Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, May 28, 1898, Page 2

The Rerald--Review. By E. Kiley. GRAND RAPIDS - MINNESOTA. The best shelter in a lawstorm is a good record. Pugilists and babies are put to sleep in a different manner. Woman’s no often means yes, but her yes never means no. The less a man is satisfied with the world the more he is dissatisfied with himself, Probably the Canaries will sing small when the American eagle gets after them. Lunatics are the only persons who never do or say things they are not ashamed of. But few men who find themselves between his satanical majesty and the deep blue sea are drowned. Every time a circus comes to town we have a lot of fresh evidence that men are but grownup children. It is entirely appropriate that Span- ish sympathizers should distribute “yefiow” circulars in the streets of London. The supply of Spanish ships having run out that voracious North Atlantic squadron must of course fall back on other brands. A congress of mothers decided in favor of a moderate use of the slipper. We have noticed that the children of the neighbors can’t get along at all without it. The Audubon society of Philadelphia lately held a noteworthy exhibition of hats and bonnets. Being trimmed without feathers, and in honor of their beauty, they were termed Audubon- nets, The voices of New York’s senators in the national congress are silent dur- ing the great opportunity for oratory that comes only once a century. It would be gratifying if they might speak so that New York might be brought occasionally to the notice of the na- tion. Not that oratory is so very much better than good silent states- manship, but it at least deserves the reputation of possession of its own soul, Three hundred years ago, when the Dutch navy was at the height of its prosperity, it was the boast of Saar- dam, its principal ship-building town, that if you gave it six months’ notice it would be ready to launch a man-of- war every day in the year. Even with- out six months’ notice the Key West squadron can do better. Apparently if it were to exert itself a little more it could bag a merchantman every day cf the year, War brings out genuine eloquence as well as poor poetry. It will sudden- ly occur to some one, years after the speakers are dead, that there was some most excellent oratory in our congress on the subject of the war with Spain. We recognize these things more easily after the cause and the effect of them have passed away. We are apt to ridi- cule them while the subjects treated are warm. These orators are contem- poranecus with ourselves, and that is bad for them. Astrological superstition is striking- ly rebuked by the present aspect of the heavens. With wars and rumors of wars prevailing throughout the world, Mars, the planet of war, should be blazing in the forefront of the ce- lestial hosts; but he is not. He is literally out of sight most of the time, and at no time this year will he be at all conspicuous. This is the year of his obscurity. On the other hand, Venus, the planet of love, is especially brilliant and dominant. Either the traditions of the planets are idle tales, or their rules go by contraries, or else things on this globe are not at all what they seem. Consul General Mason, at Frankfort, has sent to the state department a sig- nificant report in regard to American shoes in European markets. He says that the Americans have a much bet- ter factory system than exists in Eu- rope, for in this country shoe manu- facture has been specialized. While the European -factories employing 100 operatives turn out 200 pairs of shoes a day, the American factories of the same size produce from. 450 to 500 pairs. Consul General Mason says, for the comfort of American manufactur- ers: “There is nothing of local manu- facture in the German market that wil) at all compare in point of style, dura- bility, cheapness and excellence of workmanship with the shoes for men, women and youths that are retailed throughout the United: States at from $2.50 to $3.50 per pair. New York’s zoological garden will be the largest in the world comprising within its boundaries no jess than 261 acres. The next largest is at Wash- ington, which has 168 acres. The Ber- lin garden has 60,'the Paris garden 50 and the London garden 31 acres, El Commercio of Havana gives the startling information that the entire American fleet fled to Key West be-| fore.a little Spanish gunboat. When Havana wakes up some of these days she will have a bad “next morning” feeling. BATTLE OF CARDENAS WINSLOW ‘SAVED BY THE BRAVE : CREW OF THE HUDSON, Story of the Winslow‘s hot Fight and Timely Rescue Told by one of the Participants who Miraculoas- ly Escaped — Wounded Captain ‘Went to the Guns and Gave the Spaniards Many Volleys, Until Help Came from the Hudson — Ensign Bagley FirstWar Victim, Found Mangled and Crrushed Beneath Three Other Men Who Fell Dead With Him. Copyrighted by Asocciated Press Key West, Fla., May 20.—From a staff correspondent of the Associated Press.—For an hour before the passen- ger steamer Key West left her dock for Tampa, a man wearing the uniform of a naval seaman sat wearily against a great bale of cordage, looking out past the harbor and the distant keys toward the gulf. He was William O’Hearn of Brooklyn, and one of the survivors of the torpedo boat Wins- low’s crew which passed through the terrible storm of shot and shell that poured in from the Spanish batteries in the Bay of Cardenas. He was going home on furlough for rest. By degrees and after much question- ing, O’Hearn told the whole story of the battle, and no doubt his account of the engagement is the most correct in detail of any given yet. Expected to be Sunk. “From the very beginning,” he said, “I think every man on the boat be- lieved that we could not escape being sunk, and that is what would have happened had it not been for the bray- ery of the boys on the Hudson, who worked for over an hour under the most terrific fire to get us out of range.” “Were you ordered to go in there?” he was asked. “Yes, just before we were fired upon the order was given from the Wil mington.” “Was it a signal order?” “No. We were near enough to the Wilmington so that they shouted it to us from the deck through the mega- phone.” “Do you remember the words of the command and who gaye them?” “I don’t know who shouted the order, put the words, as I remember them, were: “‘Mr. Bagley, go in there and see what gunboats those are.’ “We started at once toward the Car- denas dock, and the firing began soon after.” “What was the first you saw of the firing?” , “The first thing I saw was a shot fired from a window or door in the sec- ond story of the storehouse just back of the dock where the Spanish gun- boats were lying. I saw the flash and the smoke and the same instant a shell went hissing over our heads. Then the firing began from the gunboats and: from the shore. “I don't think any man can forget the sound and effect of shell and heavy shot the first time he is under fire. It is something terrible. When a shell passes close by you, you feel it, some- thing like the effect of lightning when it strikes near by. You feel as though it had taken your head off. First, you hear that awful buzzing or whizzing— it is hard to describe—and then some- thing seems to strike you in the face and head. “I noticed that day when the shells first began to fly about us that the boys threw their hands to their heads every time a shell went over. But they soon came so fast and so close that it was a Roaring, Shrieking Hell. I can describe it in no other way.” “Where was your position?” “I was the water tender,” he said, “and my place was below, but every- body went on deck when the battle began. John Varvares, the oiler; John Denief and John Meek, the firemen, were both on watch with me, and had they remained below they would prob- ably not have been killed. “After the firing began I went be- low again to attend to the boilers. and a few minutes later a solid shot came crashing through the side of the boat and into the boiler, where it exploded and destroyed seventy of the boiler tubes. At first it stunned me. “When the shell burst in the boiler, it threw both the furnace doors open and the fuse from the shell struck my feet. Two pieces of the shell also came out of the door, and I am taking them home with me as souvenirs of the war. “It was a terrible crash and report altogether, and the boiler room was filled with dust and steam. For sev- eral seconds I was partially stunned, and my ears rang so I could hear noth- ing. I went up on the deck to report to Capt. Bernadou.” “What did you say to him?” Wounded, but Still Fighting. “I saw him near the forecastle gun, limping about with a towel bound about his left leg. He was shouting, and the noise of all the guns was like continuous thunder. “‘Captain, I shouted, ‘the forward boiler is disabled. A shell has gone through her.’ “‘Get out the hose,’ he said, and turned to the gun again. : “I went back into the boiler room, and in a few minutes I went up on the deck again, and the fighting had grown hotter than ever. Several of the men were missing, and I locked around. “Lying all in a heap on the after deck, in the starboard quarter, near the after conning tower, I saw five of our men, where they had wilted down after the shell had struck them. “In other places were men lying groaning or dragging themselves about, wounded and covered with blood. “The deck had blood on it, and it was strewn with fragments and splinters. “I went over where the five men were lying in a heap and saw that they were not all dead. John Meek could speak and move one of his hands slightly. I went up to him and I put my face down close to‘ his, “Can I do anything for you, John?” I asked, and he replied: “No, Jack, I’m dying, good bye,” and he asked me to grasp his hand, “Go help there,” he whispered, gaz- ing with fixed eyes were Capt. Ber- nado was still firing the forward gun. “The next minute he was dead. He was my friend,” and there was a pause in O’Hearn’s story. Bagley Torn to Pieces. “Ensign Bagley,” he continued after a little, “was lying at the bottom badly torn to pieces, and the bodies of the other three were on top of his. “The colored cook was lying a little apart from the others, badly mangled and in a cramped position. We sup- posed he was dead, and covered him up the same as the others. Nearly half an hour after that we heard him call- ing and making a slight movement un- der the cloth. We went to him and he said: “Oh, boys, for God’s sake move me; I’m lying over the boiler and burning np.” It was true, the deck was very hot, and his flesh had been almost roasted. He also complained that his neck was cramped, but did not seem to feel his terrible wounds. We moved him into an easier position and gave his some water. “Thank, you, sir,” he said, and in five minutes was dead.” Saved by the Hudson. Then O’Hearn told of the brave con- duct of the gunboat Hudson’s crew in getting the Winslow out of her perilous situation. That story was fully told on the day after the battle. O’Hearn is thirty-five years old and has served eighteen years in the United States navy. He went on the Winslow last January and had previously served on the Puritan, the Katahdin, Texas and other vessels of the navy. While on the Puritan in the Brook- lyn navy yard, last July, he prevented a catastrophe by saving the ship from being blown up when the boiler room was on fire. For this act of bravery he was given a medal, which he now wears. He will return to some place in the navy after a few weeks’ rest in Brook- lyn. - CLOSING ON SANTIAGO. Insurgents Are Effectually Sur- rounding the City. (Copyright, 1898, by Associated Press.) Kingston, May 21. — Refugees who arrived here from Santiago de Cuba on board the steamer Adula say the ineur- gent dist commanders in Eastern Cuba are moving nearer and nearer to Santiago de Cuba. It appears that Brig. Gen. Mindez, by order of the gen- eral, Calixo Garcia, has brought in- surgent forces from the extreme east to the neighborhood of Calmanero on the south coast, and Gen. Castillo, of the insurgent army, has shifted his command to within 25 miles of Santi- ago de Cuba. Small insurgent bands engage in nightly raids past the outs: ing garrisoned towns, to within about six miles of the city of Santiago de Cuba. They retire without pursuit after their forays: The concerted de- sign is to cut off the meat, vegetable and fruit supply of the city and pro- duce the effects of a siege. In the meantime, the price of provis- jons at Santiago are even less than they were three weeks ago, during the first panic. Small cargoes of flour, groceries and canned goods have been received by schooners from Jamaica and Haiti, and the markets of Santiago de Cuba are full of fish. VERY BUSY DAY. Officials at Chickamauga Park Have Their Hands Full. Chickamauga, Ga., May 21. — With last night's arrival the three divisions of the Fist provisional volunteer army corps will be completed. The arrivals yesterday completely blocked the rail- road yards, but the officials of the va- rious roads have been working togeth- er harmoniously to relieve the conges- tion. Twelve trains of an average of fifteen cars each stood on the sidings of one road at noon awaiting a clear- ing of the main track to the park. Shortly thereafter they began to move. Yesterday was the busiest day at the park since the volunteers began to ar- rive, and the forces of the various sup- ply departments have been taxed to the utmost to dispose of the business promptly and without confusion. The quartermaster’s department has re- ceived all the supplies needed in the matter of tents, uniforms, ammunition, food supplies, etc., but no ordnance for the artillery batteries or guns for the uniformed soldiers have been received. Among the regiments to arrive yester- day was the Twelfth Minnesota volun- teers, Col. Bobleter, commanding. FIXED WITH ENGLAND. United States Will Not Bombard the Canary Islands. London, May 21.—The agent of the Canary islands of a Liverpool firm writes that the British consul there has been informed that the United States will not bombard the Canary islands, as the result of an arrange- ment between Great Britain and the United States, whereby, while Great Britain remains neutral the United States will abstain from such a bom- bardment which would mean great de- struction of British property. CALM BEFORE — THE STORM NO DEFINITE NEWS FROM SAMP- SON OR SCELEY. Speculation Concentrated on the Whereahouts of Admiral Cerevas’ Squadron — Rumer of the Bom- bardment of Santiago de Cuba Is Generally Discredited—Promin nt Cuban Gives Some Details of the Recent Bombardment of Cardenas —Spanish Loss of Life Was Very Heavy — Much Destruction of Property. (Copyright, 1808, by Associated Press.) Key West, May 24.—The tranquillity of a tropical Sunday has been undis- turbed by definite news from any quar- ter. A few naval uniforms on the streets are the only signs of the prox- imity of this languid town to the thea- ter of war. There are only one or two ships in the harbor and they are coal- ing with all haste to get away to join their fellows in action, which all are convinced is only a matter of days, per- haps hours. Speculation is still con- centrated on the whereabouts of Ad- miral Cerevera’s squadron, the general opinicn favoring some point on the Southern coast. As both sides of the island are now patrolled by United States warships the naval authorities will not admit the possibility of Cere- vera’s escape without the most desper- ate conflict in the history of naval war- fare. Reports from Admiral Samp- son’s squadron say that all it quiet off the northern coast of Cuba. Nothing from Commodore Schley is expected before to-morrow. A rumor reached here that four American warships, while bombarding Santiago de Cuba, had been driven off by the Spanish fleet, but the story is generally dis- credited here. Where it came from is a mystery. Bombardment of Cardenas. Senor Esnesto Castro, a well known lawyer, and president of the revolu- tionary junta of Cardenas, arrived here on the United States gunboat Annapo- lis. During the recent bombardment of Cardenas he was in the bay in a small boat, trying to reach the Ameri- can vessels and get transportation to the United States on an important mis- sion. He was compelled to return to the shore, where he saw and heard the results of the bombardment. The Spanish gunboats that lured the Unit- ed States torpedo boat Winslow into the death-trap, were the Antonio Lo- pez, Lealtad and Ligera. During the fight the two former retreated behind the wharves and the Ligera behind a key. It was the Antonio Lopez that opened fire on the Winslow and de- ecyed her into the channel. The Span- ish troops formed on the public square, not daring to go to the wharves; all the Spanish flags were lowered, as they furnished targets, and the families all fled to Jovellanos. Senor Castro says an American shell exploded in the very entrance to the Spanish casino, Shattering the Building and set it on fire. The casino, which had been used as a military headquar- ters dnd infantry barracks, and which was the largest structure in the town, was utterly destroyed. Other build- ings were wrecked. Some of the shots went as far as the Triente sugar plan- tation, two milés in the intrior. The Spanish loss of life he believes to have been heavy. It was so reported. After the bombardment ceased the military commander pressed all able-bodied men into the work of carrying sand to build new batteries, and the next day 1,200 men were brought from Matanzas and Havana to continue the work. Senor Castro, after passing four days on the Piadras key, signalled the United States gunboat Wilmington and was taken off. He says famine prevails everywhere in Cuba. In Cardenas rice is 85 cents a pound, condenced milk sells at $1.50 per can and horsefiesh brings 75 cents a pound. There is no beef or bread. The insurgents are in dire distress. Formerly provisions were smuggled from the cities, but that relief is now impossible, since the cities themselves are starving. ‘The in- surgents are trying to subsist on pep- pery wood and palm buds. Senor Cas- tro tasted meat here for the first time in five weeks. TO STARVE THE CUBANS. Resrlizing That Cuba Is Lost, This Now Seems to Be the Spaniards’ Determination. Key West, May 24.—Gustavo Aran- guren, a brother of the late Cuban in- surgent general, Nector Aranguren, has received letters from Havana, via Vera Cruz, dated May 7, stating that Gen. Planco’s orders impressing atl Cubans into the Spanish army has had the efrect of driving many into the insurg- ents’ ranks. A. Betancourt, an American citizen, and Gonzales Arango, the letters state, have been arrested and confined in the Cabanas fortress on charges of aiding the insurgents. The destitution in Ha- vana is frightful and is increasing. ‘The grocers, all of whom are Spanish, re- fuse to sell food to the Cubans, as if determined to starve them. The Cu- bans say the Spaniards hate them more than they do the Americans. Senor Aranguren's correspondents de- Clare that the Spaniards realize that Cuba is lost, but that before yielding the island they will endeavor to ex- terminate the Cubans. She Preferred Death. Sioux City, lowa, May 24, — Rather than wed a negro Elizabeth Coghlin attempted suicide here Thursday night. She was engaged to a colored cook at the Exchange hotel. She was found in the street suffering from the effects of a dose of carbolic acid she had just taken. Her life was saved. Forty-five Miners Perish. Dertmund, Prussia, May 24.—A great fire has broken out in Zollern mine. It is feared that-at least forty-five miners | haye perished. TO TACKLE DEWEY. Formidable Flett Forming at Cadiz to Go to the PI pines. St. Paul, May 24. — The New York Herald’s special cable to the Pioneer Press from Cadiz says It is stated here very positively that the Pelayo, Carlos V., three of the transatlantic steamers and two torpedo boats are about to sail for the Philippines. The Pelayo is well armed, armored and manned. The Carlos V. is well armed and manned and has good guns, but her heavy ones forward will not swing, owing to defects in the machinery, and can only be fired directly ahead. The captains of these boats are good men and experienced, but Admiral Camara is regarded by naval men as difficult to work with, giving orders and contra- dictirg them in the same breath. He is from Malaga. It is said here that there are mines in Manila harbor that were not exploded when the American fleet entered, the electric communcation be- ing out of order. This has, so it is re- ported, now been rectified, and prepar- ations are complete to give Admiral Dewey a warm good by, should he at- tempt to leave. This rumor will bear a big lump of salt. I hear that the Spanish fleet left St. Vincent without instructions from the government at Madrid, and that Admiral Cervera wired: “The state of/my country com- pels me to meet the enemy.” The cap- tains of the Vizcaya, Oquendo and the Maria Teresa are excellent command- ers. These ships are all in good shape and powerful, being heavily armored and well handled. MUSTERING IN. Volunteers Now Number 106,000, Ac- cording to the Latest Reports. Washington, May 24.—Mustering into the United States service of volunteers in the state camps was practically sus- pended yesterday, to be resumed, of course, to-day. Reports received by Adjt. Gen. Corbin indicate that 106,000 volunteers have been mustered. It was expected that the mustering would be completed by this time, but delay has been caused by the inadequacy of the militia, both in numbers and in equipment in several of the states. Gen. Corbin is of the opinion that the quota called for will be filled during the present week, within thirty days from the time the orders were sent out to the governors. ROUGH RIDERS ARE ALL READY Six-Shooters and Lassoes for Those Pesky Spaniards. Butte, Mont., May 24.—Orders were received by the Montana cavalry troops to prepare to start for Chickamauga at once. The Missoula troop will arrive in Butte this morning and join Capt. Stiver’s troops, and in the afternoon will leave over the Oregon Short Line and Union Pacific for St. Louis. The Montana volunteer regiment will start on Tuesday for the Philippines, also over the Short Line, en route to San Francisco, aN, Deadwood, S. D., May 24.—The three troops of rough riders at Fort Meade have orders to start for Chickamauga at once. Fully 1,000 people from the northern hills visited the fort to-day to say farewell to their friends and rela- tives, Reclaiming Unprodactive Land. Chamberlain, S. D., May 24.—Judge A. K. Mills of Fall River county is per- fecting as em by which 15,000 acres of heretofore unproductive land can be reclaimed and made to produce abun- dant crops each season, Irrigation will be necessary, and the water for the purpose will be taken from the Chey- enne river at the Narrows. From thence it will be carried across a gently sloping region to Hay canyon. The land in that section is very rich, and when under water will grow large crops of beets, hay, grain, etc. The entire cost of the irrigation system will be in the neighborhood of $100,000, Ought to Be Lynehed. Cotula, Tex., May 25.—W. G. Bowen, ore of the most prominent lawyers of this town, was as‘ inated here late last night. Bowen had been down town for a few minutes after supper, and on his return about 9 o’clock, he was shot twice in the back, not over twenty steps from the house. So far no clue has been found. If caught the assassin will probably be lynched. Encampment Will Make a Record. Huron, S. D., May 24.—Beginning on June 7 and continuing three days will be held the fifteenth annual encamp- ment of the department of South Da- kota, G. A. R., in Canton. At the same time the Woman’s Relief corps will hold its annual convention, and the state encampment of the Sons of Vet- erans will also congregate at the same time aud place. Ready for Service. Newport, R. I., May 24.—The United States ship Hist, formerly the yacht Thespia, arrived here for the Rhode Island reserves who are enlisting in the uavy for coast patrol duty. She is a rakish looking craft carrying a sig- nal mast and mounting five guns. Her appearance quite pleasing to the re- serves. Killed in a Railroad Wreck. San Francisco, May 24.—The Subur- ban narrow gauge train on the Ala- meda branch was derailed on the trestle which runs out to the end of the pier. The locomotive went over and the first coach was thrown across the track. The fireman was killed, the engineer seriously injured and one oth- er trainman was hurt. + ——_—_—__—_—- Garden City Volunteers. Garden City, Minn., May 24.—A com- pany of yolunteers have been organ- ized here with the following officers: Captain, George C. Borchardt; first lieutenant, S. M. Thompson; second lieutenant, Dr. Garrett Murphy, Sentenced for Grand Larceny. Pipestone, Minn., May 24.—William Reno pleaded guilty in the district court fo grand larceny and was sen- tenced by Judge Brown to three years and six months in the state peniten- tiary. WIND WORKS AWFUL HAVOG DEATH AND DESTRUCTION IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. 7 The Recent Tornado Did Immense Damage to Property and Caused the Death of at Least Seven Per= sons—Details Come in Slowly and It Is Feared That Advices Wilt Tncrease the List of Casualtiet— Destroyed Everything in Its Path — Orchards Destroyed and Stock Killed. Fayetteville, Ark., May 24.—The tor- nado which passed through a portion of Northwest Arkansas Friday night did immense damage to property and caused the death of at least seven per- sons. Reports of the destruction are coming in slowly, and it is feared that later details will add additional names to the death list. The storm came from the southeast, passing through the great fruit belt of the Ozark fruit re- gion, and tore its way through the southern end of Benton county, spend- ing its force in the White river valley. Everything in its path s destroyed, the greatest damage being done near Elm Springs, Lowell and Mud ‘town, the latter place being entirely swept away. At Elm Springs houses were blown down, orchards destroyed and siock killed. One man who had sought refuge in a cellar was killed by falling timbers. The House Blew Away and the cellar was filled with debris, crushing the men to death. Two miles east of Elm Springs a man named Killingsworth and his wife were killed. ‘Their house was entirely destroyed and they were crushed to death in the de- bris. A mile away a farm house occu- pied by an Italian family was wrecked and the inmates were instantly killed. The residences of W. H. Holeomb and W. B. Pierson were destroyed. Twenty houses are reported blown away in the vicinity of Elm Springs, but details have not been received. The storm was less severe in Crawford county, but one life was lost near Fort Smith. A Mrs. Nesbitt died from fright while the gale was at its fiercest. The home of W. S. Mimbrough, near Springdale, was blown down and Mimbrough was instantly killed. Several other farm houses Were blown down near Spring- dale and six or eight persons more or less injured. Some damage was also done at Lowell, Rogers and Siloam Springs. ‘Damage in Texas. Dallas, Tex., May 24. — A tornado struck Ravenna, in Fanning county, last night, coming from the south vest, blowing down eleven barns, ten dwell- ings and the Methodist and Christian churches. The tornado passed just north of Ivanhoe, where Capt. Joe E. Dupree was killed and his house wrecked. At Clarkesville a negro was killed and eleven people injured. Many horses and mules were killed. The property damaged in the Red river valley will reach $100,000. VENZUELAN BOUNDARY. Arbitration Tribunal Will Meet in Paris Next February. Washington, May 24.—The tribunal which is to adjust the dispute between Venezuela and Great Britain as to the boundary between the former country and British Guiana will assemble in Paris next February. The claims of both countries are now being made up. The case of Venezuela was laid before the members of the tribunal on March 16 last and the counter claims of Great Britain will be presented on the 16th ef July. The personnel of the tribunal was determined by the treaty of Wash- ington in 1897, Chief Justice Fuller and Associate Justice Brewer, of the Unit- ed States supreme court, being selected by Venezuela to represent her interests. They and the two representatives of Great Britain have chosen, in accord- ance with the terms of the treaty, the fifth member of the tribunal in the per- son of M. de Mertens, the eminent au- thority on international law and chief counsellor of the Russian foreign of- fice. At the sittings of the tribunal the agent ef Venezuela will be Dr. Jose Maria de Rojas. Dr. Rojas will be as- sisted by ex-President Benjamin Har- vison as chief counsel, with ex-Secre- tary of the Navy Benjamin F. Tracy of New York and Mr. Mallet-Prevost, former secretary of “the Venezuelan comunission, as counsel. As a Wool Market. Chamberlain, 8. D., May 24.—Steps have been taken to make Chamberlain an important wool market. Arrange- ments have been made to provide wool shippers with free storage room for their wool until the wool growers’ meeting, to be held in this city June 20. All the wool buyers in the state, as well as many Eastern firms, will be present or represented at the meeting fer the purpose of purchasing wool. One firm which purchased half a mil- Hon pounds of South Dakota wool last season will have representatives here curing the meeting to purchase of those who wish to sell at home. Indiana Troops on the Move. Indianapolis, May 24.—The 159th reg- tment of Indiana volunteers, infantry, Jeft Camp Mount in four sections for the rendezvous at Camp Loring, Va. The regiment is commanded by Col. Barnett. This was the last regiment to leave Camp Mount. Fatally Kicked. Stephen, Minn., May 24. — A farm hand by the name of Ole Furasen, working on the large Ramsey fam here, was kicked in the stomach by a colt while he was grooming it, and is: dead from the effects of the kick. Burglars in Montrose. Montrose, Minn., May 24.—Burglars: entered Miller & Volkenant’s general store here by breaking out a window. Clothing, underwear and jewelry to the value of about $200 was taken. ‘There is no clue.