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Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-08-10

Land is rapidly advancing in price and
now Is the time to invest Big profits are
sure to be gained by investing.
county seat is the best adapted to diversified
farming of any in South Dakota. Situated in
the center of the renowned Big Sioux Valley
and watered by the Big Sioux river and in
Vulnerable lakes. The soil Is of a rich, black
loan and is unsurpassed for fertility. The
best o: water is found near the surface, and
numerous small streams water the rich farm
lands in all directions. II contains % town
ships and 5Os,5Si.43 acres OF gently rolling
| land, fully IS per cent OF which Is under cult.
| walton. Has l04 good schoolhouses valued at
about 100000 In round numbers. Good rail-
| road facilities Assessed valuation, 1898,
Ss,si5,OoO. Tax levy, 1888, 10 mills forigeneral
purposes. Average crop for the past twenty
| years, Is bushels per acre. Fine herds of
blooded stock and rich grazing lands. No
government landau occupied by actual
| settlers. Decided land can be:purchased at
from Sl2 10 $50 per acre, accordnglto location.
Good railroads convenient for marketing
stock and grain.
Long distance telephone connects every
town with the county seat and extends to
| many points in the state as well as into Min
| nesots and Iowa.
The country neighborhoods throughout the
| county have their churches where the people
worship every Sunday.
During the past year a large number of peo-
| pie from the east have brought their families
| TO Brookings county and located perma-
nently. In every instance they are contented
| with their choice of location and are prosper
ing There are still opportunities for people of
all classes to come here and be independent
| No state In the union offers better advantages
than can be found right here in the Sioux
| Valley region.
Farmers in the east who contemplate COM
ing west can find no better soil, 10 better To-
cation and &c better markets in the whole
northwest than Broo<ings county presents.
Come out and see for yourselves the banner
county OF South Dakota
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-08-10

lected our companies at the top Of the
Hill as rapidly as we could. The Span
iards attemr Ted to recapture the posi-
uon. ana the night Kept up till dark.
when the firing ceased. We were
brought under fire about ESQ and lay
waiting until IL 80, with new and then
q man killed or officer hit by sharp
shooters.
~ had command Of Company A dur
ing the fight. Captain Guthrie COM
manded the battalion. Lieutenant Slater
and Captain Torrance were killed. Colo
mel Worth was shot through the lung
and Major Ellis, Captain Cavanagh and
Captain Guthrie were severely, but not
seriously, wounded The total in killed
and wounded in the Thirteenth alone il
107 out Of 425 present in the regiment
that morning.
Captain Guthrie showed the most
superb courage and GOODNESS in expos
ing himself. He was shot in the knee
while giving me orders We were stand
ing about 10 feet apart when he sud-
denly wheeled around. He said, tOh,
it's only a scratchp and as he tried to
stand on his leg he dropped. left him
where he fell. knowing that others
would take care Of him. and went ON
with my company through the grass to
the Spanish fort, which is called Fort
San Juan.
~ reached the foot of the slope and
got nearly to the top when our men
cheered and yelled. They are runningr
can't tell what put 1t into my mind.
but pulled out my watch, and 1t was
about o'clock. The afternoon was q
trying one and what was left Of Com
pany A was under fire until dark.
According to Lieutenant Anderson
there were Spanish trenches on the
slope in front of the blockhouse. He
said that these could be seen from far
ther down the slope. but when his men
got to them they were filed with Span
ish dead Shortly before this Parker's
Gatlings had swept the trenches with
bullets right and left. Parker belonged
to the Thirteenth, and had arranged
with one of the officers to signal him
during the infantry action when to stop
firing. This signal was given, he says,
after the Spanish began to run and
when the Thirteenth was nearing the
crest in pursuit.
Captain Torrance, who was killed
after the blockhouse fell. was the fourth
commander of the Thirteenth who fell
that day. GEORGE L. kIMER
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-08-10

nre ana the dangers we had to face can
be illustrated by just one sact When
we reached the ford, my company was
So strong, but when the crest was
reached. Just half an hour afterward, 1t
numbered only 81. Such the defamation
wrought by Mauser bullets
Before proceeding with the narrative
Of the charge it is well to have clearly
in mind the ground over which the reg
iment moved. Lieutenant Ferguson
said: "Our regiment charged across a
fat grass field TOO yards to the foot Of
a steep hill nearly 100 feet high, on the
top of which was the blockhouse- =
Lieutenant Anderson said: "We loet
three-fourths of our men as we crossed
the level field. was on the firing line
and told the men to advance rapidly,
and we got 100 yards ahead. We were
the only troops to cross that open field "
Captain Goe described the charge as
follows: when the line was formed,
the regiment charged over the plain to
the base of San Juan hill Every few
steps as the men went forward their
progress was impeded by the dense un-
dergrowth and barbed wire fences We
charged, though we could not rush on
account Of the obstacles. Notwithstand-
ing the fact that we cleared the way by
shooting sharpshooters in the trees, still
our men dropped as we pressed forward.
"To particularize, the first companies
to gain the eminence were G, A and Il.
The Spanish flag was captured by Pri-
vate Agnew of Company II. am utter
ly unable to give an idea Of the enthu-
siasm of the troops when the men
reached the summit and victory had
crowned the American arms. The men
broke into wild cheers. danced and flung
up their hands. and when the American
flag was given to the breeze howled
themselves hoarse.
The intrepidity of Spanish sharp
shooters in remaining in the trees when
the Americans advanced past them has
so often been questioned that the testi-
mony of the Thirteenth is important.
Captain Goe says: "An idea Of the
rapidity with which officers were shot
may be formed from the fact that we
had four brigade commanders hit with.
in half an hour, one after another being
disabled by bullets which were aimed
from the Mauser rifles by sharpshooters
who were stationed in the trees. This
CALLING fire was enough to make the
stoutest hearts falter, yet didn't see q
single officer or man in the fighting line
show the slightest exhibition Of fear OIL
timidity." Lieutenant Anderson said
"Spanish sharpshooters were inside oul
lines-we think they were in the trees
behind the open field around the creeks
and shot our officers.
Lieutenant Malone Of this regiment
was on the brigade staff and said tina,
Colonel Wikof had just posted the
| Thirteenth when he was shot by Q
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-08-10


snarpsnooter. Captain Sarrold leo a
company Of this regiment and in his
story dwelt upon instances of individual
pluck. Musician Devine, he sAid, of his
company went in with only a revolver.
but when the first man was hit Devine
took his rife and went on with the
fighting line. Private Middleton of
Captain Saffold's company had his gun
broken by bullet at the FOOT Of the
hill, but he hunted up another and
went in on the charge. he was among
the first at the top of the hill "San
Juan was an individual soldier fight. -
said Captain Saffold. 1.-THE men took the
elevations with the sights cf their rifles
and fred accurately. We were checked
under the bench; then our men let loose
The Spaniards who fired on the captors
Of their flag were sheltered under the
Red Cross at building near Santiago
Our people respected the Red Cross. but
they used ii as cover
Lieutenant Ferguson of Company A
Of this regiment gave those little details
Of the charge which go to prove that
tho uoy was uay Va hbut iIOIu stdi
to finish. "Of course" said he, "we
had to wait in the field two or three
times under rain of bullets By the
time we were within 80 or 40 feet OF
the Spanish rife pits they broke aid
ran. My company was the last one
sent in on the firing line and was the
first TO reach the center of the position.
81 saw six Of our officers on the hill
when the Spaniards broke and ran.
Lieutenants Gose, Anderson and Basil
were on the left of the trenches ant
several yards higher up the hill. Saffolt
and l were together, with mere hand
full of our men. who soon came mp
Captain Goe and Lieutenant Sampl
also Joined Saffold and me. and we col
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-08-10

Juan that makes this last story the one
to hold first place in the popular mind
Creelman claimed that he got the
Spanish flag which had foated over the
blockhouse at Ell Caney and sent it to
his newspaper. On the other hand, the
soldiers who captured the fort and the
flag stated to the writer that they tore
the rag into bits and kept them as
souvenirs San Juan's flag story is to
the effect that the little advance guard
of the assault. consisting OF Lieutenant
Thomas M. Anderson and dozen men
of the Thirteenth infantry, surrounded
the blockhouse and Private Agnew Of
the party climbed to the roof and
brought down the flag Agnew's COM
rades soon gathered around him to in
spect the trophy, and some Of the Sixth
cavalry, who had rushed to the point,
Joined the group While this was going
on two Of the Thirteenth men were hit
by Spanish bullets while they had hold
Of the staff, or fly. Taking this as an
evil omen, the men slashed the silk into
small pieces and carried them away,
thus completely destroying the banner
which, intact. would have been an
American war trophy without rival
This account of the San Juan flag
was given me at Camp Wikof by the
participants in the affair, among them
Lieutenant Anderson. 1t lends halo
of romance to the career Of a gallant
regiment in the Spanish war, but is by
no means the sole claim of the Thir-
teenth and its officers and men to a
place among crack fighting troops at
San Juan hill Neither is the fact that
the Thirteenth lost 30 per cent of its
officers and nearly "a per cent of its
men in the charge, a principal claim
to distinction. The regiment fought
where scars were passing around and
got more of them than any regiment in
Skaters corps, with a single exception,
and it fought to be the first where the
hated Spanish flag was flying, and the
proof that it deserved the trophy is
found in the story Of its fighting
The Thirteenth was in the lead of
Wikoff's brigade when it reached San
Juan river to charge the hill as ordered
by General Kent. the division com
mander. Wikoff and Worth were shot
in the bed Of the stream just after they
had placed the regiment in position to
storm the hill in front of the blockhouse
Again and again has the tale been re-
hearsed about the crowded roadway to
San Juan ford, but every regiment had
its own experience. and here is the ac-
count of Captain j. B. Goe Of the Thir-
teenth. Speaking Of the march to the
ford before lining up for the charge, he
said: 1.-THE fire was so terrible that it
might well have scared more seasoned
troops than the Seventy-frst. for 1t
could be Hkened to nothing else than a
slaughterhouse. The Thirteenth. how
ever, did not waver or finch, severe as
the fire was though men were dropping
on all sides On. on we went, indiffer-
ent to the bullets which were whirling
death to our quarter. wondered as we
passed over the prostrate forms Of the
Seventy first, Would we ever come to the
end of the obstructionI 1t seemed half
a mile, but we did. and gained the low
er ford and made large field, where
we formed our line previous to charging
the hill The accuracy Of the Spanish
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-08-10
RATES, s1.OO PER DAY.

The Commercial has been thoroughly oyerhsulsc
and rentted throughout. II is pleasantly located
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-08-10
CAPTURED THE FLAG
STORY OF THE THIRTEENTH REGu.
LARS AT SORT SAN JUAN.
Charged Across an Open Grass FieIS
Direct Upon the Fort-Officers Tell
How the Ranks SuFered-Spanish
Flag Captured and Torn Up.
copyright, 1899. by the Author.l

ERHAPS it was
Creelman's S flag
story of Ell Caney
-Creelman, The
Journal m a n -
t at relegated
the capture of
the Spanish ban
ner there to a
second place in
historical inter
est. Perh a ps,
again, it was the
gallant episode
and the tragic
sequel connected
with the kindred
affair at San
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-08-10

ERE accident as
signed the Third
United s t a { e s
cavalry to the
important role it
played at San
Juan hill, but
IN ere accident
cannot account
for the valor and
good Judgment
displayed by the
regiment fro m
the beginning to
the end of that
fight. The Third
was in at the be-
ginning. and, as
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-08-10

REBEKAH Tetonka Lodge, No %, meets
second and fourth Tuesday night each month
att o. 0. +. Hall. ANNA K. HABER, y. q.
BLANCHE BIGLER, Secretary.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-08-10
BrOOklngS County.

Land is rapidly advancing in price and
now ~ the time to invest. big profits are
sure to be gained by investing.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-08-10

W. II. MoRnHorss, Pres.
r. Il WILLIAMS, yice-Pres.
Gso. MoRsHousx, Cashier.
--THE
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-08-10
BROOKINGS and BROOKINGS COUNTY.

One feed mill
Electric lights.
One state bank.
Seven churches.
Five good hotels.
One steam laundry.
One national bank.
Excellent drainage.
Two lumber yards
Five grain elevators.
Three weekly papers.
Fine lake near the city.
One first-clsss creamery.
Good water near surface
State Agricultural college.
Twenty-Five hundred souls.
Splendid resort for sportsmen.
Waterwosks for fire protection.
One monthly periodical-college.
Long distance telephone system.
Fine brick public school building
Incorporation three miles square.
One building and loan association.
Railroads running east, west and north.
FIGURING mill with capacity OF 100 barrels.
Abstract and title guaranty company-in- :
corporated.
County seat Brookings county, population
i2,oOO--fine court house and jail.
Surrounded by the best farming and graz =
ing lands in South Dakota-where crops are
suie and water plenty.
Masonic bodies: C0mmandery, Council
Chapter, Blue Lodge and Eastern Star. Odd
Fellows: Encsmpment, Subordinate and
Rebekah. A. o. U. w. and Degree of Honor
Modern Woodmen and Royal Neighbors.
Royal Arcanum. National Aid Association.
Mystic Circle. q. A. Il. and Woman's Relief
Corps.
Beautiful trees dot the prairie in every di :
rection and the city presents charming ap
pearance, matted as IL is in the midst of a fine
growth of shade and ornamental trees.
Brookings invites manufacturing enterprises,
wholesale houses and business Of all kinds
Her citizens are ready and willing to encour-
age and assist every helpful industry.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-08-10
CHARGE AT SANJUAN.
HOW THE THIRD CAVALRY LED OFF
IN THE FIGHT.

Terrors of the Roadway ana the
Bloody Crossing-Capture of Kettle
Hill-The Rush Forward-Troopers
of the Third First on the Crest.
copyright. 1899. by the Authorl
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-08-10

v. A. II. Robert l.. McCook Post No. "a,
meets hrst and third Saturday afternoon each
month in G. A. X. hall
w. X STOWE, Commander.
w. II. CORNELL, Adjutant,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-01
Ne4v Laces for eIaA.

In our Lace Department dlsplaying the
new arrivals Of Laces and Lace articles We beere
gathered together the finest and best collection paich has
eper been placed before The Of Seattle We rOuLd
adrse early rist to hs department. before the best pat
terms are gone.
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Real CLUSY LAcES. sc. &.
81 rs, sIs6. 81. s3ss. $50 yard.
Real CLUSY LACE ORNA-
NENTS for appi.quing dresses.
Soc. &c. 81 e each
Real CLJEY LACE ALL
OVERS. sizs0 yard.
Real RENAISSANCE LACE.
&C. 81 81. Cb, As. Es. d 20
81 yard
Real yALESCIESSF.s LACE.
sc, NC. 5oc. SC. &c 10 81 ~ yard
Real DTCHESsE LACE. s.,
8. -. 81 80. 3. So. SIS yard.
Real POINT LACE BERTHA.
So 20 $50 each.
Real LACE HASDKER-
CHIEFS. -, y 70. 81 81. -. SO.
ST.. sis -. SIS. 1850 each.
Real LACE MARIE ANTON
ETTE. ga
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Real LACE AFFILIATE
SFARFS parts Iorg. y y.
$50. e -. 80 So a. SIS
POINT De EE-SESE. LACE
SEEPESTI<E GAf.TAeJ<6
ssc. 20 s2f5. sz-5, 6. s. - yarvf
CHA<TTELT LACE SER-
PE<Tr<E GALLONS. II. ~.
ST. yard
BLACK SILK APPTIlfE
GALLONS. Ter. Ee. sse us
s. 5e 30 20 yard
WHITE SILK APPLrCFrE
GALLONS sr. -. Sr Sc
s. e. 20 - yaycf
CrT-OTT gHTFFU<s ar
yOkss AMI NasHs Hs IA
g -. ~ - g. - yzr9
BEADED AfI-OvERs ~or
y1bes anf waists rs. II
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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-01

Fall Millinery.
Our Millinery Opening Of week ago prored. as
usual to be grand Never at any previous
has the rerdiet Of approval of styles been pro-
nounced. That dainty style and erclsre individuality
Characteristic of millinery completely fascinated
erer roman mho risited this store
SMALL CASTOR POKE BONNET made OF chenille gebe
breasts, trimmings shaded plumes ~ -
pastel and pink velvet $u0s0U
velvet facing stitched
the trimmings Of soft white quilts. blue = n On
taneta and silk vfoiets = OosDV
SMALL BLACK SATIN AND VELVET POMPADOUR HATS
trimmed with black mercury wings and rhine r ., m
DARK GREEN SAILOR HATS bound with black velvet
side with soft quilts and fancy rosettes
shaded satin. extremely suitable for street - m
wear ............... minimum. AosVV
Some Neqv Books.
partial list Of some were recered during the past
wesk-
q A Double Thread
Carvsi y Alvin
knghthood WAS in s. Trs w.,ks, Place
ne AwskeA d What All the Worlds A-sesk-
Dash Throne 81 ing
Fowler. In Tune With the Infinite
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Boys CLOTHING.

Boys Clothing.
BOYS THREEPIECE BLACK CHEvIOT SUITS
knee pants and single breasted vest 10 fs---.-. 49,
BOYS THREEPT Blue SERGE SUITS stnxse6r~.Hs~d
doublebreaStsd lined trimmed - -
made we'll 70 IL ~
BOYS THREEPrECE Blue SERGE SUITS. sfnzi~brsastaf
doublebreasted Hne quality and 80 -
swell In appearance 20 SUUCO
boys Is:
AZ "a IN BOYS FANCY CASHMERE JACKET x<D
~ ~~~ PANTS SUITS 10 fss aouAss
AZ G2 n BOYS FANCY AII~wOOL CFfEvTOT Dor BILE
- ~sO~ BREASTED JACKET AND PANTS SUITS.
trousers have double seat and knee Sizes r. s. 80
AZ "a IN BOYS ArLwooI. FANCY cHEvI0T Double
. TO Is at $3.50.
- WV BREASTED JACKET AND PANTS SUITS.
trousers have double seat and knees. sszss -
AZ a. m BOYS AII<wCCt. BLACK CF4EvI0- DOrBg.E
- VOsVV BREASTED JACKET AND PANTS SUITS
trousers have double ard knees
The above Ave lots entirely ard
Special reducton following
ceiling All
here bit 4 boy yogH and xenufne
BOYS BROWN MIXED CHEvIOT vEsTEE srTT ens ~vt go
style. neatly trimmed fairy
braid. sfo9 sgit- ~
BOYS DARK GRAY BR0ADcEOTH vEsrEE SUIT coat .~s~g
embroidery n vesE a n4a9sous3
ff55 1kfpsIO
BOTS DARK Bile cHEv0T vEsTEE SIT -oaf fzo~s ssesd
win sls h1ntsorzeiy eDor1i1er~a n
BOYS SMALL. Chick BROWN wIcv~s Goth vwz~~~
SUITS wfn a~a1rlf1f SO
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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-08-30

has advanced greatly recently, and as
bo.h cattle and hogs are fattened to
great extent ON corn the rise in the price
of meat ought to have considerable effect
on the price of corn There is another
thing which ought to have stimulating
effect on the price of corn. 1t is that the
yield Of wheat will not be as large as
last years yield was. The falling of In
the wheat crop will help to increase the
demand for corn.
There is going to be some difficulty la
getting cars enough to transport the corn
crop, and the cattle and hogs tattened on
corn, to market. Even now there is
great dearth Of freight cars on about al.
of the western roads. A great deal OF
freight business on these roads is being
neglected because of the lack of cars.
And it is practically impossible to get
cars as fast as they are wanted, because
all of the car works are far behind with
the orders they have. But, notwithstand-
ing the lack of cars, it is probable that
the corn farmers will have occasion 10
remember tins year as one OF the most
prosperous they have ever knOwn.-oa-
vannah News.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-08-30
MORMON MISSIONARIES.
400 Elders Are at Work in the South
ern Field.

The extent of the work Of Mormon
missionaries in The south is something OF
which few people have any idea. The
report Of President Rich of the Mormon
Society TO the effect that it has 400 elders
at work in the southern field and that
during last week they visited $500 fami-
lies and held $50 meetings is somewhat
of startling revelation. That does not
signify, however, that the Mormons are
making any great Roadway or turning
the people of the south to their doctrines
ami beliefs. There are some Mormon doc
trines which throw discredit upon their
religious system, and 1t is almost an i'm
possibility for the elders to do anything
with country Methodist OF Baptist,
who is generally Ut in his ways. ="
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-08-30
SAYS SHE SAW HEAVEN.
Woman Declared Dead Suddenly Comes to
Life.

Life.
Mrs. Alexander Taylor, widow 70
years old, of Toronto, Eear here, has
been slo Wy dying OF consumption for a
week. Yesterday morning she became
UNCONSCIOUS A doctor was called and
pronounced her dead and funeral prepa~
rations were begun. A bout midnight
her friends were astounded to see Mrs.
Taylor move, open her eyes and ask for
water
She asked. it is said, that favorite
niece who lives in Iowa be summoned at
once 10 receive a message from her moth
err. who has been dead several years.
Mrs. Tayior says her Spirit was disem-
bodied and scared through space till
brilliant and beautiful grove was reach~
ed. Here angels were flying about
guarding what seemed the entrance to
heaven. She was refused ad nittance but
was allowed to converse at a short dis
lance with her husband, who died last
winter, and with her sister, the mother
of the favorite niece.
The message sent for the niece she re-
fuses to disclose except TO the young
woman. Mrs. Taylor says she was
promised that she should come TO Para
disc very soon. Mrs. Taylor is an edu-
Gated. sincere. christian woman, and is
in ecstacy over the belief that she Will
soon Jon her friends gone before. The
niece has been telegraphed for. Mrs.
raylOr cannot live more than a few days.
philadelphia Press.