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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-10
MORE VIGOROUS WARFARE
The Campaign in the Philippines to
Be Prosecuted in a Manner Look
ing to Speedy End.
SECRETARY ROOT Is VERY EMPHATIC.
Says All the Men, Arms and Supplies
Necessary TO Close the Struggle
Will Be Promptly Furnishe d
Fully Agrees with the Policy of
President McKinIey.

Plattsburg, n. y. Aug. 9.-The war
in the PHILIPPINES is to be prosecuted
with a vigor that ought to result in
speedy cessation of hostilities there.
Secretary of War Root was seen Tues
day might the office of the Hotel Cham
plain. just after he had said good-by to
the president and was preparing to take
the 9:45 train for Washington. The
secretary referred to his visit to Platts-
burg barracks Tuesday afternoon,
where he witnessed a regimental drill
of the Twenty-sixth regiment under
command of Col Rice. This regiment
has been recruited and organized in
little over three weeks and they drilled
like old veterans.
1.-The progress which the officers and
men of the Twenty-siXth regiment have
made in drilling in so short time is
simply marvellous" said Mr.. Root. ut
shows the wonderful power of the
United States when ten regiments of
volunteer soldiers can be recruited, or
gained, drilled and equipped for active
service in the field in so short time"
War to Go On vigorously.
"Will the war in the Philippines be
prosecuted vigorously from now on?"
asked the interviewer.
Mr. Root turned on his heel and re-
piled, quick as flash: Eyes, sir; the
war in the Philippines from now on
will be prosecuted with all possible en-
ergy. All the men, all the arms and all
the supplies necessary to end the
trouble in the islands will he furnished
at the earliest possible moment"
How large a force will be at the dis
posal of the commanding general
there?" was asked.
"There will be $4,000 men there ready
for active service at the close of the
rainy season, about the last of October,
and more will be sent there if neces-
sary'
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-10

Ashtabula, o., Aug. S.--Prof. j. S.
Lowe, of Ashtabula. 7. S. Clymonts, of
Cleveland, and S. +. Higley, of Geneva,
members of the Northeastern Ohio
Grape association, have just completed
their inspection of large number of
vineyards in the lake shore grape belt.
They find that grapes in this section
are almost totally destroyed by dry rot,
entailing n loss of S1,0O0,000.
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Italy is Indignant.

Washington, Aug. 9.-The state de-
partment has received from the Italian
authorities copy of the report made
by Marquis Romano, secretary of
the Italian embassy, on his investiga-
ton of the lynching of five Italians in
Louisiana. The report presents the af-
fair in a serious light and shows that
the Italian authorities view the occur
renee as one of unusual atrocity
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Population of Kansas.

Topeka, Kan, Aug. 7.-Othcial fig
ures show Kansas is making steady,
healthy advance in population. The
enumerating made by assessors for
March, 1892 compiled by the state board
of agriculture, gives total of ,425, 112
inhabitants. which is a net increase over
1898 of "a, 143, or 2.5 per cent.
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They Agree.

AS to the rumor published in some of
the papers that President Mckinley
and he were not agreeable upon the pol
icy to be pursued in the Philippines,
Mr.. Root said: "Of course that is all
nonsense"
When asked whether Gen. Otis would
be relieved of the command of the
American forces in the Philippines, Mr..
Root replied that he had nothing to say
on that point at this time
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Killed His Brother,

Buckner, Mo-, Aug. 9.-ln quarre,
to-day near Sibley, Mo-, David Elliott
was shot and killed by his brother
Thomas IL. Elliott. The shooting was
done With an old style muzzle-loading
shotgun. The brothers quarreleG
some time ago. Thomas IL. Elliot;
gave himself up and now is with the
officers Mt Buckner. Mo.
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Gen. TOrnl Liberated.

Madrid, Aug. 9.-Geu. Toral, who
was recently acquitted by the supreme
council of war on the charge of having
surrendered Santiago de Cuba to the
United states without having exhaust
ed all means of defense, was liberated
Tuesday
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.yumDcd Into Niagnrn River.

Niagara Falls, n. y, Aug. S.-Robert
o. Shea, As years old, porter in the
Union hotel. committed suicide Mon
day night while drunk, by jumping in
to the Niagara river from the canti-
lever bridge which spans the gorge.
O'Shea came from Mount Clemens,
Mich
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MiI;tia All Gone.

Cleveland. o., Aug. 9.-The last COM
pany of militia has left this city, the
authorities saying there is little prob
ability of any further trouble in con-
nection with the street car strike.
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Alexandria, Va, Aug. Ben Thomp-
son, colored. twenty years of age, was
lynched here at 1880 Tuesday night
for attempting an assault upon Lillian
Clarke. the s-year-old daughter of Ed
ward Clarke, residing on Patrick street.
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A Tragedy in Camp.

Salt Lake City, Utah. Aug. 9.-First
Sergeant John jackson was shot and
killed at Fort Douglas by Private w.
ii. Garter, and the latter was then shot
and instantly killed while resisting ar
rest. Both are colored and belong to
the Ninth United States cavalry.
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Deed of nm Insane Father,

Susquehanna, Pa, Aug. 5.--Charles
wager, aged 40 years, of Brandt, a
small manufacturing village four
miles south of here, murdered his three
small children early in the morning by
cutting their Threats and then commit
ted suicide by the same means. There
seems to be no doubt that the father
had gone insane during the night.
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Serious Disturbances.

Madrid, Aug. s.-Serious disturb
ances have required at Castellon. OPP
posing bands of Catholics and Free
Thinkers fought in front of church
Sunday and several persons, including
a prieSt, were injured.
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Record Smashed,

Philadelphia, Aug. BURNS Pierce,
of Boston, broke the bicycle record for
two, three, four and five miles. The
time was 1874 for first mile. 800 for
second, 4: 46 for third, 6:23 for fourth
and SOP for fifth.
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Five Persons Drowned.

Baltimore, Md, Aug. by the cap
sizing of a rowboat on the Patapsco
river near this city, Andrew Deems,
William j. Lyman, James Walsh. Ed
ward Garry and Mrs. Hoover were
drowned.
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A Successful Trim.

New York, Aug. 7.Elwood Haynes
and +. l.. Apperson arrived in this city,
having made a trip from Kokomo. Ind,
on an automobile in 20 days. The dis
lance is 1850 miles.
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Alliance Gnncluue d

London, Aug. 9.-The Rome CORE
spondent of the Daily Mail says the
Italian government has received pos
tive confirmation of the report that
China and Japan have concluded an
alliance.
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SCORES 0F LIVES LOST.
The Terrible Plunge of a Loaded
Trolley Car from a Trestle
in Connecticut.
PASSENGERS ARE CRUSHED TO DEATH.
Hundreds of Persons Thrown into the
Water by the breaking of n Gang
Plank at Mount Desert Ferry In
Maine-Twcnty known TO De Dead
and Others Are Missing.

Bridgeport, Conn, Aug. Nearly 40
persons were killed by an accident on
the Stratford extension of the Shelton
Street Railway company at four O'Clock
Sunday afternoon when n loaded troll
ley car went off the trestle over Peck S
millpond at Oronoque, about six miles
north of Bridgeport, and sank in the
fats 30 feet below. Thus far SO people
are known TO be dead and several more
injured
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Iowa Pioneer Dead,

Muscatine, Ia, Aug. S.-Elias Adams,
for 60 years resident of Museatine
county and founder of the town of Ad-
ans, died Sunday night.
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FILIPINO ARMY DEFEATED
Gen. MacArthur's Troops Engage In
aFierce Battle Five Miles Be-
yond San Fernando.
THE INSURGERT FORCES ARE ROUTED.
They Retreat, Leaving Many Dead
and wounded on the Ficld-Amer-
leans Lose Twenty Killed and In
jureG-RebeI PIOtters Arrested
AguinaIdo Issues an Appeal.

Manila, Aug. 9.-Gen. MacArthur's
force, consisting of 1000 men, advanced
five miles beyond San Fernando to-day
and encountered and defeated Fill
ipino force of 5000 men. The enemy
retreated, leaving many dead and
wounded. The American loss in killed
and wounded was 20.
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Is Very Emphatic.

1t would be impossible for anyone
to be more emphatic or determined
than Secretary Root is in his avowed
policy of ending the trouble in the
Philippines. He seldom talks for pub
LEGATION, and the fact that he had just
come from two days conference with
President Mckinley adds interest to his
words
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UpriSin. In san Domingo.

Cape Haytien. Hayti. Arg. s.--An
armed uprising in Santo Domingo in
support of the presidential aspire tons
of Juan lsidro Jiminez has begun.
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& Mothers Crime.

Greentown, o., Aug. 7.-Because her
16-year-old daughter Ruth had loved
unwisely. Mrs. Catherine Wise, of this
place, cut her throat while she was
sleeping, and then committed suicide.
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showed Their Contempt.

New York, Aug. 6.--William Waldorf
Aston, who lately renowned American
citizenship, was burned IN efiigy in
Long Acre square.
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Seventeen KILLED.

Paris, Aug. !. = Seventeen persons
were killed and 81 injured in collision
on the Orleans railway at Juvisy.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-10

Rennes. Aug. THE second trial of
Capt. Dreytus, charged with revealing
army secrets, began here to-day.
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BY neon II had been recovered. Three
other persons were taken on board the
Sappho and died on the way to Bar
Harbor. The exact number of dead
will not be known for some time yet,
as strong tide sweeps under the pier
and some bodies may have been carried
away by il. A diver, who was set to
work without delay, was engaged in
his search until five o'clock, but only IL
bodies were found.
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Generous Mr. Carnegie.

London, Aug. 9.-Andrew Carnegie
has given 10000 to found public Ii
brary at keighley, Yorkshire.
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Rebel PIOfters Arrested.

Manila, Aug. 10.-Forty-three rebel
conspirators, including several officers
from Aguinaldo's army, were arrested
here and lodged in prison. 1t is be-
lieved that these arrests have foiled a
plot TO start an uprising in the city,
with incendiary fires and riots and muir
der of American and European resi-
time of the former great fire here.
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For CoDvrews

st. Louis, Aug. 5.-The republicans
of the Eighth Missouri district in con.
vention at Jefferson City nominated j.
W. Voshall for congress By reclamation.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-10
BASEBALL RECORD.
How the Clubs Stnna in the National
and Western Leagues in the
Championship Races.

The following table shows the num-
Der of games won and lost and the per-
centages of the clubs of the National
and Western leauueS nm to date.
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Seeks Recognition

Manila, Aug, o. - Aguinaldo has APP
pealed to the powers for recognition of
Filipino independence" in a docu-
ment dated from Tarlac, July 27, and
signed by Buencamino. 1t has been re-
ceived by all the foreign consuls in Ma
Mia with the request that they for
ward it to their respective govern
ments.
The Filipinos use their old argument
that they had conquered the sovereign
ty of these islands from Spain before
the signing of the treaty of Paris, and
therefore Spain was in no position to
cede them to the United States. They
argue that the possession of 1000 Span
ish prisoners, captured with their arms,
fighting against the Filipinos, SIS elo-
quent proof of the nullity of Spanish
sovereignty, as when they surrendered
SPANS hold was irrevocably lost"
Finally, the Filipinos appeal TO the
powers to influence Washington to
bring to a termination "the unjust war
which is devastating the country"
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Only Two Escape.

Only two persons are known to have
there were 43 passengers on the car,
but the Indicator was removed by con-
ductor of another car and spirited
away, so that at present it is impossible
to state accurately the number aboard.
Plunged from the TrestIe.
The trestle is $40 feet long, made of
iron, with stone foundations and was
not protected by guard rails. South
of the trestle is an incline, down which
the car ran at a high rate of speed.
After il ran onto the trestle for about
ten feet the trucks left the rails and
then the car continued on the ties for
about IS feet, when it went off the
trestle and dropped into the pond be-
low. overturning completely and up
ending. When the car struck the four
ton motor and the heavy trucks crushed
into it, instantly killing many of the
passengers.
Taken 10 the Morguc.
The Stratford town hall. where the
bodies were taken, was soon besieged
by more than 1000 persons, some of
whom had relatives or friends among
the dead, and the deputy sher-
ifs in charge had much difficulty
in handling the crowd of weep
ing women and anxious men. All the
bodies of the Bridgeport dead and the
few unidentified were taken to the
morgue At Bridgeport. 1t has been as
a an r. :.
and these with the young children that
did not have to pay, the motorman and
conductor and an extra motorman who
was being taught make the probable
number on the car AZ.
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THROWN INTO THE WATER.
A score of Persons Perish Mt Mount
Desert Ferry, Me.

Bar Harbor, Me-, Aug. IA score of
persons were killed Sunday by the
collapse of the gang plank of the Mount
Desert Ferry. Seventeen were drowned
and three died from the terrible ex-
perience of immersion in the wa
ter and injuries while struggling
for life. The Maine Central rail
road ran excursions TO Bar Harbor from
all sections of its line in Maine, the at
traction being the warships which were
expected Sunday. All the morning long
trains packed with eXcursionists were
rushing 10 Bar Harbor. The train
which left Bangor at s:25 consisted of
70 cars jammed with people. AT Mount
Desert Ferry, the terminus of the line,
the train is left for the boat, for an
eight-mile sail to Bar Harbor. From
the wharf a slip or gang plank 40 feet
long and ten feet wide, led up to the
boat
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Gang Plank Gives Away.

When TIE excursion train from Ban
gor arrived at the ferry there was a
rush for the steamer Sapphet. The first
few passengers had crossed the gang
plank safely, and it is estimated that
200 people were massed upon the plank
Suddenly they felt the plank give way
beneath them. The long timber sup
porting the plank broke in the middle.
The hinges held up one end and the
chain the other, while the broken ends
of the plank dropped, and a struggling,
screaming mass of humanity was
plunged into the water, Is feet below
the wharf. \ few chung to the inclined
sides of the plank, but at least $50 were
struggling in the water. The piling of
the wharf partially penned them in on
three sides and the boat lying at the
wharf closed the other end of the open
ing
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mess, and no disapproval having been
elected from the Navy Department, it
was decided to sail and find Sampson
fleet near Santiago de Cuba. Here it
was generally believed that General
Shafter would try to effect landing.
On the 18th the State of Texas arrived
off Moro Castle, at the entrance of
Santiago Bay. The Spanish flag was
flying over the land Notifications and
SIMPSONS fleet was stationed in the
adjacent waters.
Miss Barton sent a representative
aboard the flagship New York asking
Rear Admiral Sampson for instructions.
Word was returned that General Shat
ters army had disembarked at Bal
quiri, a point about twelve miles east
of MORO Castle. The admiral advised
Miss Barton to take her ship to Guam
tanamo Bay, where she would find good
anchorage and calm water, and where
she would be able to learn more of
what was taking place on land, as
there was constant communication
from there with the invading army.
The Texas accordingly drew away and
arrived that evening at Playa del Este,
Just inside the mouth of Guantanamo
Bay and some forty miles from Santi-
ago.
Here two reporters from New York
papers called on Miss Barton, inform
ing her that they had just come in
from Siboney, where there was great
need of supplies and medical aid They
told how many of the wounded in the
fight between the Rough Riders and the
Spaniards, on the previous Friday. had
just been brought in and were suffer-
ing from lack Of everything in the way
of comfort and conveniences. The
steamer was at once headed westward
and started to the scene of suffering,
which she reached at o'clock
A party of doctors accomplished a.
difficult landing in an open boat and
found their way to the army hospital
This was a rough wooden building
which had evidently been used for a
store and warehouse in more peaceful
times. The surgeon in charge, Major
Hazard, stepped forward to greet the
visitors, who formally offered him, in
the name of Clara Barton and the Red
Cross, the personal services of all their
doctors and nurses and any of their
supplies that might be needed These
were courteously refused. Major Hav-
ard thought that he and his assistants
would be able to take care of all the
sick and wounded, and, as for supplies,
he knew that there was an abundance
of them on the transports, which he
hoped would be landed next day.
A Sorrowfu1 Scene.
But the sights that met the eyes of
the visitors as they looked through the
miserable place that bore the name of
hospital did not seem to warrant the
cheerfulness Of the DOCTOR Indeed, Mr.
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of light, and this, in turn, filled with
black specks like huge speters flying
in all directions.
Then it faded away. The bells rang.
the whistles blew and voices in the
street were heard for a moment. Then
all was quiet again. 1 supposed it to
be the bursting of some mammoth NOR
tar or explosion Of some magazine. A
few hours later came the terrible news
of the Maine"
Some forty of the wounded were
brought ashore and placed in the Span
ish hospital of San Ambrosio. All tbe
members of the Red ross hurried to
their relief.
Upon the advice of the Consul Cen
eral at Havana the Red Cross retired
when the President recalled all Ameri-
cans home. The day before they left
Cuba the Archbishop of Havana pub
licly blessed the Lee Orphanage in the
presence of a large crowd. In the eyes
of all Catholics, Cuban and Spanish
alike, this blessing was a symbol of
protection by the church and warrant
of success. Hence Miss Barton was not
surprised to learn several months after
the war had begun that the Spanish
authorities had not only taken the most
scrupulous care of the hospital. but
had also placed a guard around her
former private residence.
Return TO Key West.
On April II. 1898, Miss Barton and her
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n reviewing Miss Bartons forth
coming book I must necessarily
pass over much that is interesting
about the beginning of the Red
Cross campaign in Cuba and the
official stumbling blocks placed in the
societys way, and come down to the
situation just previous to the destruc-
ton Of the Maine. At this time Miss
Barton was already well established in
CUBA, and was dispensing relief at
Gene, suburb of Havana
- Explosion of the Maine.
1t. was before this good work was well
in hand that the explosion Of the Maine
occurred. Miss Barton describes how:
on the memorable February Is. the
clerical work to be done was so heavy
that it kept herself and Mr.. Elweu. her
Interpreter and secretary, busy at
theft writing table until late at night
/; 1.-THE house had grown still. the
noises on the streets We're dying away
when suddenly the table shook from
under our hands, the great glass door
opening on the veranda, facing the
sea, flew open; everything in the room
was in motion or out of place. the
.'deafening roar Of such a burst of
thunder as, perhaps, one never heard
before, and off to the right. out over
the bay, the air was filled with blaze
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Cottrell, who tells the story, says they
brought tears to the eyes of himself and
his companion. There We're a half
dozen cots in a building where there
were perhaps fifty or sixty patients, the
greater number of whom were lying on
the floor, some with a blanket under
them, but a great number were lying
on the bare boards
Sheets, pillows and bedclothes were
unknown, but those poor fellows. who
were not dressed in their uniforms,
were lying almost naked. There were
some wounded men and others who
were sick with fever, and in the dim
light of a few lanterns we could see
them turning from side to side in their
discomfort and agony and hear their
means and, in some cases, imprecations
against the Government that would so
i'll provide for such a contingency"
A touch of the grotesque is added to
these horrors by the complacent be-
havior Of one of the nurses in charge,
who quietly sat out on the veranda in
his shirt sleeves smoking a cigarette.
In answer to inquiries he said, with a
certain regret, that he couldn't do very
much for the boys for two reasons
first, that he didn't have anything at
hand for them, and, second, because
one nurse couldn't do very much for
forty men, all wanting him at the same
time.
He added that he thought there ought
to be more help.
81 couldn't" said Mr.. Cottrell, "help
contrasting this good natured but
rather indolent chap, who was per-
forming his duty in such a careless and
perfunctory manner, with the brave
clean, intelligent and energetic young
women whom 1 knew, who, when on
duty, never took a minutes rest, but
were constantly busy; who anticipated
every want of a patient, and who, by
their bright faces and cheerful voices
drove away all feelings of dependency
and homesickness among the sufferers
and in this way helped them on the
road to recovery quite as much as the
medicine that the doctors might pre-
SCRIBE"
Welcomed by the Cubans.
Rebuffed by their countrymen, the
party turned away with saddened
hearts and entered the Cuban army
hospital near by.
Very different was the reception ac-
corded them. General Garcia received
them with his accustomed courtIy
bearing, showed them the heartiest cor
dialty, introduced them 70 the mem
bers of his staff, and in every way
made them feel that they were more
than welcome. He gladly accepted all
proffered aid, saying that his men had
suffered SO terribly in the last three
years that he welcomed the coming of
Continued nm Pare Thirtu-tuzo-