THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 10. 1898.;
AdrerttslnK Kates.
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O er fonr inches and under twelve inches. . . 5
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DAILY AND W1IKLT.
oT"cMn&S:::::::' ?o army, General Wolseley's
DEATH RATE IN ARMIES.
lrkfAAi PhffntltfMO 4 8Pint or tie progressive iriues
W66K1Y UlirODlulue an)j encouraged the savage ones.
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brordon was oesiegea la ULuanuuiu
and the' English government, lashed
by popular clamor, sent on army to
rescue him. ' -
After one cf the most remarkable
campaigns ever made by a British
command
ovStwJvetacn" n the vicinity of Khartoom
a few davs after Gordon hid been
murdered and the city surrendered
to the rebels. Then, despite the
The death rate in the United States victories of blcwart, vv uson, uuner.
army, regulars and volunteers, for the Wood, Graham and Bercsford, that
nlhs of service, is 5.4 in a splendid fighting army marcneu ciown
i Tki. : t,ci r.t 9 n.. ih Nile, and abandoned the whole
in the field, representing an of the Soudan. This was in 1885
pnh rntP of i fi 2. Averae- and in five years ine wnoie riKiuu
I - . ' . rrt. - j
elensthof service at three had lapsed into Daroarisro.- ine ue
.v. . iVin cnnnnil tprinrntmn was more rani a tban me
IUUULU3) OKI fcV IUW.J iuv I
i,v,ta in Tuna i hn Aoa th ro t.A iwr nroeress had been. Trade routes
month is 1.8 per thousand, or an an- were abandoned, steamers, irrigatin,
nual death rate of 21.6 per thousand works, and cities destroyed, and -the
from disease. Add 500 deaths by more progressive tribes subdued or
nnn,i .nj tdi annual rlpnili rtp massacred. In ten venrs the wild
counting the term of service at three tiibes were in complete control.
mnnthi wnnlri hp SO :n a thousand J Then Slatin Pasha and General
fmir months' ser- Kitchener began to preach a new
TEACHERS' INSTITUTE
ANNUAL MEETING OPENED IN THE
. CITY WEDNESDAY.
The Meeting: Attended By Teachers and
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four
thou
.000
annt
ing
vice, 22.5 per thousand, including all
deaths from wounds and disease.
The average annual deatb rate in
the British army during the peninsu
lar war was 113 per thousand from
disease and 52 per thousand by
wounds received in action. The
average annual deatb rate In the Brit
ish army from 1803 to 1812 was 71
per thousand from disease and 9 by
wounds in action,
and September,
crusade against the cowardly policy
that had surrendered a great' empire
to barbarism. The hordes of the
Mahdi had pressed the Anglo-Egypt
ian troops as far noilh as Wady
Haifa and had cut off Suakim, on the
Red sea, from the Nile. r It was
claimed that England owed it to
Egypt and civilization to reclaim the
country. Over a year ago the cam
In July, August paign was inaugurated, and on batur
1854. the British dav it culminated m the defeat or
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army in the Crimea lost at the rate the Mahdi s army and the capture of
of 293 men per thousand per annum ; Khartoum.
in October, November and Decern- The Soudan might have been saved
ber the loss was at the annual rate of in 1884 had not Gordon been in
511 to every thousand, 443 of which structed to weaken his own cause by
were by disease. During the first proclaiming a policy of surrender,
three months of 1855 the death rate It might have been saved in 188G
was so high that if it had continued had not General TVolselcy been or
the annual death rate would have dered to retreat. Starting in to ac
been 912 out of every thousand and complish a great work for humanity
98 per cent of it from disease. Dur-1 in the abolition of the slave trade,
ing the entire campaign, of two and I England ended by surrendering all
one half years the annual death rate of the upper Nile country, not only
was 232 per thousand, of which 202 to the slave trade, but to barbarism
were from disease and 30 by wounds She has at great sacrifice reclaimed
received in action. - what she lost through hesitation and
i
In the armv of the United States timidity. She has learned that a
In the first year of the civil war the great nation's obligations to civiliza
annual death rate was 53 per thou- tion oannot be evaded or trifled with
sand per annum (24 per thousand by Americans will rejoice over the great
-disease). On the 80th of June,' 1863, victory of the English in boudan,
Hhere were in the hospitals of the hoping that their own government
"Union army 135 men in every thou- will not make a mistake in the Philip
sand. In 1861. the mortality among pines like that made by the British
cthe borne trocps ot Great Britain was government in Egypt. Inter Ocean
"91 per thousand and among the
troops abroad 100 per thousand. This
was in time of peace. -
In the general reports on vital
-statistics published by the govern-
Tbe president's order returning the
enfeebled regulars of the Firth army
corns to the military -posts in the
west and northwest whence they were
mpnt thp annual death rate in Chicaco called to southern rendezvous in the
o- I .
is given at 20.2: Havana, 45.7; Lon- spring snd to Cuba in the early sum
don, 21.2: Boston, 23.5; St. Peters- mer, is both wise ana considerate
burg, 51.4. These figures are all The same may be said of the decision
from official sources. They show or the war department to grant iur
that in the first four months of war loughs to all volunteers who were en
with unseasoned soldiers in the field, gagea - to the Santiago campaign
and with two extremely arduous cam- The bracing air of the higher alii
the death ratn of tudes cannot fail to act as a tonic to
T ti r r i
the army is less than in Chicago or the enfeebled soldiers, while a rur
London or.Bostoo, and not one-half lough of sixty days, with Us possi
as large as that in St. Petersburg or bilities in home-coming and care,
Havana. Tnt.erTnpnn. will uut the nien to whom it is ex
tended in' condition to meet any
tttt 4JTnnxr akth mvrr.TZATmw emergency mat may arise later on
from the acquisition of new territory,
The capture of Khartoum by Gen- While the big camp at MonlauH is
eral Kitchener is a victory in the in- one great hospital, only a portion of
terest of civilization. When England it is recognized as such, and the ac-
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entered Egypt to abolish the slave cotnmodations, especially in the food
trade the empire of the Khedive, in- supply, are not equal to the necessi-
cluded all of the Soudan or upper I lies of tick and exhausted- men,
Nile country as far south as Ismailia Thousands of Ibe feeble men now
i ,
or tionclokoro. Dongola, Berber, quartered tuere uave. Domes to wnicn
Kordofan, the Equatorial Provinces, they can go, where they will be put
and Darfur were all controlled from upon nourishing diet and ministered
Cairo. The government was not of I to by competent and willing hands,
the best, but it was organized by The sooner all of this class are sent
men like Baker, Gordon and Slatin home the belter both for 'themselves
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and was better than barbarism. The and their less fortunate comrades,
old Egyptian conqueror of the Sou- who, not having homes to go to, will
dan had declared, The nation tLat by this means be relieved from the
possesses the Nile , must control the discomfort due to overcrowding and
sources of the Nile," and in further
ing this principle the whole region
bad been opened to trade, and there
were steamers on the Nile above
Khartoum. -
After the Mahdi rebellion in 1883
General Gordon was Bent to Khar
toom, not to reassert Egyptian an
receive more attention from doctors
and nurses. Oregonian.
The loss of the navy during the
war with bpam was fifteen Killed,
forty-three wounded, a marvelously
6m all list in view of the fact that
thirlj five Spanish ships were de
iwitir. w trt rn-nia,-m n nr anit I stroyed in astion. The health of the
viiv.kj) www V VVIHIIU KUU 1UHUU I
Sultan of Kordofan and non inter- Z8.ul me,lln lDe American navy
ferencewith the slavetrad. jhis has been remarkably good
surrender of all that had been gained
interest of civilization broke
- - Wednesday Morning's Session.
: The convention if teachers for Wasco
county, began its annual session in the
Academy Park echool building ' this
morning.- It was the intention to hold
the institute In the new High School
building but the painters were not
through with their wotk and it .was con
sidered best to allow them to proceed
undisturbed, and hold the meeting in
the other building. ' - "
Numerous teachers arrived yeslerday,
snd there were at least thirty-live pres
ent at the opening exercises at 9 o'clock
this morning. - The aftcrnoca session
opened at 1:30. and by - this time the
number of teachers had sw elled to about
sixty.
The opening exeicisee were followed
by some appropriate remarks by Super
intendent Gilbert.
J. H. Acker man. Superintendent of
public instruction, followed by a learned
discourse on arithmetic.
. Professor John Gavin followed by
talk on spelling, after which J. H
Ackerm an rendered an interesting dis.
coarse on "grammer.- -
The forenoon exercises were closed by
an interesting, instructive and entertain
ing talk on geography by Professor J. S
Landers. "
Wednesday Afternoon.
Wednesday's afternoon session of the
Annual Teachers Institute was opened
by singing several patriotic songs, with
a large number oi teachers present,
Miss Melisea Hill gave a graphic and
interesting account of ber ' Summer
Vacation". She spoke of fossil henting
in Oregon and of ber trip through Cali
fornia. While there she visited several
achoole. Miss. Hillj frae to the Ameri
can spirit, would admit to Californians
but one thing that could excel an
Oregon prodnctiOD, that being the ex
plosion of the powder works at Sacra
mento. The paper allowed of no dis
cussion.
Miss Emma S. Roberts, in her paper,
spoke of the advantages and pleasures
to be bad atthe Cbataaquaat Gladstone
Park. She says the most notable feature
of the Cbatauqua was the Cbeniawa In
dian -School, commenting npon their
fine training, good behavior and popu
lar reception. .
Mrs. Ellen D. Baldwin, on Number
Work in Primary Grades, brought out a
number of salient points, among which
were the necessity of compelling pupils
to do neat ' work from the first. The
paper brought forth some discussion
entered into by several members of the
institute. . '
C. M. Sisscn not being able to be
present sent in his paper on The Com
mon School Idea, which was read by
Mies Rintoul. Mr. Sisson brought out
by comparison of the school as it used
to be and as it now is.some terse points,
showing that the common school idea
is growing broader and deeper year by
year.
Miss Minnie Elton read an exce'lent
paper on . (school -incentives, bbe di
vides Incentives into two classes, Natu
ral and Artificial. She very strongly
condemns the giving of prizes as an in
centive to study.
R. R. Aliard, cn Opening Exercises,
brought forth a lengthy discussion,
Professors Ackerman, Landers, Snyder
and others taking a lively part.- Among
number of openingexercises mentioned
were the reading and telling of good
stories; singing, which was especially
mentioned by Mr. Aliard, marching,
and ealuticg the flag
Mary L. Douthit read an excellent
paper on The Theory of the Kintergar
ten. Mrs. Douthit was asked to pub
lish her paper in order that all may read
in Percentage appear quite easy. He
condemns the nse of old methods in
volving Base, Rate, Percentage, etc.
Prof. Gavin.on Spelling, bronght forth
a number of common popular mistakes
in . pronunciation, among which, he
mentioned the words dance, last, tube,
blue. Mr. Gavin eavs that the common
ftironunciaiion of the word "her" and
others containing tilda e, is not based
upon any authority. He also calls at
tention to the mispronunciation of each
words as long, song, on, 'hog, dog, log.
The orthoepic melange unearthed a
number of common mispronunciations
as well as furnishing some amusement.
Prof. Ackerman, on History, said to
the teachers, 1st. "Do not assign lessons
by ' pages" ; 2nd. "Look lessons over
carefully" ; 3d. "Determine essential
points"; 4th. "Have ' pupils read the
lesson with teacher"; 5th. "Settle upon
essential . points"; 6th. "Study the
Geography of the lesson carefully" ; 7th,
"Have pupils draw Historical .maps."
Pupils should study history for the love
of it, not for passing an examination.
If students do not love history it is be
cause it has not been presented properly
to.tbem. Accompany history, lesson
with more or ' less stories of historical
nature. ;
Prof. Landers, on Reading, says read
ing is the fundamental foundation of
knowledge. . Thought is the first thing
to be acquired. A great many pupils
become mere machines " in reading.
Books should be composed of the best
of literature. For 2nd and 3d grade
readers should be supplied stones suit
able to their fancies, such as folklore.
fables, etc., especially Robinson Crusoe
and its - companions. Following this
come the classical myths ; in 6h.and
7th grades, reading ot historical nature
in 8th grade, readings from good gen
eral literature, especially the classics.
INSTKUCTORS.
J 11 Ackerman. John Gavin
J S Landers.
TACHEBS THE DALLES.
Ella Cooper
Salina Pbirman
Mamie Driver
Melissa Hill
Violet Kent
Rachel Morgan
Louisa Rintoul .
Tina Rintoul
Emma Roberts
Etta Wrenn
Nan Cooper
C I Brown ,
Anna B Thompson
Ben Wilson
Joeie8pink
Katie Brogan
noon biveb.
Marguerite Shelley H L Howe
R R Aliard - . Mrs R R Aliard
J L Neff - Grace Graham .
F B Barnes PA Snyder
Nettie Hart . Hoyl Green
Maggie Flynn
Elsie Ball
Katie Martin
Mrs E D Baldwin
A May Sechler
Effie Wakefield
Mary L Douthit
Alice Taylor .
Anna Taylor
Frances Fonts '
Daisy Allaway
Minnie E Elton
Edith Randall
Nona Rowe
Mabel Riddell
Lenore Kirkwood
Mrs E J Wilson
Hester Howe
Martha Baldwin
Misr Pearl Joles
Maude Michell
Mrs A R Thompson
Miss Valesca Lie be
injthe
One Minute Cough Cure, cures.
. Tnat is wnat It was made for.
it. '
J. T. Neff.on Should Corporal Punish
ment -be Abolished,, bronght forth a
lively discussion from all parts of the
house.' Mr. Ntff spoke in favor of the
entire abolishment of such modes of
punishment, stating that he thought
they were brutal and that perhaps the
eacher Ead a higher mission. Prof.
Howe was called on for his opinion on
the subject and responded to say that
he had read only a Bhort time before
where a child had gone sadly astray be
cause it badn t received the proper
amount of spanking. While some ad
hered strongly to this mode of punish
ment under certain circumstances, the
general opinion was for the outgrowth
of such barbaric treatment.' '
Thursday Morning;.
Thursdaj' morning's session opened
with an interesting description of -bis
trip to Mt. Vernon. Points of interest
passed on the way: Old Battle Ground
of Ball Ran ; the little church in which
Washington worshipped; the old build
ing in which Col. Ellsworth was shot
when attempting to pnll down the rebel
flag; the old Washington estate kept in
shape by a society of ladies-. . Songs,
America, Seeds of Promise, All Hail I
Fair America. - -. '
Prof. Ackerman, on Arithmetic, by
simple Illustration made all examples
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Maude Peabody . Anna Prazier
Margaret Le Due Agnes Le Due
C R Deems J M O'Brian
. CASCADE LOCKS.,
Erm a E Benson
KIN'GSLEY. " -
Susie Ward Virginia Hillgen
: MOSIKK. -
Lillian Ackerman J M Carroll
V victor. : . v
v TMBChastian
" ' SHAW STATION. J."
' ' '- J H Heal v
- - - VISITOBS. :
Mrs Dr Shackelford Mrs F Newcome
Mrs M Z Donnell Mrs John Michell
Miss Fay I.a France Mrs B S Huntington
Mrs W S Myers
Miss Annie Flynn
Mrs John Gavin
Miss Dora Nielsen
Bernie Schooling
Lenore Kirkwood'
Mrs Thompson"
Thursday Afternoon.
Thursday afternoon's session of the
annual teachers institute opened by
singing the following songs: "Battle
Hymn of the. Republic," "Scattering
Precious Seeds" and "1 Love the Little
Red School House." '
T. M. B. Chastain on "Current Events"
deplored the lack of teaching current
events. An open " discussion followed
It was suggested that papers containing
such items be placed in reach of pupils
in the school room. , :
C. R. Deems read a most eloquent pa
per on "Relation of the Flag to the
School." He says it rests with the school
to. teach and foster patriotism.' Teachers
should instruct the pupils in the full
meaning of the flag in its broadest sense.
A general discussion followed, Means
and method of procuring flags for schools
were discussed. All schools should be
supplied with flags. It was moved and
seconded that Mr. Deems send bis paper
to the Oregon School Journal for publi
cation. " . :' . . .. ; X
Prof. Landers presented "How to In
terest the Child in Nature Study" in bis
usually entertaining style. He eays the
only way to conduct and interest chil
dren in nature study is with a regular
outlined course. Avoid the use of text
books ; use whatever may come to hand
in this line, especially those things that
children are already somewhat familiar
with. Teach well what you can and let
therestgo. ; . v "
Miss Susanna -Ward introduced the
subject of "Grammar," giving a very
complete -outline of this subject. A
short discussion followed.
Miss Erma Benson presented the topic
of "Busy Work." . She mentioned, a
number of devices available by all teach
ers for instructional "busy work." She
emphasised the necessity of keeping pa-
pils busy and interested. ;
"Indirect Effect of the Common
School," presented by Prof. John Gavin, j
contained many troths which it would
be well lor taxpayers in general to read.
Prof. Gavin promises to publish the pa
per complete in the near future. -
F. B. Barnes in "English vs.' Math
ematics" made an earnest plea for the
placing of more literature study in our
common schools.He asks that mathemat
ics be trimmed a: little and put more
English iu its place. A general discus
sion followed, Profs. Ackerman, Gavin,
Mr. Neff and Miss Douthit taking part.
There ia a growing sentiment in favor of
eliminating much of the number work
until later in the child's school life.
."A Plea for- Thoroughness" by Miss
Lillian Ackerman was straight to the
point and contained a pathetic mental
picture of thel. k of thoroughness on
the part of te r ers and pupils. She
says (after usi le" old adage, "Take
care of the pe-; ..-;s nnd the dollars will
lake care of tl-- selves"): -"Take care
of the 7 and 8 ear-old, and the 14 and
15-year-olds will take care of them
selves." A short discussion followed.
C. I. Brown made an effective talk
noon "The Advantages of the Country
School," holding out prominent charac
ters of the past history of our eountry as
prod nets of the country echool. He
spoke of- the economy of time, lesser
temptation, a better chance for nature
study, and a stronger fostering by cir
cumstances, of independence and self
reliance. Friday Morning.
At Friday morning's session Prof,
Ackerman resumed his talk npon his
trip to Mt.. Vernon. He graphically de-
scribed Washington's home, remarking
upon the impressive smallness of the
compartments and stairways, and the
extreme massiyeness of the veranda, and
the simplicity of all surroundings. The
most impressive thing was the vast me
chanical changes which have taken
place since Washington's time.
The instruction for the day began with
the subject of "Grammar," as presented
by . Prof. Ackerman. He illustrated
quite plainly the construction of sen
tences as given by Maxwell's Grammar.
He says . that the branch that re
quires the roost study and the deepest
thought is grammar, bat when the
foundation is once firmly fixed in ' the
mind, then the higher parts come tc the
mind with much less difficulty.
The mental arithmetic, which had
been omitted yesterday, was now taken
up by Prof. Gavin. He eays that the
mental arithmetic of today has been
connected too closely to the written arith
metic, and that better lesults would be
obtained if the mental arithmetic was a
teacher's book only and not given into
hands of the pupils. - .
Prof. J. H. Ackerman instructed the
teachers in saluting the flag. Following
is the salute: "I pledge allegiance to my
flag, and the republic for which it stands,
one nation inseparable, with liberty and
justice to all." The salute accompanied
by the proper gestures gives the most
pleasing effect.
Prof. Ackerman took up the subject of
"A Graded Course of Study for the State
for County Schools." He discoursed
upon the advantages of the same and
pointed out many disadvantages In the
present system.
Prof. Landers gave an interesting talk
upon "ine Study of Weather" illustrat
ing by an experiment the use and con
struction of the barometer. " -
' VISITORS.
Miss Dora Nielson Miss Millie Sexton
Miss Sadie Allen Miss Maudo Michell
Ivan Oak eg Mrs O L Barrett .
Miss Anna Smith Miss Effie Crooks
Mrs John Parrott - Miss Nellie Allen
Johnny Driver ' ' Mrs Jay Lucas
Margarette Kinersly Nellie Roberts
Edward O'Sullivan Anns Davenport
Miss Mabel Collins Miss Nettie Fredden
Miss Madge Warren Miss Clara Nickeleen
Mrs Oooper
school building would be difficult to
find, and when we' consider what great
improvements have taken place in The
Dalles' public school buildings during
the last few years, it is certainly a just
cause to make us feel proud.
The dimensions of the new building
are 69x93 feet. The entrance to the
building is by concrete stairs, twenty
three feet long, which lead into a large
ball 24x60 feet. The hall is one of the
most attractive features of the structure,
affording ample room for drills, etc.
-Ou the lower . floor are four rooms .
32x29 feet, and supplied with good-sized
dressing rooms. The stairs leading to
the upper floor are platform stairs ten
feet long, half way np being a landing
8x24 feet. Upstairs is a hallway 50x24
feet, and directly in front is an immense
room 31x63 feet, from which open two
large recitation rooms, one 19x31 and
he other 31x63 feet; also two circular
shaped cloak rooms. On either side of
the large windows facing the city are
book cases,, between which is a com
fortable seat. This will be the main
room ot the high school. Indeed this
entire floor will be used by that portion ,
of the school, while the lower floor will
be occupied, by the 6ixth, seventh and
eighth grades.
In the southwest corner is situated the
library and the principal's office com
bined, and a hall connects this with a
labratory and apparatus room 18x32
feet.
. A coDcrete floor Iibs been placed in
the basement, which is divided by a
partition and will be used as recreation
rooms for the pupils in stormy weather.
Two large Morgan heaters will furnish
hot air for the heating of the rooms, and -this
is considered at present the best
method of heating now in use. " Every
precaution has been taken to make the
ventilation faultless, which is quite nec
essary in school rooms. The entire
building will be well lighted by electric
lights, twelve being placed in the high
school rooms alone.
Mr. C. J. Crandall, as architect, and
Messrs. SylveBtei and French, as con
tractors, certainly deserve much praise
for the manner in which their work has
been done, while the people ot The
Dalles are to be congratulated npon this
substantial and worthy addition to our
already flourishing city.
NEWS FROM CAVITE.
An Interesting; Letter From Boy Bal
lard Cavite Arsenal, ' Philip
pine Islands.
Dedication of the High School Building;.
The dedication of the new high school
building took place at 2 o'clock this
afternoon.. .
The first number of the program was
a vocal solo, "Be Good Sweet Maid," by
Miss Georgia Samgson. and the beauti-
rendition of the same delighted .the
audience, which was so large that it was
impossible for all to find standing room
in the commodious apartment in which
the exercises were conducted'. - .
Rev. Joseph De Forest pronounced the
invocation, after which the Dallas . In
strumental Quartet, consisting of Prof.
Ryan, Clinton Alden, J. M. Reese and
Irvin Parkins, rendered "Gay Coney Is
land" on the guitars and mandolins.
Dr. Doane spoke on the new building,
after which Miss Hattfe Cram rendered
the beautiful selection, "Little Boy
Blue," in ber usual charming manner,
and that it was listened to with delight
and a hearty encore followed, is unnec
essary to say. .
The formal dedication followed, and
after the presentation ot the key by the
chairman of the school board, S. B.
Adams, and its acceptance by John
Gavin, the city superintendent, the
quartet rendered the selection, "The
Alpha.";-' : ;
Prof, J. H. Ackerman followed with a
learned address after Prof. Birgfeld ren
dered a beautiful violin solo. .-
The benedication was pronounced by
Rev. J. H. Wood and the afternoon's
excercises closed by the singing of the
chorus America." V . .
The new school building which has
been dedicated today, is indeed the pride
of the The Dalles, and might well be the
pride of a much larger town. : , . ;
A more Complete or better arranged
The following letter was received by
Mr. Ballard, of this city, yesterday, and
as letters from our boys in the Philip
pines are always read with pleasure, we
publish the same. It was written on
August 8th, and is as follows :
"I wrote you a few lines some days
ago, which I think will leave on the
same steamer as this letter.
There has been some fighting almost
incessantly during the past three or four
days between our troops and the Span-,
iards. There have been fourteen Amer
icans killed, and forty-four wounded;
but how is this! "Three hundred and
fifteen Spaniards killed and over one
thousand wounded."
We have not been in any engagements
vet, but there is no telling how soon we
will. -.
The native governor, Aguinaldo, has
been missing for the past three days,
and the natives think we know where
he is.
. An order has beeen issued command
ing all the natives to leave cavite arsenal
withing the next twenty-four hours.
They are all getting drunk, gathering
around on the street ' corners and
talking very loud. - We have provo-
guards out and order them to dispurse
when they gather in this way.
Night before last Co. A was ordered
out to quiet a disturbance among the na-
tives. They were out from 12:15 to
7:30.
The battleship Monterey got in two
days ago ' We expect Dewey to bom
bard Manila' at any time, but do not
know when. .We all hope it will be be
fore long, as we are tired of Cavite, and
it is an awful unhealthy place. I have
felt fine all summer.
We have received news here that
Spain has sued for peace. Is that true?
We are ready for anything that may
come. ' , . -
I intended to send you a list of those -
who were killed and wounded in an en
gagement a few days ago, but I went :
over to the bulletin board and they bad
been taken down. .
On board the transport Morgan City
fire broke ont in the reserve bunkers
on July 26th,' and was not entirely ex
tinguiahed untilJuly 31st. They are
pumping her ont now. -
Give my regards to all my inquiring '
friends. " You said something about not
hearing from me eince I left San Fran
cisco. 1 nave written at least twenty
letters since then. I receive and read
your letters and they geva me much
pleasure, indeed. -
Oregon Beats the World!
We will prove it to yon at the state
fair September 22 to 30, 1898, and you
can see for yourself for the cheap rate of
one fare for the round trip from all
points of the Sontbern Pacific lines in
Oregon.- Yon should personally become
interestrd in this worthy state Institu
tion. - -' ' , ' " f- ' : : - ' - -
DeWitt'5 Witch Hazel Salve -
Cure Piles. Scalds, Boras.