Show spanish soldiers now refuse to go into any battle unless they see the sign A hard boiled egg with every Je defeat feat matanzas had great run at the mill ury funeral of the mule killed in the bombardment this shows that even the spaniard knows when to salute ais suDer superior lor A boston jury has awarded hum to a man whose toe was wall crushed by a cake of ice as it tell fell from a 6 delivery wagon the company considers this a very cold deal spain has a new explosive called daza with which it is hoped to accomplish wonders it is projected in the form of a rocket and is guaranteed guain teed to sink anything from a rowboat row boat to im island it is a sad story that comes from spearfish S D to the effect that the late mrs de da ledeboer died of a broken heart produced by grief over her son going to the front with the dakota troops the dakota contingent was sent to manila to support dewey and ledeboer feared that her boy would never return none but the mothers can ever know now bow their heart strings were pulled when thear boys shouldered muskets and marched away under old glory to meet such fate as might be decreed to them but tie the boys boya win come home one of these days dam and then how proud the others mothers will be of them in the opinion of carlos S fox fortner former united states vice consul at santiago the surrender of that spanish stronghold means the re resumption eption ot of business with good food chances tor for wideawake active business men who grasp tile the situation early to ta reap the th greatest benefits he says that except a match factory in santiago there aro no manufacturing plants in eastern cuba everything the people wear eat and drink cornea comes from other countries this being the case there will be a first clasa clan opportunity tor for all manufacturing enterprises the land which is fertile but so tar far has not been properly tilled is well adapted to tc raising coffee sugar tobacco and eattle eattie which according to mr fox could be sent to the united states without cabuang competition with home products in the interior the land abounds amounda with mahogany cedar and other kinds of timber concluding the vie vice consul jays biays that a railroad is needed from santiago to havana a distance of about miles this would greatly develop tae country the latest reports from the arctic gold fields indicate a decided change ot of sentiment among the miners in favor of seeking their gold on the american zide side of the line such a revulsion was to be expected and the idea is to be commended the klondike is not the only gold region in the yukon valley there is every reason to believe that there are just ELS as rich deposits in the streams as in those of the northwest territory and they can be prospected and worked under much more liberal restrictions the tact fact that the klondike output of gold has fallen somewhat below what even the most conservative expected Is in large part due to the needlessly heavy tax laid on mining enterprises by the canadian government the tact fact that the govern 0 ment has collect collected edra a tax of on is bound to have hate its deterrent effect upon t the he full development of the con conary nry ry there Is reason tt to be believe lie ve that stat the canadian authorities lUts have it overreached themselves in this matter and the marked movement that b has now begun toward alaskan streams promises soon to prove prots that canadas W loss losa wui will be our i galm forty mile creek 0 which was wa th original yukon sold gold field Is being worked again and it Is just as reasonable to 40 expect that new and tie will be made on an our ald I 1 as on the other am prospectors will do well tn in fu anre ib this tact in mind and d 10 lo gilr claims where they can without exor exorbitant bitaut taza ta adiv been a suggested d that tha the besig nl 0 o v of t july third be ap sailed to the great eat naval engagement id ahat marked the at the pi fleet L aar ith the I 1 fighting on GA santiago hii wai chiefly C con I 1 I 1 neato thi the bibe ewie u nines E te becmer 0 O V 0 o I 1 q A uma fidia 0 Is aft 2 fc tete |