DUELING WARSHIPS. How Commodore Urailfnril Keep* the Bunker!) of Our Ureal Oceau liters lull of C oal. One of the greatest triumphs of the war which has been bidden from pub lic observation has been the work of the several bureaus of the navy de partment in furnishing supplies and equipments for the troops, says a Washington dispatch in the Chicago Jfecord. As Secretary Long remarked Jr. a recent interview, their duties have been quite as valuable as those of the fleet in Cuban waters or the harbor of Manila. But for their foresight and executive ability the ships might have been helpless for the lack of fuel, am munition and food. The superiority r 112 our naval organization and the abil ity of our bureau chiefs has been dem onstrated in a striking manner. One of the most remarkable has been fur- SYLVESTER SCOVEL. This tn the New Tork newspaper correspondent who, after the fall of Snntl-tpo de Cuba, struck Gen. Shafter In the face because he was not permitted to take part tn the hoisting of the American flag over the government building. Gen. Shatter, as everybody knows, is a giant, while his assailant is a little bit of a man, although brave as a lion and well trained in athletics. Mr. Scovel formerly lived at Cleve land, 0., where he was manager of the C leveland Athletic club. nished by the bureau of equipment in the distribution of coal. >.'o matter liow frequently or suddenly the scene cf naval activity is changed, the ves sels must have fuel, and it has been Commodore Bradford's business to see that loaded colliers were on hand when they were wanted. Without the employment of an extra clerk and without the slightest parade he has succeeded in keeping the bunkers of every vessel in the navy full of coal from the beginning of hostilities, 110 matter whether they were on the N'orth Atlantic coast or in the Carib bean sea. or in the ports of the Pacific cr the Philippine islands. At the same time he has been able to furnish fuel for the army transports in both oceans without allowing his coal piles at the t.ource of supply to be diminished. Some idea of the magnitude of this task is suggested by the fact that within the last four months 150,000 tons of coal have been delivered to the •ships of the United States navy in va GREEN HALL, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. \ ~ 1 i , I * ■ » • <amMWwwMHM<»»n»»nMHM«i«f<«»ii This magnificent building is the gift of Mrs. Margaret G. Kelly, a wealthy Chi cago widow. When completed, the structure will represent an outlay of $75,000, and will be the most complete dormitory for women in the United States. Green hall places the Chicago university's accommodations for women on an equality with those for men, something that has never before been accomplished by any of the higher institutions of learning in this or any other land. liou. parts of the world, at a cost of nearly $1,01)0,000. Over 80,000 tons have been distributed from Key West alone and 20,000 tons from Honolulu. Xo OilorN In Cuba. Fredriku liremer remarked thus the atmosphere of Cuba absorbs all odors. Everyone smoked, yet the air was free from the taint of smoke. Also, she ob served that a rose, elsewhere very fra grant, was without perfume in Cuba. It has been observed, when onions were used that were imported from Cuba, the ador was much less intense than froio those raised in New Kng land. War 'I a i in Spain. Spain is so much in need of funds that any person entering her limits wearing gloves or hoots nearly new. must pay a tax on them. This rule also applies to a hat or necktie which teems new. BRAVE ACTS. I|ulrknr» In Time of Hantser HUB Often Saved the Liven of Many I'eraona. On jubilee day, which comraemo rateil tin* discovery of gold in California in 1849. a squad of battery 1, of the regular army, was firing a salute at Lime Point fort, ceur San Francisco, says the Youth's Companion. One load —the charge was SO pounds of powder inclosed In a woollen bag—did not go oil', and the officer in command or dered it to be pulled out of the can non. The charge was withdrawn, and, aa it dropped to the ground, it was seen that one corner of the woolen bag was on fire. In an instant the powder would have caught and the seven men with their officer would have been killed. Private John M. Jones jumped toward the smouldering bag, rolled it in the muJ and, with his bare hands, plastered the singed edges with damp earth. It was A quick, brave deed, and had the hero been a British soldier il would have brought him a Victoria cross to wear on his breast. During the Sepoy war a young cap tain of artillery saw an ignited shell fall near his battery. Instantly h<; lifted it up, carried it a distance, and flung it away. Just then it burst, shat tering his left forearm. In the Crimean war, Capt. Peel, ol the royal navy and son of the formei prime minister. Sir ltobert Peel, com manded a vessel before Sebastopol One day a Irage shell, its fuse burning, fell into 1 lit: battery near where Pee! was standing. Picking it up, he car ried it to the rampart and tossed it over. It exploded before it reached the ground. Tlie Color W'HM Immaterial. Here is a story about Commodore Schley that is told in Washington: About the time that he was looking for a fleet tlie question of painting the ships of the navy a war color was un der solemn consideration by some of the precise officers of the big building. Assistant Secretary Koosevelt was bothered daily by the question t»f tints submitted to him by a board on war ship color, when Schley remarked that he did not care what color his ships were painted so long as he had ships. "Paint them red if you like," said he, "or paint them black, but let me have them. Coior is immaterial." \Viiiitm 111 lnereaNe It* Population. Hulgarit is going to take effective means to increase its population. For every son born beyond a minimum number 20 francs will be pa-id not only to the father, but to the mother also. A soldier showing a dozen sons will receive a pension large enough to sup port him r.).d besides a decoration. The same reward will goto his wife. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST ir, 1898. PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL. A farmer near Decatur, Ala., has raised a hog \\ hich weighs 1,524 pounds. A Surrey parson the other day ad vised his male hearers not to be afraid of bagging their trousers or the lady hearers of bursting their silk stock ings by kneeling in prayer. New York state lost the best au thority on her history in the reeent death of George S. Conover at Geneva. His original researches resulted in the aecuVnulation of much valuable ma terial. liepresentative William I'. Hepburn, of lowa, is the greatgrandson of the fa mous Martin Lyon, who represented three different states iii congress and •ast the vote which elected Thomas Jefferson president. Sarasate, the eminent violinist, is a Spaniard, lie declares that his ex traordinary command over the violin is due to the fact that he has practiced, on an average, six hours a day ever since he was 12 years of age. The present war has brought to light the fact that I)r. Antommarchi, who at tended Napoleon during his last illness at St. Helena, is buried in Santiago de Cuba, where he gave his services free to the poor for many years. John 11. Key, a grandson of the fa mous Francis, is attracting attention as an artist, lie has been painting si series of pictures of world's fair scenes as he studied them in Chicago,and they are. on exhibition in the Illinois build ing of the Omaha exposition. Scott put no great \ alue on his manu script, which was probably the most perfect and le:\st erased and altered that any author of high rank can show. The copy of "Old Mortality" was sold the first time for £«!!; last year it fetched .ttiOO. "The Lady of the Luke" hasbrought £1,290. Lock hurt gn' e t lie manuscript of "Hob Hoy" to Cad'll, and it sold for £6OO. FEELINGS UNDER Flßti. Statement* of a Couple of Men \\ l»o Have Had Kxperlence In the I*r«'Mrnt War. Men on the Yankee have had to an swer a dozen Limes the question: "How does it feel to be under fire?" Every friend who climbs aboard the trim little auxiliary cruiser to see a former chum shakes a grimy hand and bombards the able seaman with the question. As a matter of fact, only a few of the boys are able to explain their feelings, and say: "Oh, 1 don't know. You get used to it." <ien. Furlong, who was a member of Grant's staff and participated in bat tles from Arkansas to Appomattox, says any man who says he isn't afraid under fire tells an untruth. "You don't get used to it; oral least I never did," said the general a few nights ago. "Sheridan said lie never got used to it, and I don't believe any body ev r does. It isn't courage that keeps a man at the front; it"-» pride. I've seen the time that 1 would have liked to leave the front, but I couldn't afford to do so. It wasn't courage that kept me where I stood; it was pride, and the knowledge of the fact that if Iran I'd be disgraced. "When tin' boys come back from the front they will tell the same story. I was on old Gen. A. J. Smith's staff in the Red river campaign. There was an opening in onr lines, and the two lines of battle were about 500 yards apart. "Gen. Smith gave me a dispatch to carry to the right of the line. I could have ridden behind our own lines and delivered it. As [ started to do so he said: 'That way, sir,' pointing to the opening. Togo out and ride to our right was to pass between the fire of our own men and the confederates. My heart went up into my throat. I expected to be killed. 1 stwrted with two orderlies, and they were shot dead before we ha<l gone 200 feet. I was sihot in the leg and got through. It wasn't courage that kept me up; it was pride and orders. "Ten years afterward, in St. Louis, 1 net Gen. Smith. I said to him; 'Gen eral, it's all over now; but why did you send me down between those two lines to carry that dispatch?' The general looked at me and said: " 'Well. I wanted to impress on our men that there wasn't anything terri ble about the fire, and that the officers weren't afraid of it.' " On board the Yankee the boys vied with one another to see how cool they could be. There is no doubt that the majority of them thoroughly appre ciated the danger they were in. A member of gun crew No. 1, talking of the feeling, said: "I was awfully anxious to see an en gagement, and at Santiago had enough to last me. When we banged away, gun after gun. until you couldn't hear yourself think, I felt a little queer. Every time a shell came in our direc tion 1 said: 'Oh, Lord!' and 1 was glad when it passed over. "At Cienfuegos, where Kennedy was injured, I didn't see him. ]f I had, I suppose I would have wilted. The boys who were serving the gun with him, however held out, and, after making him comfortable, went on with the game. No spot on board a ship is safe in a battle, and thitt fact adds to a man's being brave. He knows he can't get away, and he isn't going to show a white feather; so ho sticks. Some boys, made of more heroic clay, may not feel any fear, or be callous to fate; but I'm inclined to believe that, like myself, when shells are whistling, they'd rather be out of it." The man who said this is one of the best men in the reserve. No man worked harder at a gun than he did when the Yankee was in auction, and the quest ion of how it feels to be under fire is still open to discussion. — N. Y. Press. Many Varieties <if I'nstcuril*. More than 8,000 varieties of post cards have been issued in the world within the last 33 years. LITTLE FILIPINO—If I Miss This Train I'm a Goner I "WHAT'S THE USE?" Question Asked !»y Aguinaldo of Consul (icnnrMl Wild mail In Kegard to His Try ing to Capture Manila. New York, Aug. G. —The Journal prints a cablegram from Hong Kong, purporting to give the text of a mes saffc sent by Aguinaldo, the Philip piue insurgent leader, to ( onsul (Jen. Wildman. The message is dated <a vite, July 30, and in it Aguinaldo says it has been reported that he "is get ting the big head and not behaving as he promised Mr. Wildman. "In reply," says Aguinaldo, "I ask why should America expect me to out line my policy, present and future, and light blindly for her interests, when America will not be frank with me? Tell me this: Am I fighting for annexation, protection or independ ence? It is for America to say, not me. I can take Manila, as I have de feated the Spanish everywhere, but what would be the use? If America takes Manila, I can save my men and arms for what the future has in store for me. Now good friend, believe me, 1 am not both fool and rogue. The interests of my people are as sacred to me as are the interests ot your peo ple to you." Mr. Wildman replied to Aguinaldo as follows: "Trust to the honor and justice of th.' l-nited States and let nothing interfere with th*' first task of throwing off the Spanish yoke. l>eli«'Vt» in you. !)<> not ilisuppoint mi?. NICE BUNDLE OF CASH. Mldulght Mechanics Secure 86,000 from a Hunk In a Michigan Town. Kiehland. Mich., Aug. 6. —One of the most daring bank robberies ever per petrated in Michigan was carried out hy six robbers Thursday night. Some of them came from the east on a hand car, and evidently had confederates with a horse and carriage. They se cured about $6,000 in cash from the Union bank, and $4,600 in notes. The horse and carriage were taken into Augusta and left there. I here were three explosions which awakened many people. Alvin Harnes, an old man who lived near the bank, was ordered into the house with a threat that they would shoot him. George ltobson and lid. Harrett saw the robbers, but did not molest them. The safe was a com plete wreck, nitro-glyeerine being used to open it. The inside doors were blown ten feet out into the office, and pieces went through the plate glass front 20 feet distant. The chisels and other tools were left there. Ihe hand car was disabled so it could not be used to pursue the robbers. Kiotlng Keiumed. Oshkosh, Wis., Aug. 6.—Kioting has been resumed by the striking wood workers here on account of the sash and door manufacturers trying to ope rate with non-union labor. Yesterday the strikers clubbed and stoned non union workmen trying tg reach the Morgan mill. Thirty policemen were sent to reinforce the small squad on duty there. When the police arrived the crowd set on them with stones. The police used their clubs freely and the street was finally cleared at the expense of many broken heads and a score of arrests, including nine women. The non-union crew reached the mill and the factory was started. A WHT Cloud (lathers. London, Aug. C.—There is great un easiness here, in view of the Chinese situation, which is regarded as bring ing an open contlict between Great Hritain and Russia within measurable, distance, and it is universally felt that the Marquis of Salisbury's inverte brac.v iu yielding to Russian aggres siveness is responsible for the dan gerous complication, which can only be overcome by the prompt and most firm opposition to Russian aggie ssions. Hundred* Dylnir from Starvation. Halifax, Aug. 6. The schroner Cam bridge has arrived here and brings a tale of terrible suffering on the .New foilndlaud and Labrador coa-sts. The party was ou a prospecting expedition and included Dr. Morris, whose serv ices were required at Lewis' Inlet night and day to give relief to per sons sick and dying from starvation. Large quantities of provisions were distributed from the vessel. The same condition of affairs exists all along the coast. There a*e 1,000 persons simi larly situated and immediate relief is necessary. MILES' CAMPAIGN lie Lands Troops at Arroyo, Porto Kico. STEADY ADVANCE MADE. lYimsylvaiiians Hold an Import ant Strategic Point. GOV. GEN. MACIAS IS DEFIANT He Issues a Proclamation In Which He Declares that, Having Once ICepelled an Attack on San »luaii Ills Soldier** Can Do So Again- Ills Daughter Drills (iunners. Ponce, I'orto Rico, Aug. 6. —Gen. Mlies is proceeding entirely without regard to peace negotiations. Krag- Jorgensen rifles are being used, the Second and Third Wisconsin moving up to the Sixteenth Pennsylvania yes terday. Gen. Hrooke's landing at Ar royo is successful. The troops from the Roumanian, four batteries of the Twenty-seventh Indiana, the First Missouri and First Pennsylvania are disembarking there. The Morgan troop of the Fifth cavalry has arrived here. At Descalabrode river, six miles be yond .1 nana Diaz, on the road to San Juau, Aug. (i.—The Sixteenth Penn sylvania of Gen. Ernest's brigade, has advanced to this point and holds tin bridge over the river. No sign of the enemy is reported, but it is believed that the Spaniards are about 400 strong between this point and Coa-no. The seizure of the bridge insures con trol of the road to Coamo. Pickets are being put out and they may col lide with the Spanish outposts. Off San ,7uan, Porto Rico, Aug. 6. — The Americans have taken peaceful possession of the eastern portion of the island. Small parties of marines have landed, who have lighted lamps in the lighthouse at Cape San Juan and other lighthouses along the coast. They met with no resistance. Indeed, at Cape San Juan deputations of citi zens came out to meet them. The warships now in this vicinity are the Montgomery, the Annapolis, the Puritan and the Amphitrite. The two former are looking for the trans ports, with troops, which left the I'nited States and have scattered all around the island. The Annapolis rounded up the Whitney, t lit' Florida and the Raleigh and they are now at Cape San .luan. There seems to have been a serious mistake as to the rendezvous, for no two ships got to the same place and it will take several days to locate them and get them to Ponce, where Gen. Miles is waiting. Off San Juan the cruiser New Or leans alone maintains the blockade. The city is grim and silent, but back of her walls there will be plenty of determination and fight when the Americans open fire. Capt. (ion. Maeias has issued a proc lamation, in which he s.nys: "Spain has not sued for peace, and I can drive off tlie American boats now, as I did Sampson's attempt before." The daughter of the captain general is helping to drill the gunners in the forts. Altogether there are 9,500 Spanish regulars in the city. Itvtfl fund tioim Kxist at St. IVlic'incl. Seattle, Wash., Aiiff. 6. —The steamer | Dirigo has arrived from St. Michael | with 100 passengers, some of whom j went north recently, but being- unable ! to get up the river, returned. About 40 were Klondikers. They brought j down $200,000 in dust and ntig'get.s. j The Dirigo confirms the stories that a j terrible condition of affairs exists at j St. Michael, owing' to the failure of | ocean boats to get their passengers up : the river. It is predicted that thou sands will have to winter at St. Michaels or return to the states. A Torn 1 do Host's Spe"«l Trhil. Philadelphia, Aug. 6. —The torpedo boat McKenzie. built in this city, was given a trial Friday by her builders j and made an average of about :i:> knots | ail hour. STIRRED EM CP. That "Hound Robin" Causes Much Talk by Officials. AND THE END IS NOT YET Alger Says His Department was Not Dilatory. TROOPS ARE COMING HOME. The Kiiilmrhutlon of Shafter's Army llua He^un —Three Points in Northern State# are Chosen as Sites for Field Hospitals, Two lu New York and One In Vermont. Washington, Aug. 6.—Friday would have been remarkably dull at the war department had it not been for the publication in the newspapers of the "round robin" signed by the military commanders at Santiago and the short but sharp correspondence between Col. lioosevelt and Secretary Alger. These afforded food for much discus sion among officials and the belief was» general that there are to be further interesting chapters in the corre spondence, provided it is deemed harmless to the best interests of the army to allow further publications. In proof of the allegation that the war department hud bestirred itself to suc cor the army in Santiago before the united protest was made, the follow ing statement is given out by the sec retary of war: "I'ntil quite recently it was suj>- poseil that yellow fever was epidemic in Santiago and it was not believed that it would lie safe to send north, ship loads of men largely infected with yellow fever. The disease, it was believed, would spread rapidly on shipboard and result in the death and burial of many at sea. On the 28th ult. the secretary of war telegraphed to lien. Shatter that as soon as the fever subsided the men of his com mand would be moved north to a camp that had been selected for them on Montauk Point. On July .'lO Gen. Shutter telegraphed that he had made known the secretary of war's tele gram that troops would be moved north as soon as fever subsided and it hac'f~a very good effect on the men. "When, however, the true condition was made known an order was issued to (ien. Shatter to move his command north as rapidly as possible and all ships in the quartermaster's service possible to get to Santiago were sent there and the great liners St. Paul and St. Louis were also ordered there. All this was done before tin* communica tion signed by (ien. Shafter and his generals was received and before Col. Kooscvelt's letter was published. Over 1.10 surgeons are at Santiago and 17<> immune nurses have been sent there, besides the usual hospital corps that always attends such an army. There have been less deaths in Santiago by yellow fever than by typhoid fever in any camp of the same size in the United States." It is said to be overstating the ease to say that (ien. Shafter was rebuked for allowing publication of the "round robin," for the secretary of war con fined his communication to a simple inquiry as to whether the general had given publicity to the lioosevelt letter and the "round robin," but hereafter an effort will be made to guard such information more carefully from the public. The war department has ordered the large fleet of transports at Ponce to proceed to Santiago, there to join with the transports already at Santi ago in bringing Shafter"*; army back to this country. There are ten large transports at Ponce, some of them having a capacity of 1,000 men. In all they have a capacity of 6,540 men. This, with the capacity of the ships at Santiago, will give a carrying strength of over 12,000 men at a trip. The war officials say that the em barkation at Santiago has already be gun and that the Louisiana, with eav alrv on board, is now well on her way home. With the arrival of Shaffer's army in this country, every facility will be given to the troops to recu- perate. There will be no yellow fever cases brought tn this countrv. as such cases can i>e l>est handled without removal. The less serious eases of sickness not involving; contagion will be brought here if the patients are ccfcivalescing to a point where removal will be ad vantageous. Surgeon (Jen. Sternberg has in view several pofttts for patients and convalescents. The actual hos pital station will probably be located at Montauk l'oint, where a field hos pital for .">OO patient is being pre pared. In addition to this. Gen. Stern berg has in view two fine locations where bracing mountain and lake air will help convalescents tit" recovery. These points are Fort Ethan Allen, Vt., and the army post at I'lattsburg, X. V. IJpton Away £IOO,OOO. London, Aug. fi. —Sir Thomas Lip tou has presented the Princess of Wales with a check for £IOO,OOO to start dining rooms in London at which working people may secure sub stantial meals for from 2 to S cents. Saved the Maria Trrrsn. Xorfolk, Ya., Aug. o.—The Merritt Wrecking Co. has received advices from Santiago that makes it certain that the Maria Teresa is now floated and is found to he in fairly good con dition. She will shortly start for Xor folk under her own steam. Cnlort'd OrtlertMl to S:intin£o. Springfield, 111., August 0. —(iov. Tanner has received word from the war department that the Eighth Illi nois infantry, colored, has beifc or dered to Santiago to replace the First Illinois infantry, which will be re moved to Long Inland. 3
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