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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-05-30

MADRID. May i29.-7 p. m.--El Pro-.
vr,sso publishes Dispatches purport-
ias to como from Paris, giving details
o. an alleged battle near Jamaica, in
Which 10 Is said two American waships
we're destroyed and one Spanish war
th!p was injured.
Although the account - very circum-
,antlaI. as to time. place. incidents
and results. It Is received here with
suspicion.
The story Is that Commodore schley's
squadron parted from Rear Admiral
SIMPSONS of Cape Maysi, the eastern
poln, Of Cuba, and steered toward the
rucatan passage, followed closely By
Simpsons ships. Both were sighted
rom the watch towers Of Santiago de
Cuba.
Rear Admiral Sampson arrived of the
PROVING. OF Puerto Principe. continuing
thence in the direction OF jamaica. Ad-
niral Cervera left Santiago Thursday,
May e6, ut midnight, all his lights being
ex,inguIshed. with the Vizcaya and the
Alu!can;e Oquendo. precaded by the
the torpedo boat destroyer Furor. He
took up position In proximity to Ja-i
na!ca. Two hours later the remainder
o, Admiral Cervera's feet withdrew
from the harbor OF Santiago. and pro-
ceeded In southerly direction.
On the morning OF Friday, the Furor
cane up rapidly to the vizcaya and the
AlmIrante OQuendo, advising Admiral
Cerve.a OF the approach OF the enemy.
Rear Admiral Simpsons ships steamed
at full speed toward the Spanish ves-i
sels, which accepted combat, but moved
IN a southerly direction. to affect q
iuncture with the remainder OF the
Spanish squadron.
Presently the battle ragged furiously
on both sides. The Americans detach-
ed three cruisers and three smaller
ships 10 surround the Vizcaya and the
Oquendo. The Furor. between the cross
FIRE OF the enemy, made for. the Ameri-
can flagship, Notwithstanding the fire
OF the heavy guns.
Tie outcome OF the contest was thai
two American warships were sunk and
ohS SpatilsH "GtohiP oisaSiSu IA 40
steering gear.
The remaining vessels OF the Ameri-.
car squadron were so much damaged
that ther were compelled to take refuge
IN Haytlen waters.
II Is reported that the Crlstobai Colon
captu.ed one American ship which had
been disabled from shot by the VIZ
caya that perforated her side.
: The Fizcaya risked destruction from
II American destroyer.
II Is believed that after the combat
the Spaniards sailed for Havana, or II
the condition OF the vessels or the
presence OF superior force Of the enc
my required, took refuge at Cardenas
or Matanzas.
The publication OF this despatch from
Paris caused an excited discussion of
the conflicting reports from various
so1rces. which completely absorbed oil
s.ctlons OF the press and oil circles OF
the public In Madrid. Speaking to-day
o. Yesterdays rumors OK the defeat OF
The American feet and the death OF
Rear Admiral Sampson, Captain Au-
non. the minister OF marine. without
c!eciting Il In the absence OF official in
formation, remarked that the event was
nearly within the limits of possibility.
It Is hoped that the result OF to-day's
cabinet council will disclose information
Confirming or denying the report
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Copyright. 1898. by tho Associated Prcss.)
ON BOARD THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS DISPATCH BOAT WANDA,
OFF cARDENAs, May %. via Key
West, May 29.-Cardenns harbor has
been completely closed by the Spanish
since the nttnck OF the Wlnslow and
other American torpedo boats.
This was demonstrated yesterday by
the attempt OF an English steamship 10
enter the port. The waters OF Cardenas
are too shallow for big ships, and the
Winslow tragedy probably closes the
history OF naval operations In that quar-
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LONDON, May 2s.-The cIrcum-
Earces under which FL Progresso's re-
narkable story appears. seem to dis
credit 1t. Apparently the Paris cores
pondent OF that newspaper is the sole
possessor Of the Information he pre-
tends to have. The most reliable Paris
new agencies have received nothing on
the subject It Is possible that the
story has been given n Paris date for
some undlscernible reason; though. II
IL eTanates from official sources, 1t Is
lnconceivable that the government
should be unwilling to give out favor
aole news on its own responsibility.
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A SP .ANISfI FABLE
Here's a Story that Double Discounts the
Yellow journalism of America
yICTORYFOR SPANISH FLEETP PROCL MED

Madrid JOurnaiIt Alleged that two Ships Of sampons
Squadron wore Destroyed and tho Admiral Himself Killed.
Evidently Manufactured to Feed the Vanity Of tho Gulbe
Spanish Navy Department only Utterly Dis
credits the Story but Declares with Porenes that no Such
Engagement Occurred.
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CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS

Tho Revenue Bill and Hawaiian An.
neIation Matters TO he Considered.
WASHINGTON, May 2s.-Having de-
cided at the last moment Saturday to
observe Memorial Day, the senate will
not be In session again until Tuesday.
and finance committee. will, however,
meeSon Monday to perfect the revenue
bill In minor details.
There is still no certainty as to when
the vote may be taken on the revenue
bill. It looks as it the entire week
would be spent upon It. and none of the
members OF the committee undertake
to predict the.exact date OF the senate's
conclusion of It's work. There are still
a number OF speeches to be made on
the bill, and upon amendments. It is
probable that there will be more or
less debate upon the Lodge amend
ment for the annexation OF Hawaii and
the Morgan amendment relating gener-
ally TO the government Of annexed ter
rltory. Both tSenators Lodge and Nor
gan announce their intention to make
speeches on the subjects involved, and
senators espousing the opposite views
declare their purpose to reply it the
euOleCl 10 tOpeIeu. INepuullCaES Bener-
ally predict that Senator Lodge will
refrain from pressing his amendment,
and It Is the general opinion that he
will at least not go to the extent OF
asking vote upon It, and thus subject
ingthe mens"re to motion to lay upon
the table.
The house will not be in session to-
morrow, having adjourned to Tuesday
because OF Memorial Day. The consld-
Grafton OF the Hawaiian annexation
resolutions by the house this week Is
possible, but not assured. Speaker
Reed stands ready to give the resolu-
tlons full right of way In the house II
they pass the senate, but is opposed to
sending them first through the house
and forcing than upon the senate, be-
cause. he contends, II would prec!pi-
tate 4 fight there that would prulong,
Indefinitely the session, and end likely
In the whole matter finally going over
to next winter. Especially is he op-
posed to forcing: the Hawaiian Issue 10
the front until the revenue bill Is
through the senate. II Is stated upon
high authority that the other Republic
can members of the committee on
rules are In accord with the speakers
position. Notwithstanding they. favor
e.
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NO GUESS WORK ABOUT THIS.
Commodore sshlsy Says the Spanish Fleet is in the Bay Of
Santiago de Cuba.
HE HAS SEEN AND RECOGNIZED THE VEssl

WASHINGTON May 3oThe navy department. has just re-
ceyed 1890 o'clock this onda morning dispatch from Com
modore Schcy stating that the Spanish feet the bay Santiago
dc Cuba and that he has and recognized the vessels
The advces from Commodore Sccy indicate that he is now and
has been for several days guarding the entrance to the bay of San
ago de Cuba That he has Admiral Ceera and his Cape Verde
squadron bottled in the bay regarded by naval officials be-
yond doubt although Commodore Scy did make definite
statement to that effect
Commodore Schley has only his squadron but
three other vessels his command it believed be posi-
bic for the Spanish admiral escape with his fleet either BY day
by night
Assurance douby that the Spanish fleet bottled up
and that the cork is in the bottle is believed that Admiral
Cvcra will attempt escape The suggestion is made however
that the Spaniards may blow his ships rather than have them fall
into he hands Of schey they certainly will they remain in the
harbor
MADRID May 2e-Blanco cables twelve American warships off
Santiago Saturday but Of them disappeared to-day going
westerly.
MADRID May 2eBlancos official dispatches give to be
understood Cevera remains inside Santiago abo but today
cabinet council developed nothing make the clear
copyrlgh. 1888, by the Associated pressJ
ST. THOMAS, Danish West Indies May 2o-The report that
the Spanish torpedo gunboat reached San Juan de Porto
Rico confirmed She arrived there from de France Island
OF Martinique on Friday morning. Her boilers still said to be
out OF order eSpash transport Alfonso KILL chartered by the
Spanish government and loaded San Juan de Porto Rico with
provisions for Cuba is said to be scouting the vicinity
the Porto Rcan coast her having refused try run the
Cuban blockade.
1t is unoed here also that the vessels Of Admiral Cerva feet
not Santiago de Cuba Some Of them go there
or have those report Incendam grow
ing in Porto Rico.
LONDON May GOA dispatch to the Times from Kingston
Jamaica, dated Saturday, says:
Private information from the most trustworthy indicates
that Admiral Cervas squadron Santiago Cuba
in Central American waters"
KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 49, p m-Thc Harvard has fin
shed coalng Owing to the friendly feeling for Americans here
and because the coang began before the British engineer had
fixed the amount she could 75o tons Is believed by the
townspeople that she will fin her bunkers
But such not the She has enough now with what she
had to last six days at half speed.
She will sail tomorrow morning for destination disclosed
The strange vessel seemingly warshp sighted off Port Royal last
right is declared by the gOsps be- Spanish waiting
the Harvard.
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SAN FRANCISCO. May 29.-There
was no let up to-day In the preparations
for the enbarknu:n of the second expa.
dillon to tho Philippines. It Will be
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For West Virginia, Western Pennsylya-
MIA and Ohio, fair weather: decrcasing
cloudiness: light winds, becoming north
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The temperature Saturday as observed
By C. Schnopf. druggist. corner Market
md Fourteenth btrcets, Mns aa folloMs. =.
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watchmen employed day AID night.
Few visitors are admitted.
The principal food of the ducks is
Il mixture of ground corn, bran,
broken crackers or biscuits, and meat
scraps, the meat and bone being re-
duced under steam pressure into a
LIQUID mass and then mixed with the
grain in hugh troughs.
Broiler ducks when fit for the mar
ket should weigh from five to seven
pounds, and this weight Mr. Mac
Ayoy can get in ten weeks from the
egg. Beginning in February, he
makes three shipments week, in
creasing to five a week later on in
the season. Under the same roof that
the duclIing leaves the egg he closes
his brief career, as the killing room
adioins shat containing the incubat-
Ors. Here they are killed in the pc
culiar fashion demanded by the trade,
scalded ain steam boilers, picked,
uItSStti, dlni jStShti loi lii'bl MT LIC
feathers themselves make quite an
item in she income of the farm. They
are of snowy whiteness and soft as
the dOWn on a gooses breast, for
which tlsey doubtless pass when they
reach the hands of the pillow makers.
Farmers ordinarily are well salts
fled if they get a score or so of eggs
from a. duck in season, but Mr..
MacAvcy says his ducks yield from
125 to $50 each in season. This in
formation was impaired in answer to
an inquiry why he did not raise geese
also \ goose, he said, lays twenty
five or thirty eggs in 4 season, and a
ten-pound white Pekin duck brings in
as much money as a goose. In the
height of the laying season forty or
fifty eggs are frequently taken from
a single nest in one day, and the at
tendants are obliged to watch care
fully the fields in which the ducks
roam, where dozens are often found
upon the ground.-New York Sun.
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A Wasp's Mistake.

1t is generally supposed that in
stlnct unerringly teaches birds and in
sects the best way in which to build
their homes or ness, and also to pro-
vide for their offspring. The follow
ing incident, recently under personal
observation, will show that instinct is
not always infallible:
A friend placed three small empty
walls IN al open box on shelf, in an
upright position in close contact, and
they were uncorked. A short time af-
terward it was a matter of surprise to
find that these had been appropriated
by a female mud wasp. She had
placed goodly number of spiders in
the center vial, doubtless intended as
food for her future brood; then pro-
ceeded to deposit her eggs in those on
either side. She next closed tightly
the mouths of all three receptacles
with a hard lime cement. Having
finished her work she then, doubtless,
went on her way, satisfied ell had been
done for her offspring that thought
full mother could do.
But just think of the sensations of
those little wasps when they came in
to existence, for, while starving in
their sealed cages, they can plainly
see, through the impenetrable glass
wall the bountiful supply Of food
tba provided for their use.-
sc American.
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Hoods Pills cure all liver ills. % cents
The Value of Beards.

Is q beard worth $4,000? Tals
question viii be decided by the su-
preme court of New York, in suit
brought by Max Meyer against local
electric company in NV York city.
During the recent electrical show in
Madison Square Garden, Meyer was
employed by the defendent company
to exhibit a Horoscope and X-ray out
fit in operation After ten days of this
work he lost his whiskers and eye
brows as a result of too long and fire,
quent exposure to the X-rays. Ia
claims the defendant was negligent in
not warning him of the danger he in
Cured. Hence the suit Electrical
Review.
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During the last few months Dom
Paul Kruger has begun to assume a
little more of the pomp and ceremony
of a president, and now has seven
troopers to escort him from one gov
eminent building to another.
A year ago last August Mrs. Louise
II. Money determined to 60 to Alaska.
Not having money enough she slowed
herself away on a steamer sailing from
Seattle to ST. MichaeI's. She passed
the winter cooking for lot of miner
located camp on Bonanza creek and
is now worth 100000. Mrs. McVey
is young, good looking and widow.
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The COMPANION for the Rest Of 1898.

The principal attractions offered by The
YoUrH's COMPANION for the remaining weeks
OF 1898 provide foretaste OF the good things
to follow III the new volume tor lS31. To the
first tissue III November Frank r. Stockton
will contribute humorous sketch. entitled
some OF Ny Dogs" and in the issue for the
week OF November lUth will appear Rudyard
Kipling's thrilling story of the neroism or
soldiers in the ranks, "fhe Burning OF the
Sarah Sands" In the seven issues to follow
there will be contributions BY Lord Dutferin,
William d. Howells j. L. Chamberlin, the
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kins, Hon. Thomas b. Reed. the Marquis OF
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WRECKS AND DERELICTS.
The Yesuvlus Successful in Removing These
Menaces to Navigation.

Gustave kobbe writes an article
for ST. Nicholas on Battling with
Wrecks and Derelicts" Mr.. Kobbe
says:
A stranded vessel is not menace
to navigation, and is therefore left Sc
verely alone; but a wreck sunk in
few fathoms of water, in the track OF
coastWise shipping, is a dangerous OBJ
struction. The large, heavy masts of
a sunken coaster might rip up the
bottom of coaling vessel, and
ledge of rock would not be more fatal
than the submerged hull. In one year
the United States photographic "
fee, which is branch of the Bureau
of Navigation of the Navy Depart.
ment, has received nearly two thous-
and reports Of wrecks and dangerous
Instructions, and ordered the de-
struction of as many Of these as was
practicable. This work Is done with
torpedoes. After the explosion there
is no torpedo left, but there is also nc
wreck.
1t is impossible to say how much
damage has been done by collision
with wrecks and derelicts, as ships
abandoned at sea are called. Sunken
wrecks are hidden dangers. The sky
may be clear and the sea-way
light; they smite the unsuspecting
victim from the depths, and add one
more to those disasters which are the
more tragic for the awful mystery
that surround them. During the
seven years from 1887 to 1894
forty-five such collisions-nine, or
nearly one fourth, resulting in total
loss-were reported to the United
States photographer. OF the nine ia
tai collisions, five were with wrecks,
and four with derelicts.
The "Yant,," the dispatch" and
the dynamite cruiser "Vesuvius" are
among the vessels Of the United
States navy which have most active
~ waged war upon sunKen wrecks.
The q. s. s. ''San Francisco" also has
the honor of having destroyed a dere
lict, in which operation she was, how
ever, obliged to resort to all usual
methods OF naval attack except board
ng-torpe0des, ramming, and shell
ing. Captain Crowninshield, when
commanding the 'Kearsarge," re-
moved a curious obstruction to navi-
CATION, Of Cape May. A schooner
was reported sunk there In twelve
fathoms of water. Captain Crownin-
shield was surprised, ON reaching the
spot, to find the heels Of two masts
mot the upper, but the lower ends
protruding fifteen feet above water.
In some inconceivable manner, these
masts must lave become unstepped
from sunken vessel and the heels
had swung up, the ends of the spars
being held down by the rigging. One
mast was shattered with torpedoes,
the other pulled out by the "Kear-
sarge" and then destroyed. 1t was
not necessary to break UP the hull, as
there was enough water above it.
The "Yesuvius" was very success
full as wrei,k-destroyes. Some of
the Instructions are difficult to locate.
The same wreck may be-. reported In
three different positions by as many
different vessels; and with SO many
clues to follow, 1t is not easy 10 run
down the game. The "Vesuvius' has
found q wreck with only two feet Of
spar protrudins above water-and two
feet of spar sticking out of tho broad
Atlantic is rather like the. traditional
needle in the haystack.
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Beauty is Blood Deem,

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According to the latest dietary fad
no breakfast is necessary. In fact,
you are supposed to do much better
work without it.
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Some Merchants insure their Stock and
Houses and neglect their Children. Why not
save he Mothers heart and Babys life by
carrying home Box Of DR.. MOFFET1'S
TEETHINA tTEETHING PowDERsl? Other
fathers do 1t. TEETHINA Aids Digestion Reg
ulates the Bowels and makes teething easy.
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To Cure a Cold in One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. AL
Druggists refund money lit fails to cure. PC.

dog through St Louis dog fancier 1t is a
pointer. o bench show champion at that, and
is named Mckinley.
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II DO MY OWN WORK"
So Says Mrs. Mary Rochiette Of
Linden, New Jersey, in this
Letter to Mrs. Pinkham.

81 was bothered with flow which
would be quite annoying at times, and
at others would almost stop.
81 used prescriptions given me by my
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A nephew of President Dole. of Hawaii, is
in the Philippines. he is Alfred
Dole, Of Company K, First California volun-
teers This command formed part of the
frst expedition to Manila.
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Mr.. Curzon's Irish peerage is the twenty
fourth Irish peerage created since the union
Ut the twenty-three previous post-union
peerages only two have been conferred ON
Englishmen.
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Fits permanently cured. Motifs or nervous
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DR.. R.H. KLINE, Ltd. 8l Arch St.. Phila., Pa.
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Prof. Won Zenker, who in 1860 first discov-
erh the, trichina disease, died recently in
at the age of 70 years.
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The national hymns of China are of such
extraordinary length that it is stated that
half day would be required to sing them
through.
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Piso's Cure cured me of Throat and Lung
trouble of three years' standing.-E. CADy,
Huntington, Ind, Nov. Il, 1894.