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MUSICAL PRODIGY.
Georgia Has a Six-Year Old Girl Who
Composes Wonderfully.

Musical prodigies of tender years
have been reported and commented
upon from many places. But in most
such cases the abilities have lain in the
Interpretation of the works of others.
Composers of music under 10 years OF
age have been very rare in the world.
Georgia now comes to the front with
the statement that her borders holds
one such. The prodigy in question is
girl of 6 years, who, it is said, composes
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England has just launched the big
eest battleship in the world. Evidently
England hopes to be elected vice
president of the disarmament conven-
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IN AN ELM TREE.

Where Some Kansas City Boys Built
a "Nest."
Some Kansas City boys, seeking a
new vent for their ingenuity, have
built house in the branches Of an elm
tree thirty feet from the ground and
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made their NEST" there. The house is
II by 6 feet and has three windows and
door. 1t is large enough to accommo-
date probably a dozen boys at a time.
The walls are covered with pictures.
1t took week of hard work to build
the house.
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A contemporary says library books
may spread disease. In that case Spain
at least may congratulate herself that
she is in no danger.
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General Miles has had cigar named
after him. Still it doesn't follow that
even in this case his fame is going to
end in smoke.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-12-15

Perhaps the exact point at which a
boy becomes young man is when he
begins to call revolver gun.
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At the latest congress of mothers
spanking youngsters was approved.
Though not members of the National
League, the mothers believe in making
base hits
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1t is sincerely to be hoped that poor
Crete at last will have stable govern
ment by George.
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Early Chinese Cotnaga

Chinese coinage in the shane of a
knife has been traced back as far as
224O B. G.
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The old bachelor always is welded to
something.
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holstered. The decorative color scheme
is worked out in pink and green. Inc
air is kept cool by electric fans ana the
lighting is by electricity.
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First Cun of Conae.

Louis XIV. of France drank the first
cup of coffee made in Western Europe.
Coffee was then worth SIS pound.
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Genius may be swifter 'na IN
verence, but the latter "in'
long run.
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Every man believes he Is picked at,
more than he deserves.
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It is fortunate for the people that few
doctors are gossips. 1.
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both instrumental and vocal music of
high order. She is little Eula Vaughan,
and her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. D.
Vaughan, live in the. village of Bow
The evening times., 1898-07-18

diers, who had evidently seizei every
thing that could be eaten in the whole
town. The suffering refugees who
streamed back into the city looked on
their shattered homes without surprise
or Indignation. 1t seemed q natural re-
suit Of Spanish ownership and misra!e,
to which they had been used.
The evidences of disorder preceding
the surrender indicate that little or
no effort had been made by the Span
ish commander to guard tli= wretched
citizens from the rapacity of the troops.
There was proof of the scarc'tJ of pro-
visions, which is the only excuse fer
the surrender. With the courage and
dash and persistence Of the Americans
the Spanish troops could at one time
have made a successful break against
the American line. 1t is obvious that
with the Americans in the situation o.
the Spaniards and vice versa there
would have been no such easy con-
quest.
There are more than $4,000 refugees.
besides the 1900 Spanish soldiers. for
whom the United States must make
temporary provision. as all are near a
starving condition. Yellow fever has
seized upon the former with uncommon
virulence, because they have been re-
duced by hunger and are no longer able
to resist the infection as at other Zines
The Spaniards made no effort to ex-
clude the disease by the simplest sani-
tary measures. The fifth everywhere
is horrible. there being no drainage
from the camps of soldiers or citizens
or from the hospitals. In shor., every
thing proved Spanish Indifference To
the welfare of the communi:y and to
outrages by the soldiers that the oft,-
GERS of no other army would tolerate.
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American and Spanish forces. Enemy re-
treats within the defenses OF Santiago
which city 10 strongly invested.
July ! and 2.-The battle OF Santiago
fought. About 1000 Americans killed and
wounded. and 5000 Spaniards killed,
wounded and missing.
July a-Cervera's fleet sunk. Shafter
demands the surrender OF Santiago.
July 5.-Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes
sunk in Santiago harbor.
July 6.-Lieut. Hobson and seven sea-
men exchanged for eight Spanish priso-
ners, received on cruiser New York.
Third Manila expedition at Honolulu.
July 7-Gen. Miles starts from Wash
ington for Santiago. Rear Admiral Dew
ey sends the Raleigh and Concord to
Grande island. Subig Bay. Philippines.
and captures entire Spanish garrison,
1,300 men. German steamer Irene with
draws.
July 1O.-Shafter siiences Spanish skir-
killed: four wounded. Toral again refuses
to surrender. Cervera and 692 Spanish
prisoners at Portsmouth. N. H. Sagasta
and cabinet resign.
July. 1l-Newark, Brooklyn, New York,
and Indiana lombard Santiago from out
side of harbor.
July 13.-Yellow fever among American
troops at Santiago.
July H.-Commander Toral surrenders
Santiago de Cuba and province east of
Aserraderos and Sagua. Spanish prison.
ers l2,000.
July 17.-Spanish troops evacuate San
tiago and the American flag floats over
the government buildings.
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THE TERMS OF SURRENDER.
The Articles Approved by BlarcO
and Madrid.

and Madrid.
Santiago, Cuba. July Is.-The agreement
for the capitulation of Santiago consists
of nine articles. which were approved by
Blanco and the government at Madrid.
The first declares that all hostilities
shall cease pending the agreement Of final
capitulation.
Second-That the capituiation includes
all the Spanish forces and the surrender
of all war material within the prescribed
limits.
Third-The transportation of the troops
to Spain at the earliest possible moment.
each force TO be embarked at the nearest
port.
Fourth-That the Spanish officers shall
retain their side arms and the enlisted
men their personal property.
Fifth-That after the final capitulation
the Spanish forces shall assist in the re-
moval of all distractions to navigation in
Santiago harbor.
Sixth-That after the final capitulation
the commanding officers shall furnish a
complete inventory of all arms and mu-
nitions of war and a roster Of all the
soldiers In the district.
Seventh-That the Spanish general shall
be permitted to take the military ar
chives and records with him.
Eighth-That all guerrillas and Spanish
irregulars shall be permitted TO remain
in Cuba II they SO elect giving a parole
that they will not again take up arms
against the United States unless properly
paroled.
Ninth-That the Spanish forces shall be
permitted to march out with all the
honors of war. depositing their arms 10
be disposed of by the United States in the
future. the American commissioners to
recommend to their government that the
arms of the soldiers be returned to those
VINO SO bravely defended them"
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The Cost of the War.

According to present statistics, the
| number of American soldiers and sail
| ors killed up to this time, in the war
with Spain, is two hundred and fifty.
This does not, of course, include the
victims of the Maine. That disaster
happened in time of peace; and more
men were murdered by that one trsach-
erous act on the part of Spain than she
has been able to account for in three
months of open war. There is food for
thought in this.
The Spanish government, in all its ac-
tions has shown an utter diregard for
the principles of civilized warfare and
diplomacy We have absolutely nothing
to prove that If war had not occurred,
the destruction of the Maine would not
have been followed by other disasters.
of the same fearful nature, whenever
our interests happened to conflict with
those of Spain. The Spanish soldiers
have fired on our wounded. and on the
physicians and nurses of the Red Cross.
Ii is more than suspected that Spanish
spies are responsible for at least one or
two of the powder mill explos ons which
have been so frequent in the last few
months.
The most of our loss has been in land
fighting. and in this our troops have
been hampered by almost every sort of
difficulty. They have, for the mcst part,
been unused to the climate of the trop-
les. They have been obliged to march
in heavy Winter uniforms, and carry
some part of their kit into battle, while
the Spanish soldiers left theirs with
storekeepers in Santiago They have
had to fight against foe hidden in the
bushes. or intrenched behind fortifica-
tions. and outnumbering them. some
times four to one. They have wrung
from this foe the tribute, paid by
Spanish officer, that the Americans do
not know when they are beaten This
officer said that he and his fellows were
used to fighting against men who re-
treated in the face of fire, not troops
which advanced in the teeth Of 1t, and
charged with more determination as it
grew hotter.
This war has absolutely proved that
the only time for a Spanish force to
injure an American force is when the
odds are two to one on the side of the
Spaniard. Give him intrenchments be-
hind which he can ensconce himself and
wait for the enemy to charge up the hill
in the face of his bullets; give him i'm
penetrable thickets from which he can
shoot at a foe advancing in plain sight
and regular order; give him friendly
battleship anchored over submarine
mine. and a chance to touch off that
mine in the middle of the night, and he
can kill some Americans, even il he is
afterward forced to run away from the
consequences of his act; but in fair
fighting he is nowhere. Some Of the
people who have been limiting that 1t
was unchivalrous for the United States
to 20 to war with Spain, because our
population and resources are far great
er than hers, will do well to think of
these things.
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sMoKELEss POWDER.
II IL Being Furnished the vOlun-
teers as Fast a. Possible.

All naval ships In the future will receive
smokeless powder. To American volun-
teers will also be supplied as rapidly az
possible a smokeless brand of explosive
for their small arms.
This is the intention of the navy and
army bureaus of ordnance. and every ef-
fort is being made to expedite the manu-
facture of smokeless powder. Capt.
Charles O'Neil, chief of the Naval Ord
nance Bureau, said yesterday he was do
ing everything in his power to replace
the brown powder on the men-of-war
with smokeless powder. but the plants
have a limited capacity. To fill the maga-
zines of the ships now in commission
and the ba;tleships Kearsarge. Kentucky,
Illinois. Alabama, and Wisconsin. which
are under construction, Capt. O'Neil has
estimated that at lesat 2,e00.oo pounds of
the explosive will be necessary.
Both the Dupont Powder Works and the
California Powder Works are manufac-
turing smokeless powder for the navy.
and have considerably enlarged their
plants. The department has made every
effort to to procure smokeless powder,
even going SO far as to purchase a supply
abroad.
Most of the smokeless powder manufac-
tured In Europe is nitro compound.
which is apt to decompose and endanger
the safety of a ship. The smokeless pow
der being manufactured for the Navy in
this country is known as the Navy k
brand, and is free from nitric acids. 1t
was developed by Lieut. j. A. Bernadou,
the hero of the Cardenas engagement.
The auxiliary cruiser Yankee is the lat
est ship to be supplied with smokeless
powder. While at New York she took on
board a supply. Besides the Yankee the
ships now in service supplied with smoke
less powder are the New Orleans, the
Newark. the Cincinnati and some of the
gunboats Capt. O'Neil mas given in
structions for supplying smokeless pow
der for the cruisers Chicago and ATTAIN
ia.
Although the Army Ardnance Bureau
has reserve supply of $1,000 Krag-Jor-
gensen rifles. 1t is not proposed to place
them in the hands of the volunteers.
These troops will retain the Springfield
rifles. but they will be supplied with
smokeless powder cartridges.
The campaign against Santiago has de-
monstrated the vital Importance of equip
ping all our troops with smokeless pow
der. and this will be done in the future.
The War Department has been collecting
a supply of smokeless powder. and 1t was
stated yesterday that it had sufficient on
hand to equip almost all of the troops
which will be sent to Porto Rico.
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The Chance of Peace.

The Spanish minister of war denies
that he or anybody at Madrid has re-
ceived a long dispatch from the French
ambassador at Washington giving the
details of an alleged conversation with
the President on the conditions of peace.
In spite of the denials here, European
peace takers have commented on the
reported terms as though there could b.
. no doubt that negotiations for the end
ing of the war were progressing.
Whatever may be the sentiment of
Sagasta and the Spanish public, in re-
lation to peace. it is obvious that Spain
does not intend to ask for terms in the
near future. The apparent eagerness
of the United States to secure posses
sion of Santiago without further fight
ing and without a delay that would
increase the danger from yellow fever is
said to have encouraged the officials at
Madrid and Blanco at Havana to con-
tinue the war in the hope of exacting
larger concessions from the United
States. The American public can afford
to treat the most specific statements
of peace overtures as untrue until Spain
is driven by the situation at Havana
or by the operations of Watson on che
Spanish coast to make an appeal to the
President. At this moment the Madrid
government depends on the army and
the public sentiment to prevent a do
mestic revolution, and both are opposed
to the acceptance of the only condi-
tions the United States will offer. There
is also a revival of the hope of 4 for
eign complication of some Kind t. COM
pei America to be more liberal. There
is not the least reason to expect an
early communication from'Spain.
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a st.smship Pool.

Baltimore. July 1S.-It is said here that
the sale of the Atlantic Transport Line
of Steamers to the American Government
and the purchase of the Wilson-Layland-
Furness Line promptly thereafter by the
Atlantic Transport Line will result in
some startling developments in steamship
business between this country and Eu-
rope. 1t has been given out that Mr.. Will
son, who was the head of the line bought
by the Atlantic Transport Line, four days
after the sale formulated a plan for
steamship consolidation into which every
line under the British and American flags
would organize for pool to run the busi-
ness 1t was also said that the Atlantic
Transport Line has been offered 5000, 900
in stock in the proposed consolidation.
which Is to represent 900 capital
The lines to be followed are not given. but
1t is said 1t will be only question of
time to materiaIize the plans before the
whole idea will be made public.
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Ear P0rfa RicA.

There seems to be some reason for thH
Porto Rican fever that is once more
raging among the soldiers at Camp
Alger. The eagerness of the men to
see active service is natural, and now
that the American army of invasion in
Cuba has won deserved vacation, it
is expected that troops in camp II ar
Washington and Chickamauga will
have their chance.
No such opposition rs General Shat
ter's army met at Santiago will be en-
countered at Porto Rico, though the is
land will not be given up with, III Il
struggle. The campaign, with fresh
troops, will be short sharp and decis We.
From the experience in Cuba, the Gov
ernment should be able to know all the
requirements of the movement, Sc that
there need be no delay and no lack of
supplies.
extent of the yellow fever affiiction at
Santiago, it is obvious that the greater
part of the army there should
be removed to situation where
sanitary regulations may be es-
tablished. The men have un-
dergone a severe experience, and with
the number of soldiers equipped and
eager in camps within the United States
they can be spared for time from ac-
tive service. When Porto Rico is ours;
the Army of the Atlantic need have no
further work until the Autumn. The
blockade Of Havana can be made cffec-
tive and Blanco's forces will not be
strengthened or inspirited during the
interval.
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THE PORTO RICAN EXPEDITION
Will He Marching on San Juan
TNffkIv~

Siboney, July 1s.-General Miles will
leave here at once and will take personal
charge of the invasion of Porto Rico.
He will use in this work twenty-seven
regiments. including practically all of
the regulars now with General Shafter
They have become well acclimated.
On the authority of General Miles. It
can be stated that the Rough Riders and
the Seventy-frst New York regiments
will be among the volunteers to go to
Porto Rico.
General Miles declares that within
three weeks the expedition will be landed
on Porto Rican soil and will be marching
toward San Juan. This invading force
will be much larger than that sent
against Santiago and additional volun-
.eers from Fernandina or Tampa prob
ably will be sent TO join the expedition.
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TORAL'S CUP OF BITTER WOE.
Detected and Mfserable Over the
Fall He Sustained.

Santiago. July 1S.-Toral. the Spanish
general. who has just been compelled to
surrender this stronghold, appears by
speech and manner TO have drained the
cup Of bitterness TO the very ,dregs- He
has not been averse to- talking. freely
with his generous foes and all his words
have been expressions of heartbroken
misery for the disasters that have over
taken him.
He was present throughout the session
at which terms of surrender were dis
cussed and actually shed tears when he
referred to the companions in arms he
had lost during the fights in she province
under his command. He declared that
he would be unwilling to see his wors.
enemy have to undergo the trials that he
was obliged to succumb q. Every one
of his generals was either killed or
wounded and there was not colonel lef:
in his command.
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Conditions at Santiago.

The appearance of things in the cap
tured city when the advance of Our
army entered to carry ou. the program
OF surrender is reported to have been
most dismal and depressing. What the
observing American officers saw was
not calculated to strengthen their re-
spect for the enemy. Most Of the
houses had been sacked and The stores
all looted. The market place was en-
tirely wrecked, not by the shells from
our warships. but by the Spanish Eol-
The evening times., 1898-07-18

Perhaps Camara will prefer death to
capture by the Americans, but his say
ing SO is not conclusive. IT is a way
Spanish commanders have TO talk big be-
fore surrender. The bombastic procla-
nation of the Spanish governor of the
Philippines preceded the loss OF the war
ships by a day and the resolution of Lii
mares and Toral to die at Santiago was
abandoned after the former was wound
ed. Even Blanco's large talk is not to
be taken exactly.
The evening times., 1898-07-18

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ELoPED WITH A BOY.
a Middle-AEeL MatrOn Runs Awe,
With q Beardless Youth.

Rochester, n. Y, July 1s.-The little viii
lage of Sodus. in this vicinity, is in fever
of excitement over the elopement of Mrs.
John Lowley, nov verging in age near the
half century mark, with n beardless youth
named Olin Kelly. The boy has been inti
mate with the Lowley family for a long
time. and the head of the family. dis
covering signs of undue familiarity be-
tween his wife and their friend, forbade
the youth from making further visits.
Then a series of love letters passed be-
tween the woman and the boy. who made
use of a hollow tree in the vicinity as n
postoftlce. Lowley raided the postoffice.
distracted the mail and charged his wife
with serious offenses, all of which she
admitted. The neighbors got wind of the
affair and were not modest in expressing
their opinions of Mrs. Low!ey, who. un-
able to put up with their sneers, proposed
to her lover TO, elope, and the two left
the village together.
The evening times., 1898-07-18
Lantern Parade..
lFrom the Memphis scimiter.

The season has come now for the lantern parade,
and the residence portions of the city are treated
to these professions every night at least several
times week. The lantern parade is an institu-
tion of the smaller children. and seems to be
handed down from one generation to the other.
The lanterns used are generally those made by
the skill Of the carrier from a pastebcaEd box and
tissue paper. The designs cut in are according
to the bearers fancy. The designs at present
are very warlike, and as the procession OF little
tots moves along the streets swinging the gayfy-
colored lanterns and spatterng candle grease ever
themselves and every one else, the shocked watch
er sees much too frequently the legend ''To He'll
with SPAIN Then there are Sampsons and
Deweys, Schleys and Hob<ons galore. Sometimes
it Is . Newspaper portrait and often q sketch by
the child possessor. But the professions are
patriotic. despite some inaccuracies, and the peo-
pie enjoy them.
The evening times., 1898-07-18

tied the Cubans in the villages and an
nounced that Spain had ceased the war
on the insurgents and would concede the
independence OF Cuba as soon as the
Americans should be defeated. In no
case. however. did the Cubans agree to
fight against the United States, as they
recalled Spain's many broken pledges.
The evening times., 1898-07-18

After examining the defenses of San
tiago. Gen. Shafter finds they were
stronger than he had supposed. The
Spaniards could have made very hard
fight there If they had peen disposed to
proiong the struggle. II 1t is true that
Blanco has 140.oo troops. the entire Span
ish army in Cuba could not have been
much below 100000 before Toral's surren-
der. Perhaps the less said by Spas
about the courage and heroism of her ar
my the better