The Weekly Telegram from Eau Claire, Wisconsin • Page 4

I ii. soon be relieved by an army fully TT character But the old gen rv: like good man's life, roes ly ou. dUpersiug his charities and tr 1 1 altuLsn i lUu OF I In THE TELEGRAM TELEGRAM PUBLISHING COMPANY, EAO CLAIEE, WISCONSIN'. Jl i Several Officers of tl-Third, Including Lisut. Cochrsns, Coming North.

OncEAMAtrcY rAr.il-, June ia The tever il eon-, any were called to Col. Morris' hedquarten and informed that through the eiforts of Gov. Scofield the two regiments of Wisconsin troops now quartered at this place would be allowed to send a lieutenant from each company to Wisconsin to recruit iosiead of recruiting as per previous order. Under this arrangement, a ad by orders issued the following leave here for their home stations Co. XeiHsville, Second Lieut.

Jackson Co. 13, La Crosse, Second Lieuo. Kauard Co. Mauston, Second Lieut. Remington Co.

Eau Claire, First Lieut. Cochrane; Co. Wausau, First Lieut. Brecker Co. II, FIRST-LIEUT.

COCHRANE. Menomonie, beyond Lieut. Skeel Co. West Superior, First Lieut. Smith Co.

Tomah, Second Lieut. Jones; Co. La Crosse, Second Lieut. Kipple. As usual the regiment has been out twice for battalion drills.

The men are fast getting into the best of condition as far drill is- coaeerned Private John McSorley of Co. Portage, was taken to the division hospital to day. JShowers have been frequent since Saturday and nearly every "man in camp is carrying about five pounds of red Georgia clay on each foot. It is probable that Col. Moore will order the Third Wisconsin to strike tents soon and move farther into the park.

The troops have occupied the present quarters about one month and further occupation is When the new recruits arrive from the North to fill the companies to their dtsannouTxcettfri Col. Moore's headquarters that all straw will be removed from the tents and no new straw issued. This may not be cheering news to possible recruits, but some plan is probably in contemplation to provide for the soldiers otherwise. For that matter the overcoats, rubber ponchos and blankets only are used by men detailed on provost guard and for some time after reaching1 Camp Thomas no straw at all was provided and the experience was not as bad as it might have been. The matter of returning to the state of Wisconsin the heavy cloth overcoats of the soldiers has been given consideration.

The conclusion reached was not to part with them at tbia time. BOARD Of EDUCATION. Annual Meeting Night, Officers 'Elected, Committees Chosen. The board of education met last Monday night and elected: President Emmett Horau. Vice-PresidentM.

B. Hubbard, SecretaryO. C. Gross. Assistant Secretary MissIArnold.

Standing committees asjfollows were appointed: Finance Mosher, Loother, Hnbbard. Schools Tyler, Johnson, Noble. Purchases and Jsupplies Loether, Schlegcl- ----r-r- Real estate Johnson, Mosher, Allen. Janitors and Repairs Hubbard, Tyler, Schleg-elmilch. Judiciary Allen, Hubbard.lMosher.

Manual Training Sclilegelmilch, Bartlett, Tyler. High School-BartletO'obleJLoether. School Visitors and Rules Johnson. The board adjourned to June 17. The re-election of President Horan, like the rest of the elections, was unanimous and a well-deserved compliment.

President lloran's able and conscientious discbarge of his duties has won general commendation. Camp Thomas, Ga June 10. To the Board of of Education, the teachers and pupils of the Eau Claire High School W'e, the boys of the Eau Claire High School who are now mombers.of Co. Third Wisconsin to express gratitude and thank the Board of Education for the generous resolutions which they adopted concerning the members of the graduating class of '98 and the honorablo mention made ef An at the commoncemement exorcises. We thank tbo teachers and pupils for the unrelenting efforts they made in keeping our scats dfteornted with bunting and fresh flowers.

We sincerely appreciated the many thoughtful remarks made In ourjxtlmlf by Prof. Frnwloy at every available opportunity and at the daily opening exercises in the High School. Signed: Lemovne Boi.eman, WlLFKKB KUT7.SEB, I)ONAJLD J. McKlNNON, J. FllA.VK JOVCK, Hesry WeBN'ER, Carl NvyuisT, Frank L.

Koftcxberoek, Kelli. i adequate to co-operate ia what will probably prove a series of engagements as important as the victory ia Bay. Gov. Scofk-IJ At Washington. Gov.

Scofield called upon the' president Monday! ia regard to military affairs ia which -Wisconsin is interested. The president very cordial ia his greeting of the Wisconsin executive and congratulated him upon the excellent showing made by the Wisconsin troops in getting to the front so promptly and with such excellent The president spoke in high terms of praise of the reports that had come to him in regard to the Badger troops. Later in the day the governor saw Secretary Alger and Corbin concerning plans suggested for recruiting troops in the state to fill out the first quota. The governor also talked with the officials about securing the necessary quartermaster's stores for equipping a new. Nationat Guard organization ia the state and about the second call for troops.

No decision was reached, but the department promised to give a reply soon. The War Bonds. The popular bond issue seems to have been correctly named. It is believed that the entire 8200,000,000 will be taken up before July 14, and that the amount will be' largely over-subscribed. The twenty-dollar registered bonds will take the place of a great deal of currency, and will pass current as money everywhere.

It will be about a month before the bonds are delivered, but receipts are issued with each 2 per cent, deposit of the amount subscribed for. Fourth of July. It is evident the Fourth of July is to be a great day in Eau Claire. We understand the general committee has decided to incorporate in the celebration many features of a historical nature, intended to symbolize the deyelop-ment of Wisconsin and of this sec-tibn of the commonwealth during the past fifty JTbis combination of a semi-centennial observance with the patpiotic ideas belonging to the glorious anniversary of independence is excellent and will add much to the occasion. A cordial Invitation la ex-tended to all the civilized world, and especially the people of the neighboring towns, to join in the celebration in this city.

A Hearty Ame rlcan Indorsement. The announcement that a new commercial convention has been negotiated with France is a welcome one," says the Washington Star. It shows that, busy as we are With Spain, we yet have time forother things, and that we are proceeding upon the confident calculation that the conclusion of the war will find us still in ship-shape for all the essential affairs of every-day life. It puts a quietus on talk about foreign intervention, and confirms all previous assertions that, in the matter of hostilities, we are dealing with Spain alone. The principle of recriprocity has a hearty American indorsement It is the American plan, indeed, for the judicious enlargement of trade boundaries.

Absolute free trade has never had more than a handful of sincere advooates in the United States but freer trade has for some years been not only a demand, but a necessity. The growth of the country in the matter both of jjro duction and consumption has demonstrated that if we are to keep up with the procession and, particularly, take and hold the jrlaSe ia the procession to which we 'areentitled, we must establish good commercial relations with the ontsida world. "This duty to ourselves is plainer now than ever. This war with Spain has shown us our place among the nations. Our movements are considered of world-wide importance.

The' bare suggestion of permanent Ameri-i can control of the Philippines forces a recast of the whole Eastern prob-j with the United States reckoned one of the foremost factors i i the new commercial equation, convention with France is the A under the Dingley law, but others 1 i follow, and probably before an-r year has rolled around reciproo- i dl again be, as it was under the iviuley law, a source of profit and ad age to the country in many di- Ex-Senator Sawyer, i "i Journal: Ex-Senator Sawyer i mtributed 125,000 to aid the tv Oshkosh in securing a great pt.ii I viry. A bequest was left to i it to vide a library, providing a ii mount of money Icould be i. it amount necessary could -it .1 until Mr. Sawyer came i. i City bonds wore, then 1 and by the aid Of the 1 the necessary Huionut '-ealized, and who i of the finest public lv the wpst.

Isn't it a little Mi t. i i'ihi I should be a class of lit Wiv very few of whom vt-v "fiid commend them to constantly berat. p. it 'Hi, i' and attempting to his name and bis in fct-balt of all enterprises. The ambitious fallows who have undertaken to ilowa oil man Sawyer, are likely to meet with the disappointment they deserve.

Political Ambitions and Grievances. Madison Journal Nearly every community is eiSicted by persons who have political ambitions, and ho feel that they are cot treated properly fcy their neighbors or the parties to which they belong. They feel that they should be selected for publio places and are disgruntled when they are disappointed. This state of things exist-from the school district to' the state and nation. For low 'places and for high, there are always eaer clamorers who insist that their; claims must be recognised, and if they are not then they devote themselves to stirring--up strife aod creating factional disturbances.

As a rule, "the people do not care very mnch about these ambitious men, and have very little sympathy for their grievances. The St. James Gazette publishes a long editorial pointing out the hope-lessness of any further Spanish resist- ance and suggests the Americans seek a settlement of the Cuban question in Spain. Jt says: There is no need of an invasion, but the mere presence, of a strong armament which the Spanish navy could not drive off, on the coast, would produce a tremendous elfect, and there are numerous unf ortified anchorages where the Americans could re-coal with leisure. Of course there are powers in Europe who would witness the operation with great disgust, but if the Americans are going to be frightened by the vague abstraction called 'Europe' they must be very timid." Those who seek a postoffice and the same find aot are nathless comforted with such crumbs as these from the Washington bureau of the Milwaukee Sentinel: An order was issued establishing a postoffice at Whelan, Buffalo coanty, and Jacob Braem, was commissioned postmaster.

An order was also issued changing the name of the post office at Bear Creek, Outagamie county, to Welcome." It seems to show that once in a while, albeit a long while, somebody in Washington says something about some post-office; and even this is balm to the weary soul. Col. Huntington's marines at Guantanamo Bay are iix a very hot place-The Marblehead fired into the marines'' intrenchments by mistake; the insurgents on shore did the same thing; while from Sunday night at 8 to 3 Monday morning the Spanish in the bushes kept up a constant popping with Mausers. 1 The marines are probably saying, Deliver us from our friends, and we can handle the Spaniards." What on earth these men were put ashore for is not known except by a few who are in the secret, but there must be a reason which is to be developed later. A Washington dispatch to the Sentinel says it has been formally settled at last that Editor Thomas B.

Reid, of Appleton, will be United States marshal for the eastern district of Wisconsin, Senator Spooner having announced that the recommendation for the appointment of Mr. Reid would be filed ia the department of justice this morning and that the nomination would probably be sent to the senate later in the day. This closes the hottest contest over a federal appointment in Wisconsin under the present administration R. O. Jeardeau, of Milwau-Jseerwlio was actively supported by the railroad men for the office, mast be contented with anotber place." Of the 154 yeas in the House on the war revenue bill all were Republicans except Driggs and Mc-Clellan, of New i'ork, McAUer, of Pennsylvania, and Fitzgerald, of Massachusetts.

Of the 107 nays five were Republicans, Brewster and Gittauer, of New Tork, Henry and Hill, of Connecticut, and Mclntyre, of Maryland. Bailey, of Texas, who accepted the joint report, at the last moment roted against the bill. The occupation of Manila, the destruction or capture of Cervera's squadron, the capture of Santiago and the occupation of San Juan de Porto Rico, may close what may perhaps be called the first chapter of the war. The cen tfal feature of the next might be expected to be- the- capture of Havana, and in western Cuba, if anywhere, serious fighting on land may be looked for. What the navy has taken, the army will hold, said General Merritt after dinner at San Francisco the other night.

While in a warrior deeds find not words are the criterion, it is nevertheless probably true that the General's remark neatly sizes up" the war tone (Wis.1 bey Ccr.crr.l, writes iuo tve fallowing account of Lis personal experience in ill the battle of Manila Eav: Westear-ei ia toward Manila, and when oif Cavite navy yards and forts they sent out ships and fired at ns from the battery there. We now began work ia order. We formed a line and as each ship enue up to the fort they let drive a brofedside, and ou the return let drive the broadside from the port battery; eah ship taking turn, the ships were together stera and stern, and the rear of the heavy guns and splashing of the enemy's shot, the explosion of same was terrific. There W83 nothing like it in history. Shell would explode above us, the pieces going past and through it all never a shot touched us or even cut a rope in the rigging, but they flew past like a thousand bumble bees as large' as horses from the sound.

If they couldn't hit us we could hit them. Our shot began to tell from the first. We got the range and drove shot after shot into the ships, sinking them and setting them on fire from bursting shell. We shot away their colors time and again, up they would go again only to be shot down again. Masts were shot away, great holes were torn in the forts, whole gun crews were shot away and guns torn from their carriages.

Every time a good shot was made a cheer arose from our men, and they would go into the fight again like demons. After the first few shots there wasn't a pale face aboard. Every man was doing his duty and shot and shell would whistle by with never a wink. Our ships were one mass of smoke, and the men dressed only in pants and a band of wet cloth about their head with grimy faces blacked with powder and dirty water from washing out guns, were standing at their stations ready to fire when ordered. The capjtain of the gun crew holding the little electrio push button, hig eye glancing along the gun barrel, not a muscle of his bodymoving, steady as a rock, ready when the order rang out to press the button and hurl a 500 lb shot or shell into our enemy.

What ttle-was-JfaEkee-fievve and Yankee ingenuity. I saw a shot hit in the water, throwing a delage of water on a crew and they never stopped to notice what caused it. The captain stood" on the bridge giving the order as calm as could be, the executive officer handling the ship, and the signal officer receiving orders from the flagship by means of signals. They were in the most exposed place in the ship. The afc the wheelstood there way aboye all guiding the ship through it all, never winking, but watching for the least sound from the What a grand thing is this bravery.

If those Spaniards had 6hown some we might have had a hard time but they were so unnerved by onr expert shooting that they deserted ships and forts, only one ship the flag ship stood her ground, and for a while our whole fleet poured shell Into her alone. We killed nearly all her crew, the admiral and seventeen officers. They fought until the ship was all afire, her boilers blown up and her crew nearly all killed, only a few escaped. It they had all fought like that we wouldn't have come out of this without one injury. We fought for three hours and fifty minutes, and of the thousands of pounds of steel fired at us not a ship was hit and not a man was injured.

The surgeon had his instruments out and operating tables ar- xangeaV saws sharpened, and medicine by the gallon ready, stretchers by the dozen lay about the deck, only to be shoved aside by busy men. We had do need of any of the stuff. The surgeon had two men three days doing nothing but making bandages, until he had ripped up enough cloth to clothe all the poor of London, and now he has the supply on hand and stowed away. Bat what did we do to the Spaniards How did they get along 1 We killed about sixty officers, admiral included, and 1,500 men sunk all their fine fleet, destroyed forts and batteries, making them haul down the Spanish flag and hoist the white and beg for mercy, and they got it, we ceased firing and haven't fired since, loaned them surgeons to help their wounded, and medicine for the same, protected them from the natives who would kill them now if they have a chance. This is what a Yankee does when we fight.

Thanks Extended. The Associbted Charities organization desires to express through the columns of your paper, its hearty thanks to Kepler Co. for their generous help last week which resulted in an even one hundred dollars for the charity work, to the clerks who without exception were constantly courteous and to the Eau Claire ladies who gave time, labor and patronage in helpful service of the cause. Per Order President of Associated Charities. In' circuit court to-day, a motion by Attorney Walmsley for stay of proceedings in Laycock vs.

Parker was denied. (ilea ley, a viiio ii a il to his mother st IU. StBJECr OF F.1GHT HOCKS' IV THE BOOH. Twenty SinecJ' Were 11li vero.1, of Tliem Kticf The Hoie Asrt-ra to Vote on the Resolutions at 5 O'Clock- The Si.te I'osKCs the Resolution JPro-vldlns for on Intjolry Intti the ClmpokMion 3It.de of thr -Vieth-odit Book Cf intra Claim -nt-i-nationul Aim.rlcnn Bank Jfemnfe I'nder Disoiisjilou. Washington, June 15 Eight hours, comprising afternoon and evening sessions of the house, -were devoted to-debate on the Newlands-resolutions for the annexation of Hawaii.

Twenty speeches were delivered, most of them being brief. A vote will be taken at 5 o'clock to-day, and iu order, to give time fur speeches which meuihefcs desire to make the house agreed to meet at 10 o'clock this morning. The resolutions, according, to estimates, will receive, with the exception of not more than twelve, all Republican-votes, and will enlist the support of from fifteen to twenty Democrats ami members of other parties. In the Sennle.i The resolution of Mr. Lodge directing that an inquiry be made into the disposition made' of the Methodist Book Concern claim, which -was paid recently by congress, was adopted witliour division by the senate.

In the-course of the debate upon It Mr. Morgan charged that the resolution was Insincere' and had been drawn for political effect. This statement Mr. Lodge denied vigorously, saying his only purpose In offering the resolution was that all facts concerning the matter should be laid before the people to the end that more care should be exercised in the future. He hoped that as-a result of the proposed investigation a general law would be passed to eliminate the professional lobbyist' from the legislative equation.

The- measure to incorporate the International American "bank was tfnder discussion for three hours, the debate-eliciting some interesting facts concerning the foreign trade of this country. Final action was not takenoit the bill. SPAIN'S REQUEST For nn American Force nl Not to Occupy Manila. Vienna, June 15. The Neue Frie Presse snys Spain has requested the powers to urge the United States to occupy Manila with American troops should the town surrender, and not allow the city to fall into the hands of the insurgents.

To Collect "the ntvenoe. Washington, June 15, The official of the treasury department were busily engaged in the preparation of circular letters to customs and revenue collectors carrying Into effect the provisions of the war revenue act. In the Internal revenue bureau the-only schedules which go Into Immediate effect are those regarding snuff, cigarettes and beer. Ordered Forward. Cheyenne, June 15.

Orders-have been received by Col. J. L. Top- rey for the Second volunteer cavalrr to move from Fort D. A.

Russell, with, their horses, to Jacksonville, Fla. The-regiment Is thoroughly uniformed, armed and equipped, and considering the short time it has been organized, it has reached a high state of perfection in drill evolutions. Conductors. Xfhtficothe, Ohio, June 15. The elec tric street railway of this city has ailontpfi a npw m'-tliofl iif conducting business by placing women conductors on all its cars.

Heretofore the cars; have been in charge of motormen and the fare deposited In boxes. Each woman wears a ribbon on her hat with the word "Conductor" inscribed on it. A Mile and a Half From Manila. New York, June 15, A Sun cabl? from Berlin says: A dispatch from Shanghai says that the Philippine insurgents are a mile and a half from Manila, which Is entirely German consul has transferred 300 German and Swiss residents to a steamer. JLet Them Trr It.

Port au Prince, June 15. The Hal-tlen steamer Mancel, chartered by the cable company and, carrying cable and cable repairing apparatus, has left for Cape Haitien. Senior says goes to re-establish cable communications between Mole St Nicholas and SarjTSo-de Cuba. Misery at Havaca. London, June 15.

The Dally Chronicle's correspondent at Kingston, Jamaica, says he learns that there is intense misery at Havana and at Santiago, and that people are starving, but are cowed by the presence of the Span- ish army. i Falls Read. Annondale, June 15. Peter Newholt of French Lake, while running to catch a boat, fell dead from heart failure. The body was discovered by school children.

To Meet at New neftvllle. New raynesvllle. June 13. The seventh annual convention of the Young Teople's Soclaty of the German. Evangelical Association of Minnesota will be held at the Salem church in this town.

The session will begin on June CO and continue until July 3. A large attendance is expected. llrlok Seaiece. La Crosse, June 13. A brick, (famine exists in these parts.

Contrao-tors say they find It next to ImpoHsIbl-to facure first-class brick at any prlco WM.P. WELCH, CHAS. W. HAYES, KuiaP ilaing-er. TEEMS OF SCBSC'EIFTION.

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205. Dire tt connection through Eau Clatrti iele- phone Co. with WisconsinTalley Telephone (long-distance lines. EAU CLAIRE, JUNE 1C, 1893. State Politics.

7 The Milwaukee Sentinel gives the following interesting analysis of politic! indications at Milwaukee yester- i -f the state central committee represents the feeling of the convention when it assembles Ang. 17, Gov. Scofield will succeed himself as standard bearer, and he will have a new ticket atifie A careful canvass was made "by Sentinel representatives of the members, and while ew would allow sfiarateuse of their names, they all, with one or two exceptions, favored Gov. Sen lipid's renomination, and they all fuvoivd a new ticket the rest of the way down. "One of he, committeemen also made a canvass, nud hisecord is substantiated by expressions made to reporters so far as they could be obtained.

His cauvass shows the following members tn ho in of the' renomination of Gov. J. Smit Racine, W. W. Clarke of Milton, John W.

Gains of Lowell, F. S. Veedi'i- of Huston, Charles Pittel-kow of Milwaukee, H. Butterfield of Hartford, Ferguson of Brandon, Ira P. Coon of Plainfleld, B.

Edwards of La Ci'nsse, N. C. Foster of Fairchihi, G. McDill of Stevens Point, Charles R- uolds of Sturgeon Bay, W. A.

Brown i' Marinette, Isaac H. Wing of L. H. Mead of Shell Lake. "II.

B. Allen of b'and Center, C. M. Gregg of Minv.u.Kee and C. A.

Lamoreux of Ashland tire placed in the list of those wlmno ition on the gubernatorial questi is unknown. Mr. Lamoreux a I i r. regg are supposed to be renomination of Gov. Soolk'hi, bot, its yet they have not in nnelves, and their attitude i t.n Gen.

Bryant of Madistiu'i in of a new ticket from the he ail to liu- foot, and II. B. Alien of Center is amcng the ncu-voiiiiuuiVi m-rabers. "Concerning Le CvAi J. present state officials td.rciaV- i'-" it is understood uwlj In a 'receptive' tuooi.

i 'sald to be a few Intimate friends of i State Henry Cassbn, Cm -v. I', 't nsch ann Supt. J. Q. Emery.

a here yesterday TcIarcUTLTi' for renominali jri, v.U'e State Treasurer IVtcrsmi doubtful whether In won of if a contest for his pht ag.dii. 0 he others, it is understood hit w. '-come a return to oilaitiinwb i expected to make a it the face of stj-oug Decisive Engagement a', ii May Be Smminci.i. It is supposed that, if a--i occurs, Shafter's avuiy islanded in Cuba, part i-n Guantanamo Bay hut the jurir nrr. tion at a -point nearer Sautiairu.

i i-r-haps within 72 hours. The hmji Huntington's murines hi, entrance of Guantanamo Bay nr, 1 the drubbing given tbeSpauiards thf gone on record as one of tM yl-liant episodes of the war and lant conduct of the marines, ep-cltlly that of Lieutenants Neville and fchV, in charge of outposts, has given the Spanish thugs some roucep tion of American valor. Shaft r's army, with the co-operation of Admit at Sampson, must inevitably HcoompH-h quickly the purposes iu view, himI h- capture of Santiago, the capture or de-truction of Cervera's sq'tadron and the establishment of.u oatf. ut Guaatanurao as well, can be count, ed upon as certainties of the near future. But fighting ou au e.w.'n-sive scale and perhaps serious 6eem almost inevitable likewise.

It is useless" to discuss the'questiou raised whether or not delay of the Shafter expedition has been a serious matter. It is not likely such delay as there may have been was avoidable; and the anxiety of Admiral Sampson will.