Pike County Democrat, Volume 29, Number 16, Petersburg, Pike County, 26 August 1898 — Page 6

County §cmofrat STOOPS, Editor and Proprietor. SBURG, INDIANA. —— Axd&kw Casksout ho offered the town council of DumWe*, Scotland, £10,000 with which to build » public library. ComcoDoss J. w. Philip received his commission on the 18th, the event being celebrated/with due oeremonj on board the battleship Texas at the Brooklyn navy yard. Ths Kynoch Co., of Birmingham, England, is reported to have received an order for 10,000,000 military cartridges to be promptly delivered to the United States government Ths surgeon-general’s office has decided to take all the well and eonvales- _ cent men away from Key West Fla., no that they will not be in danger from an outbreak of yellow fever at that point Suboson-Gskssal Stebkbkso has decided to send out a scientific commission to investigate the causes of typhoid fever in the army camps and to report upon a method to prevent such occurrences in the future. Ox the 18th the Comiqgrcial Cable Co. made the following announcement: *‘We are advised that censorship has been raised on all commercial, code and cipher messages to and from Cuba, Porto &ioo and ail the West Indian islands." Ths war depart ment has decided to send a regiment of regulars to Honolulu to permanently garrison that city. Tbe First New York volunteers, now performing that duty, will be withdrawn when the relieviugregiment arrives. M. Dx Staale. the Russian ambassador to Great Britain, according to a special dispatch from St. Petersburg, will shortly retire from London, to be succeeded by Count Cassini, present Russian ambassador to the United States. lx deference to the wishes of tbe people of New York city, it has been ordered that when the fleet arrives at Mew York, on the 90th, it shall steam up North river as far as Gen. Grant’s tomb, fire a salute and steam back to the anchorage.

United States Mixistkk Hcxtbb to Guatemala .cabled the state depart* meat, on the 19th, that Gen. Morales, leader of the revolution, was captured In a cave, on the l?th, and died of exhaustion and exposure on his way to prison at San Sebastian. President McKinley is canvassing public sentiments* to the needs of the military organisation in the time of peaoe, and has consulted a number of visitors as to how much of an army they think should be kept up after the treaty of peace is executed. One of the largest fleets of warships ever assembled in an American port will be brought together in the next few days at Fort Monroe. Dp to the 19th 5? warships were under orders to rendesvous there, and the orders still to be issued would raise the total to the neighborhood of 70. Tax Kolnishe Zeitung (Berlin) denies the rumor that Germany has protested against the United States acquiring a coaling station at Pago Pago, in the islands, and declares that she would not dream of objecting to a step which America has an equal right with Germany to take. Skcbktaby Alokb and other members of the cabinet took occasion, on the 16th, to deny the truth of the reports current in Cuba of an agreement to disband the Cuban iusurgeuts. and for the United Slates to pay them off in the interest of promoting peaceful conditions ou the inland. Ges. Whkkl.br has received orders to assume command at Camp Wikoff Matauk Point, Long Island, until the arriyfcl of Gen. Shatter and to purchasejSecrything that is necessary for the c£m*hrt of the men, and spare notldngtmit would alleviate the sufferings sick and wounded. Jcdok Clabk, in the superior court ut Los Angeles, CaL, on the 16th, upheld the contract between Mrs. N. C. Creede and Millionaire Creede, wherein Mrs. Creede relinquished her claim to the estate of the old miner for the sum of *30,000. This throws the don test brought by Mrs. Creede out of court

Thb arm or uerora m co., ox Boston, ku been designated by Ute president, mntii oat her wise ordered, *os the fiscal agents of the United States in sach ports of the island of Porto Rico as are now or may hereafter come under the military jurisdiction of the United State*. The bond required, in the sum of $250,000, has been given . Thjc Steamer Rival arrived at Part Townsend, Wash, on the l?th, 14 days from St, Michaels, with 100 passengers from Dawson City. There were a few miners aboard who had considerable gold dust, estimated at about 4100,000. >’, H. Sylvid, a Yukon, pioneer says that when winter sets in there will be a general exodus of people from Dsweoo, as the country cannot support the people there. , Business was suspended on the Chi* eago board of trade for a time, on the 14th, in order to auction off the first hale of cotton from the south, i:ft& crop, which was presented to President McKinley by U. B. Beer, of New Orleans, to be sold for the benefit of the government hospital service. The bale was sold, reducated and resold several times, netting on aggregate of $1,500. It was shipped by the ^tst purchaser to St. Louis to Be sold there.

CURRENT TOPICS. the KWBiiramr. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. D"rxng the progress of a violent thunder storm at Whiting, Ind., on the lSth, a bolt; of lightning struck a 90foot tank in the Standard Oil Ca’s refinery, completely demolishing the upper portion of the tank and setting fire to the oil stored therein, which consisted of over 35,000 barrels crude oilj leas, over 3..00,000. Thus act of the German cruiser Kaiserein Augusta in conveying Capt.Gen. August! away from Manila is said to constitute a gross breach of the laws of neutrality unless Admiral Dewey or Gen. Merritt were consenting parties to the arrangement. , A tkjuukic wind and hail storm, sweeping from northeast to southwest, struck Morts Siding, about five miles west of Gary/ 8. IX, on the 15th, and everything in the path of the storm was swept away. Eight persons were found dead, and others are known to have been killed iu the vicinity. Tn London Times says: “By sea power alone the transmarine empire of Spain has been undone. By sea power alone, by the spontaneous, almost fortuitous return of a maritime race to its native element, the transmarine empire of the United States has been inaugurated.” TAk annoupcement of the cessation of hostilities through the signing of the Spanish-American protocol caught the American army in Porto Rico in readiness to begin an attack upon the Spaniards, which would have been general in character.

A new military department, to oe known as “The Department of Porto Rico,” and to be commanded by Maj.Gen. John R. Brooke, is to be established on t he island of Porto Rico, similar to those recently established in the province of Santiago de Cuba and in the Philippines. Tub Madrid press fears that the surrender of Manila may affect Spain’s position in negotiations for the government of the Philippines. As order will be issued, when approved by the cabinet, mustering out of the service about 50,000 of the volunteer force. Gkn. Fitzhusu Lee had a brief conference with the president, on the 10th, and later arranged to leave for his command at Jacksonville, Fla., ou the 17th. Tub lights in the harbor at Teneriffe, Canary Islands, which were extinguished shortly after the declaration of war. have been relit. Tomas Estuaua Palma and other prominent members of the Cuban revolutionary party in this country, have arrived at Washington, and, with Gonsalo de Qusada, the Cuban charge d'affaires, have held several conferences at their headquarters on the situation in the island. Tux statement of the condition of the treasury, issued on the 17th, showed: Available cash balance, 3271,908,783; gold reserve, 1198,760,"59. Tub United States transport Vigilancia has arrived at New York, and is held at quarantine for disinfection. The Vigilancia is loaded with supplies which she has carried for a long time. Heavy rains have flooded a large part of Trani, Italy. Many houses have fallen in, their occupants being obliged to take refuge in the public buildings. The authorities have ordered the troops to construct a canal to drain the town. Tux statement of the condition of the treasury, issued on the 18th, showed: Available cash balance, $271,937,513: gold reserve, 3)99,403,989. OKI)BBS were issued, on the 17th, directing the paymasters who have been at Santiago with 31,500,000 to proceed at once to Porto Rico to pay

the troops. A series of terrific eletrical storms, accompanied by high winds and heavy rain, passed over Lancaster county. Pa., on the night of the l?th, doing great damage. Hail in some sectioua eut and riddled the tobacco, most of which was almost ready to cut, ruin* ing the crop. The cornice of a building in course of erection in Philadelphia fell, on the 18th, carrying with it a scaffold upon which several men were at work. Two of them, Albert Green and Thomas Lyon, were killed, one man was fatally injured and four others were seriously hurt. At White Lake, on the Mohawk & Malone railroad, Fred Hecknall mistook hi* son Philip, aged 16, for a deer while hunting, on the 18th, and shot him, death ensuing soon after. A few years ago another son, George, was shot and killed in mistake for a bear. Tub Admiral Dewey, the first of the four steamer* being built by the Cramps for the American Mail Steamship Co., was successfully launched at Philadelphia, on the 18th. Sw William Augustus Frazer. hart, the author, and one of the queen's bodyguard, for Scotland, died in London on the 18th. A manifesto by Don Carlos is announced to appear shortly. The Spanish ministers assert that the pretender will not; be able to find enough money to run a revolution, and will be forced to postpone the rising until next spring. There are signs,- however, that Don Carlos will not wait so long. 5 Tm* Madrid correspondent of tha London Dally News says that Generals Blanco, Castellauos aud Leon and Admiral Manterola have been appoiuted commissioners for Cuba, and Generals Macias and Ortego and Admiral Vallariano for Porto Rica \VoKl> has reached the Presbyterian hospital in New York that SergU Robert H. Sillman. of the Astor battery, was killed at Manila, August IS. Sillman was formerly assistant superinten deal of the Presbyterian hospital. A papal encyclical addressed to the Spanish clergy and a papal letter addressed Vo the Spanish people have been received in Madrid from Rome, exhorting them to remain faithful to the queen regent and to defend the

The war department has Boon trying to ascertain the wishes of t he troops as to being mastered oat, it king the object to accommodate the troops as far as possible. It looks as if most of the volunteers wanted to remain, and that the mastering oat will haTe to be by arbitrary order. Commodore J. W. Philip, having received his commission, will surrender command of the battleship Texas to Capt. Slgsbee, who commanded the illfated Maine when she was destroyed in Havana harbor. Gnoses Gould, head of the family ol the late Jay Goald, and guardian of the millions left by the financier, will arrive in New York from Switzerland on September 1 Within a few days of that date Frank Jay Gould, the youngest of the children, will come of age, aod then, according to the will of Jay Gould, the great fortune will be divided. Residents of Santiago, Cuba, have formulated a protest against the conduct of Immune regiments in the town, especially the colored men. They say they are not safe in their homes owing to the outrageous conduct of the drunken soldiers. The president, it is said, has under consideration for ambassador to London, Senator McMillan, of Michigan. He recently told a member of congress that he was thinking seriously of the senator. Secretary Alger will be a candidate for the senate in case of a vacancy.

The general association of colored Baptists of Kentucky, in session at Frankfort, adopted resolutions favoring the sending of colored missionaries to Cuba, Porto Rico, the Philippines and Hawaii Mr. Charles Lyman, chief of the stationery division in the treasury department, has been appointed chief of the division of appointments to succeed Maj. Fred Brackett, recently appointed by the president secretary of the Paris exposition commission. Thk body of Valmore C. Nichols, t farmer, who lived nea.r Pittsfield, Mich., was found floating in the rivet near Belle Isle park, Detroit, on thf 19th. Several yards of copper wire held the legs together, and two heavy stones weighed the corpse down. Ox the 19th the president issued as executive order, carrying iuto effect the tariff regulations for Porto Rico, which were promulgated by the war department on that date. The war department authorities are not alarmed about yellow fever arnojig the troops in the United States, but a close watch is being kept at all points where there is the least danger. Tuk celebrated watchmaker, Lobner, of Berlin, has perfected a mechanism capable of measuring and recording the thousandth part of a second. Senator Fairbanks left Indianapolis, Ind., on the 19th, for Quebec, to assume his duties as chairman of the American-Canadian commission. The New York produce exchange re mained closed, on the 30th, while its members witnessed the great naval parade in the river and harbor. Th£ United States hospital ship Relief arrived at New York, on the 19th, from Porto Rico, with sick and wounded soldiers. Tuk first shipment of 1ft cars of Dakota wheat arrived at YVest Superior, YVia., on the 19th. The war department,, on the 19th promulgated the tariff rates for Porte Rico. The rate is the Spanish minimum tariff rates heretofore enforced in the island. The tobacco schedule is the same as that for Cuba.

LATE NEWS ITEMS. This steamer Toledo, Capt Wishark, which sailed from Galveston, Tex., on July SO, for Rotterdam, struck on Crirn rock, Scilly islands, on the 30th, in a dense fog, and foundered almost immediately in 25 fathoms of water. There was just time to launch a large boat and ail hands were saved, many clad in their night clothes only. The statement of the associated banks of New York city for the week ended the 30th showed the following changes: Surplus reserve, decrease, $4,373,600; loans, increase, $7,332,200; specie, decrease, $1,631,300; legal tenders, decrease, $1,556,600; deposits, increase, $4,259,200; circulation, decrease, $29,100. A local train from Providence, R. L, on the New York, New Haven Hartford railroad, due in Boston at 7:45 p. m., while standing at the depot at Sharon, Mass., on the 20th, was telescoped by an express train from New Bedford, and between 30 and 40 persons were killed and a large number injured. The pope held a reception, on the 31st, in honor of his saints’ day. Many prelates, nobles and representatives of Catholic associations were in attendance. His holiness appeared to be in good health and spirits. He was the recipient of a large number of gifts. The men of almost every one of the volunteer regiments at San Francisco are circulating petitions to the secretary of war requesting that they be mustered out ot the service. There are very few of the officers with whom this movement has any countenance. K.volamj has presented a note to Spain asking for explanations on the subject of the fortifications being erected by Spain near Gibraltar, which, the note declares are uftjustified iu view of the good relations existing bet ween the two countries. * Toe Bank of Spain's report for the week ended on the 26th showed the following changes: Go'.d in hand, increase, 1,741.660 pesetas; silver in hand, increase, 4,467,060 pesetas; notes in circulation. decrease, 5,669,006 pesetas. Lakoe quantities of supplies for Havana are oeing collected at Barcelona, Cadiz and Santander. Steamers have been selected to take home the troops from the Antilles. Ox the 3oth the associated banks of the city of New York held $29,639,250 in excess of the requirements of the 36-per-eent. rule. Dos Fkkdwuco Majmuzo, the cele

HOOSIEB HAPPENINGS Told in .Brief by Dispatches from Various Localities. 6oo4 Prices for Usd. Argos, Ind„ Aug. 19.—A big real estate deal, in which several thousand dollars was involved, took place in this city, when, by a prearranged plan, F. W. White, United States express agent, bought of Charles Stevenson his eight* sere tract just south of the city, the price paid being $800, or $100 per acre. Mr. Stevenson then bought of J. M. Wickizer his 23%-acre tract, paying $1,675, and J. M Wickizer bought of Alvin Norton his 70-acre tract, paying $4,000. This is f*i.e of the largest deals ever made in the county, and the rrice paid is further evidence that nowhere in Indiana does farm land bring more money than in southern Marshall county.

Has -Many font unices. Anderson, Ind„ Aug. 19.—The elevation of the Fraukton post office to the presidential class makes the Eighth Indiana district the banner post office congressional district of the country. This makes 23 presidential post offices, or one more than the next closest—a Michigan district. There is a total now of 262 post offices in the district. The counties included are Madison, Delaware. Blackford. Adams. Jay, Randolph and Wells The district also stands first in gtass manufacture, tin plate and natural gas. ^ Itlble Conference. Warsaw, Ind.. Aug. 19. — The attendance at the Winona Bible conference is steadily increasing. Distinguished speakers are tore, including Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman the celebrated evangelist. New York meetings %vere held Thursday. A conference was held in the morning for men. led by Dr. Chapman. A similar one was held for women. led by Mrs. Harlo#e. Other speakers of the day were Dr. Purves, Mr. Baer. Dr. Morgan and Mr. Shaw. Dr. Chapman held the usual hillside serv ice a i. night. ■ ' Killed by nn Electric Car. Benton Harbor. Mich.. Aug. 19 — William Coffin, 13 years old, from Carthage, Ind.. while riding on the steps of an open street car Thursday night, was struck by a motor car coming in the oppotite direction and instantly killed. Coffin was leaning out from the car and lookiftg back at a bicyclist racing with the car. Motorman Acton on the car that struck Coffin, motioned to him. but it was not seen by Coffin. The coroner’s jury attached no blame to the railway company. To Dutld Bicycles. Anderson, Ind.. Aug. 19. — The Allerton Clarke Arcade Fuel company, of Chicago and New York, operating mammoth plants in this city.announce that they will erect at once a big bicycle factory at this point. The buildings will be begun immediately and be of stone and brick. They ^ve orders already' for 10,000 wheels Tor export next year. The plant will employ about 300 men. S W. Allerton is at the head of the company.

tit-united In His Death. Indianapolis, ind., Aug. 19.—In a quarrel over a game of pool Tuesday evening Harry Fitzpatrick struck Charles S, Doug** with a billiard ball and inflicted injuries which resulted in death early Wednesday morning. The men were both frequent visitors at P. B. Gallagher’s saloon. 363 West Washington street, where the affair occurred, and quarreled over a point in the score of the game which was on. A Great Oil Well. Warren. Ind., Aug. 19.—McDonald & Watts, oil producers operating in the vicinity of Warren, have shot what is supposed to be the banner oil well of Indiana. Tt is now flowing a continuous stream of o5l through a 5%-inch easing. The output is estimated at I. 300 barrels dally. Off for Queltee. Indianapolis. Tnd., Aug. 19. — Senator Fairbanks left Thursday for. Quebec to assume his duties as chairman of the American-Canadian commission. A. O. Reser. of Lafayette, who has been appointed official stenographer, wiir report to him in that city on Saturday. Death of a Pioneer. Brazil. Ind., Aug. 19,—Frederick Ahelmeyer, aged 75. was found dead in bed Wednesday morning at the home of e.x-Treasurer C. H. Kattman. He came here from Germany in 1833 and located on the firm where he has since resided. Seeks Heavy Damages. Richmond, In *., Aug. 19. — Rev. F. M. Moore, of Hagerstown. Ind.. sued the Central Union Telephone company for $3,500 for a mistake in delivering a message by which he was kept from officiating at a funeral. Killed at a C roan In a. Fort Wayne. Jnd., Aug. 19.—Joshua J. Williams, who at one time held an official position with the Pennsylvania company and la*er deputy postmaster, was killed here by a train at a crossing at midnight. Prospect I ve Royal Visitor. Hartford City, Ind.. Aug. 19.—King Leopold II. of Belgium has promised to visit this city nnhis coming American tour. Many of his former subjects are employed !n the glass factories here. Dancer la the Melon. Muncie. Ind.. Aug. 19. — The four-year-old son of George Cameron died Thursday evening from the effects of having a watermelon seed cut from his windpipe a week ago. For Cosgreu. Seymour, Ind., Aug. 19.—The repubiicau convention of the Fourth district - '

REAR-END COLLISION, Mft r«Mu SUM Oturlfkt and Tv«aty> Six InJaraU—Terrible Scan* Abac* tba uttla Stattaa. Shabon, Mass., Aug. 22.—A frightful rear-end collision occurred in the Sharon station of the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad at 7:30 last night, when an express train, which was running as the second section of a long train crashed into the first section, composed of local cars. As a result six persons were killed and 26 seriously injured. The injured were nearly all removed to Boston on a special train, which was met by ambulances and surgeons. The rear car E>f the local train was completely demolished and a portion of the second ?ar, while the engine of the express train was crippled. The two trains which were in the oollision ware usually combined in one long train,- hut as the traffic yesterday was so heavy it was divided, the first section running as a local accommodation, while the second, which started from Mansfield 15 minutes later than the first, ran as an express. The local train due at Sharon at 7:03 was 13 minutes late. It left Mansfield on time, making two stops and had lost the 13 minutes between Mansfield and Sharon. It was due in Canton Junction, the next station beyond Sharon, two minutes ahead of the express train, which should have passed it there. Sharon is situated on a curve, and both the outward and inward tracks ire protected by electric block signals. There were about thirty people in the last car and most, at the time of the accident, were either upon the front platform or standing by the door. The scene about the little station at Sharon was a terrible one. A large corps of surgeons, and two undertakers arrived soon after the accident, and immediately set to work to relieve the suffering and care for the bodies of the dead. There were very few lights about that portion of the track whfft-e the accident occurred, and the surgeons were compelled to do their work in almost total darkness.

A HEARTY WELCOME HOME. Vichtgan Naval Reserve* Receive m Veritable Ovation — Largest Crowds Ever Seen in Detroit. Detroit. Mich., Aug. 23.—With honors befitting them Detroit citizens yesterday welcomed home the Michigan naval reserves, who served throughout the war on the auxiliary cruiser Yosemite. A special train carried a party of relatives and friends to Toledo yesterday morning where the men were given their first welcome. On alighting from the train at the depot in Detroit, the reserves were met by one of the largest crowds ever seen in Detroit. The revenue cutter Fessenden fired a salute of welcome, all the steamers on the river and the locomotive whistles chiming in with shrill blasts. Amid the cheers of thousands the reserves and a military company which was waiting to do them honor paraded through the principal streets. It was a veritable triumphal procession. Windows were filled and roofs crowded.all waiting to cheer the first of Michigan's returned heroes. The men presented a fine appearance, being bronzed and burned until they looked like the Spaniards they had being fighting. After being reviewed by a party of officials and friends, the men were dismissed and went to the homes they had not seen in four months. To-day the reserves will be mustered out of (Jncle Sam's service angi become civilians again. t RIOTOUS SCENES REPORTED

1 not her Threatened Lynching by Volunteers to Aeenge a Comrade. ^ Newport News, Va., Aug. 22.—The riotous scenes in Newport News last Thursday, when it was feared a negro would be lynched for killing a member of the One hundred and sixtieth Indiana regiment, were repeated in Phoebus yesterday afternoon. A saloonkeeper named Tucker shot John J. Corcoran, a seaman from the collier Cassius, who attempted to forcibly enter his bar-room. A large crowd of sailors and soldiers threatened to lynch Tucker, but he was taken away by three officers at the point of their revolvers and lodged in Hampton jail. Afterward the mob of sailors and soldiers broke into Tucker’s saloon and broke everything. A detail of regulars from Fort Monroe was sent to quell the disturbance. Corcoran’s injury is not serious, as the ball entered his ankle. ALL HANDS WERE SAVED. Ike Steamer Toledo Went Down la Tvea* ty-Eight Fathoms ot Water. Yarmouth, Aug. 22.—The steamer Toledo, Capt. Wish art, which sailed from Galveston on July 20 for Rotterlam, struck on Crim rock, Scilly islands, Saturday night, in a dense fog and foundered almost immediately in 3S fathoms of water. There was just time to launch a large boat and all were saved, many clad in their night clothes only. Plane for n Pacific. Stdxky, N. S. W., Aug. 22 —Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh Muir Nelson, premier of Queensland; Rt. Hon. Sir George H. Reid, premier of New South Wales, and Rt. Hon. George Turner, premier of Victoria, met in conference on Saturday and discussed plans for a Pacific cable. They decided to make the definite offer that if Great Britain and Canada collectively would gurantee five-ninths of the cost of laying the new cable, they would recommend to their respective legislature* to contribute one-ninth each, asking New

,r ll Rev York Gives a Noisy Welcome* to the Big Fighting Ships of Sampson’s Fleet a OVATION FROM SHORE TO SHORE. Tfee Procession Up to mad Book frost G«t> Grant's Tomb ot Riverside Free anted OXtftifltMt sad Indescribable SecnaNevsr to bo Forgotten by Those Who TV it nested It. Nmw York, Aug. 81.—New York and. the nation have fitly signalized the appreciation ol the republic of her victorious fleet An imposing naval, pageant of warships has been received, in the harbor of the largest city of the country with acclamations of delight and admiration, and the ovation from shore and from the great flotillas of all sorts of craft on the water ham. significantly given to the returning* heroes s*>me idea of the esteem and admiration in which they are regarded by the people. The People Were Early Astir. Long before the sunrise guns were fired*at Castle William, Governor’s Island,the people were astir. Crowds were, hurrying to the river to be early on the scene. 1The New York and New Jersey shores were crowded with people. The river and bay were literally alive with craft and the craft alive with people, all cheering and good-natured. Att impressive scene Uras when the flags were hoisted on the forts and flagships. As the starry banners were raised aloft the bands of the forts and on the flagships played the “Star Spangled Banner,*’ and the shores -rang with patriotic cheers.

Thibet Went Smoothly. There was very little friction in carrying out the programme and *o moredelay than was to he expected. The citizens’ committee ue£t_Jthe foot of Cortlandt street on the steamer Glen. Island and proceeded down the bay followed by a long retinue of all sorts and description of craft. At Tompkins* ville the mayor and committee of ten debarked and boarded the police boat Patrol. The Patrol then headed for the flagship, with colors flying and bands playing The Shores Lined with People. Staten Island shores were literally lined with people, and they joined in the general acclamation with the people on the myriads of boats. The welcoming ceremonies were short bat impressive. The ceremonies over, amid the hoarse shrieking of steam whistles and the hosannas of the throngs on shore and water, the mayor and the committee returned to the Glen Island. Tho Event of the Day. Then came the "event of the day. There was considerable wig-wagging on the gray battleships, and the police boats formed in line. Then camethe Glen Island, and then the battleships began to slowly move up the bay. | There was a salvo of cannons and*, cheers of people, and the toots of thousands of whistles made an indescribable din. Tho Pajcoont In Lino. Soon the monster pageant was in line. First came Admiral Schley’s flagship Brooklyn, then the Massachusetts, Oregon, Iowa, Indiana and Texas, and after them a moving mass of all sizes and descriptious, with flags waving and people cheering. "flTe great battleships moved slowly and majestically. As Goveruor’s island was passed there was a tremendous report from the guns that did so much execution at Santiago and Guantanamo. The people | on shore and afloat went wild with.. ' patriotic exuberance. A Scene Never to be Forgotten.

And so it was all the way up to Gen. ' Grant’s tomb, where there was a final | demonstration of patriotic fervor such as New York lias never witnessed before. The pageant was viewed and ! cheered by hundreds of thousands of | people. It was a magnificent and in* ; describable scene, and one never to be j forgotten. | The Brooklyn Displayed Her Battle Kn•igns. The Brooklyn, in passing, did not display the flag of Rear-Admiral Schley.. Her center funnel was seen to haver a shot through the starboard side. The Brooklyn was flying her battle ensigns, which looked stained and frayed, as if they bad seen plenty ot service. A Morel Incident. While the fleet was passing in theNarrows, two explosions on the surface of the water, near Fort Wadsworth, presumably of loose gun-cotton or other explosive, shot up immensecolumns of waterabout a hundred feet, high, which added to the novelty of the occasion. Departure of Copt. Moron of the Cristobal Colon. .New York, Aug. SI.— Emile E. De Moren, formerly captain of the Spanish cruiser Cristobal Colon, who was. taken prisoner after the destruction of the Spanish fleet, was among the passengers on La Normandie, which sailed for Havre. Admirals Sampson and Schley Ordered to at Ueportthe cUpltaL Washixgtox, Aug. 31.—Admiral Sampson and Admiral Schley have been ordered to report to Washington, and it is expected they will reach here the early part of next week, probably on ’Monday. As they have been appointed to serve respectively on the Cuban and Porto Rican commissions, their visit here will afford an opportunity to meet their associates on these commissions, and to discass with the authorities the general policy to be maintained by this government on Spanish t of the West Indies.