I f 5 5 ! r r f 1 The "Somerset Herald. Terms of Publication. . Wednesday morning at so will invartaoiy - 80 -ill ba discontinued antll NO UlCJ't'""- adup. FoaUnaaten .hen .uUcx- do ) DOt tsuusc . ., ,,, of La. form- HOKUklT, IV. , V. WALKER, AlToU t V-A I-LA W, Ud U141" , Somerset, Offloe on Court Hout. iD. li- SCtLL, . 17u ourW bt, FiUfiborg, Fa. f Somerset Fa. ii'Vl 1' M. BERKLEY, A1. ...... m..viuW, IT a . - aouieiaei. Fa. . . . i i .-! J A i.. . . soiuensel, Fa. LOiiOE It s-VHrLAW ' boiuurecs Fa. MiEU W. BlLfcbCKER, ouiucrset. Fa. tioue. . . . .. . i-r boincraeL, Fa. , J- KY-AT-W. auuicrkcl, Fa. H. kUON'U. J. i. UUlK ktAU & OuLE, Buuiersel, Fa. rt iu w rclivm. .merH.u.u.ujomw, iutT 1 n .-. L 1UIW. 001 VALLMl.Nfc UAV. A. Lb U. HAi. Ai iUiv-N t.lo-Al-iA , I AiiUU.tl-Al-liA W, A i iUlv ti-Al-l-A , buiucrM-'t, Fa. li! UeuJ tu ail 1umub uiruwl u 111 boui - t. Fa. Office in Jlamuioth illuck, ur - tQ onucr ou Muii tn uu oiiecUoiui nuuic, aiu iui, uUt CUHUJ11.--U. mjiJ a uii!lie VicUUl UJ WlLU pivuiplut aud nduiiy. A. J. COUWBS. a CVLBOKN. eOUJOKN 4 COLBOIC", bouierttet, Fa. AllbuiiM eusxusta to our care will be Uuu uuuIk lu Buiuenek itxnora autl aljolu u ouuuucfc. survryiui ud couveyaucuig UL. BAtli, , Ai'VlEY-AT-LAW, boiuenet. Fa. Will pracuc in bolurrwt and adjoining suunuo. An iuai eutriuLca lu luiu 'U1 receive pruuipl aIUoaUuu. a. H. CUKKUuTH- W. H. B.CFFEL. Cwmt'JTH 4 RUPPEL, AiToKNtib-AI-UAW, boiuerset. Fa. AU bUiJaa enuaswd u their care will be pewiuy iid iiuutluiiy alleuileu to. OlBoe au Uiu truwi sltbcI, oi-pufcite MamaioUi JV. CARU1HP5, M. D., boiuemet. Fa. Office on Fklr.o. blreet, opputtiM U. B Cuuixa. l igm caiit al office. DR. P. F. iSHAi'FER, l-UMUAS A1) SURGEON, bomeniet, Fa. iwdtfrii bis prvtfcMtiioiuil fl?rvice to tae citi ii oi aouiciwi itud viciuily. uilloe corner Haiu CtM ud rVlriot IreiH. DR. J. M. LOUTH ER, FEVsHJlA.N AM.tjCBiEOS, baice oo lUia itm-t, rar of Drag Mora, JJR. a 6. KIMMELL, Teadrre hi? profrioual rvio to Uie citi aa oi (ou-rri uul viriuity. L'ult pro uoai:y flii;at.M lit cu Or iuud at Ilia of BJt on Mjlm &u cu,i oi iiiKiuuud. )R. J, S.McMILLEX, A-' vjniuni ju lxalistry.) iiv e a' tt. nuou to the preservation ui,;i i.iuv;u. Aruni-iai krui lurni. Ai) . oi,kiM rt (uanuiid M.UsIu.r. office UiLt, kili ui L. U. liu 4i a atore, eorat: cro. ud l-alriot KtreeU. C. H. (.OKFROTII, Kuneral Director. Offii 6C6 Maiu Cross St. Residence, 340 Patriot St. pRAXK B. FLITK, Land Survejor ASB MISISU LSUSEEK. LUUe. Fa. O-Ol'ERATIVE MUTUAL FIRE UO., LKP.LIN, P.. (rt insuram at a.-tual cost by iusur g at Lome. insure Town and rarm i.n.,rty. Write f.ir Information. JA'J. J. ZORJf, Secretary. . inn VV H, 60 YEARS' EXPERIENCE sons Tmadc Mhk irtit DcsfCN man PlWOK w'"alM.f,'.c,1 llo"n Co.rlTa g, .7 JMt CD.T!. IS Ibe 4Smntinc Jlmerican. jTJ.tc,T :'' rni. Term. H a -. - VOL. XLYIT. NO. 8. Does Baby Thrive? If your baby is delicate and sickly and its food doet not nourish it, put fifteen or twenty drops of Scott' Emulsion in its bottle three or four times a day and you will see a marked change. We have had abundant proot tnat tney win tnnve on this emulsion when other food fails to nourish them. It is the same with larger children that are delicate. Scott's Emulsion seems to be the element lacking in their food. Do not fail to try it ii your children do not thrive. It is as useful for them in summer as in winter. Ask ftur doctor if thit is not trus. SCOTT & EOWKE. ChcmUtc Kw York i Life-Assurance is i An Investment. S Treat it as such settle two : points in your mind before if buying z The Strength of the , 5 Company : Its Ability to earn 5 Money. j When you buy bank stock j 5 you want to know not what : the directors "guess" will be sj made, but what actually has ! The $50,000,000 Snrplas ii ; Of the Equitable Life Assur- - 5 ance Society is the measure ? not only oi its tremendous is strength, but of its ability to j pay dividends. It is the S; E strongest company in the ! world. . ; EDWARD A. WOODS, Manager, j S PiTTSKtaoa. 5; L F0SD1CK, General Agent, : THE First National Bank Somerset, Penn'a. Capital, S50.000. Surplus, S34.000. UNOlv,iHSF,Ts, S4,000. ocpeiiTS arccivc muiigi irdsmali AMOUNTS, PTLC ON Otl aecoLHTs of aitwcHwT. c. 4TOC DCALCRS. AND OTHCN OLICITIO -DISCOUNTS DAILY. - BOARD OF DIRECTORS. CHAS O. H'a.U FX. R. HCUI.Ls JAMESL-H'tiH, W. H. MILA.KK. JOHN H WX'TT. RO UT. H. SC'lUj, EDWARD RCTjiL. : : PRESrDFVT. VALENTINE HAY, : VICE PF-EslDI .T. BABVfiV M. BERKLEY. CAbillEB. Th. mni &tid aecaritie of tbl bans are a eurelj protected in a celebrated lloai-iss Bi'B ola a Proof 8a f. Tne only taTe made abao- IntelT bumlar-prooL A. H. HUSTON, Undertaker and Embalmer. A GOOD HEARSE, and eryUilnc peitalnlnc U foncrala farn- tabed. . SOMERSE' - Pa Jacob D. Swank, Watchmaker and Jeweler, Next 9oor Wert of Lutheran Church, Somerset, - Pa. I Am Now prepared to supply the public with Clocks, W&tehea, and Jew elry of all descriptions, as Cheap as the Cheaptat. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. All work guaranteed. Look at my stock before making your purclutseft. J. D. SWANK. IMPOKTAKT TO ADVERTISERS. Tha mam of the countrr Xjxn i found In Eomington's Couiity Sent Lists. Shrewd adrerusers avail tiiemMves o: uter usu, a copy of which can be fcad of Kamngva Broa. oTAiew Xotk a niiaount. si 5 s s ? f . a s S. 55 3 I X o W E o o 3 5- o 3 a - 5 ? : a a -a a 5 THE MAN WHO C00KSTHE GRTJB. We have read la imng and atnry Of "the man behind the gun " lie Is si veil all the e'orjr Of the bnttl.-. tliat are won. TIm y are fllllng up the papt-rs With b! aiKrtheociii, -. And they tell about hit capers While the aheils above him bf; But bhlud the grimy gunner, Steadfast tliroUKh Uie wild hubbub, stand a greater god of battlt-c Tin the nian who eooki tbecrrob. Win u the tky U rent with thunder And the sheila acream tbrouicb the air,. When some frt Is rent asunder And destruction revels there. When the men in line go ruxhing On to R'.ory or to woe With the maddened charges crushing Heroes who are lying low, There U one but for whose labors There could be no wild hubbub And the freatest (rod of battles Is the man who cooks the grub. What of t-liipe with armor platibg? What of caKUes on tbe heU;hU Wliatof anxious capbiins waiting While the careful gunner Rights? Wlutt of all the long range rifles? What of men with vuliant hearts? These were but impotent trificn. But Inconsequential parts Of the whole, without the fellow Who must scour, scrape and scrub For the g.-eUt gt! o battles Is the man who cooks the grub. tleveland lender. SACRIFICED TO FOLLY. The Naval Battle eff Santiago Hope less for the Spaniards. BRAVE EONS TELL A SAD ST0SY. Fnm Uie I'birago lU-rord. While the ofticers ot Admiral Cerve ra's squadron decline to discuss the probabilities of peace or the conse quences that may follow Watson's ex pedition aDd the invasion of Puerto Rico, they talk very freely of their own experience, and consider themselves as having been sacrificed to atone for the sins of the ministry at Madrid. This expres:on was used by one of them in discussing the fate of their fleet. They declare that the dispatch rf ibir vc9 seN from Spain to the West Indies un der the circumstauces theu existing was an unprecedented example of ad ministrative folly, for which Mr. Mo ret, then minister of the colonies at Madrid, was directly responsible, but he wns supported by all of the mem bers of the cabinet except the minister of marine, who finally and with great reluctance consented to issue the neces sary orders to Admiral Cervera. They explain that public sentiment in Mad rid and elsewhere throughout the pen insula, as represented by the politicians and the newspapers, demanded some offensive demonstration toward the United States. They were not satisfied with the defensive policy of the admin istration. They were impatient because the Spanish army in Cuba was bottled up in Havana, Santiago and other ports by our blockade, and because every vessel sent to its relief was cap tured as a prize of war. They insisted that a fleet of cruisers which was idle at Cadiz should be sent out to destroy our commerce, take prizes among our shipping, and blockade and bombard the porta of the United States in retali ation for what our fleet was doing in Cuba. Admiral Cervera's officers say that these demands were made by people who were not aware of the unfitness of the uavy, and the minister could not make it known without exposing the long-continued corruption of the ma rine department and the robbery of the government by the diversions of funds appropriated for naval defenses. They think it possible the true state of affairs was unknown to some of the ministers, and that perhaps Mr. Moret shared the delusion. The minister of marine, who was fully aware of the situation, remon strated, and was sustained by promin ent officers of the navy. But he was compelled t,p yield, and finally issued peremptory orders for au expedition which every man familiar with the navy knew was not only hopeless, but suicidal. The vessels lacked arms, men and fuel, and one of them, the Cristobal Colon, did not carry guns enough for a ship of one-tenth its tonnage. When Admiral Cervera was asked where the guns were, be replied: "in me pocaets of the contractors." It is claimed that on the four -essels the Cristobal Co lon, Yizcaya, Oquendo aud Maria Te resathere were only six guns of large caliber, two each upon the three last named. When I asked what the government expected to accomplish by sending over the fleet, one of the captains, with a sarcastic smile, replied that Moret, who is a dreamer, believed it was pos sible to bombard New York, Boston, Washington, Chicago, St. Louis, and blockade all the rest of the cities of the United States with four half-armed men of-war aud three torpedo-boat des troyers. "We a'l protested," be declared. "We knew that the moment we left Spain we were lott; that our destruc tion was onlv a matter of time. We felt that we were sent as a sacrifice by the government to satisfy public clamor and that it was a matter of indifference whether we were properly armed or not. The less guns the better. The less guns the less hies. That is the dread ful story. 'When we left Cadiz we were prom ised mer, coal and other supplies at St Vinceut, and we did receive there some stores of food and p'ovisions and some guns, but the torpedo-boats could not go any farther. Their machinery was unfit, and we had to abandon them. They never oould have crossed the At lantic. They were not built for heavy weather. "We sailed from Cape Verde on April 29 four cruisers and the torpedo-boat destroyers Furor, Terror and Pluton in tow making about eight knots au hour, and were accompanied by the hospital ship Alicante. We did not have sufficient coal to reach Havana, but the minister of marine promised that we should meet two English brigs, the Restormel and the Twickenham, laden w ith Cardiff coal, at Martinique. But they were not there. The French authorities refused to allow ua to buy fuel, and the only way we oould get to Curacoa, where the minisUr of marine cabled os we would find the colliers, Oill SOMERSET, PA., was by taking the coal out of the bunk ers of the hoj.it al ship. This made it impossible for her to go any farther, aud she still lies rotting in the harbor of Martinique, helpless because the Frenchmen will not sell her coal and the Spanish government can not send ber any. - "We reached Curacoa on May 14, ex pecting to find the colliers, but they were uot there, aud the Dutch authori ties would allow us to buy only suffi cient coal to take us to the nearest Spanish port, which was Santiago. Nor would they allow more than two of our vessels to enter the harbor. Thus we were helpless. Our government had betrayed us. We were at the mercy of the neutrality laws, and our only hope was to reach the harbor of Santiago, where we hoped to find shelter and fuel" It should be said here in explanation that the two colliers, Restormel aud Twickenham, were captured by the St. Paul and St. Iouis, respectively, and taken to Key West as prizes, They were in search of the Spanish fleet, having failed to make the rendezvous on the date arranged. This fact was unknown to Admiral Cervera and his officers until they reached Annapolis, and they were" greatly relieved when they learned they had not been letray ed by their government. "Who would suppose," continued one of the Spanish otlieers, "that the sec ond capital of Cuba, and the most pros perous city on the island, would be empty of all provisions and supplies when we arrived there? So short were provisions that Instead of receiving stores, we were ordered by the govern ment to take the sailors' rations from the holds of our ships and distribute them among the soldiers. The mer chants had sold out and had not re placed their stock, so that they would have little to lose in case of the capture of the city by the Americans, while the commissariat of the army, by some dreadful mismanagement, had made no provision for a siege. "Half the soldiers were sick, aud all of Uiern were on starvation rations. During the battles of the first days of July 1,500 sick nieu were carried in car riages and carts to the trenches and made to fight, although many of them fell from exhaustion. The hospitals were emptied. We sent a lot of sailors from the ships to assist them, but none of our guns were taken otf, as reported in your papers. The only naval guns used in the fortificatious were from the Reiua Mercedes." I asked the efficere about the effect of the dynamite shells which the Vesu vius threw toward the city. They re plied that the noise of the explosion caused great terror among the soldiers, and particularly among the citizens, and a great deal of earth was displaced, but the shells did not happen to fall here they could do great damage. AU o Cervera's officers agree that the Ve suvius is a most formidable aud de structive agent of war, but they express even greater admiration for the Ore gon. They say the shells that wer dropped over the hills threw up a lot of dirt and disarranged the fortifica tions, but did no great damage except to Castle Morro, which was a conspic uous tar-eU If the shells had been dropped into the city they would have caused great destruction; but it was be yond the range of the guns of the fleet. Several days before the fleet came out it was reported that the New Orleans discovered a torpedo - boat destroyer creeping out one night and sunK it. The Spanish officers say this is untrue. There were only ,t wo torpedo-boat de stroyers in the harbor, and neither of them attempted to get out until that fatal Sunday morning. It is suggested that a small tugboat which left Santi ago one night with dispatches for San Juan may have been destroyed by the New Orleans. I asked my friend who suggested the sortie of the fleet. He threw up his hands in horror. "Would that I knew," he exclaimed. ''Would that I knew the man who sug gested our sacrifice. It was the mot cruel and unnecessary command thtt was ever gi ven to brave men. We were ordered to enter the very gates of hell for no other purpose, as I can conceive, than to gratify the politicians and sensation-mongers in Spain who clamored for some offensive demonstration. Some of my comrades think there was an intention to bring about a disaster that would furnish an excuse to make peace, but I believe in the first theory." "Did the sailors remonstrate? Was it true that you had to make them drunk to prevent mutiny?" "No, indeed," exclaimed my friend, indignautly.- "They are the bravest men in the world. They knew noth ing about our plans. Not a man on board any of the ships, except the com- manders, was aware that he was ex- ! pected to face almost certain death un- i til the cruisers started kt the open sea that Sunday morning, and even then very few of them asked questions. The word was passed around that we were going out to fight the Yankees, and the poor fellow were enthusiastic over the prospects of a battle." "Were no protests sent to Spain?" "Yes, several very earnest protests. After we received our first orders the admiral called a conference of the cap tains, and we concluded that they were based on a misapprehension. We could not conceive that our government would order our total destruction when nothing could be accomplished. Cer vera sent a long cablegram to Madrid explaining the situation, and demon strating that it would be Impossible for our little fleet to escape destruction from an enemy that outnumbered us four to one. The only reply we got was peremptory order to attack the Yan kees immediately. Again Or vera sent a protest and threw the entire respon sibility of our sacrifice upon the gov ernment at Madrid." "Did you expect to escape?" "No; we expected to die. As I have said, the sailors knew nothing of the fate that awaited thenl, hut there was not an officer on the fleet who did not feel that his end bad come. Thre was only one chance, a slight possibility that one or perhaps two of the vessels might escape. The arrangement of the Yankee fleet was favorable. The look outs told us that the New York bad gone to the east, and the Brooklyn was erseic ESTABLISHED WEDNESDAY, AUGUST. 3 1898. the only ship in sight that could out sail the slowest of our vessels. It was the intention to ram the Brooklyn im mediately and sink or disable her, even though one of our vessels went down with her. Then it was hoped the oth ers could outrun the battleships. Oar plan failed because we could not get near enough to the Brooklyn. She did uot close in on us like the Texas and Oregon, but stood off at long rauge, and when the Maria Teresa started for her she made a wide sweep and ran away. Cervera asked Commander Schley why he did not come nearer, but got no sat isfaction. But the Maria Teresa was almost instantly disabled by shells from the Texas, which met ber at the mouth of the harbor, and the Oregon was a great surprise. We had no idea that any battleship could make her speed. It was something we were not prepared for. It was the Oregon thai prevented our escape." "What was the matter with the Span ish gunnery ? Why did your shoU do no more damage?" "First, because we had only a few long-range guns. There were none on the Colon, and only two each on the other ships. Then we Lad no proper range finders, and our sailors lacked practice. The gunnery of the Yankee fleet was marvelous. Nothing finer was ever seen in the world." My Spanish friends declined to dis cuss the etlect upon the people and gov ernment of Spain of Commodore Wat son's expedit ion, but they showed great anxiety when told that he would cer tainly borubard Cadiz or Malaga, or both. They shrugged their shoulders and muttered imprecations upon the politicians of their country, who they said were directing the war. At the sarno time they asserted proudly that Blanco's army lu Havana would accept no terms of peace without a battle. No Spanish officer, they said, would order his men to lay down their arms until they had tested theirstrength with that of Uie enemy. I could learn nothing from them of General Blanco's situa tion or conditions in Havana, and they were entirely ignorant of the move ments of Camara's fleet. They would not discuss Spanish politics. They had no opinions to express about the in trigues of the Carlists or the republi cans, and kueW nothing about the rumors that (ueen Christina intends to abdicate the regency in favor of her sister-in-law, the Infanta Isabella. Admiral Cervera's men are very dis creet when they discuss politics, al though they do not attempt to conceal their contempt and hatred for the min isters who ordered their destruction. They explain that the mutiny of the prisoners on board the Harvard was due to a misunderstanding. There is a pop ular impression among the Spanish sol diers and sailors that they will be shot if they fall iutotheha-iidsoftheeneray, and they were very much surprised and mystified by the kind treatment they received on board the Yankee cruisers. They were, therefore, constantly on their guard and misinterpreted every motion. The prisoners on the Harvard were in the habit of climbing the rig ging and were forbidden t do so. This order, however, was not thoroughly understood. The next day one of the Spauish jackies who had run up the rig ging was called down by a sentinel. He evidently did not understand what was said to him for he did not obey. The sentinel then pointed his musket and made motions as if to Are, where upon half a dozen Spaniards sprang upon him and seized his gun. The sen tinel shouted for help. The guard came rushing forward, and in an instant there was a band-to-hand fight all over the deck between the prisoners and the marines, in which several men were killed and wounded. The Spanish of ficers think this unfortunate incident might have been avoided had the guard been able to speak Spanish. All the Spanish prisoners are delight ed with the treatment they have re ceived in the United States, and are not yet quite able to comprehend Ue motives of our government and Ibe spirit of our people. One of the cap tains, who speaks English and has been in America before, declare that if he were twenty years younger he would send for his wife and family n4 become a citizen of the UniUd States - Wiluam E. CrKTts. Cervera'i Men Happy. The Spanish prisoners from the 8t Louis found their reception at tbe prison camp on Beavey's island awr prise party of a very gratifying sort. They expected death. One of the petty officers among them told a sergeant of marines on guard at thecamp the other morning that they thought they were being brought ashore to be shot. They are comprehending their treat ment slowly, but the kindness they are receiving is finally penetrating their Spanish minds, and they are marvel ing at it all. They never heard efsucli treatment of prisoners before. Thejr had been told before the baltW of San tiago that if they fell into the hands of the Americans torture and death would be their portion. Instead of that they have quarters on a beautiful Island, where some people wouhi be glad to camp out for the summer tor the bene fit of the climate and pWure of the view and surroundings. The are fed on better victuals than they ever bad in the Spanish navy, have mattresses to sleep on, wrap them selves in new and white blankets and move without restriction around their camp. They have their meals regular ly, have plenty of air and more exercise than their Spanish natures crave, but none too much for the good of their health. Ou the whole, they are the luckiest Spaniards of their times. New York Sun. Dr. J. I. Terry, of Trimble, Tenn., In speaking of Chamberlain's Colic, Chol era and Diarrhoea Remedy, says: "It has almost become a necessity in this vicinity." This is the best remedy in. the world foreolie, cholera morbus, dysentery and diarrhoea, and is recog- ma m nonAaali wnArftVA Ira irriMr". a j. v lo ucvvasiij iit.iv v v a a ihw m worth au'i merit bewme known. S j other remedy is so prompt or effectual, or i) plea dint to take. Sold by all druggists. IT M j JL 1827. Sampson's Eeport. The Navy Department Tuesday night made public the reports of Admiral Sampson, Commodore Schley, Capt. Clark, of theOregon, and Capt. Evans, of the Iowa, on the battle of July 3, which resulted In the destruction of Cervera's squadron. They are as fol lows: United States Flagship New York, First lUte. Okf Santiago, July 15, 1S98. Sir I have the honor to make the following report upon the battle with and the destruction of the Spanish squadron, commanded by Admiral Cervera, off Santiago de Cuba, on Sun day, July 3, 1898. 2 The enemy's vessels came out of the harbor between 9l" and 10.-00 a. m., the head of the column appearing around Cay Smith at 9.31 and emerg ing from the channel five or six min utes later. 3 The positions of the vessels of my command off Santiago at that moment were as follows: The flagship New York was four miles east of her blockading station and about seven miles from the harbor en trance. She had started for Silwuey, where I intended to land accompanied by several of my staff, and go to the front to consult with General Shaftcr. A discussiou of the situation aud a more definite understanding between us of the operations proposed tad been rendered necessary by the unexpected ly strong resistance of the Spanish gar rison of Santiago. I had sent my chief of staff on shore the day before to arrange au interview with General Shafter, who had been sufferiag heat prostration. I made arrangements to go to his headquarters and my flagship was In the position mentioned above when the Spanish squadron appeared in the channel. The remaining ves sels were In or near their usual block- adiue positions, distributed in a semi circle about the harbor entrance, count inir from eastward to the westward in the following order The Indiana about a mile and a half from shore, the Oregon the New York's place between the these two the Iowa, Texas and Brooklyn, the latter two miles from the shore west of Santiago. The distance of the vessels from the harbor entrance was from two and one-half to four miles the latter being the limit of day blockading dis tance. The length of the arc formed by the ships was about eight miles. The Massachusetts had left at 4 a. m. for Guantauamo for coal. Her station was between the Iowa and Texas. The auxiliaries Gloucester and Vixen lay close to the land and nearer the harbor .entrance than the large vessels, the Gloucester to the eastward and the Vixen to the westward. The torpedo boat Ericsson was in company with the flagship and remained with her during the chase uutil ordered to discontinue, when she rendered very efficient ser vices In rescuing prisoners from the burning Vizcaya. I enclose a diagram showing approximately the positions of the vessel as described above. 4 The Spanish vessels came rapidly out of the harbor at a speed estimated at from 8 to 10 knots and in the follow ing order: Infanta Maria Teresa ( flag ship,) Vizcaya, Cristobal Colon and the Almirante Oquendo. The distance be tween these ships was about 800 yards, whih means that from the time the first one became visible iu the upper reach of the channel until the last one wasoutoftte harbor, an Interval of only 12 minutes elapsed. Followicg the Oquendo at a distance of about 1,- 200 yards came the torjedo boat de stroyer. Pluton, and after her the Fu ror. The armored cruisers, as rapidly as they could bring their guns to bear, opened a vigorons fire upon the block ading vessels ami emerged from the channel shrouded In the smoke from their guns. 5 The men of our ships in front of the port were at Sunday quarters for inspection. The signal was made sim ultaneously from sev?ral vessels, "Ene my ships escaping," and general quar ters was sounded. The men cheered as they sprang to their guns and fire was opened probably within eight minutes by the vessels whose guns commanded the entrance. T!, jwt York turned about and steamed for the escaping fleet, flying the isignal "Close in towards harbor entrance and attack vessels," and gradually increasing speed, until toward th end of the chase she was making 16 knots and was rapidly closing on the Cristobal Colon. She was not at any time -within tne range of the heavy Spanish ships and ber only part In the firing was to re ceive the undivided fire irom the forts in passing the harbor entrance and to fire a few shots at one of the destroyers, thought at the moment to be attempt ing to escape from the Gloucester. 6 The Spanish vessels upon e-learing the harbor turned to the westward in column, increasing the steed to the full power of their engines. The heavy blockading vessels, which had closed Iu towards the Morro at the instant of the pnemv's aDDearance and at their . . b-st speed delivered a rapid fire wed sustained and destructive, which speed ily overwhelmed aud silenced the Spanish fire. The initial speed of the Spaniards carried them rapidly past the blockading vessels and the battle de veloped into a chase in which tne Brooklyn and Texas had at the strut the advantage of position. The Brook lyn maiutained this lead. The Oregon steaming with amazing spted from the commencement of the action, took first place. The Iowa and - the Indiana having done good work and not having the speed of the other ships, were di rected by me, in suecessiou, at about the time the Vizcaya was beached, to drop out of the chase and resume blockading, stations. These vessels res cued many prisoners. Thevixeufind lug that Uie rush of tlie Spanish ships w-Hild put htr between two fires, ran outside of our own column and re mained there duriuir the battle and chase. 7 The skilled handling and gallant fighting of the Gloucester excited the admiration of every one who witnessed it, and merits t oe commendation of the navy department. She is a fast and entirelr unprotected naxlliarr vessel (the yacht Corsair) and has a goc-d bat ft. tery of light It. F. guns. She was ly ii I lug about two mil-s frMn the harbor entrance to the southwest and east ward and immediately steamed in, opening fire upon the large ships. An ticipating the appearand of the Plutou and Furor, the Gloucester was slowed, thereby gaining more rapidly a high pressure of steam, and w hen the de stroyers came out sh steamed for them at full speed and was able to close to short rang, where her fire was ac curate, doadly and of great volume. During this fiht the Gloucester was under th.s fire of th Wicapa battery. Within twenty minutes from the time they emerged from Santiago harbor the careers of the Furor and the Pluton were ended and two-thirds of their people killed. The Furor wai beached and sunk in the surf; the Pluton sank in deep water a few minutes later. The destroyers probably suffered much in jury from the fire of the secondary batteries of the battleship Iowa aud Indiana and the Texas, yet I think vrey considerable factor in their speedy destruction wa the fire, at close range, of the Gloucester's battery. After rescuing the survivors of the de stroyers, the Gloucester did excellent service in landing and securing the crew of the Infanta Maria Teresa. S The method of escape attempted by tlie Spaniards, all steering in the same direction and in formation, re moved all tactical doubts and difficul ties and made plain the duty of every United States vessel to clcse in, imme diately engage and pursue. This was promptly and effectively doue. As already stated, the first rush of tlie Spauish squadron carried it ptst a number of the blockading ships, which could not immediately work up to their best speed, but they suffered heavily in passing, aud the Infanta Maria Teresa and the Oquendo were probably set on the by shells fired during the first fifteen minutes of the engagement It was afterwards learned that the Infanta Maria Teresa's fire main had been cut bv oue of our first shots and that she was unable to extinguish the fire. With large volumes of smoke rising from their lower deck aft, these ves sels gave up both tiht and flight, and ran iu on the beach Infanta Maria Teresa at about 10:1 j a. in. NiuiaNima, six and a half miles from Santiago harbor entrance, and the Almirante Ouuendo at about 10:."0 a. in. at Ju.iu Gonzales, seven miles from the port. The remainder of tlie report describes the surrender of the vessels and the rescue of the wounded. In regard to the Cristobal Colon the report says Captain Cook, of tne Brooklyn, went on board to receive me surrenuei. While his boat was alongside I came - - t i l. : . up in tne .New iors, rewiveu ui im port and placed the Oregon iu charge of the wreck to save her if possible, and directed the prisoners to be trans ferred to the Resolute, which had fol lowed the chase. Commodore Schley, whose chief of staff had gone on board to receive the surrender, had directed that all their peMOual effects should be rtiriMl hv the officers. This order I did not modify. The concluding portion of the report describes the harbor of Santiago and the blockading arrangements, and says I regard this complete and important victory over the Spanish forces as the successful result of several weeks of ar duous and close blockade, so stringent and effective during the night that the enemy was deterred from making the attempt to escape at night, and delib erately elected to make the attempt in daylight. That this was the case i was informed by the commanding officer of the Cristobal Colon la regard to the work of the fleet, the report says: When all the work was done so well It is difficult to discriminate in praise The object of the blockade of Cervera's squadron was fully accomplished, ana each individual bore well his part in it the commodore in command of the second divisiou, the captains of the ships, their officers and men. The fire of the battleships was powerful and destructive, and the resistance of tlie Spanish squadron was iu great part broken almost liefore they had got be yond the range of their own forts. The fine speed of the Oregon enabled her to take a front position in thecha-, and the Cristebal Colon did not give up until the Oregon had thrown a 13-inch shell beyond her. This performance adds to the already brilliant record of this fine battleship, and speaks highly of the skill and care with which her admirable efficiency has been main tained during a service unprecedented in the history of vessel' of her class. The Brooklyn's westerly blockading position gave her an advantage in tlie chase which she maintained to theend, and she employed her fine battery with telling effect. The Texas and the New York were gaining on the chase during the last hour, and had any accident be fallen the Brooklyn or the Oregon they would have speedily overhauled the Cristobal Colon. Commodore Schley's report is much briefer, and the main portion is devoted to mention of the work done by other commanders. He says: I have never before witnessed such deadly and fatally accurate shooting as was done by the ships of your com mand as they closed in on the Spanish squadron, and I deem it a high prm- ilgd to commend to you for such action as you may deem proper the gallantry and dashing courage, the prompt decis ion and Uie skillful handling of tbei' respective vessels, of Captain Philip, Captain Evans, Captain Clark, and es pecially of my chief-or-statr, Captain Cook, who waa directly under my per sonal observation, and whose coolness, promptness and courage were of the highest order. Tlie dense smoke oi me combat shut out from my view the In diana and Gloucester; but, a these ves .l were closer to vour flagship, no doubt their part in the conflict was un der your immediate observation. Eighth Lieut. Sharp, commanding the Vixen, acted with conspicuous cour age. Although unable to engage the heavier shlos of the enemy with his light guns, nevertheless he was close it.. Iffl.. 1S nnr Vf Fl many of the enemy's shots passed be yond his vessel. A number oi the officers of the Brook lyn are mentioned by name. . , i captain i.iara, oi ixie un-uu, lu u report sava: a rti 0b WHOLE NO. 2153. As these vessels were so much more heavily armored than the Brooklyn, they might have concentrated upon and overpowered her, and, consequent ly, I am persuaded Uiat but for the way the officers and meu of the Oregon steamed and steered the ship and fought and supplied her batteries, the Colon, and perhaps the Vizcaya, would have escaped. Therefore I feel that they rendered meritorious service to the country; aud while I can not mention the name of each officer and marr Indi vidually, I am going to append the list of officers, with the stations they occu py, hoping that they may be of ser vice to them should the claims of oth ers for advancement above them ever lm considered. ("apt. Iiobley 1).-Evans, of the Iowa, gives a plain, matter-of-fact account of the work done by his ship, and its in juries, and gives honorable mention to a number of otlieers. Similar reports are made by the other officers commanding vessels participa- itig in the battle. Captain Chadrick, of the New ork details the efforts made by the New York to get into the engagement. Speaking of tha surrender of the Co lon, the last of Cervera's fleet, he says Bv the time we arrived a boat was alongside her from the Brooklyn, and Capt. Cook, the boarding officer, came alongside this and reported. This ship then sent a boat to take ptissession, the commanding olficer going in the boat. Army Hcrse Under Fire. We had in our eompmy a young German named bchuitz. His horse was his especial pride. Sometimes Sclitiltz weut to sleep without ration, but his horse never. No matter how scarce or how hard it was to get forage. the young German's horse always had an evening feed, a thorough rubbin lowu, a loving pat, and a "good-night Frank," in two languages broken English aud German. Many a time have I seen Schultz skirmish for a lunch for his horse wheo we halted to make coffee instead of preparing his own lunch. While the rest of us stay ed in our tents and read or piayed cards Suhulfz would keep Frank's company fir hours, sometimes talking German to him and sometimes English. Some of our horse showed lack of tare Schultc's was always in good order ; i camp he glistened like a new plug hat and seemed as fond of his master as his master of him. When the Atlanta campaign opened, in May, 1V4, there was not a prouder soldier or a prettier horse than Schultz and Frank in the First. Our first fljrht of note in that cam paign was at Varnell's station, May 9. Somelxxly never mind who made a mess of it. Our little brigade, the Second of the First Cavalry division, consisting of the Second and Fourth Indianaand the First Wisconsin, com manded by Col. O. IL LaG range, was thrown against Gen. Joe Wueelers entire command, and we fought it all day. We started to charge but were halted in a piece of woods and ordered to fight on frt. We were already uuder the fire and in considerable confusion, and only a por tion of the command heard the order. so it happened that some of us fought as cavalry and some as infantry. Schultz remained mounted and did heroic service. Early in the fight his pet was shot As the animal made but little fuss over it and steadied down quickly his rider thought it was only a slight wound and remained in battle all day, having traveled many miles in the performance of important and dangerous tasks, the wonderful animal seeming to tnter into the fpirit of the work as completely as his roaster. That night at .'clock the brigade camped. The moment Frank was unsaddled he lay down. Schultz thought it was because the horse like himself was tired, and after patting him and telling him in both languages what a splendid fellow he had been that day, and thank ing him for carrying him safely through one of the hottest battles, he busied himself with supper getting. In the foraire bag were several extr ears oi corn. After nis own repasi oi uku; eotn-e. crackers and uncooked white pork, such a banquet as many a sol dier haslieen more thankful for than he was for the feast of Thanksgiving, rehultz shelled the corn and took it to Frank. The hone did not welcome him as usual, did not rest his head on his master's shoulder and look, If he did not speak, thanks forsuch a master, He didu"t hear Shultz announce in (iermau that he was coming wun a double ration. Frank was dead and tiff. ninir. shoaing that soon after lyiug down his life had departed. When Schultz realized that his pet was dead lie mrew tne curu uowu, dropped bv the side or the animal. teuderly laid one hand on his neck ana ith the other gently rubbed his bead. as he had done many times before, and sobbed like a child. In talking about his less the next day he said: My poor Frauk couldn't tell me he was badly hurt and ask to go to the hos pital, as I would have doue had I been shot. He carried me all day as u ne thought it was his duty, aud that thinirs would go wrong if he didn't and wheu the battle was over and I was getting supper be lay down and died. "That horse was a better soldier than I am than any man in the regiment Not one of us would have fought all day with such a hurt as that. No one would have expected it of us, yet I ex pected it of Frank, and he did not fail me " With this outburst the poor fel low broke down again, and none of his comrades made light of the young German's sorrow. They knew it sincere. -James F. Lyon, in Chicago Times-Herald. Some time ago, a little bottle t.mtLiri' Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy fell Into my bands. in just at a time when my two-year-old His bowels nil IktV WS.S lerTlOl V aiUIl-lcvi- were beyond control. We bad tried many remedies, to no purpose, but the littia bottle of Colic, Cholera and Diar- rhoea Remedy speedily cured him. i. ' Willi.m F Jones. Olesbv. Oa. or , " uf ""6-. Here are some amusing particular of legael-s with strauge conditions at tached, as glvt u by the Brooklyn Citi zen. Earry last year a peculiar probate suit, involving soai $.:00,0ja, ws ia liiaeat, the disiaheriusc relations wiah iag to up act aa old jeitloniaB's will bcu-uae he bad left tto sum naaced to und and eadow a church oa the taa- dttion that every Sunday before the sr- vi e tlie whule of the thitty-iune arti cles were to ins read ly the clergyman outside the church door. A strange condition was attached to the legacy of tlie late Sir Ed ward Bates, who died last year, left U his married daughter. He stated that he had seen his sou-in-law's Scotch property, and he considered it would tie a gross injury to his daughter and her children, con sidering "there are no neighbors within miles, and there is no medical man within six or seven miles," if she lived there any considerable time. So he ar ranged that, if his daughter stayed more than six months in any year, "and those six months not in the winter," at that spot, the income derived from the legacy for the twelve succeeding months should go to the residuary legatee. During this yer a gentleman who died at Mons left a legacy of $.5,000 to five friends, the money to be speut on dinners served in different restau rants and at each meal a certain dish to be eaten, and a certain wine, of which he was very fond, to be drunk. Further more, his memory was to be toasted at dessert the five com pan ions were to dine in black clothes and gloves, and enter the room preceded by a flag and the music of an accordion. A wealthy gentleman recently left his son a large fortuneou the condition that he shall visit every country in the world, and write a book ou what he sees. This work is t lie submitted to professors of Bonn aud Heidelberg Universities, and if in their opinion it is dull aud stupid aud badly written, the heir has eithetfcto write it over again or lose the fortune. Some years ago in France a maiden lady died who had been for many years a habitual situ ffutker. She left direc tions in ber will that bet colli u was to lie filled with tobacco, that the mortu ary chamber was to be carpeted with it and that tobacco was to be scattered before the hearse tuat conveyed her to the cemetery. A Clever Trick- It certainly look like it, but there is really no trick about it Anybody can try it who lus Lame Back and Weak Kidneys, Malaria or nervous troubles. We mean he can cure himself right away by taking Electric Bitters. This medicine toues up the whole system, acts as a stimulant to Liver and Kid neys, is a blood purifier aud nerve touic It cures Constipation Head ache, Fainting Spells, Sleeplessuese and Melancholy. Ills purely vegeta ble, a mild laxative, and restores the system to its natural vigor. Try Elec tric Bitters and be convinced that they are a miracle worker. Every bottle guarauteed. Ouly "jOc a bottle at J. N. Snyder's Drug Store, Somerset and G. W. Brallier's Drug Store, Ber lin, Pa. General Wheeler's Slip. Writiug of the battle before Santiago a correspondent of the New York Press says : Daring all the terribla firing of shot and shell which lasted until darkness set in General Wheeler was the only man I saw who did not dodge or duck. He sat astride his horse coolly giving orders, ehatting with bis aids and "tak ing things as they came," as an officer who was lying on the ground re marked. General Wheeler provoked one good laugh which went all along the line. Through bis glass he saw the enemy retreating, and he turned to a group of friends and remarked gleefully: It's all right, bjys ; the aukees are yielding." The little general corrected hlmseir when he saw the smile that cam and said : I mean the Spaniards, of course, gentlemen." Millions Given Away. It is certainly gratifying to the pub lic to kuow of one coucern in the land who are not afraid to be generous to the needy and suffering. The proprie tors of Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, have given away over ten million trial bot tles of this great medicine, and nave the satisfaction of knowing it has abso lutely cured thousands of hopelese cases. Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarse ness and all diseases of the Throat Chest and Lungs are surely cured by it Callst J. N. Snyder's Drug Store, Somerset and W. Brallier's Drug Store, Berlin, Pa. and get a trial bottle free. Patriotism in the Nursery. Mother "My dear child, what are you breaking up your doll for?" Child "For practice, mamma. I want to see if I can stand the sight of broken limbs before I offer my services as a war nurse. . in"uiiu Mr. A. C. Wolfe, of Dundee, Mo., who travels for Man-ur AT;bbtts, Im plement Co., of St. Louis, gives travel ing men and travelers in general, some good advice. "Being a Knight of the Grip," he says, "I have for the past three years, made it a rule to keep my self supplied with Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, and have fimnd numerous occasion to test its merits, not only on myself, but on others as welL I can truly say Uiat I never, in a single instance, have known it to fail. I consider it one of the best remedies travelers . can carry and could relate many tnstanc where I have used the remedy on skeptics, a ii T much to their surpnj ana renei. hope every traveling man in the U. S. will carry a bottle of this reme-iy in his grip.'1 For sale by ail druggists. It's Great run to WAtch Her. The first time a woman stands up to talk through a telephone she always acts as if she thought soniebody was fooling ber. Somerville Journal. Eczema, scald head, hivee. Itchiness of the skin of any sort InstanUy re lieved, permanently cured. Doan s Ointment At any drug "ore. of Coercion- "My next door neighbor aent ord to me to oil my lawn mower. "Did you do it?" "Yes ; he said if I didn't he'd buy bUwife a parrot" Preserve, by all means In your pow- i er, m HOUDU uuau lu m " - J
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers