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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-10

To General Wood has fallen the duty of
preserving order. of seeing that the best
Cubans begin to administer the govern
ment of protecting the lives and proper
ties of the Spaniards from the vengeance
of their foes and Of securing the best hy-
gienic conditions possible in the city; of
opening the schools. and of endeavoring
to re-establish agriculture and commerce
in a ruined and desolate land. The sani-
tary state of the city of Santiago was
frightful beyond belief. The Cuban army
consisted of undisciplined, unpaid men
on the verge of becoming mere bandits
The Cuban chiefs were not only jealous
of one another, but, very naturally, Bit
terly hostile to the Spaniards who re-
manned in the land. on the other hand
the men of property, not only among the
Spaniards, but even among the Cubans,
greatly feared the revolutionary army.
All conditions were ripe for a period Of
utter anarchy, and under a weak a fool
ish, or a violent man this anarchy would
certainly have come. General Wood, by
his energy, his firmness, his common
sense, and his moderation, has succeeded
in working as great an Improvement as
was possible in so short a time. BY de-
grees he has substituted the best Cubars
he can find in the places both of the old
Spanish officials and of the Americans
VINO were put IN temporary CONTROL lie
permits not the slightest violence either
on the part of the American soldiers or
of the inhabitants; he does absolute, even
justice to all. He shows that he thinks
of himself in so far as he desires to
win an honorable reputation for doing
his work wel7--and even this desire for an
honorable reputation, ii must De remcm-
bered, is absolutely secondary in his mind
TO the desire that the work itself should
be thoroughly done, let the credit so
where it will.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-10

Since then he has worked wonders.
Both his medical and his military train
ing stood him in good stead. l was fire.
quently in Santiago after the surrender,
and / never saw Wood when he was not
engaged on some one of his multitude
nous duties. He was personally inspect
ing the hospitals; he was personally su-
perintending the cleaning of the streets;
he was personally hearing the most i'm
portant of the countless complaints made
by Cubans against Spaniards. Spania rds
against Cubans and both against
Americans: he was personally en-
gagged in working out better system
of sewerage or in striving TO secure the
return of the land-tillers to the soil. 1 90
not mean that he ever allowed himself to
be swamped by mere detail; he is much
too good an executive officer not to dele
gate to others whatever can safely be
delegated; but the extraordinary energy
of the man himself is such that he can in
person oversee and direct much more
than is possible with the ordinary man.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-10

The opinion OF those persons who
read carefully the argument of d. T.
Watson, esq, in the Quay case is, we
think, almost unanimous that 1t left
the prosecution without leg to stand
m
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-10

This opportunity came to Wood with
the outbreak of the Spanish war. l had
seen much of him during the preceding
year. Being myself fond Of outdoor ex-
ercise, l had found a Congenial compan-
ion In n man who had always done his
serious duties with the utmost conscien-
uousness, but who had found time to
keep himself, even at 81 first-class
football player. We had the same ideals
and the same way Of looking at life; we
were fond of the same sports, and, last
but not least, being men with families,
we liked, where possible, to enjoy these
sports in company with our small chill
dren. We therefore saw very much Cf
each other; and we had made our plans
long in advance as to what we should 90
If war with Spain broke out; accordingly
he went as colonel, and | as lieutenant
colonel, of the Rough Riders. How well
he commanded his regiment is fresh in
the minds of every one. Because of his
success he was made brigadier-general
and at the battle Of San Juan he COM
manded one of the two brigades which
made UP General Joe Wheelers cavalry
division. When Santiago surrendered he
was soon put in charge, first of the city,
and then of the city and province.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-10

trcated) were such that only men OF iron
could stand them. But the young con-
tract doctor tall, broad-chested, Win
his light-yellow hair and blue eyes, soon
showed tho stuff OF which he was made.
Hardly any Of the whites, whether sol
diers or frontiersmen, could last with
him; and the friendly Indian traile:s
themselves could not wear him down.
In such campaigns 1t soon becomes es-
sential to push forward the one actually
fitted for command, whatever his acci-
dental position may be; and Wood, al
though only contract surgeon, finished
his career against the Apaches by serV-
Ing as commanding officer OF certain OF
the detachments sent cut to perform
peculiarly arduous and dangerous duty;
and he did his work so well and showed
such conspicuous gallantry that he won
that most coveted of military distinc-
tions the medal of honor. on eXpedi-
tions of this kind, where the work is so
eXhaustlng as to call for the last ounce
Of reserve strength and courage in the
men, only a very peculiar and high type
Of officer can succeed. Wood, however,
never called upon his men to do any
thing that he himself did not do. They
ran no risk that he did not run; they
endured no hardship which he did not
endure; intolcrable fatigue, intolerable
thirst, never-satisfied hunger, and the
strain of unending watchtulncss against
the most cruel and dangerous OF foes
through all this Wood led his men until
the final hour of signal success. When
he ended the campaigns, he had won the
high regard of his superior officers, not
merely for courage and endurance, but
for judgment and entire trustworthiness.
young man who is high of heart, clean
of life, incapable of a mean or ungen-
erous action, and burning with the desire
to honorably distinguish himself needs
only the opportunity in order to do good
work for his country
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-10

General Wood was Cane Cod boy; and
to this day there are few amusements
for which he cares more than himself to
sail a small boat off the New England
coast, especially in rough weather. He
went through the Harvard Medical
school I'm lsSl-S2, and began to practice
in Boston; but his was one OF those ma
lures which, especially when young. frets
for adventure and for those hard ana
danGerous kinds of work where peril
blocks the path to greater reward
than is offerd by more peaceful occupa-
tions. A wear after leaving college he
Joined the army as a contract surgeon,
and almost Immediately began his SER
vice under General Miles in the South
western Territories. These were thcn
harried by the terrible Apaches: and the
army was entering on the final cam
paigns for the overthrow of Geronimo
and his fellow-ronegades. No one who
has not lived i'm the west can appreciate
the incredible, the extraordinary fatigue
and hardship attendant upon these cam
paigns. There was not much flghting,
but what there was, was Of an exceed
lngly dangerous type; and the severity
OF the marches through the waterless
mountains Of Arizona. New Mexico, and
the northern regions of Old Mexi,o
(whither the Apache bands finally re-
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-22
PLACED IN CHARGE
OF THE POLICE
SUSPECTED PRESIDE RIOTERS
IN CIVIL CUSTODY.
Light Charges for Serious
Offenses.

The four men identified by Rehfeld the
Preside saloon-keeper. as the ones who
raded his place Sunday night We're turned
over to the police authorities yesterday on
warrants sworn TO by Rehfeld.
The identification of the men is not at
all satisfactory, as there is no one who
will say positively that they were in any
way connected with the riot Rehfeld
says he saw them there and that is all.
and from the charges in the warrants,
malicious mischief and disturbing the
peace. when arson and threats to kill
might as well have been added. it be-
comes apparent that the complainant has
as little hope of a conviction as the mill
tary or civil authorities.
The four men are Arthur Billings, F.
Simmons, c. NJ. Cauder and Charles
Lesky, all of the casuals of the Four
teenth Infantry. All say they were not
near the place at the time Of the riot
and there are several soldiers who will
testify to that fact. Lesky says he was
coming home from the Chutes and was
on Central avenue when the riot took
place and he went down there because he
saw the house on fire. Cauder says he
was on guard and was walking his post
at the time of the riot and the others say
they were anywhere but at the trouble.
The four were taken TO the Central sta
ton in the patrol wagon in charge of
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-22
YACHTSMEN OPEN
SEASON TO-DAY
Fleets Will Cruise Tomorrow
Along the City Front

To-day Saturday the Corinthians will
celebrate the opening of the yachting sea-
son in the club house at Tiburon, the par
ticuars Of which appeared in last Mon
days Call
The California Yacht Club will formal
" open the season to-day also The gun
for ColOrs will be fired at a. m, at which
hour all yachts will dress ship" and re-
main dressed until flags are hauled down
q { sunset. Tonight an entertainment, at
which only members and few specially
invited guests Will be present, will be held
in the club house on Oakland Creek.
The opening cruise in squadron will take
place tomorrow Sunday, April 23). A
start Will be made promptly at 1920 a. m.
and yachts must be ready with stout tow
lines when the signal kSG, (Haye a tow
line ready IS made by the flagship Pacto-
luS. The following yachts are in commits
sion: Sloops Pactolus. Royal, Embla,
Surprise. Occident and Regina yawls
Gypsie, Idler and Surf. The launch Au-
gusta win assist in towing.
The following communication speaks for
OAKLAND. Cal. April 2. 1899.
To the Sporting Editor, San Francisco Call,
nounce in the sporting columns tomorrow Sat
urday. April %, that narrow gauge trains for
Oakland, between the hours Of and D. m,
will stop at the California Yacht Club house
for the accommodation Of members Of the club
attending the opening night festivities upon
request TO the conductors, and that the last
narrow-gauge train leaving Oakland at 12l5
a. IN. sunday April %, will likewise stop at
the clubhouse for the accommodation of those
returning to the city? Thanking you in antici-
patton for this, am, yours very truly,
A NJ CLAY. Commodore.
The officers and members of the South
Bay Yacht Club have been working hard
TO get the fleet ready for opening day to-
morrow Sunday, April 23l. The following
boats viii be in commission: Commodore
Dr. II. a. Spencer's schooner Muriel Port
Captain w. B. Artley's schooner Dawn
J. E. Auzerais' sloop Papoose, Louis Son
niksen's sIoop Feu Follet; ex-Commodore
Espey. Two Sisters and Cisne, the cat
boats Cloud and Abbie Nell. Frank Davis
launch Frank D. Coykendall & Sons
launch c. and the launch Alviso. The
South Bay Yacht Club is about to issue a
book containing wigwag signal code and
the rules of the road in a convenient and
handy form. The book has been prepared
by the committee on signals, which con-
sists of Curtis NJ. Barker, j. E. Auzerais
and S. +. Smith.
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-22

incurable In thousands of instances DR..
Pierce's FavoTite Prescription, by restoring
the natural, healthy condition of the organs
distinctly feminine has been the means of
comforting upon childless women the one
inestimable blessing.
A Georgia clergyman, Rev. G. H. Akridge, OF
Pelham, Mitchell Co. Ca. in letter written to
DR.. Pierce, saws: I'VE had been married six
years without offspring, when my wife COM
menced taking DR.. Pierces Favorite Prescrip
instructions were to give Golden Medical Dis
covery alternately with the Favorite PTescrip7
ton This we did. The result is restoration Of
my wife to good health and ten pound boy. In
honor of the world famed DIR. Pierce, I have
named him Pierce. Favorite Prescription is
certainly the medicine for invalid women"
The vast experience and skill which DR..
Pierce has acquired during his thirty years
practice as chief consulting physician to
the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute
of Buffalo. NY, has made his name known
and his medicines recognized as standard
remedies in every civilized country on the
globe. His great thousand-page illustrated
book, the Peoples Common Sense Med
ical Adviser has had the greatest sale of
any medical work in any language. A free
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Send these with your address to the
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Buffalo, n. Y, or if preferred send Al stamps
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A man or woman who neglects constipa-
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Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure constipa
ton. One little Pellet ,, is a gentle laxa-
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cine dealers,
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-22

The old-time tonics. sarsaparillas, ner-
vines and haphazard remedies of our
forefathers won't do in the spring Of 1899.
Your great grandmother didn't take
Paine's celery compound any more than
she used the electric light or the tele-
graph.
But her children and grandchildren, the
grown-up men and women of to-day, are
taking this great modern spring remedy
and getting rid of diseases that the Old
unscientific preparations made no impress
sion on-and are making no impression on
to-day.
Paine's celery compound has as little in
common with any of these obsolete rene
dies as modern, life-saving autiseptic sur
gerry has with the practice of a few years
ago which was attended with so fearful
a death rate The half century that has
elapsed since these old-fashioned rene
dies were formulated has been the most
fruitful years in medical discovery. It
has witnessed the discovery of the most
effective medicine the world has ever
known AS a remedy for blood and nerves
Paines celery compound has been well
coined by physicians, prescribed and pub
ncly recommended. No remedy has ever
approached Paine's celery compound in
its wonderful success with diseases and
ailments due to nervous debility and i'm
pure blood.
Paine's celery compound is as unlike any
remedy that has gone before it. and as
superior to it's nearest rival, as the great
searchlight is to the tallow dip. 1t is not
a mere Improvement nor a development of
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-22
A SEWER SYSTEM
is NOW ASSURED
THE PRELIMINARY WORK PRO-
VIDED FOR.
Conference Between the Mayor, Sup
ervisors Aigeltinger and Holland
and Messrs. Marsden Manson
and C. E. Grunsky.

A conference was held in Mayor Phe-
lan's office late yesterday afternoon be-
tween the Mayor, Supervisors Aigeltinger
and Holland and Engineers Marsden Man
son and c. E. Grunslly for the purpose Of
discussing ways and means for making a
provision for an adequate sewer system
in the proposed call for a bond election.
The first and greatest difficulty encoun-
tered was that of getting the money
needed 10 make the preliminary surveys
and plans that are necessary to be made
under the law before the item of sewers
can be included in the call for an election.
1t is estimated that at least $16, 600 will be
necessary to make the accomplishment of
mis- work possibIe. This amount of money
is not now available and will not be until
the beginning of the next fiscal year. 1t
was proposed that resolution be framed
setting forth the intention or the Board
of Supervisors to institute the building
of a sewer system as well as the appoint
ment of a board OF civil engineers TO map
out the work. The objection TO this plan
was that ii would not meet the require
ments of the law regulating the calling OF
a bond election.
After much discussion it was finally de-
Cided to frame resolution apprOpriating
$4,000 from the street Improvement fund
for the beginning of the necessary work
Of preparing plans and specifications for
the new sewer system. The resolution
will also provide for the appointment Of
Marsden Manson, &. +. Grunsky and City
and County Surveyor Tilton as a board
Of engineers to perform this work. This
resolution Will be presented TO the Board
Of Supervisors on Monday after first be-
ing submitted to the City and County At
torney for his approval.
1t is estimated that this sum of $4,000 will
be sufficient TO defray the necessary cost
Of the work until July l, after which time
the funds for the next fiscal year will be
available and can be drawn upon for the
balance of the cost. It IS understood
that Messrs. Manson and Grunsky will
receive the sum of $4,000 each for their
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-22
IAN MACLAREN's FAREWELL.
DR.. Watson Gets Sympathetic Hear
inp for William MacClure.

DR.. James Watson, fresh from his tri-
umphs on the lecture platform, gave a
reading yesterday at Sherman & clay
Hall to an audience the most enthusi-
astic he has met anywhere in the West.
To begin with, it was composed almost
wholly of women In the next place II
dealt with that most loyable Of az the
men in his fiction, DR.. William MacCIure,
a sure appeal. even with less certain
author than Tan Maclaren, TO such
sympathetic hearers.
Dir. Watson, as he has been taken on
his former appearances in San francisco,
is more of a humorist than anything else.
In his reading yesterday he gave some
humorous views of the celebrated physi-
clan of Drumtochty. which were received
with more applause than women usually
accord to that sort of thing; but II was
when he got down to the broad human
nature in the man that the outbreak
came and the whole three or four nun
dred in the audience made a simultaneous
break for the stage. as If they could not
get near enough TO the fountain from
which their emotion flowed II was only
a passing incident. but ii showed the
power of the reader, and was compli-
ment that could have been induced only
by the feeling with which he rendered
the fiction of his brain.
Or. Watson will appear this evening at
Sacramento, from which place he jour
neys to the principal cities of the North
west and British Columbia before resum-
ing his pulpit in Liverpool.
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-22
CAPT, DILLON
PAID A FINE
FOR BRUTALITY
Master of the Morgan
City MulCted.
BEAT A MAN WITH A MAUSER
THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY
DOLLARS PENALTY.
The Gallant Captain Went 70 the
Transport Holly Enraged and
Discharged the Chief
Witness.
BEAT A MAN WITH A MAUSER
THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY
DOLLARS PENALTY.

Captain John G. Dillon, master of the
Government transport Morgan City, ap-
peared before United States District
Judge de Haven yesterday morning for
sentence. having been convicted on the
previous day Of brutally beating ma
rine fireman on board the transport Whlle
in the harbor of Nagasaki.
Judge de Haven imposed fine OF SS5o
unon the gallant captain. and the captain
without any delay deposited seventeen
twentv-dollar pieces and a ten-dollar
coin on the clerks desk and was dis
charged.
There was a hot time on the transport
when the captain returned to the Nor
gan CITY. Ouartermaster Redington was
summarily discharged and another mem
Der of the crew fed from the captain S
wrath and sought a job elsewhere.
The captains story of the beating diff
fered materially from that of his Off
GERS and subordinates. His statement
was that Gus Mohr, a fireman, came into
his cabin under the influence of liquor
and in "a rude, boisterous and aggres-
sive manner" demanded money. Upon
the captain refusing to dole out TO him
any of the root of all evil, Mohr called
him an insulting name and struck him
with his fist on the sou'West by west
Thfs was too much for the patience of
Captain Dillon and he seized relic of
the Spanish American war. a Mauser
rifle. and with well directed aim dropped
one end of it on the nor nor east quarter
of Mohr's skull and floOred him, knocking
him out and into a dreamiess sleep OF
about twenty minutes duration.
The captain sent al once for a surgeon,
who dressed the wounds of the drunken
fireman, who was quite sober when he
hove 10.
The story told by Quartermaster Red
ington and the chief engineer is some
what different They swore that when
Mohr asked the captain for money the
captain knocked him. down, and while
Mohr was prone on the deck the captain
beat him on the back with the barrel of
the rife. the butt having been broken by
the force of the first blow.
While Captain Dillon was inspiring a
wholesome terror by his presence on the
transport Mohr was closeted with his
lawyer, the latter being engaged in draw
ing up the papers in a libel against the
owners of the Morgan City. The libel
was filed shortly before 4 o'clock in the
clerks Office of the United States Dis
trict Court.
The suit names as defendant John ].
Dillon (by whom is meant John c.. Dillon.
the captain), and the owners, the Joseph
Laduc Mining and Development Company
of Yukon, the same being a New Jersey
corporation, and John Barneson. Mohr
asks for $1,000 damages, alleging at the
same time that he has suffered perma-
nent injury to his health and his sight
by reason Of the beating he received with
the rifle.
1t was reported around the water front
yesterday afternoon that Captain Dillon
will not go to Manila on the Morgan City
and that his connection with that vessel
has been severed.
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-22

any Of the old-fashioned remedies. 1t Is
a totally new departure in the cure OF
blood and nerve diseases, and cures where
other remedies fail, because it embod1es
the newest Investigations into the source
of these diseases.
And that is the reason why Paine's eel
cry compound is the most successful rem
edy in the world.
The following letter from Miss Louise
Wolcott one of the officials of the Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution, shows
the estimation in which Paine's celery
used it,
NEW YORK, Feb. 21, 1899.
Messrs. Wells, Richardson & Co.,
Gentlemen-Having for several years
been subjected to heavy strain on my ner-
vous system and feeling utterly worn out
and discourag ged, after consultation with
my physician, I began taking Paine's Gel
cry compound, and am only too glad to
add my testimony TO the many thousands
you already have of its efficacy in rebuild
ing the nervous system. 1 now feel like
an entirely different person.
Very truly yours,
LOUISE WOLCOTT.
Were it possible to keep the nerves al
ways strong and in calm working order
few persons would know what it is to be
III; but with the changes in climate work
and worry and the "shut-in" life all win
ter, nervous disorders, more or less seri-
Gus, are unavoidable. Paine's celery COM
pound should be in every household, that
there may be no delay in regulating the
nerves when they become irritable, poorly
nOuriShed and are wearing out the
strength Of the whole body.
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-22
PRECITA VALLEY CLUB.
Extension of Electric Poles Endorsed
BY the Organization.

large and influential meeting of resi-
dents and members of the Precita Valley
Improvement Club were present at the
meeting last night at Graham's Hall on
Alabama street. The club, on motion of
John T. Graham, unanimously adopted
the following resolution:
Resolved. By the Precita Valley Improve
ment Club at its meeting held at Grahams
Hall On Friday evening. April 2l, 1893 that
this club most heartily indorse the resolu-
tion presented TO the Supervisors by Super
visor Attridge for the privilege of extend
ing to competing electric light companies
the placing of poles in outside districts.
whereby citizens have lights from other
than one company.
And respectfully request the other
Supervisors TO cooperate with Supervisor
Attridge in the passage OF this ordinance.
A petition was offered signed by over
fifty resident property-owners requesting
the Supervisors to take action on the fill
ing in of the swamps lying inside of
Twenty-ffth Army, Utah and Columbia
streets, as the same are injurious TO the
health of the people who have purchased
property and built homes for themselves
and their families. The deplorable condi-
ton of the Bryant-street sewer was once
more brought to the attention of the city
authorities, and at the request of Presi-