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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-20

Washington Star
This II the fourth time you have asked
me to marry you." said Min Cayenne.
rather ilnpatienfly. How often do you
wish me 10 refuse your
"Weli." replied Willie Washington. "I
think three times quite sufficient"
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Chicago Record.
That botany professor has lost his
mind"
war excitement?"
NO: he couldn't classify more than fifty
OF the 0owers on hiA wife's srring hat"
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chicago Record.
docs Aunt Rehecca take any interest In
the war;
eyes. she says she hopes the guns won't
be near enough to disturb her setting
hens"
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Boston Journal
Prof. Phelps and other quasi-American
contributors 10 Spanish literature. cushe
10 hide their heads for very shame OF Il.
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rae Latter-Day mystery.
Boston Transcript.
The early sea serpent Is ousranked this
season by the mysterious cannonading''
off various ports.
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1nAs1zs, raiDAY, nAv -
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-09-20
AGUINALDO AT HIS CAPITAL.

Inanimi-y Only III the Discriminate to
BE Free From the Yoke of Spain.
London, Sept. I5.-Ihe Manila CORE
spondcnt Of the Times, telegraphing
Thursday. says:
Il am the only foreign journalist pres
cnt at the insurgcnt congress at Malolos,
which has been selected as the temper
AIRY capital Of the evolutionary govern
mcnt Early this forenoon -Aguinaldo.
accompanied by q large staff Of generals
and ministers. moved in state from the
convent now occupied as his military
headquarters. passing between lines Of
infantry and through streets decorated
with palms and banners and packed with
thousands of peasants in holiday dress,
to the church half a mile distant.
Here he was received by the assem-
bly, delegates and conducted to a plat
form III the chancel. from which he de-
livered Il brief message in the Tagalon
language, afterward repeating it in
Spanish. The substance Of the message
was mostly congratulatory on the happy
termination Of the revolutions. and the
complete conquest of the territory. lie
made a flOWery appeal to the delegates,
asking them. by the memory Of the il
iustriouS patriots Of Philippine history
| 1OlloN TIE tAdlIlIut VI IIeldllt'
America and France i'll preparing a con
stitution and promulgating laws to Sc
cure the complete and permanent liberty
Of the people of the Philippines. The
message excited but little enthusiasm
because it was absolutely non-comnltal.
The assembly then proceeded lmine-
diately to organize. preparatory TO a dis
cussion on the proposed constitution and
code of laws, and the election of Il preSi-
dent. The absence of several of the
most prominent and influential natives
was particularly noticeable. as indicating
an intention TO hold aloof until the
policy of the congress is fully declared.
a strong party, intoxicated by the
present measure of success. favOrS OPP
position to any foreign protectorate. be-
ing confident that the people can govern
themselves. Wiser counSellors siren
ou~Iy oppose such Il suicidal policy. APP
parently unanimity now exists only III
the determination to free the islands
forever from Spanish rule. This is the
universal feeling. and it Will probably
prove the controlling power in determine
ing the inal action of the Congress-
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-09-20
TIE MONETARY CONFERENCE.
Closing Day of the Convcntion-Middlc
o~f-the-Roaders Talk.

Omaha, Neb., Sept. 15.-The third and
last day of the national currency con-
vention began with a paper i'll support Of
an unlimited issue of irredeemable cur
rency by the Government, by y. j.
Warner, president of the American y
metallic Union, to which 4 reply was
made by Congressman {. \. Fowler. Of
New Jersey. who supported bank cUr-
rency.
President Wills, OF the Kansas Ayr
cultural College, argued for public con-
troll of money.
\ paper by William c.. Cornwall, Of
Buffalo, Oh deposit Currency Was
read by f.. Y. Smalley. secretary of the
National Sound Money League.
Two of the Middle-of-the-Road edi-
tors Of the Reform Press Association, n.
II. MOtzinger, of Indiana md Ali Reed.
of Iowa, managed to be heard on their
theory of absolute fiatism. Reed created
a scene by charging the gold standard
advocates as paid h%irelings of the bank
erS and money power.
The closing argument for fiatism was
made by General Warner. He said the
other side had practically admitted the
quantity theory of money by c~ontending
for a larger bank issue.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-09-20
VISITS SICK SOLDIERS.


Madrid. Sept. 15.-The Queen Regent
pays daily visits TO the sick soldiers who
have returned from the colonies. She
has ordered that the convalcsccnts bc
conveyed in the Royal carriages 10 the
Casa del Campo. in the Royal Park. n
is paying from her own purse for proper
food for the invalids.
The correspondent here Of the Asso-
ciatcd Press has conyersed with Officers,
invalide and others. III have returned
from Santiago. They Ill extol the kind
ness Of the Americans after the sur
render. They do not display the slight
est animosity against the Americans. bnt
entertain bitter feelings against the Gu
bans.
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MINTYRE TO BE TRIED.
a Court Martial For This Purpose Will
Meet in Denver on the Goth.

Washington. Sept. 16.-The Secretary
of the Navy to-day ordered Il court mar
tial for the trial Of Chaplain Mcintyre.
of the Oregon. who is accused of pub
licly d~enouncing his brother officers.
who were engaged in the battle of July
3rd. The court will meet in Denver on
the 26th inst. and will consist Of seven
members. headed by Commodore Nc
Cam, retired, with Captain LAUGH
heimer, as Judge Advocate.
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Soldiers Did Not Know They Were
Decorating Graves.

Camp Meade. Middletown, Pa. Sept.
16.-The testimony in the case Of Lieu
tenant Wise, of the Twenty-second Kan
sas, was concluded to-day. Wise testi-
fed in his own defense that Lieutenant
Morgan had ordered the soldiers 10 dig
at Manassas for relics, and that the men
did not know that they were despoiIing
the graves Of Confederate soldiers.
Morgan denied giving such order, al
though several other witnesses zorro
borated the story Of Wise. The verdict
has not been made public.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-09-20

Plummer. Captain J. c. Gilmore. Cap
tain w. II. McNittrick, Captain John
son.
He also mentions DR.. G.. GoodfellOw
and Mr.. G.. +. Hawkins, of New York.
for services performed and expresses his
warmest thanks to division, brigade and
regimental commanders. without eN-
ception.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-05-16
FOR SICK SOLDIERS.
The Governments Arrangement to Give
Them Every Advantages.

The Governments Arrangement to Give
Them Every Advantages.
One of the provisions for active cam
paigning in Cuba will be hospital ship
to ply between tho army in Cuba and
Port Tampa. The purpose is to trans
port tho wounded and tho sick directly
from Cuba to hospitals in the north or
perhaps in tho mountain regions Of the
Carolinas. The government Will char
ter train to run northward from Tam
pa. carrying patients bronaht over CT
the hospital ship.
The train will bo fitted up for this
special service. Day coaches will DO
emptied of the seats and equipped with
cots. Pullman cars will be attached for
surgeons and nurses. Twonty-four hours
on the boat and less OH the cars will
transfer the sufferers from Z "a TO tho
mountain hospitals ia tho healrhiest
part of the United States. IL Is thocgbt
that by such an arrangement the dan
gers of the Cuban campaign may DO
mitigated. -St. Louis Globe. Dcncs-at.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-05-16
LORD CHARLES pEnEsFoRp.

tween the batteries at Manila. The
American squadron was Of course great
ly superior to the Spanish.
Lord Beresford declined to say wheth.
er. if be had been in Admiral Dewey's
place, he would have continued to shell
weak foe. but he declared that he had
always felt that decisive victory. in
volving hundreds Of lives under extreme
conditions. might save thousands of lives
by shortening the campaign. Tho battle
of Manila, he added, must sensibly
affect the duration of the war. The
Spaniards were there. They meant T.
Eght, and Admiral Dewey's duty was
clear. AS prudent sailor he had crush
cd the foo to save himself from being
crushed. Decisive action is always bet
ter than indecisive on humanitarian
grounds. The gallantry with which the
Spaniards bore themselves in the face of
their terrible inequality was beyond
praise. A splendid instance had been
added 20 the long roll Of heroic deeds
performed by the worlds seamen. -
Special Gable to New York Sun.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-05-16
Cuba a white Elephant For Spain.

have known in my time good
many Spanish statesmen. CASTELAR,, Sa-
gasta and Zorrilla were agreed on one
point. 1t was that Cuba was cause of
permanent impoverishment to Spain.
But how let 1t go with honor? each and
all asked. 1t was as good as rich gold
mine tn restless and corrupt Spaniards
who could bother the government. Such
men were got rid Of by giving them
posts in Cuba, where they could make
fortunes. The ministers who gave these
posts not infrequently drew the sala-
ries. Spaniards despiscd Cubans. Ireo-
ollect some beautiful Cubans coming TO
live in Paris because looked down on at
Madrid in spite Of loveliness. wealth
and good education. The Empress Eu-
genie rather cold shouldered them. Ser
rano might have made himself king
bad not his wife been Cuban. Lon.
don Truth.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-05-16
SHE WANTS TO BE A SPY.
Michigan Woman Has Various Disguises
For Use In Her Work. ~

Michigan woman Has Various Dieguisee
For Use I'm Her Work.
Assistant Adjutant General Sutton,
the governors diplomat at military
headquarters in Detroit, is wrestling
with the spy system. Even women are
writing applications to serve the gov
ernor as spies for the Michigan brigade.
They seem to think they are especially
qualified for this service. There is one
woman in Owosso, Mich, ON East Ex-
change street, said to be "deceivin
critter" by her acqnaintances, who has
about convinced Colonel Sutton that her
nature is prominently fitted for spy
work.
She is said to have innumerable
dresses, from washerwoman's style up
to the lady Of society, and careful in
vestigation bears ont her self confessed
reputation for native wit, quick judg-
ment and ability to grapple with diff
culties. She has written the governor
that she is ready at moments notice
to don her most fetching "spy" gown
and corral the enemy's secrets with q
prolific use Of sleeps eyes and baby
stares, in which art she is past mas
ter.-Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-05-16
HIGH JINKS IN CAMP.
How the Soldier Boys at Tampa Bcguile
Their Dull Hours.


Their Dull Hours.
A lot of the Jolly Thirteen" (from
Governors isiand) at Tampa, Fla,
a hippodrome performance yesterday
at their camp. They engaged several
darkies with musical voices and had
q cake walk and all the "fixin's. F"
The performance concluded with the
following "pome," sung by the lead
er Of the quartet, the soldier boys join
ing in the chorus:
Oh, Susanna, don't you cry for mc,
/ am going to Havana to make the Spaniards
nee
Soon they will sec me coming, my musket in
my hand.
One Of a mighty army. brave and gallant
band.
Well teach them to "walk Spanish" in quite n
novel way,
Well make them quickly vanish we will not
let them stay.
Well drive them out Of Cuba and scnd them
back 10 Spain,
Well make thcm pay and rue tho day that
they blew up the Maine.
Oh. Susanna. don't you cry for me,
am going to Havana to set the Cubans free.
New York World.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-05-16
WHY DEWEY WON.


Foreign Militarists Attribute 1t to Superior
Guns and Courage.
The details concerning the works at
Manila and ON Corregidor island make
1t more and more wonderful how the
feet under Admiral Dewey escaped as
it did. Colonel Clement de Granprey,
the military attache of the French en-
bassy in Washington, has report made
by the Spanish commandant, 1897.
This officer states:
During this year (meaning 1897
twenty-five 10 centimeter Krupp rapid
firing guns were mounted at GerFigeder
island and the right hand battery at
Manila.
Had the commander of these works
caused the channel to be buoyed and
had his guns been properly trained ON
this channel the American loss must
have been very considerable and might
have been serious. Colonel de Granprey
said recently that he had long been
aware of the superior excellence of the
American heavy gun, but that the su-
preme test Of battle had shown it to DO
in the matter Of extreme accuracy, fa-
cility in sighting and high power the
first artillery in the world.
"We have considered our Canet gun
to be the equal Of the English Arm
strong, but neither of these is capable
Of the close accuracy in sighting that
you obtain in your larger calibers The
Russian Admiral Mikaroff said to me
after he had seen its power against the
armored targets at Indian Head, "These
Americans have a 100 pouGder that Is
at least 10 per cent higher in power
than any similar caliber ever turned out
Of Essen (Krupp's factory, and am
not so certain that we have anything
which is its equal in Europe" The for
eign militarists in Washington attrib-
ute Dewey's victory to superior gunnery
and courage. - St Louis Globe DEM
socrat.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-05-16

they are magnificent possession to this
country. They will be invaluable as
coaling station and will give us more of
a standing in that part Of the world.
The Monroe doctrine does not apply to
them. They were not taken for the sake
Of conquest, and their possession comes
to us legitimately and rightly. We
will find it more difficult to get rid
Of them than to keep them, because if
we try to dispose of them other nations
may say that the Monroe doctrine has
been outraged in their capture and may
refuse to take them from us on that ac-
count. Fearing complications which
may result in their being given back to
Spain, we must keep them after having
captured them. New York Sun.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-05-16
i,,..atriotIc. =, prunk or sober.

Bob Jones. prominent citizen az =
suburban district near Chattaaco-s
got a little too gay" with coap.c ~
mountainecrs recently. telling tac-i + y
was Spanish spy. and wantc'rto ,fl.s
them into plot to blow mp the " !
States army nt Chickssmaaga pais +,
Of the country men, who was -.
intoxicated. hauled of and kiicc....
down. beating him fearfully. and ,...l-
ing for the police. by Cad. "a. a.,
American citizen. aud no internal d. },
can talk treason TO me - said tie li..e-
nacious country man. He WIS not AZ
rested. st Louis Globe Democrat
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-05-16

aborigines, was discovered by Columbus
ON Nov. 10, 1893 Ponce de Leon was
the first to make'a settlement, when in
1910 he founded the town Of Caparra,
which soon afterward was abandoned,
In the following year he founded thbt
city Of San Juan The. Caribs, whose
number, probably exaggerated, was put
at 900, 600, suffered SO greatly from the
cruelties Of their Spanish conquerors
that they rebelled against them and
were gradually exterminated in conse-
;quence. Interesting relics of their civil
ization are preserved in the Smithso-
nian institution and in the Berlin Eth
biological museum. In 1898 Drake sack
cd the capital, an exploit which was re-
peated three years later by the Earl Of
Cumberland. In 1916 Baldwin Heinrich,
Dutchman, was killed in an attack on
the city, and an attempt made by the
English to capture the city in 1878 was
also unsuccessful In I797 Sir Ralph
Abercromby besieged the city for three
days and was forced to retire, though,
in the same campaign. he captured
Grenada, Demerara and Trinidad.
Government laws and institutions are
about the same in Puerto Rico as in
other Spanish dependencies. There is
captain general, whose authority in
military matters is absolute, and who
in civil affairs is president Of the royal
"audiencia. This court is composed Of
q regent three judges, the revenue Of
fioer and marshal. 1t is superior to all
other constituted authorities including
the ecclesiastical tribunal In the seven
capitals of the departments the mayors
administer justice, and in the smaller
towns there are Justices Of the peace,
who determine small debts and collect
duties, receiving 9 per cent on the col
lections. They are appointees of the cap
tain general, who also has charge Of the
appointments Of the clergy ON the bish-
ops recommendation. The permanent
army consists of four battalions Of rifles
of four companies each, one battalion
of fortress artillery Of five companies,
one section of cavalry, one Of artillery
worlmen, sanitary brigade and one
''tercio" of the civil guard. There are
also several corps Of volunteers, organ
lied in q manner similar TO those of Gu
ba. The permanent army numbers 213
officers and $3.50 men.--New York
Tribune.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-05-16
NORTHWESTERN cowsoYs.


Colonel Grigsby's Cavalry IL Expected to
Make Record.
Intense interest is being manifested
throughout tbs Dakotas, Nebraska. Mon
tana and Wyoming in the recruiting Of
Colonel Grigsby's cowboy cavalry regi-
ment, which(is to be made up of cow
boys from the states named.
Colonel Melvin Grigsby's regimenl
of cowboys will be the pride Of the
army of the United States before this
war closes" said DIR. H. f. Livingston,
Q Dakota pioneer. my association of
20 years as Indian agent and ON the cat
tie ranges with the cowboys Of the
northwest gave me a thorough acquaint-
ance with the men Of that profession,
and regiment Of them will, to my
mind. prove the most formidable body
Of soldiers that could possibly he. placed
in the field. say this with all due re-
spect to the cavalry of the United States,
and am familiar with that class of SOL
diery
Cowboys learn to ride and to shoot
because their tastes are such, and they
will fight like furies when the occasion
requires. Robust and vigorous, full of
ginger and grit, 1000 of them armed
and equipped would sweep an enemy of
the face Of the earth Colonel Grigsby,
better known as the Smoked Yank,
from his dark complexion, is just the
sort of man to command such regi-
ment. He will gain the respect and ad.
miration of every one of his regiment,
and if the opportunity ever presents it.
self they will follow him into the sea.
I should judge that there are about
1000 cowboys scattered over the cattle
ranges, from the Missouri west to the
Black Hills, and in Montana and Wy
oming, and every one of them will be
interested in this regiment. They are
patriots, and once their sympathies are
enlisted they will overturn heaven and
earth to accomplish the desired end. -
ST. Louis Globe Democrat
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-05-16

years would prove more valuable asset
than Cuba. They could easily be made
great commercial center and Ameri-
can energy could transform them into
magnet for eastern trade.
Great Britain would look upon all
this with entire complacency, especial.
ly II 1t were brought about by her co.
operation, direct or indirect Her own
interests In China, together with the
natural increase that must come wheth-
er the Chinese situation remains as it is
or the empire is broken up and parceled
cut, will always be enough to crafty
her ambitions in that part of the world.
To protect them--as they would be pro-
tected were the United States firmly
inirenched in the Philippines-wo would
be a great achievement for British di-
plomacy, purchased at small cost to
Great Britain.
1t is obvious that America. IL she pro-
poses TO continue as naval power and
thus to extend and protect her com.
meroe and trade, must get possessions
in various parts of the world that would
be available as headquarters and bases
for vessels carrying the American flag.
With that flag raised over the Philip
pines as base from which to command
the orient, and with Hawaii as half
way station in the Pacific, the western
part of the United States would SEQ
remarkable expansion. San Francisco
would soon become great city of ex-
port and import, rivaling the large cit
les on the eastern coast OF America.
That these considerations fail to ipfiu-
enco the American government is not
conceivable in Paris or Berlin, where
the American instinct for trade op.
portuuity is regarded as unerring. If in
addition to these arguments for holding
the Philippines the status of America
in Samoa is taken into account--as Ber-
lin believes it will be--the case for oc.
cupation seems irresistible.
With the Philippines, Hawaii and
Samoa at all times open to American
traders, and with the first two under
the flag. the commerce of the Pacific
must soon become the commerce Of
America in higher degree than with
any other people. AS against these con-
siderations there would be the difficulty
of administering the government of 20
large population in Asia and the ques-
tion Of the various responsibilities to
follow the entrance of America into the
oriental scramble Any such acquisi-
tion would inevitably entail a large in
crease in the American navy and would
probably compel the United States to
raise it's navy to a state Of efficiency not
excelled by any other power save Eng
land. IL would mean also large in
crease in the American military forces
and would lead to persistent growth
of the military spirit, with many Of the
burdens and evils it entails.
Whether these obstacles will be re-
garded as insurmountable from the
point Of view Of Washington or wheth-
er they will be considered mere tritles
In path leading to q large share in
the treasure of eastern Asia is the ques.
tion Of paramount interest today. at all
continental capitals. As compared with
this the fate Of Cuba or even Of the
Spanish dynasty has only temporary
sensational interest. Chicago Times
Herald.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-05-16

Aye want 20 fite. bay yingo--
Yo bat yare botes aye do
And ef mae wife VII lat mae so
Two yumps vii TAX mo trough.
Aye skal no lax 20 be 40 slow.
Van Oncle Sam es rite.
Ef Hulda say, "0o, ole. goi"
Yo ought 10 see mae fite.
Won day aye Wiped an irishman.
And dns bane poorly vail.
Ef aye can do big ting LAX des.
Aye would vfp Spain LAX hail
Gef me mae gon an alkabal--
About Won quart. aye tank
And votch svede ole mA3en yump
To Cuba's bloody bank.
Ef anyteng es left Of Spain
Ven aye haf plainly fte.
Lat Hulda 40 and do tie rest
Aye tank dss bane all rite.
Denver Timel
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-05-16
TRACY ON THE PHILIPPINES.

He Says We May Find 1t Moro Dificult to
Get Rid OF Them Than to Keep Them.
Benjamin f. Tracy, former secretary
Of the navy, recently declined to say
whether or not the offer of the military
governorship of the Philippine islands
had been made to him. Replying to the
further question as to what the United
States should do with the islands, Mr..
Tracy said:
"We must hold them by all means
They were taken as q war measure, and