boats are
detachment of Cervera's fleet, which was
supposed I'd be bottled up at Santiago,
commanded by Captain Eulete of the Viz
caya. Fears are entertained of an attack
on the fleet of transports which left Tampa
yesterday.
HONG KONG, June 9.-Manila has fallen.
That is the report current here. 1t declares
that Aguinaldo, the insurgent leader, per-
suaded Admiral Dewey to let him attack
the city, promising that there would be no
massacre. The result was victory, after
many hours of hard fighting. The Ameri-
can consulate is beseged for news. Consul
Wildman does not believe the report, and
thinks an attack will be made next Satur-
day. The Philippine Islanders are over
joyed.
LONDON, June 9.-The Westminster Ga
zette, in a special edition this morning, pub
fishes a cable that Manila has fallen.
The herald., 1898-06-10

trained her guns upon Santiago thus far
because of the feeling of danger which at
tends the handling of these guns. 1t is
said that If a Spanish shot pierced the
vesuvius and got into her dynamite maya
zine it would result in a terrible explosion
and the wiping out of ship, officers and
crew. There is considerable hesitancy over
firing these huge masses of dynamite, as
naval officers believe it has not yet been
proved that they will not explode before
getting under way. These are some of the
causes leading up to the lack of service of
this cruiser. There is desire, however, to
find out one way or the other what dynamite
will accomplish in warfare, and the appeals
which have been made probably will re-
suit in bringing the Vesuvius into the ranks
of the fighting ships.
The herald., 1898-06-10
INDEX
TO TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

+ An attache of the British consulate !
!, at San Juan de Porto Rico given his i
+ passports under suspicion of revealing i
!. Spanish secrets; he was also maltreat- !
+ ed. and will claim damages. 1
+ Han Dor wins the Latonia derby 4
r in the fastest mile ever run by D. 1
+ year-old, and relegates the mighty 1
1, Plaudit to the list of hasbeens. 1
r Steamer Empress of Japan brings 1
1, details of Deweys battle at Manila, 1
1. and of conditions prevailing after the i
1. victory. !
4, All the Cuban cables are cut, the i
/, ends being buoyed, so that communlca- 1
r ton may be restored when Sampson 4
1. sees fit; the first landing force from 1
4, Key West is known to have arrived at 4
r Santiago. i
1. Spains first and only attempt to !
r use her dreaded torpedo boats consist 1
/. ed in a sneak out of Santiago harbor 1
4, and still more rapid sneak back into 4
1. the harbor. 1
+ Cubans in Jamaica, neither hungry 4
+ nor poor, characterized by the Spanish i
r consul as atmospheric warriors who 4
1, made a profit out of the war, only to j
+ revile Spain in her hour of reverse 4
r The conference committee on the war 1
1, revenue bill reports the measure to 4
r. the house and it is passed, and now 1
4. awaits action by the senate; many 1
i, compromises are made, but nothing es 4
r capes taxation; the senate INDUCES in 4
1. some rather acrimonious debate, but i
+ passes no important bills. \
r English capitalists interested in the 4
r Philippines are very anxious that the !
4. United States shall retain possession 1
r of the islands and develop their re- j
r sources, as Spain never has done and 4
/. never will do. i
+ Madrid dispatches say that the opn- 4
i, ion prevails that Manila has fallen, 4
r and that Sagasta has abandoned all 1
r attempts to assist August; Sagasta 4
r submits to an interview and expresses 1
r Willingness to secure peace as soon 4
r as the officials at Washington are will !
!. ling. 4
+ The troops under command of Gen. i
!, Shafter will be used to occupy Porto 4
r. Rico, and the landing is expected to :,
r take place before the end of the week. 4
r. The bombardment of Caimenero left 4
r the city of Guantanamo completely /
r at the mercy of the Americans; occu- /
r patton of the place, as well as of San i
r. tiago, only waits the arrival of troops 1
r. now on the way. i
+ Rumors persistently circulated at /
4. Key West that Cervera's fleet has run /
r the blockade. and Is now in the har- .
r Dor at Havana. .
+ Relations with Germany show signs i.
r of straining over the Philippine ques- .
+ ton. d.
+ Schley sends insurgents to get re- !
r ports of the things he has bottled and .
r finds everything safe but the torpedo J..
+ boat Terror; with that exception the i
+ Cape Verde fleet is in Santiago harbor; i
f. troops in the vicinity are few and i
r hungry. i
+ I, .fi.i-.ff+i1.f.f.fi r i
The herald., 1898-06-10
STRAINED RELATIONS
Resulting From German Interest in the Future Of the
Philippine Islands


stating relations with Germany kind of
Philippines
. the atoms bet the twoc ountr
The herald., 1898-06-10
Santiago Taken

= CAPE HAYTIEN. Hayti, June O. 1
: $40 a. m.-(Copyright by the Associa- (
) ated Press.) A man who arrived here I
: today in a schooner from Turks 4
= island. one of the Bahamas, and about 4
= 10 miles north of Hayti, says 1t was 4
: reported there on Tuesday that San 1
= tiago de Cuba had been taken by the 4
= Americans. Cable communication be- 4
! tween Cape Haytien and Cuba is still 4
INTERRUPTED.
The herald., 1898-06-10
Military Baseball

SAN FRANCISCO, June "a baseball
nine from the Thirteenth regiment of Min
nesota volunteers played a game today
with picked team from the state league
Although the soldiers made some good
plays, they were beaten by score of &c to
s. Private Clark of the Eighteenth regulars
acted as umpire.
The herald., 1898-06-10
The Queens Health

LONDON, June 9.-The Madrid corre-
spondent of the Daily News says:
The Queen Regent is said to be in Ill
health. She hardly ever appears in public,
although she drives daily In the wilderness
behind the palace.
The herald., 1898-06-10
Resisted Arrest

SAN JOSE, June 9.-Angel Soto, Mex
lean laborer, was shot and killed by Police
Officers Hughes and Bateman tonight,
while resisting arrest for assaulting wo-
man with knife. He tried to cut Bate
man, whereupon both officers used their
pistols with fatal effect.
The herald., 1898-06-10
Anxious Senators

WASHINGTON. June "a very strong
effort will be made to secure vote in the
senate tomorrow before adjournment on
the war revenue bill so that it may go to
the president this week.
The herald., 1898-06-10
A Cable Not Cut

KINGSTON, Jamaica, June 9.-The West
Indian Gable Company is still using the
cable from here to Santiago.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-22

I'VE Ask you TO STAY" ter breakfast and
come back with n green wreath that had
red star i'm its center. Almost every
window in sight had it's green wreath with
red star for heart. Dodo was the
,hurchgoer OF the twain. AS she pierced
her Sunday hat with long pin she settled
the dinner hour with Nan.
While they were talking the man over
head was walking TO and fro with scarce
ly muflled restlessness, which Dodo de-
clared got into her nerves Then they
heard door open and the same football
pass down the steps
II suppose the poor fellow has gone OF
to play peace on earth and good will to-
ward man TO a church full of rich people
who don I care copper whether he has a
crust of bread today or not"
Nan looked at her severely. Upon my
word Dodo, wouldn't let my imagina-
tion run entirely away with me just be-
cause man over our heads is given to
pacing all day in creaking shoes and the
ianitor's wife called him the lonely gen
leman.
When Dodo got back from church, Nan
put her in charge of affairs while she made
bne of those mysterious expeditions OF
which Christmas day is always prolific.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-22

"As only one Christmas dinner is pos
Rible in 365 days, l suppose some lati-
iude is permissible"
ION, puJ Nan, ii the sum total frightens
us, we can scoro out the things we arc
not particularly addicted tor
precedent would go To show that wo
are only addicted 10 oatmeal, tough steaks
and moldy crackers. Here goes!"
The lamp had been lighted and placed
on tho little center table. by its light
bachelor girls den was made visible-a
small flat, artistically clutuered with every
conceivable article of inconceivable utility
The most interesting furnishings of the
little flat wero the two bright faces which
came In close contact over the pad on
which their Barmecide feast was spread.
The faces belonged respectively TO Miss
Nan Haywood, stonographer and type
writer for a big firm of lawyers, and Miss
Dora Chase, who gave music lessons for
a living and wrote homesick letters for
pastime. Tho pencil was in Miss Hey
woods hand.
celery, of course The eating of celery
on Christmas day Is compulsory. Twen-
ty-hve cents"
'.Oh, Nan, won't that be great guam
tityf"
We are 10 nave TWO lnNltou pueSts.
Their celery capacity is represented by K
unknown quantity"
"But we are not going TO invite corIno-
rants The idea was that each one Of us
was TO invite some one more friendless
and lonely than ourselves, so as to-as
to-
Exactly. Don't choke, please, Dodo.
Whenever you give that asthmatic sputter
! know you are getting homesick. i have
already invited my guest-old Mrs. Stone,
paper wrapper and envelope director for
those atlas makers. You should have seen
her poor old bloarod eyes when L invited
her To come take Christmas dinner.
Dodo sighed enyiously II have not
made my selection yet. am halting be-
tween lame girl l buy my evening pa
pers from and him"
Nan held tho pencil suspended. A
heavy football sounded on the uncarpeted
0oor over their heads Some one was
moving about in the fiat over their heads
with tho ponderous slowness of an old
man.
"But we don't know him; never even
saw himl"
'Yes, but you know our Christmas din
ner Is hardly what you call a social func-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-22

with you. He fair THE MISCHIEF WAS DONE.
ly devoured your face while he sat opposite
you at table.
"Plus celery cranberries and olives. It
did me good 10 see him eat. But don {
SEQ any point in calling him boy just be-
cause we made the absurd mistake or
thinking he was an old man before we saw
him. He is very much of a gentleman.
IAN educated man. 1t must be his
shoes that mislead us so. They are so
:heap and clumsy that / suspect he walk
td slowly 10 spare our nerves"
kindly, but futile. He is "a handsome
boy"
Mrs. Stone says he is the new organist
1t st. GATHERINGS
ISL CarnerIne'sg' Dodo fairly screamed.
"Mercy, Dodo, you are so excitablel
What OF itf"
'why, Nan, that is where heard that
divine voluntary that brought my heart
right up into my throat"
"Oh, it wasr' said Nan dryly. "Well,
then, the mischief is already done"
Yes, the mischief was already done.
Nan, gazing refiectively after the organ
ist Of St GATHERINGS and Dodo as they
walked away from her under the trees in
Central park one blessed June Sunday,
said mournfully 10 herself:
Il might have known 1t. Both young,
both so beautiful, both as loving hearted
as birds in mating timel Then, when
music welded them togcther-I guess
Dodo will have something to tell me to-
night"
Which Dodo did.
"He belongs to as good family as
mine, Nan, dear, but his father married
again, and things weren't pleasant for him
at home He has been on trial with the
St. Catherine people, but now they are
going to pay him lovely salary, and he
won't have to wear such deceiving shoes.
We have concluded that wo would like 10
get married just one year TO day from
that lovely little dinner to which you in
vited him. never could have had the
face to do it.
"Dodo," said Nan responsibility; then,
after solemn pause II will never trust
a man in creaking shoes again. He just
creaked himself into your sympatbies.
eve already asked Charley what made
him walk SO like sorrowful old man over
our heads, and he says he supposes 1t was
because ne felt u thousand years old and
as friendless as the Wandering jew before
you invited him to that dinner on Christ
mas day"