Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 29, Number 8, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 20 August 1898 — Page 6

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DAMAGE FROM WITHIN AS WELL AS FROM WITHOUT.

TJ(1 Injuries Tell the Story of the Famous Battle of Santiago—Oration to the Grim Battleship on Her Arrival at New York.

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[Special Correspondence.]

BROOKLYN, Aug. 15.—Like a hero scarred from the effects of battle and covered with the laurels of victory the big battleship Texas steamed slowly up the bay and turned into the river on her way to the Brooklyn navy yard recently. As she turned her uose into the channel salutes were given her by all the vessels both large and small that ply on the river. These were answered by the hoarse sounds from the siren and the cheers of the men as they hung over the sides of the vessel.

The big ship made an imposing sight as she turned into the river from the bay. She had come from Cuban waters prepared for action all the way. Stanchions were secured and the ridge ropes housed, leaving the decks clear for action and giving the ship a more warlike appearance than she ever had before upon entering the harbor. Greater interest than usual was taken in the vessel, as she was the first of the large ships to return to the home station from the seat of war. Not only that, but she was the first of the big fighting machines which took part in the battle off Santiago to return home.

The guns, like the sides of the ship, told tho story of the encounters that the vessel had bad with the enemy. The gray paint in many places was knocked off, showing the primary coat of white under the war colors. The guns had lost their high polish from the heat of the charges they had sent into the enemy. They were not only dull, but many of them showed the metal surface on the outside which had begun to rust after the battle was over and the ship ordered to the home station for repairs and alterations.

The Texas has won a name for herself that will last as long as the ship itself, and after she has become obsolete

TIZCAYA'S SEARCHLIGHT CAPTURED AT SANTIAGO. find finds her way to tho scrap heap history will tell of the many splendid deeds accomplished by the vessel. The hoodoo of the navy, as tho Texas was called before she went into action, iB tho hoodoo no longer, and the old battleship may now well bo called one of tho stauoh steel heroes of tho servico. From tho many scars that are to be fouutl oil nil parts of tbo ship it is apparent that shtf not only stood up and took tho medieino given her by tho Spanish fleet, but they also show that she did her share in making that July day in 1898 ono of tho greatest in the history of tho United States. The guns that sent their missiles of destruction into tho sides of tho enemy's ships are now silent, but the men who worked them aro kept busy telling with added enthusiasm the story of their victory to tho thousands that have visited the ship since her return home. Not only are they telling the part they took in the fight, but tho visitors are shown with pride tho holes and marks that were made by tho shells from the euemy that struck the ship, and while there are few of the holes there are enough of the marks to impress upon tho minds of the visitors that the ship was a decidedly uncomfortable place to be in during the battle.

The crew showed their training well when the ship was being secured to her moorings at cob dock. The orders had Boarcely been given before the mooring lines were secured on the bights and made fast. The men in their working clothes and brouzed by the tropic sun were iu the best of health. They went to work with a will and had everything in readiness to lighten the ship before Captain Philip and his secretary had returned from paying their respects to Admiral Bunco, who is in command of the navy yard. The Texas was not on "parade." She had just returned from a fight, the marks of which were to be seen everywhere. Brasswork was left uucleautxi for the more important duty of getting rid of an undesirable neighbor. Decks had not been swabbed for the same purpose. It would be useless to clean them now, as the ship is

Hundreds of loaded sholls of all sixes from the little 1 pow»ir» for the rapid fire amis to the ponderous 12 inchers.

to be overhauled and put in readiness salute was fired frdrn the battery on for '.he tie.lt unfriendly caller. When I cob dock for a general who was visitvisited the ship, not a man was idle. I iug the yard. With faces blackened by the dust and 1 The report of the first gun had not clothes covered with dirt the men were died away before the men on the Texas busy removing the coal from the bunk- were hurrying to their stations. No orers in order to get the ship ready to be ders were given. It was the voluntary hauled into drydoek. A little red flag movement of the men who had been was hoisted at the signal arm. This trained to get to their quarters at the meant that the ammunition was being I sound of a shot. Coal bags and ammuremoved from the magazines. Copper' nition were left as the men hurried oans filled with powder were taken along the deck. The officer of tho deck from the ship's wa^iziuw and placed called the men to their senses, and on board of one of tho government tugs they went back to their work. One of to be taken to the supply station at Fort the men said he had forgotten that they Lafayette, opposite Fort Hamilton. w«re home, and when the gun was fired

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moved to places of safety. Tons of am munition and coal were removed from the vessel, and as she lightened up the dark red paint on the hull below the water line made its appearance, and 1 with it the growth of sea weeds and barnacles which have retarded the speed of the vessel and cansed considerable annoyance to the officers in charge of I the ship.

None of the shells that struck the vessel during thft fight with Cervera caused any serious damage. One shell about the size of the 6 inch type used in our service struck the superstructure at the ash shoots on the port side, tearing a hole through the thin plates and exploding in one of the small compartments and tearing away some of the plates besides injuring the chains to the ash shoot. Another shell bent some of the iron supports of the flying bridge, while a third a rried away part of the charthouse and one of the searchlights on the bridge. All along the sides of the vessel are rsnrics from smaller shot which struck the toughened plates, causing no damage.

The shot that caused the men at the guns to realize that they were not at target practice was that which came through one of the ports of the gun deck and carried away a stanchion brace, where it spent its force.

The guns of the enemy did very little injury to the ship. The greatest damage on the ship was done by the Texas' own guns. The discharge of the larger rifles caused the bulkheads separating the compartments to bulge from three to eight inches. Under the turrets in which the 12 inch guns are mounted the bulkheads suffered most. Some of them were so badly bulged that the water tight doors cannot be closed and they will have to be removed and the plates straightened. The hull of the ship needs repairs, as do the engines and boilers, which have been kept in con stant use for several months. While at Dry Tortugas the Texas struck one of the many reefs that make navigation in those waters dangerous. Some of the hull plates are dented, but otherwise the hull will need little repairs.

The Texas came from the scene of war to the home station for several reasons, the more important of which was to make necessary repairs and alterations and to give the crew and offioers a much needed rest. Captain Philip will in all probability not go to sea again in oommand of the ship which he fought so well—in fact, he will not go to sea again in command of any vessel, for within the next few weeks he will reach the "flag rank" and the grade of commodore.

While the Texas suffered some from the effects of the shot of the Spaniards the officers and crew believe themselves amply paid for the "little inconvenience," as they oall it, that they were put to in whipping their opponents. The loss of the searchlight was nothing, for when the Vizcaya was run ashore one of her searchlights was appropriated by the Texas for the one she lost.

Souvenirs of all kinds were to be found about tho ship. On the quarter deok and in front of the 6 inch guns was one of the contact mines, whioh was picked up by the vessel in Guantaaamo bay, while in the officers' quarters and the ditty boxes and clothing bags of the crew were to be found all manner of interesting relics, from portions of shells and Spanish coins to scraps of iron taken from the wrecks of Oervera's squadron.

In the cabin of Captain Philip were riflos, shells, swords and the remnants of some of the Spanish flags that were hauled down or shot away by the American fleet. Tho officers and meu had sent many of theso relics to friends on shore, whilo some of the others had decorated the ship with their trophies, and from tho fireroom to the bridge, no matter iu what part of the ship the visitor might go, some trophies of the battles in which the Texas took part were to be found. "When we went into battle, we were obliged to throw our library overboard, as it might have caused afire had a shell struck it. This was our greatest loss, and every man on the ship regrets it," said one of the officers. "Much of the woodwork was also dispensed with, but what we lost that way we made up by fixing the ships of Cervera's fleet. Our old 12 inchers did the business."

The sound of a gunshot is still impressed upon the minds of the men.

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PORTO RICO RECEIVES OUR TROOPS WITH OPEN ARMS. ..

General Miles' Triumphal Entry Into Ponce—The Mayor of Yauco Thanks God :,ror the Arrival of the Americans.

Porto Rico and Its People.

^Itff^ISpecJal Correspondence.] PONCK, July 29.—General Miles and the American troops now in the island of Porto Rico have had so far one of the most remarkable experiences that ever fell to the lot of an invading army.

They expected, of course, to crush all opposition, but it is certain they never imagined for a moment that there would be no opposition worth mentioning to

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Brush. Instead of being received with a hail of Mauser bullets they were hailed by the populace with "Vivan los Americanos!" and received with open arms Such an episode is unique in the history of warfare and is certainly a very strange phenomenon. There is only one way of accounting for it, and it is this, that the Porto Ricans have been groaning under the cruel and oppressive rule of Spain so long without any hope of amelioration that they were prepared to welcome the invading army as their de liverers. In this, however meager their information as to the ultimate designs of the American government, they undoubtedly made no mistake.

Guanica, a seaport town about 15 miles from Ponce, was captured by the American troops without opposition. Soon afterward a few regiments of volunteers led by General Henry were ad vanced toward Yauco, connected with Ponce by a railroad. On the way thither they had an encounter with Spanish troops, infantry and cavalry, which they defeated without any loss of life and only a few wounded. Yauco surrendered without any resistance and soon the American troops occupying the town had a genuine surprise. The mayor of the place issued a proclamation in which he characterized the occasion as one for public rejoicing and thanked God for the arrival of the American troops. This, of course, was a welcome the invading force never anticipated', and when they discovered that the mayor's proclamation but expressed the sentiments of nearly all the people their astonishment was complete.

Yesterday morning early General Miles, with General Ernst's brigade, arrived at Port Ponce, about three miles distant from the city. The port had surrendered to Commander Davis of the Dixie the evening before without firing a shot. General Miles and bis escort were received on landing by the whole population of the port and many enyer visitors from Ponce. The piers aud balconies, the streets and even the roofs of tho houses were alive with people, who cheered General Miles and tho American flag with the utmost enthusiasm. The American soldiers and sailors were given the freedom of the town, ami when the stars and stripes were raised over the different official buildings the people gathered in the streets below and greeted the flag with cheers.

Yesterday afternoon General Miles and his troops made a triumphal entry into this city and received the formal surrender of the place without firing a gun. When tho American general entered, he was welcomed by the mayor and the enthusiastic cheers of the assembled people and was serenaded by a band of music. General Macias and Colonel San Martin, who commanded the Spanish troops in Ponce, had, at the solicitations of the foreign consuls, retreated to the mountains with a small body of soldiers. The garrison of 1.200 regulars and many volunteers not only did not oppose the Americans, but gave them a hearty ..elcome.

As was done at Santiago, the city officials will be continued in power here also if they desire to retain office, at least for the present. General Wilson has been made military governor of tho city, and official circulars have been issued requesting the inhabitants to obey him and promising them protection in the exercise of all tbei.r duties and privileges as citizens.

The United States troops did not require to search for Spaniards that did not surrender their arms, as ordered iu General Miles' proclamation. The major part of the inhabitants of Ponce did this service for them. Willing aids of the American army, thousands of them scoured the city and adjoining country

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pie. It is much more salubrious than Cuba and as a place of residence for those hailing from more northerly latitudes is much more preferable. The people seem to be prosperous and are, certainly far in ad ranee of the Cubans intellectually and in the possession of 1

The Hawaiian Alphabet.

There are but 12 letters in the Hawaiian alphabet These, with their pronunciations, are: A (ah), (a), (o as in ho), ti (oo), (hay), (kay), 1 (la) (moo), (noo), (pay), and (vay). The missionaries added a thirteenth, t, but the natives won't have it, and con tinue to pronounce, for instance, the name of the root from which poi is made "kara," although the missionaries have it "tara.' Every vowel in a word is distinctly sounded, except that the vowels "ai" are sounded "i," as in English. Waikiki, the beach in Honolulu, is properly pronounced "Yikeekee." There is a great difference in the speech of the high and low caste natives. The first call their island group "Ha-va-ee-ee," and the latter begin it all right with "Ha," but conclude with a guttural grunt, and the word heard most, "Aloha," sounds soft and beautiful on the lips of the first, but is a lazy, good natured grunt as the latter speak it

Alcha is in their limited vocabulary at once a greeting and farewell, a formal expression of regard and of deep love. In the latter case it is increased in warmth and depth of meaning by modifying adjectives annexed instead of prefixed, as "Aloha nui," "Aloha nui loa," or even "Aloha nui loa keal" —and then it is time to speak to papa, —New York Herald.

How She Won Over the Judge.

A woman resident of Detroit relates an interesting tale of Kansas justice years ago. It. was after her wedding trip that her husband was called to Kansas on business and a real estate dealer, out of spite, had him arrested. The prisoner was taken before a local justice of the peace. The incensed bride insisted upon attending th-3 trial, and while it was in progress she so far forgot herself as to deliberately level her opera glasses upon the justice, who dashed under the table and shouted: "Deperty, disarm that woman!"

The officer secured the glasses and cautiously laid them before the magistrate, who prdlnptly fined the woman $1,000 for contempt of court. With gracious dignity she asked the right to defend herself, and, going up to the bench, she explained that the glasses were not harmful, and had the justice look through them, and after a few pretty words of apology she presented them to him. He hit the table a mighty blow to reconvene court, and fined the prosecuting witness $25 "fur insultin a visitin lady and gent in contrariety ter law and eterket."—New York Tribune.

Blunders In Songs and Programmes.

I suppose all composers have had a laugh over the extraordinary mistakes which sometimes occur in the first proofs of their songs. I remember, years ago, writing a very sentimental love song in which the line occurred: I've never once regretted the vow I made that day.

My feelings may be imagined when I found they had printed I've never once regretted the row I made that day.

And once the following amusing mistake occurred iu the programme of one of my own concerts. A well known singer and very good friend of mine was down to sing my two songs, "To Mary" and "Crabbed Ago and Youth." But the newspaper announced something very different. Not content with drawing up a programme of my concert, it drew up a programme of my future, for I read as follows:

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To Marry Maude Valerie White. Crabbed Age and Youth —Cornhill Magazine^

Color East and West.

California is beautiful in color—red, purple, yellow. No other state and few countries can compare with it in this. When Californians come east, however, they are delighted with the scenery and they explain that it is tho greenness of everything. Their colors are more gorgeous, but they are high and hot and dry, the damp, dark tones of the east are an aesthetic bath.—New York Commercial Advertiser.

The story is told of a young married woman, who asked another young married woman how she managed to get along so amicably with her husband. The answer was, "I feed the brute—his stomach with food and his mind with flattery." Even a man will have to admit that this young woman bad solved about two-thirds of the art of making the average man happy. The other third consists of keeping his body in such condition that he will enjoy his food and his mind in such condition that he will be susceptible to flattery. It isn't much use to put tempting food before a man who hasn't an appetite. It doesn't pay to lavish smiles on a man whose nerves are racked

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