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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-07-17
SKATER AND HIS
ARMY COMMENDED.
President HsKinIsy and Secretary Al
ser sssd Messages % Prais.
10 All 81 santiago.

Washington. July is.-The following
messages were sent by President Nc
Kinley and Secretary Alger to GenerAl
Shafter. commanding the army at the
front. near Santiago, Playa;
"The president further sends you and
your brave army the profound thanks
Of the American people for the brilliant
achievements AZ Santiago, resulting in
the surrender Of the city aud all the
Spanish troops and the territory under
Toral. Your splendid command has en-
dured not only hArdships and sacrifices
incident 10 the campaign and the battle.
but IN stress Of heat aud weather, has
triumphed over obstacles which would
have overcome men less brave and de-
terrnined One and all have displayed
the most conspicuous gallantry and
earned the gratitude OF the nation. The
hearts Of the people turn with tender
SYMPATHY 10 the sick and wounded.
May the Father Of Mercies protect and
comfort WILLIAM Mckinney.
ITO Major General shafter, at the
front, near Santiago, Playa / cannot
express In words my gntitude 70 you
and your heroic men. Your work has
been well done. God bless you all
IN. A. ALGER, Secretary Of War.
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OFFICIALS ADVlCEs
FROM HAVANA CITY.
They Praise tho spanish Troops. aud
Say General CoppirEsr Has Ar
rived NJ Santiago,


Copyrighted. lsas. by the Associated Press
Havana, July l5-(delayed in trans.
mission) The following is the Spanish
version Of events recently transpired In
Cuba: On Tuesday, July ~, the Amer.
leans continued the attack on Santiago
all day, but with less activity than the
day before, owing 20 tho rain falling
about the neighborhood, which flooded
some Of the the trenches But weather
did not prevent the brave spaniards from
remaining in their positions, full Of ami
nation and resolution.
It's reported that 5000 troops under
Coppingor, recently landed in the prov.
ince Of Santiago. They came on %
Transatlantic steamers, which lately
have bcen seen before Baquiu. Before
Santiago NJ the time there We're six hat.
tieships and 20 auxiliary cargo ships; in
front Of Havana there were eight war.
ships; before Carienas two warships did
blockade duty and there were two men.
of-war before Cionfuegos.
Official reports received from Santiago
say that the same state Of affairs pre-.
vailed then as on the day previous.
II Is reported that heavy reinforce.
ments Of Americans under General
Miles were landed lately and have been
pushed 20 the front, which increased the
activity Of beseigcrs and 20 have ron.
dored the task OF garrison more difficult
But, the report continues, this is only
shown up in the admirable conduct Of
the Spanish soldiers who, in spite OF the
heavy rains, and the fact that they are
in water 70 their waists are willing TO
defend their positions TO the very last
Before the different blockaded ports
yesterday there were the same ships As
mentioned In the report Of the day pre-.
yious
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-07-17
NINE MAKERS STORY
THE BATTLEshIP MAINE WAS DE-
uBERATELY DESTROYED.

.. p. oibbiss Declares That The EEpissiea
Was Observation-Disclosures the fnvssiiEs.
tisa 10 Two Msn-Ffvs Conclusive Proof.
That the ship Was BlOvn Up.
Following Is the startling story Of Ii.
man who made the mine which blew up the
baitleship Maine:
The only submarine mines which
have been supplied 10 the Spanish Gov
eminent since 1861 were manufac-
tured under my own patents.
then supplied them with hfty-six
ground mines, twenty-five buoyant
mines. each with a charge OF 500
pounds OF guncotton. and fifteen cleo
tro-contaet mines. exploded either on
contact or by observation from shore,
each containing a charge Of 100 pounds
Of guncotton.
The mines sent to Havana would
still retain full effectiveness. They
will last under wailr for an indefinite
period.
In ls96-s7 the Spanish Government
ordered a fresh supply Of my patent
mines. Whether they went 10 la.
yana or not is immaterlal
One OF the mines supplied IN 1856 ls
still fully capable Of causing the De.
Ftruction Of the Maine.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-07-17

When the United States troops oc.
cupled Richmond. Va, April 3. 1866,
General Edward Il. Ripley. OF Yer.
mont, who was appointed military gov
ernor Of the city found In the desk
Of jefferson Davis in the house occu-
pied by the Confederate President. a
cast-iron bomb in the shape Of lump
Of coal. II was evidently cast from
a good-slzed piece OF coal, was coated
with coal tar and coal dust. and could
hardly be distinguished when handled
from a lump OF coal. Il was hollow.
and would hold powder enough TO
make heavy explosion. Army au-
thorities have never doubted that the
otherwise unexplained blowing up OF
a steam vessel loaded with ammunl-
ton at City Point was the work OF a
bomb OF this kind. which had boon
dropped into a pile Of coal and shoy-
olled into the furnace Of the steamer.
and similar bombs probably occasioned
similar oatastrophes during the war.
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surre,Inr thr shIn wal.runr.

Plattsburg. n. Y, July 10. Govern.
ment engineers and surveyors have ar.
rived at Champlain for the preliminary
survey Of the proposed great ship water.
way between the great lakes and the
Hudson via the ST. Lawrence river and
Lake Champlain. Appropriations for
this survey have been made by congress
and Il is thought the r0p0rt Of the on.
gineers will DO favorable for this route,
over either the Erie or Oswego canal
routes, there being only five locks and
comparatively short canal mileage be-.
tween Lake Champlain and 81. Lay.
cnce and Champlain and the Hudson.
Tho work now being done by the sur.
voyors consists 81 estimates OF oxcaya.
tions. locks and water supply. Tho
Champlain route Is recommended by
most OF the leading engineers Of the
country Il Is expected that freight
rates from Buffalo TO New York can be-
reduced TO 70 cents per ton BIZ this route.
President Appoints the Commission.
Washington, July l6.-Tho president
has appointed the following commission.
ors 10 meet a similar commission on the
part OF Great Britain aud Canada for
the purpose OF adjusting the relations
between the United States and Canada
Senator Fairbanks OF Indiana, Senator
Gray Of Delaware, Representative Ding.
ley Of Maine, Hon John a. Kasson Of
Iowa and Hon. John W. Foster Of the
District OF Columbia.
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] III AaAAs 1 NA NNNN lNNNNs from NII ANN
surrounding circumstances. that no
other agency could have caused 10.
In direct contradiction Of the assor-
lions OF the Secretary Of the Spanish
legation al Washington and OF Gen.
Weyler that there are no submarine
mines In Havana Harbor absolutely
affirm that / shipped tle above mines
for Havana and Ferrol on a spanish
ship. the property Cf the Spanish Gov
eminent, and differed by Spanish nav
al officers. with two captains. at the
West India dock. London.
Ny mines are IN electrical connec-
tioa with the shore, and 1t Is quite inn
possible that they could DO exploded
except by design.
am convinced also that the explo-
sion OF the mine which destroyed the
Maine was the work OF one or two
men. for these reasons.
First-A vessel swinging. either an
chored or moored. upon striking the
circuit closer ease would merely drop
a shutter on the keyboard on shore.
warning the officer In charge that she
was In contact VITA the mine.
Second-Before the officer Is In a
position 10 FIRE the mine he must OBJ
tain one Of two KEYS One generally
Is kept by the commlndan,. the other
by the officer In charge OF the firing
station. lie then must unlock the
glass door over which the shutter has
fallen and insert a red danger plug In
the insulated switch.
Thlrd-He must insert a plug In the
switch OF the firing battery earth plate.
Fourth-The firing key Is arranged
with a locking armature OF ebonlte
which must be unlocked before the
danger point Is arrived at
FIfth-The firing key hammer must
be pressed on 10 the contact anvil to
complete the circuit that oxplodes the
dotonator, by which the mine In turn
Is exploded.
/ have not the slightest hesitation In
saying that the &alno was deliberately
destroyed with a JO0-pound ground
mine as invented and supplied By me.
There Is consensus OF opinion that
the first explosion Was external. This
Is established on the following
grounds.
The forward magazine contained g.
500 pounds OF guupowder. which might
blow up the decks but Il is problemat-
zeal whether Il would be capable OF
igniting the $500 pounds OF powder
in the middle magazine. Even II II did
the explosion Of both would be quite
Incapable Of decorating the $500
pounds OF wet junction in the after
magazine. Had that quantity OF gun
cotton been det0natld not a yestlge OF
the Maine would remain.
The only practical way OF discover
Ing the mine that sunk the Maine Is
by undermining the cable from the
shore to the junction box and from
thence undermining each individual
cable to the mine until one was found
without a mine attached
] am satisfied that the explosion
was caused Boy O ground mlne-not by
a bnoyant mine for Havana harbor is
TO shallow to admit OF ,be use OF the
latter.
! am prepared 10 satisfy by demon
cotton any jury Of reasonable men
that this Is The true explanation OF the
Maine
JOSEPH PANEL GIBBINs.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-07-17

The dairy farmer who Is feeding a
scrub COW and guessing that she pays,
may be said TO be gambling In stock"
It's a sort OF board OF trade business.
That is, she trades a very small lot OF
poor milk for her board. and leaves
the dealer short on butter and long On
endurance.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-07-17
~ - caroIIns I.l,na..

San Francisco, July 10. -Advicos re-.
ceiyod from Honolulu indicate that tho
coast defense vessel Monterey will taje
possession Of the Caroline islands bofcra
reaching Manila. When in the Honolulu
harbor, Commander Lentze Of the Non.
torey, borrowed the charts OF the Caro-.
lines from Captain Bray.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-07-17

Upward OF $4,000 postage stamps
were utilized by Baltimore woman In
the preparation OF the costume which
won the fancy-dross prize at masked
ball the other night. Five weeks were
spent In stamp collecting and three
weeks In the making OF the dress.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-07-17

Philadelphia, July 10. The British
tank steamer Lucilene at this port has
been bought by the government 20 car.
~ water 20 Cuba and elsewhere. The
price paid is said 20 b. s20OO,O0O. The
Llcilenc was launched five years ago at
stockton, England, and Is built 81 iron
and steel. She can carry 1000, 900 gal.
Ions OF water
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-07-17

New York, July l0..- The hospital
ship, Olivette, Is expected 70 arrive here
today or tomorrow. The following OH.
GERS, sick and wounded, arc on board,
also long list OF privates;
Major JAMES d. Ball, First cavalry
Major Alexander o. Brodie, First yolun.
tecr cavalry; Second Lieutenant Horace
R Davenux, FIRST volunteer cavalry
Lieutenant William NJ. Fish, Second In.
iantry Bngadier General II. s. Hawl
ins, volunteer cavalry; Captain Morton
J. Henry; Captain Thomas 4, Knox,
Nrst cavalry; Captain james II. Nc.
Ointock, First volunteer cavalry.
Opened Peace Negotiations
Madrid, July lG..-soyeml newspa.
pers Of the city say the Spanish gov.
eminent has opened peace negotiations
through the French ambassador az
Washington, NJ Cambon, with the gov.
Irnment Of the United States. Il ia said
an connection with the Spanish suggcs.
ton OF leaving tho question OF tho fu.
suro government Of Cuba 20 b. decided
by plobiscito Of is inabiiants that Spain
would unrcseryodly accept a decision
given In such case.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-07-17

Woolsey Wost-Ten years ago all
the land around here sold for dol
lar and a quarter an acre.
Hudson RIvers-And what does Il
sell for now7
w. W.-Taxea.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-07-17

Washington, July lG.-sonator Can.
non Of Utah, las just returned from a
visit OF inspection at Fort Mcpherson,
Ga, and 20 General Lees army corps ut
Jack sonvillo. Fla. where he has n
hroiher, Lieutenant Colonel Cannon, Of
Torey's rough riders. Senator Cannon
say:
q never have seen anything like tho
patriotic enthusiasm OF tho wounded
soldiers ne Fort Mcpherson. Tho
wounded OF the Twonty.fourth infantry,
which came from Fort Douglas. Utah,
and who participated in the baltic nj
San Juan, are there, and the officers and
mon almost 20 man, are anxious aud
eager 20 get back in the fray While
there saw the effects Of the Mauser
bullets. In one wound inflicted In tho
foot the orihce Of emergency was eight
times rs large rs the orihce OF entrance,
and Il was rough and Jagged"
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-08-20
ON ACcUmULaTING MONEY.
The Place to Begin, Mr. Gozzleby
Thinks, is Right Where
Man, Is.

'Why, say, said Mr.. Gozzlehy,
"the more | think of it the more
think that the place for a man to be-
gin is right where he is. | don't see
how going west, or going south, or
going any other place, is going to help
him unless he's got it in him. Even
in fast growing places with a tremen-
dous boom on. the bulk of the people
work for days wages, just as they do
here; the people there don't all get
rich, by a long shot, and the compar-
atiyely few that accumulate wealth
get it by the exercise of the same
qualities that command wealth every
where, namely, ability to recognize
opportunities and promptness to seize
them.
Opportunities exist everywhere, but
the number of really great opportuni-
ties is always proportionately small,
and these are always taken up by the
men who have not only brains but
courage. Luck may strike man
occasionally, but the chances are mil
lions to one against it, and it never
strikes man who waits for it.
Money, of course, gives man great
ly added power; the rich man can
seize opportunities that the poor man
can't touch. But pretty much all the
rich men in this country were once
poor. They made the money them
selves, as every man has the right to do
for himself. 1t may be put in here
that it is mighty good thing for a
man to have a few hundred dollars
laid by, it may come handy any time.
Get ahead little.
GAS to the place to begin there is
none any better than right where a
man is. He sees the difficulties there,
familiar as he is with his surroundings,
but it's just the same fifty miles or a
thousand miles west. There, where
everything is new to him, the condi-
tions might seem easier and more fay-
orable, but in reality they are just the
same; the great majority of men there
are plugging away for mere existence
and here, as in his own town, the
men who are making the money are
the men of brains and courage and
enterprise and frugality.
Sin other words, it is not the place
but the man himself that counts.
Any place will do; the great thing
is to make the beginning"
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-08-20
G. A. r. Encampment at Cincinnati.

For this occasion tickets will be
sold at the low rate of one fare for
the round trip from all points on the
B. & o. railroad east of Pittsburg,
Parkersburg and Wheeling, exclusive,
good going on September 3rd and 4th,
and good returning not earlier than
September 9Th, nor later than Sep
TENDER 18th, except by depositing
ticket with Joint Agent at Cincinna-
IT, between September 9Th and 9th,
inclusive, and on payment OF fee
of twenty-five (25) cents, when return
limit may be extended to leave Gin
cinnatis to and including October 2,
1898.
Owing to the great patriotic wave
sweeping the country at the present
time, great interest will be manifest
ed at this meeting. Solid Vestibuled
Trains of elegant coaches, Pullman
sleeping cars, observation cars and
splendid dining car service. Three
through trains daily from New York.
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Wash
ington, and two from Pittsburg.
Get full particulars from Ticket
Agent, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-08-20
Church Notes.

Service at Episcopal church to-
morrow at 10:45, as usual. Subject
of sermon:- "The most Practicable
and Tangible Method of overcoming
Evil y
Public services will be held at the
M. p. church to morrow morning
and evening The sacrament of the
Lords Supper will be administered
at the morning service. The eve
ming service will conclude the labors
of the pastor for this year. Strang
ers and visitors are invited to attend
all of these services.
The w. Va. M. P. Conference will
meet at Buckhannon on Wednesday
of next week.
The regular services will be held
at the Baptist church to morrow
morning. No services in the evening
as the congregation will attend the
union service at the University
where DR.. McKensie, of Cambridge,
Mass, will preach.
No services in the M. E. church
except Sunday School and Epworth
League in the evening.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-08-20
A BIG ADVANCE.
In Wall Paper After September First
Because Trust Has Beeen
Organized.

Local wall paper dealers have receiv-
ed word that every manufacturing es-
Enlistment in the United States has
gone into the trust and that wall pa
per prices will be advanced 40 per cent
or more on and after the first day OF
September. Heretofore all efforts to
get manufacturers in the combination
have failed because few important
houses would not accept the terms but
this year there Is not firm In the
country working single machine out
side the trust. Seven or eight years
ago with all but one or two firms inside
the trust prices were advanced about
% per cent. There is talk of organ
Using retailers association for the
purpose of establishing uniform price
and to do away with the cheap papers
which haue been such factor in re-
cent years. People purchasing paper
after September may expect TO pay
large advance price.
Not with standing the stiff advance
to be made in wall paper A. w. Jones
has well selected stock which he
will close out at the lowest prices be-
fore the advance Sept 1st
1t is to your advantage to buy now
for use this fall.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-08-20
A TEST CASE.
Agent Arrested for not Using
Revenue Stamps.

EApTtSo Agent ATItbtcu lOE uUt OSIHS
Revenue Stamps.
The first test case under the war
revenue law which has arisen in
West Virginia came up in Huntington
yesterday, when the agent of the
Adams Express Company, M. Frost,
refused to aff1x an internal revenue
stamp to the receipt for package
which B. L. Priddie was sending to
Parkersburg. Mr.. Priddie went be-
fore U. S. Commissioner Bryan and
swore out warrant against Frost,
which was executed and Frost was ia
ken before the Commissioner who
bound him over in the sum Of $500 to
answer an Indictment.
1t has been held not only by the
commissioner of internal revenue but
q. S. commissioners in several states
that the express companies and not
their patrons must stamp the bills Of
lading but they still refuse to do it.
If a trial Of this kind can be had be-
fore the law is repealed it may result
in the companies paying the tax.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-08-20
NEW GOLD FIELD
To Which Grand Rush is Be-
ing Made.
The fownof Skagway is Almost De-
serted.

SEATTLE, Wash, Aug. l9-The pas
sengers and officers of the steamer Cot
tage City, from Skagway, bring reports
of the widest stampede that has oc-
Cured since the discovery of gold on
the tributaries of the Klondike. Bus
mess men have closed their stores at
Skagway, railroad employees ON the new
lines have jumped their jobs by hum
dreds, and sailors have deserted their
ships in the harhor and have gone to
seek gold on Pine creek near Tagish
Lake, lao miles from Skagway.
The creek is sixteen miles long, af-
fording room for fifteen hundred
claims. The discovery OF gold was
made by prospector named Miller, OF
Juneau, who took out from 81 TO IS
to the pan Of course gold, valued at
SIS an ounce. Twenty-Five hundred
men have stampeded to the mines
within the past ten days.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-08-20
a NEW ERA
Dawns for the United States with
the Close of the War.

LONDON, Aug. 19.-The Pail Mall
Gazette in its article commenting
upon the signing of the Spanish
American protocol and consequent
virtual ending of the war says:
America will henceforth have an
undisputed place among the powers
which makes the history of the civ
ilized and unciyilized world. Her
day of self-contained isolation is
gone forever. She may advance a
little faster or little less fast to
meet her manifest destiny, but there
can be no American citizen to-day
who does not feel that the old order
of things has changed since America
has stood at the parting of the ways
four months ago and that she stands
to-day upon the threshold Of a new
life"
Then, referring to the intertwined
interests of Great Britain and the
United States in China the Gazette
says: "We can only say now that
the latest news does not auger we'll
for the maintenance of the newly
restored peace of nations in which
all men of good will are rejoicing
to-day
The Globe says: "The ending of
the war marks the final disappear
ance of Spain from the new world
For good or Ill the United States has
taken place among the great pow
ers and must accept the response
bilities. She has taken a position
which will compel them to have a
foreign policy which will demand
means of making herself respected
abroad. She is already becoming a
strong naval power and standing
army has become Indispensable
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-08-20
SAD DEATH OF j. l.. HUGHES.
Held for Five Hours under Fall of
Coal-Terribie Agony.
Fairmont Free Fress.

talrmont Free Fress
j. LHughes, aged about % years
and son >of Thomas Hughes, re-
siding about two miles from Pala-
tine on the Morgantown pike, died
yesterday at | o'clock from injuries
received by coal falling on him. Mr..
Hughes had been digging coal for
the farmers in that section, the mine
located on his fathers place about
300 yards from the house. He was
seen at 3 O'Clock in the evening,
about which time large lump of
coal fell on him, and he was held
pinioned to the bottom until 8 o.
clock in the evening when his fami
ly went to hunt him. One ankle
was crushed, five ribs were broken
from the back bone and his shoulder
was mashed. His death has cast
gloom over the community, and his
family is almost distracted by his
sudden death The funeral took
place this afternoon at o'clock land
the interment was at the Hopewell
graveyard. Services were held at
the house. He was a member of
Canton Council No 134 Jr. O. u. A.
NJ, of Canton, and Mt. City Coun-
Gil No. ID, Daughters of America, of
Fairmont. Canton Council had
charge Of the services at the grave
He leaves behind a little girl, aged
about years. His wife, who was a
Miss Hawkins, died about two years
ago.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-08-20
CAMP BROKEN.
Second West Virginia Regiment OFF for
Middletown, Pa. Fifteen Men in the
Hospital.

CHARLESTON, w. v, Aug. 10
The Second West Virginia Regiment
broke camp this morning and depart
ed via Kanawha & Michigan Railway
for Middletown, Pa. The boys were
glad to get away anywhere for a
change Of scene. The wives Of Colo
mel Casteel, Major Elliott, Chief Sur
geon Henshaw, Regimental Adjutant
Archer, Captain UBrian, Captain
Willis, Captain Hudson, Captain Cos
ter, and Chaplain Kelly accompanied
their husbands. Six more OF the sick
were removed to the Thomas Hospi
tai. They were Dwight Miller, mu-
stefan. suffering from malarial fever
and rheumatism; Private Gross, Com
pany A, rheumatism; Private Cash,
Company b, anemia; Private Fortney,
of Company Fl, bilious fever; Private
Hammond, Of Company G, bilious fe-
yer; Private Washburn, Of Company
F, typhoid fever. This makes fifteen
with those named in a former dis
patch, who are now in the hospital
in this city.