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The herald., 1898-07-17

for action has arrived. Already the deadly
roar of the shore batteries is in their ears.
But the enemies are alert too late. The for
ward anchor and the rear anchor splash in
the water. The engine is still. Sea valves
have been opened. Six have already escaped
to a float. The fatal string is jerked by
Hobson and his assistant and the Merrimac
gives Its great iron body to choke the throat
of Santiago as the great black collier rolls
over on its side. Ten S2-pound torpedoes of
guncotton have done their work. The focus
of fire from a dozen shore batteries ceased.
It is time to look for the brave men. Can
they live second in such flame? Yes,
they are pulling directly for the flagship of
the Spanish Cervera.
The admiral gives them his protection.
Their very enemies are won. Ensign Pow
ell In his little launch outside must return
without men or message to the New York,
for day is breaking over the sea and the
Spaniards are chasing the launch with their
Shots And breaking day comes up into
the darkness of Santiago, up over the pro-
truding smokestacks of the Merrimac, up
to where Hobson mad men are climbing amid
Spanish cheers on to the deck of the adj
miral. And here the eight Americans are
kindly treated for their bravery, in the very
bay where scores of Americans from the
Inflated Virginius were executed in 1878.
Cervera. sends Sampson the chivalrous
word, "Your boys will be all right in our
hands. Daring like theirs makes bitterest
enemy proud that his fellow men can be
such heroes" The thought of great hui
mainly that swallowed up for the time the
feeling of sectional and racial strife. Only
the friends of truth can injure truth. Death
even In profoundest victory, acknowledged
such by truths enemies. AS Moses found,
our God is better than their gods, the hea-
then themselves being witness The pecu-
liar nature of man is this A great heroic
deed like Hobson's is unanswerable except
by the same kind. He answers who can;
all others applaud. Cervera applauded Hob
son.
Heredity-an origin deeper than environ
ment and deeper than education-will be
called upon to account for such man as
The herald., 1898-07-17
Making It Pleasant for Cervera

Shut up Admiral Cervera in Fort War.
rem? Nonsense! Take the fine old fellows
parole and give him an experience Of Yam.
kee hospitality. Show him Faneuil hall,
the Old South, the Frog Pond, the Bull
finch Front, Bunker hill and the monu-
ment. Introduce him to the decorous de-
lights of the Somerset club. Detail the
Ancient and Honorable Artillery company
to get up dinner for him. Trolley him out
to the suburbs and boat him across to the
beaches. Then chalk his hat-a special
car would be graceful attention-to new
port, r. I. If Newport fails to assuage his
chagrin try Narragansett pier, Nantucket
(hed be sure to enjoy bake at "Scon-
sett'), Block island, Watch hill, New Lon
don. 1t would be interesting to the old
admiral and would divert his thoughts
from his misfortunes to compare New Lon
don's imposing harbor defenses with those
of Cadiz, Cartagena and Barcelona.-Hart-
ford Courant.
The herald., 1898-07-17

Hobson. His ancestors were distinguished
Americans. 1t is all one now whether they
were in the northland or In the sunny south
land. Twice 100000 marching feet this sum-
mer are erasing the very scars OF an an
cient wound long since healed.
Lieutenant Richmond Pearson Hobson
was born on August II. 1870. at Greensboro.
Alabama. He Is a nephew Of John M. More
head Of North Carolina. and Is a grandson
of Chief Justice Pearson Of that state His
father is Judge James M. Hobson Of Green's
boro, Ala. His family represents leader
ship and industry.
Lastly a trustfulness In God underlay
that sublime courage. You remember what
Hobson said on that Thursday afternoon
to the reporter: when the six men are ir
the dory 300 yards away. then all there is
left for me is to touch the button. shall
stand on the starboard side of the bridge.
The explosion will throw the Merrimac on
her starboard side. Nothing on this slde
Of New York city will be able to raise her
after that" "And you expect to come out OF
this alive?" asked a companion, standing
by. "Ah, that is another thing" said the
lieutenant. He was SO interested in the
mechanical details Of the scheme that he
While at the naval academy Lieutenant
Hobson was president of the Young Mems
Christian association. His entire course
there was self-respecting and God-fearing.
Just before he sailed for Key West he wrote
to his sister: Feeling that there has been
earnestness of effort in my life, ready to &C.
cept any consequences, hope to put aside
every thought and bend entirely to the work
in hand; to go in for action without any oc-
cupaton or divertng thought leaving all
issues to the God that rules over all. to
whom we must refer the mysteries of life
and the mystery of DEATH"
War is not inconsistent with trust like
that. The Christian soldier Is fresh with
| the presence of Christ as the brave soldier
goes to the battle and perhaps to his death
| General o. o. Howard on the morning of a
! dreadful battle, when he expected death,
knelt and prayed, and, strengthened In
| Christ, arose with great peace and heavenly
| courage for the carnage. Major Whittle,
D. L. Moody and score of others are re-
| porting hundreds Of conversions among the
soldier boys on their way to the front. The
truth is that this war is Gods war. These
| men are working out Gods providences Of
/ freedom and life and the heavenly kingdom
for all ages. And the mothers moral sense
is keen and right when she comes to her
country's altar with her only son and says:
| GO! Thy young heart is brave. Battle for
right with all thy strength and will.
Shouldst thou not triumph, thou at least
canst fill soldiers grave. Go! my child,
my joy. Unto his country for whatever
The herald., 1898-07-17
THE HERO OF SANTIAGO
A Patriotic Sermon Written by Rev. 6. A.
Burgess, D. D., for The Herald

Do you suppose that God thought when ne
was world-building, II will make this har-
Dor trap-like, that thereby may make 1t
the grave of tyranny and oppression and
medieval palsy-f will thus save my great
new world for progress and for brother
hood?'
But the details were planned by this
hero. Sampson reports: "Hobson mani
tested the most lively interest in the prob
lem. After several days study he present
ed a solution which he considered would
insure the immediate sinking of the ship
when she reached the desired point in the
channel This plan we prepared for exc
cution when we reached Santiago" Thus
all history and all material things are just
holding to the alert and eager opportuni-
ties, saying, "Take me. use me; build your
self up into greatness-into goodness"
This great plan was valuable to Samp-
son and Hobson because they were
equipped. Sampson had a mighty fleet I'M
der his thumb, to thunder its guns over the
sunken Merrimac and to hold in place the
barrier. The admiral knew, too, how to
use both guns and gunners. Hobson knew
how to work out the special details of sink
ing the ship where it was needed. 1t had
taken years of patient toll to equip both of
these men for their places. Patiently
Hobson had toiled in obscurity for this
moment of privilege. At Annapolis naval
academy nothing diverted him from his
task. He entered the youngest member of
his class and graduated in 1889 at the head
Of his eighteen companions. He was Sc
lected to study naval engineering under the
auspices of the United States government
in France. In 1891 he was made assistant
naval contractor. AS an author, semi
political work, 1.-THE Situation and Outlook
in Europe" revealing his keenness of OBJ
servation, has added to his fame. Thus he
was taken from his drafting Of plans and
placed as expert adviser on Admiral Samp-
sons flagship by no favoritism. He had
earned by downright hard work his hon
ors. He excelled in his speciality. Indus
try and painstaEing had made him first
place. And when the Merrimac was TO be
sunk Commander Miller, though he plead
ed to be allowed to keep his place on the
perilous expedition, yielded to the admiral's
wishes because Hobson alone was COM
petent to carry out the intricate details.
The marvellous will and independence of
Hobson had been developed for years. 1t
is now known that, when Hobson was in
the naval academy, he was ostracised and
forsaken by his class. A classmate of his
from San Francisco tells the story: when
as a section monitor Hobson in the lowest
The herald., 1898-07-17
AN AWKWARD SQUAD LOST
Gone, but Not Forgotten, the Message
Thew Left Behind

II anyone has any information which
may lead to the recovery Of fifteen raw re-
cruits, who were lost between Jersey City
and Boston, the war department officials
at the army building will receive 1t with
pleasure. No reward has been offered as
yet. Sixteen men were enlisted at Boston
for the Seventh artillery, and they started
to Join their regiment yesterday. AS they
were needed Immediately, and as there was
no commissioned or on-commissioned Of
ficer to take charge of them while in transit.
the recruiting officer at Boston was puzzled
he lined the men up, explained his position
to them and asked for volunteer who
would take command and guarantee the
safe delivery of the squad at Its destination.
ANY man who is willing to assume the re-
sponsibility take one step to the front
quick march," he commanded. Fifteen men
advanced as one. The sixteenth stood stock
still. His indecision was mistaken for mod
esty and the recruiting officer rendered the
command to him. His name was Louis Da-
lowski The other men were told to obey
him implicitly and the squad was put
aboard train, apparently filled with zeal.
Dalowski arrived at the army building this
morning alone and with tears in his eyes.
my company was losted," he sobbed. 1.-THE
men were goot," he continued every goot
till we got to Albany. They called me cap
tain and would salute NIT their hats when
1 spoke to them. When we reached Albany
one of the men sauted me and said, Cap
tain. may We go out and get little fresh
ARP and l said Yes they were SO goot.
But the air they got was not air, and soon
they were all Intoxicated, drunk like pigs.
When the train was ready to start said to
them, Fall in but most of them fell down.
They was laughin' at me.
"They did insult my feelin's. One of them
said 1 was not so warm Then they sang
songs and laughed at me some more. After
while seven men got on the train and the
rest marched away singing, Just tell them
that you saw me- I started to run after
them, but the train started and had to run
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Of two years they decided to revise their
decision. NO, gentlemen, you have got
on without me these three years. said
Hobson, and I'll manage to worry along
without you for the remaining year.
He put his life into the enterprise when
the opportunity came. He had toiled
in faith. He now had capital to invest.
He put it all in. He risked everything.
To lose the life means to lose self. 10
yield it for the Christ.
The few were selected out of the many to
accompany him. Hundreds offer them
selves eagerly, but six are needed, and even
then one Ga stowaway hiding) insists.
There were those long, tedious hours Of
preparation on Wednesday night, and the
peremptory order to return when day was
breaking. There were the long hours Of
waiting all through Thursday, when, with
'straining nerves, Hobson and his men
could neither sleep nor eat. Hobson goes
on board the flagship. He is scarcely rec
ognizable. His once white duck trousers
were as black as a coal beavers, his old
fatigue coat was unbuttoned and his be-
grimed face was furrowed by tense drawn
lines, but steady resolution shone in his
eyes. So absorbed was he in the task
ahead of him, that, unmindful of appear
ance and of all ceremony and naval ETH
quette, he told the admiral in a tone of
command that he must not again be in
terfered with. II can carry this thing
through" he said, "but there must be no
more recalls. My men have been keyed
up for twenty-four hours and under tre-
mendous strain. Iron will break at last"
Midnight came. Black cloud banks to the
westward had hidden the moon for two
hours before its setting deprived Hobson
of his own wish for just bit of light to
guide him in under the Spanish guns. Fate
could scarce have been harder At the
moon shone for few moments blood red
in a hands breadth opening of the clouds
Just on the horizon, and the night was ex-
tinguished In the sea. 'Too late" said
every one" He will never have time to run
In by that" But out into the blackness
rode that doomed ship, up under the very
cliffs Of old MORO castle But the clfls
The herald., 1898-07-17
From America

after 1t. I nearly lost 1t, and the crowd
called me names. The men got drunken and
drunken till we got to Jersey City. When
asked them for the whisky bottles and beer
bottles they had, they said it was my treat.
"At Jersey City they were very drunk
and 1 propped them up against the wall
while went into the ticket office of the
Central Railroad of New Jersey to buy me
their tickets. And when come out they was
all gone. There was big piece OF paper
stuck on the side Of the wall and on 1t was
written: Gone but not forgotten told
the policeman to look for them and came
over here to report. Here are the tickets.
but 1 have lost my company"
Dalowskfs grief was so sincere that the
officers gave him transportation to WASH
ington and told him to join his regiment.
Under the circumstances, they informed
him, they did not think he was to blame
New York Commercial Advertiser.
The herald., 1898-07-17

TOLEDO, Ohio, July 9.-Today all peo-
pie have before them as wildly as on the
morning Of June Sd how Lieutenant Rich
qoond Pearson Hobson, with seven COM
rAdes, steamed on the Merrimac into the
very throat Of Santiago harbor, amid per-
feet tempest of the enemy's fire, and choked
the channel of exit for Cervera.
The old wars of Homer and Virgil and
David were wars of single heroes. Modern
warfare, with all its intricate applications
and costly equipment, has come once again
to be a contest of personal skill and
bravery. Massed brute force has ceased to
count. Even the genius of subordinates.
like Hobson has a chance. SIDE by side,
Commodore Dewey and Lieutenant Hob
son take their places in the eyes of the
world and in the peoples affection Truly,
today the common people are great There
are religious as we'll as national truths that
may be drawn from the sinking of the Mer-
rimac
The suggestion came from the COM
mander On the day of the deed Rear Ad-
miraE Sampson sent this message to the de-
partment at Washington: GAS stated In a
special telegram, before coming hero de-
cided to make the harbor entrance secure
against the possibility of egress by the
Spanish ships, obstructing the narrow part
of the entrance by sinking collier at that
point Upon calling upon Mr. Hobson for
his professional opinion as to d, sure method
of sinking the ship, he manifested the most
lively interest IN the problem"
Every great deed is first a thought-a
faint fluttering suggestion in the soul Of a
leader Then the leader calls into the coun-
Gil the executor, the man Of affairs, and the
thought takes form and the fact amazes
ard is applauded. A suggestion sprung from
the intuitive Linnaeus with his brother s
mind and he gave the world his theory of
crystallization. When Goethe with his
mothers spirit for analogies kicked from
his pathway a mammals vertebra hetform-
ed the theory that the skull was but a diff
ferentiated vertebra and the theory of evo-
luton was dawning. The feminine mind is
the home of invention. The sons of great
mothers move th@ world.
Thus, down from our Master has come
the plan of salvation-God's grand ideal for
mans deliverance from ruthless enemy.
And In fastness old as eternity-1nade
when the world was-God teaches man how
to shut in and hold his mortal foe. You
would not have supposed that upon so
small thing as whether or not the chan
mel of Santiago was a few feet or was a
few miles wide depended the fate of a
navy and somewhat the issue of a war.
The herald., 1898-07-17
An Adhesive Friend

when I go to see Dorothy I never can
get away from her."
"Well, Maud, why don't you have her
visit your
''Then she never goes home."-Chicago
Record.
The herald., 1898-07-17

year had reported some of his classmates
for breach Of discipline the whole class for
jscok him. Hobson buckled down to his
looks and rose to first place. At the end
The herald., 1898-07-17

whispered 1t not to the Spaniards above; up
full half mile and across the channel she
turned. Then Hobson pulls the signal ropes
in the darkness. The men feel the moment
The herald., 1898-07-17

fate. By these last tears, o heaven, con-
secrate my only boy"
G. A. BURGESS, D. D.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-05-26

The morning paper of Topeka, the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-05-26
FRIDAY, A MEMORIAL.
It Will Be Observed by the City
Schools in Patriotic Manner

Friday May 27, is set apart on behalf
of the G. A r. as patriotic day in the
public schools. The Topeka schools
will be visited tomorrow and an able
corps of speakers has been invited.
In the morning at o'clock at the
and DR.. H. D. Fisher, Rev. M. T. Nc
Kirahan and Mrs. S. M. Weymouth Will
speak. The following is the assignment
for the city schools for 2 p. m:
Harrison schoo1-C. H. Titus, J. H.
Tilden, F. NJ. Stah1, J. B. McAfee, J. NJ.
Whitehead, Elias Shull and Mrs. E. j.
CARTRIDGE.
Fuller, A. S. Embree, D. D.. J. E. Stew
art, w. N. Barnes and Mrs. Josiah Will
cox.
Polk schoo1-F.M Kimball J. F. Bur-
riss and Mrs. Fannie Wood.
Parkdale SCHOOL,. T. Mclaughlin, n
E: Wentworth, Mr.. Stearn and Miss Ella
Branner school-T. ]. Anderson, N. G..
Rust, E. G.. Moore and Mrs. Sprague;
brow and Mrs. McGregor.
Lowman Hill school0Dr. S. G. Stewart,
]. NJ. Miller and s. F. Grosch;
Van Buren, school-Chapla1n q. w.
Lincoln school-Messrs. Guthrie and
Gar9eld school-O. H. Coulter and Mr..
Jackson school,. W. sidwer and Mr..
Irwin
Euclid school-Messrs. Dumereil and
Oakland school-Messrs. sherer and
Stockwell.
Catholic schooI-Captain Wyatt and Mr..
G. A R. Blue post members will visit
Quincy and Garfield schools.
the colored schools by Rev: Mr.. Grant,
Rev. Mr.. Ransom and Rev. Mr.. owens.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-05-26
SYMBOL OF DESPOTISM.
Illinois Hibernians Condemn Alliance
QWith England.

Peoria, Ill, May 26-In delivering his
annual address to the Ancient Order of
Hiberinans, now in annual convention
here, President John P. Heating of
Chicago said:
1--WE are again confronted with the
task of defeating the Vaccinations of
the English statesmen. The treaty
which England hopes to bring to sue
cessful issue will, if effected. prove to
be the death kneu of Irish agitation in
this country.
England is compelled to resort to
her ineXhautible stock of mendacity
and try to convince the American peo-
pie that the Catholic Irish, at home and
in exile, are more friendly to Spain
than to the land of the stars and
stripes
Freshly coined lies are daily issued
through the agency of the press dis
patches, containing the statement the
Irish Catholics are pro-Spanish in all
classes. The alliance promoters have
even gone to the extent of saying that
his holiness the pope has issued circu-
lars calling on his children to be friend
ly to Spain
1.-THE contemplate tissue of lies would
not be worthy or any notice during
less important epoch, but now, when
under cover of these Vill1hcations our
old enemy is attempting to unite our
young and glorious nation to her crime
stained and decaying carcass, every at
tack must be repealed and active, open
war waged against the unhOly alliance.
1.-The Hibernian wanting in his duty
to America ana ireland III lIllS hOuI OI
need is a menance to the society and
cause. Every city, town and hamlet
should re-echo with out detestation, Of
this unnatural connection. We want
no entangling alliances, least of all
with the fosterer of Irish families, the
butcher of the Afridis, the poisoner of
the Maoris, the land thief of Venezue-
la.
"Denounce it in private and public,
and defeat, regardless of party affilia-
tions, the official or representative, so
false to American honor and American
interest, who would support, assist or
indorse this scheme of English intrigue.
When you return to your homes, at
once commence this campaign and save
our starry flag from the horrid polluta-
ton of being entwined with the symbol
of despotism, the hated union jack"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-05-26
TO ARREST EVANS.
Mayo Fellows Brings a Suit Against
the Contractor.

A warrant will be issued today at the
instance of Mayor Charles A. Fellows
for the arrest of George H. Evans for
criminal libel.
The proceedings are the outgrowth of
an article published in the Advocate,
charging that Fellows manipulated the
state house contracts by dividing with
the state officers.
Mayor Fellows said today: 81 will
give Evans a chance to prove what he
says. I know, if anybody does, that
nothing was done that was not perfect
ly proper, and if there is anything in
the letter I wrote to Evans, indicating
that money was to be paid to anyone,
it was not put there by me-"
The story is an old one that was in
vestigated two years ago, and full par
ticulars were published in the Journal
at the time. If the case comes to trial,
it may bring out more details of the
story.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-05-26
WHY BE SOLID FOR sEAroNp
Something on the Situation by One
Who is Versed in It.

The following article asking for fair
treatment of other candidates for gov
ernor was presented to the Capital and
it's publication earnestly requested, but
it failed to appear in the columns of
that Seaton organ:
To the Editor of the Capital:
In your editorial this "wednesday
morning in regard to the contest in this
county between John Seaton and other
candidates for governor, as well as in
the interviews published in the same
issue, there are some misleading state
ments which, in the interest of justice
and fair treatment of other candidates.
should be corrected
First-The First district, outside of
Shawnee county, is not solid for Sea-
ton as represented. One other county
is solidly against him-a fact which is
known to the Seaton managers in To-
peka or else they had better quit poll
tics. At least two other counties in the
very nature of things cannot be solidly
for him and it is well known that in
heart and feeling they are against him.
AtchiSon and the man from Doniphan
are probably the only counties in the
First district that can be said to be
solid for SeatOn.
Second-The First district has not
asked Shawnee county to be for Sea-
ton and has given no intimatiOn that
it cares whether it is for him or not. At
least two delegates from Atchison coun-
ty to the Horton convention said very
Seaton nominated for governor and
hoped that we would not be caught
with Seaton chaff''
Third-Mr. Curtis has not requested,
and could not consistently request, this
county to send a Seaton delegation to
the state convention. He has troubles
of his own. If he had any such request
to make it would naturally be made to
the chairman of the congressional
committee who lives in this county, and
no such communication has been made
to him.
Fourth-It is true that Senator Hes
sin, one of Seaton's opponents, voted
against the school book bill.
So did Seaton. 1t is not true
that Senator Hessin fought the
bill any more than Seaton did. 1t is
not true that Hessin is attorney for the
American Book company. He was at
torney for that company in two in
stances, each of which stood alone.
When these cases were finished his
employment ceased. Mr.. Crane desired
to retain Mr.. Hessin in the last case
referred to but was notified by Mr..
Hessin that he had already been en-
pioyed but when the case was over he
would be open to employment by Mr..
Crane. j. C. SLONECKE Err