Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 14 October 1898 — Page 7

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ADMIRAL SCHLEY TALKS

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He Tells About the Naval Battle Off Santiago.

FULLY PBEPAEED TOE OEEVEEA

Tb« Men Were at Quarters When ttte Ppanlsh Ships Appeared and Three Mhntei Later Began Firing:—Merits of the

Thirteen and Eight Inch Gang Compared. Tribute, to the Sailors and Men Belted the Gnns,

Bear Admiral W. S. Sohley reached Washington the other afternoon shortly after 4 o'clock. The news of his coming had been published, and a small but enthusiastic crowd •was waiting at the station to welcome him. As he stepped from the train his admirers broke into applause, and a delegation on bicycles preceded hiB carriage, informing the people along the route that Schley was coming.

After registering at the Shoreham Admiral Schley paid his respects to Acting Secretary of the Navy Allen and with him called at the White House, where he was warmly received. The president congratulated him on the part he had played in the battle of Santiago and read to him the instructions which will be given to the Porto Rioo military commission, of which he fa member. Admiral Schley then returned to his hotel, where he passed a quiet evening. The admiral was accompanied by Mrs. Schley, and during the evening a number of friends called to see them. In an interview with a reporter Admiral Schley gave an interesting aooount of the battle of July 8 and the bombardment of Santiago. "My mind in regard to the battle," be said, "is like a camera full of instantaneous photographs the negatives of which have not been fully developed. It has been so far impossible for me to form a correct impression of the entire engagement, but in thinking it over from time to time I remember new circumstances and impressions that were made on my mind at the time, but which had not before been remembered. In the course of time I will have the negatives well developed and be able to give the correct history of the engagement as I saw it. "As far as our being in the least unprepared for the battle, it is all nonsesjse. We could not nave been more prepared for them if they had notified UB that they were coming out. Our men watched the harbor nigbt and day so closely that a ratoouldnot have slipped out without being seen. The enemy was unable to put a shovel of fresh ooal on their fires without the fact being reported. Beyond the hills at the entrance to the harbor we could see the smoke arising from the enemy's vessels. While it was thin we were at rest, but if a particularly black cloud arose we were alert. "On the morning the enemy left the harbor my quartermaster reported to me that the columns of smoke were shifting about the harbor and were denser than usual. It looked aB though they were preparing for a dash. I was positive that they would come out within 34 hours. Public opinion everywhere is the same, and public opinion was sure to force Cervera to fight. So sure were we that they were coming out of the harbor that we were at quarters when they appeared, and three minutes later we bad begun firing. It was the same on the other vessels, and the signal that the enemy was coming out appearted on all the 6hips almost at the same instant.

In speaking of the engagement Admiral Schley said that he took the vessels one after another as fast as he could, and, being in the lead, left the Vizcaya, the Maria Teresa and others to be finished by the other vessels while he pursued the Cristobal Colon. For this reason he could not positively deny the claim of the Cubans that Admiral Cervera surrendered to them and that they turned him over to the Americans, but he could say that this was the first time that he had heard of such a claim. He had little opportunity of observing the conduct of the CubanB and could not speak from experience. He quoted a Spanish colonel who said to him that he hoped the Americans would not have the same experience with the Cubans as allies that the Spaniards had with them as enemies. "They are an excellent advance guard of a retreat," said the colonel, "and an admirable rear guard for an advance."

In speaking of the relative merits of the 8 inch and 13 inch guns as shown in the engagement Admiral Schley said: "I think the relative merits of the two guns are about the same. The only difference is that when you are too far away with the 8 inch guns for them to pierce the armor of the enemy you must get nearer. If they are near enough, they will shoot through any thing put before them. It is like the case of Admiral Farragut when he sent a commander to bombard a fort When the commander had reached the station assigned, he signaled, 'I cannot reach the enemy.' 'Go nearer,' signaled back Admiral Farragut."

To the American sailor and "the man behind the gun" Admiral Schley says he cannot give enough praise. "I consider it the highest honor to command such a splendid body of men. No better sailors and fighters can be found in the world, and I .doubt if they can be equaled. During moments when a rain of iron hail was pouring all around us the men laughed, and when a shot struck near them they gave a cheer. They were absolutely fearless, even in the face of death. How we escaped with such little loss will always be a marvel to me. From the instant the nose of the first ship appeared beyond the harbor entrance the Spaniards poured into us and about us a terrible and continuous fire from all their guns. They were prepared to fire as rapidly

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as possible and did so in their desperate hope of escape. I do not think the result was due to any oonfusion on their ships, but to a laok of practice. They simply could not hit us, while our men were so well trained that they could almost hit a mosquita For seven or eight years they bad been practicing for such an opportunity, and they pumped shot after shot into the enemy, and after they secured the range every shot told. The Spaniards underrated the Americans and America from the beginning. As a matter of fact they were never in our class at alL The ships that sailed out of the harbor were the finest that could be put together, yet they never had a chance of escaping. If I had been in command of the enemy's fleet, I would never have adopted the tactics employed by Admiral Cervera. If they had scattered as soon as they had come out, one or two might have escaped, which would have been a victory for him, even if the others had been sacrificed. If he had taken a dark night, he would have had a better chance. If I had been in his place, I should not have let a dark night pass without trying to escape. As it was, he conld not have suited our convenience better. When he came out, we were prepared to fight and, if necessary, to chase him. I had coal and provisions enough to follow him to Cadiz."

Admiral Sohley said he thought the surrender of Santiago was due to the bombardment by the navy. If it had not surrendered when it did, the town would have been wiped from the map. "Oat of 106 8 and 6 inoh shots fired over the hills at the city," he said, "101 fell in the city itself. If the city bad not surrendered the next day, we would have brought up the other vessels and dropped the 10 and 13 inoh shells into the city. They had no alternative but to surrender. The distance was miles, and the intervening bills were about 250 feet in height It shows how accurate was our gunnery. I saw no listing of the vessels for the purpose of bombarding the town. It was not necessary in the case of the Brooklyn, as we simply elevated the guns with the ordinary elevating apparatus. I do not believe that the Indiana and the Texas were listed for this purpose, as no 13 inch shells were fired. They would have been brought into service the next day if it had been necessary." —New York Sun.

TITLED FARM LABORER.

A. Baron at Night, a Hough Looking Toller by Daj».

Charles Zelenski is a farm band employed by Charles Musk, an Orange? valley (N. J.) butcher. From Musk be draws the munificent salary of $10 a month. He works in jeans and overalls from early- morning until sunset on Musk's farm over the mountain and is conscientious in the performance of his laborious duties and seemingly anxious to keep his job.

After his farm work is done, however, Zelenski undergoes a metamorphosis. His garments of jeans are shed and replaced by clothing of the most fashionable cut. owns a horse and buggy which are the envy of many West Orange youths of more exalted positions in life, and in his evening visits to local hostelries he opens genuine wine and buys fine suppers with the utmost sang froid.

Baron Zelenski, as he is known to his friends, was as poor as the ordinary farm laborer until a month ago, when he received a letter from his distant home in Austria, which he has not seen for many years, informing him of the death of a relative who had left him an income of more than $2,000 a year. This income is paid in monthly payments of $40 and annual payments besides of $1,600. The first $1,600 installment of his fortune arrived two weeks ago, and Zelenski has been enjoying his luck to the fullest possible extent.

What he will do with his money Zelenski has not yet decided. For the present, he says, he will stick to the farm and keep his $120 a year job.— New York Herald.

Onr Sultan LOMB Hia Crown.

A misadventure has happened to the sultan of Sulu, a part of our Philippine possessions. He is a Mohammedan, and recently made the pilgrimage to Mecca, taking his crown with him. Ob his return, while stopping at a Singapore hotel, a thief broke into his room. The sultan awoke and grappled with the man, who, however, broke away and escaped, taking with him two boxes that contained Sulu's crown and other jewels to the value of $14,000 and some important state papers.

The German Aretle Expedition.

The German arctic expedition of Theodore Lerner, which started in May last to search for Herr Andree and to prosecute scientific investigation, has returned to Hammerfest, Norway, in order to enable his ship, the Heligoland, to refit prior to starting on another voyage. Herr Lerner found no trace of the missing aeronaut, but achieved interesting geographical and soientifio results.

The Buzzard*.

God, how the sun scorches into my brain I Lying hero helpless and scared \Mth hot painl Has it been long since I toppled and fell? When did I swoon in this thirsty old hell?

Where are the boys? Have they swept np tho height? To think I'm here helpless and ont of the fight] Where is the flag? Ia it floating on high? All 1 can see is the snn burnished sky.

What are these shadows that flutter and swoop Downward and veering, then all in a group? Nearer and nearer their plumage I s^e. Help I Help I They are buzzards and waiting lor met

'4'--

Where am 1 lying? Is heaven like th's? Your hand on my brow ia light as a hiss. Like snow are the walla, the sun's mellowed beamHold to me, lady, and don't lot me dreamt

But now I waa there, the glare In my eyes Bloody the sky and the air full of cries. Tee, I will sleep. I will do as you say.

You'll watch

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—W. K. fioae tn Cleveland. Plain Dealer.

ROUSmpMLAR

The K^toof Santiago It a. Man of the People.

HIS- EEMASKABLE VERSATILITY.

The Colonel** Family For Two Hundred Years Have Been. Active Workers—Hla

X»tfe

In a Log Cabin—Thinks Thaib Every Man Shoo HI Join a Political Organization—Bis Experience mm a Hunter In the Iforthwest Helped Him In ills Fight With Spaniards.

Visitors from the west and south declare Colonel Roosevelt the most popular man in the country today. They say that the enthusiasm for him is swelling beyond all precedent. He is looked on as a typical American, embodying the qualities most admired by women and men.

The boys out west, who live on ranches and herd cattle, those who work in mines or build cities in the moontains, know him as a thoroughbred." He went to "God's country" and became one of the people who were making modern civilization more respectable.

As a cattle rancher and a hunter be held his own with the best of them. He oould ride bucking bronchos with the most daring of the cowboys. He could meet a grizzly in his own bailiwick or shoot a mountain lion at close .quarters in a dizzy canyon. His record as a fighter was known from Cheyenne to Mexioo, Now, since San Juan, and his fearlessness in leading his men through storms of bullets and bursting shells, he is an idol of the whole country, they declare. His generosity, the interest ever shown for the welfare of his regiment, are now known east and west.

Colonel Roosevelt is an honest man. His integrity looms up like a mountain peak amid the trickeries of average officials and politicians. He can explain to the cowboys the meaning of the Greek words that they hear quoted by reformers who never spend an hour nor a dollar to purify politics. He is probably the only man in the country who has the approval of Godkin and the masses. He can meet the professors of Columbia college on their own grounds talk to Seth low and Cleveland in any language, modern or ancient. Yet this, hero has the simplicity and kindness of a child. A poor man can go to him for advice and get the honest stuff.

Western men believe that Roosevelt's word is as good as the best look on the biggest bank safe. They know that his "combination" can't be given away nor stolen by the most skilled of political sharpers.

The men who- herd cattle month in and month out on the plains, with only a paper now and then to read, feel that the colonel is a big man in literature, "hot stuff" in politics, and is their powerful friend.

They have heard him read poetry night after night to the boys on the Little Missouri, and are ready to put him against any man on legs as a candidate for any office to be filled, big or little, from Albany to Washington. In their own language,

The rustlers are bound to put him thar When he's ready and willing to go.

Another strong point with the people about Colonel Roosevelt, besides his integrity and great ability, is

hiB

willing­

ness to lift up bis fellow men who are down in the world. The boys bold to him as an idealeandidate, the first man who has the honesty of Lincoln, the dash and daring of Sheridan, the immovability of Grant and a lot of big qualities of his own, whicii they hope to see used for the honor of the country and the men who are making it great.

For the benefit of New Yorkers who are lying awake nights thinking of their noble blood and ancestral splendors Colonel Roosevelt's family record is presented:

Nicholas HooeeveH(bolter), alderman 1700-1701 John Roosevelt (.merchant), assistant alderman 1748-1767 Cornelius Roosevelt, alderman 1750-1764 Cornelius O. Roosevelt (merchant), alderman 1786-1801 Assembly 1803 James Roosevelt (merchant), alderman 1800 Assembly 1708-1787 James J. Roosevelt, assistant alderman 1828-1829-1839 Supremo court Justice 1854-1800 Assembly 1835-1840 Congress 1841-1848

Colonel Roosevelt is aNew Yorker of illustrious ancestry, famous for their loyalty to their convictions. His family, it will be seen, has been active in business and publio affairs for more than 200 years.

He was born Oct. 27, 18G8, in his father's bouse, 28 East Twentieth street, New York city. For eight generations his people lived in the city, but for three generations their home a greater part of the time has been at Oyster Bay.

When Julian Ralph asked Colonel Roosevelt what strong directions did his home influences take in his boyhood, he replied: "I was brought up with the constant injunction to be active and industrious. My father—all my people—held that no one bad a right to merely cumber the earth that the most oontemptlble of created beings is the man who does nothing. I imbibed the idea that 1 must work hard. The whole family training taught me that I must be doing, must be working, and at decent work."

Colonel Roosevelt calls bimself only a quarter HollandiBh and three-quarters Scotch, Irish and French Huguenot— which aooouats for his disposition. He says he owes much to his father, who was a merchant, a philanthropist and described as a robust, active participator in ontdeor life.

In his twenty-seventh year Colonel

nooseveit took up a ranch in north Western Dakota, near the Montana line, and later wrote a book entitled "The Making of the West."

He was graduated from Harvard in 1880, went to Europe^ and although he had been physically below par in his youth he took to outdoor sport to build up hia strength. He climbed the great mountains of Europe, the Jungfrau and the Matterborn, with BO much suooess that he was made a member of the Alpine club in London.

He ohvays 6aid he believed in all kinds of manly nthletio sports, from football up and down. He declared "that in a free republio like ours it is a man's duty to know bow to bear arms and to be willing to do so when the occasion arrives."

He joined the Eighth regiment of the New York state national euord in 1884 as a second lieutenant, and soon became captain of a company.

In those days he said: "I have always had the heartiest sympathy with the soldier's life. "A man with a horse and a gun is a picture or idea that has always appealed to me. Mayne Reid's heroes and the life out west also appealed to ma. I wanted to see the rude, rough formative life in the far west before it vanished. "I went there just in time. I was in at the killing of the buffalo in the last big hunt in 1888 near Pretty Buttes, when the whites and the Sioux from Standing Rock and Pine Ridge were doing the killing. "I went west while I was in the assembly, in the long vacations—went hunting—went to the Bad Lands and shot elk, sheep, deer buffalo and antslope. I made two hunting trips, and in 1864 I started my cattle ranch. After my terms in the legislature and until 1 was appointed civil service commissioner I lived most of the time out west in the summers and spent only the winters in New York. "I never was happier in my life. My house out there is a long, low house of hewn logs, which I helped to build myself. It has abroad veranda and rocking choirs and a big fireplace, and elkskins and wolfskins scattered about, on the brink of the Little Missouri, right ia a dump of oottonwood, and less than three years ago I shot a deer from the veranda. I kept my books there, suoh as I wanted, and did a deal of writing, being the rest of tho time out all day in every kind of weather."

In regard to politics Octane) Rooeevelt say^t "I believe, and always have believed, that a man should join a politioal organization and should attend the primaries that he should not bo content to be governed, but should do hia part in the work. "So upon leaving college 1 went to the local political headquarters, attended all the meetings and took my part in whatever was up. There came a revolt against the member of assembly from that district, and 1 was nominated to succeed him and was elected. "The fundamental proposition the new system is that every American citizen has the right to serve the publio (provided that his services are needed) if on his merits he is able to show that be is the man most capable of filling the position he seeks, and all he is required to do is to show this superior capacity in fair competition with other American citizens. "In other words, the system is one of common honesty and of fair play for all, and therefore it is essentially Ameri can and esseutially democratic.M

Among the literary oontri buttons from Colonel Roosevelt's pen are these books: "History of the Naval War of 1812188«, "Life of Thomas H. Benton, in the American Statesmen series 1887, "Life of Gouverneur Morris 1688. "Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail 1889, "The Winning of the West," first two volumes, called his magnum opus 1890, "History of New York City 1893, "Essays on Practical Politics 1898, "The Wilderness Hunter 1894, third volume of "The Winning of the West 1898, "Hero Tales From American History."

Any man who has fived in that strange spectral region of the stupendous northwest, where Colonel Roosevelt ran his cattle ranch and herded live stock, can easily understand that he learned much of frontier life, in which the use of a gun plays a constant and picturesque part. "It is true," said Colonel Roosevelt the other day, "that but for my experiences hunting among tho mountains and bad lanes of the west I would not have been so well prepared to meet the Spaniards on their own ground among the mountains and death traps of Santiago. "In killing dangerous game steadiness is more needed than good shooting. No game is dangerous unless a man is close up, for nowadays hardly any wild beast will charge from a distance of 100 yards, but will rather try to run off. And if a man is close it is easy enough for him to shoot straight if he does not lose his head. "A bear's brain is about the size of a pint bottle, and any one can hit a pint bottle off hand at 80 or 40 feel I have had two shots at bears at close quarters, and each time I fired into the brain, the bullet in one case striking fairly between the eyes and in the other going in between the eye and the ear. "A novice at this kind of sport will find it best and safest to keep in mind the old Norse viking's advioe in reference to along sword, 'If you go in close enough, your sword will be long enough.' If a poor shot goee in close enough, he will find that he shoots straight enough."

According to all accounts the colonel of the rough riders will soon be at close quarters and likely to plant his politioal bullets squarely between his antagonist's eyes.

Although his furlough had not expired Colonel Roosevelt said he felt that his plaoe was with "the boys," and be took the first train for Montauk to join his rough riders.—New York Herald.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.

LESSON 111, FOURTH QUARTER, INT**-, NATIONAL SERIES, OCT. M.

Text of the Lesson, II Chrnn. xxlv, 4-ML Memory Verses, 9-VI—Golden Terlj

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Chron. xxxlw, t9—Commentary by Ifcs Rev. IX M. Stearns.

4. **And it.camo to pass after this that Joash was minded to repair the house of tho Lord." After tbodeotih of Jehoshaphat, who did right in tho sight of tho Lord (II Chron. xx, 33), tbo story is a sad one of unbelief and rebellion until Joash at the ageof 7 and under tbo guidance of Jeholada tho priest began todo right In tho sight of tho Lord (verses 1-8). It may have boen 20 years or moro after the death of Jehoshaphat that tho temple, so long neglooted, began again to be honored. Tbo negioct of tho temple meant the nogleot of God. 6. "Gather of all Israel money to repair tho bouso of your God from yoar to year and seo that ye hasten the matter." It is interesting to note that tho neglected house of tbo Lord was a safe hiding plaoe for tho ohUd Joash for six yoars (II Kings xl, 8). What a comment upon the disuse of God's dwelling plaoe in tho midst of Israel and their utter forgetfulness of God I Tbisoompulsory attempt to raise tho money for repairs is very muoh liko the way most Christians act now, but It is not the Lord's way. The Levites probably understood this and therefore were slow to obey the king's command. 6. Tbo collection of Mosos, the servant of the Lord, and of the congregation of Israel for tbo tabernaalo of witness." The king called for Johoiada and asked why the Levites had not been required to bring this in. The answer of Jeholada is noc given. Prayer Is moro powerful than argument, and possibly priests and Levites gave themselves to pray or. In Ex. xxx, 1116, there is the reoord of tho ransom or atonement money whloh overy roan g.»ve when enrolled In the army of Israel, but this money was usod to build tbo tabornaele (Ex. xxxvlii, 2ft-38). In Dent, xvi, 16,17, there is a reoord of an offering freely givon when the people came to Jerusalem to worship the Lord, and this, I think, would bo the proper offering for the repairs. Kotioo that this was brought to tho tujnpla 7. "The sons of Atbalkth, that wicked woman, had broken up tho house of God, and also all the dedicated things of the bouse of tbo Lord did tbey bestow upon Baalim." Is thero any danger of our taking things that belong to God and, like that wickod woman and her sous, giving them to Baalf Lot Baal stand for all other lords except the Lord Jesus Christ tbon. If honest, would we not have to say, "O Lord our God, other lords besido thoe have had dominion over ofi" (Isa. xxvl, 13). Whatever is given to self or the world of that whioh belongs to tbo Lord is like taking from the Lord to givo to Baal. 8^ "They made a chest and set it without at the gato of the bouse of tho Lord.M In II Kings xli, tt, it is said to have boon placed beside the altar on tho right side as one comoth into the house of tbo Lord. By oomparing the two verses wo see that it was done by Jeholada, tho priest, at the king's commandment Tho altar suggests the sacrifice, God's love to us, tbo oost of our redemption, the love of Christ whloh constratneth as to yield all We are and have obeerfully to Him. Giving is easy when we oonsldsr Him who so loved us that He gave Himself for us. What can we give compared with His gift? 9. "And they nado a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring In to the Lord the oollectlon." This is wholly different from sending out tbo priests to gather it (verse 5). This is tbo Lord's way, the other Is man's way. When the tubornacle was to be built, proclamation was mudo that all who woro willing might bring their offerings, and the result was that so muoh came in that Moses bad to command the people to stop bringing (Ex. xxxv, 29 xxxvi, 0, 7). It was the same willing spirit that providod for the temple

Chron. xxlx, 9). I believothat

if people were taught the privilege of giving because of God's great gift to thorn they would today give as freely as in the days of Mosos and of Dovld. I have 6een it and know It and have hoard of the same spirit in other parishes, whoro the efforts to raise money were set bsido and tho people permitted to givo willingly. 10. "And all tbo prinoes and all tho people rejoiced and brought in and cast into the chest until they had made an end." David prepared for tho tomplo with all his might, because he bad set his affection to the house of his God, and whon tbo people

Rave

he said, Who am I, and what

is my people that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort, for all things oomoef Thee and of Thine own have we givon Thee" (I Chron. xxlx, 2, 8, 14). There Is that soatteroth and yet lncreasoth. Every man, according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him givo—not grudgingly or of necessity, for God lovoth a cheerful giver (a hilarious giver) (Prov. xi, 24 II Cor. Ix, 7). 11. "Thus thoy did day by day and gathered money in abundance." Whon the chest was full, thoy oounted it and put it up In bags and put the chest in its plaoe again. Compare 11 Kings xii, 10. It was so cosy to thus galhor it. No one wan asked to givo. All gave as they were led. and no one kz.jw but tho Lord who gave muoh or llttlo. Doubtless then, as whon long afterward He sut over1 against the treasury, many who were poor gave nture In proportion than some of the rich. In the day of tho rewards each ono shall ba recompensed aocording to his works (ReV. xxli, 12), and He who reads tho heart wil reward righteously. 12. "And tho king and Jehoiadagave it to such as did the work of tho sorvice of the bouso of the Lord." Tbo money is lirat provided, aud then tho work is carried on. Whon tho Lord would send His servants, Joseph and Mary, down to Kgypt, lie first prov ill od the gold that was necessary through tho wise men who came from the east When Ho wants anything dono, He always provides for It fully. When anything seems as if It ought to be done and there is nothing to do it with, either it is not tbo Lord's work or it is not tho time to do it. But when His work is done in His way aud in His tliiko all is easy, ikiw few ate foond as faithful us thorn men into whose haads tho money WHS given and no reokoning kept (II Kfiigs xil, 15).

IS. "So tho workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by tbem, and they sec the bouse of God in his state and strengthened it" The next veAo says that the work was finished, and they bad a supplus of mooey. There is no stratano98 iu tho Lord's provision. Ho-does exooedlng abundantly. Tbore is a bouse now being bulldod, tbo church of God, the body of Christ, and many are seeking in

maaf

ways to gather money to do the work, and there is a laok of funds and manyhl» francos.