Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1897-10-05

and yelled until a. m. without taking
breath.
The president now issued another stir
ring proclamation full of long, new words,
but as it came out just as storming party
of high school boys were charging ba-
mana stand it could not be heard The
shock Of these successive American VIC
tories was sorely felt in Spain. The gov
ernment securities were bursted wide open,
and the treasury went to pesos.
A spirit of overconfidence, however, on
the part of our armies, flushed with vic
tory, we'll nigh destroyed the effect of these
signal triumphs. The right wing of the
American army was led into carefully
planned ambusoade by the students of the
University of Barcelona. 1t was Sunday
afternoon. The citizens were just on their
way from church to the bullfght when
the students suddenly appeared on the
street, dragging an American flag in the
dirt, stamping it and pelting it with mud
The police charged the attacking column,
but they were surrounded by the students
and citizens, and outyelled at all points
They resisted bravely, but were at length
compelled to retire without being able to
understand half the students said.
The action of the president, after this
repulse, was prompt and characteristic OF
his ready decision. He called out the stu
dents at Bryn Mawr and Wellesley. A
new horror was added to the appalling ter
rors of modern warfare. The shrill, far
carrying falsetto of girl yell broke upon
the quivering air like scalp halloo IN
the night.
Eva-Evalyn, Hol-yo-kee!
Trala-lal Trili-loo
Gummy gum mel
Sis booml Boom, sisl
Te-he-hee
The effect was terrible. The Spanish
troops broke and fled in every direction
crying for mercy, flinging away theil
horns and speaking trumpets and begging
for quarter.
It was in this terrible conflict that the
dauntless and chivalrous fighter Colone
Mary Yellin Lease met his death. he
was separated from his Jabberwocks dur
ing the charge which decided the fight. A
brutal Spaniard Of gigantic stature caugh
him by the throat and, clapping his hant
over the colonel's mouth, kept him qule
for IL minutes. A forlorn hope, charging
desperately, rescued him and ohloroformet
his asssilant, but it was too late. The pro
longed cessation Of jawlivary action wa
fatal. As he lay gasping on the ground
distant cheering was heard: "They hy
They flyW
"Who flys" asked the dying colonel
"Spanish 6y," replied sergeant, will
blistering sarcasm.
'Then," said the colonel, ~ die speech
less.
There was not dry eye on the reserva
ton.
This battle virtually closed the war
Both countries were weary OF the lon
struggle The throat doctors were worl
out. Services in most of the churches ha
long been abandoned because the choir
were too hoarse to sing, and the ministers
especially the young men, were too hoars
to conduct any part of the service. More
over, another general election In the Unit
ed States was at hand, and it was abse
lutely necessary to get the lungs an
throats of the people and all their organ
of phonation in condition for campaig
of education. Consequently treaty G
peace was signed by which 1t was agree
that in case the war broke out again onl
the students in the schools of deaf mute
should be called out, and as they would d
all their noiseless yelling with their fil
gers, noncom batants would not be dis
turbed in their rights. The great wa
with Spain was over.-Robert j. Burdett
in Chicago Inter Ocean.