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The Philipsburg mail., 1899-04-21

ship club, whose
members propose
to amuse them
selves with naviga-
BILE balloons of the
S a II t Os = Dumont
type. The cab SER
vice of the capital
will be replaced
with automobiles.
The Metropolitan
Underground will
be in operation.
And the moving
sidewalks of the
Chicago fair of
1893 and the Berlin
fair of 1896 will
reach a develop
ment far beyond
the experimental
stage and some
what in keeping
with the promise of
their future. The
visitor in 1900 will
see Paris in a gid
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until clearer space for getting off
presents itself. The crowds will be
carried, even against their will, into
the more spacious sections.
Inc sidewalks that is to haul the
visitors from the great Underground
Railway station at the Esplanade des
lnvalides along the south side of the
Seine and into the Champ de Mars
VIII be on the ground level itself.
This, of course, can only be on condi-
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Greatest Glove Town.

Grenoble is the place where most of,
the kid gloves come from. At this
place alone 100000 dozen pairs Of,
gloves are manufactured annually.
This represents value of $1,000, 900.
and gives employment to $4,000 work.
ing people of both sexes.
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Moving Sidewalks Will Carry Crowds for Miles About the Grounds
and French Fancy Is Already Taken With the dea

Two years ago, when they were
vainly seeking for a clou for the ex-
position of 1900 capable of rivalng the
Eiffel tower, few people dreamed that
modern necessities would develop the
great feature without the need of
any showman's ingenuity. The clou of
Of the exposition is discovered The
Worlds Fair of 1900 will strike the
keynote of twentieth century trans
portation. Paris already has an air
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-04-21
Kills Woman In q Quarrel.

AT Guthrie, Ok, the other day, Err.
win Covey and his wife quarreled over
breakfast being late. Mrs. Covey
struck him with wrench and he
fired both charges of shotgun into
her body, killing her instantly. He
allowed the body to lie where it fell.
and worked about the place until ar
rested.
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Prolific MAthn,

A little son was born into a family
near sabattus. Maine, recently. being
the twelfth child Of mother only 35
or SO years old. the eldest of the family
being but 18 years old.
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not to run the risk of being crowded
into the water by the surging throng,
1t will be thanks to these same moving
platforms. Once on board, the surg
ing throng will have to stay on board
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In each case the moving sidewalks
will be triple The first strip will be
stationary; the second will be always
moving at the rate of three miles an
hour. and the third will be always
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-01

sad days in the fall of 1898 when the
volunteer regiments, with thinned ranks
and wasted forms, marched up Broad
way. At the front was a regimental
battle flag carried in the Philippines. It
was shot and tattered and mute evil
dence of what the regiment had gone
through; and as the regiment went
along the flag was applauded with great
energy. There were still other organi-
cations that must not be lost sight Of
In the position assigned to the Span
ish war veterans at the rear marched
the Astor Battery, which fought in the
Philippines, and there were two full
regiments of Spanish war veterans, one
raised in Brooklyn and the other in
Manhattan. that acted as rear guard.
1t will give the general public a bet
ter idea of the spectacle if this sum-
ming up now carries the admiral to
the reviewing stand and presents q
birdseye view of the organizations as
they passed. When the admiral rode
down Fifth avenue through the ap-
proach to the arch he was overcome by
the splendor of the work of art that
spans the roadway. The sun shone
brilliantly upon the arch, and while he
continually doffed his hat to the plaud-
its of the ten thousand people seated
in the amphitheater about the review
ing stand, his eyes were constantly
wandering up and down the massive
columns that bore the figures of Vic
tory and the statues of former naval
heroes. He mounted the reviewing
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stand accompanied by the Mayor and
found it a flower garden. Wagon
loads of wreaths and floral horseshoes
and bouquets of flowers had been sent
by his admirers. Quickly following
him came other naval officers, and in a
short time the reviewing stand and the
space behind it was filled with men in
all the glory Of the army and navy full
dress.
The reviewing party had scarcely got
settled in it's seats when Sousa's band
came blaring down the avenue, playing
of course, THE Stars and Stripes For
ever" and leading the tars of the
Olympia The tars went by in good or
der, every man, sailor and marine alike,
carrying a Lee rifle at present arms.
The sailors marched well, although
many Of them had done no walking
ashore for months. The Olympia's bat
talon had been burned by the sun un-
til they were almost the color of the
bronze medals of honor they wore so
proudly. Admiral Dewey, during the
passage of the naval division, stood
alone in the reviewing stand, erect, pre-
senting a striking and never to be for
gotten figure, his right hand raised in
salute, so that the forefnger barely
touched the peak of his chapeau.
When the division of the regular
army passed General Merritt took his
station beside the admiral and joined
him ir review A fine picture these
two veterans of the Manila campaign
presented. and the attention was about
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was due to a cause of which no human
agency could possibly have had control.
The carriages that were to carry the
quests from the landing at Riverside to
the head of the parade and thence to
he arch were late This was due to the
tlemendous outpouring of the populace
thst blocked the vehicles three times on
ther way to the landing, but they got
therssat last.
Theparade moved only about a quar-
ter Of IN hour late and 1t was all over
before dghtfall. BY the counting ma
chine used, which cannot make mis-
take, thee We're 30,902 men in line, and
Major General Roe, who marshaled the
parade, nov divides the honors with
General Ho'ace Porter as a successful
manager of sreat land pageants.
To the varous committees to the
men who werecharged with the execu-
tion of their oders, and especially to
the police, the greatest credit is due
for the success It the two days dem
onstration. TheA called it Dewey
weather" General Miles was first to
use the term when he met the admiral
at the City Hall. "Dswey weather" and
perfect weather are synonymous terms.
The air was dry am crisp ard just
the sort for men to mach in. The sky
was fecked with swiftly moving clouds,
and brisk wind thai makes New
Yorks October so bracina blew stead
lily.
Under the skillful MANAGEMENT of
General Roe the parade had been
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collection of guests, among whom were
Major General Miles and Rear Admiral
Schley.
To Admiral Sampson. who looked i'll
and careworn, a warm reception was
given, but the ovation rendered to Rear
Admiral Schley was continuous, warm
and hearty. Schley, like all other
guests. was arrayed in full dress uni
form, and he presented a gallant and
dashing figure. 1t was evident that
very large number of spectators re-
garded Rear Admiral Schley as the real
victor of Santiago. A dash of South
ern gallantry marked Schleys progress.
At one point along the line a woman
short. The admiral stopped the car
riage, sprang out, seized the flag. kissed
it, bowed to the lady, pinned it across
the breast of his uniform and was
away in the parade again. while the
spectators gave him a rousing cheer.
There were, however, other heroes in
line for whom there were evidences
that they occupy warm place in the
hearts of the multitude. General Miles
was greeted with considerable enthusi-
asm, but Governor Roosevelt, dressed
in frock coat and silk hat and mounted
on a spirited black horse, commanding
of the State, had rousing reception.
The Governors progress was suffi-
ciently dramatic to satisfy his most en-
thusiastic admirers. He held the Ma
tional Guard sufficiently in check, so
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that there was always considerable
space between the regular army divi-
sion that preceded him and himself
Bowing to right and left and doffing
his hat every few feet, he presented a
very striking figure. Admiral Dewey's
recent tributes to Governor Roosevelt's
potent influence in preparing for the
victory at Manila had evidently been
taken to heart by the public All per-
sons agreed that Roosevelt's reception
was second to Dewey's, and that
Schley's was second only to that ac-
corded Roosevelt.
Of the organizations in line the sail
ors from the Olympia received the most
applause. 1t should be borne in mind
that only about half of these men who
paraded to-day participated in the bat
tie of Manila, but the crowd didn't care
for that. 1t cheered them collectively.
and felt that each man was hero. The
jackies and marines who did fight wore
proudly pinned to their blue jackets, the
medal Of honor voted to them by Con-
gress.
But there was another organization
that must not be forgotten. This was
the Tenth Pennsylvania Volunteer Reg
iment. 1t recently came back from
Manila, where it had done splendid
service. Colonel Hawkins, the regi-
mental commander, died on his way
home, and Lieutenant Colonel Barnett
is now in command. There was some
thing about this regiment that appealed
to the multitude and reminded it Of the
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formed in the streets adjacent to Riv-
erside Park, and it came together like
pieces of carefully adjusted mechan-
ism. When it moved it passed actually
between two solid walls of humanity.
Arrayed along the line of the parade
from One Hundred and Twenty second
street to the arch the crowds of spec
tators on excursion boats and along the
shores of the Hudson on Friday had as
tonished all who saw them. The as
semblage of spectators to-day, massed
not by thousands but by hundreds of
thousands, was even more amazing
The beautiful weather made happy the
spectators who had erected private
stands. The number of persons who
saw Dewey certainly reached into the
millions.
The admiral's progress from the
tomb of Grant to the reviewing stand
was literally one of glorious triumph.
He rode at the head of the procession,
with the Mayor Immediately following
Major General Roe and his staff The
cheers with which he was greeted made
him ride bareheaded most of the way.
He was visibly affected now and then
his lips twitched convulsively, and oc-
casionally he wiped his eyes. Behind
Dewey in carriages came his fighting
captains and then his staff After them
came Admiral Sampson and his staff,
captains of the North Atlantic SQUAD
ron, then Rear Admiral Howison and
his staff, followed by Rear Admiral
Philip and his staff, and then a general
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-
in color from end to end, a long
parade of fighting membrane charac-
ters in the army, navy and volunteers
to do the hero honor, an historic review
al the splendid arch erected in honor Of
the guest of the city and idol of the day.
These were the distinguishing features
Of the second and closing chapter Of
this, the greatest popular demonstra-
tion Of the century to a living Ameri-
can. It was a grand and inspiring eli
max. On this occasion the great ad-
miral got near to the people. They
We're for the first time enabled to come
close to the central figure in these cere-
monies. They had observed the Olym-
pia from the shore when 1t led the mar
itime parade, but they had not actually
seen the admiral. Now they We're per-
mitted to observe him as he is-to look
him in the eye, to almost touch his
hand. They cheered him, and he heard
them and he gave them his gracious re-
sponse.
To the credit Of New York City be it
said, the demonstration closed without
a serious accident and almost without
an unpleasant incident to mar its force.
The tncessant planning of the commit
tee had borne good fruit. Everything
moved as planned, and everything had
been arranged to go like clockwork. A
slight delay in the start Of the parade
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Land Parade Passing Through Dewey

TEW YORK, Sept SO.-An admiral
first in the hearts Of his couS-
Vi trymen, two or three million
cheering citizens, city decled
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-03-30
MANILA LETTERS.
Interesting Letters From Two of Our Sol
dier Boys.

Interesting Letters From Two of Our SOL
dier Boys.
On TIE BATTLEFIELD, MANILA, 7. L.,
February 7th, 1899.
DEAR FoLKs-No doubt you have
heard before this of the engagement
between the Americans and insur-
gents. The real fighting commenced
Saturday evening Feb. 4th, about $3.50
p. M, and lasted until about p. m.
Sunday, Feb. 5th. The firing was fast
and furious from start to finish. will
give you brief account of what hap
pened just before and after the battle.
A great many of the South Dakota
boys were out in the city and those
that were in quarters had nearly all
gone to bed, as it was getting late.
There is an American show here IN
Manila that just arrived from Hong
Kong and quite number of the
South Dakota boys were there.
About p. III. an orderly from Gen.
Hale came rushing in ana said, Boys,
get to your quarters quick. The in
surgents have driven your outposts in"
You never saw such a mad rush in all
your life. The soldiers shot out of
that tent like they were shot out Of
a cannon. They went over the tops,
out of the sides, under and out of the
doors and hurried for quarters. A
great many of them thought it was
another scare, just the same as we
were used to for about a month, but
it did not happen to be scare this
time. | was in bed and had gone to
sleep when some one came along and
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-03-30

vania outposts. Our regiment stayed
out around there for four or five hours
and finally marched back to quarters.
Companys A + G and / remained
out there. We got in about 2:30 Sun
day morning, tired and worn out, for
we had had no sleep. l got in and
hadn't more than struck the bed until
| was asleep. 1t don't believe | had
turned over before we got the order
again to fall in. This was at 3l5.
We fell in again and marched up to
the Second Battalion and then march
ed out as fast as we could. The colonel
thought the firing was too heavy when
we got within mile of our outposts,
so we remained under cover Of hill
until $50 a. m.
Here we laid down and the old
Maussr bullets were whistling 'ping
pang'' over our heads. We knew we
were safe, but it made US tremble d
little, Cor it was our first experience.
At daylight the firing commenced
harder and harder. Our four COM
panies were pouring deadly fire into
them all the time and the Utah artil-
lery and Dewey's gunboats over in the
bay blowing their blockhouses to
pieces. tell you it was simply awful.
There was so much smoke we could
hardly see at times, but never did the
boys courage fail them. About $50
or few minutes later Co. L. was de-
ployed as skirmishers and moved for
ward to the firing line. About fifteen
minutes later Co. X. was sent forward
and deployed. We had just reached the
firing line when the colonel gave the
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order ITO the charge! Double time,
march, We were to charge on the
blockhouse that the artillery had been
blowing to pieces. When we got that
command you oughtto havs seen the
South Dakota boys dig for that block
house and fire as they ran. The block
house was about half mile away and
was situated on high hill, or rather,
side hill sloping toward us. We had
to eros, rice field orr would call 1t
"a marsh, and a creek about in the
center Of it, but that did not stop US.
AZ quick as we got the command away
we went as fast as we could and We
did not stop until the American flag
was floating over the blockhouse. The
insurgents put up hard fight to hold
their position but it was impossible.
AS we came nearer the blockhouse
they came out and retreated back to
the woods. One fellow, or rather, q
niger as we call them, stayed In
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-03-30

woke me up, saying, "Get your brown
clothes on.' Well, l did not think
anything Of it but got up and put my
brown pants on anyway. You may
know didn't think anything of it, for
l didn't put on my coat and shoes, but
went back to bed again. / guess / had
been in bed ten minutes when the or
der came to fall in. got up and put
my shoes and coat on, also my belt
and cantesn. and threw the old
Springfield on my shoulder and fell in
with the company. The company was
just formed when the colonel came
along and said, March all OF the
companies up to the Second Battalion"
We had marched up there and was
ready to start for our outposts when
we heard heavy firing out at the
outposts. We got out there In about
an hour, but when we got there the
firing had ceased at our ouuposts.
They were still firing at the Pennsyl-
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-03-30
Brookings County.

Land is rapidly advancing in price ana
now Is the time to invest. Big profits are
sure to be gained by investing.
The county of which Brookings is the
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 rich, black
loan and is unsurpassed for fertility. The
best of water is found near the surface, ana
numerous small streams water the rich farm
lands In all directions. 1t contains q town.
ships and 5Os,584.+3 acres of gently rolling
land, fully IS per cent Of which Is under cultl-
walton. Has lO4 good schoolhouses valued at
about 800, 900 In round numbers. Good rail-
road facilities. Assessed valuation, 1898,
Ss,3i5,00o. Tax levy, 1898, 10 mills forsgeneral
purposes. Average crop for the past twenty
years, IS bushels per acre. Fine herds OF
blooded stock and rich grazing lands. NO
government land-all occupied by actual
settlers Decided land can be.purchased at
from sl2 to $50 per acre, accordingito 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
nesota 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-
nenty. In every instance they are contented
with their choice of location and are prosper
Ing. There is still opportunities for people Oh
all classes to come here and be independents.
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 cone
ing west can find no better soil, no better lo-
cation and no better markets In the whole
northwest than Brookings comfy presents
Come out and see for yourselves the banner
county of South Dakota.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-03-30

the blockhouse until we came within
200 yards. Then he jumped out, knslt
down and shot five times at Lieut.
Roskie as fast as he could shoot. Some
Of them came awful near going to
their mark. Lieut.. says, "They were
coming close but did not know where
they were coming from" About the
time he got done shooting and started
to run, a corporal from Co. L and my
self came up where we could get a shot
at him and he stopped awful quick.
Both Of us fired at the same time and
he fell, shot twice, but not fatally
One shot took about half Of his hand
and the other went through his right
hip. He is now in our hospital. got
his hat and expect to bring it home If
some one does not steal it. | tried to
get his gun, but some one else got 1t
first. He had fine Mauser rifle. We
shot, wounded and killed good many
when they were leaving the block.
house for the woods. Our Red Cross
nurses took care of their wounded and
buried their dead the same as they did
with our own. AS soon as we had cap
tured the blockhouse we sent out
guards to form outposts.
1t was not three hours after we had
captured the blockhouse before the
insurgents commenced firing again
at the blockhouse. This was Of course
useless, but they kept it up neverthe-
less. Well. they found this would do
them no good so they commenced a
general fire all along the line. This
was bout 2 p. m. Sunday and we had
had no dinner and had but few
mouthsful for breakfast. We just
barely got enough poor water to drink
and / tell you we needed it, for it was
awful hot. About 2:30 the insurgents
commenced to cross fire on the Penn
sylvania regiment. In few minutes
we got an order to move forward. We
had to move about two miles and this
was all made at double time and on
the run. We took large stone church
and stone blockhouss in the last
charge. Two of Co. X were slightly
wounded.
will write more in few days. Am
feeling well. We will drive these
black devils right across this island
into the ocean IL we keep after them.
G. NJ. WAY.
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Headquarters First South Dakota
Infantry, United States Volunteers,
Block House Four, near Manila, p. l.,
Feb. 10, 1S99.-To the Editor: have
before me copy Of your paper of
December 26, from Yankton, s. d.,
concerning the death OF my brother
and criticising Col. Frost. As this is
getting down into our state where our
family lives, and as both my brother
and / have many college mates and
friends in and near Sioux City, I feel
it but justice to both the dead and
the living that this article should not
stand uncontradicted. My brother,
Roy w. Stover, was not discharged
from the hospital three or four days
before he died. He was seriously sick
only five days, and everything that
medical science could do for him was
done. The rsgimental surgeons did
everything possible, one Of them being
with him day and night while he was
seriously i'll. We had for assistance
and consultation all the best Of the
large number Of splendid physicians
with this volunteer army OF occupa
tion. do not blame anyone for tn.
fatal result. Some mea cannot live II
a tropical climate. I fear my desl
brother was so constituted.
No such conversation as stated oc
CURED between Col. Frost and myself
did desire to accompany my brother
body, but this could not be permitted
at that time. / Ihaye never rendered
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my resignation. Our boys desire to
return home, and as 1t took just 80
many hundred brave, physically per-
feet young men who had patriotism
enough to enlist as privates before /
could be appointed lieutenant colonel
Of this regiment, it seems to me only
square that 1 should stay with these
boys and assist them to be honorably
mustered out of the service now that
the war with Spain is over.
LEE STovER,
Lieutenant Colonel First South Dako-
Ia Volunteer Infantry.