Pike County Democrat, Volume 29, Number 1, Petersburg, Pike County, 13 May 1898 — Page 2

—- pw®mmtg£lrmMrat , MjeC- STOOPS, Editor and Proprietor. rER^BUEU, INDIANA. [05 the 6th a mob at Murcia, Spain, d the town, pillaged and fired the court* and released the prisoners i the local JaiL Oir the Sd Represen fcative Grout olid a resolution in congress thankCommodore Dewey and promoting to the rank Of^ear-admiral. It is believed in political circles in ^eriin that America has gained the prise she really had in view, having promised not to annex Cuba, but giving no promise as to the Philippines. The house committee on foreign affairs dismissed the Hawaiian annexation resolution, on the 5th, but took no definite action. It was claimed that a majority of the committee favored the resolution. m Tax big auxiliary cruiser St. Paul, with Capt. Sigsbee on the bridge, left Cramps’ shipyard, Philadelphia, on the 6th, and steamed down the Delaware river to Deep Water Point, where she dropped anchor.

The situation created by the defeat * the Spanish fleet at Manila is re* l as being deeply interesting to , as it is taken for granted that i the downfall of the Spanish per in the east. . The senate committee on military held a special meeting, oh the 4th. for the purpose oi devising means of increasing the efficiency of the signal corps of the army. Gen. Greely, chief of the signal service, was before ^ the committee. AmnRAi. Dkwkt has been honored by the people of New Orleans. The street that has heretofore been known as Spain street was formally rechristened Dewey street, all the Spain signs being replaced by those bearing the name of the famous admiral. Seckktab notified has now passes fre licenses nut age has been officially Canadian government jished offices on the and Skagnay, where be obtained by those crossing the mountains and desiring to engage in mining across the Alaska border in British territory. The American legation in Constantinople has received more than 2.000 offers of volunteers for the American navy, chiefly of Greeks, some of whom declared themselves ready to pay their i' ewn teres to the United States in " grateful remembrance of America's aid in the Greek war of independence. Wobk at the Union iron works at San Francisco on the United States battleship Wisconsin is delayed by the non-arrival of her armor plates Otherwise the completion of the vessel la being rushed with all possible speed, over 3,000 men being employed in the yard, working night and day shifts Accoaoura to a report published in London, on the 3d, the British ambassador at Washington, Sir Julian Paunoefote, is to be succeeded by Sir Thomas EL Sanderson, K. C. B., K. CL If. G., the permanent under secretary of state for foreign affairs, one of the most experienced diplomatic officers in s British ! The French line steamer Lafayette, ised off the coast of Cuba and towed jley Went, on the 4th, was promptly by the state department and sent back under escort, t^e having secured permission beleaving France to land passengers il at Havana, under promise to i no freight.

■Padiz dispatch, ou the 3d, said that cReseoond Spanish squadron, consist* in# of the war ship Pei ay o, Alfonso ,\1U. and Yittoria, and a number of smaller ships, had nearly completed its preparations for aetive service. It was reported, however, that great difficulty was experienced in fitting oat the ships owing to lack of money. Tklkorapuic orders were sent to San Francisco, on the 4th, to engage , nine steamers of the Pacific Mail Ca, which will transport, without difficulty, an army of 10,000 men. Arrange- / incuts were also made to send a supply of coal, if Dewey should ask for it, but this, it was believed, would prove unnecessary, as it was expected that coa 1 would be found at Manila. On DOLLAR AJID FIFTY CISTS per bushel was the price of May wheat at the end of the session of the Chicago board of trade oh the 5th. This represented an advance in two days of 30 cents. July wheat gained cents. This advance was the most remarkable in many years. Famine of grain abroad and enormous sales of American wheat to fill the empty granaries of Europe caused the advance. News was reeeived on the morning of the 7th from Commodore Dewey by dispatch boat McCulloch, via Hong Kong, to the effect that in the famous battle of Manila nay, on the 1st, the r Kihericans didn't lose a ship nor a man, and that oaly six sailors were wounded, and those only slightly. None of our ships were damaged. The Spanish loss was 300 hilled and 400 wounded, and 11 of their ships were sank. A dispatch from London, on the 2d, Said: “There is no room for doubt now that Commodore Dewey, of the United States Asiatic squadron, has shelled and taken Manila. The bombardment was in progress when suddenly cable Communication was lards cut the cable to prevent the Instant dispatch of news upon the part of the American commander, which would precipitate open revolt in Madrid as soon as it became generally

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IK the senate, on the 30, several war measures were passed which, notwithstanding their importance, elicited no word of debate. The most important of these, probably, was the emergency war deficiency bill, carrying an appropriation of A bill providing for the enlistment of 10.000 men in the south immune to yellow fever for an engineer brigade was passed.In the house the passage of the emergency war appropriation bill was the feature of the day’s proceedings. The naval appropriation bill, reported from conference with the provision to allow payment of naval officers for the use of their Inventions stricken out, was passed. ' Tu senate was not in session on the M. In the house, in the midst of an uneventful and uninteresting session devoted to the consideration of private bills, mi acrimonious discussion between members on the democratic side was precipitated by an attack upon those democratic members who had voteu with the republicans In support of the revenue bUL Several bitter speeches were made on both sides of the question. In the senate, on the 4th, a resolution, proposing an amendment to the constitution of the United States relating to the succession to the presidency and vioe-presidency where those officers are incapacitated from any cause, was adopted, an amendment providing lor an income tax. offered by Mr. Mills (Tex.), having first keen defeated after a sharp debate in which that gentleman was severely, criticised for endeavoring to defeat a popular amendment by an unpopular rider.In the house a resolution for the repeal of an act prohibiting tbe passage of importations in bond through the territory of the United States into the free rone of Mexico was passed. The oonferenoe report upon the fortifications bill was adopted. IN the senate, on the 5th, almost the entire session was given up to the consideration of the post office appropriation bill, which was amended in several particulars, the more important of Jwhich were the striking out of the appropriation for rural free delivery and to prevent star route contractors from sub-let-ting thetr routes. A bill was passed giving the president increased powers in providing for needy inhabitants of Cuba.In the house the Alaska land bill and the labor arbitration bill were passed. The house adjourned until

1* the senate, on the 6th. a bin was nassed to lanroaim by IS the number of surgeons in the army, and to authorise the employment of contract surgeons. A bill authorizing the establishment of post offices in military camps and posts treat over under objection- An amendment to the post office appropriation bill providing for the reduction of SB per cent, in the compensation of railroads tor carrying of mails, occupied most of the session, and was pending when the senate adjourned until the 9th.The house was aot la session. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. Matos Zixokxheix of St Louis has designated May 14 as “Dewey Day,” when will be celebrated in the most patriotic manner possible the great victory by the United States navy in Manila bay on the 1st. Tax Chili-Argentine question is rapidly assuming the acute stage. Tax latest thing in the way of war preparation is the assembling of a fleet of oolliers at New York. This looks as if a trip by the Americans to the other side of the ocean might be in contemplation. Several colliers have been acquired and ten more are in sight. Tax royal family of Austria is said to have placed the situation clearly before the queen regent of Spain, and to have assured her that the preservation of the present monarchy demands that she retire. A change of regency is expected. Turks aye unconfirmed reports of heavy losses on board the American vessels in the battle of Manila bay, but in the absence of direct news from Commodore Dewey they are not given credence, although it is reasonable to suppose that our casualty list is of no small proportions. Tux senate, in executive session, on the 4th, confirmed the nominations of 11 major generals, including Fitzhugh Lee, which had been sent in earlier in the day by tbe president. In the case of Senator Sewell, of New Jersey, the confirmation was immediate. Rkak Admiral Sampson’s fleet,which left Key West, on the 4th, it is said, will steam at full speed to Porto Rico, either to destroy or occupy the coaling station as a naval base before the Spanish squadron arrives, and then put to sea and try to engage the Cape Verde

sees. Tbs torpedo-boat Ericsson has been missing since the 30th. It is feared she may have sank. She Has not been seen by any of the other vessels in Admiral Sampson's squadron since a terrific gale struck them on that day, and it is known she was short of coal. Acconoufo to Ctpt Little of the fishing schooner Antonio y Paco, captured by the gunboat Newport a few days ago, Havana is on the verge of famine. Food is bringing fabulous prices, and the people are consequently starving. Hot roast beef and chicken, radishes, onions, potatoes, bread, batter, jelly, bananas, oranges, coffee and cream were served for dinner to 3,000 men at Camp McKinley by the ladies of Dee Moines, la., on the 5th. Da the 3th the liquidating trustee* of the Standard Oil Co. declared a quarterly dividend of three per cent, on the corporate stocks in their hands, mid an extra dividend of five per cent. Tax statement of the condition of the treasury, issued on the 5th, showed: Available cash balance. $213^34,998; gold reserve. $131,340,300. A dispatch boat which arrived at Key West, Fla., on the 3th, brought intelligence of an engagement between Spanish troops and insurgents in Havana province, in which CoL Jinan Delgado, the insurgent leader, and four my.n the Ipithh lost

The third-class German cruisee Olga passed Peterhead. Seottland,on the 5th, flying the plague flag. 'j The senate, on the 5th, passed a bill authorizing the president and general officers of the army to supply the Caban insurgents with arms and munitions of war, and empowering officers of the army serving in Cuba to supply needy inhabitants of the island with medicines and subsistence. The yacht Buccaneer brought news to Key West, on the 5th, that Gomez with 14,000 men was by that time within a few hours’ march of Matanzas. Startling developments are expected in that quarter. „ K. A. C. Smith, president of the American Mail Steamship Co., has ordered that the first of the four twinscrew steamships now in course of construction by the Cramps, for that company, should be christened Admiral Dewey. » A Madrid dispatch of the 5th said that two ironclads, two cruisers and three transports were about to leave Cadiz to drive Americans from Manila and then bombard Californian ports. Sknor Polo db Berxabk, formerly Spanish minister, at Washington, has left Canada as the results of protests on the part of the British government, which was placed in a questionable attitude by harboring him. Ckktain powers, it is understood, again made overtures to Great Britain, on the 6th, looking to intervention in the war between Spain and the United States, bnt Great Britain persisted in her refusal to take part in any such move. Corporal Cleabt, of the New Orleans police force, was shot and killed by a negro on the 6th. Later the same negro shot and killed Police Officer Trump. A crowd chased the murderer, and he was finally riddled with bullets. Queen Regent Christina again appealed to Emperor Francis Joseph, on the 6th, in favor qf European intervention, and the Austro-Hungarian foreign minister addressed a note to the powers on the subject. A Rome special, on the 6th, asserted that the pope had sent a telegram to the queen regent of Spain earnestly advising an immediate appeal to the European powers for mediation in the war with America. A special from San Juan, Porto Rico, on the 6th, said that preparations were being made there for the reception of the Spanish Cape Verde island fleet, the arrival of which was expected almost momentarily.

Secretary wage addressed the students of Cornell university on the 7th. A dispatch from Vienna says that in the highest circles “it is regarded that affairs in Spain are hurrying rapidly toward a grave crisis. But no fear is entertained for the personal safety of the queen.’* The United States government has bought 1,500.000 pounds of short clear sides of pork from the International Packing Co. and Swift & Co., of Chi* cago. for use of the army and navy. Failures during the week ended May 6 were, for the United States, 338, against 231 for the corresponding week last rear. For Canada the failures were 25, against 31 last year. “Fighting Joe” Wheeler was the first of the major-generals of the new volunteer army to be mustered in. The oath of office was administered to him on the 6th. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee was mustered in half an hour later. Senators Gorman and Lodge have both declared themselves in favor of holding the Philippines permanently. Tbe early reports from Spanish sources of the battle at Manila were confirmed by offieial advices on the 7th. Further reliable details show the battle to have been the most wonderful engagement ever fought, nothing in Bible history, where the Lord of Hosts fought on the side of Israel, equaling it. Without the loss of a man or material damage to a ship the Americans utterly destroyed the Spanish fleet, silenced the forts and batteries in the bay and menaced thecity. The Spanish official report admits all claimed by Commodore (now Admiral) Dewey, and places their loss at over 600 men. The statement of the associated banks of New York city for the week ended May 7 showed the following changes: Surplus reserve, decrease, $588,200; loans, increase, $887,1€0; specie, increase, $1,385,700; legal tenders, decrease, $1,708,500; deposits, increase, $1,113,000; circulation, increase, $344,400. A TERRIBLE riot took place in Milan,' Italy, on tbe' 8th. The anarchists retreated to the housetops where they hurled thousands of tiles and chimneys upon the heads of the troops in the streets with fearful execution. It is estimated that 300 persons were killed and 1,000 injured. By the explosion of is can of nitroglycerine, found near the old powder —ill* on the outskirts of Dourer, CoL, on the 8th, Fred Sroetzger was instantly killed, his body being blown to atoms, and Peter Lehl, Peter Schmear and Henry Loos were badly injured. Tax queen of Belgium, who Is a daughter of the late Archduke Joseph of Austria, while driving in, the vicinity of the royal palace at Laeken, was upset into Use lake. Her majesty was not injured. The Chinese war indemnity having been fully paid the Japanese troops will forthwith commence evacuating Wei-Hai-WeL The date of the British occupation of Wei-Hai-Wei is not yet settled. The representatives of China paid the representatives of Japan over £11,000,000 ($55,000,000) at the bank of England, on the 7th, this being the balance of tbe China-Japan war indemnity. Owing to the serious international complications growing out of the war between the United States and Spain, the British government; is arranging to fortify SL Johns, N. F. LATE NEWS ITEMS.

WITHIN OUR LIMITS. News by Telegraph from Various Towns in Indiana. Recruits Needed. . Indianapolis, Ind., May 7.—Capt. May, the United States mustering officer, hopes to be ready to muster in four regiments of infantry in a day or two. Thirty of the 48 companies hare been examined, but so many men have been rejected that it has been necessary to send out over the state for recruits. Logans port got a place as company M, of | the Fourth regiment, and sent down 90 men. The examining surgeons have discovered that Capt. Wakeman, the United States army surgeon, is very strict. He ran over the rolls that were turned in to him and checked off an average of five men to each company. The men were brought before him for reexamination and all were rejected. There is much discontent in camp over the rejection, and some of the companies are threatening to go home as bodies. North Manchester lost its captain and both its lieutenants, and the wen say they will not enlist unless their old captain can go with them. Tkantoa Gives Advice. Terre Haute, Ind.. May 7.—T. W. Harper, of this city, who is general counsel- for most of the railway brother* hoods, wrote to Senator Thurston, of Nebraska, expressing a desire to join the army, and received the following reply: • ; . - “Take my advice. Stay where you are. I I am strongly Impressed with the idea that I there will be but little if any real fighting by land, and I doubt If any considerable number of our volunteers ever leave the United States for Cuba." High School Orators. Muneie, Ind., May 7.—In the secono annual contest of the Eastern Indiana High School Oratorical association there were 1,000 strangers in the delegations that came with the contestants. The prizes were awarded as ft Hows: Oration—First, Miss Heien Hii-rd, of Mtincie; second, Miss Maude I.acinda Wright, of Winchester. Declaim tion— First, Miss Bessie Humphries, o! Portland; second, Miss Agn.es Schr ek, of Decatur.

Scholars Strike. Laporte, Ind., May 7.—The gr tduab ing class of *98 refuses to read couaruencement day oratious in a loca3 opera bouse. The exercises heretofore hove taken place in' a more fashionable playhouse and the graduates believe they are humiliated by the change. The board of education has mode no change in its decision and the result will probably be that there will be no exer cises. Cold Day (or Rsdag. Roby, Ind., May 7.—There wins no let-up in adverse weather conditions at Lakeside Friday, and the crowd that went out to the track was much smaller than the opening day. The track was heavy. The class of horses engaged was not so good either, and the ^six races all furnished easy winners. Four favorites and two second choices won the purses. Flee from Mexico. Terre Haute, Ind.. May 7.—Mrs. Merrill, daughter of William Hendricks, ol this city, now a resident of Jaquilupia, Mexico, has written to her father that the Mexican sympathy with Spain is so pronounced that Americans do not consider it safe to remain there, and are leaving in large numbers. She says she will arrive here next week. llold Robbery. South Bend, Ind., May 7.—The home of John Rough, a prominent German resident, was broken into and he and his wife were bound, gagged and maltreated by two robbers, who were searching for a large amount of money supposed to be kept in the bouse. The thieves departed with considerable cash and other valuables. A Steamer Ltbele4.\ Evansville, Ind.. May 7.—The steamei Lorn a Dooneand barge were libeled here by Deputy United States Marshal Jesse Peck, on a claim filed by Robert L. McClure, of Bowling Green, Ky„ for $841, for money advanced for supplies, wages, etc. The Boone is the property of th# S». Louis Produce company. Played on tbe Tracks. Whiting, Ind.. May Frederick Wagner, aged nine, was killed, end John llarr. aged is. was seriously injured by a Chicago, Lake Shore & Eastern train. Both boys were playing on the tracks and are supposed to have jumped tbe train. John Harr is uoi expected to live.

A l*Mtor KfttfBo. Wabash, lnd.. May 7.—Rev. W.JW. Ricks, for several y ears pastor o/Jthe Baptist church at Bluffton. has resigned. This act on his part was wholly unexpected. as he had been very successful He will take another pastorate. Mew sapertateadeal. Laporte. Ind.. May 7.—Prof. J. F. Wood, formerly a well-known Illinois I educator, has bleu called to the superintends ncy of the Lapcrte public schools to succeed Prof. O. L. Seeleye. resigned. Aceideatally Kills His Baby. Terre Haute. Iad„ May 7.—William Bailey, boliilf of the circuit court, gave bis bsby carbolic add by mistake and eausd it to die a horrible death. Upon being arrested * Boston murderer exclaimed: “I done the deed!** The Boston people are undecided as to what charge to prosecute him on.— Washington Post. Hs She—“Love is like sea-sickness.** —“Why?** . She—-“Because you can hare it awfully and yet can't describe It.**—Detroit Free Press. , great bobby for with relics of great so that it now |

Kky West, Fla., May 9.—Only poor marksmanship on the part of the Spanish gunners saved the Vicksburg and the cutter Morrill from destruction off Havana Saturday morning. For over half an hour they were under the fire of the gunsf of the Santa Clara water batteries, but both escaped without material injury, although shrapnel shot, from 8-inch guns, exploded all about them, and both now show the pitted scars of the Spanish bullets. The wily Spaniards had arranged a trap to send a couple of our ships to the bot tom. They baited it as a man would bait a trap. A small schooner was sent out from Havana harbor shortly before daylight to draw some of the Americans into the ambuscade. The ruse, worked like a charm. The Vicksburg and the Morrill, in the heat of- the chase, and in their contempt for Spanish gunnery, walked straight into the trap that had been set for them. ; Had the Spaniards possessed their souls in patience but five minutes longer, not even the bad gun practice would have saved our ships, and this morning two more of our vessels would lie at the bottom, within two lengths of the wreck of the ill-starred Maine, j Friday evening the Vicksburg and the Morrill, cruising to the west of Morro castle, were fired upon by the big guns of the Cojimar batteries. Two shots were fired at the Vicksburg^ and one at the MorrilL Both fell short and both vessels without returning the fire steamed out of range. It would have been folly to have done otherwise. But yesterday morning the Spaniards had better luck. The schooner they had sent out before daylight ran off to the eastward, hugging the shore with the wind on her starboard quarter. About three miles east of the entrance of the harbor she came over on the port tack. A light haze fringed the horizon, and she was not discovered until three miles off shore, when the Mayflower made her out and signalled the Morrill and Vicksburg. Capt. Smith, of the Morrill,and Commander Lilly, of the Vicksburg, immediately slapped on all steam and started in pursuit. The Morrill and Vicksburg were about sis miles from the schooner when the chase began. They steamed after her at full speed, the Morrill leading until withiu a mile and a half of the Santa Clara batteries. Commander Smith, of the Vicksburg, was the first to realize the danger into which the reckless pursuit had led them. He concluded it was time to haul off, and seat a shot across the bow of the schooner. The Spanish skipper instantly brought his vessel about, but while she was still rolling in the trough of the sea with her sails flapping, an 8inch shrapnel shell came hurtling through the air from the water battery, a mile and a half away. It passed over the Morrill between the pilothouse and the smokestack and exploded less than 50 feet on the port quarter. The small shot rattled against her side. It was a close call. Two more shots followed in quick succession, both shrapnel. One burst close under the starboard quarter, filling the engine room with the smoke of the explosion of the shell, and the other, like the first, passed over and exploded just beyond. The Spanish gunners had the range and their time fuses were accurately set. The crews of both ships were at their guns. Lieut. Craig, who was in charge of the bow 4-inch rapid-fire gun of the Morrill, asked for and obtained permission to return the fire. At the first shot the Vicksburg, which was in the wake of the Morrill, slightly in shore, sheered off and passed to windward under the Morrill's stern. * In the meantime Capt. Smith also put his helm to port, and was none too soon, for as the Morrill stood off, a solid 8-inch shot grazed her starboard quarter and kicked up tons of water as K struck a wave 100 yards beyond. Capt. Smith said afterward that this was undoubtedly an 8-inch armor-pierc-ing projectile, and that it would have passed through the Morrill's boilers had he not changed her cqurse in the nick of time. ? All the guns of the water battery were now at work. One of them cut the Jacob's ladder of the Vicksburg adrift and another carried away a portion of the rigging. As the Morrill and the Vicksburg steamed away their aft guns were used, but only a few shots were fired. The Mortal's 0-inch gun was elevated for 4,000 yards, and struck the earthworks repeatedly. The Spaniards continued to fire shot and shell for 20 minutes, but the shots were ineffective. Some of them were Bbwild that they aroused the American "Jackies" to jeers. The Spaniards only ceased firing when the Morrill and Vicksburg were completely out at range. If all th< Spanish gunners had been suffering f rom strabismus their practice could pot have been worse. But the officers of both the Morrill and Vicksburg frankly admit their own recklessness and the narrow escape of ? their vessels from destruction. They I are firmly convinced that the pursuit of the schooner was a neatly-planned trick which almost proved successful. The accurate range of the first few sho^a is accounted for by the fact that the Spanish officers had ample time to make obeervatioos. The bearings of the two vessels were probably taken with a range finder at the Santa Clara battery, and as this battery is probably connected by wire With Morro, they were enabled to take bearings from both points, and by laborious calculations they fixed the positions of the vessels pretty accurately. With such for observation it would great trick for an Aineridrop a shell down the -

The President, in a Special Message to Congress, Recommends Thanhs to Dewey. TO HIS BRAVE OFFICERS AND HEN ALSO. Resolutions of Thunk* F~omptly Adopted by Both Houses—Also s Bill Creatine an Extra Bear Admiral In the the Understanding Being that the Is to be Bestowed Upon Dewey. Washington, May 9.—The president sent the following- message to congress: To th* Congress or the UNrrxhStates— On the 2lth of April I directed the secretary or the navy to telegraph orders to CommodoreGeorge Dewey, of the United States nary, commanding the Asiatic squadron, then ly ing in the port of Hong Kong, to proceed forthwith to the Philippine Islands, there to commence operations and engage the Spanish fleet. Promptly obeying that order, the United States squadron, consisting of the flagship Olympia, Baltimore. Raleigh. Boston. Concord

and Petrel, with the revenue cutter McCulloch, as an auxiliary dispatch t oat. entered the harbor of Manila at daybreak on theiirst of May, and immediately engaged the entire Spanish, fleet of ll ships, which were under the protection of the fire of tl&- land forts. After a stubborn fight, in which the enemy sufiered gnat loss, their vessels were destroyed or completely disabled and the water battery at Cavite silenced. Of our brave oQueers and men not one was lost, and only eight injured, and those slightly. AH of our ships, escaped any serious damage. By the fourth of May Commodore Dewey had taken possession of the naval station at Cavite, destroying the fortifications there and at the entrance of the bay, and paroling their garrisons. The waters of the bay are under his complete control. He has established hospitals, within the American lines, where 250 of the Spanish sick and wounded are assisted and protected. The magnitude of this victory can hardly be measured by the ordinary standards of naval warfare. Outweighing any material advantage is the moral effect of this initial success. At this unsurpassed achievement the great heart of our nation throbs, not with boastings or with greed of- contest, but with deep gratitude that this triumph has come, in a Just cause, and that, by the grace of God, an effective step has thus, been taken toward the attainment of the wishedfor peace. To those whose skill, courage and devotion have on the fight, to the gallant commander and the brave officers and men whoaided him, our country owes an incalculable debt. Feeling as our people feel, and speaking in their namg, I at once sent a message to Commodore Dewey, thanking him and his officers and men for their splendid achievement and overwhelming victory, and Informing him that. I had appointed him an acting rear admiral. I now recommend that, following our national precedents, and expressing the fervent gratitude of every patriotic heart, the thanks of congress be given Acting Bear-Admiral Dewey of the United States navy for highly distinguished conduct in conflict with the enemy, and to the officers and men under his command for theirgallantry in the destruction of the enemy's, fleet and the capture of the enemy's fortifications in the bay of Manila. ■*' William McKinlktExecutive Mansion, May 9,185*.

Resolutions of Thanks Introduced wait Adopted In Congress. Washington, Mky 9.—Senator Halo and Representative Boutelle, chairmen; respectively of the senate and ho*v*» committees on naval affairs, were* called to the White House during the cabinet session to consider the resolution of thanks recommended in the president’s message. Tbeyspent but a few minutes, and the t irochairmen subsequently met at the capitol rnd decided upon the form of legislation for making Commodore? Dewey a rear-admiral, to be introduced simultaneously. The congressional resolution is as follows: Joint resolution, tendering the thanks of A congress to Commodore George Dewey, l'. 3a N., and to the officers and men of the sqradfl ron under his coohnand. Kttoivtd, By the senate and the house of repH resentatires of the United States of America,, in congress assembled, that, in pursuance of the recommendation of the president, mac e in accordance with the provisions of section 150*5 of the revised statutes, the thanks of congressand of the American peop e are hereby tendered to Commodore George Dewey, l J. S. N.. commander-in-chief of the Asiatic sta uon. for highly distinguished conduct in conflict with the enemf as displayed by him in the destruction of the Spanish fleet and batteri es in the harbor of Manila, Philippine islands. May 1,18#8. . . SBC. Z That- the thanks of congress ai d of the American people are hereby exten ded,, through Commodore Dewey, to the officer- and men under his command, for the gallantry and skill exhibited by them on that occasion. » Sbc A it further resolved, thakthe president of the United States be reqgttted to cause this resolution to be communicated to Commodore Dewey, and through him to the officers and men under his command. The above resolutions were adopted, ov both houses without a dissenting vote. Both houses also passed a bill creating an additional rear admiral in the. navy, the understanding being tha - the rank was to be bestowed upon Acting Rear-Admiral George Dewey. Su»w Cottage* Burned. Gloyersyili-E, N. Y., May 9.—Over100 cottages at Scandaga Park, Felton county, a popular summer resort, lft miles north of here, have been destroyed by fire, probably of incendiary origin. The cottages were all framm stru tures, built closely together. * / ; Brake a World’s Record. Sax Fkaxcisco, May 9.—F. P.,S;huater„ of the Germania Scheutzen club, broke the world’s record at the 20* yard target at Sheilmoud. His score of 434 was Wo greater than the record made last year by A. Strecker. BETWEEN THE BASES now That “rounder,** the baseball goes on a bat. Frank Leonard’s Augustas are called the sand flies. The enthusiasm of your ad airers. doesn’t last long. Who has morefriends in the summer and less in the winter than a ball player? Young Hickman, of the Bosto: s, is & remarkably stocky youngster, w *o* turn the scales at 185 pounds. 3f