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The Dickinson press., 1899-10-14
OFFICIAL
Proceedings of the Board Of Commission
ers of Stark County. N. D.

OCt. 3, 1909.
Board met pursuant to adjournment,
present Chairman Walton and Com
missioner Mcclure.
The following resolution was offered
and on motion unanimously adopted, viz
Whereas, it appearing to the Board that
certain lots in the town of Dickinson and
additions thereto, within the county of
Stark, N. D., owned by James c. Young,
or which the taxes are delinquent for
past years, were excessively assessed and
in order to adjust said taxes and get a
settlement therefore it is Resolved: That
on all such lots the county treasurer be
authorized to accept in full therefor for
the taxes for the year 1895, 1896, 1897
and 1903 the sum of 100000, provided
the sum mentioned is paid within five
days from date Of this resolution.
Quarterly report of A. P. Folsom, Just
ice Of the Peace, was received and re-
ferred to the States Attorney.
Reports of fees coll.ctei BIZ the Reg
lister Of Deeds and the Clerk al the Dis
trict Court we're received and placed on
file.
On motion the following bills were
audited and allowed and warrants o:tier-
ed drawn for the amounts, viz
Walker Bros, for Auditors aud Treas
uTcc:' i2;t!.ors - &C
Us. White. for drawing ;Iry......... 20
John Rirssbcci, 90
John Riesshcck, clerk hire in Auditors
Vhice.. ......,..... ID III
John Riessbcck. postage, express and
U Il
W. A. Mcclure, mileage & per diem as
County Commissioners. ~ &
w. II. Walton, 81 sc
Chas: kono, for jailor's salary, postage,
and kilograms 12i O..
Jas.G Saunders. postage, quar-. ending
Sept. 50, '99....: 2U
Press Job Rooms, blank books......... So Il
Carroll Bros, ice for season 99......... W OK
McCloy & Scnour, supplies. ............ 81.
Perkins & Davis, mileage and quaran-
tine OF +. Christensen ...... ......... II s.
Davis g. Perkins, salary as county physi-
clans, July, Aug. and Sep............. 48 o.
John Gurrie, services inspector of clect'n 20
Geo.sSenour. W
j. P. Tingle, 90
On motion the Board adjourned tc
Wednesday, November list, 1899.
JOHN R~IEssBEcK,
County Auditor
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letter, Bols, Carbuncles, Sores, etc.
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Capt. 81. T. Thompson.

Capt 81 T. Thompson passed
through Florence last night on his
way to Fort Mcpherson near Atlanta
Ca, TO join the regiment to which he
has been assigned.
Col Thompson within the past two
days has received two kilograms from
Assistant Adjutant General Carter
the fret apprising him of his appoint.
ment as captain of the 29.h volun.
teer infantry, the second ordering
him to join his regiment at Fort
Mcpherson, Ga . stating that bis
commission would be mailed to him
al that point.
At Fort Mcpherson Col. Thompson
will first meet his company, and vii
at once begin to get it in order. His
regiment will be commanded by Col.
Hardin, who was colonel of the I'd
NJ Y at Santiago, and was promoted
for conspicuous gallantry in the field
Capt. Thompson was pleased to find
that this gallant man would be bie
superior officer.
Capt. Thompson expects to be in
Manila by October l, and is very
anxious for the time to come when he
may get taste of actual warfare
He entertains no thought but that bis
promotion to the rank of major will
come as soon as be arrives at the
Philippines He has received nun
6ers of applications from South Caro-
lima men who desire to join his COM
pany Most of them were under him
in the I'd S c. V, but many were
raw recruits Florence Times, 14th.
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YITIFUL CONDITIONS.

San Francisco, July 13.-Advices
received by the transport Newport,
dated Manila, June II, are as follows:
The volunteers are greatly debilitated
in consequence of their hard cam
paigDing through three months of
trcpic weather Since the middle OF
May no volunteer regiment mas mad a
sick list Of less than 20 per cent. i'll,
and few regiments have less than
one third of their number OF duty.
The Nebraska regiment has suffered
worst. 1t came in from San Fernan-
do few days ago with less than 200
men in the ranks The South Dakota
followed yesterday with 275 men on
duty The Montana and Kansas
regiments at San Fernando have net
more than 2S0 available men each.
The morning after the Washington
troops took Morong a week ago only
263 men responded to roll call. The
Washington men have been engaged
since March IL in preventing the
insurgent armies OF the north and
south from forming a junction in the
region Of Laguna de Bay. often being
engaged at the same time with the
enemy in opposite directions.
Twenty four of the Nebraska
officers are on the sick list and the
Montana. Kansas, Washington and
South Dakota regiments show 20 or
raore officers in the hospitals or sick
in their quarters These regiments
have borne the brunt of the fighting.
Their losses in killed and wounded
range from l60 in the Montana to
2s0 Nebraska men The loss of the
kansas regiment is second to that of
Nebraska men, while the Washington
and South Dakota regiments follow
closely, each with losses of about
200 The Oregon regiment has also
suffered severely.
Of the regulars the Thild artillery
il the heaviest loser, it's killed and
wounded numbering 1913.
OTIS WANTS TARGETS.
Washington, July ia dispatch
has been received from Gen. Otis
requesting that there be sent to the
Philippines $500 horses in order
that a brigade of cavalry may be
organized for use at the end Of the
rainy season Gen Otis has tried
the horses of Manila and nearby
countries, but none of them seem
available for cavalry 1t is the In
tention of Secretary Alger to have
the mounts carefully selected and he
thinks that animals from the Southern
States, not too heavy, but tough and
wiry, Will be the best.
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Would Go One Better.

eve feel like hurrabing for Colum.
bia. Judge Buchanan has overruled
the order staying the condemnation
proceedings against Sidney park in
that city and the good work of the
Seaboard Air Line will go on We
confidently predict tbatl the prettiest
place in the State will be the terminal
that the Seaboar6 will build in the
park. We only wish that that road
could have seen its way clear in tax
ing our offer of the Florence park as
terminal Maybe that will come
later we hope so.' Florence Daily
Times. Thank you 4 Spartanburg
man said the other day that to get
the Seaboard into that town Spar
tapburg would be willing to give it
the city hall lot and cemetery to
boot.
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That tremendous plan, whereby Cecil
Rhodes and the Emperor of Germany
hope to connect one end Of the great
African continent with the other, is the
boldest rsilroad enterprise ever attempt
ed. The Cape to Cairo railway will be
the longest in the world. 1t will run
from the capital Of Egypt. on the
extreme porth, to Cape Town, 90 the
extreme south, thus spanning the eotire
leogth of the Dark Continent, aud
covering country more diverse than any
other line of track The Canadian
Pacific is 1905 miles long, the Siberian
railway will be 4.74l miles loog, but
the Cape to Cairo will De 1864 miles
loog OF this distance, more than half
is already flushed and is now 10
operation. The importance of this
railroad to mankind at large can hardly
be overestimated.
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Other politicians and public meo,
says the Wilmington Messenger, may
lose their heads like General Butler, oi
South Carolins, and Sen ator McLaurip
of the same State, aud some of the
crank preachers, and Roosevelt and Joe
Wheeler, aad the little fellows ir the
cooked cabinet, but Colonel W. j.
Bryan Keeps his feet planted on the
principles of liberty, the laws of his
country, the aDtecedents of the wise
mep, the constitution aud Declaration
of independence, aod is opposed to all
foreign alliances He said only a few
days ago Il believe George Washin g
ton was right. We ought not to enter
into any eutaugliug alliances with
foreign nations. The question of an
Auglo Saxon alliance is involved 10 the
question of imperialism. No entapg-
Ing alliances would be suggested we're
it not for the fact that colonial policy
will streugtbea those who desire a
foreign alliance"
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Insists on independence.
GEN. GOMEZ MAKES A
SPEECH IN HABANA.

Habana. July 12.-At meeting 6
held last evening in the Payret theatre,
after the street demonstration and
parade in his honor, Gen. Galberto
Gomez was himself the principal
speaker. In the course of long
address, dealing with the reasons for
beginning the war against Spain, he
said II am now. as I always have
been, separatist; and still demand
the separation that l asked before the
war, not only separation from Spain,
bu: from any and ALI other nations.
People only begin revolution when
this is absolutely necessary to life and
progress. If superior force deters
them before this object is attained, there
is merely the question of delay.
"The revolution will inevitably re.
turn. Nations, like stars. have their
seasons Of eclipse +; but, following their
orbits, they emerge and accomplish
their final destiny The destiny Of
Cubs is only independence. The basic
ideas of the revolution we're DO mystery
aud, therefore, synopsis now, which
would really remind rs of pas! suffering
and of incidents only to be recalled
with horror, is unnecessary. Still We
would return to those direful days if it
had to be. Honor is as much neces.
sity in national life as is food in the life
Of the individual, and it ought to be
insured, if possible, even though the
attempt may result in catastrophe and
death.
''Suca Disasters We CAP avoid by
perfect unison, by raising our voices to
declare that this country is ours aud
that we want it for ourselves. by
forgetting our ennities. by obliteratiug g
personalities, by drawing line through
our terrible past and by devosiog our
selves to the future.
"We should give due thanks to the
Americans whose progress aud power
inspire cur admiration. but this does
not mean that We shall resign ourselves
to tutelage to be exercised over as
Let Us make the same statement to the
United States that the American
colonies made to Eogland when they
declared 10 1776 that the Americans
owned North America +"
The METRE speech vas 10 this spirit.
The local press praises it today as 1.-The
most important occurrence since Jaou'
airy 1st.''
Most of those present at the meeting
were negroes and many of the banners
| borne 10 the procession showed the
| legend Of Independence or death. -
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There Is No Respite For
Jones.

Gov. McSweeoey announced yester-
day that he had refused to pardon
Robert T. Jones, the E1ge6eld mur-
derer Who is serving a sentence of 20
years iu the penitentiary. The case
was at one tlme widely celebrated
Jopes is charged With having
murdered three neighbors and kinsmeD, /,
the Psessleys. They had been renting
land condemned By the State sinking
fund commission. There was dispute
as to its ownership, end one day in
November, 1885. while Charles and
Edward Presley, Jr., we're piowing
the land, Jones walked into the field
and without provocation riddled them
with gun shot. He then walked over to
where Edward Presley, Sr, a palsied
man of 78 years, was holding horse.
Him be killed without word of
warning.
Jones was tried iu March, 1886, and
a mis,rial resulted. In March, 1887,
he was convicted OF manslaug gbter. An
appeal vas made to the supreme court.
There we're four subsequent trials.
At the sixth and last, beld in
Lexington, whittier the case had been
transferred, Jones was convicted Of
mauslaaghter. That vas in June,
1891, six years after the triple
homicide. Solicitor Nelson was assist
ee by S McGowan SimkiDs and " W
Butler. of Edge6eld. Jonee' lawyers
were Major W T Gary, Eroest Gary.
N George Evans and Major H A
Meetze.
Mrs. Jones and her little daughter
pleaded With the governor for Jones'
pardon, but Gov McSweeney declined
to interfere The State, July Is.
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CAVALRY AFLOAT.

Manila, July 13, IL 80 p m
Lake Lagu0a de Bay is being patrol
ed By three troops of Fourth cavalry
under Capt McGraw and the army
gunboat Napidan commanded by
Lieut. Larsen The force makes it's
headquarters on an island, living on
cascoes, in which the men are towed
about to make unexpected visits to
towns where there are small forces of
insurgents, for the purpose of keep
ing the rebels moving On Tuesday
the troops had an engagement at
Mansitupa, on the south shore of the
lake They fought 500 ineurgents
there, entrenched near the shore.
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Georgia Assassination.


Macon, Ca. July la special
to The Telegraph from Lacrosse,
Sumter county, says that the repre-
sentative of that county, Hon. Henry
Siugletery, aged sixty, was assassi
mated tonight while going Il ON his
store to his bone near by I body
was found half hour after kill.
ing. The head was crushedi as If
by bludgeon No clue as o the
perpetrators or their motive Mr..
Sing!etery leaves large family and
was a man of wide influence IN this
section Dogs have been secured
and searching parties haze gone from
Amercus and Leesburg.
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Columbia Park Question
Settled.

Special to The State.
Che.aw, July II "A motioo vas
made here today before Chief Justice
Mclver for an injunction restraining
the Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Company from building their depot in
Sidney park, Columbia.
Judge McTver, after the arguments
occupying about two hours, said that
he doubted if any appeal lies from the
order at all, but that it would GOT be
Necessary for him to decide that, but
that be could reach no ether conclusion
than that this was virtually an appeal
to him at chambers from Judge
BuchanaD's order sDd be bad no right
to consider it.
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Government Dealing with
Dreyfus' Prosecutors.

Paris. July lot is rumored that
as result of the revelation of the
inhuman cruelty practiced upon
Dreyfus while on Devils island, NJ.
LebcD, the minister who was respon.
sible for the orders sent to NJ. Deniel,
while in charge of the penal settle.
ment where Dreyfus was confined,
will be proceeded against, the gov
ernment not confning it's action to
yesterdays dismissal of Deniel.
M. Bertillon, the handwriting
expert who testified before the court
of cessation that Dreyfus was the
author of bordereau, still remains at
the head of the anthropometic
department of the perfection of
police, but has been deprived Of his
official duties.
Baron Baulny, another Of the aris.
tocratlc promoters of the demonstra.
tion against President Loubet at
Auteuil, has been pardoned.
1t is understood tha. NJ Loubet
also desired to pardon Baron Chris.
tiani, who made the assault on him,
but the cabinet decided that this was
quite out of the question.
The Gazette &c France today pub.
fishes the report which the prefect of
police presented to the government
March 20, on the Orleaniss party. It
says the League of Patriots and the
anti Semitic league were in close
relations with the Duke of Orleans,
who sent 5000 francs to NJ. Derou.
lede and large sums to Deputy Jules
Guerin. Altogether the royaiists
are said to have expended 100000
francs in getting up the Neuil|y bar
racks fasco.
Prof. Syveton, treasurer of the
League of the French Fatherland,
has been suspended from his duties
at the college of Rheims for at
tempts to incite an anti.Dreyfus agita-
ton at Rennes. According to the
same authority Comte Boni de
CastelIane also subsidized the move
ment.
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Ordered to Fort Mcpherson

Washington, July 13-Of6ce.s re-
Gently appointed to the volunteer army
have been ordered to join their reei
msnts at the several regimeusal stations.
The following officers of the Twenty
aiutb regiment have been ordered TO
Fort Mcpherson. Ga; Major D G
Case, Captains Cleveland, Willecoxson
and Heory 7. Thompson First Lieu
tenants W P Cor bett, R j Arnold and
W P Screws Second Lieutenant NJ
Hoiley, st Fort Mcpherson, Ga.
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EPWORTH ORPHANAGE.

The trustees of Epwofsh orpnanage
held meeting at the Jerome hotel
yesterday. There were present Rev.
A. J Stokes, D D Rev. G.. 81. Wad-
dell, Rev j. W. Mcleod and DR.. ".
j Murray The trustees decided to
build an infrmary complete and we'll
appointed in every particular. It
vas also decided to have a system of
water works for the orphanage.
These improvements will cost about
$4,000. and the money is in sight
There are about 100 orphans at the
Epworth and they are all healthy and
hsppy.-State, June IL
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No Rush to Volunteer,

Washington, July 13 There have
been enlisted 10 the volunteer regiments
7o1 men. AS the recruiting has ali
been done q. the regular stations the
result ia considered very good a: The
war department. Tie recruits BY
regiments are: Twenty sixth, l4l ;
Twenty seventh, 134; Twenty eighth,
Sc; Twenty-ointh, 81; Thir'ie;h. 118;
Thirty-6rss, 181; Thirty second, IS
Thirty third, 9; Tbirty-four,b, "a ;
Thirty fftb, 2.
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RAW RECRUITS ARE
VERY, VERY SCARCE.
Some OF the Qualifications for
Becoming a Soldier.
The State. July u.

The recruiting station In the Ken
dali building is not packed ana
crowded with young men eager to
offer their services to their country
Perhaps the wonld-be volunteers are
waiting for the late First regiment to
volunteer as. whole
There have been nine recruits sc
cepted within the past ten days, all
for the regular army. all but two OF
these were coiored.
Under the new call for volunteers
there are to be ten regiments Re
cruiting Offices have been established
SAIL over the country, and when a
volunteer passes the medical exami-
nation and is accepted, he is sen. to
the nearest regular army post. head
quarters for the regiment being
organized South Carolina is 10 the
department of the Gulf, with head
quarters at Atlanta, or Fort McPher-
son. Ga When q recruit is accepted
here, he is sent to Fort Mcpherson to
ioin his regiment, the Twenty ninth.
North Garolinians are sent to Camp
Meade, Pennsylvania. Georgians,
Alabamians. South Carolinians. etc /.
will compose the Twenty-ninth
Lieut.. Williams. who is in charge
of the recruiting Office at this place.
will be in the city today and will act
upen about dozen applications for
enlistment. While Uncle Sam wants
men. and wants them bad. still ne
Affects lordly air and demands that
The men to be sacrificed in the Phil
ippines must not be vagabonds.
When a youth applies for admis
sion to the army, the first question
put to him is. "Are you minor %
If the young maa is not 2l gears old
his parents or guardian are required
10 make certificate that they do not
object to bis enlistment. The cer,i
fcate reads in part. 81 do hereby
fully give my consent to bis enlisting
az q soldier in the volunteer army OF
The United States for the period Juge
80, 1861" This permission having
been obtained, the boy is free to en-,
list.
The next step is to get q recon
mendation of character. Uncle Sam
claims that he doesn't want dlssoIute
and worthless characters in bis
army.
The character gauntlet having been
.uD, the relentless physician gets IN
his work, and the physical exanina-
tion is not as "easy" as one might
imagine.
Except in special cases none but
unmarried men will be enlisted fol
this service
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SUMTER S. c.. WEDNESDAY. JULY 10. 1899

The Napidan shelled the rebels and
q party of American troops number
ing l35 landed and drove them by
a sharp running fire to the hills,
where they were too strongly en-
trepched for the small force to attack
them.
Two of the cavalrymen were
wounded and the bodies of ten insur-
gents were found. 1t is supposed
that the eneny's loss is 35.
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Ordered to the Philippines.

ashington, July ll.-Capt 7 S.
Bra,ton, assistant surgeon at Tybee
island, and Assistant Surgeon Il. ID
Bradley, at Savannsb, Ga have been
ordered to accompany the Nineteenth
infantry from Camp Meade to the
Philippine islands.
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Two distinguished visitors were in
Columbia Tuesday, l. Yamsmoto and
T. Furmya. of Tokyo, Japan. members
of the japanese legation at Washing
ton. They had been to Summervil!e
aad the Isle of Palms.
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AguinaIdo's Speech at
the Tarlac Celebration.
Quotes the Monroe Doctrine
in Reference to America
AND HER COURSE IN THE
PHILIPPINES.

Manila, July II, % p n "A
copy of the Independents has
reached Manila containing the speech
which Aguinaldo made during the
recent celebration at Tarlac, of the
anniversary of the Filipino independ'
ence. In substance it is as follows !:
"Filipina, beloved daughter CT the
ardent Sun of the Tropics. commend
ed By Providence to the care of noble
Spain, be not ungrateful to her
salute who warmed you with the
breath of her own culture and civi!i-
zasion.
'.It is true she sought to crush thy
aspiration for independence, as a
loving mother opposes separation
forever from the daugber of her
bosom This but proves the excess
of affection and love Spain feels for
thee, Filipina ! Delicate flower of
the east, scarcely eight months
weaned from the breast of thy
mother, thou has dared to brave a
great and powerful nation sach as is
the United States, after barely organ
izing and discipIiniDg thy little army.
Yet we reply, we will be slaves to
none, nor allow ourselves to be de-
celved by soft words Let US con-
tinue to defend our fatherland until
independence is assured. for this is
Justice We shall see at least that
the great American nation will
acknowledge the right which is on
our side That doctrine of the great
Monroe, that America is for Ameri-
cans, is not forgotten Just so we
affirm that the Philippines are for the
Fi.ipincs. Some States Of the Amer
lean union have arisen in ourfavcr.
Especially is the Democratic
party convinced that both victors and
vapd duished will lose precious lives
Thus many If the people and many
statesmen censure President McKin-
ley as inhuman for having ordered
his military representatives at Manila
to seek means to bring about hostili-
ties With the Filipinos these facts
prove that they wished TO try US to
see if we are able to live up 20 the
second color of our banner, red,
which signifies courage. heroism
and rnartyrdom. Therefore, we
should not resent this struggle
with the Americans. In spite of
their expressed desire to dominate ali
the Philippines. well convinced are
they that we will fight with justice
and right on our side and that
autonomy is all show of deceit,
only serving to save certain accumu
lated wealth. We have never con-
cealed our aspirations, that We aspire
but to independence. that we will
struggle ou to obtain it. perhaps from
those who are Eow our enemies and
tomorrow will be our allies as they
wese for the overthrow of the power
Of Spain We might we'll accept this
autonomy America offers, but what
can ne do with it if our ambition is
independence and if we are to accept
it only to later overthrow by force OF
arms the sovereignty of America
As / believe it is the intention Of the
autonomists to make use cf treachery
and deceit, We canoot accept such a
procedure. We do not wish to be
traitors afterward We wish to show
our character, our frankness and SIN
cerity and nothing more. Let us
avoid the example of those natives
who having at one time been colo
nists, accepted autonomy to enable