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.
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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.
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