BLOODLESS WARFARE. Oar Troops Occupy Philippines Towns Without Resistance. HAED8HIP8 OF YOUHO'8 TROOPS. The Infantry Shoeless After a Man ured Mile March and the Caralry Horaes Worn Out Cnnnlnajham'a Scout ( basins Aguinaldo. Manila, Dec. IS. The advance guard of General Grant's command, under Major Spence, arrived at Olangapo, Sublg bay, .during Saturday night, which place was occupied with little resistance, the nnemv fleeing. Malor ' Spence had an arduous march over the mountain trails from Dlnalupihan. Sunday morning the Baltimore and Oregon and a chartered transpprt ar rived at Olangapo from Manila. The navy was disappointed to find the army In possession of the place, which tbey hnd noped to capture. A de- tachment of marines, under Captain ; Myers, occupied the navy yard at Olangapo, and will hold and occupy It as a naval station. The yard consists of seven new large buildings and some repairing and machinery snops, all damaged by the bombardment of Sept. ss. HkWi M UUI U1B OUUU.t UIVI UUta ill- 11'.- 'rTransnortetl Major Spence's command I from Olangapo to the town of Sublg. 1 five miles distant. The enemy was Ji seen deserting Sublg as the troops anded, and the latter occupied It wlth iLotit resistance. They found the place abandoned by the retreating enemy, who fired a few shots. The Americans deployed to the right and left of the town and killed one of the enemy. General Grant and the remainder of his command arrived at Olangapo Sun day afternoon. He proceeded yester day to Subig and joined Major Spence. General Grant will move north along the coast and will effect a juncture with the Twenty-fifth infantry, under Colonel Andrew S. Hurt, who was re ported eight miles from Iba Dec. 7. The enemy encountered in General Grant's advance fled to the mountains and scattered. General Grant Is not Ml garrisoning the towns he occupies. No Jfl casualties are reported in bis com 1 A mand. l Dispatches dated Conception. Dec. 2. from a press correspondent with the detachment pursuing Aguinaldo, have just reached Manila by messenger. The military wires on all lines to the northward are continually cut by the natives or are crowded with govern ment business when working. According to these advices General Toung was at Condon Nov. 29, having three troops of the Third cavalry, Cunningham's scouts and Major March's battalion of the Thirty-third infantry. The nominal strength of his command had been reduced one-third by sickness. The horses were worn out and handicapped by lack of shoes. ix me mianiry, aner a marcn or a nun it dred miles from San Jacinto, were I shoeless and all were living on the I country. The troops had no ammuni f tlon except that In their belts. JL General Young, having been without fjteommunicatlon with General Lawton EiTfor ten days and not knowing the dis position of the other troops or whether support was being sent forward, re solved to keep moving. Having received information that the insurgent General Tino, with a thousand men, was somewhere to the north, and that Aguinaldo, with Gen eral Pilar, five women and 400 sol diers of his faithful Bulacan battalion, was In the mountains to the east, Gen eral Young decided, on Nov. 30, to divide his forces. He proceeded him self toward Vlgan, hoping to attack General Tino, with his handful of men, and to prevent him joining Agulnadlo. Major March, with his battalion, and Cunningham's scouts started over the I mountains toward Cervantes, after PJAgulnaklo, who was reported to have Wvbeen there on Nov. 29. This column marched for 13 hours without food. The correspondent goes on to say: "The Americans found that the In surgents had impressed the Igorrotes, compelling them to dig trenches and to construct pitfalls along the trails, which were fearful traveling at the best. One stream had to be forded 12 times In the course of a mile. These inoffensive, stupid creatures, usually pictured as bloodthirsty savages, cheerfully turned to undo their own work and actually went foraging for the Americans. "The I locos region Is the richest the Americans have entered on the north- j urn campaign. The people are pros- perous, intelligent and more than half 1 civilized. They have excellent houses L and carry on flourishing industries. jPMany of them are evidently rich. Sev- V eral towns received the trnnnn with bands and the ringing of church bells. Cattle were killed and houses were opened to the troops. "How much of this display was sin cere and how much due to a desire to propitiate the conquerors it would be hard to say. There were evidences that similar hospitality had been ex tended to Aguinaldo. The people de scribed him as cheerful, hugging the hope of salvation through American politics, and everywhere trying to re tain support by proclaiming with seeming sincerity that the United States congress would certainly recog nize the Independence of the Filipino republic in December. "Many of the natives exhibited notes frr.T.i f lailtonttnt Oil Imnro ami , ( 1 . . i- . .i.'.ii i.i. 'in ii ii ii i VI 111 11. -. i i. ii ii inn. i tj American prisoners. In which the A Recipients were commended to the V Americans on the score of kindness Ihown to the writers. There are 27 Americans with Lieutenant Gillmore. Another party of 14 were taken through I locos a week ahead of Gen eral Young. They were ragged and dirty, and the natives say some of them were urged forward at the point of the bayonet." ' ------ - ! Lansing, Mich., Dec. 12 Ex-Attor- I VT. 1 .. 1 . I Bey Uenerai Fred A. Maynard, of Grand Rapids, was yesterday arraign ed en an Indictment found against him last week by the grand jury. He pleaded not guilty and was released on ball. The Indictment contains 40 i . . . a m I counts and charge that Mr. Maynard compelled his stenographer, George H. Kuhns, tO aire UP $40 a mODth Of his aalary, 11,600 In all. A WEET8 NEWS CONDENSED Wcdaeaday, Dm. 8. United States Senator Hayward died at Nebraska City, Neb., aged 69. Amos Flnley suicided at Assumption, Ills., by blowing bis bead off with dynamite. I An opinion was handed down by the , Korth Carolina supreme court holding the Southern railway liable to $l,00i fine for issuing a free pass The national house refused to per mit Roberts, the Mormon from Utah, to take his seat pending an investt : gation into his eligibility. For masquerading as a single man J. A. Miller was sentenced to six j months' imprisonment at Shawnee, O. He was about to niar-ry Mlsa McClan I nacan. Thursday, Dee. T. ' Chester. Pa., Is enjoying the great eBl u"u"' n 'lB nisiory. I M next O. A. It. encampment meets In Chicago from Aug. 28 to Sept. 1. General JVootl, governor of Santiago de Cuba, has been nominated for major general of volunteers. A syndicate headed by Tom L. John- gon and Albert Johnson will build a street railway in Honolulu. The war between the Ynu.ul Indians and Mexican troops has apparently ceased until the Indians can make a concerted movement. Populist and Silver Republican sen ators have requested the governor of Nebraska to appoint ax-Senator Allen In thfl place of Senator Haywood, de ceased. Richard Coleman, B negro who con fessed to assaulting and murdering bis employer's wife, was taken from offi cers and burned by a mob at Mays ville, Ky. I'rliliiy, Dec. H. The Delaware and Hudson railroad will expend $5,000,000 for new rolling stock. Jamea P. Reed, ex-champion checker player of the world, died In Pittsburg, aged 40. Virginia Democrat! nominated Uni ted States Senator T. S. Martin to suc ceed himself. Douglas Duncan and Walter Smith, 10-year-old boys, were drowned yes terday at Toronto while skating on thin ice. Ferdinand W. Peck, our commis sioner general to the Paris exposition, declines re-election as president of the National Business League. P. A. B. Widener, the Philadelphia multi-millionaire, will establish and endow an industrial home for crippled children, at a cost of $2,000,000. Saturday, Dee. O. The copper mines of Flemington, N. J., are to be reopened. The Canadian steamer Niagara foundered on Lake Krle Tuesday, and her crew of 16 were drowned. Joseph C. Hoagland, the founder and president of the Royal Baking Powder company, died In New York yesterday. A $5 Confederate note was passed on a farmer in the Lancaster (Pa.) mar ket. He was told that It was the latest style of United States currency. Tbo executive committee at the Na tional Republican League will meet In Washington Tuesday to decide upon a place for holding the next Republican national convention. Mon tin r, lice. 1 1. About 76,000 New England cotton mill operatives today received an ad vance of 10 per cent In their wages. The grand Jury at Geneva, N, Y failed to indict any one for the drown ing of young Berkley, the Cornell stu dent. An Arizona delegation, headed by Governor N. O. Murphy, will visit Washington early In January to advo- j cate statehood. Inventors Dupont and Frodoroff, of France and Russia, respectively, claim I to have invented a light steej flying machine capable of traveling 100 miles au hour with one man aboard. Tlleftiliiy-, Dec. 12. Dispatches from Iowa nnd Sflt" ! sota tell of heavy snow In those bI iter A bomb was exploded In a the itor In Murcia. Spain, destroying the bnl'd ing. No one was injured. The state department Buys tb it ' i : mark has not offered to sell her '.Veal Indian islands to the United S'-ite, George White, arrested In Philadel phia on Saturday for shoplifting, was yesterday sentenced to prison f.ir two years and six months. Colonel Graham and William P. Cunnecn, of St. Mary's, Kan., were fatally poisoned by drinking a disin fectant In mistake for whisky. The supreme court has decided against the seizure of the steamer Bucna Ventura during the war with Spain, and the distribution of prize money. Tin: PaVODTJCI MAUKKTS. Philadelphia, Ic. 11. Flour firm: win ter superfine. I2.25W2.40: Pennsylvania roller. Hoar, t1.ltvu3.20; city mills, extra. I2.r(VSi 2.70. Kye flour quiet nnd Steady nt iX.KWilUS per barrel. Wheat Blow; No. 2 red, spot. In elevator, 70Ya71c. Corn dull; No. 2 nils ' snot. In elevator. J71J37Vic .: I Mn " i'lt..iv n.itv f..r ln,-,.t t, 1Q. I Onts quiet and steady; No. 2 white, clip ped. 3H4IU32C. ; lower grndes. 2RW30c. Hny In fnlr demand, choice timothy, I16WIG.50 for large bales. Beef atendy; beef I $22'U 22.50. I'ork firm; family, SllNKuM. Lnnl steady: western stenmed. IS.tt. But ter steady: western cre.amery. 23'i27c.: do. factory. 17&22c; New York dairy. IStf 2So.; do. creamery, M?Z7c. : fancy Penn sylvania prints jobbing at 2'.w.:.. do. wholesale. 2Sc. Cheese firm: fall mnde fancy, small. 12u 1.1c. ; do. large, i-'..i WtO.! late made, small, I2ul2,.; large, late made, Uc. Eggs atendy: New York and Pennaylv.-inla. 2W25c; western, un graded, at mark, 16&'21jc. Potatoes atendy: Jersey, $1.2501.50; New York. $1.25 fil.62'4; Long Island. $1.5001.76; Jeraey. sweets, $2.5003: southern do., $2.2502.50. Tnllow firm: city, fffijac.; country. 4HC5. Cottonseed oil dull: prime crude, 27c. . do. yellow, 31 Vi4l32c. Turpentine quiet at 61 esivic. New York, Dec. 11. Beeves In fair de mand; choice steers nnd bulla ateady; common to good steers and cows 10c. lower , : "ennnera" steHdy: about all aold; $4.404i5.ti5; oxen and stags. $3.2.vf 6; bulls, $2.7504.25; choice nnd extra fat do.. $45.20; cows, $1.750 4(05. Veals slow and 25050c, lower; grussera dull, but steady:. 300 calves unsold, Including two cars of westerns; veals, 34.6008.65; little calves. $404.25; grassera, $2,600-3.25. Sheep and Iambs lower all around: sheep. $2.60 Mini imiii'B lonn mi ni uunu , suifu, c4 45. culls mi2 2S. lHmb( U1s , Rda intribs. ss so i.r..70; culls. $3.2 Can- Hogs slow at tt.mtiAO: state nigs, good to ciiok-, n.iv.i.w. I HEMS OV STATE NEW8. 1 Reynolderllle, Pa., Dec. 9. While two aisters named Smith, employed In the silk mill, were on their way to ' work yesterday they were struck by a train on the Allegheny Valley road and killed. Scranton. Pa.. Dec. 9. By a tall of a roof at Grassy 1 Bland mine in Olyphant last night William Fitzslmmons, a la borer, 30 years old, was killed and his father, Patrick Fitzslmmons, a miner, I was so badly injured that he will die. Allentown, Pa., Dec. 11. Charles Weiss, aged 55 years, of this city, and Harrison Boyle, aged 30 years, of Quakertown, were killed last evening on the Lehigh Valley railroad, in this city. They were walking on the track. : when a freight tame along and ran i them down. Johnstown, Pa., Dec. 11. William H. Foor, a farmer living near Everett, was killed by the accidental discharge of his shotgun while returning from a hunting trip Saturday. The entire load of shot struck him In the neck, killing him instantly. He was 39 years of age, and leave a widow and child. Altoona. Pa., Dec. 11. 'Ralph and Clyde Hendry, brothers, aged 13 and 11 yours, respectively, and Albert Schill ing, aged 11 years, while skating on , McCoy's pond at Gnllltiin Saturday afternoon, broke through the Ice and were drowned in sight of a number of young companions, Hasleton, Pa., Dec. 12. The annual report of. Mine Inspector William Davies, for the Fifth anthracite min ing district, shows that 42 miners were killed in the mines in this section dur ing the last year, an Increase of 16 over lsyS, when 78 accidents, 27 fatal nnd 51 non-fatal, occurred. This year a total Of 129 accidents tire re ported. 42 of them fatal and S7 non fatal, leaving 23 widows and 80 or phans, an increase over last year of 9 widows and 50 orphans. AltOOna, Pa., Dec. 12. Mrs. Mnr garet L. Shepherd, the ox-nun, who precipitated riots In Pittsburg and Johnstown recently, with her antl Catholic lecture, came here yesterday nnd rented Woodcock's Hall. Five hundred women flocked to hear her, and hnlf as many more were turned away. Her lecture was stopped by the police, who demanded $mo, and after that was paid refused to allow her to lecture because the hall was withuul Are escapes. She will lecture today If I a hall can be secured. Altoona, Pa., Dec. 11. Unless the Standard Steel company, of Lewlstown, Pa., can get a consignment of coal i within the next few days the entire works, employing 2,500 men, will be j forced to shut down. A representative ' of the company was at Windber, near here, Saturday, to see the Berwlud Whlte Coal company ofllcors about gut -! ting conl, but failed to get any. He I also visited all the local operators, but was unable to procure a ton. He goes I Into the Clearfield district today. Scar ' city of cars is given as the reason. Wllkesbarrn, Pa., Dec. 11. The big ' miners' strike at Nanticoke Is ended at last. At a meeting of the strikers ' yesterday afternoon they resolved to waive the demands of the pump run ners and accept the Susquehanna Coal ' company's terms. At a conference held a week ago between the officials ' of the company and a commlttoe of 'ho strikers a satisfactory wage scale was arranged, but no agreement could be reached on the question of rein stating the old pump runners. It is expected that the 4.000 strikers will be back to work by tomorrow. j Pittsburg, Dec. 9. The biggest bnsc : ball deal made In this city since 188.1, when Pittsburg purchased the entire Columbus club, was consummated : yesterday. Harry Pulllam, who suc ceeded Barney DreyfUSI as president of the Louisville club, came to the city and after a conference with Messrs. Kerr, Auten and Dreyfuss announced that he had sold to Pittsburg 14 Loula ville pluyers, the consideration being 25,00i In cash and four members of the local club. All declare positively that there ir nothing akin to syndicate ball in the move, but solely an en deavor to put a pennant winner In this city. A radical change from the ! past policy of the Pittsburg club will be the playing of Sunday games next season. Bradford, Pa., Dec. 11. The nitro , glycerine magazine of the Pennsylva nia Torpedo company, located In Boli var Hollow, one and a half miles from this city, blew up yesterday with a report that was heard for 30 miles. The magazine was blown to atoms and a hole made In the earth 15 feet deep by 30 feet In circumference. Trees were torn Into splinters at the scene of the explosion, and the brick of which the magazine walls were constructed was reduced to reddish powder, which covered the snow over a wide area. Much damage was done in this city and vicinity by the breaking of glass, ! overturning of chimneys, etc. It is i not believed any one was killed. An oil stove, fed automatically, Is believed to have caused the explosion. : Dublin's Anti-War Drmonetratlon. Dublin. Dec. 12. The lord mayor of Dublin, Daniel Tallon, presided at a meeting of the corporation yesterday, called to protest against the Transvaal war. The lord mayor made a state ment, in which he declared that the war wns "wanton and unprovoked ag gression Undertaken by Mr. Chamber lain and capitalists against a handful i of farmers." He further declared that America was "opposed to this Iniqui tous war." In the meantime the mem bers shouted "no quotum" and "order," snd the tumult In the galleries drowned all the speeches. Eventually the lord mayor left the chair with the galleries cheering for President Kruger. No at tempt was made to adopt the previous ly prepared resolution ngalnst the war. Icebound eir Foundland. St. Johns. N. F., Dec. 12. The an nual ice blockade of the northern coast of the island has beguc. Ves sels now arriving report innumerable Icebergs and Impassable floes, drift ing in a southerly direction, choking the bays and threatening to clse nav igation with the presee.t week. Al ready the straits of llelle Isle are closed for the wlnfcr. The ice is packed thickly along the Labrador eoast. Within the next fortnight transatlantic steamers will be In dan ger of collision with berjs crossing their route. GomnonSense Talk With Women If a person is ill and needs a medi cine is it not wise to get one that has stood the ted of time and has hun dreds of thuiksuds of cures to its credit? A great many .voraen who are ill try everything an bear of in the way of medicine, and this experimenting with unknown tings is a constant menace to their ulrt-uly impaired health. This seems to us very unwise, for there are remedies Which are no ex periments and have been known years and years to be doing only good. Take for instance Lydia E. Pink ham'a Vesetable Compound! for thirty years its record has been one un broken chain of success. No medi cine for fen. ale ills the world has ever known bus such a record for cures. It seems so strange that some people Will take medicines about Which tbey really know nothing, some of which might be, and are, really harmful j while on the other hand it is easily proved that over one million women nave been restored to health by Lydia E. Pinkhen'e Vegetable Compound. We l ave published in the news papers of the United States more fen nine testimonial letters than have ever been published in the interest of any other medicine, All this should, ami dues, produce a Spirit of OOOfldenCe In the hearts of women which is difficult to dislodge, ami when tbey are asked to take some thing else tbey say, " No. we want Lydin E, Plnkham'a Vegetable Com pound, which has been tried, ami never found wattling, whose reliability is established far beyond the experi mental stage." We have thousands of letters like the following addressed to Mrs. Piukham, showing thtit Monthly Suffering is Always Cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, also Back ache and Bearing-down Pains. " I suffered untold agony every month and could get no relief until I tried your medicine; your letter of ad vice and a few bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound have made mo the happiest woman alive. I shall bless you us long as 1 live." Miss Joie Sh i., Dover, Mich. " Four years ago I had almost given up hope of ever being well again. I was ii til if toil with those dreadful head ache spells which would sometimes lust three or four days. Also had backache, bearing -dow n pains, leucor rhtra, dizziness, and terrible pains at monthly periods, confining mo to my bed. After reading so many testi monials for your medicine, I coucl tided to try it. I began to pick up uftcr taking the first bottle, and have con tinued to gain rapidly, and now feel like a different woman. I can recom mend 'Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound in highest terms toull sick women." Miss Kosa Hki.ue.n, 12 W. Cleveland Ave., Canton, O. Two Letters Which Prove That Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Will Remove Tumor and Cure Other Weakness. "Two yenrs ntfo I was a great sufferer from womb trouble and pro fuse flowing each month, and tumors would form in the womb. I bad four tumors in two years. I went through treatment with doctors, but they did me no good, and I thought I would have to resort to morphine. " The doctor said that all that could help me was to have an operation and have the womb removed, but I had heard of Mrs. Pinkhnin's medicine and decided to try it, ntul wrote for her advice, and nfter taking her Vegetable Compound the tumors were expelled and 1 began to get stronger right along, and am as well as ever before. Can truly say that I would never had gotten well had it not been for Lydia E. Pinkham's Compound." Mauv A, oTAUL, Watsontown, Pa. "After following tho directions given in yonrkind letter for the treat ment of leucorrhtea, I can say that I have been entirely cured by tho use af Lydia E. Pinkliam's remedies, and will gladly recommend them to my friends." A. 11. Davids, llinghamton, N. Y. Another Case of Womb, Kidney and Bladder Trouble Cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. ' Dear Friend Two years ago I hnd child-bed fever and womb trouble in its worst form. For eight months after birth of babe I was not able to sit up. Doctors treated me, but with no help. I had bearing-down pains, burning in stomach, kidney and bladder trouble and my back was so stiff and sore, tho right ovary was badly affected and everything I ate distressed me, and there was a bad discharge. "I was confined to my bed when I wrote to you for advice and followed your directions faithfully, taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound, Liver Pilla and using the Wash, and am now able to do the most of my housework. I believo I should have died if it had not been for your Com pound. I hope this letter may be the result of benefiting some other suffer ing woman. I recommend your Com pound to every one." Mrs. Mabt Vacohx, Trimble, Pulaski Co., Ey. Globe Warehouse, !i lee-eat ess ?;-- The Great Question, What Shall I Give for Christmas ? Can lie answered easily, oomfortably am economically U an elimination of our GREAT HOLIDAY STt k. Make your selections now and avoid the great rush lmiii" the last week ol Christmas Shopping we'll deliver tlu: goods when you siv. SILKS .... A large assortment of black and colored silks. sutitiH etc ..i I-,, -,i . , . . ... mways a uesiraoie gin aiso lengths suitable tor waists, at great I v reduced prices. DRESS GOODS A beautiful selection ol black ami; colored dress gun I , prices ranging from lOcto $1.98 per van! LEATHER GOODS A splendid showing of the latesl novelties in Leather fol iar and Cufl Boxes, Card Cases, I'ockel Books, Clmb ' HANDKERCHIEFS An enormous assortment especially good valm all GLOVES .... A niot comprehensive showing, new styles, new coloring UMBRELLAS A MATCHLESS ASSOK I'.MK.N r all the latest uovel tics priced to win favor. OPAL WARE Our line of Opal Ware represents the fines! selection that the market aftords. We hove lieen greatly influenced by our phenomenal success itli this line lasi year and have been encouraged to present for the consideration ol our Customers the most complete assortment d Trays, i'ufl Boxes, Trinket Boxes, llundkerchiel Boxes, Toilet Boxes, etc., etc. We are showing u complete line of Toilet Caws, Albums, Pictures, Smoking Sets, etc., etc. All marked at prices i" insure their speedy departure. SPECIAL PRICES On all Blankets, Comfortables, Towels, Napkins, etc., etc. REDUCED PRICES ON ALL COATS AM' CAPES. Do not wait until af ter Christmas for your Jackets, BUY NOW for we hove marked all Coals that were 14.50, liristnias Offering $3.75. Coats that were 7."t, Christmas Offering f.!iH. ( Joatstliatwere $11.00, Jhristmas Offering ST.UK. MiBses and ( children's Jackets marked at same ratio. LADIES' TAILOR-MADE SUITS AT PRICE. Makeo hurried calculation in your mind, you'll come to the conclusion that the cloth is worth more. And it is. Take your choice of these suits in either Brown, Gray, Navy Blue and Black. All Suits that were $9.50, Christmas Offering $0.29. All Suits that were $11.00, Christmas Offering ilrl'.K All Suit tnat were $12.50, Christmas Offering 8.59, ,;4044 Globe Warehouse 343 Market St., Sunbury, Pa. ooocooooooooo I Would Like to f o A o o o o Visitor tit my Jewelry Store and examine my sttK'k of jew- elry, consisting of WATCHES, I RINGS, SILVER- o o WARE AND T. J SPECTACLES. I tan show you Watches o o o ranging from to $20. UtiiML iriiarantced lor five r O .. ... , Cold Kings lrom J w euj. e) ,i j on ,. tu a o My stoeK ol onei.u i w so complete that seeing la buy- 2 iut'- f EYES EXAMINED FREE. I am a graduate from Pbila delnliia and can fit any eyi o eritfa spectacles. W. H. Eldem, OPTICIAN & JEWELER. New Berlin. Pa. o oooofooooooooo IDr. Fenner's Golden Relief, p A TKITE DPKCirlO II ALL cj$ j! INFLAMMATIONS R ;5 Old Bor, Woundn. Khmmtlm. Nvuralina I 'C rolds." A SURE CURE ";, !? For any PAIN inside or out. Br dir. Voc.1k bj mll Wc.KredonU.NY. Iiniiii .if anl Conataader Wood. Washington, Deo. 12. Commander E. P. Wood. r. S. N., died of typhoid fever at bla residence In this city yes terday morning, He was in command of the gunboat Petrel at tho battle of Manila bay, and earned tho hlioa praise of Admiral Dewey ami IiIh brother officers, Commander Wood was detached from the Asiatic station Dec. 31, 18!S, and cominn home was, nftcr a short leave of absence, placed in charge o( tin! 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