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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-24
WILL SOON BE SUBDUED.
Admiral Dewey Looks for nm Early
solution of Philippine Question.

New York, Aug. 90. - dispatch to
the World from London gives at some
length the London Daily News reported
interview with Admiral Dewey at
Naples. According to the correspon-
dent Admiral Dewey began by saying
that he regarded Cavite as the battle
which decisivcly turned the fortunes of
war in favor of the Americans. He add
ed: 'The Spanish ships were fought
well all the same"
The correspondent asked him if the
Philippines were likely to be pacified
soon.
The admiral replied:
II have the question of the Philippines
more AT heart than has any other Ameri-
can, because ] know the Filipinos intimate
" and they know ! am their friend. The
recent instruction is the fruit of the an
archy which has so long reigned in the is
lands. but the insurgents will have to sub
init themselves to the law, after being ac-
Customed TO no law at all.
Il believe and affirm, nevertheless. that
the Philippine question will be very shortly
solved
According TO my view. the concession OF
self government ought to be the most Just
and most logical solution"
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Left No VIII.

New York, Aug. 22.-Mrs. Eva A.
lngersoll, widow Of Col. Robert G. In
gerson, has filed bond as admins
tratriX of the estate of her husband.
Mrs. lngersoll swears that she has made
Giligent search for the will of her
husband, but that to the best of her
knowledge and belief he died intestate.
The value of his personal property is
estimated by her at about $4,000. AT
the time of his death he held no real
property.
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Big Demand for Poultry.

ST. Louis, Aug. 22.-Since the adj
vance in the price of meat, the demand
for poultry has greatly increased. East
ern buyers are now scattered all over
the state, and large per cent. of
chickens are shipped to the Atlantic
coast cities. Until recently it was diff
cult for farmers living considerable
distance from a railroad to dispose of
their surplus.
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MINOR NEWS ITEMS.
For the week Endin. Aug. %.

Secretary Root has signed the order
for the Cuban census.
Forty thousand persons have died
of famine on the east coast of Africa.
Wind and rain did great damage to
property in DEBORAH. Ia, and vicinity.
An incendiary fire destroyed an en-
tire block in the heart of Sidney, Neb
Four men were killed in shooting
ARRAY half mile south of Lake End,
La.
Owen Ward, wealthy farmer at
Shipman, H., died at the age of 100
years.
Massachusetts democrats Will hold
their state convention in Boston Sep
TENDER 81.
The national encampment of the
Union Veterans Union began in Des
Moines, Ia.
Isaac Mcclellan, the poet of the rod
and gum" died at the age of SO years in
Greenport, l.. /.
Cornelius Sullivan, the oldest man in
northern Illinois, died in Belvidere,
aged 101 years.
Government buildings and wharfs
were burned at Moscow, causing loss
of millions of rubles.
The war department has set aside two
large tracts of land near Honolulu as
military reservations.
Heavy hail at Sargent county, n. d..
destroyed so per cent. of all uncut
wheat and much fax.
LlewelIyn, who killed Harvey NJ.
Wurster, a telegraph operator, was
hanged at Easton, Pa.
The will of the late George W. Clay
ton. of Denver, Col, leaves 1000, 900 for
a university in Denver.
The United States cruiser Olympia,
with Admiral Dewey on board, arrived
at Villefranche, France.
A combination of all the principal
fish dealers in Florida, with the eXcep-
ton of three, has been formed.
SQUAD Bolin, a negro charged with
robbery and attempted murder, was
hanged by a mob at Fulton, Ky.
The boiler in factory at Appleton,
Wis, exploded, killing three men and
seriously injuring eight others.
Ralph Hill, member of congress from
the Columbus (lnd.) district in 1864,
died at Indianapolis, aged ~ years.
Two Indians and white man were
hanged at Dawson for murder. 1t was
the first legal execution in the Klon-
dixie.
Robert Crenshaw and Thomas Embo-
den, two young farmers near Provi-
dence KY, shot each other fatally in
fight.
Caspar Bubert, a sculptor known by
his works all over the United States,
was found dead in his studio in New
York.
During a windstorm at Winchester,
Va, the big tent of a circus was blown
down and 40 people were more or less
injured.
Eight hundred tons of supplies for
the Porto Rican sufferers were placed
on board the transport Panther at Phil
adelphia.
The Twenty Thirty-first and
Thirty-fourth volunteer regiments of
infantry have been ordered to proceed
to Manila.
Daniel Montgomery, wealthy farm
err near Milan, Mo-. murdered his wife
and then killed himself. No cause is
known for the deed.
The First Nebraska volunteers, who
reached San Francisco from Manila
three weeks ago, will be taken home on
a special train at state expense.
Peter Louin and his 15-year-old son,
under arrest at Eclectic, Ala, for shoot
ing Hall Jordan, were taken from Jail
by mob of masked men and killed.
Rev William Butler, ID. D., one of the
most prominent and well-known cler-
gymen of the Methodist Episcopal
church. died at his home III Newton,
Mass, aged so years.
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The admiral replied:
OUR TRUE MISSION.
Com m issioncr Schurmnn Gives His
Views on Philippine Question.

Ithaca, n. V. Aug. 22.-Commission-
er Jacob G. Schurman reached Ithaca
Monday. Since leaving Manila he has,
he says, steadily refused to discuss
Philippine affairs, although he has
been besieged by reporters everywhere,
Chicago reporters having gone as far as
the Rocky mountains to interview
him. However. he now makes the fol-
lowing statement:
First the United States, having as
sumed sovereignty over the Philippine is
lands by virtue of a treaty of peace with
Spain, the chief executive of the republic
is engaged in establishing that sovereignty.
The issue to-day is not a commercial one,
although the natural resources of the Phil
ippine islands are of great value, and wait
only American capital for the development.
Nor is the question one of political eX-
pedtency or party politics, although in its
Collateral branch there may be aspects
upon which political parties may properly
divide, but the question to-day is neither
one of commercial advantage nor of par
usan politics. 1t is purely moral question.
The vital issue is the honor of the nation,
the protection of loyal Filipnos and the full
filment of our obligations to the nations
of the world involved in our acceptance of
sovereignty.
Second. the means and agencies for the
accomplishment of this end must be deter
mined by the president and ii is well TO
bear in mind that the president understands
the situation better than anyone else can
possibly do, inasmuch as he is in receipt of
information from a variety of sources, civil
and military, and has the judgment of ex-
perts upon the facts reported. l have no
doubt the president will soon effect solu-
ton of the Philippine problem which will
be entirely satisfactory TO the American
people. To his craftsmanship and tried
ability we may intrust the issue with per-
feet confidence"
Manila Soldiers Drowned.
Manila, Aug. %. - Nine members of
the Twenty fourth infantry (colored)
were drowned Monday while coming
down the San Mateo river on raft.
The raft broke in two.
The soldiers were returning from a
reconnaissance.
The Tartar Arrives.
Manila, Aug. 22.-The United States
transport Tartar, from San Francisco
July "a, with Gen. Joseph Wheeler and
his daughter, troops of the Nineteenth
infantry and more than Sl,300,000 in
coin, has arrived.
Plan Aguinaldo's Capture.
Hotel Champlain, n Y, Aug. "a
Through the courtesy of one of the
highest officials in the administration
the following positive statement of
the conference held here Tuesday by
President Mckinley, Vice President
Hobart, Secretary of War Root and At
torney-General Griggs may be made.
The first step upon the renewal OF
hostilities will be toward the captur,
of Aguinaldo. Gen. Otis has been in
structed to leave no stone unturned to
accomplish this end. With Aguinaldc
prisoner the administration believes
the insurrection will end.
Gen. Otis TO Stay.
Maj. Gen. Otis will continue in com
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Boycott Is on.

Milwaukee, Aug. %. - President
Teney, of the local CoopeRs' union, has
wired President Gompers, of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor, that the boy
colt inaugurated by the coopers against
the Pabst Brewery company has been
declared off, and that the strike is at an
end, the coopers giving in.
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Scarcity of HeIp,

Arcola, H., Aug, 22.-The scarcity of
broomcorn hands in this section is ere
ating considerable alarm among the
farmers. Growers from all over this
district were in the city all day looking
for men. The corn is ripe and must be
do the work
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Thirty Persons Hurt.

Philadelphia, Aug. 21.-A head-on
collision between two trolley cars oc-
CURED Sunday on the Norristown,
Chestnut Hill & Marlborough railway,
in Plymouth township, Morton county,
few miles north of this city. Thirty
persons were injured.
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The Hurricane Victims

Ponce, Island of Porto Rico, Aug. %.
1t is now estimated that the bodies
of $500 victims of the recent hurri-
cane have been buried, that ,o00 per-
sons were injured during the storm and
that 1900 people are still missing.
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Three Killed.

Pittsburg, Kan, Aug. 1.-Two of
the boilers at the Pittsburg Vitrified
Brooks exploded and the engineer, fire.
man and a yardman were instantly
killed and four other employees were
in iured
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Colored Children barred.

New York, Aug. 2S. - Colored chill
dren of this state, under decision of
Justice w. NJ. Smith, of the superior
court of Long Island, are barred from
attending public schools with white
children.
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Crisis In Germany,

Berlin, Aug. 22.-Germany finds itself
facing a cabinet crisis. AS an outcome
of the rejection of the Midland canal
bill last Saturday, the ministers met
late Monday afternoon at the residence
of the imperial chancellor, Prince Won
Hohenlohe. and decided to resign
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Killed Two Thieves.

Springfield, o., Aug. 23.-Two colored
Springfield thieves were surrounded
Tuesday and shot dead in a buggy by
Urbana officers. The incident grew out
of continued thievery at Urbana. Ex-
element is intense
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St. Louis, Aug. ga special tele-
gram TO the Post-Dispatch from Paris.
Tex, says that Henderson Pierson. liv-
ing near Davenport, Tex, in a fit of
jealous rage shot and killed his wife
and her mother. The murderer was ar
rested by his neighbors and lodged in
the Clarksville Jail.
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Fusion In Nebraska

Omaha, Neb., Aug. 23.-Nebraska
democrats, populists and silver repub-
licans met in this city yesterday and
fused on nominations for judge of the
supreme court and two members of the
board of regents of the state university.
Former Gov. Silas A. Holcomb was
nominated for supreme Justice.
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MINING TOWN N ASHES.
Fire Destroys the Business Portion
of the Thriving City Of Vic
tor, Colorado.
LOSS PLACED AT TWO MILLION DOLLARS
Post Office. Railroad Dcpots and
Banks swept Away - Buildings
Blown Up by Dynamite to Cheek
the Progress of the Flames, But
the Effort Was Useless.

Cripple Creek, Col, Aug. 22.-Fire has
utterly destroyed the business portion
of the city of Victor, causing a loss
estimated at $2,O00,000. Beginning
shortly after noon, the fire ragged until
evening, consuming everything in its
way. 1t had its origin, it is thought,
in the Merchants cafe, adjoining the
Bank of Victor, on the corner of Third
street and Victor avenue. A strong
wind from the south famed the flames
and in few minutes all the surround
inp houses were afire.
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Returns to Sant0 Domingo.

Washington. Aug. 22.-The cruiser
New Orleans has returned to Santo Do
mingo to take up her post near the
scene of political agitation. The Ma
chias has arrived at San Juan.
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PrcSiGept VIII Attend.

Philadelphia, Aug. 23.-The chair
man of the committee on invitation of
the q. A. Il. encampment, which con-
venes here September 4, has received
President Mckinley's acceptance of the
invitation To attend the reunion.
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Killed by lightning.

Eau Claire, Wis, Aug. 21.-Artemus
Coon, assistant superintendent of the
Metropolitan Life Insurance company,
was struck dead by lightning on the
sidewalk on First avenue Saturday aft
ernoon in a heavy rainstorm.
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Ohio Reform Party,

Columbus, o., Aug. 23.-The union re-
form party yesterday nominated full
state ticket headed by Seth H. Ellis, of
Warren county, for governor. The
platform contains but single plank:
Direct legislation under the system
known as the initiative and referen-
dum =
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Five Drowned.

Detroit, Mich, Aug. PA Tribune
special from Harbor Beach says: The
schooner Hunter Savidge capsized Sun
day afternoon in squall off Point au
Barques. Five of her crew were
drowned. She was commanded by
Capt. Sharpsteen, of Alpena.
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Centenarian Dead.

Dubuque, Ia, Aug. 22.-Dubuque's
oldest settler, Mrs. Bridget Hall, died.
aged 100 years and , months. She had
resided continuously in this city for
90 wears.
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Gen. Davies Dead.

New York, Aug. 21.--Gen. Thomas
a, Davies, of this city, died at Ogden
burg, \. Y, aged 90 years. He was a
graduate of West Point, served in the
Sixteenth New York volunteers and
was breveted major general of volun-
tperS
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POOrhOuse burned,

Big Rapids, Mich, Aug. 10. - The
county poorhouse at Stanwood was
burned at night. The fire started in
the frame insane ward, of whichA dolph
Murrin is believed to have been the
only occupant. Murrin was burned to
death. Many of the 40 inmates of the
main building narrowly escaped.
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American Yacht Wins.

Toronto, Canada, Aug. %. - The race
for the Canada cup between the Ameri-
can yacht Genesee and the Canadian
yacht Beaver was won by the Genesee.
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Famine Claims 10000 victims.

London. Aug. 22.-The Church Mis-
sionary society has received report
stating that 10000 persons have died of
famine on the east coast Of Africa.
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Mon Crnn OF Good QnnIity.

London, Aug. 23.-The first consign-
ment of Kent hops has just been re-
ceiyed. The parcel indicates that the
seasons crops is of exceptional quality.
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ON THE DIAMOND.
How the Clubs stand in the National
and Western Leagues I'm the
Champion ship Race.

The following table shows the num-
Der of games won and lost and the per-
centages of the clubs of the National
and Western leagues up to date:
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kIoudikers Perish.

Seattle, Wash, Aug. 22.-Out of 900
men who went into the Kotzebue coun-
Try last fall over seven per cent. have
died from scuryy or met tragic deaths.
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in the First Maine district, was received
by Gov. Powers Tuesday.
The resignation is to take effect Sep
TENDER 4, and it has been accepted by
Gov. Powers.
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Loss S2.OOO,OOO.

The burned area may be thoroughly
designated as the space between the
head of North street and Victor avenue,
extending from the Gold Coin mine
buildings on the west to point near
Second street. and down Third street
almost to Diamond avenue. The loss
has now reached $2,000,000
The first house was built in Victor in
October, 1898. In July of the following
year the city was incorporated, and six
years later it contained 10000 people.
That is about the population now.
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Flames Swept Everything.

Help was summoned from Cripple
Creek, but the town had been built
in the early days of the camp and was
of pine timber, for the most part, and
burned like paper. Efforts were made
to stop the progress of the flames by
blowing up buildings in their path by
means of dynamite. and all afternoon
the hills have roared with the eXplo-
sions, but the effort was in vain.
The fire claimed the Bank of Victor,
the post office, on the corner opposite,
crossed Third street and followed the
row of blocks between Third and
Fourth streets to the north, taking the
Victor Banking company, the Western
Union Telegraph company's Office and
the o ffice of the Colorado Telephone COM
pany, the Hotel Victor, on the opposite
side of Fourth street, and the three
great shaft houses Of the Gold Mining
company, and its ore bins, among the
largest in the Cripple Creek district
From there the flames were swept
northward by the half hurricane which
was blowing, and never stopped until
they had taken the Florence g. Cripple
Creek depot and the fine new depot
of the Midland Terminal road, at the
head of Fourth street. All the build
ings between these are total loss,
with practically their contents, for the
flames were so rapid in their progress
that nothing could be saved.
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Manila Soldiers Drowned.

Manila, Aug. %. - Nine members of
the Twenty fourth infantry (colored)
were drowned Monday while coming
down the San Mateo river on a raft.
The raft broke in two.
The soldiers were returning from a
reconnaissance.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-08-31

Posters have come to the police here
Offering a reward of one thousand
marks for the capture of man named
Goenczi who is wanted" for the muir
der of a widow and her step daughter.
There is, however, a matter of further
interest in the case, for the murderer
holds in his hands the key to the des-
cent of property valued at a million
marks. The question is, which did lie
murder first. Each had made a will in
favor of the other. If the widow was
murdered first, the property descended
to the step-daughter and on her MUIR
der to her next of kin, who are entirely
different from the widows next of kin
If the step daughter was murdered first,
the property goes to the widows next
of kin. The German courts refuse to
solve the problem by theory, as long as
the murderer holds the real evidence
This makes the case peculiarly inter-
esting in the annals of crime and of
Jurisprudence. Talk of law being dull
and dry. What could be more thrilling
than this?
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-08-31

1t is always a pleasure to note the
success of Island youth abroad. The
success of Robert King, son of Captain
King, Minister of the Interior, in pass
ing fourteen subjects, without condi-
ton, for his entrance examination into
the University of California, is to be
counted among the Island honors. 1t
speaks well for the part-Hawaiians that
Robert King should be successful, as it
spoke we'll for them when Arthur Will
der won honors in the law class at
Yale. 1t speaks well for the training
in our High school, and the admirable
work done by Professor NJ NJ. Scott
and his corps of teachers. Intellectu-
ally Hawaii holds it own and some
thing more. Physically it has also held
its own. We should always take con-
siderable pride in the way Hawaii's
daughters and sons reflect credit upon
us abroad.
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FOR INCURABLES.

The subject of a hospital for incur
ables must not be lost sight of. Be
cause no particular case has come be-
fore the public notice during the last
few weeks, it is by no means an argu-
ment that such an institution is not
needed, and because there seems to be
a little slackness among those who
should push the matter forward there
is no need to be discouraged as to the
ultimate result. Whatever is worth do
ing takes both time and care to bring
to fruition. We shall have the hospital
in time, some terrible case will crop up
some day and people will rush to get
matters put on a proper footing, but it
would be very much better if the insti-
tuition were begun, and the fragrant ex-
hibition of some incurabe dying in the
street be avoided.
There is probably no more charitable
and philanthropic community any
where in the world than that of the
Hawaiian Islands. There is ample
wealth among it's citizens to establish
an institution of this kind. There is de-
sire on the part of many citizens to con-
tribute. What is needed is organlza-
ton. The Associated Charities have a
great deal to do, no doubt, and the In
stitution for incurables cannot draw up
on the funds of any of the benevolent
organizations. But the Associated
Charities might give the project coun-
tenance, and might take the initiative
in organizing The course of their
work shows them frequently the need
of such an institution and there ought
to be ready workers in the ranks of the
benevolent men and women who would,
by their efforts, unloose the purse
strings of those who, though willing to
give, do not care to burden themselves
with the details necessary to see that
the gift is well bestowed.
It seems hardly necessary to picture
TO the community the unhappy condi-
ton of the incurables. The hospital
is closed to them. The beds of the hos
pital are not intended for them, but for
tiTe.sick and suffering who can be re-
stored to health and active usefulness.
Private rooms are in many cases closed
to them. There is no where for the in
curabfes to go, there is but the street
for them to die in.
This is no fancy pictures, painted
from inner consciousness. 1t is drawn
from fact We have had in this city of
Honolulu, cases suffering from incur
able disease, which only asked for some
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quiet spot i'm which to die. Refused at
the hospital, the poor shattered frames
have been moved from one place to an
other, and have finally found the rest
of death almost between beds as it
were. We, in our pride of health and
strength often say "the world owes us
living" but when the weary incur
able approaches the grave, pain-racked
and miserable, he may Justly say "the
world owes me a place to die in" The
Star voices that cry, 1t is a melancholy
soul touching cry. Who will refuse TO
hear it, "A place to die in"
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 81, 1899.

There seems a more peaceful atmos-
phere in the Transvaal. A compromise
upon the franchise seems possible. If
this can be effected upon reasonable
terms a war will be saved, much to the
satisfaction of the British Government,
which is by no means anxious to start
what will be a war of determination.
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In spite of all adverse criticism upon
him, General Otis holds the fort and
commands at Manila. The troops are
being hurried forward to give him
chance to orumple Aguinaldo, and the
President means to bring the rebellion
to an end before Congress meets.