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RED CROSS LADIES.
They Served Nearly 1900 Soldiers
With Lunch Yesterday.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 29.-The la
dies of the Red Cross Society of San
Francisco to-day served nearly 1900
soldiers with lunch, and Will long re-
member the heartfelt thanks of the
travel-stained veterans who partook of
their bounty. Mrs. w. H. Mills and a
corps of assistants had charge of the
Red Cross work at the ferry where the
incoming troops landed. Collections
for the benefit of the Red Cross We're
taken in all the churches of Oakland
to-day and a large sum was realized.
The making of abdominal bandages
was continued all day Sunday by the
Red Cross ladies of Alameda, and lib
eral donations Of useful articles We're
received at the headquarters on both
sides of the bay.
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THE MONTEREY.
She is Being Prepared and Will
Sail at the End of the Week.

MARE ISLAND NAVY YARD, May
29.-The coast defense vessel Monterey
came out of the dry dock to-day and
for the next two days will be engaged
in loading coal Besides filing the
bunkers all the available space on deck
will be occupied by coal
New hydraulic pipes are being put in
the turrets and a towing bride is be-
ing rigged to her bow. This is a new
device, the invention of Foreman Fur
long, and is so arranged that the tow
line can be slipped at a moments no
tice in case of sudden storm. The
Monterey will not be ready to sail be-
fore the end of the week Work on
her consort, the Brutus, will probably
be finished about the same time.
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CAPTURED REMEDIES.
Part of Gomez's Army Defeats the
Spanish Troops.

LONDON, May pa dispatch to the
STANDARD" from Key West says: In
telligence has been received here from
Cuba that a portion of the army of
General Gomez, consisting of 800 cav
airy and 500 infantry, on Saturday at
daylight attacked, captured and held
for two hours the town of Remedies,
in the province of Santa Clara.
The Cubans were under the COM
mand of Garlic, and the object of the
attack was to capture a supply of pro-
visions sent three days before to the
Spanish troops, who numbered 5000
men.
The Cubans looted the place of every
thing edible, which was sent to Cen
eral Gomez, as we'll as 304 Mauser ri
ftes and 10000 rounds of ammunition.
The loss of the Cubans was four
killed and three wounded. The Span
iards lost thirty-two killed and sixty
three wounded.
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ANGLo-AMERICAN ALLIANCE.
Preliminary Suggestions Toward 1t
Have Been Made Already.

LONDON, May 29.-The Washington
of the Daily Telegraph"
telegraphing Sunday, says: II have just
learned from a high authority in the
State Department that important pre-
liminary steps toward an Anglo-Amer-
ican alliance have already been taken.
How far these negotiations, if they
can yet be called that, have proceeded,
1t is not easy TO ascertain, for, nat
urally. strict secrecy is maintained,
but my information is that the pre-
liminary suggestions have been made.
and that the subject of such an alliance
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SOCIALIST LABOR PARTY.
1t Nominated State Ticket III
Convention Yesterday.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 29.-The So
cialist Labor party in convention to-
day. nominated the following State
ticket:
Governor-Job Hartman of Los An
geles.
Lieutenant Governor - James An
drews of Berkeley
Secretary of State-Emil Leiss of San
Francisco.
Public Instructer-Jane A. Roulston
of San Francisco.
Comptroller-John Robertson of CO.
tate.
Surveyor r-General-George Smith of
Oakland.
Clerk Of the Supreme Court-Leonard
D. Biddle of Los Angeles.
Attorney ey-General-A F. Strawn-
Hamilton of San Francisco.
superintendent of State Printing-A
Cont of San Francisco
Treasurer-E. NJ. Dewey of Tulare.
The Congressional nominations were
left to the Socialist organizations of
each district
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BATTLESHIP ALABAMA.
Cramps Expect to Have Her Fin
ished Within Five Months.

PHILADELPHIA, May 29.-The
United States battleship Alabama,
which has been in dry dock at League
Island Navy Yard since Thursday last
was taken back to Cramps ship yard
to-day.
While at League Island her propeller
blades were fastened on and a coat of
paint was placed on her bottom. Cramps
expect to have her completed in five
months, provided there is no delay in
the arrival of her armor plate.
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ONE LONELY LITTLE RUN.
But the Other Fellows Did Not
Make Even That

STOCKTON, May 29.-4In, the league
ball game to-day at Goodwater Grove,
the Sacramento ball tossers made only
one lonely little run. The Stockton
team did not make any, however, so
there is no feeling of sadness in the
camp of the visitors. 1t was a pitch
ers' game all through the nine innings
Sacramento got five hits off Whalen,
and the home team got four off Har-
vey. Not a run was made until the
last half of the ninth inning. when
Sacramento scored on an error. There
was big crowd in attendance, and it
is pronounced the best game seen in
Stockton in many years Time of
game, 1 hour and so minutes Runs
by innings:
Sacramento go. 90 0 0 0 0. 0 0 IL
Stockton ......O 900 0 0 o 0 90
Base hits
Sacramento ......0 0 0 o / Is
Stockton ......1 0 l OIL 1 O04
SAN JOSE WINS.
SAN JOSE, May 29.-The San Fran
cisco Athletics were defeated by the
San Jose team to-day by a score. of )
to 3. The game was one of the best
ever played on the local diamond After
the eighth inning the score stood to
=. In the ninth the San Joses made
three runs by a combination of good
playing on their part and errors of
the opposing team. About 800 were
in attendance. Batteries-Iberg and
Kent; Fountain and Scott.
Score: San Jose ;, hits 1. errors .;
Athletics 3, hits s, errors 6.
SANTA CRUZ WON.
SANTA CRUZ, May 29.-The base
ball game here to-day resulted Santa
Cruz 8, Fresno /.
OAKLAND HIT HEAVY
SAN FRANCISCO, May %. - The
San Francisco ball players were badly
beaten to-day at Recreation Park by
the heavy hitters from Oakland,
number of overthrCws and some care
less pitching by Wheeler were largely
responsible for the loss of the game.
Lange did some fine work at third for
the Oaklands.
Score: San Francisco ), hits Z, errors
8; Oakland II, hits IA, errors f.
Batteries: Wheeler and Hammond;
Maskiman and Sullivan Umpire-Mc-
Connell.
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with mail and dispatches. In the alb
sence of the New York, the little May
flower is the flagship. but she does not
gather her brood about her at night.
AT dusk last night she lay far astern
of the other ships of the squadron, and
as darkness came on she ran down to-
ward them, signaled each in turn, and
went flying out of sight to the east
ward on a scout At midnight she was
back again, signals went up and she
led the fleet slowly westward
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VIII Not be Court-Martia1ed.

LONDON, May 30.-The Hongkong
correspondent of the Daily Mail" says:
United States Consul o. F. Williams
does not think Admiral Montejo will be
court-martialed. Williams adds also
that Aguinaldo, the insurgent leader,
has his men at Cavite in a good state
of discipline. They are provided with
plenty of rifles and ammunition and
are expected to do good service for the
Americans in attacking Manila. The
American troops from San Francisco
are. expected to arrive there June 4th.
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CALIFORNIA RANGERS.
They Gave an Exhibition Drill at
the Bay Yesterday

SAN FRANCISCO May %. = There
was an exhibition drill by the First
Battalion of California Rangers on Van
Ness avenue to-day, after which they
were inspected by General Hart and
Colonel Fox. The men are all horse
men and noted for their marksman-
ship.
The four companies here are COM
manded by Captains Waller Lewis,
Lockhart and Ross. The Second Bat
talon has its headquarters at Healds-
burg, and the Third at San Luis Obs
po. They hope to be mustered in as
volunteers
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THE PURCHASE QUESTION.
It is Revived at st. Thomas, With
Favorable Comment.

ST. THOMAS Cd. w. - May 2S.-
delayed in transmission )-There is a
revival here to-day of the question of
the purchase of the Danish West In
dies by the United States, and the mat
ter is causing excitement and favorable
comment.
The Danish wooden corvette st.
Thomas arrived here this morning from
Copenhagen, with the object of assist
ing the local government to observe
Danish neutrality during the war be-
tween Spain and the United States. The
ST. Thomas was built in 1871, is of
1,572 tons displacement, has eight Al
inch guns and six rapid-fire guns. She
carries a crew of 1872 men and has a
speed of about thirteen knots.
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ment. which it is extremely anxious to

ment which it is extremely anxious to
do.
Colonel Fairbanks wants his regi-
ment to be known as the Dandy Fifth
of California, but until the exact quota
Of volunteers wanted is known and a
plan Of reorganization effected, it will
not be known whether the regiment
can be mustered in as a whole. Com
pany L Of the new First Infantry has
already been recruited to ninety-nine
men ready to be sworn into the ser
vice Of the State. The work of re-
cruiting is going on in other compan-
les, and soon the guard will be able to
again present formidable front.
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Indian CIubbed to Death.

SANTA ROSA, May 29-An Indian
was dubbed to death during a drunken
row in the place of William Knapp
near the town of Fulton at 6 o'clock
this morning. Tonight Deputy Sher-
iff Frank Murphy arrested four of the
Indians concerned in the affray and
lodged them in the County Jail here.
Charges of manslaughter will be pre-
ferred against them.
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Fatal Collision.

OMAHA (Neb.), May 29-The Black
Hills express, running at full speed,
dashed into wrecked freight west of
Blair this afternoon, deraihng the en-
CINE. baggage and mail cars. Passenger
Engineer L. c. Cooke was killed, Fire
man Owens fatally injured None of
the passengers We're seriously hurt
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Wants knight Released.

LONDON, May 30.-The Times"
complains bitterly of the refusal of the
Spanish authorities in Cuba to release
its correspondent, Mr.. Knight, who, the
Times says, was sent with the full
approval of the Spanish authorities, and
in landing from a small boat was only
complying with the Spanish request
that he come in neutral vessel
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Revenue Tender Damaged.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 29.-The rev.
enue tender Golden Gate was damaged
to the extent of about 81, 900 to-day by
a collision with the schooner Mary F.
Cruise. The schooner, which had
party of eXcursionists on board, missed
stays" and her boWsprit went clear
through the cabin of the Government
boat which was lying at her berth. No
one was hurt and the schooner was not
damaged.
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WANTS IT ALL.
San Francisco Would Like to Send
the Rest of the Troops, Too.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 29.-The re-
organization Of the National Guard Of
California is still matter of uncer-
tainty, as it is not yet known how
many guardsmen will be taken to sup
ply the second call for volunteers. If
no change is made in the number first
announced - 1,942-the existing com
panies could be filled to the maximum,
and with a little recruiting the Fifth
Regiment could go as a complete regi-
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SEVENTH REGIMENT.
Tt Received It's Uniform and Full
Equipment Yesterday.

SAN FRANCISCO, May %. - The
Seventh Regiment received its am
munition and full equipment to-day.
Colonel Berry is now prepared for field
service at a moments notice.
This morning the various companies
ranged in close order while brief but
impressive religious exercises. We're con-
Quoted by Chaplain Clark, who feel
ingly alluded to the death of Private
Pruett
All the officers of the Seventh kept
open house to-day, entertaining many
friends.
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Military Service Com pulsory.

CITY OF MEXICO. May 29.-Con-
gress has taken final action on the
new constitutional amendments look
ing to making military service cnmpul-
sorry Universal conscription is not
contemplated, but the idea underlying
the new laws is to make forced SER
vice legal and to provide system for
application in case of any great ma
tional emergency, such as an invasion.
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Collier Leonidas to Sail.

NEW YORK, May 29.-At the navy
yard to-day mechanics and other work.
men were as busy as on any other day
throughout the week Collier Leoni-
das, in command of Captain Morris, is
to go to sea at once, and it is expected
that she will leave the yards some time
this afternoon.
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Insurgents Drilling.

LONDON, May 30.-The Hongkong
correspondent of the Daily Telegraph"
says: Dispatches received from Ma
Mia to-day say the insurgents who are
now massed at Cavite, are being Or
ganized and drilled in anticipation of an
early land and sea attack upon Manila
The Americans believe the insurgents
will lend very substantial assistance
when the great fight comes off.
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Dakota Volunteers Coming.

PORTLAND (Or). May 29.-Eight
companies of volunteer infantry from
North Dakota arrived here to-day in
two special trains, one coming by the
Northern Pacific and the other by the
0. r. and N. and Great Northern Both
sections were transferred to the South
ern Pacific and they left for San Fran
cisco this afternoon. The troops We're
well provided with lunch during their
stay here by the ladies of the Oregon
Emergency Corps.
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Coursing at Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES, May 29-Thomas
Brennan of San Francisco, was in
stalled as Judge at the coursing
matches at Agricultural Park to-day
His decisions were considered satisfac-
tory and there was some good racing
The card was thirty dog conso-
lation stake. The winners were Stella
Also, Skyball, Little Tycoon, Santa
Ana Boy, Morning Star, DR.. Pagan,
Portia, John Mitchell, Oscar and Juan
ita
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Field Hospital at Camp Richmond.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 29.-The big
field hospital for Camp Richmond will
be opened tomorrow. /, 1t occupies an
entire block fronting on Point Lobos
and is complete in every detail. The
grounds on which the hospital tents are
located is we'll drained and fairly we'll
sheltered. There will be a detail of
stewards from each regiment to assist
the surgeons. No visitors will be al
lowed on the field.
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Harvard Ready to Sail.

KINGSTON Gamaica), May 29.-S p.
m.-The Harvard has finished coaling.
She has enough coal now. with what
she had to last six days at half speed.
She will sail tomorrow for a destina-
ton not disclosed.
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British warships Come.

British warships Partridge and Co
lumb bine arrived here to-day from Hal
flax to form a part of the fishery pro-
lection squadron on the French treaty
coast These were probably the war
ships sighted off Trepassy yesterday.
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Worlds Five-Mile Record Broken.

SAN JOSE, May 29.-This afternoon
over the five-mile course at Gilroy,
Bunt Smith, under the California AS
sociated Cycling Clubs sanction, broke
the worlds record Of 9:24, and the
coast record Of I'LL by making the
finish in 9:01. He was paced by Ju-
Illus Smith and Fred Larder who made
the same time, breaking the coast tan
dem record of 1922.
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remained at the main rigging while the
steamship continued to sink ! got in
to the small boat and remained with
my officers about fifty yards from the
sinking ship. Exactly at 3 a. m. the
Foscolia went down head first in about
nineteen fathoms of water. 1t reap
peared again. a few minutes later, and
then disappeared forever stern first.
None of my men were hurt, but can
not tell if all the men on the Columbia
escaped injury I think not.
''The Foscolia, which l commanded
for twelve months, was an iron YES
sci of $50 tons net, and 1876 tons
gross, launched at Low, England, in
1879 and her hailing port is London.
She was 252 feet long, 81 feet beam and
% feet Z inches deep. She was schoon-
er-rigged, had two masts. a double
deck. four bulkheads, compound en-
gines, and carried water ballast
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Afraid of Being Captured.

KEY WEST, May 29-The Panama
Railroad steamer Allianca. from New
York for Colon, Colombia, touched here
this morning. She was fired on by a
Spanish vessel during her last trip this
way and fears falling prize TO Spain.
She awaits orders from the main Of
flee.
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Bethlehem Iron Company has made and
shipped to Watervliet Arsenal, New
York, the largest cannon forging ever
turned out in America 1t is the first
one of the sixteen-inch group ordered
for Sandy Hook
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Found Dead.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 29-William
d. Harland, a veteran of the civil war,
was found dead near Ingleside to-day
Papers on his person showed that he
was mustered in as First Sergeant at
Cairo, H., in 1861. The cause~of his
death is unknown.
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Monetary Congress Date Fixed.

OMAHA, May 29.-The dates for the
great Monetary Congress have been
fixed. The convention will be convened
September 18th, and will continue
through three days. Hon. J. Sterling
Morton has accepted the position of
Chairman.
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Verdict of Mans1auphter.

LOS ANGELES. May 29-The jury
in the trial of Mary Garcia for the
murder of Collins at Santa Monica
which was locked up last night
brought in a verdict to-day of man.
slaughter.
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Communist Anniversary.

PARIS, May 29.-There We're a few
slight scuffies in connection with the
Communist anniversary celebrations of
the proclamation of the commune of
Paris, March 2S, 1871.
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Will Omen Ports.

YOKOHAMA, May 29.-The gCorean
Government has decided to open three
more ports and also to make Ping Yam
an OPEN market.
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Artillery Recruits.

ASTORIA (or.), May 29--Twelve re-
cruits for Battery A. Fourth Artillery.
stationed at Fort Candy, arrived from
san Francisco on the steamer Columbia
this morning.
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Cruiser Yankee Sails.

States auxiliary cruiser Yankee sailed
to-day about p. m...
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Veterans Who Have Been Sea
soned by Hardship and Service
and are Ready to Bear the
Brunt of BattIe-Commodore
Echley's Son and Francis Scott
KEYS Grandson Among Them
Indian CIubbed to Death Near
Santa Rosa.
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MERRITTs INSTRUCTIONS.

is practically before the two Govern
ments in some shape"
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The Biggest Guns Yet.

BETHLEHEM ePa.). May 29.-The
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CRUISER
COLUMBIA
DISABLED.

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SCHLEY is
A REAL
CORKER.

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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-12-15
Two Little Heroines.


Betty and Dora were two little
'olorado girls who lived in an al be
.ahin-a queer-looking cabin, built
arty below the ground, s. that ore
had to go down three steps to get
into it.
All around the cabin were great
fields of Alfalfa clover, as far as the
tie r!s could see, and the only
mees in sight were the cottonwoo.s
rowing along the side of broad,
muddy strean that the cLildSen called
the iver. =.
ne night Betty and Dora awoke
TO tiu1 ii raining SO hard that it bad
worn hole in the miserable roof over
t4eir heads, and the IA was drip,
dri~, drinring in npon them in very
unpleasant fashion.
dob, dear! 'lear!" cried Dora. 81
don't like this; I am going to call
papa" :"
Betty pulled her hack into bed.
"Stop, Do@a," she whispered; che
is so tired making fences"
Il want to go into mammals bed. "
"Oh, Dora! you don't want to wake
poor mamma, when she is 80 tiied
taking care OF sic chickens" ex-
claimed Betty. 'I think it is rather
lilly to have it rain ID ones bed. Put
vour he d under it. See how funny
it feels!"
'sIt is so wet," complained Dora.
"Never mind" answe ed Betty,
cheerfully; ''let's play we ere ducks. !"
It was quite an entertaining play
for few minutes, and then Dora be-
gan to complain again.
''It's growing wetter; we cannot
sleep here.
Yes, we can if we are ducks" per-
sisted Betty, "ducks like water"
It was not long, however, before
the rain came dripping in so fast that
it was too much even: for Betty.
ssWe must tell mamma" said Dora.
NO." said Betty, iI know what We
can do
Slipping out of bed she ran into the
sitting room to return with a big UNI
brella which she opened above their
heads.
Dora laughed aloud.
can umbrella in bedr' she cried.
"Ch, Betty, how funny!''
"Now we are all right" Betty
whispered in great glee. "Cuddle up
closer snd We can xoll il together.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-12-15
The Porto Rico Marketman,

The marketman in Porto Rico is the
small landholder. No Porto Rican
possessing any considerable amount
of money woaId invest it in agricul-
tural products other than sugar cane,
tobacco or coffee. Owing to this beans.
corn, ETC., which coul II be raised in
quantities large enough to supply the
whole country and leave surplus for
expo.t, are imported from Spain aud
from this country. He also devotes
himself to several small industries.
such as the making Of charcoal, ham
mocks, whips, ealtheuware, canes and
especially straw hats, some Of them
of fine quality.
The mar ct places in Porto Rico are
owned by the municipality. They are
generally in the large squares, the
centre Of the market being without a
roof and divided into small spaces, in
which canvas tents are erected daily
by the merchants.
These snaces are rented, or, rather,
; a tax is collected on them, each day,
from the country people who use
! them, and who, in many towns, are
MT permitted to sell their wares in
any other place. The houses sur
rounding he ma keS place are rented
by the year aud til y are usually oc-
curiel by grocers, butchers, etc. -
New York Commercial Advertiser.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-12-15
aiEN THE REGIMENT COMES BACK.

Ae.the uniforms were blue, all the swords
and rifles new,
When the Regiment went marching down
the street
al tbe men were hale and strong as they
proudly moved along
Through the cheers that drowned the
nGsic Of their feet.
oh the mu>ic OF their feet keeping time to
drums that beat,
Oh the glitter and the splendor OF the
sight:
As with swords and rifles new, and in uni
forms OF blue,
The Regiment went marching to the fight.
When the Regiment came back all the guns
and swords were black,
And the uniforms had faded into gray,
And the faces OF the men who marched
through that street again
Seemed like faces OF the dead who lose
thei- way.
For the dead who lose their way cannot look
more gaunt or gray
Oh the sorrow and the anguish OF the
e sight.
Oh the weary tagging feet out OF step with
drums that beat,
Wkerl the Regiment came marching from
the fight.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox in Harper's Weekly.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-12-15
800 Spanish Killed and 400 Wounded.
Not an American Killed, but Slightly
Wounded.
Entire Spanish Fleet Destroyed.

New YORK, May 1.-THE "-."
in an extra edition just published,
prints the following special despatch
from Hong-Aong: 'I have just al
rived here on the United States rev.
enue cutter McCullogh with report OF
American triumph at Manila. The
entire Spanish feet of eleven vessels
was destroyed. Three hundred Span
ish were killed and four hundred
wounded. Our loss was none killed,
but six were slightly wounded. Not
one OF the American ships was in
jured.'
He grew wildly excited and shout
rang through the deserted building.
There was not a man in the "Gas-
ette' oiice more patriotic or better
posted on the war situation than TIE
foreman of the press room. He had
spent his youth in the navy during
the civil war, and his shoat Of tri'
umph was heard downstairs above tks
din of the rumbling press.