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Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-08-24

Private Lawton-
Sergeant Poor. Private whittemore.
KILLED AT MANILA.
forward and received q dose of their
own medicine. At the right moment
the Omaha boys arose and poured q
fearful fire into the Ftlipinos.
Another member Of the Rifles. Pri-
vate william J. Koopman, with a
Mauser hole through the shoulder,
writes under date Of April 4 about the
week Of battles which began on March
25. The western idea Of a good
Indian" has been applied to the ma
lives. and Koopman tells how the
American volunteers made some 1000
good niggers" In their march Of 80
miles from Manila to Malabon and
Malolos. He says his regiment was on
the firing line from start to finish
and lost 120 killed and wounded. This
was the heaviest loss Of any regiment
In the Philippines. The Thurstons had
the right Of the regiment 1t started
with 90 men and officers and finish
ed with q men and no officers. Koop-
man tells how Captain Taylor, himself
and six others were wounded In at
tacking q hill crowned with a stone
trench. The company charged across
an open ricefield, facing volleys Of
bullets all the way. Captain Taylor
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-08-24

noticeable. When looking for the un-
exploited heroes at Camp Wikoff,
ran upon the story of Major William
Auman OF the Thirteenth regulars.
The dash of Lieutenant Anderson's
handful to the top of the crest ahead
Of all the rest and the seizure of the
Spanish dag by this band seemed to
AL the measure Of glory for the regi-
ment. After noting 1t down from An
derson's lips / was prepared to leave
camp, when the colonel said: II hope
you won't overlook Major Auman. He
was a great figure in the crisis of the
charge"
Auman is a civil war veteran and a
soldier Of striking appearance. He was
second In command In the early part
Of the attack upon San Juan hill. The
Thirteenth dashed direct upon the
blockhouse at a time when its defend
ers were stirred up to stubborn de-
fense. The Americans had been aim
ing at the stronghold for over two
hours, and the Sixth infantry, support
ed by the Sixteenth, were halted on
the slope to the right Of the Thir-
teenth, the latter having an acclivity
in front with steepness Of 80 degrees.
For few minutes the regiment lay
on the slope and fired at the Spaniards
In the trenches at the blockhouse. The
artillery was also pounding at the
same target, and finally Parkers Cat
lings swept the position with terrible
fire. Just how seriously the enemy
was harmed by this storm of shot has
never been told, but there was a sign
Of confusion In their lines, with men
running back frorl the front. In the
heat Of battle IL Is impossible TO tell
when an enemy has had a fatal blow.
But Major Auman took the chances
that the hour had come to charge, and
rose up In front Of the fort, In full view
Of his men, and shouted: ''The Span
iards are running, boys! Forward,
Thirteenth
The regiment shot forward like a
thunderbolt, clinching the victory IL
not winning 1t. But that was not the
sole end accomplished by Auman's
tlIueiy hCtlOu his IbIIu Cuuiu DS setu
along the line OF two brigades, and
his voice reached officers and men Of
other regiments. They declared aft
erward that II was timely for they
had about come to the decision that
the fort could not be carried by the
force then In front of Ii. Auman's
speech was a bracer, and the rush of
the Thirteenth under his lead was fol-
lowed by the charge Of four more regi-
ments, two on each flank. Then San
Juan blockhouse fell.
II Is difficult sometimes to say Just
what stroke decides battle. but the
rush forward Of the Thirteenth under
Major Auman's lead seems to have
carried the day. IL not actually
slaughtered and driven out by Parker's
Calling fire, the Spaniards were terri
bly, scared and made precipitate re-
treat. They soon gave indications that
they regretted their haste.
Major Auman learned the art of
fighting when he was boy. He enlist
ed so promptly In 1861 that he went
to the front among the famous First
Defenders" OF Washington. After serv-
ing with gallantry four years he was
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-08-24
CORPORAL M'MILLAN,
Twelfth u. 81.

MAJOR AUMAN. CORPORAL M'MILLAN.
Thirteenth U. 81 Twelfth U. 81
Twenty-hrst was faraway ahead.
started along a different fork Of the
road and reached another stream with
high banks, where jumped into the
water up to my knees. On the other
side some one said: oh, here's doc
tor! Lieutenant Niche Gan aid to Gen
eral Kent is badly hurt. Won't you
look after himY And they took me to
him. lying on the muddy track.
Poor fellow. 1t was my first fatal
case. A bullet had passed through his
abdomen and he was pale, weak and
bathed in cold sweat AS l bent over
him he grasped my hand and told me
he was done for. | did all could for
him and then asked for the Twenty
first but all over the track were the
wounded of the Thirteenth, Sixth, Sew
enteenth and Sixteenth begging my
aid, and could not leave them. +
hurried through the most urgent and
chased away to hunt up that Twenty
first. l ran across a color sergeant
who said that Colonel Egbert sixth
regulars) was wounded by the road
side. The patient old veteran said Il
was not much and not to bother about
him, but 1t was weak tone and he ap-
peared very low. He had been shot
through the abdomen. on the right
side"
Colonel Egbert survived his San
Juan wound and was fatally wounde0l
leading a charge at Manila.
GEORGE L. KILMxR
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-08-24
DARING ACTS IN CUBA
PERSONAL CALAMITY OF OFFICERS
AND SOLDIERS AT SANTIAGO.
Major Auman's Rally Cry mt Fort
San Juan-Unknown Heroes-wire
Cutters at Eel Caney-A Surgeon I'm
der Fire.
ICopyrtght. 1899, by G. L. Kilmer1

EEDS or lndl-
vidual daring In
the Spanish war
were more nu-
rnerous than eX-
pected from
modern meth
ods of fighting,
but not to the
extent Of be-
coming com
monplace. Per
haps it was the
rawness and In
decision of the
mass W hich
made the deeds
of the few 81
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-08-24

OIL. STOTSEN-
BURG'S heroic
death W hile
leading a rescue
charge at Quin-
gia was not a
! sacrifice neces-
sary for the
fame Of the
First Nebraska
volunteers. The
regiment had
made its mark
before that. But
lit seems that
|only after the
|colonel W a 8
dead did the
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-08-24

AL orderly who stood by the colonel
throughout the first struggle says:
For II hours Saturday night and Sun
day was under an almost continuous
fire and right at the front all the time.
Saturday night the sharpshooters
made 1t so hot for me that when the
moon came out was compelled to lie
fat In the mud In the buffalo wallows.
Several times they came so close to
my ear that the poor old drums rang
like doorbells from the concussion. l
lost my hat, and once, when crossing
an open spot with the colonel, one of
the bullets just ticked across the top of
my head, making my hair jump up
straight like a patch of weeds. That
was my closest call. used to wall
because l am not six feet tall. IL
had been six footer, l would have
been shot through the head"
Private Towle belongs to the Omaha
company known as the Thurston Ri.
fles. This company has had many
lively adventures since the Filipino
outbreak. When the line was ordered
forward to clear the country and drive
the natives from their works around
Manila, the Thurstons were in the ad-
vance guard and struck the insurgent
strongholds first. At one point, In their
eagerness to close with the enemy,
they nearly ran upon an ugly ambush,
but their leader, Captain Buck" Tay-
lor, saw the danger, ordered his men to
lie down. then to withdraw. Taking
this for sign that the Americans
were retreating. the natives rushed
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-08-24
BROOKINGS and BROOKIaeS 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-class creamery.
Good water near surface
State Agricultural college.
Twenty-Five hundred souls.
Splendid resort for sportsmen.
Waterworks 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.
Oounty seat BrooKlngs county, populaNon
i2,00O--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: Commandery, Council
Chapter, Blue Lodge and Eastern star. Odd
Fellows Enoampment, Subordinate and
Rebekah A. o. u. w. and Degree OF Honor
Modern Woodmen and Royal Neighbors
Royal Arcanum. National Aid Association
Mystic Circle. G. A. r. and Womans Relief
Corps.
Beautiful trees dot the prairie In every al
rection and the city presents charming ap
pearance, matted as IL is In the midst Of fine
growth Of shade and ornamental trees
Brook ings 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, 1899-08-24
NEBRASKA'S SCORE.
HER FIRST REGIMENT VOLUNTEERS
IN THE FIGHTING AT MANILA.

Colonel stonenburg as q Leader.
ThurstOn Rifles From Omaha-F'frst
Shot at Fflipinos-Heavy BATTLE
Loss--Now En- Route For Home.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-08-24

men Of the regiment STAYED of q sud
den uprising and massacre of Ameri.
can troops. The day before the out.
break Colonel Stotsenburg was insult.
ed by an ugly tempered Filipino officer
and was compelled to order his post
occupied by one Of his own squads.
The Filipino tried to get possession OF
the post without fighting for 1t, but the
colonel was firm. and at night the fel.
low came back with following to pit
against a sergeant's squad. The main
sentry, Private Grayson Of Company
d, halted the natives, but they kept
on and made menacing motions with
their guns. Asszr the natives had
ignored a second challenge Grayson
shot the leader and one man dead.
Grayson's shot aroused the camp
and the whole regiment was quickly
In arms. The men knew by the tenn
per Of the Filipinos what would follow
an outbreak. Before the bugle ceased
sounding the companies were on the
march from their quarters to their sta
tions In line. After a silence Of 20
minutes the Filipino Mausers began to
crack. and the supplementary war In
the Philippines was on.
For days the bushwhacking strug-
gle went on around Manila. The Ne
braskans cleared the natives out of the
territory between the waterworks and
the city. Colonel Stotsenburg proved
to the men that the powers that be
made no mistake in appointing him
their leader. He was at the head of
every foray and attack and a master
hand In war. One dictum from his
headquarters fixed his status as a
commander for the field He declared
that the men must be fed fully and
regularly no matter how far they were
from the commissary base and that
nothing in the island of Luzon should
prevent it.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-08-24

to him, I dressed the wound in has
forearm, through which bullet had
passed, both of us lying down. Then
came stafr officer to say that General
Kent ordered the Twenty-f first to gain
an important hill. and they started
ahead at double time. About that time
I was called to dress some officer Of
the Sixteenth, lying in the roadway;
wounded, and when I could 60 on tho
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-08-24

A Nebraskan fired the FIRST shot in
the Filipino war, and no doubt the time
ly aggressiveness Of the officers and
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-08-24

tCopyright, 1895, by @. L. Kilmer.I
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-08-24
Broukings County.

Land is rapidly advancing in price and
now IL the time to invest Big profits are
sure to be gained by investing.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-08-24

Major Auman learned the art of
lighting when he was boy. He enlist
ed so promptly In 1861 that he went
to the front among the famous First
Defenders" OF Washington. After serv-
ing with gallantry four years he was
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-08-24

Soldiers Of the noncombatant class
come In for many very hard scorings.
but when one Of these gentry gets q
chance to face the music he does II like
hero. The assistant surgeon Of the
Twenty-flrst infantry. Captain II. @.
Fisher, gives q modest story Of how
he helped the wounded on the firing
line at San Juan ELL. Having learned
that the regiment was to attack the
blockhouse Captain Fisher went for
ward and caught mp with the men,
awaiting orders on the bank OF a
stream. Says he: "The bullets were
zipping about. Captain Ebstein called,
Get down, doctorr and the doctor got
down and listened to the hornets
Soon some one called out that Lieuten,
ant Meade, just from West Point, was
wounded, and, keeping low till 10,
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-08-24

Hair Dressing for Ladies and Gentlemen In the
highest style Of the art. A good easy shave %
alftimsr
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-08-24
CHRIS. ADAMS,
psALBRM
Harness. Saddles. Trunks

AVID vAL1DD9.
Az kinds .s q ,sspsi,ns promptly attended g
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-08-24

eh,URCH OF CHRIST Cscientisp Ser.
VICES every Sunday in the g. A. II. hall.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-04-20

Farmers usually complain that the
price paid by canneries for green sweet
corn il too low for profit. The Ameri-
can Cultivator comment on this is
that, even at the very low price which
green corn often brings, the crop pays
as well AZ do most that farmers grow,
provided they take good care Of the
corn fodder ard get the most they can
from that The stalks of sweet corn are
if we'll cured. sweeter and better feed
than those from field corn Yet how of
ten the stalks are left to dry in the field
while the later ears are ripening They
are often eft uncut until frost cuts
them II is far better to cut early
enough 40 that the last nubhins will be-
still green Let them go in the fodder.
They are worth more there than for
anything else. In most cases some of
the earliest of tho sweet corn can be
sold to private customers for prices
above what the canneries can afford to
pay. The business of fruit canning has
to be run very closely to enable the
Gamers to hold the worlds markets,
and the farmer should be willing to ac-
cept low prices as well as the manufac-
turer. Canned corn is always sold by
the dozen ears or by weight of the ear
in the husk Most kinds Of swe' / corn
bear two OF more ears ON II stalk II on
good land This tendency to extra pro-
ductiveness makes the sweet corn crop
pay better than expected by farmers
who base their calculations on one ear
to IA stalk. which is good average for
most kinds Of field corn, A corn can.
ming factory is therefore good thing
for the farmers in any neighborhood.
They should encourage rather than dis
courage it. The more widely diversified
farming is made the greater the profits
and the smaller the danger by reverses
when any one crop proves failure
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medicines that do no earthly good. II
is like throwing it into the FIRE.
we had spent lots of money for doctor bills
and had almost given up in despair, says Mrs
Ella Schall of Moosehead. Luzerne Co, Pa, in
a sincere letter 10 Dr. X. v. Pierce, Of Buffalo,
Ny. Then told my husband was going to
write to you. am very glad did So You re
member my case was abscess OF the breast. DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery cured me in
one month, sound and well.
Your kindness to me can never forget. !"
writes Mrs. Josie F.. Clark, of Enterprise, Shelby
Co, Mo II cannot express half my feelings OF
gratefulness to you 81 had despaired OF ever get
ting well. I had been in bad health for twelve
years. Had aches all through me. numb hands.
cold feet and everything ate distressed me; my
bowels constipated. | was very nervous
depressed and Respondent. When FIRST wrote
to you thought could never be cured. have
Discovery. and my health is now good You
have my honest recomm ndation to all sufferers
| think there is medicine in the world as
good as DR.. Pieroe's."
It's an insult to your intelligence for a
dealer to attempt to palm off upon you a
substitute for this world-famed medicine.
You knoz0 what you want. It's his bust
ness to meet thai rant When he urges
some substitute he's thinking of the
larger profit he'll make = not of your
welfare. Shun all such dishonest dealers.
Every sick person in this land should
possess DIR. Pierce's grand thousand
page illustrated Common Sense Medical
Adviser, which will be sent free for the
bare cost of mailing, al onecent stamps.
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:. BeypNSpeo ssoNEv.~

The most precious possession on -
earth IL perfect health. 1t is
the groundwork of all
prosperity in life; and - "a
few people grudge q" TT
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whst ssAi, svs DO?

In June we shall reach the tenth anni-
versa,y of the purchase Of a small farm at
East Faint field, Me, for boys. 1t was
purchased with benevolent funds. This
farm OF one hundred and twenty five acres,
now known as Good Will Farm. has
grown to three hundred and thirty acres.
The readers of The Record are familiar
with the histot y OF the various purchases.
the opening OF cottage homes. the build
ing of school house and chapel, and the
general progress of the work. II would
seem to be a good time-lhis coming
June-to do something unusual, and
celebrate the completion of the first
decade OF the existence of the Homes But
what shall we do? First: we want to
complete the year in June without single
unpaid bill. That is The first considera-
ton Then it seems to US that il would be
fitting time for some large benefac,ion-
something that would begin new era as
well as a new decade We could suggest
a generous addition TO the endowment of
our educ ational work, or the gift OF man
uAl training school. or any one of several
great and good things. But we will walt
for suggestions God has specially bless
ed this undertaking for the needy aud
imperled the past ten years. We ought
to do something 10 mark the tenth ami.
versary. What shall we do?-Good It'IX
Record.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-04-20

In putting out trees or any plants 10
spring caution is necessary not In mis-
taken kindness to put either stable manure
or any other kind of fertilizer in the hole
where their roots are set II it is coarse
manure, as it is very apt to be. it will dry
the soil all around the roots so that no
matter how much rain may fall it can
never reach and moisten the manure.
Summer rains, even when severe, seldom
reach down to the roots of newly planted
trees. II the manure is fermented or
phosphate made with sulphuric acid the
case is worse still, for this even weakly
diluted will kill the tender white roots
which newly set tree puts forth. When
market gardeners root cuttings they root
them in pure sand. The general belief
among gardeners is that the grit of pure
sand rubbing against the cut surface oil
the cutting enables it to callous and put
out the first roots of the new growth. Oh
course after the roots have gone few fee,
they become less tender and liable to be
injured. The best way in planting rooted
cuttings is to put the roots in comparative
ly poor soil, and then in applying manure
use it as a top dressing, which will act as
a mulch, and when rains come they will
wash enough of the manure to make a
vigorous growth of the tree the first sea.
son il is set.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-04-20

Scrofula, salt rheum erysipelas and other dis.
tressng eruptive diseases yield quickly and
permanently TO the cleansing purifying power
of Burdock Blood Bitters.
Every joke should have point, said the
editor as he handed back some unavailable
offerings. think you'll find mine all punctu-
ated properly, replied Mr. Smokers.
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"A word 70 the wise is sufficient" aud
a word from the y i-e should be sufficient,
but you ask, Who are The wise? Those
who know. The oft repeated experience
OF Trustworthy persons may be- taken for
knowlcdgr. Mr.. w. NJ Terry says
Chamberlsin's tough RENE dy gives
better satisfaction than any other in the
market. He has been in the drug bust
ness ut Elkton, Nv, for twelve yesrs
has sold hundreds Of bottles OF this
remedy aud nearly all other cough
medicines msnufaci ured, which shows
cOuclusiv-ly that ChamherlHiu's is the
most satisfactory TO the people, aud Is
the best. For sale by II. w. Cushing
Skowhegan, aud sullivan Newton, Jack
man.
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PLANTING PEAS.
an Elective Arrangement OF Early
and Late Varieties.

an Elective Arrangement OF EARLY
and Late Varieties.
As soon as the ground is in a fit state
for working peas demand first atten-
ton. There is perhaps nothing in the
whole year that interests the grower 30
much as getting the fret dish, in the
shortest time possible, of this much
priced vegetable. A light soil we'll en-
riched with old manure in a sheltered
part of the garden. with a south aspect.
is best for first paintings In position
like this the dwarf wrinkled varieties
may be- sown as well as the round sorts,
but where the ground is cold and ex-
posed it Is better TO wait until later,
when the soil becomes drier and warmer.
Motifs Excelsior is, | think. the best
Of the extra early marrowa. 1t IL
great improvement on American Won
der. being much heavier cropper and
more robust than that variety, There
are several other good kinds, such as
Blue Beauty and Premium Gem, which
may be planted in succession to the
first named sort, if desired.
Plant in drills 10 inches to Q feet
apart. As a preventive against rot
wrinkled peas at this time should get
very light covering of eoil--an inch or
two-just sufficient for termination.
Later, when they are well over the
ground. the soil can be drawn up to
them.
Round peas being the hardest. are
indispensable for early work. Among
the several varieties | believe. from a
general point of view. Eureka is the
best for amateurs and private garden
els 1t will give larger crop and have
a neater appearance if supported by
brush or wire netting. Other suitable
kinds are that good old variety Daniel
o Rourke and Alaska.
Set in drills 2 feet to az feet apart
If square in the garden is devoted to
peas, commence in front with the earli-
est and dwarfest and, grading them to
finish in the back with the tallest
midseason kinds, like Champion of Eng
land, the bed will have an effective APP
pearance at certain times, says an
American Gardening writer in conclud-
ing the advice here given about plant,
ing peas