Sandusky Star, The (Newspaper) - August 18, 1898, Sandusky, Ohio Get Our Prices on Job Printing VOL THE Today's News Today Not Tomorrow SANDUSKY OHIO THURSDAY EVENING AUGUST 18 1898 PRICE TWO CENTS IT Have Staked Many Dell Town Recorder Alaskan Mosquitoes Have Enormous Bills and Are Too Numerous For the Comfort of the Winers George Miller who is with the dusky party of writes the following interesting EAGLE CITY ALA 1 98 Rosa C Miller Saudusky received two letters at from you and George after laying there for a week I sent you letters every week and I hope you received them all You need not send any papers be- canse they won't handle them out here but if there is anything of importance in the paper cut it out and send it Tell Mr Bang not to send any more I don't know why they accept papers at the postoffice for Alaska when they don't carry them into the interior Tell Slate I received his letter long after I sent one to him It is a hard matter to get mail out here they keep it in the office for mouths before they try to distribute it I have seen men get letters out of the office that had lain there over a year v We went out prospecting that is Howard Cowan and self and staked 18 claims on Last Chance creek and we look now as though we had been out fighting Spaniards and that they had peppered us with bird shot all mosquito bites I used to think that I had seen mosquitoes but I found out my mistake when here I walked water and brush and moss very near two feet thick I tell you it was a tough proposition it was the hardest walking of all in the moss you would have to pick your feet up for keeps if you wanted to get over it or you would get tangled up in it Howard ton calls the brush the jungles and the only thing missing therein are the mals such as lions tigers and panthers but we see bear and moose and more than enough of the before mentioned mosquitoes If I have seen millions of mosquitoes in the states I have seen here in the last eight days a million for each one seen there I had a notion of clinching their bills when they drove them through the blanket but on ond thought I changed my mind for fear they would fly away with my blanket leaving me exposed to their bills and I don't like to be billed like by a long We are now about 10 miles across the lines the N W territory Eagle City is 112 miles from Dawson City We haven't seen any rain from the time we left Alaska before we got to the White Pass until we got into a little sprinkle of half an hour's duration Tuesday and Wednesday of this week we had tiou and many a cheer was given the scow Buckeye with the flags overhead But the flags are on the scow no longer but wave over Uncle Sam's soil Spencer wrote me and said if I would send him an Esquimaux be would send mi1 a Spaniard when he gets to go to war Tell him I will send him the first one I can capture or better still I will send him a papoose if I can get some squaw to donate one This morning a sudden squall came np and down came part of our tout but it was only a puff of wind and all over in a short time as if nothing had One of the men's bat blew off and went straight up in the air as high as our flagstaff and then dropped down right at the foot of it Captain started out ing this morning taking with him derson Koegle Shay and one or two others There are quite a number of fellows from different states that are getting homesick and are selling out Dell Deyo has a job cooking and visitors We of course wish to swell our town or Louse will get ahead of us and every lot is a fiver for our I forgot to mention that when we went out prospecting we could have caught a lot of game if we would have left our frying pan and shovels at home They make a lot of noise when they Km M DM Great Preparations Made By the Local Unions Will Be a Monster Industrial Parade and a Picnic at Cedar Prizes Offered preparations are being made for a suitable observance of Labor day in this city Sept 5 As a holiday it will be generally observed by the factories and business houses nearly all of which have agreed to close for at least a part Of the day The Trades and Labor sembly with which the unions are filiated hits charge of the arrangements and has selected the necessary tees While the program has not been com- the general features have been decided upon There will be a monster industrial parade in the morning ing at 9 o'clock All the unions will be in line and all laboring men are in- to participate The factories and business houses are invited to have dis- plays and many have agreed to do so There will undoubtedly be some beau- floats as well as many unique come in contact with trees aud scare the i lures game If I out with a party of To encourage an interest in the parade aud we carried anything to make it the best ever seen here of that nature along with us all we a of will te expended could find would be the tracks of the prizes To the factory making the finest dis- We had some fun staking claims ltn elegant American flag will be staking five as we were going up the given Prizes will also be offered for creek into the mountains only to come j displays of business houses for the across claims with the very same i largest number of men in line from auy ber as our own then we had to retrace factory or and for various special our steps and chop the names off again features from the trees We did that three or line of march will end at the then we fallowed up the Cedar Point boat landing where the steamers will be taken for that resort Here there will be a picnic and a eral good A program of addresses is being arranged and a number of prominent men have been invited to participate In every way Labor day will be suit ably observed this year and it is ex- to be a record breaker up the mountains and found it staked all the way We must have walked 25 miles and gained nothing upon the creek but heavy On Tuesday Lydia Tell to scud them red it was on the mountain and we thought it was a laud slide but later on we found out that it was thunder and the next evening got it accompanied with rain and hail and it kept up for quite awhile We returned to the scow last night at 10 o'clock and were pretty hungry We have 12 town lots laid out here Dell Deyo is recorder of Eagle City He was elected after being here two clays There was some dissatisfaction with the other recorder and they bounced him They keep a man in office until they get tired and then they give him the g b They took the mast out of our scow and planted it before our tent or rather the er's office and old glory floats in the breeze Deacon has gone up the river with Thiem Fettel and Hutchins to cut logs for our log cabins in Eagle City I believe they are going ito build two of them Wo have a nice view of the mountains from our ing place Everything looks so fresh and green just like we green Well we are past being called tenderfeet I believe that some of us could walk on carper tacks by this time Yesterday forenoon as I was coming down Last Chance with three beds filled with clothing and shoes on my back I happened to step into a hole and both feet slid out from under me aud I lay stretched at full length in the cool ice water and my bundle went on the bank without a drop of water on it I called for Howard to pull the bundle away before it would roll into the water as I kept on sliding but the call was unnecessary the was safe where it was The bundle was very light and very bulky and you ought to have seen me crawling under bushes and logs across the creek aud between trees and I was sure to get caught by a dry tree and have the bundle jerked off of my back or I would have to twist myself around a half dozen times to get out of the difficulty At times my foot would get caught and I would be thrown forward on my face and I would have to look around for my bundle If Howard Huntington could have caught a snap shot of me he we found several below Discovery claim and staked them We dug down about 11 or 12 feet only to have it cave in on us then we packed our goods on board the scow and went to headquarters Cowan has long legs for so small a man and keeps up with ad- but I although somewhat taller than Cowan have smaller t ban he and it keeps me hustling to keep up with I don't know why I don't get more letters as I Have written to several men about towa but have received no replies But I expect they don't like the non- sense that I write I believe they call the Indians or some such nt me They catch trout white suckers aud pike in the river but I have not seen many fish up to date old timers say there will be plenty of all kinds in August and that may give me a chance for some tall yarns Well I must close as I have no more news give my best to Kate Albert and hot decoys to Sanderson ami Koegle Well goodbye My love to yourself George and Grace I remain your husband SONS OF ST GEORGE Rev E V Shayler Spoke at the Banquet In Cleveland The Ohio Grand Lodge of the order of the Sous of St George closed its two day a convention iu Cleveland with a banquet at Hull last evening It was tendered by the Cleveland lodges to the visiting members Among the speakers was Rev E V Shayler of this city who is supreme representative of the order His subject was The Ladies was selected as the next place of meeting in August 1899 In the afternoon to the con- were considered but no im- portant changes were made ARE TAKING EVIDENCE Insurance Adjusters Investigating sion of Duncan and Coralia Captain of Cleveland TWO MATCHED RACES Frank Wolf Will Ride Against Miss Vine and Ed Schlessman were perfected last evening by the manager of Miss Edna Vine one of the lady cyclists who have been riding at the Point for the past two weeks and Frank this city for a series of races The first race of tht series to be ridden this afternoon and the others will occur on Saturday aud day afternoons Ten miles will be den each afternoon and under the con- ditions Wolf must gain one lap while covering this distance The purse which is offered by the Resort Co A race has also been arranged between Wolf aud of this city to be pulled off this evening and Saturday and Sunday evenings The amount of the purse for this race has not been made public These races will undoubtedly attract a great deal of attention as all the riders are well known in this city CONVENTION OF BREWERS Much Business Transacted This Election of Officers The Ohio Brewers net again this morning at o'clock in the assembly room at the West house A large amount of business pertaining purely to brewers was presented There were 12 candidates for positions on the executive board from whom the ing were elected: S J Hauck Percy Andreae James Geo Guild Herman Baehr Leo Ebert and Charles Noll The convention then took a short re- cess during which the executive board elected the following officers President Percy Andreae Vice President James Toledo Treasurer George Gund Cincinnati Secretary Joe A Miller Cincinnati Mr Miller has assistant Cables an Account of the Capture of Manila Our Troops In Possession of the City and the Insurgents Are Kept Out Pending Negotiations TAKING THE VEIL Impressive Ceremony of Religious tion at Ursuline Convention The impressive and touching ceremony of the religious reception more ly known as taking the black veil was witnessed today in the chapel of Our Lady of Lourdes at convent The young lady who took upon herself the vows of chastity poverty arid obedience is Miss Caroline Link in re- ligion Sister St Amadeus She is a member of a prominent family in dusky and graduated three years ago from the college Soon after she assumed the white veil but day marks her final reception into the sisterhood Bishop Ignatius Horstmann of land was present The ceremony was attended by a large number of invited visitors Pontifical high mass was by the Sylvan Rebholtz of Sandusky A of Thomas Kolb St home Master of J B Assistants to Rt Rev J P Puetz and Charles Griss of toria Present in G phy D D The bishop in his sermon spoke of the significance of the ceremony It is one which the world can never fully under- stand because the carnal cannot under- stand what is spiritual Christ in his ministry repeatedly uttered the words to his disciples and apostles Follow me This meant the forsaking of friends and wealth To become a re- ligious means to surrender the will to give up the allurements of the world But in his 33 years of experience with sisterhood like this the that it is the happiest of lives Wealth said he brings worries and the McCurdy Insurance bureau do uot bring contentment could have sold the pictures to some comic paper J received a letter from Thomas Hickling but I lost it therefore could not answer it be- cause I had forgotten tho contents I of Chicago and Attorney Win B Cady of Detroit are taking evidence today in the matter of the collision between the steamer Maggie Duncan and the big steel barge Coralia The evidence is be- ing heard in the office of the Fuel company and many witnesses are examined This morning's papers contained ly exaggerated reports of the accident None of the evidence taken will be en out but it has been learned that the Duncan was drawn into the Coralia by the suction of the big boat She had her engines reversed but could uot stop The story that only by hard work at the pumps was she able to make this port is untrue She came in without any trouble and docked her consorts But very little work at the pumps was necessary Hor bow was badly damaged the stem and have sent two letters to Albert moser and two to Cowan I hope they have received them All claims on different creeks are about a dozen planks on one side being splintered It is claimed that 800 feet aud j wna ample room for her to turn in had it not been for the suction of the One Dollar and Costs Edward K Weis who was arrested last night and John Jensen and John taken up Six of our boys are working j Brown who were taken in early this twelve of them at Bonanza and morning wor fined and the do creeks Our fifths attract deal of for drunkenness in the mayor's court this morning the innocent pleasures of the world tire one after a while while the sinful ures bring remorse and pain The re- ligious life with its spiritual satisfaction is the most enduring Those parts of the ceremony in which the candidate recites her vow and signs it where the black veil is substituted for the white one tho prostration where six little girls enter and strew flowers have all been described on other casions Very affecting to the relatives and friends were these parts of the mony Many of those present were moved to tears by the impressive rites Those present from Saudusky to ness the were the Mrs Morris Link mother of of the young lady Frank J Link and Morris M Link her brothers who were companied by their wives Mr and Mrs Joe McFadden Mrs Jacob Anthony Herbert Mrs Frank Good Mrs Daniel Michael Mrs Nicholas Bintz Mrs Ferdinand Miller Miss An- na Bornhauser Miss Sophia Miss Cora Senn Miss Theresa Michael and Mrs Henry T Ad- Ice Cream Social This Evening The Ladies Guild of Calvary church will Rive an ice cream festival this ing in the church parlors A very en- evening is assured tary the last three years and his motion is a fitting recognition of his services As a further testimonial he was presented with a check for a very handsome sum The president was presented with an elegant loving cup and the sergeant-at-arms Charles Buyer was the recipient of a costly onyx time piece Resolutions were passed expressing the thanks of the association to Messrs Knebeler and Stang for their uniting efforts in making the convention a cess Thanks were also given to the press the mayor and the citizens of Sandusky for their hospitality after which the convention adjourned ter H Watts acted as official grapher for tho convention Miss Annie Meyer The funeral of Miss Annie Meyer will occur on Friday afternoon at o'clock at the residence of her mother 409 Hayes avenue Ice Cream Social An ice cream social will be given by the Ladies Guild at the Calvary church parlors Thursday evening August 18 Everybody is invited 2t Little Child Dead August aged 13 months died at the home of his parents 909 Clinton street last night ment of the funeral will be given later Excelsior Hand Laundry The Excelsior Hand has been opened at the corner of Lawrence and Adams street Mrs Caseau will age it and all the work will be done by Cleveland Excursion The Arrow carried about from Bucyrus to Cleveland this morning The excursion was given un- der the auspices of the Presbyterian church of that city Death of Mrs Magdalena Mrs Magdalena aged 46 years died Tuesday morning at her home 109 Prospect street The funeral will be held from St Mary's church Friday morning at o'clock TO WASHINGTON Aug Fifth regular infantry has been ordered from Tampa to Santiago The attitude of the Cubans near Santiago is responsible for the movement TRAIN LOADS OF SOLDIERS Aug special trains bearing troops for Camp Meade arrived this morning from the south making seven train loads of soldiers thus far iu camp They Fixed Locomotive In their flight from the Spanish hastily tried to disable a standing with steam up on the track by disconnecting the ling rods the throttle lever and several essential parts burying some and throwing others into the sea Two en- happened to be with the ad- vance squadron of the Twenty-second infantry and the troops went for the locomotive with a yell The soldiers hunting about for the missing parts found some and ised others One engineer acting as fireman and the other at the throttle in twenty they ran her into with the tender full of shooters delirious with enthusiasm over Yankee Ingenuity The engineer If the fools had knocked in the linder head we could not have fixed Aug ing telegram was received at the war department HONG KONG Aug is To Adjutant General Washington MANILA Aug the 7th Ad- miral Dewey joined mo in a 48 hour notification to the Spanish commander to remove the from the city On the same date a reply was re- expressing thanks for the mane sentiments expressed and stating that the Spanish were without ot refuge for the now within the walled city On the 9th iust we sent a joint note inviting the attention of the Spanish commander to the sufferings in store for he sick aud iu case it became our duty to reduce the defences setting forth the hopeless condition of the Spanish forces surrounded on all sides the fleet in front and no prospect of reinforcements aud demanded the of tho city as due to every consideration of humanity On the same date we received a the situation but stating that the council of defense declares that the request for the surrender cannot be granted but offered to consult their if time was granted The joint note in reply was declined On the 13th I joined with the navy in the attack with the following Alter about Half an hour's accurate shelling of the Spanish line Me Arthur's bridge on the right aud Green's on the left under Anderson made a vigorous at- tack and carried the Spanish works The loss is not accurately known but is about 50 in all The behavior of the troops was excellent and the co-operation of the navy most valuable The troops ad- rapidly on the walled city upon which the white flag was shown and the town capitulated Our troops occupy Malate and the walled city and San Miquet All the important centers are protected and the insurgents kept out There no disorder or pillage NO MORE imm SANTIAGO Aug Wood sued an order today that the burning of the dead Spanish soldiers and pauper Cubans shall no longer be conducted publicly This order is the result of the horrible spectacle witnessed at the etery yesterday when 70 bodies were placed in the kiln for cremation The was started but a rain storm came up suddenly and put it out before the work was half done THEY WILL BE DEEMED Aug lican state convention today nominated Jesse Stone for lieutenant aud William M Froelich for state treasurer A JOINT DISPATCH Was Received From and Merritt Dewey WANTED TO START EIGHT Desired to Know How to Deal With Too Good For of Manila the Hero He Is to Hold the Rank And Grade of Office Once Held By and Porter WASHINGTON Aug is most a popular clamor that Dewey shall be honored by the country in a way that fully express the gratitude of the American people for his glorious ments The general consensus of opinion is that nothing less than the revival of the grade and office of vice admiral for the benefit of the hero of Manila will do This must come by action of congress but the of the navy and the president may recommend it and it is confidentially believed that they will do so It is thought the proud title held by and Porter is not too great for MIKE TROUBLE WASHINGTON Aug reported threat of Aguinaldo to occupy Manila because he was not allowed some say in the surrender of the city is giving the administration some concern He has an army of about native The United States forces only aggregate a little over men but it is believed that Merritt's men and Dewey's ships will be sufficient to take care of all the army can ter LONDON Aug dispatch from Manila under date of August 14 says that General Merritt will issue a proclamation to the natives which will embody a scheme for the Philippines The principal provisions tion to all in their personal religion the Insurgents A VEBY POSITIVE SEHT And municipal laws courts and local to remain until further notice subject to the supervision of the cau general open trade for foreign tions public property to be protected NEW YORK Aug reception to the Santiago heroes on Saturday will be an imposing affair A committee of 100 named by the mayor met and today and appointed tees to attend to the details of bration which will be on an elaborate scale The mayor's proclamation ing for the general suspension of ness and for an elaborate decoration of the buildings will be generally lowed WASHINGTON Aug situation at Manila now pretty clear bnt the from Merritt lacks the in- Philippine Rebels Are to Treated Uke All Other Citizens but They Are to Have So Voice In the of Affairs So Long na the Americans Are Iu Detailed Is Eagerly From General Merritt Washington Aug IS Admiral Dewey and Major General Merritt the two American commanders at Manilla united iu a joint dispatch which was received here late Wednesday after- noon asking for Instructions as to the manner of dealing with the various elements particularly the insurgents now that the city was occupied by the American forces After a conference at the White House in which Secretary Alger and Acting Secretary Allen participated instructions were sent to the two American commanders The text of the request for instructions and of the answer was not made public but Secretary Alger summed up the in- as substantially as The Instructions are to enforce law and order and to treat all law-abiding citizens alike The instructions are practically the same as those sent to General Lawton The latter order specifically stated that the Insurgents must recognize the military occupation and authority of the United States and the cessation ol hostilities proclaimed by this ment the same rule is being applied to the insurgents under naldo although it was not officially stated that such specific orders were made Net Mentioned It is said the Joint dispatch from Dewey and Merritt did not in terms refer to nor did the in- mention the insurgent er by name It is well understood however that the desire of the ican commanders was to have tions on the manner of dealing with the large and menacing forces of In- under Aguinaldo who have surrounded Manilla for many weeks and who it is thought may or may not have demanded the right to occupy the city with the American forces as the Cuban Insurgents did at Santiago It had been thought in some ters here that the showing heretofore made by the Insurgents would lead to their receiving a certain amount of recognition in the way of Joint action between the United States forces and those of the insurgents when the city was occupied But the instructions sent are based on occupation by the United States alone and as a high administration official summed up the situation There shall be no joint action except between Merritt and Dewey They will maintain law and order and will treat Insurgents and Spaniards alike re- quiring all to observe peace and der Eagerly Awaited Aside from this Joint dispatch the only other word received from Manilla during the day was in the brief dis patch from Admiral Dewey ing the surrender of the city last A detailed dispatch from eral Merritt was eagerly awaited throughout the day as It was feared that the sharp engagement of the land forces during the storming of Manilla had resulted in some casualties on our side No dispatch came from General ritt up to the close of office hours ex- cept the one in which he Joins with Admiral Dewey in asking for E UP THE Therefore Have Lost Points of the Law Nine The Whole Philippine Group of Islands Now Belong to Your Uncle Samuel And Not to Spain Aug Spanish terms of the surrender at Manila it is stated are said to have included the whole Philippine group The complete possession of the islands is but a mere matter of form They are now United States Dewey and Merritt have therefore abrogated the provisions of the protocol which it was feared would give the peace com- missioners the greatest amount of ble The Philippines are not Spanish territory to be disposed of as such bnt by conquest they are United States and can be so kept should the government decide that way The gave up the bone that it was in- tended to dispute over They have lost nine points of the law which go with the possession of the islands THE PUCE COMMISSION Aug The probable make up of the peace commission con- a fruitful topic of discussion Secretary Day and Senator Davis as it is generally understood are sure to be on the commission The others under consideration are Congressman son of Iowa Justice McKenna of the supreme court and Tucker of Virginia The name of Ad- miral Dewey has been temporarily drawn from consideration TEH ins WASHINGTON Aug armored cruiser New York Sampson's flagship has been selected to carry the Havana members of the military committee pointed to arrange for the evacuation of Cuba The committee will probably not start for ten days Admiral Schley one of the Porto Rico military sion will go to San Juan on the cruiser Brooklyn Aug report of a massacre by Spaniards at Ciales day has been confirmed by a letter from there The natives were killed in cold blood The Spaniards not satisfied with killing the men also massacred about 100 women and children The Porto Ricans incensed and threaten gence RENDERED HOMELESS of how many tions Secretary Alger concluded from can soldiers were lost in the assault on the city It lacks all reference to the reported action of the in the Spanish captain general on board one of their warships thereby robbing the Americans of a legitimate prisoner of war LOOKS Aug is reported General Angustin relieved of his command in the owing to differences with General Correa ter of war It is reported that he will be court marshalled on his arrival Ang Guatemala report that the riots m that j have been quelled j neutrality this that the casualties could not have been heavy as ho felt sure General Merritt would promptly report any considerable loss It was noted that neither the first dispatch of Admiral Dewey nor the Joint dispatch of Dewey and Merritt made any reference whatever to the part which the German cruiser i in Augusta took in removing Captain j General from Manilla to Hongkong From this officials believe that the American commanders do not attach serious significance to the course of German naval authorities The in- continues to cause some tion but it is certain that no official cognizance will be taken of it A official of the ment that at most the course of the C r naval commander was one of bad taste There is no disposition In any of- quarters to carry Incident to point of Mi of Aug dispatch from Vicuna says a fire occurred at Skalat yesterday which rendered people homeless Paris dispatches say the town of has been burning for two days and the damage done is irreparable TO BE BUILT WASHINGTON Aug naval program for presentation to congress in- the immediate construction of fifteen has been adopted by the naval board of experts to whom the sub- ject referred by Secretary Long MADRID Aug council has cabled Blanco and Mamas asking for names of the best men for appointment as local commissioners Blanco will preside over the Cuban and over the Porto Kican commission MS THE USE Aug 18 aged W shot And seriously i Bowers aged 20 last night ami I killed himself Jealousy WM the
