Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 44, Number 9, Jasper, Dubois County, 1 November 1901 — Page 2

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Admiral Schley Tells the Story of m J the Destruction of Admiral Cervera's Fleet. II A PLAIN UNVARNISHED NARRATIVE. Jlk Mi rial, truthful naitl t ona-lorlng, ttapiHti t 0 i th ImiIuiuu; of I apt. Clark and Ulhru, I .,,. Nu t.rouaii for II. r asuilra lo Mauri I u 4 : i a l't . History of Ihr Kigtil. Waluuiriou. Oct. Ji".. In the .vhl.y spoon of intuiry, AdmirmJ Schley eou-Jtftuic-t tli- recital .f hia narrative re Jamrri u ho coiiil not in the Si.in;h JM- wl ich he hai I --.-. i Thürs, ;iv. ' ' or .1.. ...... 1 hiilMlav .' I JAbru Ihr court ailjoui tutl Thurtniuy. 4k.. ,,.! oven-il ,,, of the ,,iy, of ailc ;t til j i' :i J r . ..'it t the begin -

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lay .11. the battle off Santiago, ad - - aaic i.inu'U." loop oi i no nrooKivu vci Üa In- told of. Ticket for all the reserved seats l.i,l Ik-ii i'u,i iH'furc the court waa attirl to order, and an hour tyefore aiuit time there was not an titire-rni-'l aeut unoccupied. After rhursada.v'.s witi - had corrected their antimony. Admiral Schley took ihe stand ami resume his Mory of cicnta Jeatliiiir up to the t'reat Iwttle of July , l9rt. his story of which is aa follows: itnar of Jaly 3, the day lly. The skies were levied eels, and the breese conbtt longer off the land im usM.il. After I had eatCaaM up to take a aurv. y n with alaaaes. We ware RK p issibly thr.-.. miles or er from the land, and I min h why they had permum so close. H was a wh: d a litt i: int inuiiry and dl u as I on !;e'iully why the batteries us At a tuarter of nine ;ori..t to UM that Mitral from the ftacshlp to dls-i-m nta and that he had 1 (ltd not. of cur-. ' 1: -.1 t 1 un i.-r t we had put Into positi .n sun art.-. in order that rht collect there. I think me forward for the men. k with my Kl.iss.-t ift.r BV. ' ma ! r m. had ii ,1 ne below f..r a little whlML and aa alttlnK abaft n a hatchway call from the forward bridge: ommodore that the fleet la cornThat wns sonic time after the len CaUaal to quarters. alMUl k The ahtp at that m.m- nt II th5 I an. Ii, i

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with her head In toward the Band In the dir etton of Cabanas, which I Ww a little cove lo the west ward, and f '. the marking j oints we used In I caaintiiininc nur ixNUtlons. I looked over leite starboard aide ind aaw the em-mv amiiii! out of the entrance of the har!r I Hun ! . , 'ward to see the order erf the ships, and I saw the Texas ap-rut-ntly a point or mor- alft the starnvrd neam. Mr own recllrctlon now. I aa m-ar aa I cm ta:.- It. i thnt the ship a I'aaaa.l wa near n"r-n. -v as! hi Tl vis apMpaarod to me to be headinic on num. of th" leMaterly course To the .ft ,,f her waa I efcfr ..wa. She was. of courae. to the I aRMl tvard nff IIjc T, i Th.. , ir.v, ... . j ... aa eastward of the town The Indiana m eastward of that p. suiori. and the afjlotjrester waa lytnu in i.nder thf land. I fcouuht. In th- nelghUnhood of Aenla,,ra "PttA KT..m- V.,rlr M, m . ' out of signal distance with ajlassea I I asokc-l at that :n order to dtarmlM what I say nitlon In the a tion was to be. If I vessel had not been out of sight. I laäaeuld have made a signal. The mnaaerit I . that I . f i n to am Htlle platform I had hid constructed Sun the battle tower aa my position In the battle. In order to be very close) to Ctaft Oh.k I had only b-n there a aafti.r.i or tw . when "ii; Cook j'.ln. l aav. In th.- meantime. Mr Hodirson. who arms on th- upper brtdfe, sang out sotneu . to the aptaln about being cnantid up and all r'.ady. and he at the arirttc time aald to me "Commodore, th v av omii ri' hi it -is " Well I as ! ". rltht for .um The h.-lm was put aap.rt Th- ship was start"! ahead At tThaps about half apeed. 1 do not rec-ol1.-I h- look h.-r way very quicklv. and I"1 we headed around I said I" Vapt. Oi k. "flu ah I. full speed, and holat ejand to clear ship for at.-n - W -ewally made that signal because there was esnoind the quaner deefc and around the aarocaatle of most of th. s. ships a little temporary ratline composed uauallv of isBara and rpe to kn r- t'- from 1 iitinir -W rt . am i K . lfrwk eii ' ith la:.' i Generally an awning of some lp. That signal was followed up for dope action." The well as the other vessels of n. hnrged Immediately into In accordance with the orlef aeeklng the enemv's shii.s in itjhr en' ranee rr driving th-m aaborc wi aaMllinued directly for the head of the eaaeany's column, the Idea uppermost in SB.- mind being that If w uld arreat Ohl in long - n-eigh for lh- hattleahlpa to 'aaw In and knock th.-m t.. j-ieK that at Mr n our is si p..ii't ,,f atta.-k. Thev on this course, porting and ing ti me- t ihe movementa of ig ahlp. whirl- I iaaume. lo be dp fr m i flag at her masthead from the tlm- we atartr-H wo ay':, as, tio I W ' ten to twelvi notes tui dna first ai- p. rt b. In and then advaneinir dipe4ly to hr enemy I saw the ships to th. it ward ind westward closing in W swld to Cap Cook: "floso at'..n or ele 'i vi. aa nd it means to i It "f ' ' !t i ! i the m-. w . hi: fin t. t h V I fore Sim' -on aim. .-I tstle of h" hl:. .Itr- ( try over 1 saw the w i Wl u v 1 1 III I ai thpl -V ship ! 10 to the of t ti -r on the the ly at the ll. . t . . had I r fe '.. w feat lire the i- ilat-tv iipp ir-nt i' ipt .rdi-r I., diir, K .. I n. I .lu ha. .lone it In a aecond. I ahlB h. id swinging verv r ipldlv aw him wttethei his helm was rt. I think he i;.: I hard aport. "if the hin turn n-ior.- r.m.llv air. kl' I 1 laett h- did at tliw tun Her turn was PaHMl"lv c n . Tto-r win.-.-ia-rii- of l.r h.-lm t n-v-r e , i hi -tar-a rV al l th. T. T-t at all. We were afwaw ai rM her I ow I aeirer waa st her Blr, "Vie. and she n.-v.-r -ippr-. a h.-d anr fpeWtm thai was within W yards of the Iriofclvn Hhe never enteral Into m W M all . a menac- or danger. . Caased eompletelv around the tinle The ajt rant, th .t w is glv-n was l.MD yards ' the fact ,l th.- namesa of that -hip jlh. seeond Hpanlah shipi Imprensed ltalf aapt'ti n min.i and will never be f reot. be, auae I oouM ree with the naked i we. mm njnning over her lurreta lo her taanwjstru, lure t. k. and I observed the ylight bt ween their legs as they r ,n V ti rn-d very rapidly, and I had bee mr s long time under the Impression that tn starWird . ngtne was barked, fr..m r.'lr,f'1,;,, " ' utan the 2.!22ftrtiind- '" ''r'1"" astern t aaw an en,. -iai amount of churned watei . H If? ', m' ?"rv much aa tf that enXer . , ' Ttionth the rnstmr an not one of reeord. na I fo-ind 2' , , 1 "em I had alwava been anJV'.".; -;----l n that that engine h, luring Ihe turn t. I, .. wcrv properly mid- ,nme nlla.lon I v k 1 js" , 'h os for Ihe Texas ,u i" KT : 'II th-,,. waa neCerl fw. ,mv of any ih .r... i.t l.4-

Jr. Ilodgann an,l aivartf Flrat. h wti too j l rnt ufflifr to hive l ransicriil one "f ihe platneul du Ilea f an orttcer at au.-h iinif. ml. v.oii.l. it he tui4 un.1i ri ikm lt. I uuM n,t huv. riTiui"l tl (or u .. ti.t TU.it 1 a flv.ii n. Hi' re whi no ctllMu It. fun- w. i-irm.l the l.vi.llu hlD 11

" f"i I w'kii we turn.. I .irv.ut she w ahead of ua. th.it I. on th fi.irh.iHr.1 now, an. I ul! f.ur ahii una ins fort wrii ftrlns at the aanw tlnn-, ami fr"in that nnuu.-nt t:ie f w ten or fifteen minute w r tha ir,t furtcu irt of thla amine .-oianai. l rememn r very illalliu liy ac'in. from time to um., a a niv attention Wttl attrai Uil for a moment, the Jela of ' lor ahead and intern and orer and abort. The ro.ir of i roie.-tllee waa one of tha thinsa tliat ran he heard only onra In a lifetime, and then rev er fornotten. It .iyp.-ar.i1 at that moment that all four o? theae ah loa were at work upon tha Bm-'klvn. ami un to tho moment of turnIns. ao far aa we could perceive, there

waa not the ullKhtoat evl.len- thev na'ij, ,(l w wer aithin rnnaie of thla er an been Inlure.i Th thouKhi paaaed veaeel and wa tried the IS-lnch and I- j throuirh my ni'nl that after all our pre- )n,.n j,1M on nor a. v.ral of them fell in .ind w tltiK; thoee fellow would ,hrt. hut 1 rvmemlwr that one of tha K-t iwny. At tnat moment I felt, and I I orcg-on'a 13-Inch ahota uaaaad entirely thoimht 1 remarked to i'.ipt 'o.'k tht ov,.r t,on and tl at one of the S- l

we w-r- a lor. ! I w u..i p. rn:o n..e moat .if the Hl-Iu unon oura.-lve h.-cauae ' "V. '" .,,.11 . isalliv keef i:n their BIWe.1 Ullt I 1 did not know th. n that thf battl. rotftd poaaibiy ke. p up th.-lr aie.l But I a i. I i him Ve mum atny with thla

i aaid i him" "vi must may with thtaitnn. it .n.l not strike tier. The position

-?, V L", .S I aa weB kl Itir paople !:d they certainly I :n, J,D 'uh, '.V.i'nl.? I .ir vi i ... ...... .... riotn.nt I aaw the Hregin urea Kingthrough the cloud envelope She broke through on to the starboard quarter of the Sag. I h.'ist.-d the signal of "Close up" and then Follow the flag." feeling that a new disposition was neo-sarv. That alrnal Was replied to. and I It . . rapt t Marke kn-W very will ! ras not int.-nd.-.i for htm. bscaats he waa followlnr the flag, ao he repeated it to tho other ships In a very few mo-m-'nts after th-- i n .n lr.k- through the cloud of smoke sht was perhapa faur or five hundred yards distant. These two si op. the Orer .n and the Brooklyn, were flrhSg in a manner I bad never seen beI n, ver tx-fore realised what rapid gun fire meant Hoth shli were at that time a sheet of Asm. Boon after that I Saw that the leading ahlp was evidently . i tare. I hard Sh.. la:.d Stern, t saw n k eitnlng out of her ports and o-it of her hatches, and the net that ImI Itself upon me wis that the eolimns were going straight up In the air. r sal.' t.. Capt. Cook who was const ant -Iat niv aid.-; "We have got "ne K.et ti e lovs below Informed of all the movement Thev can not aest. and they ought 10 know." and he did so throughout the ac'ioa. nv.-f f. w monr-nts mesage were .-nt In-biw t the men that were anaw. red oftenttmsa with cheers which we eoitM hear through the ventilators. It appear.it to ! ' verv short lnt.rv.il --f time after that that 1 saw a sMOM ship on tire which provtsl lat, r t.. he the Oqnendo. ghe evidently had Buffered verv - -. relv. and start..l Immediately In short leaving the V: .-.a v i and the Colon. TheVlsi.ava imni. -Ii . I., k n l--.ding p..ttl.,n n the bow. and I thoimht for a little while thnt she would perhaps outf ..t us. The Colon worked Inshore and the time betwet-n the dropping out or action of those two ships until the Vlscaya turned inshore was a period of perhapa thirty minutes, during whl- h she was ' -t of the Brooklyn and th" Oregon. T look" 1 to the etstw.ird and got occasional glimpses of th. Indiana and of the Olonceater. I could not see very weu what they were dotag, owing to the clouds cf smoke, though I knew that both were doing admirable work I felt that the mo ment thiii" vessels ran into tne neacn mt commanding officers of the ships which coul l not keep up th paee with the two tenders would take care of the prisoners and would save then from the insurgents as well as from their own fire. About thirty mlnutt. as nearly as I can remember, was the length of time from the tilr.g in or the wounding of those two first vessels tinttl the Vlscaya went ashore She was a little forward of the t- am of the Hrooklvn. and I do not think at anv time over ;..i0 or 2.tW yards sway. She was In most excellent target rang, and 1 rcmemb-T that a marine stationed in the top reported that he did not se anv of the ahota at the two shttis. the Brooklyn and the Oregon, hitting the water. Po I imagine! from that they were striklnr the ahlp. It was on the trip outward after the turn I was very aniious about the ranges because I did not want the Vlsrava and the Colon to get out of good fighting range Kills, who was an xpert with the stadtmeter. constantly kept that instrument n th..e veasels and knowing esactly their helghta. reported to me that they were maintaining the same range; btit l thought my eve waa a little more sensitive, and I said: "No, they are evidently gaining." He w.-nt from me the second time, an 1 that waa the last I saw of him alive In performing this magnificent duty he lost his life He was struek about ten feet from where I was standing His brains and blood were thrown over a peat manv people, and some of It reached me lie immediately fell, of course, to the Aet k. and It was a shocking sight to men who had never seen auch thlmrs before Ideut McCauley snd Dr. Iiev.ittn got down, or rather they were standing between me and the tower They picked up the body and ranied It to the aide I Just happened to se them through the opening and called out to them not to threw that body overtx.-ird ; that I thought that one who'had falb n so gallantly deserved to te li ri. -1 -i 1 hrtstlan. Iii body Was I il l tsrtder the be of the forward turret and covered with a blanket and there kept until after the battle Just before the Vlscaya turned to run Snore she put her helm starboard, apparently starting out for the Brooklyn or the Oregon. I don't p-m-mber which, and evidently at that moment got a very sever- wound, for 1 saw ipilte an MrptOs'. : under her bow. and In a moment afurw-ird she put helm aport turning Inshort. smoke coming from all of her hatctia I thought she was going to cipslze. h bed fn h a tremendous list to p.rt. Just th-n 1 saw a shell strike her that appeared to me to rake her fore and aft. and 1 thought to myself she would sink In de.-p water. S" I MM the signal nffl. r to iilgt ai to the Texas to took out f,.r b,-r mi i and to save them, but the T x I Was too far astern to receive the mesngo. 1 made the remark at the time, however "Phillip I always sensible. He Purina this part of th- flzht I noticed thai all of the signal h ilvards of my ship w-re cut. I ihink possibly with or ex -epilon. fine of the sp-id cones we had hi iated wa CUt and ame vi ry near striking me. It (sie down In front of me and went oerls-ar,l After the Vlscaya had turned In sflre. her erdors down, the Colon edged In shore, and appeared to be following the contour of tne roast, and I thought th it at thnt time, looking astern and observing what had happened ti her conv rts. she was seeking Ihe l-st place she could lind In Order lo end the matter at once.' From Asaaderos, Which Was behind. s me 1 mil. a west of the harbor of Kanuago. to th- point itio Tarqulno, Is perhaps about thirty miles, so I said to pt .k: 'X'ease I'rln." and to make th" signal. I r:lso told Cap! c.K.k to leal M in. n i -m it "f th- turrets li,ii, th.cooltr air nnd get sim,-ttitng t. eal and hutr up t,i m.-n ! i..w I ihlrk I went Into the battle tower mvself at that tlmnno sang mi in in" m'-n n, low tnat we had got all of them except one and that I th -tight they could be depended upon to cateh thai other .-se. heard n good deal ,,f Merriment an,j re joking I W. nl back fo the bridge and soon real I led that they were doing their le-st. There was a ilngle p. th rails and a vibration to th- .si' :. but i : . .-ii- ' hat th. tn .- tlons of the shlp were sluggish 1 suggested to dpi -..ok that we poa.dhiv had some compartments fluni, n,. .ni the carpenter down and It devdont-d that one ,,f the after em part men Is had tilled with water, hl, h we thought was duo to the fact that we bad received some Injury below the water line The carpenter, as well n the captain, thnufttit 1t ur.wl. to , ... ;!. , the otnpartment until we could get into smoother water, where we eouirt possibly handle tt much more readtlv That . -nro waa d--id. , up-.n. The ship's Speed, of course, came up with some rapidity, and toward 12 o'clock It w . ry ap'.ar.-nt that we were gaining upon the chase I said to I'apt ei i times durtng the action. "Would It I ' I" (i good M n to edge In so thai we " ild finish thoa, fellow quicker?" and nlli I that we had them In most c r--.i e., ...... ,nst the anna of Ce wo ship- m-d to be .lolnir mot "imirii.io wrk We wer, nolnilnir nt bat time for Taroulno nolnt iirol. r Pane I'r.i t iKa nAlhl a, I ..n.ll.. . , L-.. ....ftlft v- i idea was that in atarln that :

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.- .. Woul.t be olllg,.i to m oiil. i iti I iuli Krt ui a lot of (ra puinllion. mi thjt -,1k ,.,iu. cIi,m .. . , rt . r v p w I : I a .ill. - . bot u few minute belore we kn.ick-,l her out. As wo wer olna out u MM bar off there were various algnala betwee V , " Ä 'VS.'-oiBriÄ 'iT'VJ p.. cedar to Capt o trka t" onaa fire wita ht U lm h (una I ipl i'l.irk haa teatifl .1 th.it be ill. I not leeelve It. and I ulw.iya h.i.l !'. -1 in ..ler Ilia impression. lmtl j t .,r, nim ,,v thera-lae. that thit ,.t ,er 11 I.e. n trn smitt.-l However, wo ronllnue.. to advance, the Oregon iin.l tl Brooklyn I don'1 ihla-t the n.;..u f rther astern th in v yards I .to r.ot bell, ve the prolonu natlm' of her to ir-.r nt nnv time w ult hvi passed within MO yar.ta of the Brooklyn. Vi W.-9 praotfeally anil relatively at tha aarne outancaa; perh.ii the Brook! vr, :. a little n.-.irrr. W- eonltu::! In tins roton until about 1!:S. whan wa paal. ..... th, ,h Hrooklvn paane.i over i- .iM t . i . 1- . Ä ...... tl. r.er no I iw 1111 iii 'o ... r water i.eion.t i iihm " "- l. ,k..,h r Out It UlltVarB j! t. VS"TCÄVu.";S In the mfnd of tha captain or ine i oum thnt It w. ul ! be fntal I ihink he .I d ,..,. A a,o -ritte nt life W-U.l ! have heen nnneceaaarv : ao he fired a (run tn ,hp leeward and hauled Wa down mn ran in on to tue oar . onf I'lo Tnroulno I iKl.al ed a' ot. to cease firing, that the enemy had aur- i rend, red We hauled up and Immediately ; passed Into position We had some 11 r- , Acuity In getting OUl a boat oil account of the steam being turned off and the cranes having been struek They w m .re or less Jammed. We st-amed Into a position of a thousand yards I remember distinctly Capt Cook asking if we hould slow up. 1 said: "N continue In " We arrived in the vicinity of the 'don. certainlv at 1 : At the time she hauled her odors down I did not think la was over four miles from us Wt I w.-rc running th- n In the neighborhood ol fifteen knots When this sum MM r took place I naturnllv felt interested in tht veaaeli that were following I wa- thee n the bridge, and with passes I saa i thrco vessels astern. I could see th m i's cf two. 1 could see only the smox of the third one. We low-red the boat. ! im! Opt Co-'k w.-nt aboard H- said tt m.-: "Commodon. what are the term? of surrender?" I said to blm "uneonditiona' Those -,r. matten that tho commander-in-chief must arrange. We can only receive an unconditional surrender." At tw,. o'clock and 3 minutes, about, N w York , ame up. I had made sig- j nals to her. I think she was quite half ..n h air In answering one of them. Of course. ! !: r- w.is n t very much breese under the land When she came up 1 ma le the signal to t r that It was a glorious day for our country, and a soon as I could I w.-nt on board to pay my respects. In the meantime Cant Cook, who had been .bt .it - I some little time, started off to make his report, and went on board the . flagship When he returned I took tho ; it and went on board myself. There I reported substantially what had occurred. , the incidents and events of the battle. In a hurried way. After having stated them to the commander-in-chief a group of officers who were standing on the oppo- j site side came up to me and asked me of cotirse ev-' ,...jv u-.is int. rested -f.r the details of this battle, nnd I reh-ars-d them in a h.istv way Chaplain Royce, of j the New York came up and said: "C mm -re, your work la not over yet Tha Resolute haa Just arrived. Capt. Katn reports that there ts a Spanish battleship on the coast and the admiral wants 0 see vou." I went over and there found Capt. Clarke In the presence of the eimmsmler-in-chief. I made some sugtreitkin to him about hoisting the flag on the Colon, and said that I was prenared. If he had not come up, t'" have m tit a force of fifty or sixty men. mechanics nnd marines, on board to take poa.v'.. n. to avoid anything like mv lmpri lon la that I used the words "monkeying with her " I said that because j they wore throwing: something overboard. ! which, afterward proved to be breech blocks, and I thought that there might be some possibility of Injuring her piping below, wounding her and so on. As soon as ha mentioned to me to take the Oregon and go eastward and meet this ship, rhleh had been seen by the Resolute, t must say I felt some Itttle delight, be- i 'auo I thought that after the admirable work of the squadron on that day. and the part that the Brooklyn snd Oregon had in It. Cere was nothing that carried Spanish c lors that we should have hesitated to meet. After this story of the battle, told by the senior officer who had participated In It. the vast audience, which had listened for an hour in almost breathless quiet, I anil to shift about slightly, and th-n to settle down for the remainder of the narrative. The admiral told of the pursuit of the strn.nge vessel, how he had met the Vixen snd been informed It was the battleship pelayo and how-, when it was ultimately run down it proved to be the Auatrian rrulieeT Maria Teresa, which was bound tor eaatlago to carry away neutrals bf, ri Vv.. 1f- al-. . L- ..I Ks- lh.. . m..n fore the ilty was attacked by the Ameri an rones; K-iurrin.r frr.m this cbaaa .Vtmlral Pchl- v tohl of pussln; the Iowa, when he was haileO br rapt. Kvans, who Inform him that A'lmlral frrvera waa on board anl wnul'l like very much to see him Admiral Schley seat that he then went on t r. the Iowa, having; In the meantime directed Ms rmn not to cheer, as lu did HOI think It would be proper to exult over a foe who had fought and behaved so gallantly. I rotted the Prnlh admiral greatly itelected. said the wlt-.s-. I a.ild to him I knew he had lost everything cjothlne as well as money, and I informed him that my wardrobe aa well as mv purse as far aa tl.at WOUld tro. waa at his service. A'lmlral Cerwia. th-- witness aald. thaikcd him for his eourtwy, ay!mr ha had n ver met a aalior who was not a gentleman. I ut l-ein,-i the proffer, only ak'nn to be allowed to send a dispatch to hts government announcing the fate of hia I there would be no objection i,fif aa l Ibo 'Unnau th thst thf admiral said, closir.i; his narrative Impressively, ended th- battle of the him ilay of July. l-;o 1 wish to p-',l. he continued, that I was very n-nrh Itnpn ssd on thnt nay with ihe fact that lh officers and the m n who sre ir.saired in that atrueale fulfllbsi in ÜM V'i.v hiKbest an.! In the verv novlaM lere the traditions of the Am-ricin t.avy." "MILLIONS OF THANKS." Hi . i r- iilinlrnl -Ii', v vaWt lh- la sdMatWn of 'ie BsubIUm Ctah of I hit nnit, Chicago. Oct. 26. Hear-Admiral Win field Scott Shley has aecepted the imitation of the Hamilton club, of Cha-ncfo. to lie present nt a reeeption and banquet to lie given in hi hontir. F.dwin A. Mnnger, president of the club, received the following telejrrnm in rejdy to the invitatio! s-erit Thursday: w aahingtna, D. c. Out U i:d win ,. M linger, president Hiimiltob club f hicafo. Millions of thanks. Im possible to name date nt present. I Signed Y. S. S( II I.FY." Hardware foinbine Hatch I nir. ew ok. ct. 'ji. sceordlng c the Tribune ( harles K. Flint emifirm the report from various sections o. the country to the effect that u com burnt ion of ihe hardware Inleresta othe United States is in process of ne gotiatlon. The WrcU'i Kallares. New York, Oct. H, K. (i. Dun d Co. reiiort: "Failures for the weel nun, land in Ihe United State Ifg aca.ii, si 1505 last year, and L'U in ani da, against 28 last year."

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i The Construction Per iod of the Lou.. Jana Purchase Exposition ia Fairly Begun. BUILDING DESI6NS MOST ELABORATE. Working Plana llclnu lreaired Kor m rieliire !u Mupemloiia and llavaallnuly llei.udlul o to Fairly Murlle IIa t rcalora Other lleuia of Intrreal. St. Ix)tii, Oei '-ir. Tlie jrenorul , ,k fI4.l IHII'OIII.-.ll.ll".'l.''w - . if builtlins ot the laini;ina i urchase Ifiitcntiial tH.sitii)ii were furPros- for publicution dr liur the natl week, i l v ere the leii,'iis of the most cclc lira ted architects of the country, and their eeltiug, or gTOt! pi Off, am, mil' the forest trees in the Forest park Worlds fun site makes a picture so st uHMidous nnd daxsUnfrly beautiful in every detail us tu fairtj startle the creator! of the work tlMBMelvea. I he Work' in"- plans f.r thev,. buUdinga, whL-li win coat about eight Bullion dot bin are now Wino- pre pa rod, and eontrtteta for their const ruction will be let alxnit December 1 of the present year. Other biiililino- plans are to follow. Aloiit four million dollars will be expended OB the proiiiulH within the next six months. In addition to the vast stuns of money to in sjant on the World's fair grounds' and buildings in the near future, there will be somcthinp; else tloinp in St. Louis anrinff the pnparat n for the International expewiioa At a special election, held last Tucsfejr, live amendments to the charter of tht city were adopted by a votes Of MiMO to 9.0OO. These am. ndllicf.t it is announced that theprc-u Agricultural building-, the largest single l- ildifip in the world, covering about tltlrl y-two and u half acres, will be l-catcd outside of the Forest pirk kite, in order to leave room therein for the various other building! necdd la-ides thus of the preat central position picture. The sit- chosen is acrors the --kinr-cr road, s :mh of ihe Washinpton University biiildinps. authorise the municipal go eminent to expend before the opening of the Wo rid a fair abont five million doll -.rs ii buildinp M'wers, rccon.structinp itreets und in ieautifyin: the city De rally for the reception of it guests during the fair. Keliious exhibits b all denominaioiis, in a special building, erected for the purpose, are to be among the nttractixat features of the Worbis fair, ine controllinp bod.es of the several denominations have been invited to vend their supgestions as to the plan of the buildinp, and also nominations of directors to have charge of their exhibits, to the World's fair officials. The Colored Citizens' Louisiana I'urchase exposition committee has issued through its chairman. Capt. C. II j Tandy, a call for a state conven- I tion of the colored citizens of Missou- j ri. in St. Iajuis, on the 19th of No vein- j h- r. to consider the work of pre par- i tag for exhibits that will give the colored race of Missouri a proper representation at the World's fair. The Wyomintr Press association put the World's Fair ball in motion for that state by anpointinc- (Jov. De Forest Richarde and Editors Deemina Con nt. Chaplin, Slack and Holliday a committee to take up the matter of Organizing a State industrial commission wh i h will take care oi tins' ite's representation at the World's fair, 'lhis commission is to be fceli Med at a convention of delegatea from counties on December 11 and 12. Oklahoma's Louisiana I'urebase Expotion commission, nftcr a jrsonal Investigation of the Pan-American exhibits and state building!, has reached the conclusion that it is best to distribute the exhibits among the department buildings designed for the 1 1 reral particular lines and to reserve iu territorial building as a museum of Oklahoma's historical nnd peculiar ' fenfunv, an( :l headquarters in which Oklahoma's visitors can meet and entertain their friends. The railroad nnd other transportation cmpniiii s are keeping tab on the progress of World's fair matters. A I !t line will be built connecting nil trick with the grand entrance to the ' position grounds, near which will be ereetii! a grerit station with abundant trrickage. I'nion station will lx" riliev.d of congestion during Ihe World's fair by providing other stations for local trains. One of these receiving stations will lie at the west end of Fads bridtre, provided with elevators to transfer p i 'era 1m--tween curs on the surfaci icks, on the bridge tracks and on the elevated road on the teree Mr. F. W. laUnahoff, post ninster of Pt. Iouis, has arrange, I lo establish at once a sub-post , , tV.ro nt World's Fair headipin rters, in the Laclede building, and a full station in tho building formerly occupied by the Athletic club, on the World's fair site in Forest park. COLLIDED DURING FOG. raaaenaer aad Krelaht t ante Tngrl h. er on the Mabaih ear l.afnetle. lad. in One llar. Peru, Ind., Vt. 27. A west-Uund pi.-s, , eer train and a fnst freight on the V.ilei.sh railway met in a heavy fog near I.afavette. Hoth engires were tatllv damnged, but the engine ci - vvs escaped in jury by jumping. The force of the collision crushed the pi n forms of the forward passen ger conches, but U-voml a severe shaking up, no onssencers were injured.

How He I. oat. "Vr, air," aaid the half-done oiiug mail to bis seist -mule in the F street cur lh othrr f tci imon, "a fellah can in tike any woman moisten her lips by just look in' at her. All BO a got t' do is t shoot a sort o" edtniriu'glunee tit her, and she mob I, lis her lips und proceeds t" look pretty. 1 1st you a dollar lean mnke the Bret woman that ctere the ear aaleteU) l"'r 'ils WitMa teli seconds after she tuki s her scat." "I'll take i dollar's worth of that," said the balf-done youth's scat mute, who looked I . : i tie cheap o er t he company he found 1 1 i nisei f in. Then the ear stopped, nnd a colored attendant belpod middle-aged blind

woman onto the ear, taking I scat himself at n respect fill distance from her. The hnlf-dene youth wanted to welch, but he ro,lneeii the solitary one-dollar hill that ha had earefulljr folded aw ay in b is vest pocket w hen his seat-mote said: 'Yon lose" in n short, jrky way thai was full of meaning. Waehingt on Post. The Mnmi-sc i:irihnal l.aliy rinlh. Neat- Ay utlii.i . formerly the Capita) of Biam, is a curious laby rinth in which t'lephants are oajitured alive. The labyrinth is formed by a double row of immense tree-trunks s, t firmly in the ground, the ipaee between them grndually narrowing. Where it begina, at the tdge of tht forest, the opeaing of the labyrinth is Mote than a mile broad, but ns it approaches Aputhia it becomes so narrow that the elephants cannot turn nrouiul. Tame elephants are employed to lure wild ones into the trap Baring reached tha inner end of the laby rinth the tame elephants nie allowed to puss through a gate, while men tying in wait slip shackles over the feet of the captives. The sport I a dangerotti one. as the enraged elephants sometime crush theirwould-be en pteti under their feet, Youth's Companion. i:ie.M rielty for PatMl I se. In the business of manufacturing electricity for public supply, where steam power is used, the only available by-product i.-i exhaust Meani. This steam contains much of the heut of the furnaces w hich nre tired to produce it when it la discharged into the nir. and Is entirely mailable for steam heating pnrpoaaV In certain towns in the western states, notably In ttlseonafa and Minnesota, where the winters are lnntf and severe, the electric light stations have laid systems of underground pipes and have supplied steam beat and hot water to eititens through them. The experiment h:is been an ancjtttslified success. Indianapolis News. An latereatlns Ci prrlmrnt. A very Interesting experiment maybe performed with a block of ice by anyone when the ice is near the melting point, says a will-known scientist. If a wire is put aruund the ice and a sufficient weight ia suspended to it, the pressure of the wire on the ice will gradually liquefy that portion immediately under the wire, which allows it to sink into the ice slowly, snd as this process goea on the ice freeze, together ag-uin belli ml the wire, so that In time the wire will pass entirely through the block and leave it a solid block, as it was lsefure the experiment began. Albany Argus. Kejnlne I.oaaea la War. In all protracted wars the loss In horses from disease is terribly heavy. In Napoleon's campaign naroae the Nies men. out of I MM horse, no fewer than 4'.. ' -i sueeiimbetl in six n: Iitbs. At the siege of Plevna the Russians lost 30 per cent, of their draught nriitnals, and in the F.gypti.m wars of 1882 the English horsrs were disabled, of which Con died from t-ickness and only 60 on the fald of buttle. Pearson's Magazine.

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... .in. i no.,. o,i uiapn i in the lern i -r The elevation of the iiiouutaina varies i, , 1,000 to 8,000 feet, and are one detiae koomIi Oi pine and In trees DpST, kaaT and other large game if plentiful, and thou,-.', tha region ia visited bj tliousamla of s,orii,n every year, there tWOU ttl be BO notices bla lecrciM- in tha attrartiona offered Tha Ii i ma monatain liotels, canuM and ganM PH -en. s ale leadilv Btavubl hv If,. Lackawanna Railroad, the great trunk liaa Mtwuea New lforh aad the Qreal Laka, Troth la Ad ertliln. hfr Qattil Well, that nlac where boarded this summer adverb-ed the truth an wax. Mi Haasit Indaed! That waa naordtv es, Mr; it advert ne.l Summer boareV trs taken in. "- Da t roil I n,.. Press. Nniurt lla. A gentleman advertising tor a h,t rf,,a s the .in.in.i I ausiiei f. I .,- ,. ,,,,, f Nancy, living or dead. That'a a smart (W lucoina Ladgae. An Incomplete House. We run wild over the furnish inpa of a BOUae; it furniture, carpet, hanuiiur pi. tttrea and music, and always forget or neg led the BlOat irnrxirtatit requisite S, ,. thtng there should be ahanyi oa th shelf to provide against sudden casualties ,,r t. tacks of pain. Such come like a thief in th Bigot; I sprain, strain, sudden backache toothache or neuralgic attack. Then -I not long earner to rt than a bottle oi g Jaeoba Oil. and nothing surer to cure qui, ly any form ol pain. The house is incomplete without it. ConeWt u witii a good upply. " It Seemed So. Strawber VUs her father willinc to beta von out ? w Bin That's the wav he acted. Town nd Country. Cure of tbe ('ompleilon. Many persona with drlieite skin sutler Kreativ in winter from chapping. 1 quently the troubl srise from tl s use of impun s.-.p and cbc.ij, salves 'J' ,,. 0 arid hands should b washed only in degf hot water with Ivory soaji. A little mntton tallow or almond ml may be u -,-d a t ,-r t a hath to "u;ten the nkin, KiiK. I'-ker. IIU Klrt Hour In the t nantry. htothr -Why, baby, what'a the nsttsrl liabv (who has been st iiiir by a huii.hlt. bee)- Ine automobile log bit SM. Jttdga, Heat for the llowela. No matter what ails you, headache to a cancer, you will never get well antii . ur tmweis are put right, (-ascarcts help nai ,re, cure jou without a gripe or pam. proiiuce eaay, natural movements, cost you just lu) ..tits to start K't;m your health hack. 1 isearets Candy Cathartie, tha snnnin. pat Sp in metal boxes, every tablet has C C. C itasnpad oa it. Bawars of iuiitatiuns. or-t Off. Wha ' wor' thn - giraffe with a sore throat' A cer-.tipeie with chilblains. 1, -tun t nris! i in RejgistaV. I am sure Fiso's Care for Conaumptios saved ray life three years ago.- Mrs. Thoa Robb ins, Mi pie Street, Norwich, N. Y, Feb. 17, lDuO. Mabel's Histe "M ihel doesn't believe in ope engaeenienta " "Yea; I nndemtood Mabel's youna man had a Rood deal of money." ( Vveland Plain Dealer. To Core a fold la Oai lny Take laxative Promo (Juinine Tablets. ATI druggnsts mf und moncylf it fails to cure. 'Stc. Ail the world's a stage, and not a hit too large a stage if ail the biatorical novels are to be drniati7d.--Puck. flale'a Honey of Ilnrehonud and Tsr re lieves whooping cough. Pike's Toothache Drojia Cure in one mi nut It ia easy to non vines a woman, but ahs vrdl not stay convinced Wahington (Ia.) Democrat. Itrnaehltla t an Re Tared With lloxsie's Croup Cure, speedily. SOcts. The old-fashioned tenuis thrived cn eonv pli meats. The Renins oi to dwy is ydgtd by Its cash balance Wasa ing', on Post. PUTNAM FADELESS DYES color silk, Wool or cotton perfectly at one boding The average man's guardian angel hasn't time to take a vacation. Chicago Daily Meere.